Richmond Sportsmen's Association votes to buy war bonds
In Richmond a meeting of the Richmond Sportsmen's Association voted to purchase additional war bonds. Guest speakers included Horace Hildreth of Portland and Joseph Stickney of the State Inland Fish and Game Department who previewed Swan Island work and a May 14 bay area habitat replenishment with Merrymeeting Bay and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Firemen’s Hall
Horace Hildreth
Portland
Joseph Stickney
State Inland Fish and Game Department
Stickney
Swan Island
Merrymeeting Bay Association
Richmond Association
Merrymeeting Bay
Bay Area
Maine State Police April report on seven fatal accidents
Lieut. George T. Shaw summarizes April traffic results for Maine with seven fatalities, including pedestrians and a child four years old. He notes a 17 percent rise from the previous year but a 3.3 percent drop for the first four months, and urges pedestrians and motorists to improve safety practices and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
George T. Shaw
Division of
Maine
Social and family visits span Bath Georgetown and Portland
Residents and visitors share weekends across Bath and Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Hanson returned Sunday after a Portland visit with son Rudolf Trafton. Several families and friends from Bath, Portland, and Brooklyn joined social calls and cottage stays, including visits by Miss Beatrice Bouton, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Ralph Dunton, Mrs. Edward St. Martin, and others at homes, camps, and Bath Iron Works locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Gardner Hanson
Portland
Rudolf Trafton
Georgetown
Alexe Cunningham
Walter Powers
Louise
Oscar Hewey
Sabatius Howard
William Noble
Boston
Noble
West Georgetown
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Bath Play School
Howard Fletcher
Stetson, Jr
Belmont
Mass
Ralph Dunton
Five Islands Good Neighbor club meets at Mrs Pierce home
The Good Neighbor club held a weekly meeting with 17 members attending at Mrs. Francis Pierce home. After the business session, a social hour and refreshments followed.
West Bath Grange Program Draws Interest
West Bath Orange meeting drew strong attendance with a splendid program arranged by treasurer Mrs Bertha Ward. A May ball report pleased members as routine business and reports were read and approved. Next week's program will be led by secretary Mrs D Wallace MacDonald. The war time garden aid question by Mrs Ward sparked discussion. Penny march won by William E Greig. The Grange sang Battle Hymn of the Republic with Edward Waters on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bertha Ward
D. Wallace MacDonald
Ward
Lincoln Rogers Housing Expert Topsham Native
Lincoln Rogers a Topsham native and Federal Housing Authority project engineer for a $1,000,000 defense housing project in Chicago died en route to his office. A nationally known architect and engineer, he served city and federal governments on major construction for forty years including World War II emergency work and Navy shore establishments. Survived by wife Mary N. Rogers four daughters and a brother. burial arrangements not listed.
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Lincoln Rogers
Topsham
Federal Housing Authority
Chicago
Rogers
New York City
United States Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Mr. Rogers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boys High School
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Columbia University School of Architecture
Masqueray Atelier
City of
Department of Docks and Ferries
Board of Education Building Bureau
Board of Water Supply
Catskill Aqueduct
Navy
International Committee
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Army and
Y.M.C.A
San Pedro
Calif
Glendale
Honolulu
West Coast
Department of Public Welfare
Washington
Mary N. Rogers
Harold Manley
Beardsley Grehem
Doris Rogers
Lois Rogers
George A. Rogers
Chauncey D. Lewis Dies in Motor Crash in New Jersey
Chauncey D. Lewis, 49, former Bath resident, was killed instantly in an automobile collision with an Army truck in New Jersey while en route to Philadelphia. Survived by wife Addie Greenleaf Lewis, two sons George and Malcolm, two grandchildren, and brother Lester. Funeral services held in Everett, Mass., with committal at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath.
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Good Neighbor Club
Francis Pierce
Richard Bowlman
Augusta
Chauncy D. Lewis, Jr
New Jersey
Lewis
Addie S. Greenleaf
Westport
Bath
Park Street
Everett
Mass
Mr. Lewis
Addie
George
Army Air Corps
Malcolm
Navy
Pacific
Sylvia
Ronald Lewis
The
Baptist Church
Church Street
Oak Grove
Evans Elwell
Machias
John Conley
Bath Iron Works
Bernard Bailey
Woolwich
George Gray
Vincent Davis
Kittery
Mr. Roy
Sears, Roebuck & Co
D. L. Howard
Jimmie McMahon
Pemaquid
L. H. Rowe
Francis Bacon
Waltham
Ida M. Hinckley
Orville Rowe
Maurice Pinkham
Lida
Helen
Philip Pinkham
Janice
James
Kenneth
Ronald Pinkham
Willian Chase
Freeport
Percy Wilkins
Tommie
Quincy
Roy
Merchant Marine
Gertrude Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Victoria Dodge
William Cummings
Groveton
N. H
Barbara Pinkham
U.S. Pierce
Randolph
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Chauncey D. Lewis
Philadelphia
Georgetown
Chauncey D
Angeline (Stevens) Lewis
Hyde Windlass Co
Boston Navy Yard
Addie (Greenleaf) Lewis
U.S.A.A.F
U. S. Navy
Nebraska
Ronald
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Mrs Linna C Richardson dies suddenly in St Albans
Linna Coombs Richardson of Montgomery Vermont died suddenly Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles Moore in St Albans. She is mother of Mrs Joseph O Purdue of this city and grandmother to Linna Marie and Alice Lorraine Purdue. Surviving are two daughters, one brother Don Richardson of Boston. Funeral services were held in Montgomery last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linna Coombs Richardson
Montgomery
Charles Moore
St. Albans
Richards
Joseph O. Purdue
Boston
U.S.A
Mississippi
Purdue
Death of Chester H. Sturtevant prominent Franklin County leader
Bath Sunday obituary for Chester H. Sturtevant of Livermore Falls a founder and longtime president of Livermore Falls Trust Co. Former Maine State Legislator trustee of Colby College and active in fraternal and church work. Survived by widow Charlotte Ham Sturtevant three sons including Ronald H. Sturtevant and a daughter Eleanore S. Powellins. Funeral held at his
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Bath
Chester H. Sturtevant
Livermore Falls
Sturtevant
Franklin County
Livermore Falls Trust Co
Colby College
Charlotte Ham Sturtevant
Ronald H
Colby Class of ’92 Member Noted in Bath Circle
A Colby College alumnus from the class of 1892, identified as a Bath associate of F. B. Nichols, was mentioned in a local notice. The report notes his membership in Colby’s 1892 class and his connection to Bath.
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Colby
F. B. Nichols
Bath
Mrs Eva Dunton, 88, Dies in Bath Home
Mrs Eva Dunton widow of Clark B Dunton died Saturday evening at the Old Ladies Home on High Street where she had lived 13 years. Born in Bath to John and Harriet Walston, she leaves sister Mrs Mary Prince of Portland and niece Miss Jane Rideout RN of Brookline MA. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from the Old Ladies Home with Rev Charles L Kinney officiating. burial Forest City Cemetery South Portland.
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Eva Dunton
Old Ladies’ Home
High Street
Brookline
Mass
Dunton
Portland
Bath
Jennie Rideout
Washington Street
Old Ladies
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Forest City Cemetery
South Portland
Mrs Minnie C Cressey Dies After Illness at 81
Mrs Minnie C Cressey 81 died at Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born in Georgetown daughter of Richard and Frances Woodman, she lived most of her life in Bath. Wife of George F Cressey of 53 Shepard St she leaves two daughters, two brothers, four nephews, three nieces, sixteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren. She was a life member of the Auxiliary of Sons of Union Veterans and of People's Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie C. Cressey
Memorial Hospital
Georgetown
Richard and
Frances (Beals) Woodman
George F. Cressey
Shepard Street
Bath
Cressey
Sons of Union Veterans
People’s Baptist Church
Wilson Freeman
Bowdoinham
Loring Pushard
This City
Burt Woodman
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Woodman
Dedham
Mass
Samuel Guptill
Day's Ferry
Agnes Lugton
Hyde Park
Frances Given
Groton
Samuel W. Wildes Dies in Bowdoinham After Illness
Samuel W Wildes born Bath August 18 1866 died Saturday at his Bowdoinham home after a short illness. He worked in a saw mill and for 25 years was a farmer. Survived by wife Bertha Pratt daughter Mrs James Allen son Thomas W Wildes eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Wildes
East Bowdoinham
Bath
Israel
Hannah Stevens Wildes
Bowdoinham
Wildes
Bertha Pratt
James Allen
Thomas W. Wildes
Bowdeinham
Funeral services held for Eugene F. Nichols in Orleans
Eugene F. Nichols died Friday at the Dresden home of Walter Densmore where he had lived seven years. Born May 25, 1875 in Harwich he was a retired railroad engineer. Surviving brother Charles F. Nichols of Orleans. Interment followed at Orleans cemetery.
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Eugene F. Nichols
Orleans
Mass
Mr. Nichols
Walter Densmore
Dresden
Harwich
William and
Sevina Bassett Nichols
Charles F. Nichols
Mrs Eva Dunton Funeral Held In South Portland
Funeral services for Eva Dunton widow of Clark Dunton were held Tuesday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev Charles L Kinney of Beacon Street Methodist church officiating. Burial followed at Forest City cemetery South Portland in the family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Dunton
Clark Dunton
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Forest City Cemetery
South
Portland
Miss Kathleen Wyman Receives Shorthand Award at Morse High
The Gregg Publishing Co awards Miss Kathleen Wyman of Small Point a pin and certificate for complete shorthand theory. An outstanding Morse High School commercial student, she has been on the honor roll all four years and plans to enter Oxford Secretarial School in Cambridge this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg Publishing Co
Kathleen Wyman
Small Point
Miss Wyman
Morse High School
Oxford Secretarial School
Cambridge
Mass
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Richmond High School
Verona Pinkham
Doris Pullen
Beulah Naylor
Willis MacComb
Bridge Academy
Leslie Bailey
Leone Sherburne
Ruby Fisher
Solon Purinton
Marietta Day
Hazel Libby
Francis Curran
Clare Bishop
Ivy Ames
Clare Ames
Marjory Bond
Winnifred Roberts
Laura Stilphen
Annie Grant
Samuel Blake
County Road
Main Street
Edward Hall
Cedar Grove
Fred Cray
Cobb Maternity Hospital
Sharon Ann
Earl Cronk
North
Maid OF Honor Glass Cleaner
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Herbert Hunt
Herbert, Jr
A. S. Cunningham
Woodrow Gray
Constance Gray
John Olson
Joan
Janice Olson
Harold Hunt
Louise Powers
Charlie
Ferris Leonard
Harry Carlisle
Philip Calhoun
Bridgeport
Conn
Barbara
Audrey Pinkham
Eugene Reynolds
Clayton Heald
Harold Loveitt
Betty Rittal
Leona Tibbett
Jeanette Pinkham
George Powers
Natalie MacMahan
Beatrice Abbott
Ernest Heal
Billa Tarr
Dorothy Stuart
Gertrude Hunt
Charles Caldwell
James Oliver
Boothbay Harbor
Irving Winters
Waterville
Seward Emmons
Sewall Webster
Indian Point
Sadie Drake
Bethseda
John Callaway
USCG
Clarence Oliver
Shirley Cunningham
England
Louise Howard
Bay Point
Edward Wren
Addie Moulton
Five Islands
John Blackie
C. L. Hinckley
Raphael Higgins
John Gordon
Herman Barter
Hazel Barter
Joan Heal
Colleen Rowe
Long Cove
Olson
Camden
Bangor
George Flewelling
Skowhegan
Stanley Flewelling
Howard Trafton
Arlington
Criterion Studio
W. H. Lemont
Dresden Mills
Box
Madelyn Johnson
Roland Peterson
Walter MacMahan
William Zorach
Frank Treuting
Rolinhood
Edward Clarey
Elbridge Powers
George E. Jordan
Laurentia M. Jones
C. P. Powers
Beacon Street Church
Robinhood
Allen C. Brown
Aubrey Fullerton
Everett D. Stevens
Walter
Alvah Reynolds
Francis Bruce
Highland Street
West Bath Grange
Victory Gardens
Topsham Native
New York Water Board
Edwin W. Haggett
Audrey Peterson
Stanley Peterson
Alice Smith
Davis
William Greig
Edwin W. Hagggett
Fred Rose
Leonard Boucher
Edward Waters
Edwin W. Hagpett
William Coombs
America
Grange
Herbert White
Salvatn Diece
Roberts
Lois Halliwell
H. S. Halliwill
St. Albans, Vt
Mrs
Mrs. Dunton
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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