Old burial plots in town spark care fund proposal
Town records note neglected graves across several lots including Colesworthy, Burgess, Lee and Reed plots with age of decay from road changes and overgrown stones. An initial appropriation is planned to fund a perpetual care trust for upkeep, with trustees to manage funds and ensure proper care of burial grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesworthy
Cold Springs Farm
Lee
Eye Hill
Lee’s
Reeds
Parker Head
Reed
Burvertthers
M. C. Reed
Clifford
Pitch Pine
Dromore
Rogers
Campbell
Abel Oliver
Sem Day Hill
Ashdale
Blethen
Melntire
Wallace
Balad Head
Asxine
John Parker
Memorial hospital admission and social club notes
Mrs Addie Stott, living with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Albert McLellan of Front Street, was admitted to Memorial hospital this week for treatment. Discord club met Tuesday evening with Mrs Raymond Palmer of Middle Street. attendees included Mrs Fenton S Moore Mrs Robert King Mrs Truman King Mrs Orrington Lewis Mrs Francis Norton Mrs Everett White and Mrs Alfred McCabe. A sewing social with refreshments was held and the club will meet next Wednesday evening with Mrs Everett White of High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Stott
Albert McLellan
Front Street
Memorial Hospital
Clib
Raymond Palmer
Middle Street
Fenton S. Moore
Robert King
Truman King
Orrington Lewis
Francis Norton
Everett White
Alfred McCabe
Parker Head PTA and Community Notes Highlight Winter Activities
Parker Head and surrounding communities gathered at the Small Point parsonage for Girl Scouts badge ceremonies with Cooking and Home Nursing awards. PTA members and local families organized stamps drives, Bible school plans, birthday visits, and town meeting preparations as residents shared cards, suppers, and social events.
D A R Monthly Meeting at Central Church Tuesday
Col Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R will hold its monthly session at Central church parish house all day with lunch served at noon. Sewing for the Red Cross and an afternoon address by Rev David L Wilson on Washingtons Day and Our Day are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Alice Soule
Florence Calderwood
Clara Hodgkins
Ada Deering
Ethel Bailey
Eleanor Irish
Marilla Morse
Annie Bonney
Marion Colby
Aphia Pinson
Youth Problems Discussed by Attorney Keegan
West Bath grange invited Attorney John J. Keegan, longtime municipal judge, to speak on Juvenile Delinquency. He urged parental guidance and noted delinquency mirrors other communities, with about 75 in attendance and a night of social dancing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
John J. Keegan
Keegan
Bath
Atty. Keegan
Chester Roberts
Hope Ward
George Kelsey
Mabel Tibbetts
Rose Jean
The
Grange
Mildred Bowie
Persis Miller
Marie Marco
Brunswick
Local residents update and social notices from Bath Maine
Miss Eleanor Danforth returns home from vacation in Boston while Frank Danforth visits from MIT with his parents at 1075 High Street. Families travel to New York and St Petersburg for vacations. Ensign Gerald Nelson visits before continuing studies in Boston University. A Dike PTA committee chair is chosen. Maine State Letter Carriers plan May convention in Auburn. A surprise birthday for Mrs Cyr at 558 Middle Street features pink and yellow decor and a range of Bath and Bucksport guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman K. Lee
Dover-Foxcroft
Dover-Foxcroft- Sangerville
Homological Society
Congregational Church
Lee
Center School
Bowdoin College
Jean
Betty Bowker
John Tracy
Woolwich
Gerald Little
James Little
Hias
New York
Nathaniel Percy
J. Bradford Sprague
Bessie Sprague
Center
Susie Barbour
Langdon Thistle
Rico Zurilla
J. K. Bowker
Eugene Bowker
Mr. Sprague
Annie Bowker
Richard Chadbourne
Bath
British Isles
Herbert Shorey
Ethel Barter
Dora Bates
Frank Bates
Guide Board
Leon Eaton
Emmy Wyman
Small Point
Raymond Wyman
Lyman Barbour
Chebeague Island
Lincoln Parks
Margo
Arlington
Mass
Washington
James F. Sweeney
Elder Powell
Elder Trimble
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mildred Wilson
Isabelle Lewis
Wiscasset
Eleanor Danforth
Huse
High Street
Boston
Frank Danforth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roger D. Skillings
Roger
Washington Street
St. Petersburg
Florida
Ensign Gerald Nelson
Maritime Academy
Castine
Louis P. Nelson
Boston University
Merton Dearing
Simon Cyr
Middle Street
Francois Vaillancourt
Tony Vaillancourt
Cyr
Vaillancourt
Sylvia Morin
Joseph Vaillancourt
Edmund Parady
Wilbrode Bouchard
Guy ‘Violette
Bucksport
Popham Beach Town Warrant for 1944 Posts
Popham Beach residents are asked to vote on Article 20 for a $112 maintenance sum on Popham road and Article 38 to raise $150 for cross road work to Kennebec Coast Guard ACL. Other items include school maintenance for Ashdale and Popham schools, a Congregational Christian contribution, and various local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Phippsburg Center
Dane
Popham Road
Kennebec
Hero’s Reward Devine Island Named for Lt Col Devine
Lt Col James W. Devine of Portland Maine, a former police officer and Canadian National Railway investigator, led tank assaults that helped breach Munda’s defenses. Born in Abbeville South Carolina, he spent youth in Three Rivers Quebec and Derring Maine and joined CN Railway in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Devine
New Georgia
James W. Devine
Portland
Maine
Investigation Department
Canadian National System
Maine National Guard
U.S. Army Service Company
163Rd Infantry
Munda
Pacific
Abbeville
South Carolina
Three Rivers
Quebec
Derring
National Guard
Canadian National Railways Investigation Department
Geo. A. Shea
Canada
United States
Nighttime break in ends with suspects detained
Two individuals attempted a break in through a window at a building on Main Street. Police say the suspects fled when officers arrived and were later found outside the building. One was charged with intoxication and released to the shore patrol, while the other remained in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ali
Nadie
Iice
Main Street
Anther Oficer
Mrs Arthur Perault Visiting Grandmother in Elm Street
Mrs Arthur Perault of Peaks Isle is spending a few weeks with her grandmother Mrs Mary Scales of Elm Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Perault
Peaks Iste
Mary Scales
Elmstreet
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Elijah Bartlett
Allie Rollins
Wilmer Hilton
Rodney Wyman
Wyman
Marine Growths Inc
Head Beach
New England
Casco Bay
Elroy Johnson
Bailey's Island
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Full
the Times Co
Front St
Tel
Parker
Girl Scouts of
Sebasco
Head
Barbara Mank
Dorothy Cushing
Beverley Snow
Lorraine
Barbara Harrington
Lorna
Edna York
Peggy Wallace
Glenda Wilson
Gladge Scott
Patricia Seavey
June McIntyre
Maxine Wyman
Parker*Mead
Miss Packard
Noridgewock
Sally Jowell
Lorraine Harrington
PTA
Frances Robie
Parker Head Pta
Bert Nisbet
Charles Blaisdell
Walter Cushing
Eugene Harrington
Ailie Rollins
Owen Richardson
Alston Oliver
Edwin Wyman
Albert Gray, Jr
David Harrington
Bill Lowell
Marl Thurlow
Winneganee
Bob Moore
Burleith Williams
Thornton
Ahie Rollins
Joann Rollins
Topsham
Marion Cushing
Missoa Rogers
L. Forrest Wyman
Marie
Rosalie Richards
Beverley Moore
Arthur Farris
Betty Farris
Raymond Nisbet
Farris
Iva Rogers
Leroy Perkins
Exeter
N. H
Stanton Dozois
Laurence Thayer
John Kriedler
Eleanor Bentrand
D.A.R
David L. Wilson
A. E. Smith
OPA
Popham
Popham Library
Clifford Robinson
Bodwell Grange
G. FE. McNulty
Gertrude I. Stone
Camp Hale
Colorado
Herbert Sprague
Camp Waterloo
Fort Custer
Mich
Fort Bragg
N. C
Philip Wyman
Ronald Tracy
Sebago Lake State Park
Moses Chandler
Alvin Pashard
Harold Walker
West Point
Oliver
Gloria Oliver
Frank Scott
Spruceville
Lester Oliver
Harry Spencer
Bath Iron Works
Company Hospital
Ae Court TE
Sears Auto Supplies
Sears
Pennsylvania
Motor City
Sean
NMETV
Ea Ctu
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Sears and Save
Devine Island
Col. Devine
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