Local Sebasco group activity and community notices
The article lists officers and committees for a local union including Lowell York and Lemuel Green with a three member loan team led by Charles Koehl. It notes road work by Allie Rollins and mail routing details Route 4 Bath versus Sebasco, plus various 4 H club, grange, and school notes, social events, and residents' updates across Sebasco, Bath, Cranberry Point, and Phippsburg with multiple communities mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ional Credit Aien
Lowell
Proainant
Etta York
Lemuel Green
Trerith Wallace
Italy
Charles Koehling
Hn Wallace
Charles Gomes
Philip Janeen
Owen Richardson
Cordelia Gillis
Couple Return After Florida Trip Guests of Local Hosts
Reese D. Eby of Connersville Indiana and Mrs Harold Battison of West Somerville Massachusetts return after a few days at Sebaseco and in Brunswick where they were guests of Mrs Gordon F Preble and Miss Erma Farrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese D. Eby
Connersville
Ind
Harold Battison
West Somerville
Mass
Sebaseco
Brunswick
Gordon F. Preble
Erma Farrar
Maine Garden Clubs Announce Extensive Flower Show Dates
Garden Club Federation of Maine lists numerous flower show dates across clubs from May to September, with events in South Portland Auburn Augusta Boothbay Harbor Skowhegan and more. Clubs plan joint shows with Mount Desert Bar Harbor Ellsworth and Franklin County groups. several new dates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Osewantha Garden Club
South Portland
Service Club
Corinna Garden Club
Garden Club
Auburn
Kennebec Valley
Boothbay Harbor
Bloomfield Garden Club
Skowhegan
Farmington Garden Club
Bluehill Garden Club
Bridgewater Garden
Island Falls
Acadia Garden Club
Seal Harbor
Community Garden Club
Dover-Foxcroft
Old Bristol Garden Club
Lakehurst
Damariscotta
Ellsworth
Northeast Harbor
Monticello
Dromore Farm Bureau Sews for Red Cross at All Day Session
Dromore Farm Bureau members sewed dresses for the Red Cross during an all day session at Dromore grange hall. Mrs. Louis A. Dole of Bath visited, delivering material, and Bath workers loaned two electric sewing machines. A box luncheon was served and plans were made for a supper to be held when the Rotary club and Rotary Anns meet next week. Attendees included Mrs. Ray Campbell, Mrs. Esther McCourt, Mrs. Bertha Wyman, Mrs. Donald Preble, Mrs. Henry Minott, Mrs. Eveline Beals, Mrs. Eva Rogers, Mrs. Myra Metcalf, Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs, Miss Emma Perry, and Mrs. Roche of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Red Cross
Dromore Grange Hall
Louis A. Dole
Bath
Farm Bureau
Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Ray Campbell
Esther McCourt
Bertha Wyman
Donald Preble
Henry Minott
Eveline Beals
Eva Rogers
Myra Metcalf
Elizabeth Jacobs
Emma Perry
Roche
Portland
Miss Eunice Perkins Wins Scholarship to Jackson College
Miss Eunice Perkins daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Perkins 24 Summer Street Morse High School senior wins a $600 scholarship to Jackson College women's division Tufts College announced Wednesday by Horace P Herrick principal eight New England scholarships awarded for grades interviews and aptitude test Perkins will graduate in June with honors active in drama senior play student council secretary intramural basketball college prep course and many activities
Parish Events And Church Notices In Small Point
A rummage sale at the parsonage follows Saturday May 24 from 2 to 5 PM with clothing, shoes, and books for all ages. Children’s Day marks the June 8 Sunday school closing session at Small Point church with a program and promotion certificates. A christening service at Center church on June 1 at 2 30 PM will be led by Rev. Joseph O Purdue. parents may enroll children Frances Robie before then. Janet Bridgham has begun secretarial duties in the Bath Iron Works office of Vice President Archibald M Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Center Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Frances Robie
Janet Bridgham
Edward W. Bridgham
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Popham Beach
Marion Bridges
Margaret Wyman
Phippsburg
Bath Iron Works
Clarence Perkins
Peter Isaacson
William Wallace
David Parsons
Melrose
Mass
Popham
Atkins’ Bay
Coast Guard
Government Wharf
Walter Sprague
Annie Percy
Bay
Stanton C. Dozois
Hollaston
Marsh
G. E. McNulty
Victor Sprague
J. Perkins
Village social notes span May events and school day
A long list of local activities records May celebrations at the Lobster Clan Bath Ken McKenzie show visits and several children taking eighth grade exams at Center School. Multiple residents attend parties picnics church school events and family visits across Bath and North Windham.
Bath area residents host visitors and start summer routines
Westport Mr and Mrs Joseph Hodgdon stayed overnight in Bath. Families open cottages for summer including Mrs Arthur Pratt and Priscilla Whirley. Others returned from winter in Massachusetts. Weekend visits from George Knight Medford Neville Booth Boston and Carleton Lewis Wisconsin. Nine Acres hosts Charles Hanley Cambridge and John Doyle Belmont for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hodgdon
Bath
Arthur Pratt
Priscilla Whirley
Carl Hodgdon
Dewey Richardson
George
Massachusetts
George Knight
Medford
Mass
Sherwood Baker
Woolwich
Ernest Colby
Jones S. Knight
Albert E. Gray
Robert Walther
Wakefield
East Shore
Neville Booth
Boston
Thomas Booth
Thomas Allen
Carleton Lewis
Wiscasset
Herbert Cromwell
Charles di Perri
J. Louis Doyle
John Doyle
Cambridge
Charles Hanley
Belmont
Nine Acres
Second Probate Court session items include wills and guardians
In Sagadahoc probate court Tops ham Mrs Ethel Fisher Willes named executrix sole beneficiary in William D Willes estate a Bath feldspar figure. Various filings include wills of Ella Richardson Sara Tucker and Angie Purinton, administrations for Everett Neal and Addie Fowle, inventories for Oscar Williams, accounts for Lily Pray and George Curtis guardianship petitions including Ida Fowle and Addie Minott, licenses to sell real estate, bankruptcies, adoptions granted for Thomas and Celia McCormick in the Roderick estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Fisher Willes
Topsham
William D. Willes
Sagadahoc
Dunton
Ella W. Richardson
Bath
Ella R. Jaquith
Ida _ E. Bragdon
Sara Eleanor Tucker
Pembroke Parish
Bermuda
Harry L. Day of
Marion Curtis Downer
Angie E. Purinton
Bowdoin
Edna A. Neal
Everett W
Daniel Williams
Clara Hunt
Oscar F. Williams
Sarah A
Fannie
Flora Mayers
Richmond
Louise H. Maxwell
Herbert D. Maxwell
Ida M. Fowle
Addie J. Fowle
Bowdeinham
Edward W. Bridgham
Fannie E. Minott
Thomas E McCormick
Celia M. McCormick
Thomas Edwin Roderick
Augus_ta
Bath Woman Re elected President of Maine Ladies Auxiliary
Mrs Athana Gillespie of Bath was re elected for a fourth term as president of the Maine Ladies Auxiliary to the Maine Letter Carriers Association at the 47th annual meeting in Augusta. C Lloyd Hooker of Bath was chosen sergeant at arms at the same session. Col Lester M Hart assisted adjutant general of Maine spoke in Gov Sumner Sewall's absence at a joint banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athana Gillespie
Bath
Maine Ladies Auxiliary
Maine Letter Carriers’ Association
Augusta
C. Lloyd Hooker
Augusta House
Lester
M. Hart
Maine
Sumner Sewall
John W. Gillespie
Oscar J. Tanguay
James E. McLaughlin
Edward J. McMann
Edward N. Hartnett
Popham Beach group forms to raise church funds
A women’s group met at the village library to organize a fundraiser plan for repairing the Popham Beach church. Officers include President Mrs Frank Scott and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Raymond Larrabee. They schedule weekly Thursday meetings and a May 31 food sale at the library to capture Memorial Day weekend patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robie
Popham Beach
Pete
Frank Scott
Ellison
Raymond Larrabee
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
G. E. McNulty
G. FE. McNulty
Clinton Newdieck
Walter Sprague
Elisha Bridges
Sunday Visitors and Local Notes From Bath Area
Miss Marcia Ward and Lawrence Estes visited friends in Bath area. Irving Dobbin to Marine hospital Portland for recovery. Harry Spencer to Bath Memorial hospital for check-up and x rays. Families and locals, including Perkins, Morse, Belanger, and Wrights, hosted guests and moved homes. George Buchanan plans two week vacation June 14 at river shore cottage. Charles Baker and Maurice Pushard were in Popham Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Ward
Topsham
Lawrence Estes
South Harpswell
Ellison Moody
Alonzo Morong
Clifton Morong
Irving Dobbin
Marine Hospital
Portland
Harry Spencer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arlen Perkins
Lester Morse
Lillian Belanger
Norman Perkins
North Windham
Wesley Hyde
Boothbay Harbor
John Wright
Elbridge Wright
Bath
Frank Scott
Moses Chandler
Sebasco
Walter Wade
Auburn
Clarence Perkins
George Buchanan
Schenectady
Charles Baker
Fort Williams
Maurice Pushard
Popham
Will Elect Successor to Late G L Tarr
Warrants posted for a special town meeting in Arrow, May 27 at 7 p.m. daylight saving time to elect a successor to the late Hon. George L. Tarr, longtime chairman of the board of selectmen. The meeting provides two articles: elect a moderator and fill the vacancy on the board to prevent tie votes. Arrowsic school resumed after a week closed due to a scarlet fever case. officials say no epidemic risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
George L. Tarr
Board of Selectmen
Tarr
Gagnons Celebrate 21st Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Peter Gagnon observed their 21st wedding anniversary at their home on Lower High Street with 22 guests. Their best man and matron of honor, Mr and Mrs Robinson, attended as the couple’s attendants. Mrs Arthur Gagnon of Auburn aged 78 helped host. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs William McDonald of Auburn and Mr and Mrs Arthur McCusker of South Portland plus Nancy Boutcher. Arthur McCusker entertained with songs. Italian spaghetti crab meat cheese sandwiches cake and ice cream were served. Mrs Gagnon drives a rural mail route and has many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Burnham
Massachusetts
Ada Perry
Bath
Phippsburg
Sebasco Co-Operative
Irving Cromwell
Donald Preble
Cranberry Point
Grace Dickinson
Under-the-lee
T. C. Hughes
Mabel Maureen
Ashdale
Bates Stover
Maine General Hospital
Portland
John Kelley
Henry Carlton
Woolwich
Peter Gagnon
Model School
Martha McCusker
Plummer
William Greevers
Boston
Meadowbrook
F. J. Fleoron
Trenton
N. J
Freddie
Small Point
Cape Small Point
Carlton Brown
Washington, D. C
Allen Brown
Fred Perry
Nellie
Katherine Tracy
Frank Cushing
Ruth E. Macintire
Seagantz
Sebasco Estates
Popham
Lower High Street
Robinson
South Portland
Nancy Boutcher
Arthur McCusker
Gagnon
R. F. D. Mail
West Bath Grange meeting notes and festival plans
John Howe chaired the West Bath Grange meeting in Edward Jenks absence on his honeymoon. A May ball profit of 66.42 was announced and next Tuesday set for the Straw berry Festival featuring a Stephen Foster tribute under Mrs. William A. Armstrong. Soloists include Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant and Walter Olsen with a quartet and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howe
West Bath Grange
Edward Jenks
Stephen Foster
William A. Armstrong
Fred K. Sturtevant
Walter Olsen
Sturtevant
Nathan Watson
Mezzo
Richard Hersom
Mr. Olsen
Hersom
James M. Royal
Bass
Armstrong
Leon Genthner
Charles Genthner
Arthur C. Lemont
Travis appeals to Superior Court in driving case
Charles Travis 23 Shaw Street arraigned in Municipal Court on operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He pleaded not guilty through attorney John P. Carey Jr and appealed. Judge Gardiner B.R. Deering fined $100 and costs $4.70, with $200 surety for June term Superior Court. Police said Travis drove a 1937 Plymouth south on Washington Street and struck Carl Fortier’s car and a parked car belonging to Audrey Reynolds near Central Church. Witnesses said the Fortier car passed him as he began to park, but Travis claimed the Fortier car passed in front. The Reynolds car was damaged only at rear left fender and tail light. The Fortier car suffered no damage. The Travis vehicle was most damaged with dented front fenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Travis
Shaw Street
John P. Carey, Jr
Travis
Gardiner BR. Deering
Fortier
Reynolds
Central Church
Washington Street
Bath Proclaims June 8 to 14 as National Flag Week
Bath mayor Walter C. Rogers proclaims June 8 through 14 as Flag Week. Hon. N. Gratz Jackson chairs the local committee, urging citizens to display the Stars and Stripes on homes and businesses and participate in patriotic exercises and parades. The notice is dated May 19, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath
United States Flag Association
United States
War Relief Society Moves to New Quarters
The British War Relief Society Inc of Bath relocated sewing machines and supplies to the Knights of Pythias building at 810 Washington Street, now using the lower floor on Tuesdays and all day Thursdays with access to a long table and adjoining kitchen. Summer Street School will store clothing and handle packing due to space constraints. Members of Round Pond from Tenafly Studio attended an Open House at Lemont Street, visiting the studio of Mrs Swett and her pupil work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Relief Society, Inc
Bath
Knights of Pythias
Washington Street
Central Church
Society
Summer Street
Round Pond
Tenafly
William A. Cummings
Lemont Street
Swett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allie Rollins
Rollins
William Wyman
Pease-Decker
Basin
Humming Workers 4-H Club
Philip Jacobs
Mary Coffin
Fannie Mes
Blanch Gillis
Thelma Wallace
Alfred
Bodwell Grange
Pratt
Garden Club Heads
Eunice Perkins
Parker
Lloyd Lowell
Lawrence Morong
Lobster Clan
Ken McKenzie
Fred A. Libby
George Morong, Jr
George Morong
John Libby
Earl Lowell
Ramon Hamel
Arthur Kreidler
William Cushing
Center School
Leston Harrington
Lewis Lowell
Barbara
Lorraine Harrington
Marion
Dorothy Cushing
Doris
Clayton Savage
Masonic Hall
Charles Perry
Donald Logan
Charles Blaisdell
Walter Cushing
H. D. Mank, Jr
Eugene Harring
Weiner Rock
Frances M. Robie
Sally Lowell
Barbara Harrington
Sandra Mank
Gladys Scott
Marlene Perkins
Arthur Kriedler
George, Jr
Lawrence
Howard Morong
Lloyd
Sally
Bill
Henry Albert
Herbert Doughty, Jr
Lawrence Thayer
Ralph Hardy
Alston Oliver
Phil Jacobs
F. Perry Young
Lloyd Perry
Currey Stiles
John D. Libby
Bernard A. Wyman
Sanford
Bill Lowell
Bernard Wyman
Scott Mason
Three Pines
George Davis
West Point
John Rollins
Louise Hodgkins
Leslie Logan
Leo Hamel
Gilbert Woodman
H. D. Mank
Forest Wyman
Ron Works Corp
Leroy Perkins
Burleigh Williams
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Eugene Harrington
Edward Blackington
Camden
Morong
Westport
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Jack Pinel
Quincy
William Fields
Hardings
Harold E. Freeman
East Brunswick
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Barbara Hyde
Ledgewood
Ernest Oliver
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Gilbert Atwood
Kate McCarty
Ralph Small
Louis Gayton
Fred Waterhouse
Wilmer J. Voorhees
James
William
Charles Morse
Lewiston
Frank Jones
George Ingrahaam
Rane
Hallowell
Blanchard Crowley
Evelyn Goding
Philip Wyman
G. L. Tarr
Mrs. Gagnon
High Street
Virginia K. Ingalls
E. Eugene Ingalls
North Bath
Winter Haven
St. Ward
Scottsville
Vitney Jennings
Mrs
Percy Robbins
Hazel McMann
Dike Road
Superior Court
WAR Relief Society
New Quarters
Pythian Temple
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