Richmond Fire Department elects new chiefs and officers
At a Richmond meeting the fire department re elected Charles Leon as fire chief with Harris Hutchins as first assistant and George Douglas as second assistant. Other officers include Chester Foster as clerk and captains for No. 1 No. 2 and No. 3 Companies. Community events noted include a chimney fire at Arthur Blanchard’s residence and a Lions Club meeting with Red Cross officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En Millis
Richmond Fire Department
Charles Leon
Harris Hutchins
George Douglas
Chester Foster
Cleveland Marriner
Leutenant
Norris Bidelinger
Carl Anderson
George Is
Westerner
Charles Blake
George Hoyt
Harold Dearborn
Wesley Webber
Hook and Ladder Co
Maxwell Marriner
Donald Knight
Harry Hanson
Edward Crosby
Service Co
Nathaniel Gilatrick
Old Harford
Robert Sidelinger
Progressive Grange
Robert Wallace
Linwood Frederick
Arthur Blanchard
Williams Street
Ideal Home Corner Club
Pearl Perry
County Road
Belle Meserve
Vivian Tripp
Feyn Perry
Esther Foss
Con Street
Philip Densmore
Vivian Trip
Cora Guptill
Jean Guiou
Kennebec County
Hallowell
Rose Beverage
Dresden
Bridge Academy
Emergon Lane Post
A. L
Lions Club
Philip S. Wilder
Brunswick
American Red Cross
Chester A. Clayton
Dewey Fisher
Drive For Funds
George & Nelson
Rive
Mrs An Veral Knight Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. An Veral Knight were held Sunday from Roberts Funeral Home with Rev. Frank M. Fellows officiating. Burial followed in High Point cemetery in Damariscotta. Mrs. Knight, born January 28, 1887 in Hart, lived in Richmond over 30 years. She leaves husband Carleton Knight. sons Elmer and Leroy of Richmond. daughter Sedgley Rice of Richmond. a daughter in law Karos of Lisbon. and a great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Mae Knight
Anveral
Roberts
Frank M. Fellows
Highnd
Damariscotta II
Knight
George
Mary Burke Hart
Richmond
Besdes
Carleton
Elmer
Lawnee
Ae Sedgle Rice
Albert Berry to Leave Ship at Philadelphia Dry Dock
MMFN Albert Berry of the U.S. Navy boards the U.S.S. Ware and is to depart with his parent Mrs. Arthur Berry Robbins Street while the ship is in a dry dock at Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Berry
MMFN
U.S. N
Arthur Berry Robbins Street
Philadelphia
Georgetown Letters and Community Notes Highlight Local Life
Long Georgetown column covers sermons at Sag Mere Isaia, PTA nominations, school board shifts, church history from 1886 choir list, Easter Seals drive urging support, and social events across Georgetown Center Robinhood and Five Islands with residents visiting Portland, Bath, and Brunswick venues.
Girl Scout Rally Day Celebrates Juliette Low World Fund
A colorful ceremony marked Girl Scout Rally Day with a candle lighted on a birthday cake gifted by Bath Council. Betsy Bertrand, Jean Carter, Susan Bates and others represented troops while teams formed by armbands joined group games led by Mrs. William Niss. Lunch followed in the gym balcony and junior camp committee members were honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliette Low
William Niss
Frank Butcher
Sally Mulaney
Annette Bailey
Cynthia Osgood
Jean Belanger
Roberta Haab
Marlene Logan
Linda Ames
Susanne Bartlett
Claudia Glynn
Maurice Hutchins
E. Merritt Shea
O Hara Family Visit Reaches Calais
Mrs Louise O Hara of Calais arrives for a visit with her son and wife Mr and Mrs Thomas O Hara of Floral street and with her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs John Moffitt of Sagadahoc Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise O’hara
Calais
Thomas O'Hara
Floral Street
John Moffitt
Sagadahoc Ferry
Surprise Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Franz Stevens
A stork shower for Mrs. Franz Stevens was hosted at Mrs. Victor Pinkham’s home with many gifts arranged around a decorated high chair. Guests from Georgetown and neighboring towns attended, with plans noted to aid Red Cross and boost church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Harold Rowe
Henry Moore
Alton Reid
Arthur Cochrane
Georgetown
Mary Stevens
Alvah Reynolds
Doris
Kathleen Will
Red Cross
Philip Pinkham
Reedy
Barabbas
Alfred Rowe
William Marr
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Richard B. Carey
Tacoma Park
Richard
Edwin Berry
Kathleen
Key West
Fla
U.S.N
Boston
Fred White
Winthrop
Kathleen Rittall
Beverly
Albert Moore
Arthur Berry
Portland
P. B. Savage
Walter
Savage
Kittery
J. Clifton Little
Little
Vernon E. Gray
Dennis Moore
Clayton Doyle
Yle
Prize Speaking Contest at North-Center PTA Success
About 200 attended the North-Center PTA prize speaking event at Huse Memorial School Monday evening. Eighth graders from Central Grammar competed with topics including Papa and the Boy and The Cremation of Sam McGee. Judges Miss Katherine Conley and Miss Frances Flaherty praised the pupils. Frances Witham won first prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
North-Center
P.T.A
Huse Memorial School
Central Grammar
Moody Flint
Margaret Scott
Katherine Conley
Frances Flaherty
Morse High School
Frances, Witham
Papa
Malcolm Hamilton
Sam McGee
Walter Upham
Mia Carlotta
Joyce Lemoine
Shirley Ketchum
Jean Bowers
Myra Hunnewell Dies at 91 in Woolwich Residence
Myra Eugenia Hunnewell aged 91 died at her Sagadahoc Ferry home after a long illness. Born July 16, 1861 in Dresden, she lived much of her life in Woolwich and Bath. Known as Aunt Jeanie, she supported the Good Will club and Montsweag Baptist church and is survived by brothers Henry and Clarence Carlton and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Eugenia Hunnewell
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Jeanie
Dresden
Ira
Harriet (Savage) Carlton
Charles H. Hunnewell
North Street
Bath
Nequasset
Sions
Good Will Club
Montsweag
Henry E. Carlton
Clarence I. Carlton
Arrowsie
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Charles Brown
Baptist Church of
Bucksport
Hunnewell
North Center P T A honors work and plans April program
Mrs Ralph Milliken president of North Center P T A presented a gift to Mrs Scott for her ill work and led a business session. The April program will be led by Mrs Joseph I Smith with details to follow. A nominating committee was named Miss Helen Hayes Alfred D Caton and Mrs Louise A Dole. A dental hygiene banner was purchased for North Primary. Circus Day by Children’s Theater of Portland is set for April 5. Robert Carter fifth grade won the attendance award. Refreshments closed the meeting served by seventh grade room mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Milliken
North Center P. T. A
Scott
Milliken
C. Lloyd Hooker
Joseph I. Smith
Helen Hayes
Alfred D. Caton
Louise A. Dole
North Primary
North-Center
Children’s Theater of
Portland
Robert Carter
North Grammar
North and Central
Heywood Newcomb
Kenneth Francisco
Albert White
Cora E Burns Dies After Long Illness at Memorial Hospital
Cora E Burns aged 79, wife of George H Burns, died Tuesday evening after a long illness. Born March 14 1912 in Bath, she was daughter of Asa and Myrtle Wilson. Survived by husband two sons Arthur E Burns and John D Ellis, parents, three brothers, three sisters. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 319 High Street, Canon Tubbs officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora E. Burns
George H. Burns
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Asa
Myrtle (French) Wilson
Funeral Service for Mrs Myra Hunnewell Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Myra E Hunnewell were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Charles T Brown of Bucksport officiating. Bearers included Forrest Carlton Vinal Hunnewell George Carlton Jr Thornton Henderson Waldo Hawthorne and Frank Carlton. She was entombed in Bath for burial at Murphy's Corner Cemetery Woolwich scheduled for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra E. Hunnewell
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles T. Brown
Bucksport
Forrest Carlton
Vinal Hunnewell
George Carlton, Jr
Thornton Henderson
Waldo Hawthorne
Frank Carlton
Bath
Murphy's Corner
Woolwich
Hawaiian Flowers Arrive For Pen Pal Patricia Parks
Patricia Ellen Parks, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred A Parks Jr, received a Hawaii sent air mail package containing anthurium cut flowers from Miss Eleanor Kuwana of Pahoa. Kuwana and Parks are both 12 and attend sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ellen Parks
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
High Street
Hawaii
Eleanor Kuwana
Pahoa
Patricia
Kuwana
Marian Muira
Funeral for Mrs Ida S Matheson
Funeral held Tuesday at 10 from Curtis funeral home with Rev Laforest Hodgkins of Central church officiating. Body taken to Leominster Massachusetts for burial in Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida S. Matheson
Curtis Funeral Home
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Church
Leominster
Mass
Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs Martell and mother visit Bath after winterport trip
Mrs John Martell formerly Marjorie Legard RN of Winterport spent the weekend in Bath. Her mother Mrs Gladys M Gundel, convalescing from pneumonia, accompanied her home for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martell
Marjorie Legard, R. N
Winterport
Bath
Gladys M. Gundel
Out of Town Relatives Attend Hunnewell Funeral
Rev and Mrs Charles T Brown of Bucksport along with Mrs Ber nice Lee Mrs Bessie Pinkham and daughter of Augusta attended the funeral of Mrs Charles H Hunnewell Tuesday afternoon joining other relatives and friends from away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Brown
Bucksport
Bernice Lee
Bessie Pinkham
Augusta
Charles H. Hunnewell
Obituary Ralph W Conforth 73 of Bath and Saco
Ralph W Conforth 73 former Bath resident died suddenly Sunday evening at his Saco home. He ran Conforth Farms and an antique shop on the Portland road after moving from Bath 35 years ago. He previously worked in electrical business with N Gratz Jackson in Bath. Survived by wife Susan Tracy Conforth and two sisters Myra E and Annie B Conforth of Saco. Funeral Tuesday at Dennett Craig Funeral Home Saco. interment Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Conforth
Bath
Saco
Conforth Farms
Portland Road
N. Gratz Jackson
Jackson Brothers
Front Street
Jackson
Sherman H
Emily
Lord) Conforth
Winter Street Church
Susan
Tracy) Conforth
Myra E
Annie B. Conforth
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Estella B. Berry Dies. Bath Advent Church Deaconess
Estella B Berry born Weymouth Massachusetts May 9 1888 daughter of Gayton and Lucy Eddy Stir turned settled in Bath after moving from Weymouth She was a graduate of ToS High School and served as deaconess and Sunday school superintendent at the Advent Christian church Bath Survived by her ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Mass
Gayton and
Lucy
Thayer) Eddy
Bote
Tos High School
Advent Christian Church of
Bath
Berry
Mrs Ruth G Cowley Dies in Seattle March 8
Notice of the sudden death in Seattle Washington of Mrs Ruth Greenleaf Cowley born Ruth Moulton of Bath. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Greenleaf of Seattle and sister of the late Mrs William S Newell and John R Moulton. Survived by son Joseph G Cowley Seattle brothers Nelson Greenleaf Seattle and Joseph Greenleaf Hequiem Washington and four Bath cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Greenleaf Cowley
Seattle
Wash
Joseph Greenleaf
Funeral service for Mrs Estella Berry held at Advent Christian
Funeral for Mrs Estella R Berry was Friday afternoon at two at the Advent Christian church on Middle Street. Everett Wright officiated with bearers Vernal Chase Hiram Robinson Herbert Terrell and Archer Terrell. Burial followed in Dresden in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella R. Berry
Advent Christian Church
Middle Street
Everett Wright
Vernal Chase
Hiram Robinson
Herbert Terrell
Archer Terrell
Bath
Dresden
Mrs Mary Gahan 89 Dies at Old Folks Home
Mrs Mary Grace Gahan aged 89 died at the Old Folks Home after a long illness. Born in Bath on February 28 she was the daughter of John and Abbie Gahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grace Gahan
Old Folks Home
Bath
John and
Abbie
Funeral for Mrs Mary Grace Gahan Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Grace Gahan were held Saturday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home. Harold Treworgy of Brunswick read the service. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grace Gahan
Curtis Funeral Home
Harold Treworgy
Brunswick
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest Cunningham
Gardiner General Hospital
Mildred B. Fossett
Gardiner
Frank A. Beedle
Arrah Street
Frank E. Preble
Orlando
Fila
Mildred Stone
Northleasant Street
Cpl
Willis S.tone
Koyto
Japan
Tone
Far East
Harold Caswell
Charles B.swell
Indian Road
West Gariier
Clarice Douglass
Spear’s Corner
Ceorgetown
Isaia Iyronce
Christ
Galilean
Beedy
Eeeer
Belle Heald
Roland Petergon
William Bisseth
Hyde Home
Marie Preston
Pine Tree
L. Earle Hagan
Roy Newman
William A. Todd
Edward C. Clarey
Riggsville
Methodist
Ella Riggs Legard
Annie Brown
Carrie Baker
Belle ‘C. Clarey
Elijah Campbell
Wendall Baker
Sargent Mains
Johnnie Brown
Henry Webber
John D. Williams
Maynard Thibodeau
Percy MacGillivary
Central School
Arthur Nelson
Norman Drummond
Richard Gowen
Edwin Hooper
Georgetown School Board
Virgil Stevens
D. W
Miss Mills
Richard Dyer-Bennett
Jordan Hall
Dyer-Bennett
Adolph Spear
Robinhood
Joanna
Gan
Portland High School
Hagan
Morse High
Edwin Adams
Auburn
Peterson
Donald Field
Lewiston
Frank King
Liberty
Murray Peterson
South Bristol
Roland E. Peterson
Harold Shervington
Seguinland
Ralph Davis
Maureen Davis
Linwood
Georgetown Center
David Rutherford
Five Islands
Aubrey Fullerton
Buddy Brown
Martha Bowen
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Cathy
Holly
Buddy
Clarence B. Hill
Greene
Hill
Blanchard Hill
Harry Horne
Christine Williams
Eagle Hotel
Wendall Heald
Heal
Ernest Heal
Vincent MacMahan
Herbert Marlow
Arrowsic
Clement McMehan
William Stewart
John Williams
Estella BR. Berry
Harry Berry
Ruth G. Cowley
Mrs
Estella Berry
Mes
Annabelea Slier
Ie Lewisten
Mary G. Gahan
Matheson
Wayne M. Cushing
Annabella Bliee
Mrs. Gahan
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
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