Forty Five Men Leave Bath to Be Inducted into Armed Forces
Forty five men departed Bath on Monday for Portland where they were inducted into the armed forces. Names include Bath residents Paul C. Savage Ralph H. Bennett Willard P. Colby Lewis J. Preney Arnold P. Holmes and many others from Woolwich Phippsburg Topsham Richmond and Brunswick with transfers from Portland Caribou and Ellsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
Paul C. Savage
Ralph H. Bennett
Willard P. Colby
Lewis J. Preney
Arnold P. Holmes
Harold L. Mott
James E. Hughes
Herbert T. Hudson
Auder P. Smart
Charles ¥. Chapman
Noe J. Simard
Jay G. Hamilton, Jr
Prescott W. Bickford
Simon J. Cyr
Laurier G. Bernier
Francis O
Fernald J. Bernier
Richmond
Richard W. Grindle
Linwood S. Castner
Brunswick
Robert Cole Pletts, Jr
South Portland
Russell Martin Colby, Jr
John McCarthy
Harold C. Gilmore
Lisbon Falls
Donald W. Garland
Pejepscot
Frank W. Blethern
Miss Ardis Hart Seriously Injured In Bath Crash
John Googin 21 of Damari scotta pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Bath municipal court and was fined $50 plus $5.15 costs after a crash on Washington Street near Lemont. Miss Ardis Hart 17 suffered a broken nose back injury concussion and possible fractured shoulder when the 1938 Oldsmobile collided with a parked Plymouth coupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Googin
Damariscotta
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Googin
Washington Street
Lemont
Ardis Hart
Seth Snipe
Snipe
Miss Hart
George Cram
John Lynch
Lucille Geneau
Hart
Geneau
Lemont Street
Harold V. Webber
Hinckley Street
Wendell Williams
Frank Moriarty
Bath Police
April Weather Compare: Warmer Than Last Year
April weather was warmer than April 1944 with 17 fair days, five rainy days, and eight cloudy days. No snow occurred this year, while last April brought three-quarters of an inch on the eleventh and white ground on the twenty fourth.
Golden Anniversary for Mt Olivet Chapter 29 Marked in Lewiston
Richmond district club news reports the Golden Anniversary of Mt Olivet Chapter No 29 in Lewiston with Miss Courtney Hinckley and Past Matrons in attendance. Auxiliary groups met in Richmond and Fort Richmond D A R planned May activities, with officers elected and a May 14 meeting scheduled. Scouts and church youth groups held events including a Court of Honor in Bath and a Nazarenes youth meeting with new officers. Petty Officer Richard L Parent, son of Richmond residents, connected with a Hallowell High classmate in Leyte while serving in the ship repair service amid invasion memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtney Hinckley
Venessa Beedle
Margaret Duren
Ivy Ames
Mt. Olivet
Lewiston
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Lee Bishop
Pleasant Street
Boardman
Lord
Prosser
Reginald Michaud
Ralph Marr
Court of Honor
Bath
Church of the Nazarene
Franklin Seigars
Edith Vigne
Pauline Smith
Winnifred Fish
Mildred Seigars
Richard L. Parent
Beatrice Parker Parent
Richmond
Hallowell High School
Thomas Gallagher
Leyte
Parent
Gallagher
New Guinea
Joseph Parent
Hallowell
P. O. Parent
Joseph Parent Jr
Camp Selby
Miss
Philip Parent
S 1
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Donald Parent
Norfolk
Dorothy Parent
Spec
USNR
Washington
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Flora W Shepard at Richmond Home
Mrs Flora W Shepard 79 widow of Joseph P Shepard died Friday at her Richmond home after a brief illness. Born October 22 1865 in Richmond she lived there her whole life. She leaves a daughter Mrs Dora Marriner of Richmond a son Lyle of Milton Massachusetts two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at her home Sunday afternoon. Personal items note visitors and service members in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora W. Shepard
Joseph P. Shepard
Darrah Street
Richmond
Siiver
Enterprise Grange
Grange Aid
Dora Marriner
Lyle
Milton
Mass
Gertrude Heminger
North Anson
Harry Curran
North Front Street
E. W. Hall
Laura Stilphen
Main Street
Richard Strout
White Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Isabell Randall
Blanche Randall
Portland
Leslie Roberts
Center Street
Russell Ring
Russell
Fred Stilphen
Lee Stilphen
Rebecca
Dresden
Esther Ring
University of Maine
Beatrice Parent
Earl Curtis
Fort McClellan
Ala
Melvin Curtis
Curtle Street
Curtis
Fort George G. Meade
Sgt
Chester Curtis
Texas
Pfe
Hawaiin Islands
Raymond Curtis
France
Charles Lewis
Hatch House
South Front Street
Robert Hamilton Yeo
Eva Marie Janzen
Baptist Church
Bakersfield
Calif
Yeo
George Yeo
Wakefield
Bob
Frederick
Naval Reserve
South Pacific
Good Neighbor Club
Lermand Davis
Orville Rowe
Franz Stevens
Philip Pinkham
Edith McMahan
Henry Moore
William Marr
Lloyd Pinkham
Erland Moore
Victor Pinkham
Percy MacGillivary
Thomas Watson
Addie Moulton
Here
Georgetown Center
Moulton
Frank McMahan
Lucille
John Huskins
Lermond Davis
Hagan’s Corner
J. A. Beyea
Bath
Local notes from Portland and Bath during wartime
Residents report hospital stays, relocations, and family updates. Mrs. Allen Packard awaits surgery at Mercy Hospital in Portland. The Small family returned from Florida to South Front Street, and the Gott family moved to South Gardiner. Pfc Aubrey JF Lothridge, missing in action March 14, has been liberated and sent to a hospital after injuries. John Hunter, born in Richmond, killed in action in Germany, leaves a widow and three children. Various social visits, showers, births, and travel between Bath, Augusta, South Portland, and nearby towns are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Packard
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Augustus Small
Florida
South Front Street
Gott
South Gardiner
James Lothridge
Pfc
Aubrey JF
Lothridge
Patton
Third Army
England
France
Germany
Dewey Fisher
Main Street
Hazen Ancoin
Charles Keiley
Clyde McFee
Richmond
John Hunter
Helen Potter Hunter
Waterford
Conn
Hunter
Marilla Tarr
Julia Houdlette
Pleasant Street
Bath
Augustus Eckman
Beedle Road
Cobb Maternity Hospital
Timothy Augustus
C. B. Kennedy
Thornton Heights
Thomas Dudley
Bertena Bruno
Lulu Powers
Roy Shields
River Road
Harold Davis
Charles Jewett
Boston
Davis
Ruth Patterson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Holy Cross Cathedral
David Ames
Boiler Shop Bowlers Honor Second Annual Banquet
The Bath Iron Works Boiler Shop Bowling league held its second annual banquet at Sedgwick Park Bowling alleys last week. Everett Libby won high season score while Theodore Gardenier earned a consolation prize for low score. Edward Footer presented awards before an evening of bowling with three league teams. The Reds captured this season’s championship after 27 scheduled matches, up from 14 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Boiler Shop
Sedgwick
Frank Pepper
Park
Everett Libby
Theodore Gardenier
Edward Footer
Pepper
The
Reds
Community notices and family updates in Robinhood area
Mrs. Harry Heald and Miss Belle Heald hosted the Working League gathering with notable attendance and work accomplished. A committal service for the late Charles Hanna was held at Oak cemetery. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and family events across Bath, Wiscasset, Gorham, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Heald
Belle Heald
J. A. Beyea
Charles Hanna
Oak Cemetery
Grammar School
David Stevens
Faylene Rowe
Richard Campbell
Charles Tib
Harold Loveitt
Clayton Heald
Mary Hanna
Roland Peterson
Rebeccas
Gorham
George Laskey
Concord
N. H
Boston
Elizabeth Nagle
New Haven
Conn
Gus Collins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ray Dunkling
Wiscasset
Stanley Morris
C. L. Hinckley
James Oliver
Lloyd Beers
Bath
Robinhood
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maude Thayer
Rockland
Frederick Harvey
Walter Powers
John Olson
Long Cove
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Mass
Thomas Williams
Williams
Gunnell
Michael Morris
Portland
Harold Williams
Wallace Pierce
Ralph Davis
Joseph Higgins
Addie Moulton
Five Islands
Ralph Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Beverley Megette
Virginia
Clarey
Rebecca Hourwich Redger
Minnie Hicks
Everett Haines
Air Force
Grand Central Station
Haines
Engagement Announced For Bath Couple’s Daughter Alice Lemieux
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Lemieux of Westbrook announce the engagement of their daughter Alice to Jeremiah W Desmond AM U S N A F son of Mrs Lucy Desmond of Oak Street and the late Albert Desmond No date yet set for the wedding Jerry Desmond has served nearly three and a half years two and a half overseas He is a Morse High School 1940 graduate noted for baseball and football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rudolph Lemieux
Westbrook
Alice
Jeremiah W. Desmond
Lucy Desmond
Oak Street
Albert Desmond
Jerry
St H
Norman
Oklo
Morse High
Death of Charles Hanna 75 Rocks Five Islands Community
Charles Hanna aged 75 died Thursday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a long winter illness. He sailed the seas for years and worked at Bath Iron Works in the war. Survived by four children two daughters Mrs Edward Clough and Mrs Mina Wilson of Bath two sons Forrest of this town and Mark of Bath, plus grandchildren, great grandchildren, and one brother Capt George Hanna. Funeral at Bath with burial in Georgetown cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hanna
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hanna
Bath Iron Works
Edward Clough
Mina Wilson
Bath
Forrest
Mark
Capt
George Hanna
Georgetown
Interim Pastor Named for Winter Street Church
Rev. Ashton A. Almand of Charlotte, N C now studying in Boston, has been chosen as interim pastor of Winter Street Congregational Church to replace Rev. Ralph W Mohney who resigns to pastor in Tennessee Almand is expected to arrive this week and lead Sunday services He has held religious and educational roles in Mobile Nashville Jacksonville and West Somerville and is married with a Wesleyan College graduate wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton A. Almand
Charlotte
N. C
Boston
Winter Street Congregational Church
Ralph W. Mohney
Tennessee
Bath
Mr. Almand
Fla
Nashville
West Somerville
Florida
Alabama
Bishop Replies to Reed Letter on Portland Port Project
Senator Neils Bishop argues the old Portland Pier failed financially and questions funding a fivefold cost Port of Portland project. He warns Maine taxpayers should not bear the burden and offers to defend every act in public debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Rail freight record set in 1944 freight ton miles
Railroads moved a record 738 billion ton miles in 1944, up 15 percent from 1943, reflecting the peak volume of freight traffic for the year.
Rev Dr C A Jessup Rector Emeritus Dies at 83
The report notes the death of Rev Dr Charles A Jessup rector emeritus of St Pauls Cathedral Buffalo at age 83 on April 13. He served in multiple Episcopal posts including Baltimore Atlanta Greenport and Buffalo and was rector of St Pauls Cathedral Buffalo from 1915 to 1928. He was deputy to General Convention six times and chaplain to Bishop Brent in 1927 at Lausanne.
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Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Charles A. Jessup
St. Paul's Cathedral
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward Jessup
George Burgess
Frederic Gardiner
Elizabeth Field Nichols
Elizabeth Jeffers Nichols
Washington Street
Brooklyn
St. Stephens’ College
H. W. R. Stafford
Jessup
General Theological Seminary
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
Church Home
More Education Foundation
Bishop Brent
World Conference On Faith and Order
Lausanne
Switzerland
Bath
Albert T. Bailey dies at 64 in Woolwich area
Albert T. Bailey known as Burt Bailey died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born April 24, 1881 in Wiscasset and lived in Woolwich for many years working in the electrical department at Bath Iron Works. Surviving are his wife Lena, daughter Mrs. Joseph Lawrence, brother Charles Bailey and three grandchildren. He was formerly affiliated with Masonic bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Bailey
Sagadahoc Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Burt” Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Wiscasset
Edgar and
Augusta
Orne) Bailey
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Bailey
Lena T. Bailey
Joseph Lawrence
Arrowsie
Charles E. Bailey
Lexington
Mass
Charles E Hanna obituary: Georgetown resident dies at 75
Charles E Hanna aged 75 of Georgetown died Thursday at Bath Memorial hospital. Born in Georgetown to Thomas and Hannah Hanna, he leaves two sons Forest W and Mark P, two daughters Mrs. George Clough and Mrs. Nina Wilson, a brother George, 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Grandsons Clayton R Thibodeau USN and Charles L Hannah USA serve in the armed forces. He belonged to Knights of Pythias Boothbay Harbor uniform rank and Georgetown Baptist church. Funeral held Saturday at two from Arthur F Mayo Funeral residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hanna
Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Thomas
Hannah Harford Hanna
Forest W
Mark P
Bath
George E. Clough
Nina Wilson
George
Armed Forces
Clayton R. Thibodeau
USN
Charles L. Hannah
USA
Knights of Pythias
Boothbay Harbor
7Yeorgetown Baptist Church
Arthur F. Mayo
Willard S Thurston Dies After Illness at 53
Willard S Thurston 53 of North Bath road died at Memorial hospital after several months of failing health. Born in Bath August 31 1892 he worked at Bath Iron Works Shipfitting. Survived by wife Bertha two daughters Grace Nancy two sons Robert and Willard J two sisters Annie Pye Eleanor Thurston and two half sisters J Russell Grant and Kenneth Thayer. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Funeral Residence 819 Oak Street with burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard S. Thurston
Bath Road
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Thurston
Bath
Frank and
Hattie (Tobey) Thurston
Bath Iron Works
Bertha E. Thurston
Grace
Nancy
Robert
Willard
Annie Pye
Eleanor Thurston
Boston
J. Russell Grant
C. Kenneth Thayer
Arthur F. Mayo
Oak Street
Oak Grove
Mrs Flora Shepard Dies in Richmond Family Notice
Mrs Flora Shepard of Richmond, cousin of Mrs Flora Lemont of Washington Street, died after months of illness. She lived with her daughter and son in law Cleveland Marriner and his wife. She was active in West Bath grange and had visited granges with State Deputy Cleveland Marriner. Funeral service was Sunday at two at the Marriner residence in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Lemont
Washington Street
Flora Shepard
Richmond
Cleveland Marriner
Funeral for Albert T. Bailey of Woolwich
Albert T. Bailey died Saturday evening at Bath Memorial Hospital. Funeral was Tuesday at two from Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence High Street with Rev Chester B Oliver of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Bearers were Nelson Rice Earl Dow Waldo Hathorn and Freeman Oliver. Burial in Rumwell cemetery Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Bailey
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Methodist Church
Nelson Rice
Earl Dow
Waldo Hathorn
Freeman Oliver
Rumwell Cemetery
Wiscasset
Funeral for Mrs Nellie M Soule Held in Woolwich
The funeral of Mrs Nellie M Soule of Woolwich took place Thursday at 2 PM in the South Dresden church with Rev Alexander Cairns conducting. Bearers were Herbert Wright Henry Wright Harley Wright and Ernest Stilphen, burial in Maple Grove cemetery South Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. Soule
Woolwich
South Dresden
Alexander Cairns
D.D
Herbert Wright
Henry Wright
Harley Wright
Ernest Stilphen
Maple Grove Cemetery
Hanna Funeral for Charles E. Hanna Held Saturday
Funeral services for Charles E. Hanna were held Saturday afternoon at two from the Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High street with Rev J Beyea of Georgetown officiating Bearers included Forrest Hanna Mark Hanna George Clough and Hartley Hanna Burial took place in the family lot at Georgetown cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hanna
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Rev. J. Beyea
Georgetown
Forrest Hanna
Mark Hanna
George Clough
Hartley Hanna
Mrs Roland Staples Visits Mother In Law At Willow Street
Mrs Roland Staples of Yarmouth stayed overnight with her mother in law Mrs Bina Staples on Willow Street. They marked a birthday at a family dinner while her husband serves in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Staples
Yarmouth
Bina Staples
Willow Street
Staples
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Everett Hennen
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