Richmond Area Grange and Club Activities Report
Enterprise Juvenile grange conferred degrees on three candidates Monday. A Mother's Day program followed Tuesday led by lecturer Mrs rank Bishop. D. A. R. Richmond chapter hosted guests Monday at Mrs Reed Prothero’s home. Sunday School Advance committee met at the Baptist parsonage Monday. Community Garden club gathered Tuesday with Mrs Fred Melvin. Richmond board hires E F Pratt M D as temporary health officer. Star club presented The Three Pegs at Progressive grange hall Wednesday. Mt Carmel O E S planned a mock initiation Thursday. Fort Richmond D A R May meeting postponed to May 12 due to illness. Sagadahoc Pomona grange holds special meeting Thursday at Harpswell with Merriconeag grange. Boy Scouts meet Wednesday at Methodist parish hall for final time with Rev Alfred Ives prior to his departure for Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Juvenile Grange
Nees
Enterprise Grange
Rank Bishop
Richmond
Reed Prothero
Baptist Parsonage
Community Garden Club
Fred Melvin
Board of Selectmen of Richmond
E. F. Pratt
Star Club
Progressive Grange Hall
Mt. Carmel
Fort Richmond
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Harpswell
Merriconeag Grange
Methodist
Alfred Ives
Winthrop
Progressive Grange Meeting at Richmond Corner
A Progressive Grange gathering at Richmond Corner Friday evening featured a program led by Lecturer Bertha Gray including reading Laurelle Priest and a defense discussion. Others in attendance were Walter Knight Ned White Charles Keeler Grace Thompson Margaret Baker Mrs Charles Thompson Sergt Richard Thompson at Camp Blanding and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Bertha Gray
Laurelle’ Priest
Walter Knight
Ned White
Charles Keeler
Graceompson
Margaret Baker
Charles Thompson
Sergt
Richard Thompson
Camp Blanding
James Jones
Marshal White
Arthur Pickard
Edythe Sewall
Estelle Brown
Gwendolyn Douglass
Penny March
Myron Douglass
Central church to vote on summer worship changes
Members of Central church and parish will vote in a referendum on May 18 to decide changes to Sunday worship. Ballot asks if they want two services at 8 45 and 10 45, which service they prefer, if any other time is better, and whether weeknights could work for warm weather attendances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Gordon Estes Granted Sentence Probation
Gordon Estes 17 of Bath was granted sentence probation in Westbrook Municipal Court after pleading guilty to reckless driving and driving without a license. He had been fined 25 dollars and costs on the first charge and 10 dollars and costs on the second. The arrest followed an April 27 incident on Bedford Street Portland where an 85 mph chase began at Cumberland Mills and ended when Estes’ car overturned while attempting a corner as Patrolman Lester M. Clark pursued him after he passed a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Estes
Bath
Westbrook
Wade L. Bridgham
Estes
Bedford Street
Portland
Cumberland Mills
Lester M. Clark
Personal notes crowd Auburn social circle with visits and gatherings
Mr and Mrs George Cobb of Auburn visit her father Charles Crosby on Western avenue. Social Eight meets at Mrs George Darrah on Pine street. Mrs Napoleon Guerette to host next Monday at West street. W B Blanchard tours city en route to Bangor from Clearwater Fla staying with Chester A Roberts at 945 High. Mrs Walter S White and daughter Miriam remain in Detroit two months to care for OK Neagle. Mr and Mrs Norman S Chase and son Stephen depart for Whitefield to stay with Chase parents in Poland Spring summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cobb
Auburn
Charles Crosby
Western Avenue
Social
George Darrah
Pine Street
Napoleon Guerette
West Street
W. B. Blanchard
Bangor
Clearwater
Fla
Chester A. Roberts
High Street
Walter S. White
Miriam
Spring Street
Detroit
Neagle
Norman
Chase
Stephen N. Chase
Washington Street
Whitefield
Mr. Chase
Harry Chase
Poland Spring
Dorrance Assumes Maine Sheep Specialist Post
Samuel F. Dorrance of Richmond becomes a full time Maine state employee as State Sheep Specialist. He resigned from the Maine House of Representatives and will announce a sheep husbandry program to boost rehabilitation of Maine’s sheep industry, with 42 000 sheep in 195? and 34 year old family man based in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Dorrance
Richmond
Carl R. Smith
Maine
Dorrance
Maine House of Representatives
Sumner Sewall
Department of Agriculture
Animal Industry Division
Lyndonville, Vt
Bowdoinham
New England Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Formation of Housing Corporation to Build Moderate Cost Dwellings
A new corporation is being formed to build and sell moderate cost homes amid industrial activity under the National Defense Program. The plan includes a large Bath area development that could use a former building as a fabrication plant. A Brunswick dispatch notes Bath Brunswick defense housing is off. Congressman Oliver signals government discouragement of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick Dispatch
Brunswick
Justin R. Hartzog
Defense
Thomas H. Riley, Jr
Brunswick Savings Institution
James C. Oliver
Massachusetts
Cub Pack 55 Meets Friday Evening at Winter Street Church
Cub Pack 55 met in the men's parlor of Winter Street Church with Den No. 4 in charge. Den Chief Henry Sheffield led as Roy Lawrence was absent. The boys did charades, viewed Merrymeeting Bay films by Napoleon Vachon, and heard an invitation to the Exceller launching at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack
Winter Street
den No. 4
Den
Henry Sheffield
Roy Lawrence
Merrymeeting Bay
Napoleon Vachon
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Births Recorded in City Clerk's Office
A series of births announced with names, parentages, and addresses. Leo Robert Joseph Schultz born April 18 at Bath hospital. Brian John Butler born April 4 at Bath hospital. Marie Helen Roy born April 18 at Bath hospital Brunswick Road. Toinette Barbara Larkin born April 18 at Bath hospital 60 Newbury Peabody Massachusetts. Norman Conrad Keene born April 30 at Cornish maternity home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Robert Joseph
Charles L. Schultz
Dummer Street
Brian John
John O. Butler
Washington Street
Marie Helen
Robert J. Roy
Brunswick Road
Toinette Barbara
Samuel P. Larkin, Jr
Newbury Street
Peabody
Mas
Bath Hospital
Norman Conrad
Robert B. Keene
Deering Street
Cornish Maternity Home
Local Families Plan Short Visits to Farm Areas
Mr and Mrs Alphonse Cormier and daughters Helen and Roseyn of 364 Front Street passed the week. Robichaud of Ware Street Lawrence Mass. Prof and Mrs Maurice Avery of Williamstown Mass are expected to arrive Thursday night to spend a few days at their farm in Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Cormier
Helen
Roseyn
Front Street
Robichaud
Ware Street
Lawrence
Mass
Maurice Avery
Williamstown
Phippsburg
Death of Victor C. Richardson noted in Georgetown
Word of the death of Victor C. Richardson age 69 in Swampscott Massachusetts on April 29. The report recalls his tenure running the West Georgetown store and post office about 27 or 28 years ago and mentions his Bath roots and eventual move to Massachusetts. The section also covers local church notes and assorted personal items from Bath and Georgetown residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor C. Richardson
Swampscott
Mass
Richardson
West Georgetown
Bath
Massachusetts
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
Topsham
Cult of Jehovah's Witnesses
Officers Elected at D A R Meeting in Yarmouth
Col. Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R elected new officers for the year at a Tuesday meeting hosted by Mrs. David Curtis in Yarmouth. New leaders include Regent Miss Jane Lemont and Vice Regent Mrs. Horace P. Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lemont
Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
David Curtis
Yarmouth
Horace P. Morse
Fred W. May
Charles A. Andre
Elwina F. Durgin
Leonard M. Lord
Harry E. Litchfield
American International College
Springfield
Cary
United States of America
Allan Ramsay
Carl Albée
Continental Congress
Washington
Edmund A. Rothwell
Mrs. Arthur Sewall Hosts Beta Sigma Phi Meeting
Mrs. Arthur Sewall entertained Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at the Stonehouse Tuesday night with Ellen Stevens presiding. Plans for summer activities were discussed and a state convention in Augusta Saturday was noted with members including Carolyn Turpie and Pauly Metcalf. Refreshments followed a short program and the next meeting is May 20 at Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Stonehouse
Ellen Stevens
Augusta
Carolyn Turpie
Pauly Metcalf
Barbara Haynes
Helen Hayes
Herbert Lemont
Eleanor Danforth
Jeanette Greene
Jean Danforth
Sedgwick
Fifty Years a Mason Jewel Presented to Hewitt in Richmond
Captain Charles E. Hewitt a veteran towboat commander spent Monday evening at his Richmond home where the Richmond lodge of Masons presented him with a jewel marking his fifty years of membership. His son Charles E. Hewitt Jr. accompanied him to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
Bath
Richmond
Richmond Lodge of Masons
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Licensing Board Grants Licenses Monday Evening
At City hall the municipal licensing board issued numerous licenses including Victualers for Tip Top Diner and Colonial Cafe and various gasoline, auction, entertainment and storage permits. A Pine Tree Shows permit and World of Mirth showing were noted with a June-July window, plus a wood frame structure on 109 Commercial street approved pending fire chief sign-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Licensing Board
Victualers
James G. Lane
Raymond J. Perron
Water Street
Leo Venus
Colonial Cafe
Front Street
Mike Zumie
Front
John Picken
Jennie M. Allen
Hotel Phoenix
Edmund M. Staples
Wallace Reed
Mary C. O'Hara
Columbia Hotel
Philip A. Roberts
Washington
Theodosis N. Vamvakias
Vinestreet
Dorothy M. Hart
Union
J. J. Newberry
James Kakos
Dummer
Tony Canacaris
Eunice M. Poulos
Thomas L. Morrison
Harold E. Footer
J. Emery Footer
Sedgwick
R. E. Linekin
Hilltop Market
Ernest Poulos
Praxiteles N. Vamvakias
Center
Henry Rogers
Antonio A. Punia
Lloyd E. Brown
George Emero
Socony Vacuum Oil Co
Vine
Washington Street
Harold P. Small
James A. Clappison
Emily R. Savage
Jenney Mfg. Co
Forrest R. Lewis
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Andrew M. Rice
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Henry G. Hodgdon
Burnham Auto Supply Co
Sam Lake
Octave Breton
Frank Pepper
Daniel Poulos
Arthur W. Gediman
Jay Povich
Samuel Levin
Harold L. Ham Co
Center Street
E. S. Milliken
Upper
A. E. Oliver
R. E. Legard
North
Bartlett O. Smith
Andrews Road
Morris, Lerman
Neil Street
Portland
Sam Lerman
Kellogg Street
Llewellyn Holbrook
Bowery Street
William Israelson
Bracket Street
Nathan Petlock
New England Theatres Inc
Bath Opera House
Ralph W. Pinkham
Mgr
Uptown Theatre
Nathan Press
Edward Brown
Columbia
Carnival
Dyer-Flaherts Post
V.F.W
Chandler Field
A. S. Perham
Howard Coal Co
Commercial Street
Morse High Musicians to Present Concert
Morse High School presents a spring music festival featuring the 35 piece band the 30 piece orchestra the 50 voice Glee club and a 25 piece junior orchestra in the high school auditorium Friday at eight Miss Rachel Matthews will be drum majorette soloists include Geraldine Nickerson Phillip Ames and the clarinet trio Zitamarie Sullivan Dorothy Gilchrist Lyndall Corliss plus trumpeters Robert Gilchrist Ronald and Roscoe Pike. The event directed by Miss Margaret Mackinnon benefits the band and invites all Bath schools community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Glee Club
Rachel Matthews
Geraldine Nickerson
Phillip Ames
Zitamarie Sullivan
Dorothy Gilchrist
Lyndall Corliss
Robert Gilchrist
Ronald
Roscoe Pike
Bath
Margaret Mackinnon
Minister Returns From Fiskeville Visit After Bath Trip
Reverend Harry MelIntire of Tabernacle Baptist Church Fiskeville Rhode Island preached at Corliss Street Church in the morning and evening then returned home Sunday night. In Bath he stayed with cousins Warren H. MelIntire and wife at 421 Washington Street and was accompanied by his fiancée Agnes Anderson of Providence and Ralph Renington of Hope, Rhode Island, treasurer of the Tabernacle church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry MelIntire
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Fiskeville
R. I
Corliss Street
Bath
Warren H. Melntire
Washington Street
Agnes Anderson
Providence
R. L
Ralph Reniington
Hope
R. L. Mr. Renington
The
Tabernacle
Pats
Chun
Rushes Return to Barre After Long Family Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles A Rush return to their Barre Massachusetts home after visiting their son and daughter in law Dr and Mrs Charles F Rush at 243 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Rush
Barre
Mass
Mrs
Charles F. Rush
Washington Street
Obituary: George R. Penton 77 Pioneer Maine Visitor
George R. Penton 77 died April 30 in Brooklyn at 19 Jefferson Ave. A Brooklyn native, he came to Maine starting 1888 visiting Alliquippa House annually until its closing. He partnered in Thomas Norton export firm, shipping with John Norton & Sons since 1880 and later formed Norton partnership. Survived by wife Bertie F Penton and brother Willard C Penton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Penton
Maine
Alliquippa House
Brooklyn
Jefferson Avenue
Thomas Norton
Bridge Street
Mr. Penton
Will Sylvester
Small Point
Thomas Spence
John Norton & Sons
John Norton
Penton
New York Produce Exchange
Maritime Exchange
Bertie F Penton
Willard C Penton
William Douglas Willes dies at 72 in Cathance Maine
William Douglas Willes 72 died Sunday at his Cathance home Born in Bath he studied at Bath High School Harvard MIT and newspapers The Boston Herald and New York papers He later became a mining engineer in Maine with Trenton Flint and Spar Co Survived by wife Ethel Fisher Willes and cousin Irene Herbert Ross Funeral held at his Cathance residence with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Douglas Willes
Cathance
New York Press
New York Herald
Willes
Anna
James G. Blaine
Maine
Trenton Flint and Spar Co
Grace Episcopal Church
Bath
Morgan, van Wickle and Herbert
New Jersey
Douglas and Wyllys
Connecticut
Ethel Fisher Willes
Irene Herbert Ross
New Brunswick
N. J
Oak Grove Cemetery
Death Notice of Mrs Mary A Campbell in Southport
Mrs Mary A Campbell 79 widow of Joseph Campbell died Tuesday at her home 31 West Street Southport born to William O Fields and Mary Pierce Fields she leaves three sons William Ralph Elwood Campbell three daughters Mrs Lincoln Webber Miss Hariet Campbell Mrs Rudolph Furber member of the Southport Methodist church funeral Friday at two in her home Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Campbell
Joseph Campbell
West Street
Southport
William O
Mary Pierce Fields
William
Ralph
Elwood Campbell
Lincoln Webber
Hariet Campbell
Rudolph Furber
Methodist Church
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Freeman Burgess Family Returns Home After Visit
Mrs. Freeman Burgess and her two sons John and Freeman Jr and daughter Gay have returned to their home on upper Washington street after a two week visit with Mrs. Burgesss parents Mr and Mrs J E Worchester and with Mr Burgesss parents Mr and Mrs Barclay Burgess in Southwest Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Burgess
John and
Freeman, Jr
Gay
Upper Washington Street
Death of Mrs. Reese D. Eby Preble
Mrs. Reese D. Eby Preble 76 of Bath with ties to Daytona Beach and Connersville dies. Born in Searsmont Maine she lived in Bath since childhood then remarried in 1921. Survived by husband Reese D. Eby son Gordon F. Preble and daughter Persis Preble Battison. Funeral and burial planned in Connersville Indiana on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Reese D
Eby
Georgia Farrar Preble
Daytona Beach
Fla
Connersville
Ind
Sebasco
Bath
Searsmont
Alexander Farrar
Louisa Dillaway Farrar
Winter Street Congregational Church
Phippsburg Center
Mary Campbell Skelton Rites Held in Bowdoin
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Campbell Skelton were conducted at her East Bowdoin home with Rev. Lester Norton officiating. pallbearers included Willis Skelton Ray Skelton Morris Skelton and Arthur Card. Burial followed in West Bowdoin cemetery with out of town relatives attending from Lisbon Lisbon Falls Fort Williams Portland and Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Campbell Skelton
East Bowdoin
Lester Norton
The
Baptist Church
Richmond
Willis Skelton
Ray Skelton
Morris Skelton
Arthur Card
West Bowdoin
Grace Beverley
Wilbur Taylor
Lisbon
Fred MclIntosh
Lisbon Falls
Harry Card
Fort Williams
Portland
Rachel Skelton
Auburn
John W. Settle Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for John William Settle 66 died Saturday at his Bowdoin home after a brief illness. Interment followed at South Bowdoin. Born Anville Kentucky October 24 1874 he had lived in Maine over 40 years. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Phair Jones of Pejepscot a son Alvin of Lisbon Falls five grandchildren Fred Elinor Gloria Jacqueline and Wayne Settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Settle
Bowdoin
South Bowdoin
Mr. Settle
Anville
Maine
Phair Jones
Pejepscot
Alvin
Lisbon Falls
Fred
Elinor
Gloria Jones
Jacqueline
Wayne Settle
Victor C. Richardson dies in Swampscott at 69
Victor C. Richardson a longtime Bath resident and son of Gilman P. and Nancy Penney Richardson died April 29 in Swampscott Massachusetts in his 70th year. He once worked in the family mill business on Commercial Street in Bath on the site now occupied by the R H Houston Co. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p m at Nichols Funeral Home Swampscott with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor C. Richardson
Bath
Swampscott
Mass
Gilman P
Nancy Penney Richardson
Commercial Street
R. H. Houston Co
Nichols Funeral Home
Humphrey Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harold G. Battison remembered for Morse high athletics
Harold G. Battison a former Bathman and Morse High School graduate died April 29 after surgery. He was known for athletic prowess at Morse High about 30 years ago. His mother Hortense Emmons of Bath and wife Persis M. Battison of 11 Ossipee Road West Somerville Mass survive. Funeral was held Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Battison
Bathman
Morse High School
Mr. Battison
Morse High
Hortense Emmons
Bath
Persis M. (Preble) Battison
Ossipee Road
West Somerville
Mass
Death of 10 Month Old Gertrude Koehling in Sebasco
Gertrude Koehling, 10 months, daughter of James and Catherine Coffin Koehling, Sebasco, died Friday night after entering Memorial hospital May 1. Funeral was Sunday at 2 pm in the Sebasco chapel with burial in Sebasco. Mrs. Harry Oliver and Mrs. Arthur Mayo to return Wednesday from Boston trip with Mrs. Gertrude Small, who aided Oliver and will visit her son Walter Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Koehling
James and
Catherine Coffin Koehling
Sebasco
Memorial Hospital
Harry Oliver
Arthur Mayo
Boston
Gertrude Small
Oliver
Walter Small
Return of Mr and Mrs Leon Billings to Portsmouth
Mr and Mrs Leon Billings of Portsmouth New Hampshire, formerly of this city, have returned home after a brief visit at their Mechanic street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Billings
Portsmouth, N. H
Mechanic Street
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Georgetown
Paul Moore
Betty
Thomas F. Bird
Walter F. Powers
Harold Ward
Howard Heald
Thomas N. Williams
Harry Carlisle
Gilbert Lewis
Kennebec Point Road
Amos J. Steadman
Hubert Loveitt
Camp Devens
Medical Corps
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Elizabeth Deering
Eva Gaudet
Brown
J. Whitney Brown
George Gray
Edmund David
Edmund Purdy, Jr
Milford
N. H
F. W. O'Brien
Quincy Wales
Newton
Maiden Island
Leon Williams
Olive
Leon Jr
C. C. Davis
C. L. Rowe
William Leslie
Philadelphia
Rowe
Mabel Dickey
Otis Baker
Norwood
Francis Pierce
Randolph
E. B. Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Five Islands
P. B. Savage
Orville Rowe
Marion Stevens
Webster Harley
Norman Harley
Lowell
Seguinland
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Richard Potter
William McGrath
J. J. Gibson
Walter Strout
Strout
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
South Danville
Allan L. Harrington
Mattie MacMahan
North Edgecomb
Lila Belanger
Isabel Stevens
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere Road
John Huskins
L. H. Rowe
Sudbury
Francis Bacon
Charles Davis
Licensing Board
W. Vaughan McKaig
Red House
Meoth Street
Danaels Ts
Rat Yo Woolse
Mary F. Gibbons
Frederick E. Drake
Washington = street
Mrs. Reese
Mary C. Skelton
John W. Settle
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
North Street
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