Richmond Area Notes Share Meetings and Birth Announcement
Richmond DA R met in Auburn with Mrs Grate Rarid to elect officers for two years and plan the June dinner. Fire Department trained with trucks and pumping. Corner Extension Association met with Miss Courtney Hinckley on Simple Home Repairs. Dinner committee included Mrs Nettie Farley and Miss Hinckley. Guest speaker Frank Bailey. Emerson Lane American Legion auxiliary installed officers. Richmond Lodge I O O F attended district meeting at Evergreen Encampment. Purple degree at Enterprise Grange Ladies aid supper and meeting led by Mrs Dora Marring. Town planning board planned a new map and zone discussions. Mr and Mrs Alton Curtis of Mapleton welcomed son Warren Carl born Friday. Curtis and Dorothy Patten of Richmond are parents.
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DA. R
Auburn
Grate ‘Rarid
Richmond Fire Department
Richmond Corner Extension Association
Courtney Hinckley
Ora B. Farrington
Nettie Farley
Hinckley
Frank Bailey
Emerson-Lane American Legion Auxiliary
Richmond Lodge
Evergreen
Gardiner
Con Enterprise Grange Ladies’ Aid
Dora Marriner
Sadie Eaton
Hrgh Little
Flora Darrah
Alton Curtis
Mapleton
Warren Carl
Curtis
Dorothy Patten
Richmond
Pre-Nuptial Shower Honors Miss Madelyn Kronstrand
Miss Madelyn Kronstrand was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Joseph McKenna and Mrs. Henry Henrikson at 4 Bluff Road. She will wed John Whitmer of Los Angeles in July. guests from Bath and Brunswick attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Kronstrand
Joseph McKenna
Henry Henrikson
Henrikson
Bluff Road
Carl G. Kronstrand
Court Street
Miss Kronstrand
John Whitmer
Los Angeles
Calif
Néllie L. Whitmer
Oliver Street
Series of Services At Sebasco Nazarene Church
A series of evangelistic services is conducted at Sebasco Estates Nazarene Church starting Sunday and running through May 20. Topics cover prophecy spiritual life and salvation with questions answered after each session. Guest speaker Rev Clifford Files from Wales England shares preaching duties.
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Nazarene Church
Sebasco Estates
Clifford Files
Wales
England
British Isles
Columbia
South America
Mr. Files
Europe
Canada
United States
Hal Jeffcoat Shines as Cubs Relief Ace Last Season
Relief pitcher Hal Jeffcoat of Cincinnati posted a 2.94 ERA last season with the Chicago Cubs, distinguishing himself as the team’s top reliever in earned run average.
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Hal Jeffcoat
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Maple sugar output falls to 43000 pounds in 1955
The article notes U S maple sugar production dropped to 43 000 pounds in 1955 reflecting steep decline in output across maple sugaring regions.
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U. S
Observance of the Lord's Supper at First Baptist
Georgetown AM worship featured a sermon by Pastor Warren Harris on the Observance of the Lord's Supper a time of remembrance renewal and reunion. He announced a Bowdoinham Association meeting at Elm Street Church Bath with supper at six and an evening service to follow Tuesday.
Topmast Replacement Underway for City Park Flagpole
Work began Monday to replace the damaged topmast of the City Park flagpole, toppled by 1954 hurricanes. Fred Pecci assisted by Walter Longley William Dutton and Linn Grindell lowered the 75 foot mast fragment. A new topmast, bought in Boothbay Harbor, will need finishing before installation, with Memorial Day as a target.
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City Park
Fred Pecci
Bath
Walter Longley
William Dutton
Linn Grindell
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Boothbay Harbor
Community Notes From Bath Area Weekend Visits
Brandeis University in Waltham and his son stayed at their Little River cottage last week. Mr and Mrs William MacKellar and two children of Bath visited Mrs MacKellar’s parents in Seguinland. Dr John Fairfield Thompson and sister Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Brooklyn sailed for Europe for two months. Harry L Horne, recently hospitalized in Florida, entered Memorial hospital Monday afternoon. The Horne family opened their Georgetown home for the summer. Clayton E Stevens and son Jeffrey were Saturday supper guests of Everett D Stevens in Seguinland. George Flynn of Georgetown Center went to Water-town Mass. Mrs Flynn stayed near her ill mother in hospital. Miss Nancy Thurston of North Bath and Miss Rosalyn Pinkham of Five Islands enjoyed Saturday night supper at John D Williams’s home.
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Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Little River Cottage
William MacKellar
Bath
MacKellar
Roy Clark
Seguinland
John Fairfield Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Europe
London
Paris
Harry L. Horne
Florida
Memorial Hospital
Horne
Georgetown
Clayton E. Stevens
Jeffrey
Everett D. Stevens
George Flynn
Georgetown Center
Watertown
Flynn
Nancy Thurston
North Bath
Rosalyn Pinkham
Five Islands
John D. Williams
Orville Rowe
Thomas Watson
Alfred Proctor
Proctor
Dennis Moore
James McMahan
Chester McMahan
George Phillips
Natalie McMahan
Edward Simpson
Alma Jones
Phillips
Harlan Pinkham
William Plummer 2d
Henry Moore
Judy
Linda McMahan
Erland Moore
Margaret McMahan
Russell Harford
Reid State Park
Patty
Carolee Clark
Linda Penley
Janice Pinkham
Carol Cochrane
Faith Powers
James Baker
Massachusetts
Baker
Brown
Somerville
D. W. Staffeld
James Stevens
Bath Memorial Hospital
Reggie Pinkham
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Warner Eustis
Newton
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
Frank Carlton, Jr
Woolwich
Vernon E. Gray
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Shaw
Youngsters Share Fifth Birthday Joint Party
Karen Thompson and her cousin Sharon Brown celebrated their fifth birthdays with a joint party at the Thompson home 477 Middle Street. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Edward Thompson and Mrs. Joseph Brown. Guests included Gary Orr Kathy Brown Gail Thompson Keith Thompson Pamela Wright Richard Campbell Sandra Lutz Roberta Skippy Wharff Jane Debbie Gagne Kathy Conner Kelley John Reed Ricky David Keeland Stephen Sharon Mila Warner and several family members. Sharon plans to move with her mother to San Diego after living with her grandmother in Dover while her father serves in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Thompson
Sharon Brown
Karen
Edward Thompson
Middle Street
Thompson
Sharon
Joseph Brown
David Wharff
Dover
N. H
Japan
San Diego
Calif
Gary Orr
Kathy Brown
Gail
Keith Thompson
Pamela Wright
Richard Campbell
Sandra Lutz
Roberta
Skippy Wharff
Jane
Debbie Gagne
Kathy
Conner Kelley
John Reed
Ricky
David Keeland
Stephen
Mila Warner
Randall Orr
Chester Wright
David Whorff
Asking Bids for Mill Street Underpass
The State Highway Commission will open bids in Augusta on May 23 for reconstructing the Mill Street underpass in Brunswick. It is a state and federal project as part of a broad highway program. The plan includes two 12 foot traffic lanes and varied shoulders and a 14 foot under clearance. A parallel project realigns Pleasant Street to one way for U S Route 1 traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Mill Street
Brunswick
Augusta
Pleasant Street
Card of Thanks for Vernon E. Gray
The Gray family thanks Bath Memorial Hospital staff for excellent care during his hospitalization. They also appreciate friends neighbors and relatives for cards expressions of sympathy and floral tributes following the loss of their husband and father.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Vernon E. Gray
Five Islands Week and Local Socials Noted
Community events unfold with Mrs. Orville Rowe hosting Five Islands Week. Families from Bath and nearby towns attend birthdays, stork shower for Natalie McMahan, and visits to local cottages. Church work resumes with summer plans discussed and Rev. Cleaves Henderson to resume duties at Littleton.
Funeral set for Rev. George W. Scudder 80
Funeral services for the Rev. George W. Scudder 80 a retired Universalist pastor who died Tuesday at his home on the Bath Brunswick road in East Brunswick will be held Friday at two at Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick with Rev. L Gordon Adamson officiating Burial will be in Grancelawn Memorial Park Auburn He was born May 3 1876 in Poultney Vermont the son of Joel and Rose Parsons Scudder He served in New York Vermont Massachusetts and Maine and retired twenty years ago After retiring he and his late wife ran the Red Lantern gift shop on the old Bath Brunswick road He is survived by his son George A Scudder of Auburn and two brothers and a sister
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George W. Scudder
Old Bath Road
East Brunswick
Brackett
Brunswick
L. Gordon Adamson
Grancelawn Memorial Park
Auburn
Poultney
Joel and
Rose Parsons Scudder
Vermont
St. Lawrence Theological Seminary
Canton
Mr. Scudder
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
First Universalist
Bath
Red Lantern
Bath-Brunswick Road
George A. Scudder
James R. McNeal
Water Street
Canada
Bath Wren Works
Maude McNeal
Oak Grove
Annual Hospital Day Tea Set at Bath Memorial Hospital
Plans firm for Bath Memorial Hospital annual Hospital Day tea on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm in the hospital dining room. Pourers are announced by Mrs Sumner Sewall with a long list of auxiliary volunteers. The event, part of National Hospital Week and Florence Nightingale's birth observance, invites all interested to attend.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Sumner Sewall
William S. Blair
William F. Mussenden
Duncan McInnes
Seth S. Mullin
Harry F. Morin
Lynn M. Bussey
Arthur W. King
Jesse Levin
National Hospital
Florence Nightengale
Memorial Service for Woolwich May 27 at Moatsweag Baptist
The annual Woolwich Memorial service will be held at 8 p m Sunday May 27 at the Moatsweag Baptist church. Arrangements are by Mr and Mrs William Sanders and Mrs Marion Chubbuck.
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Woolwich
Moatsweag
William Sanders
Marion Chubbuck
New Books Added To Public Library
Mrs. Florence R. Calderwood announces new books at Patten Free Library. The fiction list includes titles by E. Lewis Malley, Dray ton Magrant, D. E. Stevenson, Richard Gordon, Elizabeth Seifert, Graham Greene, Kingsley, and many others. Nonfiction and juvenile works cover a wide range, including histories, travel, and biographies.
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Florence R. Calderwood
Patten Free
Patricia Wentworth
H. M. Newell
A. M. Maugham
Graham Greene
Gunner Asch
Hans Hellmut Kirst
Ward Taylor
Sabrina Kane
Will Cook
Sara Jenkins
Margaret Page Hood
Merle Miller
H. E. Bates
G. H. Coxe
Archie Joscelyn
Douglas Wallop
Kingsley
Jason Manor
Frederick van de Water
Louis Milne
Dan Dale Alexander
The
Queens
Harry Grattidge
Dorothy Simpson
Ann Davison
Rehna Cloete
Frances Winiwar
Jack London
E. H. Lansing
Lorna Hill
Ruth Adams Knight
Rosemary Sprague
Mina Lewison McKay
Texas
Frank Dobie
Franklin Watts
John Lewellan
Phyllis Whitney
Nanda
Lynn Ward
Bunny Bangs
Dorothea Dana
C. Withers
S. Benet
Rome
Bay Point Social Roundup at Georgetown Summers Start
Central Grammar School pupils had their pictures taken as snow briefly blanketed Georgetown on May 8. Bay Point residents and visitors including Doughtys, Bennetts, Fur bits, Shantz, Berry, Moore, Rogers, Conley, Ashe, White, Dube, Butterfield, Robinson, Gillis, Hinckley and Nichols visited cottages or called on friends over the weekend and into Monday. Linwood Stevens aided an injured worker. Frank Nichols of Bath visited Bay Point Monday.
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Central Grammar School
Georgetown
Doughty
Stoneham
Bay Point
Bennett
Exeter
N. H
Forrest Drake
James Furbish
Robbie Leavitt
Bath
Elmer Tibbetts
Dwight Furbish
Sonny Shantz
Chicago
Sherman Campbell
Leon Berry
Madison Moore
Madison
Sherman Rogers
Jean
Portland
M. Conley
John
Edward Ashe
Somerville
Mass
Mrs. Simpson
Lillian White
Henry White
Auburn
Dube
Raymond
James McMahan
Five Islands
Andrew Butterfield
Butterfield
Swearingen
Thompson
Bath Independent
Glaze for ham with brown sugar mustard and vinegar
A simple glaze using brown sugar must ard and vinegar enriched with a pinch of allspice ginger or mace to give warmth and depth to baked ham.
League of Central Church Holds Annual Meeting
Mrs. A George Moses and Mrs E Lawrence McCurdy were reelected co presidents of the League of Central Congregational church at Monday’s annual meeting. Officers re elected include Miss Phyllis Neal treasurer Mrs Willard Sprague secretary and Mrs Reginald D Parker vice president A banquet for about forty members was held at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick. Plans for a rummage sale May 26 10 30 a m at the parish house were announced with chairwoman Mrs Guy Allenwood and helpers Miss Neal Mrs James Morse and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. George Moses
E. Lawrence McCurdy
League of Central Congregational Church
Phyllis Neal
Willard Sprague
Reginald D. Parker
League
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Hiram T. Stevens
Guy Allenwood
Neal
James Morse
J. Haviland Torrey
Theodore Bertocci
Oliver Tapley
Edward McMann
Arthur M. MacDonald
John Haggett
Donald F. Preble
W. Linwood Haynes
Green Street
S. Theodore Bertocci
High Street
A. Lincoln Anderson
Torrey
Popham Beach
Moses
McCurdy
Hiram Tc§ey
Wakefield
Mass
Grace Church Group Plans May 23 Meeting
Members of the Grace church Adult Parish Group met at 959 Middle Street to plan the May 23 gathering at the parish house. Lt Jack Stevens to chair. program includes recreation night coffee dessert business session and square dancing led by Mel Howe with a chance to join or observe.
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Grace Church
Albert W. Thompson
Middle Street
Hogg
Roger Luke
John Leonard
Eugene Eberhard
Jack Stevens
Preston Kavanagh
Albert Thompson
Warren Hawley
Richard Bisson
James L. Grant
Mel Howe
Day's Ferry
Clothing and Other Items Taken From House on Water Street
A thief entered a Water street rooming house Monday and stole a small table radio an alarm clock a green sports coat gray and brown slacks. The theft occurred between 530 am and 11 pm. Police are continuing their investigation with statements from Douglas Irvine and George Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Edward E Newell
Douglas Irvine
George Murphy
Arlington steel worker electrocuted at West Bath radar site
Charles Bryant, 53, of Arlington, a veteran iron works supervisor for Babcock and Davis, was killed when a crane cable touched a 13,000 volt line at Lincoln Laboratories radar station in West Bath. Firemen tried to revive him. he died at Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his widow Helen and a sister Helen Milton.
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Arlington
Mass
Lincoln Laboratories
Jug Handle Hill
West Bath
Charles Bryant
Iron Works
Babcock and Davis
South Boston
Bryant
Memorial Hospital
Malden
Everett
Helen
Helen Milton
Lewiston
Bath Man Officiates At Funeral For Masonic Grand Secretary
The Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson of Bath officiated at the funeral for Cov ers E. Leach grand secretary emeritus of Maine Freemasons. Services were at Woodfords Congregational Church Portland with interment in Evergreen cemetery. Leach died in a Portland hospital aged 89 after 24 years as grand secretary. He joined Masonry in 1891 and held numerous offices. He had a long career in insurance and served in many community roles in Maine.
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David L. Wilson
Bath
Grand Lodge of Maine
E. Leach
Maine
Woodfords Congregational Church
Portland
Evergreen Cemetery
Leach
Grand Lodge
Forest City
Blue Lodge
Portland High School
Anderson, Adams and Co
Maine Institution For the Blind
Portland Men's Singing Club
Maine Music Commission
Woodfords Club
Maine Charitable Mechanic Association
Sons of the American Revolution
Portland Provident Association
Cumberland County Association of Churches and Ministers
Cumberland County Board of Fire Underwriters
Maine Society of Mayflower Descendants
Funeral services for Howard C. Jordan
Howard C. Jordan 76 died suddenly Wednesday in Lewiston. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p m in Dillingham Memorial Chapel Auburn. Born Cape Elizabeth Sept 28 1879 he was a traveling salesman before retirement. Survived by widow Ellen Johnson Jordan a son Howard C Jordan Jr of Lewiston a daughter Mrs Orris Ames of Bath six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Howard C. Jordan
Lewiston
Dillingham Memorial Chapel
Auburn
Cape Elizabeth
Alvah H. Jordan
Ellen Johnson Jordan
Howard C. Jordan, Jr
Mrs. Orris Ames
Bath
James R McNeil Funeral Service Held
Funeral service for James R McNeil was conducted Monday at 1.30 pm from A. F Mayo & Son Funeral residence. Bearers were Clifton Lattimer, Charles McDonald, Wilfred Skaling, James Skaling, Clyde Barstow and Arthur Alexander. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot. Intriguing first course beverage mentioned mint flavored cherries with syrup added to unsweetened pineapple juice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNeil
James R McNeil
A. F Mayo & Son
Clifton Lattimer
Charles McDonald
Wilfred Skaling
James Skaling
Clyde Barstow
Arthur Alexander
Oak Grove
Tractor Accidents Linked to Speed, NSC Warns
The National Safety Council reports most tractor accidents happen when machines are driven too fast. Officials urge careful operation, especially on uneven terrain and slopes, to reduce injuries and loss.
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The
National Safety Council
Bailey Funeral Services for Woodbury Bailey in Bath
Woodbury Bailey 44 prominent Bath businessman died suddenly Monday at Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland. Funeral Thursday at two at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Craig Richards officiating. Burial Oak Grove. Survived by wife Marion, son David, daughter Diane, mother Clara.
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Woodbury
Willard Bailey
Bath
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Curtis Funeral Home
Craig Richards
Central Congregational Church
Oak Grove
Bailey
Sagadahoc
Red, Gun and Skeet Association
Colonial Club
West Bath Grange
Navy
Bath Iron Works Corp
General Engineering & Drydocking Co
Alameda
Calif
Marion W
Georgetown Veteran Alvah Reynolds 63 Dies After Illness
Alvah C Reynolds of Georgetown aged 63 died Monday at Memorial hospital after four weeks illness. A World War I veteran he served in St Mihiel and Ardennes campaigns and worked 17 years as a machinist at Hyde Windlass Co. Survived by wife Agnes and son Eugene, daughter Doris, siblings Henry and Ralph, and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Georgetown Baptist Church with burial in Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvah C. Reynolds
Georgetown
Memorial Hospital
Eugene and
Abbie Noyes Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Hyde Windlass Company
St. Mihiel
Ardennes Forest
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Bath
Agnes M. Powers Reynolds
Eugene
Doris McArthur
Augusta
Henry W
Ralph M
Woolwich
Georgetown Baptist Church
Oak Cemetery
George E. Babine 75 Dies. Bath Iron Works Driver
George E Babine 75 longtime Bath Iron Works driver and World War I veteran died Monday at Memorial Hospital after ten days as patient He was born in Weymouth Nova Scotia March 14 1881 and survived by his widow eight children two brothers one sister and 18 grandchildren Burial to be at Calvary Cemetery after services at St Marys Church Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Babine
B. I. W. Employe
Memorial
Weymouth
N. S&s
Leon
Emily Saulnier Babine
Babine
Bath Iron Works Corp
St. Mary's Catholic Church
L’assumption Society
Rose M
Lananag and rhubarb pie filling praised
A note highlights Lananag and rhubarb as a delicious pie filling combination. The commentary emphasizes flavor balance and versatility for baking.
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc 1956
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders publication for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearings set for first Tuesday of June at 10 AM on estates of Christine C Cameron Annie L Taylor Frank E Witt Harriet C Wright and others. Administratrix appointment sought for Eleanor M Wright without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Walter F. Taylor
Frank E. Witt
Woolwich
John S DeWitt
Harriet C Wright
Eleanor M Wright
Eleanor M. Wright
Daughyer Arth
J. Dunton
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Warren Harris
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Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Harmon's Harbor
Georgetown P.T.A
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Madlyn Penley
Sonie Thibodeau
Charles Kelley
Carl Delano
Jimmy Juliano
Dorothy Stuart
Sewall Webster
Indian Point
Perley Keith
Danvers
Joseph Harrell
Columbus
Ohio
Robinhood
Donald E. Field
Monhegan
West Newton
Marrtown
William Harrison
Hyde
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Harold Bro
Mainé General Hospital
Joseph F. Higgins
Arctic
Vincent Massey
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Massey
International
League of Central Church
Grace Church Group
H. C. Jordan Funeral
Lillian H. Heal