Richmond Grange and community groups hold meetings
District Deputy Byron Harrington and Mrs. Harrington spoke at the Richmond Progressive Grange. Members voted to send Dorothy Wallace to Youth Night at Topsham grange and to the State Lecturers Conference in Augusta. Medals were given to Gwendolyn Douglass Walter Knight and Dorothy Wallace. Plans included Ladies Night and a Valentine program. Beulah Rebekah Lodge hosted Brothers' Night with supper, plus an observance for Schuyler Colfax. Nearby marriages, caucuses, and local club reports feature Mt. Desert and Richmond residents with school, safety, and civic events across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Byron Harrington
Harrington
Dorothy Wallace
Topsham Grange
Augusta
Gwendolyn Douglass
Walter Knight
Maude Harriman
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Schuyler Colfax
Educational Foundation
First Baptistee Warren Harris Speaks on The Warning Signs
Georgetown notes include a sermon by Baptistee Warren Harris on I Timothy 4 16 focusing on Take heed unto thyself and Take heed unto the doctrine. Local items report a Coast Guard rescue of George Jones after his open boat sprang a leak near Robinhood Cove and a church league meeting set for March 6 at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
Timothy
George Jones
Boothbay Harbor
Robinhood Cove
Coast Guard
Jones
Sprayhoad
Josephine Lewis
Damariscove
Daughter Donna travels to Atlantic Union College meeting
Donna, the daughter, left Monday for South Lancaster Massachusetts to attend the Atlantic Union College Board annual meeting where he is a member. They plan to return Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna
South Lancaster
Mass
Atlantic Union College Board
Card of Thanks for Florence M. Watson
The family of the late Florence M. Watson expresses gratitude to organizations friends and neighbors for kindness during her long illness and for flowers cards and expressions of sympathy at their bereavement in Richmond Maine on February 28 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Watson
Richmond
Maine
Gratitude for Gifts from Bath Teachers Club
Expressions of thanks are offered to Bath Teachers club friends and former pupils of Florence M. Watson for presenting a television set and a purse. The note is dated Richmond Maine March 1 1956 and signed by Elizabeth Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers Club
Florence M. Watson
Elizabeth Watson
Richmond
Maine
Georgetown Center residents share social week notes
Norwell Massachusetts residents Mr and Mrs Peirce Fuller spent time at their Georgetown Center summer home and joined at Sheepscot for dinner. Frequent visitors include Miss Dorothy Oliver, Mrs William Todd, Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis, and Mrs Marjorie Hagan managing local town business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peirce Fuller
Norwell
Mass
Georgetown Center
William Bisseth
Belle Heald
Melvin Cunningham
Bath
Hugh Rockwell
New York City
Marjorie Rockwell
Maine
Frederick Rockwell
University of Maine
Frederick
Fritz
Hugh
Robinhood
William Harrison
William Mavis
Lawrence Cloutier
Ralph Davis
Roy M. Newman
Dorothy W. Oliver
William A. Todd
Oliver
Kingston
Charles McMahan
Seguinland
Clifford Babcock
Gardiner
Roland Peterson
Slaterville Springs
N. Y
Parviz Chahbazi
Dorothy Oliver
Joseph F. Higgins
Lyman Owen
Robert Owen
Bradford
Clarence B. Hill
Carl Delano
Thomas Savage
W.R. Bradley
Washington Geodetic Survey
Knubble
Jack Lee
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Rainbow Assembly Girls Initiate Seven New Members
Rainbow Assembly No 6 met at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening with seven new candidates initiated. The initiates were Jean McMann Sandra Hathorne Donna Blanchard Penny Dean Kathleen Holmes Paula Chamberlain and Marie Henrikson. Balloting and petition readings occurred during the business session. Future meetings will be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Community Happenings in Five Islands and Bath
Local residents mark 11th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Ted Campbell and host a supper. Cub Scouts assist at Mrs. Francis Pierce home and attend a Corliss Street church banquet in Bath. Good Neighbor club sews a quilt and votes to buy church stage curtains. Various residents attend meetings, visits, and birthdays. birth announced for Dawn Lynn Florence. Continuous activities include tax collector candidate list, visits from Bath Memorial Hospital, and Heart Association Drive chaired by Mrs. Francis Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Campbell
Mansfield Moore
Philip Pinkham
Henry Moore
Francis Pierce
Corliss Street
Bath
Robert Pierce
Roger
Georgetta Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Reynolds Grover
Harry Heald
James Oliver
Georgetown
Victor Pinkham
Dennis Moore
William Plummer III
Nora Hanna
Vernon Gray
Chester Kelsey
Florida
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bangor
Parker Start
Melrose
Mass
Marr Cottage
Kenneth Smith
Thomas Watson
Pierce Fuller
Thomas Savage
Weltham
Francis Marr
Corrine Griffith
Braintree
Tommy
Heart Association
Georgia Watson
Bina Marr
Kenneth Dell
Quincy
Portland
Soil Is Topic At Club Nominating Meeting
Miss Anne Kimball and Mrs. Carl V. Kennedy head the nominating committee for officers at the next meeting. The annual meeting and banquet in April named Mrs. Kenneth Francisco Mrs. Arthur King and Mrs. Seth Mullin to the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Kimball
Carl V. Kennedy
Kenneth Francisco
Arthur King
Seth Mullin
St. Louis rookie Ken Boyer ranks in NL steals list
St. Louis Cardinal rookie Ken Boyer finished third in the National League with 22 stolen bases in 1955. Teammate Bill Bruton led with 25 and Willie Mays had 24 steals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Boyer
St. Louis Cardinal
Bill Bruton
Willie Maws
Friday Meetings Note Sets March 9 Next Session
A note records that Friday in each month includes a meeting with the next session scheduled for March 9. Refreshments followed the business meeting.
Legion Cadets Drive For Flag Displays Citywide
The Legion Cadets Junior drum corps begin a city wide campaign to supply and display 3x5 flags on holidays for homes and businesses. Cadets will store and display flags for firms, offer curb sockets, and take orders through April for May delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Cadets
U. S
Mrs Stover Hosts WCTU Meeting On Frances Willard Program
Mrs Nella Stover entertained the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Edward McGuiggan’s Middle street home. The program featured a life of Frances E Willard with remarks by Mrs McGuiggan on the Willard Memorial Library and a review of chapters from The Way To Sobriety. Refreshments closed the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nella Stover
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Edward McGuiggan
Middle Street
Frances E Willard
Miss May
Bertha Robinson
Stover
McGuiggan
Willard Memorial Library
Evanston
Ill
Theresa Hill
Heart Fund Tag Day Effort Nets $225.75
Despite bad weather, a large group of youngsters collected $225.75 for the Maipe Heart Association. The drive ran Friday and Saturday with Mrs. James Nostall pleased with the total and thanking the Sisters of Mercy and the children of the Military and Naval Children's Home for their volunteer help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maipe Heart Association
James Nostall
Sisters of Mercy
Military & Naval Children's Home
Eighth Birthday Party for Linda Ann Kaler
Linda Ann Kaler daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kaler entertained Saturday afternoon for her eighth birthday. Guests included Kathy Young Kathy Kenyon Mary Clifford Delianne Rodney Mary Rodney Robert Lewis Nichelene Footer Bath and Sheryl Kingsbury Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Ann Kaler
Lloyd Kaler
Kathy Young
Kathy Kenyon
Mary Clifford
Delianne Rodney
Mary Rodney
Robert Lewis
Nichelene Footer
Bath
Sheryl Kingsbury
Brunswick
Less Than $300 Raise Will Not Satisfy Teachers
Bath Teachers' Club，以百分百签名支持教育委员会预算请求 即为教师工资表提升300美元的声明 评估显示 Bath 与他市相比在留任与吸引高水平教师方面处于不利地位 当前低薪镇的教师流动率比高薪镇高出显著比例 因此委员会坚持提高至300美元的全体教师工资调整 低于此标准将不令满意
Sermon by Rev Louis Dole at Union Lenten Service
Rev Louis Dole preached "In the Valley of Decision" at Wesley Methodist church during Union Lenten services led by the Greater Bath Council of Churches. Assisting clergy included Rev Dr Oliver W Bell and Rev Craig Richards, with music by Mrs Harry Dunlop Jr and Barbara Smell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of Decision
Louis Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Wesley Methodist Church
Oliver W. Bell
Craig Richards
Cerral Congregational Church
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Harry Dunlop, Jr
Sixty Couples Attend Colonial Club Party
Colonial Club hosted a Washington birthday party for sixty couples at the clubrooms from 8 to 12 with dancing by the Colonial Club orchestra. The venue featured red white and blue decorations and a buffet lunch during intermission. Arrangements were led by Benjamin Sabo Clinton D Wilson Henry Richards A M Main Jr George Barker Foster Pratt James Feeney Duncan Farrell Stanley Commeau and William Curran. The club announced more similar events will be held in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Benjamin Sabo
Clinton D. Wilson
Henry Richards
A. M. Main, Jr
George Barker
Foster Pratt
James Feeney
Duncan Farrell
Stanley Commeau
William Curran
Pilgrim Fellowship Meets Sunday Evening at Church
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Central Congregational church met Sunday evening with Rev Craig Richards as advisor. Miss Mitchell Ashe led devotions. A report on the Lincoln County Association meeting of Feb 19 was read. The next association meeting is March 11 and a state rally in Augusta on March 238 will be attended. Fundraisers include a food sale and baked beans supper to fund sending members to Camp Monitor. The unit will meet next Sunday at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
J. R. Blackie
Georgetown
Ralph Davis
Joseph F. Higgins
Kennebec Point
Harold J. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Walter Beane
Georgetown Center
Edwin Pinson
North Edgecomb
Brunswick
Portland
Robinhood Tea Room
Channing Penley
Arlene Colby
Elizabeth Moffatt
Colby
Harold J. Brown Jr
Joseph Higgins
Carl Delano
Georgia Pinkham
Alonzo Thibodeau
John Williams
Alvah Reynolds
Everett Stevens
Charles Cummings
Woodrow Gray
Bath
Thomas Watson
Linny Wright
Charles Kelley
Alex Cunningham
Jackie
Bobbie Colby
Pilgrim Fellowship
Central Congregational Church
Craig Richards
Mitchell Ashe
Lincoln County Association of Pilgrim Fellowship
Augusta
Plen
Monitor
Winter Street Church Youth Sunday Highlights and Plans
Winter Street Church observed Youth Sunday with Fireside club leading morning worship. Frances Butcher Dawn White and Richard Leask spoke on youth responsibilities to home community and church. Evening service featured Chester Horne. plans discussed for Pilgrim Fellowship and summer camp. reviews of a paper drive proceeds to aid summer conferences. A panel on family problems followed. next meeting features the movie Sunrise on the Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Fireside Club
Frances Butcher
Dawn White
Richard Leask
Cynthia Osgood
Wayne Akeley
David Potter
Chester Horne
Edward True
Rockland
Tippy Newell
Pilgrim Fellowship
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Pilgrim Fellowship Association
State Pilgrim Fellowship
Augusta
Fisher
Hildreth Fisher
Nancy Doyle
Easter Seal Campaign Set To Run March Through April
The Easter Seal drive in Maine, led by Marie I. Preston of The Pine Tree Society, will run March 10 to April 10. The 1956 blue and red seals feature a white lily and a crippled child, funding services at Hyde Memorial Home in Bath and Pine Tree Camp in Rome, with ongoing need for adult facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Marie I. Preston
Pine Tree Society For
Easter Seals Society
Easter Seal Society
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath
Pine Tree Camp
Rome
Bath Emblem Club to Install Interim Officers Saturday
The Bath Emblem club will install interim officers this Saturday evening at eight in the G A R hall. Members are urged to attend and wear white. Supreme District Deputy Lillian Thomas of Portland and her suite will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Emblem Club
G.A.R. Hall
Supreme District
Lillian Thomas
Portland
Obituary for Harriet M. Stewart Widow of Charles A. Stewart
Harriet May Stewart widow of Charles A. Stewart and daughter of William and Harriet Heal died February 19. A Brookline, Massachusetts native who lived in Bath years ago, she kept a summer home at Westport Island. She leaves a sister Mrs Charles P. Dow of Lexington, three nieces Mrs Guy B. Howe of Andover, Mrs George Pierce Jr of Winchester, and Miss Eleanor Dow of Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet M. Stewart
Harriet May Stewart
Charles Almont Stewart
William
Harriet Cunningham Heal
Brookline
Mass
Stewart
Bath
Westport Island
Charles P. Dow
Lexington Mass
Guy B Howe
Andover
George Pierce, Jr
Winchester
Eleanor , Dow
Lexington
Elizabeth Knight funeral notice and death in Center Street home
Elizabeth Knight aged 69 died Thursday morning at her Center Street home. Born November 10, 1886 in Brooksville to Jesse and Betsy Gray. Funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at Arthur F Mayo and Son, Rev. Dr David L Wilson officiating. Entombment in Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Knight
Center Street
Brooksville
Jesse
Betsy Howard Gray
Arthur F. Mayo
Mrs Haggett Is Laid to Rest in Oak Grove
Funeral service for Mrs Lizzie A Haggett was held Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Charles R Sims officiating. Bearers were Loring Small Courtney Stover David Henderson Reginald Farnham Verl McNelly and C Lloyd Hooper. Body entombed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery in the Spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie A. Haggett
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Loring Small
Courtney Stover
David Henderson
Reginald Farnham
Verl McNelly
C. Lloyd Hooker
Oak Grove
Funeral Services for Miss Florence M. Watson in Richmond
Miss Florence M. Watson died February 21 at her Richmond home. Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church with Rev. David Hickland officiating. Attendees included D.A.V. delegates, Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary, and out‑of‑town visitors from Bath Exeter Gorham Cumberland Center and Bowdoinham. Burial followed in Richmond Cemetery in the vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Watson
Richmond
Methodist Church
David Hickland
Columbia Falls
Vito Fragola
South Lancaster
Mass
James Herrick
Wynnefred Shepard
Lillian Haynes
James Watson
Gorham
Victor de Bree
Cumberland Center
Gerald Watson
Exeter
John D. Robinson
Taunton
Charles Morse
Newburyport
Vincent Dunning
Randolph
Harold Murchie
Fred Patten
Richard Witham
Gardiner
Helen Hayes
Theo Hensinger
Edward Cummings
William Bruce
Arthur Pratt
Joseph Wilson
Bath
N. H
Clarence Watson
Cleveland Curtis
Bowdoinham
Claude Strout
Cornelia Prest
Topsham
Death of John F. Osgood 46 in Albany after illness
Relatives in Orono and Albany mourning John F. Osgood 46 who died Monday in Albany after a brief illness. Born Prentiss he was son of Mrs Lillian Brown Osgood and the late Burt S. Osgood. He served four years in World War II and was district manager for Royal Exchange Insurance in Syracuse. Survived by wife Geraldine Foley Osgood son John F. Jr. and siblings. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Osgood
Albany
N. Y
Prentiss
Lillian Brown Osgood
Burt S. Osgood
Orono High School
Higgins Classical Institute
Charleston
Osgood
North Africa
Italy
Royal Exchange Insurance
Syracuse
New Yeade T
Boston Insurance Company
Geraldine Foley Osgood
John F. Jr
Burt S. Osgood, Jr
Bath
Carroll P. Osgood
West Hartford
Ezra Ripple, III
Mrs. Lizzie Haggett 77 Dies in Bath
Lizzie Alice Haggett dies after 60 years as West Bath grange member. Wife of West Bath Selectman Edwin W. Haggett, she leaves three sons Charles and Harold of Bath and Arthur of West Bath, four grandchildren, one great granddaughter, born in West Bath August 27 1878. Survived by husband, daughters and church affiliations including First Baptist Bath Odd Ladies and Sabine Improvement Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Haggett
Lizzie Alice Haggett
West Bath
Linwood V. Miller Dies in Bath at 45
Linwood Vernon Miller 45 former Senior Vice Commander of Maine Sons of Union Veterans died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital Bath. Born May 2, 1910 in Bath he lived here all his life at 22 Center Street. A welder by trade he worked at Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass and at his death custodian of Dike School. Surviving are his wife Adriene Thibaut Miller a son Robert D. Miller and two daughters Christine and Lynette Miller all of Bath and his father Vernon W. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Vernon Miller
Maine
Sons of Union Veterans
Memorial
Bath
Vernon W
Edith Sanford Miller
Center Street
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Hyde Wind-lass Co
First Baptist Church
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sitv
Adrienne Thibaut Miller
Robert D. Miller
Christine E. Miller
Lynette M. Miller
Vernon W. Miller
Funeral services for Benjamin B Coombs held at Shumway Home
Funeral services for Benjamin B Coombs were conducted at 1 30 Tuesday Feb 21 at the Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 High street with Rev Harold L Allen officiating Interment was in Oak Grove Burial will be in the Spring at the South Bowdoin cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B Coombs
Leslie C Shumway
High Street
Harold L. Allen
Oak Grove
South Bowdoin Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marilyn Charlotte Robinson
Clyde Robinson
Mt. Desert
Donald Leroy Chambers
Jack Chambers
Rhys Williams
St. James Episcopal Church
Somes Sound
Eleanor Mae Reynolds
Richard Robinson
Mervyn Chambers
Maid of Honor
Mt. Desert Community Hall
Mt. Desert High School
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Chambers
Richmond High School
Marlboro
Dennison Manufacturing Co
Carleton Curtis
Thomas Hinkley
Roger Gibbs
Eben Baker
Paul Moody
Walter Anderson
Mayford Morris
Bernard Smith
Leslie Gardner
Maurice McKenna
Harold Plummer
Dewey Fisher
Maxwell Marriner
Harris Hutchins
Warren Joy
Alberta Randlette
Boy Scout
William Lechner, Jr
Edwin Douglass
Alfred Bechard
Augusta Police Department
Enterprise Grange
Dora Marriner
Sadie Eaton
Olive Little
Cleveland Marriner
The
Grange
Safety Council
Florence Stultz
Demit
North Jay Grange
David Williams
Harold Williams
Army Medical Service School
Valley Forge Hospital
Phoenixville
Europe
Richard Carver
Harold Dunn
Dallas
Texas
Army
Dunn
Harold Wheatley
Billerica
Freeman Meader
Belfast
Hartley Ranger
Don _ Shoff
Russell A. Ring
Shoff
Fred Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Daniel Bettle
Knight Place
Mrs. Peirce Fuller
Rainbow Assembly
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mechanics Building
Boston
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Bert Osgood
Edward Johnson
Mrs. Stover
WCTU
the Times
Bath Teachers’ Club
Board of Education
Winter Street Church
Emblem Club
United States
Mies
Church of Universal Fellowship
Orono
Linwood W. Miller
Benjamin B. Coombs
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