Richmond Red Cross Drive Sets March 16 23
Pol ly Roberts announces the Richmond Red Cross drive for polio aid with a quota of 750 and a list of district helpers across North End West End and Beedle Road plus county and state roads. Maurice McKenna is treasurer as the town works under the Brunswick chapter. Meetings feature a Progressive 4 H program and village club activities through March and April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Richmond
Polly Roberts
Eg 2 Seine District
Ghooee
Ediurney
North End
Cecelia Robinson
West
Betty Kendrick
South End
Mina Clark
Pleasant Street
Front Street
Main
South Street
Bertha Curtis
High Street
Courtney Hinckley
Lee Stinson
Beedle Road
Arlene Kennedy
George Clarke
Martha Willerd
Beedle
Mer
Helen. Emerson
Maurice
McKenna
Brunswick Red Cross
Grange Nall Paren
Pats
Esther Andrews
Carole Brown
Verus Gray
Priscilla Ec
Redertek Raynes
Little
Main Street
D.ire
Rebekah Arela
Saco
Queen Esther
Bath
Pushard-Guiou
Lara Mansir
Margaret Borjesson
Melita Leavitt
Pauline Hutchinson
Belle Meserve
Hazel Gibbs
Sagadahock Cattle Club
Erland Curtin
Charles Leon
Goereepee
Se Department Company
Dresden notices brighten town events in late winter
Local items describe plans for an annual prize contest, tryouts in the American Legion Oratorical Contest, and community lectures by Extension and church groups. Dozens of names mark officers and volunteers, with a February wedding of Avalon Joyce Goud and Thomas Vigne highlighted among church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Tobey
Portland
Idahael Kelley
Rosee
Natalie James
Gumee
Ewcomb
Marguerite Bailey
Land Proctor
American Legion
Bridge Academy
Emerson Itherson
Jack Brown
Ken den
Dresden Mills
Zadia Ryder
Melvin Randall
Frank Houdlette
Chauncey Wentworth
Augusta
Alma Stilphen
Eulela Pray
Agnes Gilpatrick
Esther Bailey
Rita Bailey
Youth Knowemy
Frank Fellows
Yton Mayers
Alden Sohen
Bernard Bailey
Samuel Trussell
Cate
Horace Gilpatrick
Wilmot Trussell
Leonard Alexander, Jr
Clyde Stilphen
Clayton Mayers
George Bailey
Leona Ghortateane
Ene Sears
John Frey
Y. Missions
L. Alexander
Ray Cate
Winfield South
Jennie Emerson
Pray
Gilpatrick
Bailey
Oe Bailey
Gilpat- Avalon
Joyce Goud
Paul Vigne
Nelson
Gallonwine Grange holds community service contest
The Enterprise grange plans the annual event with captains and clerks listed for various fire and lodge roles. A March 25 appointment followed by a letter from the State Legislative committee was read by Leon Batchelder, who spoke on firefighting in connection with the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
George Tibbetts
Western Ren
Redlon Holman
Sioned Hoyt
Harold Dearborn
Wesley Webber
Allie Packard
Maxwell Marine Company
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Haverford
Mercber Sidelinger
Ban- Enterprise Grange
Gallonwine Grange
State Legislative Committee
Leon’ Batchelder
Oes Ae
Georgetown Meeting Notes Highlight Town Proceedings and Sermon
Rev Bruce Cummings spoke on Upsetting An Upset World at Georgetown with scripture text about turning the world upside down. Town meetings at Central school were calm with 49 articles acted on, and officers re elected. The Georgetown School District elected new trustees and out of town visitors attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cummings
Es Ieee Ee Arren
Aa Teed Ee Aummings
Jesus
John Reedy
Dorothy Stuart
Crocker and Worrey
Woolwich
Georgetown Center
Georgetown town notes and local gatherings in March
The column reports on a P T A social at Central School prompted by prior success, eighth graders in tag day fundraising, a class trip with a $25 town meeting contribution, and a rare scrapbooks scan of the late William H. Desborn. It lists town officials elected in 1912, current budgets, and local incidents including a lost dog, a porcupine in an ell chamber, and community visits across Georgetown Center, Seguinland, and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Harry L. Horne
William H. Desborn
Georgetown
W. C. Todd
W. H. Dearborn
E. C. Merry
Charles MacMahan
W. A. Todd
Robinhood
Bac
Knubble
Five Islands Church Hosts Cummings Sermons and Local News
Henderson, former local pastor Rev. Cleaves Henderson visits Five Islands. Bruce Cummings of Warren delivers sermons on Time and Power to good turnout. Shrimp fishing thriving. town notes include school recess for repairs and various residents visiting cottages and attending meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleaves Henderson
Easton
Thesr
Ker
Bruce Cummings
Warren
Cummings
William Marr
Harland Pinkham
William Carr
Lermond Davis
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Campbell
Gardiner
Arthur Marr
Almon
Ralph Merriman
Malden
Mass
Marr
Roger Ayers
Cynthia
Augusta
Isabel Stevens
Bath
Joe Avery
Little Sheepscot
Rev
Boston
Five Islands
Georgetown
Huskins
Bernard Plummer
John Brown
Social Roundup Touches Georgetown Center and Nearby Towns
Residents and visitors from Arrowsic, Robinhood, Bath and Georgetown share weekend activities. Dr and Mrs George Manning of Arrowsic hosted dinner guests, then visited the Aubrey Fullertons in Wiscasset. Rockwell, wintering in New York, visited Cooper's Mills and Spear in Robinhood. Joan Hagan of Colby College and fiance Ronald Atwood, recently in the Portsmouth Navy, spent the weekend with L Earle Hagan's family before Atwood left for Sampson Air Base. Charlotte Hobart in Pasadena convalesces from flu with complications, her brother Stephen T Clarke also ill. A seven-member Georgetown group attended Elm Street Bath services with Rev Cleave H Anderson. Mr Henderson, former Georgetown and Five Islands pastor, previously hosted. Monday, Mrs Mae Hagan of Bath joined L Earle Hagan for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Manning
Arrowsie
William Bisseth
Robinhood
Wiscasset
Aubrey Fullertons
Rockwell
New York
Marjorie Rockwell
Cooper's Mills
Adolph Spear
Joan Hagan
Colby College
Ronald Atwood
Portsmouth Navy
Georgetown Center
L. Earle Hagan
Atwood
Air Force
Hagan
Waterville
Sampson Air Base
Lake Seneca
N. Y
Pasadena
Calif
Charlotte Hobart
Stephen T. Clarke
Georgetown
Elm Street
Bath
Cleave H Anderson
Easton
Henderson
G Georgetown
Five Islands
Mae Hagan
Funeral for Mrs Laura A Genthner at St Marys Church
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at eight at St Marys Church with Rev Fr John E Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers included John W Sonia Robert J Footer Edward F Jones Lucien Bisson Frank A Hinds and Arthur Footer. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery in the Spring. One paid worker in three is woman in Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura A. Genthner
St. Mary’s Church
John E. Bellefontaine
John W. Sonia
Robert J. Footer
Edward F. Jones
Lucien Bisson
Frank A. Hinds
Arthur Footer
Calvary Cemetery
Monthly Meeting Cross Pushes Toward Goal
Red Cross Executive Board meeting led by Mrs. Seth Mullin substitutes for chairman Frederick E. Drake Jr. Reports from Mrs. George Musk Sydney Eaton Harold Perry David Dickson and Mrs. John Parker noted. Fund Campaign chief Mr. Pierce said progress is good and calls will continue. Gamma globulin polio prevention hinges on public donations and Red Cross support locally and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Mullin
The
Red Cross
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
George Musk
Sydney Eaton
Harold Perry
David Dickson
John Parker
Melvin Henderson
Pauline Avery
Florence Hawley
George Nugent
Dwight Pierce
Pierce
Edward True
Fred Brown
George Gardenier
Harold McElman
Robert Brownell
Monroe Carlton
Homer Slief
Earl Farnham
Lawrence Small
Donald Leavitt
Woolwich
Dwight Hale
James Hay
James Mallard
Barbara Thornton
James Thorpe
Mabel Jack
Paul Wagstaff
Chester Leeman
J. Vinal Hunnewell
David Cox
William “Sanders
Marthen Doak
Walter Smith
Clarence Tanner
Philip Ratleff
Ralph Wright
Edhwold -Carter
Clifford Molson
F. Hilton Soule
Ivan Shaw
Joseph McGillicuddy
John Rogers
Phippsburg Leader
Roland Peterson
Robinhood
Belle Heald
Etown
Kathleen Rittall
Five Islands
Steen
Arrowsic
William Alen Farrell 68 Bath resident dies suddenly
William Alen Farrell of 97 Green Street dies suddenly on Wednesday evening. A retired hull inspector for the Maritime Commission and lifelong Bath resident born January 25, 1885, he is survived by his widow Lena C. Farrell and an aunt Mrs. Harry Frye. Funeral Friday at 10 from Curtis Funeral Home. burial Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alen Farrell
Green Street
Hull
Maritime Commission
Mr. Farrell
Bath
James
Helen Welch Farrell
Lena C. Farrell
Harry Frye
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Mrs Sarah Irene Harding
Funeral was held Monday afternoon at 1 30 from A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev Howard F Cramer of Beacon Street Church officiating. Bearers were Charles Burgess Joseph Fortin James Fortin and Edward Newell. Entombment followed at Eastern Cemetery Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Irene Harding
A. F. Mayo & Son
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Church
Charles Burgess
Joseph Fortin
James Fortin
Edward Newell
Eastern Cemetery
Gorham
Sarah Irene Harding dies at 94 in Pittston
Sarah Irene Harding, 94, died early Saturday at Willow Crest Nursing Home in Pittston where she had been a patient for about a month. Born April 2, 1859 in Windham, she was the daughter of Joseph and Jennie Babb. She lived in Portland before moving to Bath five years ago and then with her daughter Mrs. Jennie Lewis of Oak Street. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Lewis, and divided her later years between her daughter's home and nursing homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Willebeek LeMair, Jr
Augusta
Seguinland
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Edward Pinson
Nancy
Edgecomb
Martha Bowen
Georgetown Center
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Ralph Davis
Lawrence Cloutier
Stanley Kosalka
Sagadahoc Bay
Memorial Hospital
Wilbur Loveitt
Addie Loveitt
Charles E. Mains
Bath
Daisy Mains
Reid State Park
William Harrison
Althea Heffron
Burton Cunningham
State Hospital
Ferris Leonard
Everett
Elbridge Mains
Wiliam Mains
Sarah Irene Harding
Willow Crest
Pittston
Windham
Joseph and
Jennie (Wood) Babb
Funeral Service for Mrs Emma C Dunning Held Tuesday
Emma C Dunning had a funeral service Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 from Mayo funeral residence with Harold Allen pastor of Corliss Street church officiating. Bearers were Benjamin O Fitzgerald Robert Coombs Jr and Edward F Newell. Burial was at Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma C. Dunning
Mayo
Harold Allen
Corliss Street
Benjamin O. Fitzgerald
Robert Coombs, Jr
Edward F. Newell
Maple Grove
Fern growth reaches astonishing heights up to eighty feet
Some ferns attain remarkable vertical growth with reports noting heights approaching 80 feet in certain environments. The detail emphasizes the immense stature possible for these plants.
Hon. J Edward Drake longtime Bath leader dies in Portland
Hon J Edward Drake 81 former Bath mayor state senator and Davenport Trustee died in a Portland hospital after three months as patient Born in Bath he led James B Drake and Sons insurance and ship brokerage and served as Bath mayor 1918 1919 He was a longtime banker hospital trustee Mason and civic volunteer survived by widow Edna Bliss and son J Edward Drake Jr Funeral services held private at Mayo residence with local clergy in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Bath
Davenport
Portland
James B
Georgiana Lincoln Drake
Bath High School
Yale University
James B. Drake & Sons
Drake
Kennebec Steamship Co
Kennebec River
Boston
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Old Folks
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Bath Y.M.C.A
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Winter Street Congregational Church
Edna Bliss
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Arthur F. Mayo
Howard O. Hough
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Frederick H Magoun dies at 57 in Brunswick
Frederick Hamilton Magoun of 36 Cumberland street Brunswick died at home after a period of illness. Born October 13 1895 in Bath he graduated Morse High 1918 and Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1918. He married Marianne C Green in 1929 and is survived by his wife daughter Susan and his mother Mrs Charles F Magoun. Services were private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hamilton Magoun
Bath
Brunswick
Cumberland Street
Charles F
Helen (Hamilton) Magoun
Magoun
Morse High
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Phi Gamma _ Delta
Marion C. Green
Worcester
Mass
Wellesley Hills
General Electric
General Electric Supply Company
Boston
Susan Magoun
Charles F. Magoun
Academy Street
Westport, Boothbay figure Stacey noted in obituary
Helen Lewis Stacey reports that Joan Roscorne sought gown in Westport and attended W Yarmouth academy. The Boothbay resident, linked to shipbuilders and The Little Groups, is survived by Ordway Lewis and six others including Arthur Stevens James Stevens and Mrs Frank Cummings Jr of East Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Lewis) Stacey
W. Yarmouth Academy
Westport
Etta Lewis
Ordway Lewis
Boothbay
Stacey
Goudy & Shipbuilders
Ordway
Lewis
Arthur Stevens
James Stevens
Frank Cummings
East Boothbay
Henry A White 89 Local resident dies in Bathard California
Henry R White, 89, long time Bathard resident and former manager of Drummond Coal Co on Commercial Street, later ran his own business. He served on the Bathard Streets and Sewer Commission 1907 1911 and was a member of Solar lodge Montgomery St Bernard and Dunlap Commandery Templar. He married Emily Hy at Winter church in San Gabriel California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. White
Bathard
Bra
Calif
White
Fe Drummond Coal Co
Comcial Street
Oe Strand Sewer Commission
Bai
W. W. Mason
Solar Lodge
Mrs Laura A Genthae obituary notes Bath native born Nov 1
Laura A Leons a native of Bath born November 1. She was the daughter of Charles Lamoine and lived at Marys house church. Surviving relatives include Malen O and Leon M Genthae. Funeral services at her late home followed by entombment at a cemetery in the Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heure’ S. Leons
Rat
Aer Blaisian
Bath
Gener
Charles Lamoine
Footer
Res | Malen O
Leon M
Mary’s House
Mrs Emma C Dunning obituary of Bath born widow
Mrs Emma Coombs 90 widow of Edwin died at her home 25 ton street early Sunday morning. Born Bath 1862 daughter of J and Margaret Johnson. Member Street Baptist church. Survived by foster Charles Gibbs of Mass and niece Mrs Myron Lynn Mass. Funeral Tuesday noon 1:30 from the funeral residence with Allen pastor Corliss church officiating. Burial Maple Grove in the 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Coombs
Edwin
Ton Street
Bath
J and Margaret Johnson
Street Baptist Church
Charles Gibbs
Mass
Myron
Lynn
Allen
Corliss Church
Maple Grove
Mrs Hannah Nelson’s Death Notice in Sabine Colony
Mrs Hannah Nelson late of Reachmont Massachusetts died Friday at her Sabine Colony home. Her health had been impaired for years but recently improved and she planned a visit next summer. Her passing will be deeply felt in the Sabine Colony where the Nelson fly had long been noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Ee
Hannah Nelson
Reachmont
Mass
Nelson
Sabine Colony
End Paul Bischoff Leads WVU Football Till Season Ending
West Virginia captain Paul Bischoff headed the team in receiving efforts, catching 49 percent of his targeted forward passes during the season, highlighting his role as a key playmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bischoff
West Virginia
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Harold J. Brown, Sr
Ethel Higgins
Marion Watson
Slash
Tebtodly L. Magee
Ie .Saen
Lloyd E. Pinkham
Harry H. Heald
Alton Reed
M. Belle Heald
Marjorie Hagan
Stanwood C. Gilman
Roy Clark
Walter F. Powers
Georgetown Fire Department
MacMahan Island
MacMahan
Rolaur E. Peterson
Arthur Nelson
Branwell E. Harford
Maude P. Thayer
West Point
Perley Keith
Indian Point
Danvers
Wellesley Farms
Erick Woodruff
Joseph Lane
Oliver
Great Britain
William Allen Farrell
U.S. Maritime Commission
Mrs
Sarah I. Harding
Ohler Maooes
Frederick H. Magqun
Citizen-Militia
Guardian of Our Liberties
George Washington
Joan Roscorne
Henry A. White
California
Laura A. Genthae
Orrin P. _Genthai
Ofwin
M. H. Page
North Sa
Kennebec
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