Local churches screen epic at Richmond Theatre on Easter weekend
Richland area churches including Methodist and Catholic screened Cecil DeMille’s The King of Kings Saturday morning at the Richmond Theatre and again in the evening at the Methodist parish hall with a free will offering to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Nazarene
Episcopal
Cecil
DeMille
Richmond Theatre
Richmond Farm Bureau
Beryl Hill
Lewiston
Roy Dickinson
Charles Leon
Enterprise Grange
Minnie Batchelder
Harvester
Chester
Clara Foster
James Meserve
Floyd Foss
Dora Marriner
G. C. Marriner
Jean Curtis
Judy Perry
Sanda Gilpatrick
Clara Wentworth
Beverly Goodenow
Edith Berry
Ronald Meserve
Betty Meserve
West Point
Mickey’s Minstrels
Randolph
Auburn
Mallard School of
Farmington
North End
Chester Foster
Ethel Rankins
Harry Martin
Brunswick
Martin
A.strong
Andover
Mass
Mr. Foster
Hill Street
Mayflowers and Easter Services Highlight Georgetown News
The piece recalls Mayflower gathering practices in Robin Hood woods and urges careful rooting. It reports on Good Friday services at First Baptist Georgetown led by Eugene Reynolds with Rev. Carl Small, Donna Rowe and Joan Hagan among participants, plus a children’s program in the East service. It notes daily rising flu illness tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinhood
Boothbay
First Baptist Church
Georgetown
Eugene Reynolds
Joan Hagain
Robert Jordan
John William, Jr
Calvary
the Old Rugged Cross
Matthew
Clayton Heald
Cleaves Henderson
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Joan Hagan
Harlan Robertson
Rockport
Carl Small
Small
Donna
Robertson
Eric Graffam
Douglas Henderson
Janie Oliver
Mary Lee Rowe
Elmer Tibbetts
Sherry Rowe
Nancy Tibbetts
Louise Powers
Nancy Hagan
Funeral for Harry W. Chetley Held at Roberts
Private funeral services for Harry W. Chetley were conducted at Roberts Funeral Rooms with Rev. William T. Bennett officiating. Interment followed in Richmond cemetery. Chetley died Monday at his home after years of poor health, born in Richmond on June 18, 1883, to Samuel W. and Margaret Chetley. Survived by ten sons Kenneth and Wilson, a daughter Dorothy Merrill, a brother Percy, a sister Gilman H. Clough, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Chetley
Roberts Funeral
William T. Bennett
Richmond Cemetery
Mr. Chetley
County Road
Richmond
Samuel W
Margaret (Coffey) Chetley
Dorothy Merrill
Milford, Conn
Percy Chetley
Gilman H. Clough
Stamford, Conn
First Red Winged Blackbird Sightings Brighten Spring
A note of spring spreads from Georgetown as the first red winged blackbird is seen on the lower Arrowsic dike north of Bath. Locals recall decades of birdwatching with delight, while others report early seasonal illnesses and community updates from Bath, Georgetown, and surrounding towns.
Five Islands Church Notes Busy Spring Activities
Five Islands churchUpdate covers women and youth meetings led by Mrs William Marr Mrs George Gray and Rev Carl Small from Rockport guest speaker. Easter observances include sunrise service at 6 30 and cantata. Donations from Davenport estate Bath fund church repairs. Other items list relocations illness travels and visitors among Bath Georgetown and Bowdoinham residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marr
George Gray
Georgetown
Carl Small
Rockport
Small
Branwell
Russel Harford
Men's Brotherhood
Norway
Waterville
Davenport
Bath
Georgetown Church
Hammond I. Peterson
Portland
Maine Bible Society
Harlan Pinkham
Marlene Pinkham
Cleaves Henderson
Marilyn Cunningham
Evelyn Campbell
Word
Roselyn Pinkham
Sylvia Pinkham
Elaine Stevens
Henderson
Tal McNutt
Boston
Lara Gray
James Stevens
Alfred Rowe
Lloyd Pinkham
Library Association
Clarence Preble
Albert Moore
Red Cross
Jeanette Pinkham
Donald Hopkins
Camp Edwards
Donald, Jr
Thomas Watson
Chaney
Stanley Lewis
Paul A. Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Marion Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Isabell
Carrie Stevens
Gardiner
Augusta
Edward Carr
Dexter
Orissa Carr
Henry Moore
Dennis Moore
Albert Mooore
Betty Rittall
Victor Pinkham
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Ruth Watson
Paul Thompson
Carl A. Rasmussen
Wakefield
Mass
Memorial flowers from distant states for Blackie
Interment was at Oak cemetery at Georgetown Center. The flowers were lovely and sent by friends from states far away who could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackie
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Bay Point residents note Marjory Anne Jewett’s marriage
Announcement from Garden City New York parents Mr and Mrs Charles Jewett that Marjory Anne Jewett wed Donnell Ed son Clark on March 17. About 40 relatives attended a reception post ceremony and the couple plan a first apartment in Mineola Long Island after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jewett
Garden City
N. Y
Marjory Anne
Donnell Edson Clark
Dr. Eddy
Mineola
L. I
Bay Point
Eddy
Robert Miller
Ruth E. Keen
Marge
Don
Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Travel
Skidmore stayed home to care for ill relatives. Miss Pratt left for Augusta for employment. Eugene Reynolds of Bath and his wife joined Dennis Moore for Sunday supper. Mrs. Lermond Davis of North Anson visited Lester and Mrs. Davis. Robert Lundgren of Bath, a U S Navy man, visited Beverly Rittall at her mother’s home. Lloyd Pinkham and Kathleen Rittall visited the Grays in Richmond. Woodrow Gray, recently in Madawaska, visited his parents George and Mrs. Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skidmore
Miss Pratt
Augusta
Eugene Reynolds
Bath
Dennis Moore
Lermond Davis
North Anson
Lester Davis
Robert Lundgren
U.S.N
Beverly Rittall
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Kathleen Rittall
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Woodrow Gray
Madawaska
Easter Birthday Celebrated By Bourget Family
Mr and Mrs Earl J Bourget entertained with a family dinner Saturday honoring Mrs Bourgets Easter birthday It is the only time in this century that her birthday falls on Easter The last Easter on March 25 occurred in 1894 the year of her birth Present were Mr and Mrs Stanley C Curtis Mr and Mrs Richard H Curtis of Brunswick Mr A Alonzo Curtis of Wiscasset and Mr and Mrs Arthur E Hutchins of Bath plus immediate family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Bourget
Front Street
Richard H. Curtis
Brunswick
A. Alonzo Curtis
Wiscasset
Arthur E. Hutchins
Bath
Visitors and social notes from Bridge Academy region
Principal H Porter Perkins of Maine Vocational Technical Institute visited Bridge Academy as films on baseball basketball and history were shown. Mrs Chauncey Wentworth delivered Modern Woman In the Church. Mrs Oscar Bailey visited relatives in Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Academy
H. Porter Perkins
Maine Vocational Technical Institute
Augusta
Lester Munsey
Chauncey Wentworth
Oscar Bailey
Gardiner
Ralph Lowell
South Windham
Lowell
Lullabelle Knight
Malcolm Bailey
Kennebec School of Commerce
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Henrietta
Carolyn Sheldon
Frank Nord
Richmond
Anne Stinson
Death of Herbert Seigars in South Dresden
Herbert Seigars died at his daughter's home in South Dresden on March 19. He was born in the town and lived there all his life. his wife predeceased him. Survived by son Ralph of North Carolina, brother Willard of Dresden, daughters Mrs Harold Pushard of Dresden and Mrs Grace Whitehouse of Bath. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Methodist church at South Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Seigars
South Dresden
Myra
Ashbury Seigars
Ralph
North Carolina
Willard
Harold Pushard
Dresden
Grace Whitehouse
Bath
Mrs Lucy E Smith Saddened by Death of Edmund Sansom
Mrs Lucy E Smith of 135 Middle Street traveled to Rockland Wednesday after the sudden death of her brother Edmund Sansom. He was a federal government employee at Rockland post office. Funeral held Saturday at two in the afternoon with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy E. Smith
Middle Street
Rockland
Edmund Sansom
Kenneth Smith
Richard Johnson
Sansom
Rocklands
Funeral services for Beatrice M. Perow
Beatrice M. Perow widow of Augustus Perow died recently. Funeral held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mayo funeral home with Rev Canon Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Bearers were Walter Hill Harry L. Day Wilmer I. Voorhees and Howard Mayo. Burial planned in Oak Grove family lot in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice M. Perow
Augustus Perow
Mayo Funeral Home
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Walter Hill
Harry L. Day
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Howard Mayo
Oak Grove
Funeral services held for Mrs. E. Cummings of Georgetown
Mrs. E. Cummings of Georgetown died recently. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 PM from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Cleaves Henderson officiating. Bearers were Linwood Stevens, Harry Heald, Robert Blackie and Frank Heald. Burial in Oak cemetery Georgetown. A surprise stork shower greeted Mrs. William Kingsbury at her aunt Phyllis Raymond’s Dixfield home with gifts and two iced cakes. Guests included several West Peru residents and Lillian Martin of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAndrews
Central School
Tony Jordan
Stevens
Methodist Parsonage
Bobbie
Charlie Spear
Arrowsie
Bath
Georgetown
Reid State Park
Robinhood
Howard G. Heald
Edward C. Clarey
Dorothy W. Oliver
Massachusetts
Joseph F. Higgins
William Bisseth
Portland
Roland Peterson
Joseph Higgins
Everett Stevens
Walter Cummings
Rey J. Campbell
North Carolina
Vincent MacMahan
Eugene Reynolds
Cleaves Henderson
Robert Graffam
Aubrey Fullerton
Jackie
Westbrook
Guy Forbush
Island
Roland E. Peterson
Louise
Five Islands
Frank
Harry Heald
William A. Todd
Georgetown Center
Sadie Drake
Phyllis Wheeler
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Washington, D. C
Sedgwick
West Georgetown
Gunnell
Thomas N. Williams
W. Clinton Allen
Rye
N. Y
MacMahan
Bessie Todd Cummings
Walter W. Cummings
Mayo
Out of State
Kingston
Warren S. Todd
Stoneham
Leon E. Oliver
Newburyport
Josiah Brown
West Newton
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Conn
Elvington Spinney
North Berwick
Frank and
Linwood Stevens
J. Robert
Bessie E. Cummings
Arthur F Mayo
William Kingsbury
Court Street
Phyllis Raymond
Dixfield
Annie Vater
Ethel Childs
Norman Childs
Ruby Palmer
Bernice Palmer
Pearl Childs
Thelma Shaw
Jacqueline Childs
West Peru
Lillian Martin
Brunswick
Central Grammar Pupil Visits Brother in Valley Forge Army Hospital
Thomas MacElman a pupil at Central Grammar school 10 Huse street and his mother Mrs Elizabeth MacElman travel to Phoenixville Pennsylvania during Easter weekend to see his brother Corporal Harold B MacElman a patient at Valley Forge Army hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas MacElman
Central Grammar School
Huse Street
Elizabeth MacElman
Phoenixville
Cpl
Harold B. MacEman
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Lyman Oliver Dies at 96 in Popham Beach Home
Lyman Irving Oliver aged 96 died Sunday afternoon at his Popham Beach residence where he was born. A renowned Maine boat builder and carpenter, he helped build Fort Baldwin and the Popham Beach church. Survived by son Ernest Oliver and two granddaughters, with several nieces and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Irving Oliver
Popham Beach
Lyman
Margaret (Irving) Oliver
Mr. Oliver
Old Fort
Popham
Popham Colony
New World
Fort Baldwin
Oliver
Maine
Ernest Oliver
Margaret E
Edith F
Earl Oliver
Waltham
Mass
Alfred Viscountee
S. A. Guthrie
Philadelphia
Mrs Florence V Ford 52 dies after illness in Hyde Park
Mrs Florence V Ford aged 52 died at home after a few weeks illness. Born in Bath April 9 1899 she trained as a nurse in Worcester and cared for influenza patients during WWI. She is survived by her husband a son Corporal Wilbur Allen Ford stationed at Camp Stewart Ga a sister a brother and a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence V. Ford
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Frank Hagan
Hyde Park
Ford
Grace Episcopal Church
Huse P. T. A
Corp
Wilbur Allen Ford
Camp Stewart
Melvin Comeau
F. Wilbur Hagan
Maris Comeau
Lyman Oliver Rites Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Lyman Irving Oliver of Popham Beach were held at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street with Rev. Macy White officiating. Bearers included Guy Crowley George Oliver Fred Spinney and Leslie Dyer. Burial followed in Hillside cemetery Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Irving Oliver
Popham Beach
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Guy Crowley
George Oliver
Fred Spinney
Leslie Dyer
Hillside Cemetery
Parker Head
Nurse Mary Perry Returns to Wellesley Post Easter
Miss Mary Perry R N school nurse in Wellesley Massachusetts resumed duties Monday after Easter recess with her sister Mrs Joseph Cyr and their father Edward Perry of West Center Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Perry
R. N
Wellesley
Mass
Joseph Cyr
Edward Perry
West Center Street
Edward T. Kelley Dies in Bath at 50
Edward T. Kelley of 164 Front Street Bath died Sunday afternoon at his home. Born July 11, 1896 in Berlin New Hampshire he was the son of Thomas E. and Alice McKinnon Kelley. He headed a Bath Elm Street lunchroom and was a Bath Lodge Elks member. Survived by wife Jeannette Currier Kelley two sisters Mrs Peter Guay Augusta and Mrs Helen Bernier Auburn and brother Louville Kelley St Marys Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Kelley
Front Street
Berlin
N. H
Thomas E
Alice McKinnon Kelley
Kelley
Bath
Elm Street
Bath Lodge of Elks
Colonial Club
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Jeannette Currier Kelley
This City
Louville Kelley
St. Mary’s
Peter Guay
Augusta
Helen Bernier
Auburn
Mrs Beatrice M Perow Rites Held In Bath Area
Beatrice M. Perow 59 widow of Augustus A. Perow died at Robinson nursing home Gardiner after a year as patient. Born May 21 1892 in Moncada she lived most of her life in Bath and attended Morse High School. Survived by four sons Lawrence Augustus Jr Joseph Alfred all of Bath two daughters Mrs Clyde T. Whitaker Bath and Miss Meda Peron Lawrence Mass, several sisters and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice M. Perow
Augustus A. Perow
Robinson Nursing Home
Gardiner
Mon Can
Joseph
Marie Malo
St. Mary’s Guild
Lawrence
Augustus A. Jr
Alfred
Bath
Clyde T. Whittaker
City
Meda Peron
Mass
Death of East Coast Baby in Wartime Europe
Mr and Mrs George Carr West Bath learn their granddaughter in law and son Sgt John Babine US Army in Austria report the death of their month old grandson George Everett born in Munich February 22 died March 18 in Austria Surviving relatives include maternal grandparents paternal grandparents a brother and several aunts uncles and cousins Funeral plans pending and body to be returned to Bath for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carr
West Bath
John Babine
Austria
Babine
U. S. Army
George Everett
Munich
Germany
Mrs. Carr
Joccee
John Edward, Jr
Europe
Bath
Pleasant Avenue
Mrs. Florence V. Ford Funeral Held at Mayo Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence V. Ford, wife of Edmund Ford, were conducted Monday afternoon at two o clock by Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church. Bearers were Lewis Swett Edward Goody Robert Brewer Raymond Carlisle. The body was entombed later in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence V. Ford
Edmund Ford
Mayo Funeral
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Lewis Swett
Edward Goody
Robert Brewer
Raymond Carlisle
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Edward T. Kelley
Edward T. Kelley was honored in funeral services held Tuesday afternoon at 2 from Mayo Funeral Home. The Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated with bearers Edward McCormick Floyd Gordon Joseph Caovette and James Gagan. Entombment planned later in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Kelley
Mayo Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Edward McCormick
Floyd Gordon
Joseph Caovette
James Gagan
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Whitney
Arnold
Clarence Dunbar
Milo
Mary Bursley
William Girasuolo
New Haven
John Parker
Emma Pike
Leon Dunklee
Mary Kidder
Russell E. Ring
Main Street
Esther Parker
Inez Wing
Kingfield
Miss Parker
Water Street
H. S. Densmore
Robert Kilam
Laura Whitmore
Eva Dunn
Nellie Cobb
M. C. Priest
Brookline
South America
Priest
John Sutherbury
Church Street
Shirley Sutherbury
Archie Hasson
Pittston
Elwood Humason
West Alna
Beth
A. P. Denham, Jr
Bath, Maine
Corliss Street
McNeil
Petlock
George Renaud
Jean Reid
Emory Mills
Richard T. Hagan
Thomas Hagan
William Holmes
New Hampshire
D. McEachern
Carl Delano
Joseph Peron
Maurice Hinckley
Robert Miller, Jr
Jack Merk
Rooosevelt
Charles Hinckley
D. P
Indiana
California
Sebasco Estates
Wagner
G. Rogers
G. Renaud
Clyde Whittaker
Cape Elizabeth
Mrs. Perow
Mrs. Cummings
Osborne
Barre
Vermont
Marius H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouses
Lyman Oliver
That Place
George E. Babine
Mrs. Ford
Edward Kelley
Fred S. Curtis & CO
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