Mother and Patriotic Program At Center Street School
Pupils presented a Mother's and Patriotic program with flowers for mothers and candy baskets for older pupils. The event featured recitations, songs, poems, plays including Snow White and Rose Red, choral speaking, and a long list of student performers under teachers Miss Alta Brooks and Mrs. Ethel L. Higgins. The program concluded with military service mentions for Uncle Sam and the armed forces. guests included Warrant Officer George A. Sanford in Quincy, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Alta Brooks
John Cahill
Nancy Pinkham
Jean Bowers
Little Patriots
Barron Masters
Elizabeth Marble
Harold Swain
Jackson Brooks
Donald Thayer
Nancy Ryder
Shirley Staples
Linwood Bennett
Henry Savage
Ruth Tarbox
Pauline Quimby
Robert Dingley
James Borski
Ernest Rouillard
Gloria Goodspeed
Stephen Safford
Mary Talbot
Robert Denbow
Robert Borski
Martha Bartlett
James Cornish
Yvonne Henderson
Leonard Smith
John E. Sanford
High Street
Sanford
George A. Sanford
U. S N
Quincy, Mass
Richmond Scouts Test Your Skills At Outdoor Meeting
An outdoor Boy Scouts gathering directed by Scoutmaster Paul Batchelder saw Stan ley Jewett Harold Stanley and Rich ard Andrews Ralph Marr earn hatchet and tree tests and the first-class First Aid Test. Community notices detail Mt Carmel OES guests and initiates at Richmond events, with officers praised and a memorial service planned for June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Paul Batchelder
Stanley Jewett
Harold Stanley
Richard Andrews
Ralph Marr
Mt. Carmel
Mildred Snyder
Gardiner
Esther
Arlene Travers
Westbrook
Edith White
Augusta
Norman Trafton
Arthur Fields
Lewiston
Pauline Gilpatrick
Mary Trafton
Andrew Lynder
Marion
Madelyn Kilgore
Merton Kilgore
Mary McDonald
Olive Branch
Doris Hutchins
Mystic
Edith Fields
Myron Heenie
PTA
Richmond High School
Clarence Lang
Lawrence Bond
Astrid Borjesson
Methodist Church
Lucille Utter
Hamilton
N. Y
Raymond Melott
George Volz
Blue Romancers
Star Club
Masonic Hall
Raymond Libby
Solon Purinton
Courtney Hinkley
Harold Ames
Mother's Day Observed at First Baptist Church in Georgetown
Mother's Day was observed at the First Baptist church with special music and a sermon by Rev. J. A. Beyea. Flowers and plants were given in memory of loved ones. Among recipients were Mrs. Clement V. MacMahan and others, with local residents and families noted in a busy community roundup including travel, work, and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
J. A. Beyea
Clement V. MacMahan
Pvt
Vincent MacMahan
North Africa
Emma Billing
John Blackie
Henry Blackie
USN
Charles Blackie
Clinton
Mass
Fish Hawks
Grammar School
Barbara Pinkham
Jeanette Pinkham
Leona Tibbetts
Clayton Heald
Eugene Reynolds
Claire MacGillivary
Betty Rittall
Clayton Stevens
Rose Campbell
Central League Holds Annual Meeting at Parish House
The central church League closed its season with a Monday evening meeting at the parish house. Officers were elected: Mrs Rudolph McRae president Miss Ethel Blake vice president Mrs William H Daley treasurer and Mrs Arthur L Pratt secretary Retiring officers were Miss Blake president Mrs Noyes vice president Mr Brown treasurer and Mrs Arthur Brown secretary A junior choir sang and a social hour followed the business. The next meeting will be in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Ladies Aid
Washington
Aid
Luther Thompson
James T. Bonney
Alfred Rowe
Rudolph McRae
Ethel Blake
William H. Daley
Arthur L. Pratt
Noyes
Old Brown
Arthur Brown
Five Islands Twin Dies and Local News Roundup
Friends and neighbors mourn the death of Phillip Pinkham's six week old son James Allen with committal at Five Islands cemetery. The issue also sums club meetings, Mother's Day program at the primary school, spelling honors, library opening, sermons, and a flurry of weekend visits and local social notices across Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Pinkham
James Allen
Janice Ann
Kenneth
Five Islands
Good Neighbor Club
Orville Rowe
America
Dorothy MacGillivary
Columbia
Rosalyn Pinkham
Boy
Marilyn MacGillivary
Constance Gray
Sylvia Pinkham
Harry Carr
Cyril Stevens
Robert Moore
William Marr
David Stevens
Marlene Pinkham
Reginald Pinkham
Daniel MacGillivary
Beverly Rittall
Narvie Stevens
Franz Stevens
J. A. Beyea
George Gray
Woodrow Gray
Luke Roy
Walter Savage
Kittery
Savage
P. B. Savage
Arthur Cochrane
U. S. Coast Guard
Boston
Richard Potter
Brookline
Mass
Quincy
Russell Harford, Jr
Alvin Brewer
Mr. Brewer
Wallace Pierce
Ruth Hanna
Belgrade
Vernal Chaney
Chester
Augusta
Folsom Cottage
Ronald Smith
Portland
Smith
Arthur Nelson
Bath
Ransom Sawyer
Lincoln Campbell
Eugene E. Baker
Zorach Exhibition Showcases Watercolors at Downtown Gallery
Twenty three new watercolors by sculptor William Zorach highlight his one man show at the Downtown Gallery 44 East 51st Street New York May 9 to 27. The Maine farm works from the 1940s display spontaneity and refined color in landscape and seascape scenes alongside several sculptures and works by gallery associates and American Folk Art on view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zorach
East 51St Street
N.Y
Georgetown
Maine
Zorach
Downtown
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Cleveland Museum
Columbus Museum
Gallery of Living Art
Los Angeles Museum
Museum of Modern Art
Metropolitan Museum
Newark Museum
Phillips Memorial Gallery
Whitney Museum
Thomson Sanford Wedding in Bath at Winter Street Church
Miss Edna A Sanford and Charles R Thomson married Saturday night at Winter Street church parsonage with Army Chaplain Joseph O Purdue officiating. Attendants were Edith M Renaud and John E Sanford. The bride, daughter of John E Sanford and Eva Lakin Sanford, is a Morse High School 1926 graduate and Bath Iron Works employee. The groom, son of John and Mrs Thomson of Storm Lake Iowa, previously resided in Bangor, works in Bath Iron Works welding. They will reside at 82 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna A. Sanford
Charles R Thomson
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Edith M. Renaud
West Bath
John E. Sanford
Thomson
Eva Lakin Sanford
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
John. C. Thomson
Storm Lake
Iowa
Bangor
Bath
High Street
Waste paper cans placed about streets in business district
Waste paper and refuse disposal cans have been placed along Front Street and other business areas by the Highway and Sewer Board. More may be added as cans become available. The public is urged to use them to keep streets clean amid staff shortages. Citizens are asked to retain waste until a can is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway and Sewer Board
Front Street
Obituary: Emma Mason Hagerman 72 dies in Bath Maine
Emma Mason Hagerman 72 died last Wednesday at her daughter’s home 19 Oak Street Bath after living in Waldoboro 35 years Born in New York City she was a long time Presbyterian member and widow of Van Buren Hagerman Survived by two daughters Lois Fletts and Mrs Morse a son Edgar W Hagerman and four grandchildren Funeral held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home with Chaplain Joseph Purdue burial in Oak Grove New York papers note a coincidence with her first child’s birth date
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Mason Hagerman
Horace G. Morse
Oak Street
Bath
Waldoboro
New York City
Alonzo L
Mary ( Mettler) Mason
Presbyterian Church
86Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Maine
van Buren Hagerman
City
Lois Fletts
Miami
Fla
Edgar W. Hagerman
U.S.N
Joan Sherman
Hillside
N. J
Charles A. Mason
Martha
Mary Morse
John Alden Morse
Captain S W Barnes 62 Bathman Dies at Stapleton
Captain S W Barnes born July 22 1881 in St John Newfoundland died May 7 at Stapleton Marine Hospital Sta ten Island after a brief illness. He sailed from age 14 in full rigged ships and served as mate and master in Bath ships. Survived by widow Severina Couture Barnes two sons Sylvester Merrill and Ernest Francis one sister Florence C Barnes and one brother John M Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Barnes
Stapleton Marine Hospital
Staten Island
St. John
Newfoundland
Capt. Barnes
Bath
Crowell & Thurlow
Boston
Boston Marine Society
Obituary for Joseph E. Ritchie of Bath and Brunswick
Joseph E. Ritchie 62 of Bath died Sunday after illness. Born in Bath to Peter and Mary Ritchie, he once worked at Bath Iron Works. Survived by sisters Mrs. Fred Frazier of New London Conn and Mrs. L C Stevens of Brunswick, and brother Harry Ritchie of East Boston. Funeral held Wednesday at Laws Funeral Parlors Brunswick, burial in Hardings Cemetery Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Ritchie
Bath
Peter and
Mary Ritchie
Ritchie
Bath Iron Works
Fred Frazier
New London
Mrs Addie L. Baker Rites Held At Mt Auburn Cemetery
Mrs Addie L. Baker of Oxford Court Cambridge died suddenly on May 30. She was the widow of Charles I. Baker and is survived by a son Horatio L. Baker who has served in the South. Funeral services were at Story chapel Mt Auburn cemetery Saturday at 2 30 p.m. She was a frequent visitor to Arrowsic where her son maintains a summer home on the Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie L. Baker
Oxford Court
Cambridge
Baker
Charles I. Baker
Storychapel
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Horatio L. Baker
Arrowsic
Kennebec
Mrs Minnie Cressey Funeral Held At Mayo Residence
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Cressey were conducted Friday at the Mayo Funeral Residence on High Street with Rev Wolstenholme and Rev Greene officiating. A large band of Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary members attended. bearers included Llewelyn Freeman, Alonzo Freeman, Loring Pushard, and Frederick Pushard. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove. Mrs Eva Marriner returned from a week with relatives in Durham New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie C. Cressey
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
George Bo Wolstenholme
Thomas Greene
Sons of Union Veterans
Cressey
Llewelyn Freeman
Alonzo Freeman
Loring Pushard
Frederick Pushard
Oak Grove
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association Meeting in Bath
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association holds its annual meeting at First Baptist church in Bath starting Thursday with devotions, welcomes, business reports, church letters, missionary literature, and an afternoon session. Activities include officer elections, constitutional amendments, civic league report, evening devotional by young people, and an address by Mrs. Harold Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association
First Baptist Church In
Bath
Harold Haskell
Arthur J. Dunton
William Lombard
Sarah B. Wright
Charles R. Sims
J. A. Beyea
Frank Litterin
T. L. Brindley
Civic League
F. W. Smith
Harriet—Further
Harold Thomas
Health Clinic to Be Held in Phippsburg May 25
A health clinic convenes at Phippsburg town hall on Thursday May 25 at 10 am. Free vaccination and diphtheria toxoid will be offered to residents and children, with Dr Hamilton and aides from the State Bureau of Health. Citizens planning to bring children should notify the local schoolteacher or Health Committee. Transportation help is available through Miss Frances Robie or Mrs. Stanwood Gilman. Additional health committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Winfield W. Morse
Hamilton
Daisy Crawford
State Bureau of Health
Frances Robie
Stanwood Gilman
Ruth Davis
Phipsburg Center
Alice Lowell
Parker Head
Ellinson Moody
Popham
Mary Pratt
Winnegance
Lewis Wallace
West Point
Philip Jacobs
Sebasco
Silver Stars for Grangers meet closes with dance
Flora Shepard of Richmond led the event as Silver Stars for Grangers concluded with a dining room service by committee members Mrs. George Booker Mrs. Herbert White and Mrs. Gladys Clark. Dancing to the Bowdenham orchestra ended the enjoyable gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Shepard
Richmond
George Booker
Herbert White
Gladys Clark
Bowdeinham Orchestra
Genesta OES to observe Past Officers night at temple
Genesta chapter OES will celebrate Past Officers night Friday at the Masonic Temple with Past Grand Matron and Past Grand Patron Mr and Mrs Henry G Shaw presiding in the East. It marks Genesta’s forty fourth anniversary with an annual supper at 6 30 featuring a lobster salad menu and guests from surrounding chapters. Also noted are travels of Mrs William E Raynes to Montgomery Alabama to join her husband Cadet William E Raynes USAAF and comments on hot weather, plus reports of Mrs Leonard Oliver, Mrs Lews Young, and Mrs Edward Foster in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Henry G. Shaw
William E. Reynes
Alice Heald
Mountgomery
Ala
William E. Raynes
USAAF
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gwendolyn Harta
Judy Costain
the Fox
Jeannine Pomerleau
Robin
Billie Bruce
Snow White
Rose Red
Dianne Thayer
Theresa Skaling
Bear
Eugene Andrews
Nancy Leonard
Alice Plummer
Judy ‘Costain
Ethel L. Higgins
Edward Hart
Joan Brooks
Sandra Reynolds
Story
Norma Sawyer
Vivian Garnett
Anita Gamble
Dorothy Landry
Carol Quimby
Lee Smith
Richard Bisson
Joseph Plummer
Leonard Cardosi
Scott Pearson
Ronald Dionne
Miss Coquette
Margaret Cahill Long
God Bless America
Uncle Sam
Stuart Kocha
Army Air Corps
Navy
Robert Rider
Army
Cretonnes
Sears
Uth
Lyth
Bath, Maine
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Clowes Guiou
Gardiner Street
Arline Mildred
Wyman Cottle
Hallowell
Cottle
Camp McCoy
Wis
Miss Guion
Ames Worsted Mill
Robert Lothridge
Trinidad
James Lothridge
Beedle Road
M Sgt. Lothridge
Atlantic City
Earl Cronk
Washington, D. C
West Front Street
Olive Piper
Benton
Don O
The
Criterion Studio
W. H. Lemont
Dresden Mills, Maine
Box
Dresden Mills
Farrow
Marvin Burke
California
Sgt. Burke
Ernest Heal
Mary Lee Riggs
Robinhood
Smith College
Benjamin Riggs
Melvin Cuningham
Harry Horne
Chester Horne
Billa Tarr
Edith Powers
George Laskey
Addie Moulton
Louise Peterson
Margaret Hattie
Peterson
Miss Boone
Roy Newman
Central League
Mary Fossett
Randolph
Etta Moore
Henry Moore
New York
Emma M. Hagerman
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joeph Purdue
Eva Marriner
Green Street
Durham
N.H
Bowdoinham
United Baptists’ Meeting
Grangers
Leonard Oliver
Lews Young
Oliver
Edward Foster
Sagadahoe Ferry
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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