Richmond Couples Share 75th Birthday and Community News
Mrs Freeman Mosher of North Front street celebrated her 75th birthday as guests gathered including Archer Terrill and Leslie Gardner families, Phyllis Choate and Ruth Howe. Memorial Day plans were drafted by Emerson Lane Post with parades and ceremonies. Civil Defense met, new assistant appointed, and a kitchen fire caused smoke damage at Henry Densmore’s home. Community clubs reported fundraising, outings, and upcoming events. numerous personal items highlighted, including relocations and visits across neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Mosher
North Front Street
Archer Terrill
Leslie R. Gardner
Phyllis Choate
Greenwich, Conn
Ruth Howe
Gordon B. Howe
Kenneth Jaquith
Bath
Mosher
Donald Mosher
American Legion
John Thrower
Dresden
Bowdoinham
Civil Defense Organization
Earl Lewis
Glen Lamoreau
Henry S. Densmore
County Road
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Emerson
Emerson Grammar School
Brownie
Richmond Lions Club
Dirigo Boys
Bridge Academy
Richmond High School
Stephen Reed
Leslie Roberts
Lindon H. Bond
State Fish and Game Department
Laura Stilphen
Raymond Curtis
Sebago Lake
Mabel Stinson
Amesbury
Mass
Achenond
Emerso
Pleasant Street
Lee Stilphen
Plymouth
N. H
Fred Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Elizabeth Phillips
Miami
Fla
Wilbur Emerson
Callaghan
Mt. Pleasant
St. Petersburg
Mizpah Class Plans Rummage Sale and Supper
Mizpah Class of First Baptist Church discusses a rummage sale for Saturday May 21 and a June 7 supper. Members plan to meet at the YMCA Thursday at 3 pm to finalize supper plans, with waitresses appointed and supplies ordered. Visitors to Hyde Memorial Home named, and several members attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Roselyn Carey
Margaret King
Miriam House
Hyde Memorial Home
Dorothy Thayer
Ruth McKenzie
Gertrude Buffam
Cora Blakeney
Alberta Kingsbury
Burnita Graves
Adeline Black
Grace Mitchell
Harriet Carter
Nancy Roy
Morse High PTA Panel to Discuss Class Trips
The Morse High School PTA group will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday for a panel discussion on class trips. Student panelists include Peter Owen Judy Holbrook representing the seniors Malcolm Hamilton and Cynthia Osgood for the juniors. parents panelists are Mr and Mrs Charles F Haggett Mrs Paul Watts and Mrs Ralph Crocker. Robert Haggett will moderate. Questions will be opened for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School P. T. A
Peter Owen
Judy Holbrook
Malcolm Hamilton
Cynthia Osgood
Charles F. Haggett
Paul Watts
Ralph Crocker
Robert Haggett
Mrs Melvin Cornish Honored At Woolwich Stork Shower
Mrs Melvin Cornish of Woolwich was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Nita Gamble and Patricia Bailey at Miss Bailey's Woolwich home. Gifts were displayed around a large stork as refreshments were served. Invited guests included numerous local women and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cornish
Woolwich
Nita Gamble
Patricia Bailey
Miss Bailey
Mrs. George F Cary 2d Installed North-Center PTA President
Mrs. George F Cary 2d was installed as president of the North-Center P T A at North Grammar School. Other officers named include Mrs. William A Niss vice president and Mrs. Roland McIntosh secretary with Mrs. William Mussenden treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Cary, 2d
North-Center P.T.A
George F. Cary
North-Center
Association
North Grammar School
Daniel Matter
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
William A. Niss
Roland McelIntosh
William Mussenden
Cary
S. Theodore Bertocci
John Darling
Kirk Roberts
Armand Petit
Edward Lee
Albert Austin, Jr
Elliot Hanson
Bertram Reed
Harry F. Cooke, Jr
Harold McEman
Mary Sprague
Wilbur Crist
Abram Honsinger
Lynn M. Bussey
Georgetown church sermon and community notices highlight
Warren Harris led a First Baptist sermon on The Character of the Syro Phenician Woman, Alfred A. Rowe sang I Believe. a bus carrel to Portland for the Jack Wurtzen rally. a furnace fund thermometer. local meetings. memorial plans for Carroll Powers. birthday party for Elaine Penley. measles outbreak at Central School. obituaries and family visits. numerous travels, visitors, and social gatherings across Georgetown and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
L. Earle Hagan
Alfred Rowe
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Channing Penley
Elaine
Alice Burns
Skippy
Joan Tibbetts
Arthur
Bay Point
Harold J. Brown Jr
Holly
Brenda Harris
Michael
Joyce Oliver
Cathy
Buddy Brown
Janice Oliver
Pamela Burnham
Weekend Visitors and Local Arrivals Reported
The item lists numerous visitors and guests across Wakefield Townsend South Yarmouth Georgetown Center and surrounding areas. People include Mr and Mrs Arnold Lane Smart Johnson Davenport Hunt Gunnaille Cavalerie Hart Shakeshaft Zappula and others visiting or staying with local families. A Boxer puppy bought at Spear farm and a Jersey cow purchase are noted along with Father Crow seen at the Robinhood Tea Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.nold
A. Lane
R. Smart
H. Johnson
Wakefield
Mass
E. Davenport
South Yarmouth
Ray L. Douglas
Townsend
Harpswell
Winifred Flynn
South Boston
George Flynn
Georgetown Center
Peter Hooper
Lexington
Sagadahoc Bay
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Gloria Gunnaille
Florence Hunt
Frank Cavalerie
Winthrop
Brian Davis
Coast Guard
Seaman Davis
Davis
Clifton Hart
Mabel Shakeshaft
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Joseph F. Higgins
Connie Zappula
Boston
Robinhood
Spear Farm
Adolph Spear
Turner
Father Crow
Former Bath Woman Katherine Berry Honored By Pen Women
Katherine Fiske Berry, author of Camping Characters on Casco Bay, was honored at a Worcester Mass branch dinner of the National League of American Pen Women. A Bath native who lived in Japan and Germany, she has long resided in Maine and writes on regional life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Worcester
Mass
National League of American Pen Women
Katherine Fiske Berry
Casco Bay
Phippsburg
New Meadows
Miss Berry
John G Berry
Japan
Germany
Smith College
Springfield Republican
Worcester State of Maine
Victoria Society of Maine Women
Pen and Brush Club of
New York
National League of American Women
New England
Falmouth Publishing House, Inc
Maine State Library
Maine
Stork Shower Sunday For Mrs John Crafts
Mrs John Crafts of Lisbon Falls was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower Sunday evening hosted by Mrs Walter Thayer Jr on Ger ald street. Gifts were presented in a pink and blue basket amid games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crafts
Lisbon Falls
Walter Thayer, Jr
Gerald Street
Crafts
Madelyn Thayer
Walter Thayer
Western Avenue
John Reed, Jr
Elsie Thayer
Henry Henrik
Mrs Drake Returns Home After Berwyn Visit
Mrs. Frederick E. Drake returns to her Washington street home after visiting her son William P Drake and Mrs. Drake in Berwyn Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
William P Drake
Mrs. Drake
Berwyn
Five Islands Bay Point community notices and events
Five Islands Bay Point ladies class mourns Mrs Alton Reed and extends sympathy to Arthur Berry family. A Good Neighbor club chicken supper served about 65. proceeds aid Five Islands Baptist church expansion with lumber on site. Community members attend Jack Wurtzen youth rally in Portland and Bowdoinham laymen meeting upcoming. Cancer of notes on graduations, weddings, surgeries, and local visits fill a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Reed
Arthur Berry
D. W. Star
Feld
Good Neighbor Club
Five Islands Baptist Church
Jack Wurtzen
Portland
Georgetown Central School
Bowdoinham Association
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Lewis
Central School
Leon Kelley, Jr
Woolwich
Orissa Carr
Helen Thompson
Branwell Harford
Harold Lawson
Huse PTA Plans Family Box Supper at School
The Huse P T A will host a family box supper on Thursday at Huse School. Supper at 6 p.m. precedes a 7 p.m. business meeting with children’s movies in another room. Newly elected officers will be installed and a game program will wrap up the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse P . A
Huse School
Cinnamon Toast with Crumbled Bacon
A playful description highlights toast spread with a hint of cinnamon and topped with crisp crumbled bacon. The dish blends sweet and savory notes for a quick snack.
Southern Maine Chapter NACA to Meet Thursday
H B Spencer director of the Industrial Relations Department of the National Association of Manufacturers in New York City will speak at the Southern Maine Chapter NACA meeting in the Eastland Hotel Thursday evening May 19. His topic is Human Relations in Industry and Their Effect on Cost. Spencer joined United States Rubber in 1920 after Amherst College and has 25 years in industrial relations. He became Assistant Director of Industrial Relations for U S Rubber in 1939 and joined N A M in 1953. The annual election of officers and directors will be held at this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Spencer
National Association of Manufacturers
New York City
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Eastland Hotel
Spencer
United States Rubber Company
Amherst College
U.S. Rubber Company
Get-Together Club Meets With Mrs Albert Bailey
Mrs Albert Bailey hosted the Get-Together club on May 11 at her Woolwich home with a pot-luck dinner and a business session led by President Mrs Bern ice Bailey. Members voted to close the season with a banquet at the Eagle hotel Brunswick and Beano provided entertainment. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Leon Beals Mr and Mrs Frank Sparks Mr and Mrs Forest Baker Mr and Mrs Anthony Dodge Mr and Mrs Nick Carter Mr and Mrs William Fogg Mrs Tina Molson Mrs Ada Cross Mrs Kay Stevens Mrs Ethel Reed and Albert Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bailey
Woolwich
Bernice Bailey
Eagle Hotel
Brunswick
Beano
Leon Beals
Frank Sparks
Forest Baker
Anthony Dodge
Nick Carter
William Fogg
Tina Molson
Ada Cross
Kay Stevens
Ethel Reed
Pre-Nuptial Shower For Janice Knight
Miss Janice Knight was honored at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs Joseph Lo Smith and Mrs Daniel Matter at 940 Washington Street. Greeted by friends, she followed a ribbon filled route to gifts as Hawthorne forget me nots center the serving table. Guests included Mrs Bernard Knight and others from Bath Lisbon and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Knight
Joseph Lo Smith
Daniel Matter
Mrs Smith
Washington Street
Miss Knight
G. Sheldon Balloch
Brookline
Mass
Bernard Knight
Elect
Emerton Gross
Matter
Hawthorne
Forget-Me-Nots
Donald C. Freeman
John F Leonard
John E. Robbins
Clinton D. Wilson
Paul Marchant
Ernest Bai
North Bath residents urge road safety over cruising
North Bath residents voice concern over speeding along the North Bath and Old Brunswick roads and on two hills beyond the de Groot house. They note frequent tire screeches and near misses near a school route and urge action to prevent injuries or fatalities. The column also records local updates on housing, military returns, moves, and visits among families in Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Old Brunswick
de Groot House
Clarence Moore
Robert Thurston
Samuel London
Germany
Donald Davis
Donnie
Clarence Brown
Elm Street
H. E. Rowell
Gaudet
Burton Wing
J. Carroll Wing
Gladyce Cothran
Rose Kingsbury
Rose Lee Higgins
John de Groot
Frank Cutting
Dromore
Elmer Rogers
Ernest Ward
West Bath
Robert
Nancy
Milton Emery
Kittery Point
Rumford
Harry Nelson
Edwin Hemingway
Auburn
E. N. Cole
Pease Nursing Home
Cole
Annabelle
College Street
Lewiston
Ralph York
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wayne Gurney
Donald Gurney
David Tardiff
Wayne
Earl E. Wing
Robert Berry
Earl Haines
Earl Haines, Jr
Bobby
Harmon Kneeland
Ricky
David Bobby Haines
David Kneeland
Mrs David Pye Guest Of Honor At Stork Shower
Mrs David Pye was guest of honor at a stork shower Tuesday evening hosted at Miss Norton’s home 104 Academy Street. Frances Norton and Audrey Durant arranged the event with a shower umbrella motif and stork decorations, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
David Pye
Stork Shower
Frances Norton
Audrey Durant
Miss Norton
Academy Street
Retired Lt Cmdr James Jones dies at 73 in Florida
Lt Cmdr James Sargent Jones USN ret 73 died May 11 at Jacksonville Naval Hospital Florida Born November 19 1882 New York He lived in Needham Heights Mass and Bath before Concord NH area survivors include widow Emma Bartlett daughter Eleanor Gardner sister C Ann Jones Mrs Franklin Shaw brother Frank R Jones two grandsons Donald and Jeffrey Gardner He served 1912 to 1945 and was a member of multiple fraternal and veterans organizations across several states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
James _ Sargent Jones
Jacksonville
Fla. Naval Hospital
New York
James and
Cordelia Wicks Jones
Needham Heights
Mass
Bath
Emma Commelia Bartlett
Eleanor Jones Gardner
C. Ann Jones
Franklin Shaw
Frank R. Jones
Elliot
Donald
Jeffrey Gardner
Cmdr. Jones
Navy
Naval Lodge
Kittery
Bradford Commandery
Biddeford
Portsmouth
Retired Officers Association of
Washington
D. C
American Legion
Tacoma Park
Becktash Shrine
Concord
N. H
Etta C Norton 70 dies at home in Woolwich
Etta C Norton wife of Nathaniel Norton 70 died at home 666 Middle Street Woolwich born Pittston Oct 21 1883 daughter of Charles and Anne Patterson James survived by her husband three sons Roy and Frank Lilly Dresden Herbert Lilly Bath one daughter Mrs Helen DeLong Woolwich one brother Charles James Bath two sisters Mrs Nettie Ware Yar mouth and Mrs Alice Hasson Dresden five grandchildren three great grandchildren member of Woolwich Grange and Hockomock Council Degree of Pocahontas funeral 1 30 Saturday at Arthur F Mayo and Son burial Riverside Cemetery Woolwich call at home until 9 am Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta C. Norton
Nathaniel Norton
Middle Street
Pittston
Charles
Anne Patterson James
Roy
Frank Lilly
Dresden
Herbert Lilly
Bath
Helen DeLong
Woolwich
Charles James
Nettie Ware
Yarmouth
Alice Hasson
Woolwich Grange and
Hockomock Council
Pocahontas
Arthur F. Mayo and Son
Riverside Cemetery
Judson A. Alward Dies After Brief Illness
Judson A. Alward, 58, died Monday at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. A Bath resident for several years, he came from Newton Falls, Massachusetts, and was born in 1897 in Gagetown N B. He served in the Canadian Infantry in World War I and left no survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson A. Alward
Memorial Hospital
Phoenix Hotel
Bath
Newton Falls
Mass
Gagetown
Queen's County
N. B
Hiram
Sarah McKim Alward
Canada
Massachusetts
Bradley E Bridges dies after brief illness
Bradley Eugene Bridges born January 16 1954 died May 11 at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E Bridges of 88 Russell Street and leaves parents a maternal grandmother Mrs Arabel Leonard of Camden paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Grover Bridges of Camden a sister Sonja Louise Bridges a stepsister Elaine Secott two steps brothers Lisle and James Secott all of Bath along with several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phia
County Road
Douglass Harrington
Douglass
Surrey
Harrington
Hyde Park
Mass
Robert Shaughnessey
Robert
Dorchester
Carleton Curtis
Earl Cronk
Francis Mailloux
Pleasant Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Minnie Averell
Lincoln Street
Margaret Mullin
Sandra
Bath
William Leonard
Hattie McKenna
James Burns
MacMaster
Lynn
Bradley E. Bridges
Bradley Eugene Bridges
Robert E. Bridges
Russell Street
Memorial Hospital
Arabel Leonard
Camden
Grover Bridges
Sonja Louise Bridges
Elaine Secott
Lisle
James Secott
Funeral rites for Edith A Thompson held in Brunswick
Funeral services for Edith A Thompson were conducted at 2 p m Wednesday at the Leslie C Shumway funeral home by the Rev Charles R Sims. Interment followed in Riverside cemetery Brunswick in the family lot. Out of town mourners included Mr and Mrs George Bowie and John Cann Malden Mass Mrs Mildred Attridge Revere Mass and Miss Kathering Hamilton Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Thompson
Edith A. Thompson
Leslie C. Shumway
Charles R. Sims
Riverside Cemetery
Brunswick
George Bowie
John Cann
Malden
Mass
Mildred Attridge
Revere
Kathering Hamilton
Funeral services for Cmdr James Sargent Jones
Funeral services for the late S t Cmdr James Sargent Jones U S N Ret conducted at 2 p m Monday at Curtis Funeral Home by Rev James L tant. Beareftgy were members of Smith Tagey Post American Legion and several named associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.t
Mrs Elizabeth Anderson Funeral Conducted Friday
Funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Anderson was held Friday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. James I. Grant of Grace Episcopal Church presided. Bearers were Daniel A. MacDonald, Joseph Ro Oliver, Allan Spear and Robert M. Huse. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anderson
Curtis Funeral
James I. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Daniel A. MacDonald
Joseph Ro Oliver
Allan Spear
Robert M Huse
Oak Grove
Kalamazoo Driver Crashes Through Drug Store Window
James Bailey, 28, was charged with reckless driving after his car crashed through a plate glass window of a Kalamazoo drug store while seeking a restaurant. The impact pinned the car at the lunch counter, causing about 3000 dollars in damage. Bailey said he was hungry and in a hurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
James Bailey
Damiine
Bailey
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Bertocci
Reed
John Harris
Maine P. T. A
University of Maine
F. Merton Bradway
Bradway
Georgetown
Edmund T. Stewart
Edmund T Stewart
New Rochelle
Mr. Stewart
Edward J. Stewart
Kennebec Point
Boston English High
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Old Greenwich
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Roy M. Newman
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Jean Currie
Eva McLean
Lee Bell
Westbrook
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Wayne Alfred
Long Beach
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Rowe
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Ralph Dunton
Edward St Martin
Fessender Wilder
North Andover
MacMahan
Philip W Dalrymple
Edward J. Stewart Jr
New Rochelle N. Y
Conn
Ralph Carlisle Jr
Winchester
Katherine Berry
American Pen
Fr. Taylor
Summer Colony
Central Maine General Hospital
Emily Coombs
Robert W. Babish
Bay
State Highway Commission
Charlotte Cahill
Merline Thompson
Ralph Davis
Terry
Sherman Campbell, Jr
Harry Stone
Green Pastures
Ralph Carlisle
Lynwood Stevens
L. M. Spinney
Arthur Tibbetts
Madison Moore
Andrew Butterfield
Rumney Depot
Francis Pierce
Gardiner
William Campbell
Marion Moore
South Gardiner
William Farr
George Floyd
Harbor
Herbert Moore
Walter Moore
Hallowell
William Stewert
Stewert
Carey Cottage
David
Kathleen Rittall
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Lloyd Pinkham
Myrtle Greenstreet
Lilla Lewis
Reginald Spinney
Lawrence Vail
Saugus
Carl Delano
Arrowsie
Thomas Watson
Irving Hanna
Leslie Hanna
Huse P.T.A
NACA
Kimball Field
Little League
Mack Zimmerman
North Bath
Pye
Carlton Pye
Alton Mitchell
Alex Robertson
Ruth Pratt
Reginald Burns
Robert Carmichael
Louis Kingsbury
Merton Witham
Pauline Kelley
Kater Costain
Jacqueline Staples
Sue Hagerthy
Sally Freeman
Gretchen Trott
Shumway Funeral Service
Etta
Norton
Cmdr
Jones
Mrs. Anderson
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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