Richmond Nomination for Trial Justice Helps Local Politics
Governor Freder ick G. Payne nominated Leonard L. Bishop to the bench to fill the vacancy from Joseph W. Randlette’s death. Richmond Yachting Club planned a float event this weekend and set a May 15 meeting to clean grounds. Contests at Wells L.G.A. market awarded Connie Howard first, Kemelene Hinkley second, Florence Wheeler third. Emerson Grammar School honor rolls list top performers across Grades I II IV and V. Fire Department responded to chimney fire on River Road and slabs fire at Brown's saw mill. Enterprise grange held with guest speaker Mrs Lottie York. charter draped for Joseph Randlette. American Legion Auxiliary officers elected. Red Cross donation and penny sale conducted. plans to host department president May 22. Personal items note hospital return of infant Gregory Willard and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard ‘L. Bishop
Frederick G. Payne
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond ‘Yachting Club
Connie Howard
William Howard
Williams Street
Wells’ L.G.A
Kemelene Hinkley
Florence Wheeler
Ray Stinson
River Road
Brown’s
Brunswick Road
Enterprise Grange
Lottie York
Winthrop
State Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Belle Call
Annie Dunbar
Geraldine Ross
Sheppscot Valley Grange
Oreanne Averill
Garrison Hill Grange
York
Winthrop Grange
Harraseekett
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Laura Reynolds
Marcia Baker
Eunice Kinney
Bertha Curtis
Grace Dickinson
Marion Babb
Alice Gilpatrick
Gertrude Riley
Red Cross
Winifred Gahagian
Lewiston
Alice Pashard
Funeral service for Deacon Heald drew large crowds
Georgetown mourned Deacon Howard G. Heald with funeral services at First Baptist Church. The church filled as relatives from Woolwich Boothbay Harbor and Seguinland attended. Burial followed at Oak Cemetery with committal by Rev J A Beyea. Georgetown Center school closed in respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard G. Heald
First Baptist Church
Deacon Heald
Cleaves Henderson
Earle Hagan
Alfred Rowe
Harold Brown
Roland Peterson
Oak Cemetery
Maude Tafton
Springvale
Harold Armitage
Merrill Sewall
Everett Hall
Hallowell
Frank
Harry
Belle Heald
William Jacksow
Camden
Evangelistic Association of New
Second Baptist Church
Five Islands
Ralph Davis
James Oliver
Arthur Nelson
Aubrey Fullerton
William A. Todd
Elizabeth Burden
Bath
Patty Baker
Woolwich
Patricia Crocker
Cant
Frank Walker
Melvin Howe
Howard Rice
Lemuel Preble
Norman H. Drummond
Arrowsie
Barbara Burden
Ben Blodgett
Fishhawk
Douglas Henderson
Georgetown Center
Janie Oliver
Donna
Elmer Tibbetts
Cathy Brown
Card of Thanks for Howard G. Heald bereavement
The family of the late Howard G Heald expresses sincere thanks for floral tributes and kindnesses shown during their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard G. Heald
Obituary: Mrs Affie E Jacobs 80 Bath Native
Mrs. Affie E Jacobs 80 died at Memorial hospital after a week as patient following surgery. Born in Bath February 18 1871 she was daughter of Samuel S and Affie Jordan, widow of George H Jacobs. Survived by two Bath sisters Florence Wiggin Emma Lockery and three nieces Paul Palmer Ruth Jordan and Lucy Covel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Affie E. Jacobs
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Samuel S. and
Affie (Coombs) Jordan
George H. Jacobs
Universalist Church
Murray Club
Winter Street Congregational Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Jacobs
Florence M. Wiggin
Emma S. Lockery
Paul R. Palmer
West Roxbury
Mass
Ruth Jordan
Brookline
Lucy Covel
Brunswick mechanic dies after car pins him at garage
Theodore R. Pottle Jr., 27, of Boothbay Harbor died at Brunswick hospital from injuries after a car with defective brakes pinned him against a wall at Ouellette Motors, where he worked as a mechanic. Funeral held Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Charles R. Sims. burial at Oak Lawn Cemetery. He was a World War II veteran, survived by wife Thelma Strout Pottle, a daughter Linda Lee, a son Theodore, his parents, three sisters, and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore R. Pottle, Jr
Brunswick Hospital
Ouellette Motors Garage
Curtis Funeral
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Lawn
Boothbay Harbor
Theodore
Evelyn Nas
Amy Webber
Evelyn Orne
Jeanette Cunningham
Joseph and
Gordon
Evangelist Rev Dow Opens Series at Local Church
Rev. William J. Dow of the Evangelistic Association of New England begins a meeting series at the local church this Sunday, continuing through May 20. He is a former Allentown pastor and North Atlantic evangelist with a baritone voice and trumpet skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Dow
Evangelistic Association of
New England
Dow
Edmonton
Alberta
Maine
Oregon
Eastern Baptist Seminary
Philadelphia
Reading
First Baptist Church
Allentown
Dr Albert Owen 66 Dies Suddenly at North Edgecomb
Dr. Albert Simpson Owen born August 15 1884 in Brunswick died suddenly at his North Edgecomb home. A Tufts Medical College graduate 1910 he served as major in the 26th Yankee Division during World War I earning Croix de Guerre. He practiced in Bath from 1935 to 1943 and held multiple military and medical affiliations. He is survived by his wife Katherine Chase two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Simpson Owen
North Edgecomb
Brunswick
George and
Lucy
Baldwin) Owen
Owen
Framingham
Mass
Tufts Medical College
U. S. Army
France
Champagne- Marne
Aisne-Marine
Argonne
St. Mihiel-Meuse
Massachusetts National Guard
Sudbury
Dorothy Hilliard
Framingham,Mass
Bath man Harry E Cornish 75 dies after brief illness
Harry Elmer Cornish 75 of 54 Weeks Street Bath died Monday evening after a brief illness. A lifelong Bath resident and former Bath Iron Works shipfitter he also worked at the Texas yard in World War I. He leaves a widow Lillian A Littlefield of Lisbon Falls, two daughters Velma White of Auburn and Charlena Perham of Winter Haven, Fla., two sons Dwinal and Harry L. Cornish both of Bath, a brother Edwin Cornish of Portland and a sister Mildred Goddard of Wentworth N H plus several grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home at 2 pm with Rev. Arvid L. Anderson officiating. Burial Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Agusta
West Georgetown
Edwin Andrews
Auburn
Edith Adams
Robinhood
Tommy Creamer
Woolwich
Clayton Stevens
Everett D. Stevens
Seguinland
Ralph Dunton
William Bisseth
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll Powers
Bath
Roland E. Peters
Harold Hersey
Oak Grove
Vas
Ralph Davis
Georgetown Center
Long Island
N. Y
John Flynn
Homas Hicks
West Newton
Mass
Marrtown
Richard Hanna
Georgetown
Sunday Telegram
Roslyn Pinkham
Rascal
Sagadahoc Ferry
Howard Cramer
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
Theodore Campbell
Farbher Davis
Groton
Conn
George Willis
Fred Clark
Mechanic Falls
John D. Williams
Harry Horne
Douglas
Dorothy W. Stuart
Belle Heald
Edgecomb
Harry Carlisle
Sewall Webster
Augusta
William
Indian Point Road
Paul Wren
Medford
Chester Dalrymple
Middledyke Farm
Idlewild Farm
Pomfret
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Robert Jordan
Morse High
Roy Moulton
New York
Edith Anderson
Earl Dow
Roland Peterson
Joseph Higgins
Arthur Nelson
Peterson
David Y. Hadidian
Louise Peterson
Vassalboro
Hadidian
James A. Bean
Lexington
George Allen Bean
Warner Eustis
Five Islands
Thomas Watson
Harry Elmer Cornish
Mr. Cornish
Old Bath Iron Works
Texas Yard
Fred L
Hattie Emmons Cornish
Lillian A. Littlefield
Lisbon Falls
Velma I. White
Charlena Perham
Winter Haven
Fla
Dwinal E
Harry L. Cornish
Edwin Cornish
Portland
Mildred Goddard
Wentworth
N. H
Cornish
Masonic Temple
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Montgomery and St. Bernard
Dunlap Commandery
Mt. Vernon
Blue Lodge
Curtis Funeral Home
Arvid L. Anderson
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Percy C. Bailey Funeral in Woolwich
Funeral services for Percy C. Bailey of Woolwich were held Saturday at 2 PM at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street. Rev. Charles T. Browne and Rev. John F. Anderson officiated. Bearers were Forrest Baker Albert Fernald Roland Burton and Clyde Bailey. Burial followed in Grover Cemetery North Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy C. Bailey
Woolwich
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Charles T. Browne
Bucksport
Nequasset Congregational Church
John F. Anderson
Nequasset
Funeral for Dr Owen at North Edgecomb
Funeral services for Dr. Albert S. Owen of North Edgecomb were held Monday at 2 P M from the Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev Rensel Colby pastor of the Wiscasset Congregational church and Rev Dr David L Wilson of Bath officiating Bearers were John Wilson Carville Douglas Lewis E Wilson Hersham B Oliver Eugene Hart and Gardiner Rogers at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Owen
North Edgecomb
Arthur F. Mayo
Decline in US Homes Lacking Private Bathing Facilities
In the 1940s the United States reduced non farm homes without private bathing facilities from 7.1 million to 6.89 million. The shift reflects ongoing modernization and rural infrastructure improvements across the nation.
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United States
Turquoise Sacred Among New Mexico Tribes
Several Indian tribes in New Mexico treat turquoise as a sacred material. The article notes the cultural and ceremonial importance attributed to turquoise by these communities.
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New Mexico
Henry Walter Butler 72 dies. former North Street School janitor
Henry Walter Butler, 72, died at Presley Convalescent Home in Bath after illness. He once janitored at North Street Primary school and lived at 8 Maple Street. Born Feb 7, 1879 in West Bath, he spent 20 years there, previously living in Malden, Mass. Survived by wife Susie Gamage Butler, sister Abbie DePut, brother Earl C. Butler, and uncle Harry Rich. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev C Clifford Sargent officiating. Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Walter Butler
Presley
Washington Street
North Street
Maple Street
George H
Annie Rich Butler
West Bath
Bath
Malden
Mass
Wesley Methodist Church
Middlesex Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Susie Gamage Butler
Abbie DePut
Cambridge
Earl C. Butler
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Rich
Curtis Funeral Home
C. Clifford Sargent
Death of Mrs Josephine P McCabe at 28 Floral Street
Josephine P McCabe aged 64 wife of Thomas McCabe died at her home after an illness of more than a year and a half. Born in Bath July 10 1887 she was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Pero and lived all her life in Bath. Survived by her husband three sisters Mrs Harry Record Buckfield Mrs Eugene Worrey Framingham Mass and Mrs Ernest Starmon Bath and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine P. McCabe
Thomas McCabe
Floral Street
Bath
McCabe
Peter and
Elizabeth (King) Pero
Harry Record
Buckfield
Eugene Worrey
Framingham
Mass
Ernest Stammon
This City
Death of Frank H Savage in Woolwich
Frank Henry Savage aged 80 died at Willowcrest Home Pittston on Sunday. Born January 15 1871 in Woolwich son of William and Hannah Savage he leaves daughter Mrs Alva Colby and brother Rufus Savage of North Woolwich. A farmer by trade funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence burial in Laurel Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Henry Savage
Willowcrest
Pittston
Woolwich
William
Hannah (Tarr) Savage
Alva Colby
Rufus Savage
North Woolwich
Savage
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Laurel Cemetery
Frank B Connors Dies at 86 in Bath Memorial
Frank B Connors 86 formerly worked on the Carlton bridge maintenance crew died at Bath Memorial hospital on Thursday evening. Born in Cherryfield on April 3 1865 he was the son of Samuel and Lottie Wallace Connors. He is survived by four nieces and six nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Connors
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cherryfield
Samuel
Lottie (Wallace) Connors
Connors
Carlton Bridge
Yarmouth Family Visits Somerset Pair Sunday Evening
Mrs. Ray V. Rice and her children Glenda Lillian Arthur and Irvin called on Mrs. Rice's parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry T B Leeman at Somerset place Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray V. Rice
Glenda
Lillian
Arthur
Irvin
Yarmouth
Clarence Christopherson Dies in Freeport at 45
Clarence Lewis Christopherson a former U S Coast Guard lieutenant with 20 years service and 1940 championship rower died suddenly at his Freeport home April 28. He was born March 13 1906 in Stoughton Wisconsin and resided in Freeport with his wife Alice Marie Williams since five years. Prayers followed at his late home with Bath and Wisconsin connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lewis Christopherson
Freeport
Christopherson
Bath
Albertha Williams
High Street
Thatcher Pinkham
Bridge Street
U. S. Coast Guard
Stoughton
Wis
John
Inga Christopherson
Alice Marie Williams
John Christopherson
Wisconsin
Lawrence Bates
Judy
Carrie Lehane
Albert McMann
Edward J. McMann
Mary E. Gallant
George Mc
Percy C Bailey 64 Woolwich lumberman dies after illness
Percy C Bailey died at his Woolwich home on State highway after two years of ill health. Born July 1 1887 he built a long running lumber business and worked in the D T Percy Sons crockery department. Survived by wife Ethel two brothers six nephews and one niece. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence burial in Grove Cemetery North Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy C. Bailey
Woolwich
Jesse
Abbie (Gould) Bailey
Woolwich Grange
Bailey
Ethel L. (Bailey) Bailey
J. Gould Bailey
Wilson Bailey
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Grover Cemetery
North
Mrs Marjorie Black Young Dies in Roxbury Visit
Mrs. Marjorie Black Young 26 of Bath died at her aunt’s home in Roxbury Massachusetts after a diabetic coma. Born May 13 1925 in Dorchester she is survived by son Richard and her parents LeRoy and Helen Black along with siblings Eleanor Gallant and Leroy Black Jr. Funeral Thursday at Murray Funeral Parlor Roxbury with burial in New Calvary Cemetery Forest Hills. She attended St Marys Catholic Church Bath and St Josephs Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Black Young
Bath
Sarah Harvey
Smith Street
Roxbury
Mass
Dorchester
LeRoy and
Helen
Nelson) Black
Richard Young
Massachusetts
LeRoy Black
Eleanor Gallant
Leroy Black, Jr
Murray Funeral Parlor
New Calvary Cemetery
Forest Hills
Young
St. Mary’s Catholic Church of
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Henry W Butler Funeral Service Held Friday
Funeral services for Henry Walter Butler were held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street. Rev. Richard Schaper of Winter Street Congregational Church officiated. Bearers were Waldo Brooks Donald Munsey Fred Kittridge and Leonard Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Walter Butler
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Richard Schaper
Wintertreet Congregational Church
Waldo Brooks
Donald Munsey
Fred Kittridge
Leonard Miller
Funeral services for Frank B. Connors held in Portland
Funeral services for Frank B. Connors were held at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Canon Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove. Mrs. Leah Page conductress in Genesta Chapter O E S attended as a guest officer at Cornerstone Chapter O E S in North Deering with accompanying relatives. refreshments concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Connors
Arthur F
Leah Page
Genesta
Cornerstone Chapter
North Deering
Jason A. Merrill
Rudolph McRae
Mae Ward
Marie Berry
Freda Bagdikian
Girl Scout Council Meeting Postponed to May 15
The Girl Scout Council meeting scheduled for this evening is postponed and rescheduled for May 15. Local leaders urge members to note the new date and prepare for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
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Richmond
Emerson Grammar School
Carolee Perkins
James Edmonds
Sonya Wedge
Dennis Withee
Dennis Carver
Rebecca Seigars
Leroy Colby
Linda Cheney
Dennis Gardner
Cheryl Leon
Sylvia Douglass
Carroll Small
Kathleen Cardenelli
Sandra Seamans
Murray Stinson
Lindle Jones
Susan Giberson
Wayne Dorr
Lynne Wells
Elaine Poland
James Knight
Brian McKechnie
Nancy Wheeler
Anita Pickett
Robert Young
Linda Savage
Kenneth Blair
Clara Wentworth
Raymond Wedge
Frederick Lyons
Sandra Gilpatrick
Kenneth Pye
Constance Mullen
Elizabeth Siegars
Robert Sweatt
Richard Hurley
Keith Brown
Mary Edmonds
Diane Poland
Edwin Douglass
Martha Teele
Judye Thrower
Alfred Young
Sherman Johnson
Wesley Perkins
Terrill Dorr
Malcolm Ford
James Sidelinger
Nancy Small
James Whitmore
Christine Dearborn
John Kinney
Allen Kelley
Alec Quinnam
Roger Merrill
Albert Gray
John Wallace
Leighton Carver
Bruce Giberson
Carroll Coughlin
Lynne Belyea
Albert Berry
Barbara Griffin
Jean Hatfield
Daniel Joyce
Donna Lothridge
Raymond Siegars
Rith Starr
Wayne Lewis
Sandra Mullen
Janet Umberhind
Joyce Umberhind
Wayne Whitmore
Leverne Young
Jacqueline Skinner
Patricia Young
Oliver Johnson
Elizabeth Berry
Jane Poland
Virginia Wade
Harry Simmons
Ronald Leon
Linda Barter
Maurice Sullivan, Jr
Beverly Goodenow
Paula Johnson
William Lechner
Elaine Howe
Judith Proctor
Barbara Wheeler
Carol Yeaton
William Wells
Coleen Brown
Gardiner General Hospital
Gregory Willard
Frank Lancaster
Richmond Corner
Gertrude Baker
Kimball Street
John Sutherbury
Pleasant_street
Barbara Mietz
Roberta Humason
Pauline Skillins
Lucy Baker
West Anna
Allen Haskett
Airfield
Bertha Anderson
Benton Station
Haskett
Roland E. Peterson
Roy Newman
Lawrence Dupont
Farmingdale
Mrs. Affie E. Jacobs
Bath High School
Theodore R. Pottle
William Marr
Carl Wilkins Roy
Bowdoin
Daniel W. Staffeld
Memorial Hall
Staffeld
Center Baptist Church
David Rutherford
Victor Pinkham
Howard Eaton
Waltham
Wilkins Camp
Sedgemere Road
Walter Savage
Kittery
P. B. Savage
Henry Moore
Albert Moore
Philip Pinkham
Edward Davis
Billy
Edward
Stinson Davis
Paul Thompson
Omaha
Neb
Navy
Virginia
Thompson
Ruth Watson
Stanley Lewis
John Blake
Carl Roy
D. W. Staffeld
Ed Talbot
Harold Cranshaw
Malden Island
Orrin White
Belfast
Melvin Comeau
Gardiner First Baptist
Harold A. Rowe
Ogunquit
Alton Reid
Mr. Reid
Albert
DR. Owen
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Marjorie B, Young
Henry W. Butler
F. B. Connor
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