Progressive grange meeting elects new officer time
Richmond reports a Friday Progressive grange session with Mrs. Perlena Routhier resigning as lady assistant steward and Mrs. Jennie Palmer elected and installed by Past Master E. L. White. The program featured singing, papers on Ireland, a humorous reading, and a St. Patrick’s Day story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Perlena. Routhier
Jennie Palmer
E. L. White
Merry Meeting Grange
Conny Storey
C. W. Gray
Ireland
Edna Small
Laura Byker
Emily Gray
Ray Riffenburg
Weilding
Rolling Pin
Marshall White
You
Maggy
Ethel Riffenburg
Gwendolyn Couglass
Riffenburg
Arthur Johnson
H. C. W. Committee
Georgetown Notes on residents and community events
Elizabeth Howarth, longtime Georgetown native, dies in Denver at 78. Obituary lists family ties including Steadman kin and military relatives. Reports of church events, school service resumes, spring signs, and local social gatherings follow in a wide survey of town life with dates and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Stedman Howarth
Denver
Colo
Howarth
J. A. Steadman
Susan Steadman
Steadman Howarth
Herkimer
N. Y
Mina Clarke
Sharon
Mass
Josephine Steadman
Prescott Steadman
S. L. Howarth, Jr
Connecticut
G.M
Herbert Howarth
California
Joseph Higgins
Working League
Ro Oliver
Yarmouth
Cpl
Floyd A. Oliver
U.S.M.C
Solomons
First Baptist Church
Clarense Oliver
Georgetown
Robinhood
Belle Heald
Edward Wren
Five Islands Community Notes and Local Events
The Good Neighbor club met with Mrs Earland Moore and drew large attendance. Miss Marion Stevens hosted Thursday club. A rummage sale is planned at Library hall Friday evening. Sunday services had good turnout with a mixed quartet. Local school spelling honors went to David Stevens and Reginald Pinkham. Mr and Mrs Philip Pinkham welcomed twins James Allen and Janice Ann born March 20 at Bath Memorial hospital. Several residents moved, shopped, or visited, including Capt John Huskins passing, Mrs Beulah Miller visiting Bath, and Milton Pinkham spending the weekend in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Earland Moore
Marion
Stevens Good Neighbor Club
Library Hall
J. W. Loughlin
State Board of Health
Mark Porter
O. F. Rowe
Marion Stevens
Bath
John Huskins
Beulah Miller
Ralph Pinkham
Richmond
Maurice
Mary Fossett
Randolph
Milton Pinkham
Boston
Hot Shot Band Delights West Bath Grange Audience
West Bath Grange hosted about 75 attendees for a minstrel style concert by the Hot Shot Band. The program featured kitchen utensil instruments, humorous routines, and special numbers led by Miss Alice Johnson and Mrs. Julia Field, with Cake raffle won by Frank Donnell and dancing to Bowdeinham orchestra afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Pomona Grange
Enterprise Grange
Richmond Village
West Bath
Alice Johnson
Julia Field
Elizabeth Young
Thelma Sylvester
Bob Burns
Dorothy Palmer
Hope Ward
Harry McGlinchy
Mazie
Bernice Sturtevant
Eva Lemont
Alice Smith
Frank Donnell
Mrs Felicia M Hinckley Riggs Dies in Portland
Mrs Felicia M Hinckley Riggs widow of Winthrop W Riggs formerly of Georgetown died Tuesday at her son Benjamin H Riggs home 355 Spring Street Portland Funeral set for Thursday at two at 749 Congress Street burial in Evergreen Cemetery Portland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicia M. Hinckley Riggs
Winthrop W. Riggs
Georgetown
Benjamin H Riggs
Spring Street
Portland
Congress Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Franklin P Sprague Dies in Denver at 49
Franklin Pierce Sprague died suddenly at his Denver home on March 23. He was born in Phippsburg Maine, a farmer and former livestockdealer, who moved west for health and defense work. Survived by wife Rosa Caroline Sprague, six sons, four daughters, father J Bradford Sprague, sister Bessie L Sprague, and brother George S Sprague. funeral in Bath on Sunday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce Sprague
Denver
Colorado
Bath
Curtis Funeral Parlor
Washington Street
Cushing Cemetery
Ashdale
Mr. Sprague
Phippsburg
J. Bradford Sprague
Winnie A Sprague
Rosa Caroline Sprague
Col
Bessie L. Sprague
George S. Sprague
Topsham
Barber Frank H. Shepard Dies at 78 in Bath
Frank H. Shepard, 78, of Bath, died Saturday night at Willowcrest Home in Pittston after two months of hospital care. Born August 21, 1865 in Bath, he learned barbering and worked in Cliftondale Massachusetts Quincy Massachusetts and Hampton New Hampshire before settling in Bath. He was predeceased by his wife who died December 29 and is survived by a daughter Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont and three cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Shepard
Willowcrest
Pittston
Mr. Shepard
Bath
Frank
Susan (Howes) Shepard
Cliftondale
Mass
Quincy
Hampton
N. H
Arthur C. Lemont
Jack Shaw
Martha Cony
Elwyn Dunham
Brunswick
Mrs Flaherty Laid To Rest At St Marys
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret A Flaherty were held Monday at St Marys Catholic Church with Fr Maney officiating. A large turnout included out of town relatives such as Mrs Wallace Fisher and Misses Anna and Esther Foley. Grandsons John A Flaherty Robert Flaherty Andrew C Flaherty Peter Flaherty attended as bearers. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Flaherty
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Maney
Wallace Fisher
Anna
Esther Foley
Daniel Quinn
Woburn
Mass
Harry McTague
Wakefield
Maria Goldsmith
West Springfield
Mary Joyce
Lewiston
Funeral service for Mrs. Hattie L Mitchell held at Arthur F Mayo
The funeral for Mrs. Hattie L Mitchell was Thursday at 3 30 PM from the Arthur F Mayo Funeral residence 819 High Street with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating. Bearers were Millard Trott Stanley Priest Joseph Oliver and E A Knowlton. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie L Mitchell
Arthur F Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Millard Trott
Stanley Priest
Joseph Oliver
E. A. Knowlton
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Fred C Hansen held Saturday
Funeral services for Fred C Hansen were held Saturday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington street with Rev Charles R Sims pastor of the First Baptist church officiating. The body was entombed until Spring for burial in the family lot in Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C Hansen
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington — Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Rowe Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth E. Rowe were held Thursday afternoon at two o clock from the home at 99 North Street. Rev. Dr. David L Wilson officiated. Bearers were Harold Adams Leonard Gowell Fred Fuller and J Edward Pomeroy. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth E. Rowe
North Street
David L Wilson
Harold Adams
Leonard Gowell
Fred Fuller
J. Edward Pomeroy
Oak Grove
Fred W. Oliver Confined at Home by Illness
Fred W. Oliver of 18 Wesley Street is confined to his home due to illness, limiting his activities and necessitating rest and medical care from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Oliver
Wesley Street
Judge James H. Ames Dies in Bowdoinham at 79
Judge James H. Ames 79 long served Bowdoinham Municipal Court for 40 years. Born January 26 1865 in Palermo he lived on Main Street Bowdoinham at his death after a two month illness. Survived by three sons James Carroll Harvey and the Rev John W Ames and three daughters Jess ie Ames Bowdoinham town clerk, Mrs John L Sawyer and Mrs Forrest Wall, plus a brother Paul Ames, twenty grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Ames
Bowdoinham
Main Street
Palermo
Paul and
Jane Lowell Ames
Freedom Academy
Nettie C. Dodge
Unity
Ames
William T. Haines
Methodist
James Carroll
Mountain View
Cal
Harvey
Watertown
Mass
John Wallace Ames
Edgecomb
John L. Sawyer
York
Forrest Wall
Tenants Harbor
Jessie Ames
Bowdeinham
Paul Ames
Benton
Mrs Margaret A Flaherty of this city dies in Lewis ton
Mrs Margaret A Flaherty of this city died Friday morning at a convalescent home in Lewis ton after a short illness She was born in Aran Ireland on Sept 1 1863 and lived in Bath 55 years Survived by two daughters Mrs Gallagher and Mrs William Goldsmith of Hilo Hawaii and son Peter of Newport R I She was a member of St Marys Church Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella and a Gold Star mother Funeral services were from St Marys church Monday at eight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Flaherty
William Gallagher
Norway
Lewiston
Aran
Ireland
Joseph and
Mary (Connelly) Falen
Bath
Andrew J. Flaherty
Front Street
Flaherty
Peter Flaherty
Newport
R. I
Gallagher
William Goldsmith
Hilo
Hawaii
Peter
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sacred
Hanson 69 of North Woolwich Dead After Ill Health
Fred C. Hanson, 69, of North Woolwich, died last Wednesday at home after a long illness. A Woolwich native, he worked in contracting with the late Senator Frank W. Carlton. Survived by daughter Beatrice Yphampsis, brother Frank R. Hanson, nephew Millard Hanson, and three grandchildren David, Isabelle, Phoebe N. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home Bath with Rev. Charles R. Sims officiating. Burial in Riverside Cemetery, Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Hanson
North Woolwich
Woolwich
Mr. Hanson
James
Mary Reed Hanson
Frank W. Carlton
Beatrice Yphampsis
Frank R. Hanson
Millard Hanson
David
Isabelle
Phoebe N
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Bath
Charles R. Sims
Elm Street Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs Ida Matthews
Mrs Ida M. Matthews wife of Clifton C. Matthews funeral services took place Friday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. The body was entombed until Spring for burial in Georgetown cemetery family lot. Harold E Armes of Morse High School is a patient at Maine General Hospital in Portland after a school bus incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Seguinland
Harold Hunt
Seward Emmons
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Alex Cunningham
Boston
Ernest Heal
Bath
Guy Flew
Alice Hinckley
Ida M. Matthews
Clifton C. Matthews
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Georgetown Cemetery
Harold E. Armes
High Street
Morse High School
Maine General Hospital
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Star Club
Red Cross
Philip Bishop
Presque Isle
Bishop
Lee Bishop
South Front Street
Camp Leigh
Lester Umberhind
Pitts Center Road
Seaman Umberhind
Carl Gibbs
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sarah Chipman
Leslie Chipman
Hartley Ranger
Edward Pinkham
Edward W. Hall
Laura Stilphen
Fred Stilphen
Dresden
Lawrence Bond
Fort Richmond
Solon Purinton
Waterville
Maine
Philip White Dalrymple
Newton Center
Julie Priscilla
David Jewett Waller
U.S.A
U.S.A.A.F., Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pettit Waller
Newton
Miss Dalrymple
Edward Jessup Stewart
Brookline
Willard Dalrymple
Raphael Higgins
Roslyn
Faylene
Bob Rowe
George E. Jordan
Ray Dunkling
Gertrude Hunt
George Sprague
Gloria
Hunt
Louise Peterson
Marle Flewelling
Skowhegan
Stanley Flewelling
Allen C. Brown
Carlton Brown
George
AY Weekly
Gayalasi
Lele
Markson Bros
HOT Shot
Franklin P. Sprague
Mrs. Mitchell
F. C. Hansen
Mrs. Rowe
Bowndoinham
M. A. Flaherty
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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