Local clubs host meetings and events across town
A busy schedule fills Friday and Monday with meetings of the Women’s Service club Beulah Rebekah lodge and Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary. The Richmond Water Works installed new chlorinating equipment while fire chief J W Randlette attended a Massachusetts safety conference. Seniors plan a May comedy play Aunt Abby Answers An Ad and Charles Alexander of the Richmond Sportsmen’s Association donated 200 stamps for National Wildlife Restoration Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
L. H. Cross
Augusta
Baptist Church
Richmond
Harry Sykes
Bridge Club
Dunn
Miss Adams
Elizabeth Kelley
Pleasant View Farm
St. Ambrose Church
Tillie Bellevance
Rebecca Rogers
Cribbage
Cassie Turcotte
Charles Donnell
J. A. Chase
Melrose
Mass
John B. Gilley
Gilley
Queens Sodality
Church Hall
Walter Barnes
Curtis Hall
Evergreen Cemetery Association
Harold Wade
Hilda T. Hatch
Pittsfield
Fourth District
IOOP
Beatrice Webber
Department of Patriarchs Millitant
Portland
J. W. Randlette
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Safety Council
Hotel Statler
Boston
New England
Fire Chiefs’ Association
Hattie Terrell
Bernice Terrell
Albert Meserve
Stanley
Evelyn Farley
Madelyn Yeaton
Atlantic Union College
South Lancaster
Abby
Bakers
Henry Rowland
Charles Alexander
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Richmond High School
Progressive Grange of Richmond Meeting Report
A Richmond Progressive Grange gathering Friday evening drew 53 members with two Enterprise grange visitors. The women led programs including lec ture Singing In Beulah Land My Wild Irish Rose recitals tableaux and various solos and duets by the McMasters Farnums Densmore and Withams The event featured a rock of ages tableau a river of time song and dancing with performances by Barbara Barbara McMaster Helen Phyllis McMaster and Lois Lammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange of
Richmond
Enterprise Grange
Cora Farnum
Beulah Land
Grange
Inez Witham
Helen
Phyllis Witham
Philip Densmore
Bernice
Kenneth Farnum
Barbara McMaster
Margaret Baker
St. Patrick's Reading
A. E. McMaster
Phyllis McMaster
Lois Lammers
Seven year old Ralph Marr injured by bat during school game
Ralph Marr, seven, son of Mr and Mrs Marr of Richmond, was struck on the face by a batted baseball during a morning recess at Emerson school. He sustained cuts to the side of the face and nose and was taken to Gardiner hospital for treatment. The first grade pupil was participating in an informal game when the accident occurred.
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Ralph Marr
Richmond
Emerson School
Gardiner Hospital
Ralph
Lawrence U Adams dies in Lewiston hospital
Lawrence U Adams aged about 70 percent of Litchfield died of pneumonia in the C M G hospital Lewiston after being taken there Thursday He was born on the Litchfield farm where he lived Surviving are his widow Laura Rideout Adams a son Oscar and a daughter Nora of Litchfield a sister Mrs Emma Purinton of Bowdoinham and others out of sight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence U. Adams
Litchfield
Lewiston
Mr. Adams
Melville Adams
Laura Rideout Adams
Oscar
Nora
Emma Purinton
Bowdoinham
Miss Marjorie Smiley Heads to Boston for Flower Show
Miss Marjorie Smiley of Dike road left Monday for Boston where she will attend the Flower show.
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Marjorie Smiley
Dike Road
Boston
Bath Lodge Elks Career Highlights From Bath Lodge No. 934
Bath Lodge Elks, founded November 11, 1904 by four Bath men under Grand Exalted Ruler Fanning, marks 34 years with a storied start at 9 Lombard Street. John W. Ballou first Exalted Ruler. Edward D. Jameson, H. L. Grinnell, and F. B. Torrey Jr. among early leaders. the lodge grew with piazzas, an annex, and a dining room. Edward J. McMann is the 30th Exalted Ruler, amid a lineage of secretaries and district deputies linked to Bath Iron Works and Maine Elks Association presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Lodge
Joseph T. Fanning
John F. Shea
Henry M. Hartleb
Charles Cheltra
Edward D. Jameson
Lewiston Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Y. M
Richard A. Schonland
Portland
L. G. Lawiesbury
Waterville
George S. McCarty
Lewiston
Noel B. Potter
Henry Bickle
E. P. Donnell
J. D. Footer
Albert G. Page, Jr
Charles A. Coombs
W. E. Rowe
F. A. Mason
W. D. Mussenden
Walter M. Ervin
Owen J. Ledyard
John W. Ballou
Sagadahoc
Samuel R. Percy
Joseph Torrey
FP. B. Torrey, Jr
William M. Adams
George W. Morse
Tyler
Albert H. Shaw
Fred H. Kimball
J. Edward Drake
Bath
Lodge
Charles Chestra
M. M. Lemont
F. C. Butler
J. O. Malo
Roscoe P. Ham
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Edward J. McMann
H. L. Grinnell
C. A. Peaslee
H. S. Harris
William M. Temple
William M Adams
Joseph H. Madden
J. H. McTeer
L. Eugene Thebeau
Eubra L. Troop
H. C. Bloxsom
Stanley M. Brown
George A. Kallman
Edward N. Hartnett
H. Joseph Madden
J. Edward Hughes
Bath Trust Co
Maine Westbean
Bath Iron Works Corp
John P. Carey, Jr
Georgetown Plans March Special Meeting Over Beach Road Constr
Georgetown posts a March 26 meeting at 2 p.m. to discuss five articles, led by choosing a moderator, mainly the land damages and possible road to Little River beach from the present approach. Opponents fear loss of seclusion near Indian Point while supporters cite access to dam beds and rough weather practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little River Beach
Georgetown Associates, Inc
Indian Point
Georgetown
Morse High School
Bath
Chase
Richards
Lee
Everett
Sewall Webster
Augusta
First Baptist Church
Agnes Powers
Five Island
Alonzo Hunt
Sarah McKerney
Stricter Dog License Rules Under Recent Amendment
The article outlines a new annual dog licensing law requiring owners of dogs six months or older to apply by April 1 for each dog. It details required information, vaccination proof for females, mandatory year tags, and wearing collars. Unlicensed dogs may be killed by the constable after the grace period. licenses must be paid in April with weekly returns to the state treasurer by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clek
Trip to Caribbean Described by Mrs Hill
Mrs. Fred D. Hill spoke to Central Church League members Monday on her Caribbean trip. A public card party plan was announced for March 28 at Mrs. Grace's home, with reservations via Mrs. Lord. Choir supper set for April 7, guided by several organizers. A Maine 1937 alcohol sales total noted: 897,256.08 gallons with 846,682.50 domestic and 50,573.58 imported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
Central Church League
Caribbean
Hiram T. Stevens
Charles E. Helah
William Grace
High Street
Leonard Lord
Francis B. Hill
Harold S. Avery
Lord
Charles A. Soule
Luther S. Thompson
Helah
Donald B. Wilson
Gardiner R. Deering
Alexander R. MacDonald
Bowen Torrey
Maine
Maine Fishermen Protest Proposed Tariff Reduction
Maine fishing interests oppose tariff cuts in a proposed trade treaty with the British Empire. Representatives told the Committee on Recip rocity Information that lower duties would ruin the industry, noting Canada and Newfoundland already dominate markets. Local leaders from Portland Rockland argued the fish trade would suffer without protection and that rivals could undersell U S dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Committee On
Arthur G. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Russell Yelton
Portland
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
A. C. McLean
Rockland
Maine Garden Clubs Federation Meeting in Damariscotta
Garden Club Federation of Maine holds an all day session on Friday March 25 at the Damariscotta Baptist church starting 10 30 a m. Hostess is Old Bristol Garden club led by Miss Marian Stetson with luncheon at one p m. District chairmen report. afternoon organizing meeting for Medomak district with Belfast Camden Rockland and other clubs. Mrs E Stewart Orbeton of West Rockport will speak on Gourds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Harrie B. Coe
Portland
Damariscotta
Baptist Church
Old Bristol
Ralph Griffin
Elizabeth Bryant
Damariscotta Mills
National Wildlife Restoration
Garden Club Federation of
Maine
Federated Garden and Nature Clubs
Medomak
Belfast
Camden
Rockland
Thomaston
Boothbay Region
Mount Bettox Nature Club
E. Stewart Orbeton
West Rockport
New England Gourd Society
Feero Wins High Honors at University of Maine
Morse high 34 alumnus Robert C. Feero, now a junior chemistry major at the University of Maine, elected president of Alpha Phi Sigma, a national chemistry honorary. He will attend the society’s national convention in New Orleans June 21 to 25 and is a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Feero starred in the Pale Blue Revue at Memorial Gym, performing in a political satire with Bath’s C Merritt Trott and Dexter’s Stanford Blake in key roles, also dancing in a chorus with other students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Feero
Morse High
University of Maine
Alpha Phi Sigma
Feero
New Orleans
Myda Feero
A. Clyde Feero
Morse
University
Anthony Tweedem
Mary Bates
Bath
Esther Drummond
Arrowsic
Theodore Parent burial service at Oak Grove Cemetery
Theodore Parent 85 died at Bath Memorial hospital Tuesday Mar 15. Burial was Thursday afternoon at Oak Grove cemetery conducted by Adjt. E. J. Tripp of the Salvation Army. Bearers were Karcher S. Jackson Horace W. Ward George J. Goodwin Thomas H. Fletcher. He had lived in Bath 20 years and left no near relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Theodore Parent
Bath Memorial Hospital
Oak Grove Cemetery
Adjt
E. J. Tripp
Salvation Army
Karcher S. Jackson
Horace W. Ward
George J. Goodwin
Thomas H. Fletcher
Parent
Bath
Five Islands Fire Fighters Elect Officers at Meeting
At the March 14 Five Islands regular meeting the fire crew elected officers including Captain Fred P. Carr and Vernon Gray as first lieutenant and clerk. Donations and social notes followed with lobster stew served by Harford Davis and Stevens. New library acquisitions by librarian Belle Stevens included titles such as Brentwood and The Embarrassed Murderer. local residents were reported at cottages and visits across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Island Fire Fighters
Fred P. Carr
Vernon E. Gray
Victor H. Pinkham
Horace Rittall
Lester Davis
L. H. Rowe
Vernon E. Gray, Jr
Russell Harford
Lloyd Pinkham
Franz B. Stevens
Sumner Mains
Chester MacMahan
Philip Campbell, Jr
Arthur Davis
Harold Pinkham
Earland Moore
Albion Carr
Percy B. Savage
Merton Pinkham
Percy MacGillivary
Franz Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Vernon Gray
House
Belle Stevens
Grange
Brentwood
Grace L. Hill
Emille Loring
Edith A. Holton
Gail Stockwell
Dona Celeste
Ethel Dell
Charles Davis
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere Road
Fred Rittall
J. G. Stevens
Oakley Thibedeau
Thibedeau
Harmon's Harbor
Hartley Harley
Seguinland
Wiscasset
G. Stevens
Oscar Snowman
Bath
Herbert Moore
Belmont
Mass
Thomas M. Hagan
Georgetown
Five Islands
Mary Norton
MacMahan
Jimmie
Bath Memorial Hospital
James O'Neil
Davis
Scott
Fred Carr
Woodrow Gray
Grace Campbell
Myrna Deschaine
Paul Stevens
Arrowsic
D. R. Stevens
Carrie H. Stevens
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cambridge
Harlan
Rudolph
Ivan
C. R. Sims
Mr. Sims
Edward H Owen Named Senior Class Candidate for Commencement
Edward H Owen of Bath is among 13 seniors selected to present commencement parts for faculty review. From this group four speakers and an alternate will be chosen for the June 18 ceremony, joining a list that includes Harold Ashkenazy, Philip Chapman Jr, Hubert Coffin, and others from Portland Bangor Brunswick and beyond. Owen is the son of Col. and Mrs. Henry W Owen Jr of 109 Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Edward H. Owen
Bath
Harold D. Ashkenazy
Lynn
Mass
Philip F. Chapman, Jr
Portland
Hubert W. Coffin
Andrew H. Cox
Bangor
Benjamin H. Cushing
Owen
Col
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Oak Street
Local Fireman LaForest Springer Dies at 62
LaForest E. Springer 62 of 21 Western Avenue died Saturday afternoon in Memorial hospital after a brief illness. He was a fireman and watchman at Hyde Windlass Co. Survived by wife Lillian, son Alfred, daughter Ruth Pinkham of Bath, brothers Converse of Bar Harbor and Ralph of Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaForest E. Springer
Western Avenue
Hyde Windlass Co
Memorial Hospital
Lillian
Alfred Springer
Ruth Pinkham
Bath
Converse
Bar Harbor
Ralph Springer
Trenton
Enos F Webster Dies at 61 in Bath Maine
Enos F Webster 61 lifelong Bath resident died Thursday evening at 250 Center street after a year and a half of illness. Born in Bath to John and Sarah Webster he learned stone masonry then worked 25 years at Bath Iron Works in charge of engine and boiler rooms. Later with Hyde Wildlass Co for 11 years in shipping he was active in T W Hyde camp S of W Stone Masons Union Bath Aerie Eagles and Bath fire department. Survived by wife two sons four daughters and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos F. Webster
Bath
Center Street
Mr. Webster
John
Sarah Whitehouse Webster
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hyde Wildlass Co
Webster
Central Church
Edmund F
Emerson P. Webster
Eleanor W
Ruth E., Jeannett
Patricia L. Webster
Percy Savage
Portland
Cecil Fullerton
Albert Pollard
George P. Larrabee
Charles
Death of Bath Officer Melville L. Rice After Ice Accident
Melville L. Rice 67 longtime Bath police officer died Tuesday morning from a general anemic condition worsened by injuries from an ice slip during an arrest Christmas week. He entered Memorial hospital three weeks ago and died there. Survived by wife Virginia two sons Herbert J. and Howard M. Rice a daughter Mrs Everett Burt five grandchildren and siblings Edward and Mrs Warren E. Munsey Funeral services Friday at two at his home 85 Summer Street in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville L. Rice
Rice
Memorial Hospital
Officer Rice
Woolwich
James
Clara Rice
Bath
M. W
Virginia
Herbert J
South Portland
Howard M. Rice
Everett Burt
Woodfords
Edward
Warren E. Munsey
Summer Street
Longtime Fargo pioneer Martin Hector dies at 78
Martin Hector, father in law to Mrs. Fred M. Hector, died of pneumonia on March 14 at his Fargo home. He helped found Hectorfield, donated land for the town, led Fargo’s Commercial Club, served as city alderman, helped plan the 1893 North Dakota exhibit in Chicago, and was active in the Masonic order. Survived by two daughters Minnie Hector Smith and Mrs. W. H. McGill and a brother Henry Hector. son Fred predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hector
Fred M. Hector
Margaret Sewall
Bath
Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hectorfield
Fargo Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
North Dakota
Chicago
Fred
Hector
Minnie Hector Smith
W. H. McGill
Winchester
Mass
Henry Hector
Funeral of Enos F. Webster At Central Church
Enos F. Webster was buried at Oak Grove after a Sunday afternoon funeral at Central Church attended by relatives intimate friends and many Hyde Windlass Co. colleagues. Fire department dignitaries Chief Scott Morse Asst. Chief Richard J. Frates and 2nd Chief William Parks joined the service conducted by Dr. David L. Wilson with bearers from Engine 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos F. Webster
Central Church
Hyde Windlass Co
Fire Department
Board of Fire Engineers
Scott Morse
Richard J. Frates
William Parks
David L. Wilson
Edward T. Whitehouse
Elmer W. Rogers
Charles Thayer
Fenton I. Moore
Engine 2
Mr. Webster
Oak Grove
John T Parris Dies After Long Illness in Bath
John T. Parris, 84, a prominent Bath resident and longtime sparmaker and shipyard worker, died shortly after midnight at his Upper Washington Street home after a prolonged illness. Born in Bath in 1853, he lived there most of his life, contributed to local civic life, and belonged to Katahdin Commandery and U.O.G.C. He is survived by his wife Lucretia Morton, two daughters Mrs. John S. Goff and Mrs. Edward Gaudreau, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two brothers, a brother-in-law, and a step brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Parris
North End
Upper Washington Street
Bath
Albion K
Caroline T. Parris
Parris
Sparmakers
Katahdin Commandery
U.O.G.C
Lucretia Morton
Dresden
James
Martha Austin Morton
John S. Goff
Edward Gaudreau
Portland
Evelyn York
South Portland
Patricia M
John P
Emery E. York
Edwin B. Parris
Charles A. Parris
Brockton
Mass
Horace A. Gardiner
Medford
James Rupert Wing Dies at 49 in Bath Area Farm Life
James Rupert Wing 49 a Bath area farmer died suddenly Tuesday morning at Bath Memorial hospital. A Fayette native son of Henry J and Jennie L Wing he lived in Bath area since youth then West Bath. He was long engaged in milk distribution. Survived by mother three brothers and a sister. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High St Rev Ernest Heywood Wesley Church officiating burial in Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rupert Wing
Bath
West Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wing
Fayette
Henry J
Jennie L. (Bishop) Wing
Henry Leigh Wing
Plainville
Conn
Paul L. Wing
John Tyler 78 Bath pattern maker dies after illness
John Tyler of 438 Washington street Bath died Sunday afternoon after a three month illness. Born in Charlestown Massachusetts, he worked in Boston area plants before moving to Bath in 1912 to join Bath Iron Works and later Hyde Windlass Co. He was a regular newspaper contributor and once gave a World War I patriotic address at the Windlass plant. He leaves his wife two sons Franklin and George and four grandchildren plus one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tyler
Bath
Washington Street
Mr. Tyler
Charlestown
Mass
Benjamin F
Joanna Fellows Tyler
Boston
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hyde Windlass Co
Tyler
Windlass Company
George W. Tyler
Franklin K. Tyler
Whitefield
G. Kendall Tyler
Lewiston
Merritt Lothrop
Frieda Tyler
John D. Rogers 80 Phippsburg resident dies at home
John D. Rogers aged 80 a well known Phippsburg resident died at his Dromore home after a long illness He born in Phippsburg son of William and Martha Ann Rogers lived most of his life there farming He served on the town school board was a member of Dromore Grange and Acadia Lodge K of P Bath He is survived by his wife one son Ernest A Rogers three grandchildren John M Rogers Ernest A Rogers Jr and Pauline E Rogers two brothers Calvin W Rogers of West Palm Beach Fla and Elmer W Rogers of Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rogers
Phippsburg
Dromore
Mr. Rogers
William
Martha Ann Rogers
Peabody
Mass
Dromore Grange
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Bath
Rogers
Ernest A. Rogers
John M. Rogers
Pauline E. Rogers
Calvin W. Rogers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Elmer W. Rogers
1938 Visit Sparks Towns Interest in Buck Field
A 1938 scene reports a man arriving in a top buggy drawn by a fine black horse asking directions to South Paris, reflecting the era’s curiosity about early automobile and buggy transit in a small country town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckfield
Paris
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Carey
Maine State Elks’ Association
Mrs. Hill
Maine Garden Clubs Federation
Bowdoin
Fargo, N. D
Sparmaker
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R&. Huston