Richmond Society Notes Highlight Community Classes and Visits
A Richmond post unit initiated new class groups in First Aid Advanced First Aid Motor Mechanics and Nutrition at local venues including the high school Marriner garage and the Red Cross room. Nearby visits include Deputy Mariner at Merriconeag Grange Harpswell and a 50th wedding anniversary for Thaddeus and Miss Z Belle Card in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Lane
American Legion Home
High School
Marriner
Red Cross Room
G. Cleveland Marriner
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
Flora Shepard
Enterprise Grange
Paul Donovan
Nahant
Mass
Richmond
Donovan
Charlotte Durand
Selina Gibbs
Merrill
Gardiner
Marguurite Manwaring R. N
Boston
May Manwaring
Edward Vickers
Edward Jr
Portland
William Meserve
Meserve
Ralph Cascadden
C. M.G
Lewiston
Genevieve Lynch
Jamaica Plain
Mabel McFee
Merle Terrill
Robert Meek
Chicago
Dow Field
Bangor
Terrell
Edwin E. Durand
Belgrade
Walter Knight
Dr. Leighton Hospital
Joseph Mansir
Lahey Clinic
Thaddeus Card
Z. Belle Stuart
H. H. Abbott
Universalist Church
Lillian Card
Charles Blair
William Foster
Sarasota, Fla
Card
George A. Hawkes, Durand & Clouston
E. E. Durand Shoe Co
Townsend Club
Speedsters Fined in Municipal Court
The first results of a police campaign against speeders appeared in Municipal court as Judge Gardiner R. Deering heard two speeding cases. Albert Bergerson and Raymond Gagnon were found guilty, each fined $5 and $9.82 costs. Officers Frank Moriarty and Chester Morrill stopped Bergerson for 60 mph on Court street and Gagnon for 40 mph nearby within ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Albert Bergerson
Elm Street
Raymond Gagnon
Auburn
Frank Moriarty
Chester Morrill
Bergerson
Court Street
Gagnon
Hailstones and Wind Strike East Bowdoinham
A half hour hail storm in East Bowdoinham caused extensive property damage. Pellets reportedly walnut sized broke 60 to 70 glass panes at Sen. Neil Bishop’s home and damaged Harold Rollins’s adjoining property and barns. Rich Monde Gardens and Edward Baker’s pansy lot also suffered damage. Lawrence L. Houston thanks wardens and residents of Sector Eight for perfect blackout cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoinham
Neil Bishop
Harold Rollins
Richmonde Gardens
Edward Baker
Times Owls Bowing Banquet Celebrates Ruth L Clark
The Times Owls bowling team held its 78th annual banquet at Hotel Phoenix with a turkey and steak supper for about 20 members and guests. Miss Ruth L Clark, after seven years with The Times Co., left for a position with Personal Finance Co. Front Street, receiving a pen set, compact, chocolates and flowers. The event honored her departure amid pride in the team’s undefeated record. The group later bowled at Park Bowling alleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Owls
Hotel Phoenix
Ruth L. Clark
The
Times Co
Personal Finance Co
Front Street
Clark
Times
Patriotic Birthday Party for Two Bath Children
A large outdoor party at Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Morse 5 Deering St marked Patsy Morse fifth birthday and cousin Jackie Waterhouse eighth birthday. Attendees wore red white and blue decor covered porch and lawn with seven buffet tables and a tea service for about 20 mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah Morse
Deering Street
Patsy
Jackie Waterhouse
J. W. Waterhouse
Lower High Street
Morse
Mrs. Waterhouse
Nancy Easley
Gloria Miller
Jackie
Jimmie Hart
David
Edward Morse
Mary
Jaqueline Pert
David Potter
Barbara King
Margaret Burns
Barbara
Dorothy Landry
Betsy Douglass
Leilani Cahill
Elizabeth Carey
Ann Day
Ronnie MacKinnon
David Wilson
Billy English
Barry Parker
Diana Fenn
Stephanie Rush
Peter Kelly
Barbara Morse
Paul Johnson
Martin Turpie
Peter Crocker
Dickie Gaudette
David MecLure
Jennie Fouchoult
Jeff
Jane Allen
Lucy Ann Haggett
Billy Brown
Billy Morse
Paul LeClair
Harry Morse
Lloyd Coombs
Dick Huse
Victor Lonn
Ralph Palmer
Merton Merry
Millicent Merry
Jean Atwood
Chloe Derap
Quinda Pecci
Roger Skillings, Jr
Danny
Carol Haskins
George Cabot
Jimmie Footer
Arthur Bangs
Oliver Funeral Held at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral of George A. Oliver of Popham was Sunday afternoon at two. Rev. Raymond G. Putnam of Central Congregational church officiated. Bearers were Leslie Dyer and Guy Crowley. Burial was in Oak Cemetery in Georgetown Center. Sector Warden Oscar J. Tangway and air raid wardens thank residents for cooperation during the blackout test Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Oliver
George A. Oliver
Popham
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Congregational Church
Leslie Dyer
Guy Crowley
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Oscar J. Tanguay
Sector Six
Births and community notes from Georgetown area
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hunt greet a son born at Bath Memorial hospital May 3 weighing seven pounds named Hubert Clinton Hunt Jr. A working league met at Miss Belle Heald's home with small turnout and voted to donate five dollars to the Cancer Control fund. Rev Keehlwetter and family returned with Mrs Keehlwetter's sister. hopes for eye improvement after operations. Mary Waite wed Roscoe Springer Scott on April 13 1942 in Springfield Mass. First Baptist church service welcomed Mr Koehlwetter back after months away. Mrs D L Pettengill provided pulpit duties. James Oliver welcomed a seven pound daughter April 25. Oak Grove Cemetery site noted for past burials of George Oliver 90 of Popham Beach. A house to house drive to sell Defenses Stamps and Bonds directed by Mrs Walter Powers with three assistants at Five Islands and Dorothy Stuart on Bay Point Kennnebec Point and Robinhood. Lieutenant Rolande Peterson of Portland visiting Robinhood. Marines officer assigned to First Corps Area Boston. to oversee water transportation from Portland to Fisher's Island N Y. Personal items list local residents travel and visitors, school matters, and sugar rationing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hunt
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hubert Clinton Hunt, Jr
Belle Heald
Cancer Control Fund
Keehlwetter
Maude Thayer
Jonesboro
West Georgetown
Thayer
Roy Newman
Beatrice Boutin
Elizabeth Harris
Ernest C. Wells
Mary Waite
Roscoe Springer Scott
Springfield
Mass
Scott
Westfield
Carl A. Scott
Georgetown
First Baptist Church
Koehlwetter
D. L. Pettengill
James Oliver
Oliver
Boothbay Harbor
Wallace Pierce
Oak Grove
George Oliver
Popham Beach
Earle
Waltham
Walter Powers
Five Islands
Dorothy Stuart
Bay Point
Kennnebec Point
Robinhood
John Thibodeaux
Minnie Gray
Bridgton
Thomas Hagan
Bath
Ernest Heald
Red Cross
Frank Heald
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Thomas Williams
Wits End
Rachel Matthews
Morse High School
Cunningham
Ralph Dunton
Portland
John Gordon
Rapheal Higgins
Ralph Davis
Alfred Rowe
J. F. Higgins
Perley Keith
Danvers
Indian Point
Stanwood C. Gilman
Town Hall
Melvin Cunningham
Everett Stevens
Lewiston
Eleanor Hamilton
May Breakfast by Garden Club at Cosmopolitan Club
The ninth annual May Breakfast of the Garden department of the Cosmopolitan club was held Friday morning at the Washington street clubhouse. Over 200 guests were served from six to nine, with notable attendees including officials unable to attend such as Gov and Mrs Sumner Sewall and Mrs E Stewart Oberton. The event featured spring decor, a menu of orange juice cereal bacon eggs muffins doughnuts and coffee, and volunteers from the club staffed the kitchens and dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Department
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Govd
Sumner Sewall
E Stewart Oberton
West Rockport
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Maurice A. Libby
Libby
Fred M. Quimby
Granville Colby
Club
Chester A. Roberts
Abraham Kramer
Charles T. Small, Jr
John Parker
Nellie Goodrich
Roscoe P. McFadden
Stanley W. Brown
Herbert S. Harris
Charles’ Frost
William Yule
Elizabeth Dunbar
Charles W. Messenger
Carl Kennedy
Lawrence Lord
Walter Wiggin
Raymond Chubbuck
Bowen Torrey
Justin Wayne
Alice Johnson
A. J. Danielson
Miss Johnson
McFadden
Missing Blanche Antoine Sought by Police at Front Street
Police seek Blanche Antoine, 63, a Cohen apartments domestic worker, last seen Tuesday and reported missing from Water Street home. Two men alleged a possible body downstream, but observers found no sighting. no further description available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Antoine
Cohen Apartments
Front Street
Percy W. Kingsbury
Water Street
Progressive Grange Program at Richmond Marks First Session
The Progressive Grange at Richmond held its first program Friday evening led by side captain Erland Curtis. It included community singing, a two line rhyme roll call, tableau by Celia Moore Grace and Charles Thompson, clipping readings, a mentality test, and a closing thought by Grace Thompson. Mrs. Margaret Baker donated a candy box later sold, with plans for a vaudeville show at the Grange hall on Wednesday May 13 featuring refreshments and on sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Erland Curtis
Celia Moore
Grace
Charles Thompson
the Grange
Grace Thompson
Margaret Baker
Grange Hall
Local Guests Attend Georgetown Burial
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hatstat and their son Edwin of Bath visited Clement Mac Mahans home. Ernest Oliver of Popham Beach traveled to Georgetown Sunday for the burial of his uncle George Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devrert
Portlane
Ralph Hatstat
Edwin
Bath
Hatstat
Clement MacMahan
Ernest Oliver
Popham Beach
Georgetown
George Oliver
Five Islands Community Notes Amid Local Activity
Mrs C V Rowland of Bath corrects the town directory for a new edition. George Kolorik teaches first aid and returns papers. 21 attend a social with snacks. Illness of Lester Davis at Bath Iron Works noted. Burns, hospital stays, church welcome for Rev Keehlwetter. Bond pledges drive by Miss Marion Stevens. Numerous visits, trips and weekend stays reported among residents and visitors to Five Islands, Bath, Woolwich, Kittery, and nearby towns. Sugar rationing begins at the schoolhouse. various residents travel to New York and other towns.
Hill Funeral Held for Alice M. Hill at Oak Grove
The funeral for Mrs. Alice M Hill, who died Monday, was held Friday afternoon at three at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Rev Charles H Berry officiated and burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery with bearers Leston Harrington Jr Glenn Hamel Harry ee Jr and A Farley Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M Hill
Mon- Center Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles H. Berry
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leston Harrington, Jr
Glenn Hamel
Harryee Jr
A. Farley Mayo
Fellows Honor Mrs Atkinson At Bath Iron Works
Mrs Gerald S Atkinson was feted Friday at Sedgwick Bath Iron Works as she left after 10 years as secretary to EW Everett Pierce. Fourteen coworkers attended a dinner with spring flowers a white iris corsage and a lobster dinner then watched moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald S. Atkinson
Sedgwick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Moving Pictures
Anna Doyle
Frederick A. Lovell, Jr
Barbara Pitman
Mary Young
Barbara Nickerson
Pauline Nickerson
Lynn Bussey
Charlotte Page
Clare Grainger
Josephine Sherman
Beatrice Duprey
Marguerite Brown
Esther Wilser
Lovell
Atkinson
Subscriptions Open for Brunswick Chamber Music Plan
The Brunswick Chamber Music Society launches a subscription drive through Music Week ending May 9. More than 25 solicitors will promote a six concert series at $3, student tickets $1, with a fall festival featuring the Curtis String Quartet and guest artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Chamber Music Society
Curtis String Quartet
Victor Polatschek
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New Society
The
Chamber Music Society
Agnes Coombs
Athern P. Daggett
Isabel Forsaith
Samuel Kamerting
Doris Hobrook
Fritz Koelin
Ahiee Laidles
Jeanne Messter
Juliette Messter
Lucile Morin
Patricia Naugler
May Potter
Lawrence Wo Smith
Mildred Thalhemmer
Fo Burton Whitma Jr
CC C Young
Howard Duran Beatrice Duran Wed In Bath Ceremony
Miss Beatrice Duran of Bradford and Edgar Howard of Dexter wed Friday at Central church parsonage Bath. Rev. Raymond G. Putnam officiated with beige dress and red rose corsage for the bride. The couple will reside at Dexter after a Fay Scott Machine Shops position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Duran
Bradford
We Se
Howard
Dexter
Fay & Scott Machine Shops
Gardner E. Roberts Rites Held in Trevett After Ill Health
Gardner E. Roberts died at 71 after ten months of illness in Trevett where he had lived most of his life except for Bath. He worked as a stewards on the Lightship Myrtle and later ran the Buffet Lunch in Bath. Surviving family includes his widow Agnes A. Ashman and two sons, John Ashman Roberts and Alfred Gardner Roberts, with three grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral services were in Trevett with burial at Ocean View in Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner E. Roberts
Trevett
Mr. Roberts
Capt
John B
Mary Emeline
Barter) Roberts
Bath
Eastern Steamship Company
Myrtle
Water Street
Oak Street
Roberts
First Baptist Church
Mr Roberts
Agnes A. Ashman
Boston
John Ashman Roberts
Alfred Gardner Roberts
Bath Iron Works Corp
Eugene Gardner
John Arthur
Nancy Jeanne Roberts
John A. Roberts
Abbie Youland
George W. Roberts
Hiram Roberts
Boothbay
Emma Dunton
Edward C. Dunton
Edward Soule
Christine Roberts
Harold Roberts
Woolwich
Charles H. Berry
Wayland Davis
Barter’s Island Baptist Church
Ocean View Cemetery
Osgood Butler Dies After Ill Health at 59
Osgood Butler aged 59 died Monday morning at 3 a.m. in his home 1369 Washington Street Bath after years of ill health. Born October 31 1882 in Princeton he lived in Danforth Bath Portland and South Portland before returning to Bath three years ago to live with his daughter Mrs Walter B James. He worked as a ship carpenter at Bath Iron Works and belonged to the Orangeman lodge in Danforth and Corliss Street Baptist church. Survived by widow Lina M Butterfield three sons Martin John O and Walter and four daughters Mrs Walter B James Mrs H E Dewey Mrs Jane Fontaine and Mrs Bert Edkin. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood Butler
Washington Street
Mr. Butler
Princeton
John and
Mary (White) Butler
Danforth
Bath
Portland
Walter B. James
Butler
Bath Iron Works
Orangeman Lodge
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Lina M. Butterfield
Martin
Fort Preble
John O
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Rairden in Bath California
Mrs Elizabeth Rairden 76 widow of Capt Bradstreet S Rairden died last week in Long Beach California. Born July 16 1865 in Bootle England she married Capt Rairden Ay who commanded the bark Evie Reed at 28 before sickness sent him ashore. They lived in Java where he worked as ship chandler and later as consul to Batavia. After his death the family settled back in California where she has resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elizabeth
Rairden
Bradstreet S. Rairden
Bradstreet
Long Beach
Calif
Bootle
England
Georgetown
Evie Reed
Auger
Java
Collins
Capt
Harrison
Batavia
California
Rairden Family Notice in Bath Burial Plans
Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons Frank B. and Albert S. of Bronxville New York Percy W the U S Navy David L the U S Army and one daughter Mamie L of San Francisco California At convenience of the family the ashes will be brought to Bath and buried in the Rairden family lot in Oak Grove cemetery The Rairdens during their residence in Bath lived in the Royal John son house on Middle near North street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B
Albert S
Bronxville
N. Y
Percy W
U. S. Navy
David L
U. S. Army
Mamie L
San Francisco
Cal
Bath
Rairden
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rairdens
Royal Johnson
Dearborn D Sailed for New York Funeral of David Bailey Dearborn
David B Dearborn 70 died Sunday at Glen Cove Long Island from a heart attack while visiting friends. He led D B Dearborn Co ship brokers and helped found the New York Maritime Exchange and served as Pilot Commissioner. Survived by wife Beth and two sisters. Funeral held Tuesday at St Bartholomew's in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall 2d
Washington Street
New York
David Bailey Dearborn
Glen Cove
L. I
Dearborn
D. B. Dearborn & Co
A. Sewall & Co
Mr. Dearborn
David B. Dearborn
Pittston
Maine
New York Maritime Exchange
New York Maritime Association
India House
Chamber of Commerce
Boys Club of
Sewall
Bath
Beth Dearborn
Paris
Lewis H. Lapham
Ellen A. Dearborn
St. Bartholomew’s Church
John McDougall 83 of Bath dies after hip fracture
John McDougall of 14 Plum Jane Bath died Saturday night in Bath Memorial hospital after a hip fracture from a fall. Born December 18 1858 in Grand River P E I Nova Scotia he lived in Bath 64 years. Survived by his widow Annie Stilphen eight Bath children and several grandchildren. Funeral 8 AM Tuesday at St Marys church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDougall
Plum Jane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. McDougall
Grand River
Nova Scotia
Jonathan
Mary (McNeil) McDougall
Bath
Annie Stilphen
Joseph Judson
Haverhill
Mass
Louis Wright
Quincy
Fred Conant
Gerald Holland
Oscar Coffill
Daniel McDougall
Joseph McDougall
Neil McDougall
St. Mary’s Church
Mrs Bennett Funeral Service Held For Lucy A Bennett
Mrs Lucy A Bennett widow of Fred P Bennett formerly of Bath died Monday April 27 at her son A Leon Mulligan of Everett Massachusetts Her funeral was Thursday at 2pm at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated Bearers included John P Carey Jr William Kelley Henry S Farrell Charles Mikelsky Postmaster Edward N Hartnett and Harold Sumimerson Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy A. Bennett
Fred P. Bennett
Bath
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Edward N. Hartnett
Harold Sumimerson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Miss Elizabeth Betts Funeral Held at Mayo Residence
Miss Elizabeth Betts who died Sunday in Boston was laid to rest Thursday at 3 30 p.m. at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 Trigh street with Rev Charles Myron Tubbs of Grace Episcopal church officiating. Four brothers served as bearers Everett and Alfred of Bath Charles of Boston and Harold Betts of Camp Pine New York. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. Miss Betts was born in Bath to Mr and Mrs James Betts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Betts
Boston
Arthur FF. Mayo
Trigh Street
Charles Myron Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Everett
Alfred
Bath
Charles
Harold Betts
Camp Pine
N. Y
Oak Grove Cemetery
Miss Betts
James Betts
Funeral for John Mc Dougall Held at St Marys
Funeral for the late John Mc Dougall was held at eight oclock Tuesday morning in St Marys church with Rev Timothy C Maney officiating. Bearers were Fred Conant Louis Wright Gerald Holland Oscar Coftill Louis Wright Jr and Edward Holland. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mc Dougall
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Fred Conant
Louis Wright
Gerald Holland
Oscar Coftill
Louis Wright Jr
Edward Holland
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Speedsters
Lawrence L. Houston
Sector
Phoenix
Morris Knight
Chapman
Ings Cottage
Edward Clarey
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Augusta Rowe
Marjorie DeLorenzo
Garden Club
Grangl
C. V. Rowland
George Kolorik
O. F. Rowe
Marion Stevens
Kolorik
Lester Davis
Davis
Good Neighbor Club
Lermond Davis
Hope Berry
Thelma Davis
F. S. Keehlwetter
Islands
United States Savings
Ivan Pinkham
George Philbrook
Freeport
Sumner Mains
Maurice Burns
Laura Harding
Otis Baker
Norwood
James
Walter E. Reid
Seguinland
New York City
Alton Reed
Percy Savage
Vincent Davis
Bath-Todds
South Portland
William L. Berry
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Norman
Connie
Jerry
Carl Welling
Wollaston
Percy Savite
George Yeo
Wakefield Mass
William Chase
Billy
South Freeport
Chase
Maurice Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Clhitford
Landry
Franz Stevens
Percy Mat Gillavary
Woodrow Gray
Phyllis Cunningham
Helen
Audrey Pinkham Russel Harford
L. H Rowe
Francis Bacon
Marie Peters
Malden Mass
Sedgemere Road
Eddie Carr
Fred Carr
Porter
C. M. Kimball
Phyllis
Bethel
Rock Mills
Howard-Duran
Central Church
Gloria Naylor
Norman Naylor
Iron Works
Elizabeth Rairden
John M’dougall
Mrs. Bennett
John M'Dougall
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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