Richmond Amy Bradley Tent and local society notes
Amy Bradley Tent of D A V of C W hosts official visitation night with Mrs Pearl Banks of Bangor present. Supper at Lemont's precedes introductions and gifts from the local Tent. Memorial Day delegates named and Portland convention attendees listed. Musical program by Teen Age orchestra and guests served refreshments. Other local society items include church service plans, guest officers night at Dresden chapter and a personal shower for Mrs Harold Dunn. Reunion of the Gilbert family includes dance, movie clips, and wedding photo. Various notes cover gardening club, masons, visits, moves, and funerals for Llewellyn McMaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
Pearl Banks
Bangor
Lemont’s
Annie Hamlin
Evelyn Marriner
Madelyn Barter
Mildred Gilpatrick
Portland
Sarah Nelson
Annette Harford
Esther Foss
Ethel Silver
Banks
Grand Rapids
Mitch
Sarah Chapman
John Weldon
Ann Hodgkins
Rolney Little
Dorothy Jones
George McMaster
Clyde Mee- Fee
Main Street
Beedle Road
Women's Society For Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
William Bennett
Bennett
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Olive Branch
Dresden
Alice Gilpatrick
Mt. Carmel
William
Edna Small
Emily Wallace
Louise Furlong
Lorraine Furlong
Della Minister
Emily Dunn
Eva Dunn
Katherine Dunn
Gertrude Smith
Margaret Wilson
Barbara Fredericks
Bertha Gray
Dorothy Wallace
Jean Cavanaugh
Gilbert
George Gilbert
County Road
Odd Fellows Hall
Vital Gilbert
Lewiston
Adrien Gilbert
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Ann Gilbert
Gardiner
Vital
Albert Gilbert
Arsibial Gilbert
Worcester
F. Alvarez Gilbert
Creole
Lia
Annie DeRoche
Gardiner Hairdressers
Dewey Fisher
Richmond Lodge
Thomas Borjesson
Almon Riske
Fred Elliott
Hallowell
Harold Brown
Fred Moeller Jr
Moeller
David Miller
Roland
Lawrence Pashard
Augusta
Seth Watson
Melvin Curtis
Togas
Charles Watson
Percy Huntington
Jackson
N. H
Eagle Mountain House
William Babb
Christine Densmore
Maine General Hospital
Clowes Guiou
Clowes Guiou Jr
John McKinnon
Gerald Guiou
Arthur Grant
Cecil Thomas
Springfield
Thomas
Ernest Hall
Della Grandin
McMaster Family Obituary from Northfield 1885
Northfield Minnesota May 30 1885 son of Chauncy and r Stan wood McMaster formerly lived in town moved to Lewiston about 20 years ago married Angenette Lishnish of Richmond cabinet maker by trade Methodist church member Texas class and the National State and Subordinate grange survivors include wife a brother Archie of town a sister Mrs Hazel Baston of Strong and several nieces and nephews interment in Hallowell cemetery Hallowell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
Chauncy
R. Stanwood McMaster
Lewiston
Angenette Lishnish
Richmond
Methodist Church
Archie
Hazel Baston
Strong
Hallowell Cemetery
Hallowell
Woman Recruiter to Visit Bath to Provide Information
Corporal Cleta N. Kuhns WAC WAF recruiter from Portland Main Recruiting Station visited Bath to explain eligibility for WAC and WAF enlistment and officer candidate paths. She detailed benefits and pay, opportunities for commissioning, and monthly Bath visits for interested applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleta N. Kuhns
WAC
WAF
Portland
Fort Preble
Bath
Corp
Kuhns
Osgood
Indiana
Women’s Army Corps
Third Army
United States Constabulary
Germany
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Wacs
Wafs
Corporal Kuhns
Bernard W. Mellen
Hyde Windlass Recreation Club Monthly Meeting Held
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association gathered Monday evening at Federal Street quarters with a large crowd. Routine business was conducted and softball and bowling reports shared. The bowling banquet is set for Tuesday May 10 at 6 30 p.m. at South End PTA hall. A film program on Maine wildlife and Canadian geese followed the meeting, with refreshments served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
Federal Street
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Maine
Nurses Alumnae to Meet at Grace Parish House Thursday
Bath Nurses Alumnae Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at Grace Parish House Thursday at 7 40 PM. A large attendance is hoped for and members are asked to bring articles wrapped for a ducted meeting. No speaker will attend and there will be no guests. Refreshments served by Mrs. George Gallant, Mrs. Albert H. Gallant and Mrs. Colin Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Nurses
Georgetown Community Notes and Local News Highlights
The Working League met at Richards Library with sixteen members present and a light lunch. Obituary sympathy goes to Mrs. Sidney Dalrymple of Brookline and Georgetown for Ruth B. Chester’s death in Brookline on May 1. P T A annual meeting approved a baked bean supper for May 28 and a social at the school, with Ar thur Nelson named Bangor convention delegate. Various town updates cover Robinhood road work near Robinhood’s Cove, visitors and residents including Clarence Hill from St. Petersburg and Raymond Reid from York, and several shippers and families visiting, moving, and hosting guests through the week. A Robinhood resident Merrill Bowles died suddenly, and local families continue summer plans and visits to Seguinland, Five Islands, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
Richards
Joseph F. Higgins
John R. Blackie
Belle Heald
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Mass
Georgetown
Ruth B. Chester
Harry C. Chester
Chester
Kennebec Point
P.T.A
Arthur Nelson
Bangor
Lena Douglas Donnell
Bath
Horatio Douglass
Clarence White
Stanley Lewis
Robinhood
Donald Leavitt
Peterson
Robinhood's Cove
Raymond Reid
Colonial
York
Penn
Reid
Sandra Young
St. Martin
Ralph Dunton
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward Clarey
Five Islands
Clarey
Dodge
Dorchester
Irving Hunt
Hunt
Warren
Weston
Theodore Campbell
Seguinland
Ernest Heal
Roy Newman
William A. Todd
Ralph Davis
Victor Hagan
Victor
J. H. Brown
West Newton
Roland Peterson
Murray Petersons
South Bristol
Portland
Lincoln Walton
Mr. Shattuck
Mount Vernon
Walton
Merrill Bowles
Bowles
Rena Campbell
George Bean
Vincent MacMahan
John Rin Fullerton
Aubrey Fullerton
Memorial Hospital
West Georgetown Hosts Friday Guests and Visitors
Friday night guest of Miss Bea trice Bouton and Miss Flizzabeth Harris at West Georgetown. Mr. Graffam of Edgecomb plowed gardens for many families through the village. William Zorach returned to Brooklyn, N Y, the first of the week but Mrs Zorach remains for the Summer. Mother's Day visitors to Mrs Ernest Heal and Mr Heal included Edward Rowe and family of Boston, Mr and Mrs Charles Andre of Bath, and Mr and Mrs Wendall Heal of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Bouton
Flizzabeth Harris
West Georgetown
Graffam
Edgecomb
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zorach
Ernest Heal
Heal
Edward Rowe
Boston
Charles Andre
Bath
Wendall Heal
Neighbors Faithful to Duty Deliver Doctor to Island Birth
On June 3, 1873, George McMahan and Charles Pinkham faced illness on MacMahan Island. Lacking transport, they rowed 36 miles to fetch Dr Randall D. Bibber, who finally helped in childbirth despite ferrying failures. The baby was named for the faithful physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement McMahon
Robinhood
MacMahan Island
George McMahan
Charles Pinkham
Second Selectman
Lloyd Pinkham
Rebecca Leonard
Timothy Leonard
Boothbay
Bath
Randall D. Bibber
Georgetown
Riggsville
Goose Rock
Leonard
Randall Leonard
Bath Sea Scouts Overhaul 36-Foot Barracuda Vessel
Bath Sea Scouts began overhauling their 36 foot ship the Barracuda at Bath Iron Works yard to ready it for a second year as a Sea Scout vessel. The former Coast Guard motor lifeboat will be used on the Kennebec with scouts painting the hull and engines repaired under Skipper Bill Niss and Melvin W. Howe assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Sea Scouts
Bath Iron Works
Theis
Coast Guard
Damariscove Island
Boothbay Harbor
Bill” Niss
Melvin W. Howe
Woolwich
Kennebec
Boston trip for Newton Center hospital graduation
Mr and Mrs E V Reed Mr C P Hall Mrs A W Hall Mrs Donald Hopkins Joseph C Hecht and Mr and Mrs Joseph Hecht left Wednesday for Boston to attend the commencement exercises of the New England Baptist hospital at Newton Center Baptist church where Miss Malicent S Hecht daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hecht will be graduated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V.reed
C. P. Hall
A. W. Hall
Donald Hopkins
Joseph C Hecht
Joseph Hecht
Boston
New England Baptist Hospital
Newton Center Baptist Church
Millicent S. Hecht
Good Neighbor Club Aids Red Cross Materials
Local club members assembled Red Cross relief materials last week. Maynard Thibodeau takes over lobster market duties on Howard's wharf previously managed by John Norton. he will handle clams and fish and buy and sell lobsters. Various local residents listed visiting, gardening notes, church events, and family visits from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Red Cross
Maynard Thibodeau
Howard's Wharf
John Norton
Thibodeau
Bill Stewart
Victor Pinkham
Cleves Henderson
Edith L. Davis
Brookline
Mass
Elmira Lewis
Charles Boucher
Auburn
Nellie Rowe
Izetta Pinkham
Ladies
The
Library Association
Central School
Charles O'Brien
Boston
Franklin Keechlwetter
Bryant's Pond
William Marr
Branwell Harford
Rumney
Nhi
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Vernon E. Gray
Thomas Hanna
U.S.N
Chester Pinkham
Donna
Portland
E. E. Pinkham
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Bath
Vincent Strout
Nazarene Church
Edward Davis
Kittery
Stinson Davis
Lawrence Perow
Vernon Gray
Gordon Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred P. Carr
Ford Davis
Fred Townsend
New Harbor
Thomas Hutchins
North Edgecomb
Farber Davis
Hollis Leeman
Betty Carr
Alton P. Reed
Woolwich
E. Pinkham
Edith
Fred Carr
Alden
Southport
Mr Gray and Rev Koehlwetter Visit Portland
Mr Gray and Rev Koehlwetter traveled to Portland on Monday with Herman Buiter of Bathwat accompanying them for a week of college events and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Gray
Rev Koehlwetter
Portland
Herman Buiter
Bathwat
Committees Named For Visitation Day At Bath Hospital
Bath residents are invited to Me morial hospital for Visitation Day with committees led by Arthur King Mrs Loring Addison and Horace Herrick serving tea and hostesses including Miss Helen Downing and Mrs Duncan McInnes. Visitors can inspect facilities from two to four o clock and join Auxiliary memberships at the guest book. The Bath Garden club and Nurses' Alumnae coordinate flowers and tours as the community sees how the hospital meets local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur King
Tlw Memorial Hospital
Diet Assistance Committee
Loring Addison
Horace Herrick
A.M Main
Frederick E Drake
W . Voorhees
Auxiliary
Mexumner Sewall
G. Baer Connard
Junior Hospital League
Jo Emery Footer
Nightingale Club
Harry Morin
Morin
Mary Frances Gibbons
Helen Downing
Duncan McInnes
James A. Gillies
William Kelley
Bath Garden Club
G. Thomas Murphy
William Blair
Bath
P C A Tag Day Proves A Success
Bath Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held a successful tag day during National Be Kind to Animals Week. Headquarters were at W T Grant Co with volunteers 10 am to 5 pm. Joan Crane won the prize for selling the most tickets and donations. other helpers included Donna McDougall Quin da Pecci Marilyn House Jean Carter Una Witham Elvira Pecci and Donnie Hamblett. Edna Thorne and Murray Thompson created posters. inquiries to 854 R for joining details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae
Bath Society For the Prevention of
Edna Thorne
W. T. Grant Co
Anna Hanson
Merry
Vera Talbot
Thorne
Joan Crane
Donna McDougall
Quinda Pecci
Marilyn House
Jean Carter
Una Witham
Elvira Pecci
Donnie Hamblett
Murray Thompson
Navy expands enlistment for women in regular service
Chief Edmund E. Reynolds of the U S Navy recruiting station announced that dental, vision, and color perception standards will be the same for women as for men entering the Navy. He added that early enlistment opportunities for women are now greatly improved due to higher quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund E. Reynolds
U. S. Navy
Navy
U.S. Navy
Reynolds
Obituary of Mrs Rhoda Perry Coombs 85
Mrs Rhoda Perry Coombs 85 widow of Charles A Coombs died Tuesday evening at her daughter Margaret Haskell’s home in Augusta after years of illness and a recent move. She was born November 12 1864 in Phippsburg daughter of William A Perry and Margaret Clifford and later moved to Bath after marriage. Survived by son Charles A Coombs of Bath five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at 2 30 at Curtis Funeral Home Bath with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Perry Coombs
Charles A. Coombs
Margaret Haskell
Augusta
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
George A Milliken Dies at 72 in Waterville
George A. Milliken died at Memorial hospital on Wednesday morning at age 72. Born in Holden to Allison and Georgianna Burton Milliken, he lived at 71 Pearl Street and worked in Hyde Windlass Co. pattern shop. Survived by son Ralph E. of Bath and three daughters Leavitt Pilon Waterville, Leroy Neilson Topsham, Frank Johnson Bath. Funeral eight Friday at St Marys Church. Burial in St Francis De Sales cemetery. Waterville friends may call at A. F. Mayo & Son funeral residence until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Milliken
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Milliken
Holden
Allison
Georgianna Burton Milliken
Pearl Street
Milliken
Hyde Windlass Co
The
Eagles
Ralph E
Bath
Leavitt Pilon
Waterville
Leroy Neilson
Topsham
Grocers Protest Hearing On Licenses Ordinance Change
City Council member E Ross Jr calls a public hearing for May 19 at 7 30 p m in council chambers to discuss victualers licenses. Grocers oppose the new license fee set at five dollars and a one dollar security bond. The old ordinance only covered those preparing and serving food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comci
Dney E. Ross, Jr
West Virginia VFW Auxiliary Rummage Sale Boosts Building Fund
The VFW Auxiliary reports a successful rummage sale last week, adding proceeds to the building fund. Delegates were chosen for the Portland convention, with Mrs Madelyn Child as delegate and Mrs Margaret Moore as alternate. A plan to send flowers to Gold Star Mothers on Mother's Day and a public card party on May 18 were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Portland
Madelyn Child
Margaret Moore
Postmen's Auxiliary plans Lewiston convention dates
The Letter Carriers' Auxiliary met with Mrs. Carville Douglas on Washington Street. They set the State convention for June 18 and 19 in Lewiston with Mrs. Douglas as a delegate and Mrs. Lionel White as alternate. Present were Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Hooker, Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. Cornish, Mrs. Varney, Mrs. White, and Mrs. McLaughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carville Douglas
Washington Street
Lewiston
Douglas
Lionel White
Floyd Carter
Lloyd Hooker
John Gillespie
Dwinal Cornish
Cyril Varney
James McLaughlin
Georgetown Soldier Wilbur Lovett Returns Home
Wilbur Lovettt, son of Mrs Addie Lovet of Georgetown, was discharged from the Army and returned to his home, resuming civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Lovettt
Addie Lovet
Georgetown
Bath man Alexander MacDougal dies after illness
Alexander MacDougal 67 longtime Bath resident died Wednesday at Memorial hospital after a three day illness. Born December 13 1881 in Prince Edward Island he was a carpenter at Bath Iron Works and later ran his own shop. Survived by wife Marcella four sons seven daughters two brothers two sisters and 16 grandchildren. He was active with St Marys church Bath Aerie of Eagles and Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander MacDougaLl
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Prince Edward Island
Can
Michael and
Jane MacKenzie MacDougal
Middle Street
Marcella
Alexander, Jr
Robert
James
Terrance
William Ketchum
West Bath
Edna MacDougall
Somerville
Mass
James Kenney
East Brunswick
Ralph Keener
Elmira
Harold Travis
Addison Keating
Carl Cooper
Daniel MacDougall
Malden
Bertram MacDougall
Detroit
Mich
Agnes Strout
Scarboro
George Kennedy
New York City
Requiem High Mass for Alexander MacDougall
A Requiem High Mass for Alexander MacDougall was sung Saturday at 8 in St Marys Roman Catholic Church by Rev Father Timothy C Maney. Bearers were Francis Vallaincourt Joseph Wilson John Keegan Jr Arthur Bourque John Dauphin Edward Murphy John Allain Leon Fortin Knights of Columbus fourth degree. Knights of Columbus Bath Aerie of Eagles attended to pay last respects. A committal service followed at Calvary Cemetery by Rev Father John E Bellefon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander MacDougall
St. Mary’s
Timothy C. Maney
Francis Vallaincourt
Joseph Wilson
John Keegan, Jr
Arthur Bourque
John Dauphin
Edward Murphy
John Allain
Leon Fortin
Knights of Columbus
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Calvary
John E. Bellefon
Connolly Rites Held At Brunswick Mass
Funeral services for John F. Connolly were held Wednesday in Brunswick with John Doherty officiating at requiem mass. Bearers included Dennis Haggerty Eugene Hart and brothers Edward and George St Pierre. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Connolly
Les Hunch
Brunswick Ae F
John Doherty
Dennis Haggerty
Brunswick
Edward and
George St. Pierre
Eugene Hart
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Huse School Pupils Plan Entertaining Variety Show
Friday evening the pupils of Huse Memorial school present a community entertainment with each grade staging acts. The public is invited for a 7 30 start with door admission. Junior primary offers a brief operetta while first grade features songs and the combined second grades perform rhythm band numbers and group dances. Grade 4 presents original poems and readings. Grade 5 sings, and grades 6 and 7 present Development for the West through songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Peter Rabbit
Mrs Morse Returns Home After Winter Visit
Mrs John A Morse spent the winter with her daughter and son in law Mrs Graham Blandy of Greenwich New York and has now returned to her home with Mrs Edward B Smith on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Morse
Graham Blandy
Greenwich
N. Y
Edward B. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Llewellyn McMaster
Dillingham and Son
WAA
Hyde Windlass Recreation Club
Harold J. Brown, Jr
St. Joseph, Mo
Roy M. Newman
DR. R. D. Bibber
SEA Scouts
Franklin Reed Wetter
George Gray
Bath Hospital
P.C. A
Marius H. Page
North Street
Phippsburg
Wv. F. W. Auxiliary
Postmen's Auxiliary
Alexander M’dougall
J. F. Connolly
Huse School
Fred S. Curtis & Co
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