Richmond Enterprise Women Prepare for Play and Aid Meeting
Richmond Enterprise reports Orange Ladies Aid elected officers for the year led by President Myrtle Stewart with Gertrude Gardner and Ethel Rankins as vice presidents. The group planned events, including a Baker royalty three act play to be staged April 13 and 14 at Richmond High School, while Junior Declamation winners were named and roll call events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Orange Ladies Aid
Myrtle Stewart
Gardiner Street
Gertrude Gardner
Ethel Rankins
Ann Spofford
Minnie Waldron
Mabelle Crillen
Lalia Card
Belle Call
Ida Watson
Robina Rogers
George Wakefield
Ethel Foster
Mina Floyd
Cassie Turcotte
Clara Foster
Edna Call
Marilla Tarr
Dora Marriner
Flora Spofford
Jimmie Jones
James Connors
James Jodrey Jones, Jr
John Libby
James Jodrel Jones
Norris Sidelinger
Paul Madore
Stuffy” Shaw
Laurence Knight
Alberta Sedgley
Betsy Blatter
Ruth Walton
Simon Trotter
Alfred Ives
May Ketchum
Elizabeth Haynes
Hezekiah Hawkeye
Wilbur Cooper
Paul Vernon
Donald Mosher
Frederick Frost
Helen Seamens
Hitty Tarbox
Lawrence Thompson
Marion Purinton
Wilmer McBurnie
Pices
Bates College
Methodist
Maine
Enterprise Grange
Cora Osborne
Gertrude Gardiner
Lillian Wade
D. 8. White
Pittsfield
Mass
Elmer Wade
Elizabeth Kelley
Pinehurst
N. C
Orlando
Fla
Alice May Williams
Alfred A. Williams
Richmond
Thomas
Myra Brown
Methodist Church
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
FitzGerald Names Engineers For W P A
Ten Works Progress Administration engineers were assigned districts by Administrator John C. Fitzgerald on Monday to ensure efficient operation of WPA projects across the state. The appointments followed a two day conference with Fitzgerald and several directors, naming Ralph W. Foster and James W. Dunton to multiple coastal and inland districts. Carl Sandburg to give a poetry program at University of Maine on March 23, with details from the Contributors' club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
John C. Fitzgerald
WPA
Fitzgerald
William R. Crowell
Edward A. Mathes
Charles R. McKenney
Ralph W. Foster
Portland
Biddeford
Wells
Saco
Sanford
Old Orchard Beach
Scarboro
Brunswick
Topsham
Harpswell
Phippsburg
New Gloucester
Freeport
Yarmouth
James W. Dunton
Hallowell
Camden
Rockport
Rockland
Vinalhaven
South Thomaston
St. George
Bristol
Edgecomb
Boothbay
Georgetown
Winthrop
Augusta
China
Gardiner
Richmond and
Jefferson
Carl Sandburg
Gittar
University of Maine
Memorial Gymnasium
Sandburg
Prairies
Denver
Illinois Volunteers
Puerto Rico
Lombard College
Galesburg
Georgetown Mosses Win Bronze At Boston Flower Show
Mrs Josephine Newman of Georgetown gathered a moss collection that drew attention at the Boston Flower Show praised by Horticultural Society exhibitors as among Maine's best. The display, with 70 varieties all from Georgetown, prompted talk of enlarging next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Newman
Georgetown
Boston
Maine
Horticultural Society Booth
Newman
The
Horticultural Society
Kennebec Point
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Mass
Sagadahoc Bay
Henry H. Richards
Laura Richards
Indian Point
Colonial Estate
Providence
Bath and
Fred W. Quimby
Granville M. Colby
I. A. Trueworthy
Marjorie Smiley
Herbert L. Douglas
Dresden man hurt loading logs in county incident
Albert Moran, about 30, of Dresden, was taken to Gardiner General Hospital Friday after his left leg was fractured in two places and possibly crushed below the ankle when a log rolled back while he was loading logs at Dresden. He was transported by Dr. E. F. Pratt and treated further by Dr. Moe Laughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Moran
Dresden
Gardiner General Hospital
Moran
E. F. Pratt
Richmond
Ivan Fe, MoeLaughlin
Sagadahoc Grange Confers Third and Fourth Degrees
Sagadahoc grange in Bowdoin met Saturday evening and conferred the third and fourth degrees. The Harvest March was led by Llewellyn and Winifred Freeman. Edwin E. Baker received a Golden Sheaf Certificate for 50 years as grange treasurer. Visiting members from Progressive, Pine Tree, Riverview, Dirigo and Topsham granges attended. next Saturday Norman Curtis will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Llewellyn
Winifred Freeman
Guy Williams
Lorenzo Masce
Edwin E. Baker
Baker
Progressive
Pine Tree
Riverview
Dirigo
Topsham Granges
Earl Goodridge
Totman
Topsham Grangs
Norman Curtis
Snipe Class racing sloops built by Camden Yacht Firm
The Camden Yacht Building and Railway Incorporated announces mass production of the world famous Snipe Class racing sloops designed by W. F. Crosby. Over 3,000 Snipe boats exist, with 15 feet 6 inches length, 5 feet beam, 3 feet draft centerboard, 116 square feet sail area. The boats use Marconi mainsail, Genoa jib, and a square hollow mast. Lightweight, safe, and fast, they carry four but perform best with two, designed for open or protected waters and easy transport by trailer. Built of Maine oak, Virginia cedar, and mahogany trim, the Snipe weighs under 500 pounds. Camden expects strong demand in Maine as production aims to keep employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Yacht Building & Ruailway, Incorporated
W. F. Crosby
Marconi
Maine
Camden Yacht Building & Railway
Georgetown News and Social Notes Reflect Community Life
Mrs Joseph Higgins and others visit the ill at Mr and Mrs Howard Trafton in Portland while updates from Augusta Bath and Tops ham appear. School closures due to a storm, illness recoveries, a mural contract in Tennessee, tax sessions April 1, and local condolences mark a wide range of town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Higgins
Walter Cummings
Frank Heald
Portland
Howard Trafton
Topsham
Walter Powers
Harold Hunt
Pittsfield
George Harvey Powers
George Powers
Robinhood
Elbridge Powers
Dahlov Zorach Spear
Tennessee
George Laskey
Kenneth Wyman
Clara Brown
Roy Newman
Boston
L. Earle Hagan
Keene Gray Hagan
Everett Stevens
Walter Leon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Colleen Rowe
Bath
Ernest Heal
Martha Bowen
Richmond
Burbank Hospital
Fitchburg
Mass
Swift and Co. Beginnings and Growth as a Packing Giant
Ernest Deraleau reports to the Rotary on Swift & Co starting in Brighton Mass moving to Albany Buffalo then Chicago. The firm built refrigeration cars in 1889, aided Eastern stockholders, and aids New England farmers with free cattle raising guidance while expanding butter and egg branding. An impounded bank account helped Elbridge Holt live to 89, then four years of pine forest work renewed his health and longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Ernest Deraleau
Swift
Brighton
Mass
Horace Greeley
New England
Fred D. Hill
Elbridge Holt
Norway
Hale
Hearty
Holt
Mr. Holt
Elbridge
Press Herald
Not Freckles but Iron in Me Exposed by Packard Son
Neil B. Packard, formerly of the Rockland police, has a young son named Ronald. He teased about a small fortune of freckles, replying that those are not freckles but the iron in me coming out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil B. Packard
Rockland
Ronald
Protest Change in Pension Law By Legislature
Maine lawmakers heard testimony on proposed tweaks to old age assistance. Opponents warned of abuse and fundraising loopholes, while supporters argued the bill aligns aid with intent and preserves survivors’ rights. Other measures would restrict estate claims, shield homes, and expand county employee pensions with contributions. No opposition to one proposal. others lacked turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Owsley
Maine Municipal Association
Legislative Pensions Committee
Harry E. Henderson
Owsley
Earl L. Wing
Kingfield
Maine House of Representatives
Elmer B. Stevens
Alexander A. MacNichol
Clarence B. Beckett
Leroy R. Folsom
State Health and Welfare Department
Gerald S. Williams
United States
Charles H. Holman
Dixfield
Herbert E. Locke
Augusta
Jean Charles Boucher
Maine
Beacon Junior Aid Hosts Silver Tea Event
More than 85 attended a Silver tea and entertainment sponsored by the Beacon Junior Aid on Wednesday afternoon at Beacon Street vestry. The program featured piano duets by Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Lemoine, musical saw pieces by Robert Morse, a quartet, violin solos by Miss Nickerson, and vocal selections by Mrs. Lemoine, with Mrs. Kennerdine and Mrs. Beardsley among the entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Aid
Beacon Street
Samuel A. Morse
Edward T. Lemoine
Robert Morse
Jesse Kenderdine
Conrad Beardsley
Lawence Kenderdine
Consance Beardsley
William J. Craft
Archie M. Wishart
Warren A. Parris
Dean R. Bonne
Fred D Pinkham
William H Shea
Lulu P. Herbert
Fugitive dog captured. police notify Falmouth officials
Lewiston police held a suspect believed wanted in Portland. Capt. Picard broadcast a description and planned to contact Falmouth Foreside parties believed acquainted with the captive. Wendall C. Bishop of Bates said the fugitive followed him from Thorncera. He collarled and turned him over to police. The prisoner is a handsome black and white cocker spaniel with a tag reading Bur, Cark, Johnson Road, Falmouth Foreside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Portland
Picard
Falmouth
Wendall C. Bishop
Bates
Thorncera
Johnson Road
Five Islands Busy Spring Day Draws Many Visitors
On a sunny Sunday Five Islands showed spring activity with day trippers and weekend travelers. Residents and visitors include Horace E. Wade of Woolwich in town on business, J. J. Gibson and others visiting Bath, and many local residents like Mrs. Rowe at Bath Memorial hospital. The community notes cover church events, library fund efforts, and visits among families from Bay Point, Georgetown, Bath, and Freeport, with several residents helping with local projects and social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
J. J. Gibson
Will Field
Rudolph Pinkham
Bath
Sudbury
Mass
William Marr
Roland Oliver
Percy Savage
Women’s Auxiliary
J. G. Stevens
F. H. Koehlwetter
Helen
Allen
Georgetown
William Chase
Billy
South Freeport
Maurice Pinkham
Merton Pinkham
Freeport
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Mattie B. McMahan
North Edgecomb
Five Islands Library Association
McMahan
Five
Obituary for Ella M. Donnell 87 of Bath
Mrs Ella M Donnell widow of Charles Roderick Donnell died Wednesday at her Bath home after years of illness and pneumonia. Born August 31, 1851 in Bath she was daughter of Capt Reuben Mooers and Mary Higgins. Survived by daughter Mrs Carroll Watson Bath son Charles J Donnell Kalamazoo MI and three granddaughters Jane Barbara and Mary Ellanor Donnell Kalamazoo. Funeral Friday time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella M. Donnell
Charles Roderick Donnell
Washington Street
Donnell
Mrs. Donnell
Bath
Capt
Reuben and
Mary ‘‘(Higgins) Mooers
Monday Club
Bath City Hospital
Carroll Watson
Charles J. Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jane, Barbara
Mary Ellanor Donne
Mrs Whitten Funeral Set For Thursday Readings By Bowdoin Professor
The funeral for Mrs Nora P Whit ten wife of L Arthur Whitten will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at the home 907 High Street Readings of the Christian Science service will be given by Professor Brown of Bowdoin College Burial follows Friday noon in Clifton Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora P. Whitten
L. Arthur Whitten
High Street
Professor Brown
Bowdoin College
Christian Science Service
Clifton
Maine
Miss Louetta Hathorn Funeral Arranged in Woolwich
The funeral for Miss Louetta Corilla Hathorn who died recently at Glen dive Montana will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the home of her only brother Albert Hathorn in Woolwich. The service was moved from 3 pm Wednesday due to a delay in the body arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louetta Corilla Hathorn
Glendive
Mont
Albert Hathorn
Wooolwich
Blake infant dies at 23 Shaw Street
Sandra O. Blake six months old daughter of Clarenee and Evelyn Blake died Monday night at 23 Shaw Street. Survived by parents a brother Donald and four sisters Helen Roberta Dorothy and Patricia Blake. A separate note describes a Lewden piece of lighting at Pike's Market Lubec a wheel from the Eastport ferry displayed as a chandelier ornament. The wheel built in 1901 at Dennysville powered Lubec ferry, was beached at A Mowry's landing and later fitted with a power plant. It is now suspended by chains attracting attention from customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra O
Clarenee
Evelyn Blake
Shaw Street
Donald
Helen
Roberta
Dorothy
Patricia Blake
Pike’s Market
Lubec
Eastport
A. Mowry’s Landing
Dennysville
John W. Edgecomb
Ben
Swett, Bath man, fatally injured by truck
Moses R. Swett, 68, of Brunswick and former Bath Iron Works driller, was fatally injured Sunday forenoon when his truck rear wheel ran over him on the Bath Brunswick highway near Cook's Corner. He died about an hour later at Brunswick hospital. His son, Earle Swett, was killed the night of May 29, 1930, in a separate highway accident nearby. Swett is survived by his wife Nellie and five Brunswick residents, including daughters Mrs Albert Darrah, Mrs Robert Anderson, Mrs Maurice McCrater, Mrs Alfred Miller, and son Robert. He previously lived in Bath and served as a fire company foreman and war worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses R. Swett
Brunswick
Georgetown
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath-Brunswick
Cook’s Corner
Earle E. Swett
Brunswick Hospital
Joseph Z. Ouellette
Brunswick Police
Swett
Fred C. Doyle
East Brunwick
Bath
Texas
Bath Iron Work Corp
Engine Co
Bath Fire Department
Nellie Swett
Albert Darrah
Robert Anderson
Maurice McCrater
Robert Swett
Alfred Miller
Etta M. Tibbetts
Mary Brooks
Cook's Corner
Swet
Despondent Widow Nellie M Niles Drowns at South Portland
Despondency after the sudden death of her husband Allen D Niles a railway mail clerk sparked Nellie M Niles 51 known as Helen Wheaton to drown herself at Dana Point near South Portland Sunday dawn. She lived with sister in law Mrs Cora B Brown at 12 Cedar Street and had two weeks of treatment. Her son Frederick 11 survives with distant cousins in Connecticut. She was active in Bath and Lewiston workplaces and hoped to return to Bath as home. Body found by William Fwlding clad only in underclothes and a winter coat. Death ruled drowning by Dr Edward A Hynes. Funeral private Tuesday at 1 pm at home with burial in Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. Niles
Helen Wheaton
South Portland
Allen D. Niles
Boston
Portland
Cora B. Brown
Cedar Street
South
Frederick Niles
Connecticut
Niles
Fred Wheaton
Bath
Worcester
Mass
Wheaton
Postal Telegraph
Community Club
Longfellow
First Congregational Church
Melrose High Class 6 Honors Blair C Wilson
Blair C Wilson, son of Dr and David L Wilson of this city, receives a class book as senior class notes highlight his two years of biology instruction under Mr Wilson at Melrose High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliss
Melrose, Lass. High School
Blair C Wilson
David L. Wilson
Dedigue
Wilson
Death of Nora P Whitten in Bath travels life events
Nora P. Whitten 65 wife of L Arthur Whitten died suddenly from a heart ailment after a few days at her home 907 High street Clifton born daughter of Eben and Lucina Penney. Family moved to Bath in 1918. She belonged to First Church of Christ Scientist and Mother Church Boston. Survived by husband two sons Leslie Union N J Edwin Eliot two daughters Marion and Mabel Bath and sister Mrs Clara Ellis Clifton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora P. Whitten
L. Arthur Whitten
High Street
Mrs. Whitten
Clifton
Eben
Lucina Penney
Bath
Edwin Whitten
Eliot
Marion
Mabel Whitten
Clara Ellis
Mrs Frances Hatch Dies at 91 in South Dresden
Mrs Frances E Hatch widow of Henry C Hatch died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Willard Siegars home in South Dresden after a four day confinement. Born March 7 1848 in West Dresden she lived there all her life and was a Methodist member and longtime schoolteacher. Surviving: six children Stella Siegars Ida Gibbs Amy Cromwell Nellie Soule Harry Hatch and Arthur Hatch. 18 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances E. Hatch
Henry C. Hatch
Willard Siegars
Dresden
West Dresden
Jude
Sarah Lilly Pushard
Methodist Church
Swan's Island
Stella
Miss Minnie Flynn Taken To Bath For Burial
Miss Minnie E Flynn died Monday in Salem Massachusetts aged about 82. Her body reached Bath Friday for burial in Oak Grove Cemetery beside her sister the late Mrs Edward D Jameson formerly of Bath. She was born in Whitefield and was a dressmaker daughter of Patrick and Annie Dunphy Flynn and often visited the Jameson home. Bearers were Eugene M Desmond Karcher B Jackson Roscoe H Shaw and Ralph E Legard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie E. Flynn
Salem
Mass
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Edward D. Jameson
Miss Flynn
Whitefield
Patrick
Annie Dunphy Flynn
Jackson
Roscoe H. Shaw
Ralph E. Legard
Mrs Mabel Wentworth Dies in Skowhegan of Pneumonia
Mrs Mabel Purington Wentworth 34 of Bath and Skowhegan died Monday night after a brief illness. She was wife of Royal Wentworth and mother of Royal Jr. and Harriet. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Hiram Purington and D Wylie Lemont. Funeral Thursday at two in Skowhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel (Purington) Wentworth
Bath
D. Wylie Lemont
School Street
Skowhegan
Hiram Purington
Royal Wenthworth
Royal Wentworth, Jr
Harriet Wentworth
Committal Service for Walter T Paine in Bath
Walter T Paine of Westfield New Jersey died suddenly from acute indigestion on a trip to Bath. His body arrived Saturday morning and was interred at Oak Grove cemetery after a grave side service conducted by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs of Gracechurch. Attending were Mrs Paine the former Louise Hill of Bath her brother Langdon Hill of Falmouth Foreside Mr Paine's brother Harold Paine of Montclair and his sister Miss Ruth Paine of Maplewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Paine
Westfield
N. J
New York
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Charles M. Tubbs
Gracechurch
Montclair, N. J
Ruth Paine
Maplewood, N. J
Death of Miss Louella Hathorn in Glendive Montana
Miss Louella Corilla Hathorn aged 80 died in GlendiveMontana after a long spell active in business mainly in real estate. A daughter of Hartley and Elizabeth White Hathorn she was returned to her native home for funeral services conducted at three oclock Wednesday afternoon in the residence of her only brother Albert Hathorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
Mont
Louella Corilla Hathorn
Miss Hathorn
Hartley
Elizabeth White Hathorn
Heath
Albert Hathorn
Fritz Wandelt Funeral Held in Nutley New Jersey
The funeral for Fritz Wandelt formerly attached to the government office at Bath Iron Works Corp. was held Friday at two in Nutley New Jersey. Rev Ernest Heywood officiated at Fred S Curtis funeral home. Bearers were Charles W Avery Donald Greene Carl Langbehn and William Fletcher. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Wandelt
Bath Iron Works Corp
Nutley
N. J
Fred S. Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Church
Charles W. Avery
Donald Greene
Carl Langbehn
William Fletcher
Oak Grove
Walter T Paine Funeral in Westfield New Jersey
Walter T. Paine’s funeral was held Friday afternoon in Westfield New Jersey. The body arrived in Bath on the Saturday train from New York, with his wife Louise Hill of Bath and her brother Mark L Hill of Falmouth Foreside. A committal service followed at the Hill lot in Oak Grove cemetery after the train’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Paine
Westfield
N. J
Bath
New York
Louise Hill
Mark L. Hill
Falmouth
Hill Lot
Oak Grove Cemetery
Reed Funeral Held at St Marys Church in Brookline
The funeral of Mary F. Reed wife of Victor J. Reed was Thursday at 7 30 AM in St Marys church officiated by Rev Timothy C Maney. Bearers were Edward Peters Harry Thebeau Arthur Bourget Antonio Pouliot. Burial followed at Oak Grove Brookline Mass. Mr and Mrs Christopher Wyatt were business visitors in the city Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Reed
Victor J. Reed
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
Edward Peters
Harry Thebeau
Arthur Bourget
Antonio Pouliot
Oak Grove
Christopher Wyatt
Brookline
Mass
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Island
Whitney
Beacon Junior Aid
Charles R. Donnell
Sandra
Blake
Son
Nellie M. Miles
Mrs
Frances Hatch
Mabel P. Wentworth
Louella C. Hathorn
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Funeral Ser
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