Georgetown parish extends call to Warren Harris for pastorates
At Central school parish members voted to extend a call to Warren Harris, candidate from First and Second Baptist churches in town, to serve as pastor for Georgetown and Five Islands churches. Miss Maude P. Thayer substitutes this Sunday. an oil picture event and town committee elections followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Warren Harris
Harris
Eyoenenl
Georgetown
Five Islands
Maude P. Thayer
Ryetown
Oiltown
Billy Graham
Houston
Rowe
Addie Moulton
Harry H. Heald
Belle Heald
L. Earle Hagan
Are
Nettie Gray
Baptist Church
Topsham
Town Republian
William Farr
Alfred I. Rowe
Branwell Harford
Lloyd Pinkham
Charles MacMahan
Joseph F. Higgins
Bangor
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Illness Updates
A series of short social items records visits and illnesses. Geo al Center guest overs week. Mr and Mrs Harry L Horne of Bath were supper guests of Mr and Mrs William A Todd. Mrs Azuba Horne's progress after a fall noted. Families from Falmouth Bath Portland and Greenwich appear in lunches and calls. Dorothy W Oliver resumes teaching in Kingston Mass. Corrections note James Oliver family visited Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoal ‘Center
Cape A En
N. J
Arry ‘L. Horne
Bath
William A. Todd
Azuba Holla Horne
A. E. Riley
Frederic Wilson
Falmouth
Harold J. Brown
Harold Brown
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Walker
St. Andrews Hospital
Daniel Bliss
Greenwich
Roy Loeschner
Frank Ozella
Lafayette Johnson
Portland
Walter Beane
Louise Powers
Nancy Tibbetts
Georgetown Center
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Roland E. Peterson
Katharine Fehlau
Lewiston
Roger Peterson
Roland Peterson
James Oliver
Damar
Iscotta
Francis Oliver
Bay Point Notes Show Residents At Bay Point and Nearby
Joseph L Avery of Bath spent the weekend at his cottage on Bay Point. Bay Point residents hosted visitors from Bath Arrowsic Waldoboro and Portland. An annual Georgetown meeting is set for Saturday at 10 am in the Grammar school with several Bay Point families noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Avery
Bath
Bay Point
Lavelle
First Beach
Dave"” Noyes
Euphrates
Norris Johns
Waldoboro
Sherman Campbell
Byron
Bussy" Furbish
Lewiston
Furbish
Karen
Donna
James
Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Loring D. Small
Dwight Furbish
William Leeman
Georgetown Central Grammar School
Georgetown
Grammar School
Maurice Burns
Arthur Tibbetts
Frank Burnham
Northeast Harbor
James Oliver
H. Martin Powers
Joseph Desmond
G. Morang
Wesley Morang
Portland
Geneva Morang
George Renaud
Phippsburg Rotary hears Latvia talk on nationalism and exile
Rotary in Phippsburg heard a talk on Latvia's wartime choices and national identity. Speaker Mr. Brazes urged unity with Eastern European nations and accepting exiles if they aid the nation's freedom, noting Germans and Russians influence and the need to plan for independence. Guests included Rotarian Arthur Gagne Brunswick, Arthur Hoffman Bath, Central Grammar boys Robert Wick Peter Henderson Albert Greane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruzes
Europe
Brazes
Avor
Arthur Gagne
Brunswick
Arthur Hoffman
Bath
Central Grammar Boys
Robert Wick
Peter Henderson
Albert Greane
Five Islands Church Selects Warren Harris as Pastor
Five Islands members gathered at George and Grace Gray’s home and voted unanimously to call Warren Harris of Wickford Rhode Island as pastor. Harris was a candidate at the church on February 21. The group also chartered a bus to a Billy Graham film showing at Tops ham United Baptist Church and held meetings of church women and local Republican activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
George Gray
Warren Harris
Wickford
R. I
Harris
Billy Graham
Oil Town
U.S.A
United Baptist Church
Topsham
Dresden Honor Roll Named for Bridge Academy Seniors
Principal Willis MacComb announces Dresden Bridge Academy senior honors naming valedictorian Anna Tobey salutatorian Mary Brown first honor essay Barbara Potter second honor essay Vici Allen class will Carolyn Thayer gifts Al thea Fitch prophecy Chester history Patricia Kelley essay Keith Perkins special gifts Harold Austin essay Miss Tobey daughter of Merle and Mrs Tobey active in softball basketball cheerleading acting and musicals won Avis Bickford prize plans to be a secretary Miss Brown daughter of William and Mrs Brown also active in one act plays basketball softball cheerleading and musicals plans to be a secretary Miss Potter daughter of Roy and Mrs Potter active in sports prize speaking plays and musicals plans to be a nurse Miss Allen daughter of Mildred Allen from Gardiner High spell contest representative three years active in sports will study secretarial vocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Academy
Willis MacComb
Anna __ Tobey
Mary Brown
Barbara Potter
Vici Allen
Carolyn Thayer
Althea Fitch
Thomas Urgois
Chester
Patricia Kelley
Keith Perkins
Harold Austin
Miss Tobey
Merle Tobey
Avis Bickford
Miss Brown
William Brown
Miss Potter
Roy Potter
Miss Allen
Mildred Allen
Gardiner High
Lincoln County
Community Notes Bring Visits and Engagement News
Personal items from South Portland and Dresden cover engagements, travel, and hospital updates. Mildred Kathleen Siegars of Richmond to Charles W. Rittall of this town. Walter Rittall Jr. visiting from South Portland. several locals travel to Florida and Providence. A hospital case, a charity shower, and birthday observances for Washington and Lincoln mark the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rittall, Jr
South Portland
William Brown
James Cameron
West Dresden
Waterville
Dexter Siegars
Richmond
Mildred Kathleen
Charles W. Rittall
William Rittall
Siegars
James Milligan
Ray Perry
Benjamin Wentworth
Stephen Powell
Leroy Robbins
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Washington
Lincoln
Eastern River Grange
Ramegin
Drunken Driving Case Before Municipal Court
Three cases were heard in municipal court before Judge Gardiner R. Deering. Keith B. Wildes pleaded guilty to drunken driving on Route 196 at Topsham and was fined 100 dollars with 7.30 dollars in court costs. Mary Betts pleaded not guilty to lewd and lascivious speech and intoxication charges. she was found guilty on the lewdness count and sentenced to 90 days, with the intoxication case placed in file. A third intoxication case resulted in a guilty plea with a 5 dollar fine and 10.39 dollars in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Keith B. Wildes
Brunswick
Topsham
Mary Betts
Deering
New Book Honors Sea Lore Collector in Bath
Carroll A Deering of 398 Washington street receives a signed copy of Clear the Decks by Daniel V Gallery Rear Admiral U S Navy. The note recalls the Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals and the Deering schooner lineage. Edward Rowe Snow plans a Bath talk with sea artifacts and a Matinee for children at Morsey High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll A, Deering
Washington Street
Daniel V. Gallery
United States Navy
Naval Air Station
Glenview
Illinois
Carroll A. Deering
Deerings
Edward Rowe Snow
Marshfield
Mass
Swampscott
Bath
Morsey High School
Brid Snow
Alice Rowe Snow
Four Bath Y M C A Hi Y members attend Bowdoin training
Four Bath YMCA Hi Y club members John Collins Donald House Linwood Bennett and Nathan Cohen trained at Bowdoin College for the State YMCA Youth and Government program. The session prepared them for mock sessions of the Maine House and Senate at Augusta on April 3 and 4. Bennett and Collins attend as representatives while Cohen and House serve as state senators. Ralph H. Wagner oversees the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y.M.C.A. Hi
House of Representatives
Senate
Capitol
Augusta
Bowdoin
Senate Chamber
Ralph H. Wagner
Y.M.C.A
Swett Birth Announcement for Mark Danforth Swett
Mr and Mrs Alton Swett of Painted Post New York announce the birth of a son Mark Danforth Swett on February 28 at Corning New York Hospital He weighed seven pounds ten ounces Mrs Swett nee Barbara Danforth is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Danforth of 775 High Street Their other son Johnny is with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Danforth while the mother is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Swett
Painted Post
N. Y
Mark Danforth Swett
Corning
Swett
Barbara Danforth
Frank i Danforth
High Street
Johnny
Danforth
Hunt Family Weekend Visit in Manchester Mass
Mrs Edward Hunt and her son and wife from Middle Street spent the weekend in Manchester Massachusetts as guests of Mrs Hunts other son and his wife Mr and Mrs Jesse Ridley. Mrs Edward Hunt stayed for a visit while Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hunt returned home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hunt
Kenneth Hunt
Middle Street
Manchester
Mass
Hunt
Jesse Ridley
Lions Hold Greenland Talk at Sedgwick
Bath Lions Club met at Sedgwick with president Dr. Herbert T. Caverly presiding. Guest Walter Cupples, Field Director of the National Red Cross, spoke on Greenland with 150 slides, noting icebergs, flowers, and a Denmark‑controlled island economy. A new member, Zina M. Eaton, was welcomed and the next supper meeting set for March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Sedgwick Wednesdy
Herbert T. Caverly
Walter Cupples
Stanley Elwell
Donald F. Preble
Cupples
Brunswick Naval Air Base
National Red Cross
Greenland
Denmark
U.S.N. Air Force
Zina M. Eaton
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Methodists Sponsor Sacred Concert by Isaiah Jenkins
The Methodist churches on Benson Street and Wesley announce they will again sponsor Isaiah Jenkins a Negro tenor and Boston University Theological School student in a sacred music concert at Wesley church on March 14. Jenkins who grew up in Sheldon South Carolina studied at Paine College and has led music at Junaluska North Carolina the Southeast Methodist Center. He studies under Roland Hayes noted as a world famous Negro singer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Street
Wesley
Isaiah Jenkins
Boston University School of Theology
Wesley Church
Jenkins
Beacon Street Church
Sheldon
S. C
Paine College
S.C
Methodist Center
Southeast
Junaluska
N. C
Methodist Church
B. U. School of Theology
Roland Hayes
Sewall Chapter Luncheon Highlights Maine Musicians
The Sewall Chapter luncheon, led by Mrs. Mildred Albee with pianist Mrs Lena King and soloist Mrs Bernice McGlinchy, featured a program titled An afternoon with Maine Musicians and Their Music. Speakers discussed composers and performances, with April 6 hostesses named and a long luncheon committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Albee
Lena King
Bernice McGlinchy
Maine
Albee
Central Church Parish House
Marilla Morse
Annie Bonney
Jane Lemont
Alice Litchfield
Barbara Torrey
Florence Wright
Bernice Mce- Glinchy
Lucy Armstrong
Grace Casey
Bertha Davis
Ethel May
Martin Morse
Frances Small
Myrle Stanton
Mildred Swanton
Doris Tobey
Effie Wright
Evelyn Young
4-H Leaders Attend Meetings in Bath Lewiston
By street, a 4 H leader with the Misses Joan Brown Janet Cohen and Ann Cohen motored to Lewiston Monday evening to attend the adult leader and junior leader meetings. Tuesday night March 9 Jean Brown will appear in a television style show at 7 o clock over WLAM. The two leader groups will be entertained in the Bath area for the April meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Brown
Janet Cohen
Ann Cohen
Lewiston
Jean Brown
WLAM
Bath
University of Life marks fourth in spring series
The fourth consecutive University of Life program series will run on four Sunday evenings after Easter April 25 May 2 9 and 16 at Winter Street Congregational Church. The Greater Bath Council of Churches initiative aims to deepen religious life, foster church cooperation and Christian fellowship across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Life
Winter Street Congregational Church
Greater Bath
William A. Niss
University of Life Program
Niss
Richard Schaper
James Grant
Ralph Card
Greater
Rollin Fairbanks
Bridges
Tallman Foundation
Bowdoin
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Pacific School of Religion
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
National Council of Churches of Christ of America
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Institute of Pastoral Care
Cambridge
Mass
Fairbanks
Episcopal Theological School
Rayborn L. Zerby
Bates College
Zerby
Life long Bath resident and Red Cross worker dies
Carolyn Child Moses 85 a lifelong Bath resident and noted Red Cross volunteer died Monday at Memorial hospital after three months as a patient. Born December 6 1868 to Albert T and Lucy Child Moses she was a prominent figure in World War I French Relief work and at the local Red Cross center. She is survived by a sister Mrs Lucy Greene of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Child Moses
Bath
Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
Albert T
Lucy Child Moses
Moses
Mos
Red Cros
Lucy Greene
Death notices for Mrs Rosalie D Lovejoy
Mrs Rosalie D Lovejoy of Kingfield died at the home of Dr S Burton Covert where she was employed. Born April 10 1891 in St Martin Quebec she was a member of the Colonel Asa Whitcomb Chapter D A R. Her sister Mrs Christopher Boyle of 10 North Street learned of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Boyle
North Street
Rosalie D. Lovejoy
Kingfield
S. Burton Covert
St. Martin
Quebec
Asa Whitcomb
Henderson R A Funeral Held At Arthur May Residence
Funeral service for Robert A Henderson conducted Monday at 130 from the Arthur F May & Son Funeral Residence 811 High Street with Rev Howarc F Cramer of Spencer Street Methodist Church officiating. Bearers Clayton Stinson Hayden Temple Lester Harrington and Alphie Pelletier assisted. entombment planned for spring in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A Henderson
Arthur F. May & Son
High Street
Howarc F. Cramer
Spencer Street
Clayton Stinson
Hayden Temple
Lester Harrington
Alphie Pelletier
Oak Grove
Bath Young Man Dies After Auto Accident
Robert Henderson of Bath died from a brain hemorrhage after a Route 1 collision near the B L Wings fabrication plant. He had recently returned from Korea and was on furlough. Henderson is survived by his father Burnham and five sisters, with two Bath area youths injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Korea
Roy A
Gladys '(Harrington) Henderad
Burnham M. Henderson
Everett Baker
Kenneth Baker
Woolwich
Laurier Bernier
Topsham
Sherbourn Wallace, Jr
West Point
Patricia Henderson
Everett M Stilphen Dies at 62 in Bath
Everett Merton Stilphen 62, lifelong Bath resident, died Friday night at Memorial hospital. Born May 11, 1892, son of John F. and Sarah Spinney Stilphen, he lived at 36 West Street and worked in Bath shipyards, Texas Steamship during WWI, Hyde Windlass Co for 20 years, and Bath Iron Works. He was a clerk in Bath Fire Department Engine 3, retiring after 26 years. Survived by wife Lucille, daughter Mrs James McQuarrie, sister Miss Lena Stilphen, brothers George of Portland and Irving of Bath, plus nieces, nephews and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Merton Stilphen
Memorial Hospital
Bath
West Street
John F
Sarah
Spinney) Stilphen
Old Texas Steamship Co
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath ‘Ron Works
Stilphen
Bath Fire Department
Lucille (Dunnell) Stilphen
James McQuarrie
Lena Stilphen
George
Portland
Irving Stilphen
Theron Barter dies at Gowen Home Boothbay obituary
Theron Barter died at Gowen Valescent Home after a lingering illness. He resided 18 years in Boothbay and lived at 52 York Street. Born June 15 1897 in Boothbay to Ed and Ursula Hilton Barter, he was a carpenter and WWII veteran once employed at Bath Iron Works. Survived by four sisters Mrs Barter of Boothbay Mrs Wendall Lewis of East Boothbay Mrs Barter of Barters Island and Mrs Alice Pinkham of Barters Island plus three brothers Forrest Bath Reginald Bath and Percy Boothbay and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM from Simmons Harrington Funeral Home Boothbay with Rev Charles Smith officiating. Burial in Lewis Cemetery Trevitt Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Barter
Gowen
Alex Barter
Alice Pinkham
Funeral for Elmer E. Moore at Central Church
Funeral services for Elmer E. Moore were held at 1 30 in the afternoon at Central church with Rev F Mayo and Son officiating. The pallbearers included Dwight Hale Robert Wilcox Carl Tobey Elvis Hunter William Fletcher and Joseph Caviette. Burial followed in the Spring family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Moore
R F. Mayo & Son
Alesilence
High Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Pistor Central Church
Beaserg
Dwight Hale
Robert Wilcox
Carl Tobey
Elvis Hunter
William Fletcher
Joseph Caviette
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Everett M Vilphen held Monday
Funeral services for Everett M Vilphen were held Monday at 10 from Curtis Funeral Home with Reverend James L. Grant officiating. Bearers included Clifford White Arrington Lewis John Swearingen Charles Swearingen George Marshley and Fred Pecci. Burial followed in the family plot at Jak Grove. Morton Holbrook Jr of Mid-Testing has returned from Lewiston where he visited Mrs and Mrs Morton Holbrook, former Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett M Vilphen
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Clifford White
Arrington Lewis
John Swearinen
Charles Swearingen
George *Arshley
Fred Pecci
Jak Grove
Morton Holbrook, Jr
Lewston
Ispa
Morton Holbrook
Bath
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Marion Jay
Arline Colby
Brian Davis
Bobby” Rowe
Sherry Rowe
Nancy Hagan
Marilyn Cunningham
Georgia Watson
Carol
Pauline Gaudreau
Elaine Stevens
Evelyn
Hazel Warner
Mel Howe
Arrowsie
J. H. Brown
Phippsburg
Latvia
Glorene Pinkham
George Young
Juanita Pinkham
Millie Pinkham
Louise Hyde
Robert Snow
Miss Hyde
Thomas McCorr
William MacKellar
Irving Pinkham
James MacMahan
Dennis Moore
Elsie Wiswall
Tampa
Fla
Erland Moore
Henry Moore
Eustis
Alvin Mitchell
Thomas Hanna
USN
Stanley Lewis
George Lee
Onset
Sally Mains
Clarence Colby
Ralph Pinkham
Eva Frazier
Etta Moore
Victor Pinkham
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Arthur Berry
Kathleen Rittall
Harold Rowe
Ogunquit
Wayne LaRose
Herman Barter
David Rutherford
Lulu Hanna
Ivan Pinkham
Irving Hanna
Cleveland Curtis
Bowdeinham
Branwell Har A
Thomas Watson and
Harford
Elson Harford
Lyal Calhoun
Rudolph Pinkham
Alfred Proctor
Dresden
Louise Carver
Otis Carver
Margaret McMaster
Gardiner Leighton
Blanch Cunningham
Alvin Jewett
Lila Fitch
Carolyn Sirois
Bernard Bailey
Harold Blenn
Viola Prid‘am
South Gardiner
Warren Dorr
Wiscasset
Tifts
Stanley Meserve
B Miller
Frank Lemarr
Ronald Carver
Thelma Gagne
Calvin Goud
Charles Laws
Lyndel Goud
Dresden Mills
Runken
Rear Admiral Gallery
Morse High
Bowdoin College
Bath Lions Club
Methodists
Sewall
University OF Life Coming
Carolyn C. Moses
Ardent Red Cross
Mrs
Robert A. Henderson
Cpl
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Everett M. Stilphen
Theron
Barter
Boothbay
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