Union 43 spelling contest and local events in Richmond area
The Union 43 spelling contest in Richmond and nearby towns was held May 3 at the Richmond theatre. Winners receive a trip to Washington, with entrants Gail Stuber Charlotte Hurley Joyce Gilpatrick and Norene White named locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union 43
Richmond
Litchfield
West Gardiner
Monmouth
Wales
Gannett Publishing Co
Washington
Gail Stuber
Charlotte Hurley
Joyce Gilpatrick
Norene White
Ever Grange Ladies Aid
Cleveland Marriner
Darrah Street
Philip Densmore
Home Corner
Gardiner
Carlton Charles Stanley
Clifton C. Stanley
Cecil Hatfield
Maine Street
John Quarrington
Richmond Resident Ernest Pinkham Dies in Bath Nominal Funeral
Ernest Pinkham of Richmond died April 30 at his daughter Mrs Major Fraser's home in Bath. Rev Curtis Stanley of the Nazarene church officiated. Grandsons Richard and Edward McDonald and Bernard and Edward Fraser served as bearers. Interment followed in Richmond cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pinkham
Richmond
Major Fraser
Bath
Curtis Stanley
First Church of the Nazarene
Richard
Edward McDonald
Bernard
Edward Fraser
Richmond Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs. Ora E. Yeaton
Mrs. Ora E. Yeaton died Sunday at her daughter’s home on Post road after a brief illness. Born December 8, 1863 in Richmond, she was the widow of Henry F. Yeaton and longtime Richmond resident. Rev. William Bennett officiated as bearers included five nephews. Interment followed in Richmond cemetery. Survivors: two daughters Mrs. Millay and Mrs. Hazel Trott, a son Forrest A. Yeaton, and seven grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora E. Yeaton
Horace Millay
Post Road
Richmond
Bates
Roxana Curtis
Henry F. Yeaton
William Bennett
Methodist Church
Wallace
Clyde
Ernest
Harold
Byron Curtis
Richmond Cemetery
Millay
Hazel Trott
Portland
Forrest A. Yeaton
Springfield
Mass
Bernice Terrill
Hazel McKechnie
Laura Lothridge
Margaret Mullen
Doris Sisco
Carnation Lodge
Cpl
Richard Pullen
Portsmouth
N. H
Clarence Underwood
Henry Alexander
Hudson Falls
Justice Webber takes Ora Reed will case under advisement
The 500000 will of Ora E Reed of Richmond is in dispute in Portland with three cousins Arthur Maxwell How ard Maxwell Richmond and Mrs Bessie Heath contesting. The case before Superior Court Justice Donald W Webber at Cumberland County Court follows Probate Court action and includes testimony from psychiatrists on Ora Reed s sanity and business acumen. Justice Webber took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora E. Reed
Richmond
Portland
Arthur Maxwell
Bessie Heath
Newton
Mass
Howard Maxwell
Missed
Superior Court
Donald W. Webber
Cumberland County Court
Webber
Frederick R. Carter
Ora Reed
Harry L. Kozol
Boston
Miss Reed
Local Social Notes and Weekend Travels Mentioned
Mr and Mrs Harold Dunn visited with companions while Mr and Mrs Ervine Waltz and three children spent Saturday in Boston with the children later admitted to Deaconess hospital for observation. Friends and relatives attended the funeral of Mrs Ora Yeaton in the presence of several local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Frank Millay
Alfred J. Niles
Terrance Curran
Brunswick
Alden Emerson
Damariscotta
Elmer Litch
Springfield
Mass
Gwendolyn Douglas
Madelyn Leon
Marion
O.E.S
Gardiner
Annie Weeks
Bowdeinham
Robert Bowden
New London
Marjorie Redding
Boston
Jane Little
Annual Hospital Tea Day Observed Prominent Nurses Host Tour
Footer of the Nightingale club led by Mrs. Elwood W. Legard as president of the Nurses Alumnae, with Mrs. Harry F. Morin and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake in senior roles. Mrs. Sumner Sewall and Mrs. Arthur W. King serve as auxiliary directors. Mrs. William S. Blair and four hospital nurses conduct guests through departments, with tea table and reception hall decorated by Mrs. G. Thomas Murphy.
Mrs Dana Small Infant Son Return Home
Mrs Dana Small and her infant son born at Memorial hospital on May 1 returned to their home on Valley road this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Small
Memorial Hospital
Valley Road
Georgetown P T A Ends Busy May Meeting at Central School
The Georgetown PTA held a large monthly meeting at Central School with many committees formed. Delegates Roy Clark and Robert Graf fam prepared for the May 4 convention at Blaine Mansion Augusta. Plans covered tubercular mobile unit x rays, dental fluorine treatment, pledge cards, box social May 12, and card party May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Central School
Roy Clark
Robert Graffam
Blaine
Augusta
Germaine Bonney
Roland Peterson
Elmer Tibbetts
Roy Clarke
John R.blackie
Bath
Robinhood
West Georgetown
Robert Blackie
Bay Point
Marjorie Oliver
Georgetown Center
Thomas Watson
Sequinland
Russell Pinkham
Five Islands
Stanley Lewis
William A. Todd
Lewis
John Williams
Franz Stevens
James Oliver
Francis Pierce
Elizabeth Harris
Paddy
Sagadahoc
Houshold
Degrees Conferre d On Class Of Cand idates Mon day
West Bath grange conferred third and fourth degrees on 30 candidates at a Monday night meeting. Officers included G C Marriner, John Howe, Persis Miller, Herbert Simpson, and many others. Attendance topped 212 with 43 visitors. Harvest supper served. next week Merriconeag Grange in Harpswell hosts exchange program. May Ball set for May 19. meetings planned May 18 at Topsham Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
G. C. Marriner
John Howe
Persis Miller
Herbert Simpson
Carl Meister
Lula Lemont
William Armstrong
Courtney Stover
Everett Lemont
Lucy Armstrong
Ceres
Alice Johnson
Pomona
Ila Day
Flora
Margaret Meister
Alice Burgess
Estella Doughty
Flora Thayer
Ceres Court
Angelina Renshaw
Naomi
Rose Doughty
Ruth
Mattee Collins
Dora Collins
Bernice MecGlinchy
Harvesters
John and
Thelma Sylvester
Bazin Lemont
Charlotte Doyle
Donald Sylvester
Martha Crocker
Paul Lemont
Marie White
Richard Renshaw
Beverly Coombs
Marilyn Longley
Audrey Peterson
Marguerite Lemont
Connie Murphy
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Florence McCall
Merriconeaggrange of
Harpswell
Evelyn Whidden
Topsham Grange
Corliss Street Church Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Corliss Street Baptist church held its annual meeting in the vestry with a 6 30 supper. Reports from clerk treasurer auditors trustees and various committees were read and accepted. Officers for 1950-51 were elected including church clerk financial secretary and deaconate board members. The session closed with a hymn sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Jessie Norton
Agatha Lennox
Harold Walker
Barbara King
Robert King, Sr
Arvid Anderson
Communion Fund
Silas Plant
Isabelle Small
Alice Stilphen
Sterling Bible
Ruth Merke
Mark Berry
Far and Near Missionary Society
Theresa Hill
World Wide Guild
Mildred Stuart
Arvid L. Anderson
Lillian Plant
Deaconate
Ernest Brown
Amanda King
Sidney L. Eaton
Robert King
Ralph Card
Finnance
Lizzie Chaney
Vivian Plant
Cosmo Garden Club Holds Annual Meeting
The Cosmo Garden Club met for its annual gathering and announced the next program will be led by Mrs. William Dennison. Committee members listed include Mrs. Carville Doug Foote, Mrs. Gerard Billington, Mrs. Fred Quimby, Mrs. Morris S. Povich, and Mrs. A. E. Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmo Garden Club
Gram
Carville Doug- Foote
Gerard Billington
Fred Quimby
Morris S. Povich
A. E. Whitney
William Dennison
Five Islands social news and regional notices
Miss Edith Pinkham hosted the Good Neighbor club with refreshments and a guest list including Mrs. Orville Rowe and Mrs. Harlan Pinkham among others. Rev. Ross led a youth program at the Advent Christian Church in Auburn and more services were scheduled with Rev. Stairs in Gardiner. Personal items note arrivals from Florida and California, cottage and summer home stay, and community activities at Bath and Portland areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Orville Rowe
Harlan Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Stanley Lewis
E. E. Pinkham
Ross
Advent Christian Church of
Auburn
Youth For
Chist
Maine
Georgetown
Stairs of Gardiner
The
Baptist Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
New Director Appointed and Antarctic Scientist Returns
Navy appoints a new project officer and medical film production coordinator. The officer, Lt Cmdr Perkins, is released to inactive duty. He led Rutgers biology from 1935 to 1942 and served as zoologist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II from 1933 to 1935. He married Mary A. Kimball and has one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic
Rutgers
Lynne Carole Shop to Feature Flexa-Wave Permanent
Mrs. Muriel Mehlthorn announced the Lynne Carole Shop will offer the Flexa-Wave Permanent made by Helene Curtis Industries. The new wave promises a soft natural look though many perms end with dry frizzy hair, reflecting 22 years of hair chemistry experience by the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Mehlthorn
Lynne Carole
Helene Curtis Industries
Lewis Enlists in Air Force Reports to San Antonio
Richard G. Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Bernard S Lewis 15 Cummings Street has enlisted in the U S Air Force He will report to San Antonio Texas this month Lewis graduated from Morse High School in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Lewis
Bernard S. Lewis
Cummings Street
U.S. Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Lewis
Morse High School
Tuberculosis Clinic Discussed At City Hall Auditorium
Bath groups discussed a free chest X-ray clinic for all residents over 15 to detect tuberculosis. The program, run by Maine health officials, will begin June 19 with house to house volunteers, posters, and hospital staff support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Public Health Nursing Association
Division of Tuberculosis Control
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Catharine D. Day
Miss Day
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Lucia Mason
State Tuberculosis Association
James Bates
Maine State Tuberculosis Association
Willard Sprague
State Department
Mittendorf
Memorial Hospital
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Gale Wind Whips Winneganee Bay and Island Visit Demand
Sunday winds surged to gale force moving west to northwest as temperatures fell to about 30 degrees by evening. The bay waters roiled with heavy surf while a lone sailboat rode the chop. Bath residents used the new Westport bridge to reach the island, but tolls of 1.10 dollars round trip deter visitors. wildflowers including Mayflowers and dog tooth violet appear in wooded areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee Bay
Maine
Bath
Westport
Tribe leaders plan May 13 all American degree meeting
Howard Leavitt and Harold Trask visited the Sasanoa Tribe No. 64 at Yarmouth Monday evening to arrange attendance at the all American degree meeting at Portland city hall on Saturday May 13, one of the state’s largest gatherings this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Leavitt
Great Guard
Wigwam
Harold Trask
Yarmouth
Portland City Hall
Elizabeth G Moore 20 Bath Nurse Student
Elizabeth G Moore died at her Bath home after a year long illness. Born April 18, 1930 in Brunswick, she was the daughter of Paul and Jean Pic kle Moore and a Morse High School graduate of 1947. She trained as a nurse at the New England Baptist Hospital and was to graduate in 1951. She was active at Beacon Street Methodist Church and a charter member of Bath Assembly of Rainbow Girls. Survivors include her parents, a grandmother, grandparents, two uncles, an aunt and several cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth G. Moore
Washington Street
Paul and
Jean Pickle Moore
Brunswick
Bath
Morse High School
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Beacon Street Methodist Church
The
Assembly of Rainbow Girls
Senter's Inc
Paul Moore
Annie L. Brown
Simon Moore
Samuel S. Holbrook Dies. Former Bath Resident
Samuel S. Holbrook of Holyoke Mass died Sunday morning at age 63. Born in Harpswell in 1882, he was the son of Abizah and Marcia Holbrook and lived in Bath for many years before moving to Holyoke to work as pipe fitter foreman until retirement. He was a Mason. Survived by his wife Selina and four nieces and four nephews, plus two grandsons and several cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel S. Holbrook
Holyoke
Mass
Bath
Harpswell
Abizah
Marcia Jordan Holbrook
Selina
Frank Perry
Marcia Craft
Thomas Quinn
Portland
Joseph Smith
Portsmouth
N. H
Harold
Llewellyn Holbrook
Willis
Frank Holbrook
Hazen E. Boyce Dies. Bath Resident Was Old Folks Home Resident
Hazen Edward Boyce died at Memorial hospital early Monday. Born May 6, 1865 in St. John New Brunswick, he was a Bath resident for years and long at the Old Folks Home. Survived by three brothers William Alec Robert. two sisters Mary Atkinson and Janet Trites. a step son William Burke and a step daughter Mrs Carl Serve rin. Funeral Wednesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Louis A. Dole officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazen Edward Boyce
Memorial Hospital
St. John
N. B
James
Susan Cuthbertson Boyce
Boyce
Bath
William
Bangor
Alec
Robert
Mary Atkinson
Lynn
Mass
Janet Trites
William Burke
Carl Serverin
South Portland
Nerces
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Louis A. Dole
Church of New Jerusalem
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Elizabeth G. Moore in Bath
The funeral for Miss Elizabeth G. Moore was held Sunday at 2 30 pm from her home at 473 Washington Street with Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiating. Bearers included John Kelley Walter McNaughton Franklin Howe and George McKellar. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth G. Moore
Washington Street
Charles L. Kinney
Skowhegan
Beacon Street Church
John Kelley
Portland
Walter McNaughton
Franklin Howe
George McKellar
Bath
Oak Grove
Waterville Nurse Stars in Community Theatre Play
Miss Marjorie Christian of Waterville former Bath resident and daughter of Mrs. Gladys Gundell played the lead in the Waterville Community Theatre Group production of Personal Appearance. Christian is a registered nurse and public health nurse in Winslow who portrayed Carl Arden the Hollywood star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Christian
Waterville
Bath
Gladys M. Gundell
Middle Street
Ada Spinney dies at 59 in Boston hospital
Ada T Spinney, 59, died Friday afternoon at Pratt Diagnostic hospital in Boston. She was the wife of Clarence P Spinney of Phippsburg and born March 12, 1891, to Charles and Elizabeth Fletcher Malcolm. She leaves a husband, three children and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada T. Spinney
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Boston
Clarence P. Spinney
Phippsburg
Charles
Elizabeth Fletcher Malcolm
Clarence L
Bath
Elizabeth Hanson
Portland
Mary Austin
Julia Hood
Salem
Mass
Grace Payne
Wiscasset
Herbert Malcolm
New London
James L. Green 51 Dies in Waterbury Conn
James L. Green, 51, died Monday at Central Nursing home Waterbury Conn. Born Bath May 19 1899 he was the son of John H and Lucy Kehoe Green and lived in Waterbury since 1920. Survived by his wife Nellie Grason Green one brother William S Green Everett Mass and two nephews Alfred and Edwin Green Bath. Funeral Friday at 8 am from St Marys Roman Catholic church. Friends may call at Arthur F Mayo & Son funeral home Thursday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Spencer
Richard Heaney
Florida
John Calloway
Tommy
Susuanne
Pasadena
Calif
Calloway
East Coast
Fenton Moore
Bath
Joseph Folsom
Augusta
Woodrow Gray
Nashua
N. H
George Nichols
Boston
Herman Barter
Norton
Howard Bacon
Waltham
Mass
Francis Pierce
Bobby
Herbert Moore
Herbert Moore, Jr
Belmont
Arthur Marr
Almon Marr
Malden
William Sherman
Lemuel Ayers
Southport
Henry Moore
Lawrence Peron
Melvin Comeau
Chester Pinkham
Donna
Portland
E. E. Pinkham
Edith Pinkham
Charles Moore
Arthur Nelson
James Oliver
Central School
James L. Green
Central Nursing Home
Waterbury
Conn
John H
Lucy Kehoe Green
Nellie Grason Green
William S. Green
Everett
Alfred
Edwin Green
St. Mary's
Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral
Willis E Landers obituary details death at 92
Willis E Landers died Tuesday morning of last week at his daughter’s home in Albion. Funeral services were Friday at two o clock with burial in Albion cemetery. He is survived by his son in Lynn Massachusetts, several grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis E. Landers
John Landers
Harvard Street
Fred Martin
Albion
Albion Cemetery
Lynn
Mass
Funeral for Fred L. Carlton in Woolwich
Funeral services for Fred L. Carlton were held Friday at 2 p.m. from his Woolwich home with Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins officiating. Pallbearers included A. R. Carlton George M. Carlton John L. Carlton Melvin Henderson Thornton Henderson and Herbert Pierce. Burial followed in the Riverside Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Carlton
Woolwich
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
A. R. Carlton
George M. Carlton
John L. Carlton
Melvin Henderson
Thornton Henderson
Herbert Pierce
Riverside Cemetery
Ada T Spinney Funeral Held At A F Mayo Residence
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada T Spinney were conducted Monday afternoon at two o clock from A F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev Charles L Stevens of Phippsburg officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada T. Spinney
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Charles L. Stevens
Phippsburg
Oak Grove
Committal Service for Robert E. Kingsbury Held
A committal service for Robert E. Kingsbury was held Friday afternoon at two in the family lot at Oak Grove. The ceremony was officiated by Reverend Charles M. Tubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Robert E. Kingsbury
Cannon
Charles M. Tubbs
Ruth Gilchrist to be Initiated into Phi Beta Kappa
Mrs Ruth Gilchrist wife of Robert Gilchrist of Bath tops UMaine arts and sciences junior class and is among those to be inducted at a Tuesday banquet. She is daughter of Rev C D Wentworth of Augusta and her brother John Wentworth was last year's UMaine valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Betta Kappa
University of Maine
Ruth Gilchrist
Robert Gilchrist
Bath
Gilchrist
College of Arts and Sciences
University
C. D. Wentworth
Augusta
John Wentworth
U. of M
Clarkson baby born at Bath Memorial Hospital
A son named Donald Jacob Clark was born May 1 at Bath Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Clark of East Brunswick. The baby weighed six pounds eight and a half ounces. Mrs. Clark is the former Edith Seavey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Jacob
Charles E. Clark
East Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clark
Edith Seavey
VFW Meeting Attendance In Biddeford Noted
Deputy Commander and Mrs Elmer Moore Myrtle Simpson Alice Williams and Alice Middleton attended the State Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Biddeford Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Moore
Myrtle Simpson
Alice Williams
Alice Middleton
State Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Biddeford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herbert Webber
Carl Anderson
Earl Farley
Harry Sykes
James Lothridge
Carl Stinson
Umberhind Jr
Highway Department
Stinson
State Highway Department
State
Seabees
Umberhind
Brook & Drew
Farm Bureau
Little
Swan Island
Justice Webber
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Federal Street
Hazel Gay
Corwith
Harry Tarr
John Richards
Rosalind Richards
Indian Point
William Bisseth
Philip Eaton
Ralph Davis
Linnwood Stevens
Glee Club
Yarmouth Academy
Maureen Davis
Ernest Heal
Harry Horne
Horne
Wincots Walton
Mr. Shattuck
Mount Vernon
Walton Cottage
John K. Lee and Sons
Corliss Street Church
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Bath, Maine
St. John, N. B
Waterbury, Conn
Fred S. Curtis & CO
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