Halloween Parties and Community Notices in Richmond
Amy Bradley Tent hosts a children's Halloween party with 27 attendees and seasonal decorations. Richmond Red Cross seeks volunteers for infant and child clothing sewing and sock yarn knitting. Junior Red Cross asks for afghans and yarn scarves. Local clubs hold Halloween events, a fire department chimney fire is reported, and hospital observations follow for Roland Robinson after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
D. of U. V
Viola Douglass
Beatrice Webber
Adele Libby
Fern Perry
Mildred Skinner
Lloyd Umberhind
Enterprise Grange Ladies’ Aid
Grange Hall
Star Club
Carmel
Daughters of Veterans Hall
Pauline Gilpatrick
Courtney Hinckley
Alice Gilpatrick
Flora Denham
Dorothea Little
Ideal Home Corner Club
Mrs. Cavanaugh Returns Home From Maine General Hospital
Mrs. John J. Cavanaugh leaves Maine General hospital in Portland after six weeks as her husband Mr. Walter Cromwell and Mrs. Cromwell drive from Center Street 291 to escort her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cavanaugh
Center Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Walter Cromwell
Georgetown pays tribute as Rev Koehlwetter begins six month leave
Sunday service marks the last for Rev Franklin S Koehlwetter before a six month hospital leave in Boston. The sermon on God Incomprehensible impressed the congregation as violinist Dr D L Pettingill contributed to the choir program. Next Sunday Rev John Pendleton will lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklins. Koehlwetter
Boston
D. L. Pettingill
John Pendleton
The
Baptist Association
Keehlwetters
Koehlwetter
Inez Allen
Ladies’ Aid
First Baptist Church
Howard Trafton
Roy M. Newman
St. Louis
Mr. Newman
Georgetown Center
Bath
Funeral for Rev Henry Weston Draws Large Attendees
The funeral of Rev Henry Ed ward Weston 43 a Canadian war veteran killed when struck by a car while cycling near his Woolwich home was held at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence with a large turnout including clergymen veterans and American Legion members. Burial followed in Bailey cemetery Woolwich. Weston a Brown University and Andover Newton graduate served in World War I and led Baptist churches in Woolwich Center and Montsweag. He died after a life of ministry and a brief spell running a Woolwich novelty shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Edward Weston
Woolwich
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry W. Webb
Wiscasset
Bailey
Mr. Weston
England
H. W. Weston
Providence
R. 1
Brown University
Andover-Newton School of Theology
Weston
France
Woolwich Center
Montsweag
Dexter
Ministers’ Association
Bowdeinham
Paul
Sidney MacMillan
Fred Weston
R. I
Robert Keirstead
Andover
Mass
Bath Women at M P N Meeting 50 in Lisbon Falls
Bath women attended the Maine Progressive Union meeting in Lisbon Falls. The program featured Mrs. George M. Chase Lewiston district director and Mrs. Donald Payson state chairwoman of Civilian Defense with humorous readings and moving pictures. The annual meeting was set for February 1942 in Bath with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Progressive Union
Lisbon Falls
William W. Dennison
Cosmopolitan Club of
George M. Chase
Lewiston
Maine Federation of Womens Clubs
Hostess Club
Donald Payson
Mowry
Harriet Ramsdell
Ramsdell
Bates
Harriet Johnson
Gaspe Peninsula
John Parker
Elizabeth Deering
Chester Roberts
N. Gratz Jackson
Carl Pierce
Roscoe PL. McFadden
Charles W. Messenger
R. J. M. Steussey
Carroll Deering
Alice May Douglas
Susan Mitchell
Mabel Harris
John Harkins
Orville E. Page
Paul G. Bagdikian
William Yule
Elizabeth Dunbar
Walter Wiggin
Lena Donnell
War
Bath Visit Notes From Leland Mitchell Family Outing
Mrs Leland R Mitchell of 49 Corliss street is spending a week in Portland with her daughter Mrs William Riley and Mr Riley, 159 Edward street. Mrs Lillian McBurnie of Providence has visited Bath friends calling on her son Alden McBurnie of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland R. Mitchell
Corliss Street
Portland
William Riley
Mr Riley
Edward Street
Lillian McBurnie
Providence
Alden Me Burnie
Woolwich
Bath
Edward Burns
Lenora Mitchell
Donald Wilson
Mroo
Robert Green
Fycrest
Vass
Green
Mitchell
An Law
Newell Wilson
Fay Jerome Beth
Wilson Wee Dormer
Naval
Military
City
Five Islands Community Notes and Furlough News
Rev Franklin Keehlwetter preached his last Sunday before a six month eye operation furlough. He will be replaced by Rev John S Pendleton of Waterville next Sunday. Neighbors gave the Keehlwetter family a cash gift as thanks. The column also reports whooping cough cases, beaver activity at North End, fire department response to a Heald home blaze, library auxiliary work, and updates on local residents and travelers from Five Islands Georgetown and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Keehlwetter
John S. Pendleton
Waterville
Keehlwetter
Five Islands
Georgetown
Franklin S. Keellwetter
Merton Pinkham
J. G Stevens
North End
Heald
George Town
Library Hall
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Percy Savage
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Arthur Wyman
Sabattus
Earle Hinckley
Quincy
Mass
Jones Cottage
Surprise party honors Mrs. Edward Clancy by E E Kauxiliary
Mrs J Edward Clancy celebrates a surprise birthday hosted Friday at 69 Russell Street by the Ernest Edgar Kateon auxiliary. Attendees include officers and members from the auxiliary and camp, along with friends and relatives sending gifts and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Clancy
Ernest Edgar Kateon
Russell Street
Dana L McIntire
Clancy
Marie
James E
Melvin Whittam
Whittam
Harry A. Barker
J. Edward Burns
Burns
Harold Swain
Melntine
Herman Wright
Marie Clancy
Ernest King
Ernestine Kine
Marion Getehell
West Bath
Holden Wright
Injured Columbia Instructor Has Relatives Here
Harold E Brailey of Upper Montclair New Jersey an assistant in chemistry at Columbia University was seriously burned in an October laboratory explosion that splattered nine students and two instructors with hot sulphuric acid Clarence Hiskey the holding instructor suffered the worst burns His nephew N Gratz Jackson and wife at 1 Shaw Street have learned he is hospitalized but eyes were saved and he recovers Mrs Sherman McQuinnite of Bedford Street reports she will spend Fall and Winter in Clearwater Florida with friends from Maine and enjoys the climate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Brailey
Upper Montclair
N.J
Columbia University
Brailey
N. Gratz Jackson
Shaw Street
Clarence — Hiskey
Phippsburg Boy Wounded in Accidental Hunting Incident
Donald Williams 15 of Phippsburg is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital after an accidental shotgun discharge while bird hunting near Winneganee. He stepped on the trigger from a float three miles from home and was severely wounded in the left forearm. He walked home through marsh and creek before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Williams
Arthur A. Williams
Phippsburg
Memorial Hospital
Winneganee
Williames
Captain Rawley Dies At Hampden Home
Captain Alfred Edward Rawley aged 70 and longtime shipmaster for the Eastern Steamship Line died at his Hampden home on October 22 after years of poor health. Born in 1870 in Calais, he served the Boston to Bangor line for 44 years and captained the Belfast for over two decades before retiring in 1935. He and wife Elizabeth Pooley of Tenants Harbor lived in Hampden 39 years and were active in local affairs. He belonged to the Masters Mates and Pilots Association and the Boston Marine Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Edward Rawley
Eastern Steamship Line
Hampden
Captain Rawley
Calais
Alfred
Augusta Rawley
Rawley
Boston
Bangor
Belfast
Elizabeth A. Pooley
Tenants Harbor
Mrs Cora I Thompson Dies in Freeport at 59
Mrs Cora Isabella Thompson aged 59 died at her son Carroll Thompson’s home in Freeport on October 23 after a brief illness. Born July 7, 1884 in Bath to Fred Bo and Clarice Clapp Silsby, she was the widow of Frank A Thompson. Survived by Carroll, a brother Ralph in Fair Haven Mississippi, two aunts, and five grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at her late home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Isabella Thompson
Carroll Thompson
Freeport
Alrs. Thompson
Bath
Fred Bo
Clarice Clapp Silsby
Everett
Mass
Frank A. Thompson
Thompson
Carroll
Ralph
Fairhaven
Gertrude Silsby
A. Bruce
Astoria
Funeral for Mrs. Cora Isa bella Thompson in Freeport
The funeral for Mrs. Cora Isa bella Silsby Thompson wife of Frank A. Thompson formerly of this city was held Saturday afternoon at the Freeport home of her son Carroll Thompson with whom she resided since last fall. Mrs Rue Hayward at the Christian Science Church of Bath conducted the service. Mrs Allen Pettnegill of South Portland passed Monday here visiting relatives and in Woolwich where she was a guest of her cousin Mrs Ida M Beals of Sagadahoc Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Isabella
Silsby) ‘Thompson
Frank A. Thompson
Twce
Freeport
Carrol Thompson
Rue Hayward
Christian Science Church of Bath
Allen Pettnegill
South Portland
Woolwich
Ida M Beals
Sagadahoc Ferry
Butterfield Dies After Roofing Fall At Bath Iron Works
Wallace Bert Butterfield 53 died in Bath Memorial hospital from a 30 foot fall while working on a Bath Iron Works roof Wednesday forenoon. Born in Bath New Brunswick April 20 1888 he lived in Rumford earlier and served in World War I. He came to Bath in 1940 worked for Cummings Motors and R Houston Construction. Survived by wife Katherine Brophy one sister in New Brunswick. Funeral held Sunday in Rumford Meader and Perry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Bert Butterfield
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Butterfield
Bath
New Brunswick
Charles
Phoebe Butterfield
McGregor Construction Co
Rumford
Oldsmobile Sales and Service Co
U.S. Army
Germany
Cummings Motors, Inc
R. Houston Construction Corp
Katherine Brophy
R.N
Elks Lodge
Knights of Pythias
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Meader and Perry Funeral
Catherine Greenlaw Dies in Woolwich at 77
Catherine L. Greenlaw 77 widow of Charles B. Greenlaw died Friday night at her Woolwich home after a six month illness. Born April 26 1864 in Deer Isle she lived 52 years in the United States and resided in Portland Gardner Mass before moving to Woolwich five years ago. Survived by five sons and one daughter including Harvey H. Greenlaw Bath Charles L. Greenlaw Portland and Wesley Greenlaw Lubec. Anther son Melvin Greenlaw of Portland died eight years ago. Burial and memorial details not provided. Local society notes include a Halloween party hosted by Mrs Albert Pinkham and a list of attendees and future gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine L. Greenlaw
Charles B. Greenlaw
Woolwich
Mrs. Greenlaw
Deer Isle
N. B
Abel
Sarah
Stevers) Eaton
United States
Portland
Gardner
Mass
Methodist Church
Wesley Church
Bath
Harvey H. Greenlaw
Charles L. Greenlaw
Edward North
Lawrence Greenlaw
Howard Greenlaw
Wesley Greenlaw
Lubec
Melvin Greenlaw
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Richmond
Rs. Solon Purinton
Red Cross
Velma Berry
Hereford
Claire Plouff
Beverly Cadenelli
Ruby Fisher
Irene Fisher
Phyllis Stover
Doris Douglass
Evelyn Olsen
Helen Hingley
Grace Pridham
Chuck Berry
Alvin Lothridge
Phyllis Lothridge
Phyllis Strout
Malorie Moeller
Marjorie Rice
Dresden Mills
Joseph Houdlette
Jean Meserve
Irving Meserve
Norma McCormick
Carol Hurley
Patricia Hurley
Dana Hinckley
Patricia
Carole
Charlotte Hurley
Lois Kimball
Elaine
Joyce Gilpatrick
Betty Small
Constance
Marjorie Guiou
Ronald Meserve
Hattie Ward
Spruce Street
Cromwell
New York Yankees
M. Skinner
J Sherburne
E. Pinkham
M. White
G. Richter
FE. Ring
M. Gilbert
Roland Robinson
Dummer Street
Mr. Robinson
Bath Iron Works
Merit Oval
Ironing Board
Maid of Honor
IEHN
Zimm Cie A Vince
Washington and
Center Streets
Bath, Maine
America’s Nest
Wiscasset Legionnaires
J. J. Gibson
Russel Harford
Russel Harford, Jr
Rudolph Pinkham
Ronald
Carrie Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Robert Taylor
Swampscott
Otis Baker
Norwood
Vincent Davis
Kittery
Lester Davis
D. R. Stevens
Edward Clancy
Sherman McQuinnte
Bedford Street
Clearwater
Fla
Maine
Cora I. Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Bath Hospital
Catherine Greenlaw
Methodists
Albert Pinkham
Social Eight Club
Court Street
Erving L. Burnham
George Darrah
Napoleon Guerrette
George Melzard
Lloyd Perry
Walter Thayer
Lawrence E. Young
Byron Colters
Wilbur Cahill
Edmund P. Briggs
Willian M. Adams
Nathan E. Coffin Sr
Charles A. Corliss
Fred Bo Jack
Harry Deering
Elizabeth Gibbons
Walter Rowe
Dennis D. Clark
Willian Hall
Dayton Hill
This City
Albion K. Parris
Cascades
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R Huston
Washington Street
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