Piano Recital and Community Notices In Richmond
The Richmond page reports a piano recital by Mrs. Winnifred F. Roberts pupils at Mrs. Solon Purinton residence with listed performers. It also notes Ladies Aid meetings, Girl Scout hikes to Mt. Pleasant, a service member's graduation from baking and cooking school, visits and travels of several residents, church activities, lodge events, juror selections for Bath court, and local residents visiting family and staying at summer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnifred F. Roberts
Solon Purinton
Helen Gilpatrick
Roberts
Colletta Bellevance
Roger Baker
Phyllis Strout
Purinton
Patricia Duren
Geneva Brown
Florence Young
Beulah Maylor
Charlotte Cate
Barbara Bond
Leighton Gardner
Ladies Aid of the
Enterprise Grange
Ernest Stewart
Girl Scouts
Wild Rose
Pine Tree
Blue Bird Patrols
Eula Terrell
Mt. Pleasant
Wesley Hinckley
Thomas Hinckley
U. S. Army
Laura Grondin
Charles Grondin
Gerald
New York
Bermuda
Stanley F. Marr
Waterville
Frank Preble
E. E. Durand
Belgrade Lakes
Eunice Kennedy
South Lancaster
Mass
C. B. Kennedy
Edna Burnell
Boston City Hospital
Harry Whiting
Louise
Marrilla B. Tarr
Richmond
Dorothy Stewart
Georgetown
White and
Green Mountains
Stewart
Tarr
Epworth League
Methodist Church
World Wide Guild
Baptist Parsonage
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Noble
Cora Conley
Margaret Peabody
Cora Osborne
Pauline Cronk
Viola Douglass
Viola James
Flora Denham
Noble Grand
Beatrice Webb
Marjorie Lord
Frances White
George W. Baker
E. O. Tarr
Marion Young
Mable Gott
Warren Munsey
Bath
Carl Robinson
Melrose
Polana Spring
Progressive Grange Richmond Held Friday Night Meeting
A Richmond Progressive Grange meeting Friday night featured Ceres led program with singing, vocal solos by Clyde Starbird and Leona Starbird, a humorous story by Charles Thompson Jr. and a guessing contest won by Inez Witham. Charles Thompson Jr. won the jumbled word contest. Refreshments committee for June named Cora Farnum, Emily Gray, and Leona Starbird. First and second degrees to be worked on four candidates at the Friday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Ceres
Grange
Clyde Starbird
Lucy Tarr
Inez Witham
Charles Thompson, Jr
Leona Starbird
Cora Farnum
Emily Gray
Sagadahoc Grange Meets At Bowdoin With Diverse Program
Sagadahoc grange at Bowdoin met Saturday evening with good attendance. The program included Reading True Pals by Daisey Bickford, a knowledge quiz by Dwight Adams, Modern Youth by Llewellyn Freeman, and activities like Incidents remembered in school life and a Scotch contest. Next Saturday will feature Newspaper Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Daisey Bickford
Dwight Adams
Llewellyn Freeman
Thelma Cornish
Wife of Governor to Visit Saturday in Sagadahoc
Mrs Henry W Butler of Bath leads Sagadahoc county women’s group as they expect members and friends from across the county to gather on Saturday. Inspector Thomas Gates of Boston and the Federal Department of Air Commerce arrives in Caribou for monthly flight test inspections aiding a first class rating for Caribou Flying School and airport operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club
Maine
Gail Laughlin
Cumberland County
Henry W. Butler
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Thomas Gates
Boston
Federal Department of Air Commerce
Caribou
Poppy Days Planned by Bath Legion Auxiliary
Preparations for Poppy days Friday and Saturday are organized by the Roland Smith unit of the American Legion Auxiliary with Mrs John Costain as president and Mrs Ralph Gay chairing the committee. Workers will distribute memorial poppies citywide to honor war dead and aid living veterans, with proceeds supporting rehabilitation and welfare work for disabled veterans and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
American Legion Auiliary
John Costain
Ralph Gay
Legion and Auxiliary
Bath
Miss Davis Likely to Sponsor Two Ships of Same Name
Elizabeth Davis of Jamestown Rhode Island is suspected to sponsor both the 1850 ton U S S Davis destroyer to be launched at Bath Iron Works between June 25 and July 5 and the earlier Davis torpedo boat destroyer christened in 1916. Granddaughter of Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis she may become the first woman to sponsor two vessels with the same name in the Bath yard’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Davis
Jamestown
R. I
George Baer Connard
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy Department
Miss Davis
Bath
Sunday Visits and Small Town News in Bowdoin Area
Local social rounds report weekend visits across Gardiner Phippsburg Exeter Lisbon Falls and Winthrop plus a Bath hospital return. East Bowdoin Ladies aid suspends meetings due to illness. A Elm Street Saco sighting features a man with a flashlight gathering angleworms for fishing after a Brunswick diner stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cobb
Gardiner
Carrie Douglass
Angie Reed
Exeter
Lydia Adams
Robert McAfee
Phippsburg
McAfee
Cora McAfee
Portland
Carl Coolidge
Springfield
Grant Woods
Robert Enman
Gard and Earl of Upton
Bath Hospital
Clyde Starbird
Lisbon Falls
Starbird
L. C. Starbird
Mildred Carr
Hattie Babb
Winthrop
Myrtle Grant
Sabattus
Addie Williams
East Bowdoin
Elm Street
Saco
Brunswick
Georgetown Cottage Boom Signals Early Summer Arrival
Georgetown residents note rising cottage occupancy along the coast as summer visitors arrive. Among those in town are Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Cummings at the Cove, Mrs. Clarence B. Hill from Boston, Miss Dorothy Stewart, and the Traftons who moved back from Bath. A fire destroyed Winslow Rouse’s cottage on Cotton Island, while WPA road work nears completion and local improvements continue. A new baby named John Gould Hamilton arrived in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter V. Cummings
the Cove
Mr. Cummings
Bath
Clarence B. Hill
Boston
Dorothy Stewart
Richmond
Harry L. Tarr
Harold F. Hunt
Topsham
Georgetown
Charles Blaisdell
Woolwich
Trafton
Maud P. Thayer
West Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jay Hamilton
John Gould Hamilton
Natt Howe
Winslow Rouse
Cotton Island
Long Island
Kennebec River
Freda Cunningham
Willows
Belgrade
Augusta
WPA
Melvin C. Cunningham
Norman Drummond
Arrowsic
Ninth Annual Edition of Golf in Maine to Publish
The 1938 ninth annual Golf In Maine, edited by Harry C. Webber of the Times, will appear in early June in a 136 page pocket volume. It retains popular features, adds champions photos from 1937 Maine State Golf Association events, revisarizes courses, adds new Hole In One names, and includes 1938 tournament schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf In
Maine
Harry C. Webber
the Times
Maine State Golf Association
Times Job Printing Department
City Auditor Links Higher Relief to Unemployment Commission
City Auditor Arnold who serves as clerk of the overseers of the poor in Auburn cites the near doubling of Auburn relief costs versus 1937 to slow functioning of the Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission and low wages in local mills. He notes the city must support U C C applicants until checks arrive and often supplements those checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Auburn
Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission
New Course on History of Maine Announced
Elizabeth Ring, contributor to four Maine related articles for the Dictionary of American History, will teach a summer course on Maine history at the University of Maine directed by Prof. Roy M. Peterson. Another course on Present Day Maine Novelists of Maine will be taught by Mary Perkins Crandon. The Maine history course covers life from pre European contact to present, and will list manuscripts for four issues of the University Studies series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ring
Maine
American Historical Association
James Truslow Adams
University of Maine
Roy M. Peterson
Mary Perkins Crandon
Maine Historical Society
Miss Ring
Bryn Mawr College
The
Columbia
Oxford
Mary Ellen Chase
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Isabel Carter
Rachel Field
Kenneth Roberts
Wilson Follett
Margaret Jacobs
Edward C Plummer Spelling Contest Semi Finals Held
The Edward C Plummer prize spelling contest semi final took place at Central Grammar School after school Monday. Eighth grade students from Central Grammar and St Marys competed. Twelve finalists and an alternate were named from a field of 43, with a seventh grade city final to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Edward C. Plummer
Central Grammar
St. Mary's
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Marjorie Grace
Kathleen Harkins
Barbara Stanton
Mary Anderson
Ruth Cogan
Doris Stickney
Albert Povich
Billy Mullen
Harry Higgins
Billy Hill
Bruce Wright
Winona King
Jean Small
Beverly Curran
Dora Bridges
Ann Hartnett
Darwin Nolan
Arlene Carr
Betty Anderson
Mary Walsh
Riva Greenblatt
Chester Newel
Helen Blake
Lucien Tardiff
Betty Harper
Mabelle Smith
Paul Johnson
Robert Russell
James Haines
Elizabeth Trott
Harrie Alyce Frye
Richard Gilmore
Albion Fleming
Returned Missionary Delivers Fine Talk at Beacon Street
Rev Hilda Mayers who spent five years in Malay as a missionary gave a lecture to Beacon Street Junior Aid members detailing Malay daily life and customs. She described stilt houses mud fields and women's hard work, and highlighted carrying the glory of the Lord through missionary work. The talk concluded with a poem and a brief business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Mayers
Beacon Street
Junior Aid
Miss Mayers
Pocketbook found on Bailey's Island leads to Maine reunion
A New Jersey man’s missing pocketbook, found on Bailey's Island, contained $25, a driver’s license, a library card and papers. Charles S. Holmes of Montclair identified the items, saying the loss spoiled his vacation. The finder, Miss Annette Poulin of Lisbon Street, and her parents had been at a nearby outing when the discovery was made. A/ Postmasters in Radium Springs and Bangor swapped notes, resulting in a salmon sent to Radium Springs by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Bailey's Island
Annette Poulin
Lisbon Street
Miss Poulin
Thomas Poulin
Charles S. Holmes
Montclair
N. J
Maine
Five Islands social notes spill over with visitors and events
Mrs E M Horton travels to New Hampshire with Mr and Mrs Jos Stevens while Mrs Stevens visits daughter Marion Stevens in South Danville for a week. Bath visitors include Mrs Mary Morton and Fred Rittall. Ice cream parlor opens for the season. Several Bath, Portland, and Malden residents visit Five Islands cottages. A district fire warden and local residents attend. town buys ten desks for the school. state exams and a series of church meetings planned starting June 6 near Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Horton
Jos. Stevens
New Hampshire
Addie Moulton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Bean
Bean
Charles MacMahan
Waltham
D. L. Howard
Herbert Moore
Charles
Herbert
Belmont
Mass
Urban Wayning
Newcastle
Fred Carr
Eugene Sexton
Eugene, Jr
Augusta
Robert Hodgdon
Malden
Harriet Novell
Ogden
Rockmere
Clifford Gray
Bowdoinham
Paul Stevens
Arrowsic
Five Islands
Elbridge Southard and Son
Bramwell Harford
Boston
Harford
Arletta Harford
N. M. Plummer
Plummer
Webber
Burleigh Pinkham
Five Islands School
Cora Mae Hanna
Marie Rittall
Herbert Campbell
Woolwich
Miss Pinfold
David Lawrence
Lincoln Campbell
Roger Tompson
Ernest Pinkham
Ralph
Bath
Maurice Pinkham
Percy Allen
Oakland
James
Francis Oliver
Georgetown
Vernon Gray
Franklin Koehlwetter
Five Islands Church
Orrin White
Rittall
Fred Rittall
North End Players Defeat Winnegance 4-0
Behind Needy Brewster two-hit pitching the South End defeated Winnegance 4-0 at Goddard's playground Monday evening. Brewster issued four walks yet kept trouble at bay in seven innings, fanning five with errorless defense. E Morse had seven hits on the winners side, Pride and Rupe Lewis adding two hits apiece including a double. Brewster also handled seven chances flawlessly on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
South End
Winnegance
Goddard's
E. Morse
Pride
Rupe Lewis
Wampum Evidence Found In West Lubec Attic Relic
In an old West Lubec attic a historic find shows Passamaquoddy chiefs made wampum on North Lubec Neck. Clay balls baked in fires produced legal tender. shell heaps reveal Indian handiwork and feasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lubec
Passamaquoddies
North Lubec Neck
Pleasant Point
Barrows cites rise in old age aid payments to Lions Club
Gov. Lewis O Barrows told the South Portland Lions Club that during the past four and a half months his administration has nearly doubled the number of old age assistance payments compared to the nine months after the law first went into effect in the previous administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis O. Barrows
South Portland Lions Club
Mrs Sewall Describes Flowers In South
Mrs Sumner Sewall presided at the Cosmopolitan Garden club meeting. A nominating committee of Mrs William Yule, Mrs William M Adams, and Miss Alice F Johnson will report at the June 13 meeting. She spoke of travel south to White Sulphur Springs Virginia and described azaleas and rhododendrons noting failures due to over cultivation and shallow rocky soil. She praised national parks after touring them, noted clean picnic behavior, and observed farmers removing pests where no CCC help exists. The rear trees need work to be done July 15 as a tentative flower show date. Mrs Fred W Quimby is general chairman. A letter welcomed the club to the Medomak district. Garden Club Federation of Maine meets June 27-28 at Rangeley Lake Hotel. Members will be guests of Mrs Arthur Sewall at the Stonehouse for tea June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
William Yule
William M. Adams
Alice F. Johnson
Sewall
Philadelphia
Roscoe P. McFadden
Fred W. Quimby
Everett Orbeton
Medomak
Androscoggin
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Rangeley Lake Hotel
Arthur Sewall
Stonehouse
Bath Provides Boys With Week In Camp
The Bath Y M C A raises funds and selects about 100 underprivileged boys for a week at the Maine State Y M C A camp. Selections are made Saturday at 9. A staff member will visit classrooms next Thursday to explain eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Y. M
Bath
North Bath couple files marriage intentions
Miss Florence N. Robinson of North Bath and George E. Barker filed marriage intentions in the city clerk's office. Robinson is a bookkeeper at Desmond's clothing store. Barker is an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence N. Robinson
Joseph Robinson
North Bath
George E. Barker
Robinson
Desmond's Clothing Store
Barker
Bath Iron Works
Smokers at Legion Hall Highlight Local Social Night
Members of Rolang Smith post and friends enjoyed a smoker at the Legion building Tuesday night. The Sebasco Hillbillies played several musical selections. Guests included Flamer Perry Ray Jones Theodore Anderson and Ray Northing of Minnesota visiting Sebasco Estates for the summer. Gardiner D. Rogers chaired the committee in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolang Smith Post
A. L
Legion Building
Sebasco Hillbillies
Flamer Perry
Ray Jones
Theodore Anderson
Ray Northing
Minnesota
Sebasco Estates
Gardiner D. Rogers
Obituary for Mrs Charlotte Carson Putney of Bath
Mrs Charlotte Carson Putney wife of Roy W Putney died at her Bath home after a long illness. She was born in Dorchester Mass daughter of Alexander and Nellie Carson and had lived in Bath since 1931 moving from Fitchburg Mass. She is survived by her husband and three aunts Fannie Flood Mary Flood and Mrs George Lamplough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Carson Putney
Roy W. Putney
Washington Street
Mrs. Putney
Dorchester
Mass
Alexander
Nellie Carson
Bath
Fitchburg
Putney
Senter’s, Inc
Fannie and
Mary Flood
Boston
George Lamplough
Greenwood
Willis C Lake Jr dies of pneumonia at Memorial Hospital
Willis Clyde Lake Jr., 28, died Monday afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Born in Bath, he was a son of W Clyde and Florence Sparks Lake and had lived here all his life. Employed as a machinist by Hyde Windlass Co., he was a member of Polar Star lodge of Masons and is survived by his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Clyde Lake, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Lake
Bath
W. Clyde
Florence Sparks Lake
Hyde Windlass Co
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Death of Mrs. Frank W. Burns in Honolulu
Mrs. Frank W. Burns formerly Pearl McCarty, daughter of the late Governor McCarty of Hawaii, died in Honolulu less than two months after her husband. She was seriously ill at the time and is survived by four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Middle Street
Frank W. Burns
Honolulu
Burns
Miss Pearl McCarty
Governor McCarty
Hawaiian Islands
Lake Jr. Funeral Follows Pneumonia Illness in Woolwich
Willis Clyde Lake Jr. died Monday after a brief pneumonia illness. The service was held Wednesday at 2 pm at his parents’ home 25 Getchell Street. Charles Brown of Woolwich Union for Christian Service presided. Engaged to Miss Gertrude Gilmore of Woolwich, the 28 year old was to wed. Bearers included shipmates Earl Cahoon Roy Bradford and friends Frederick Gilmore Edword Carter. Oak Grove cemetery, Bath, was the burial site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Clyde Lake, Jr
Getchell Street
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Lake
Gertrude Gilmore
Cyrus H. Gilmore
Woolwich
Mr. Lake
Hyde Windlass Co
Earl P. Cahoon
Roy Bradford
Frederick Gilmore
Edword Carter
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath
Mrs. Charlotte C Putney Rites Held At Senter's Home
The funeral for Mrs. Charlotte C. Putney wife of Roy W Putney of Senter's Inc was held Monday at 1 30 P M at the Putney residence 1065 Washington Street Reverend Joseph O Pur due of Winter Street Church officiated. A large attendance and many floral tributes marked the service Senter's Co Brunswick closed 130 to 230 P M for the funeral. The body will be taken to Hartford Conn for a Tuesday 2 P M Cedar Hill Cemetery chapel service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte C. Putney
Roy W. Putney
Senter’s, Inc
Putney
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Senter’s
Hartford
Cedar Hill
W. F. Senter Co
Brunswick
Coffill Funeral Held at Home on Middle Street
The funeral for John H. Coffill was held Thursday afternoon at his home at 806 Middle Street with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Bearers were members of Roland Smith post American Legion including Commander Eugene Hart Gardiner Rogers Wilbur Crocker and Roy Getchell. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Coffill
Middle Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Eugene Hart
Gardiner Rogers
Wilbur Crocker
Roy Getchell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Belfast launching delayed by robins in J Y Cottrell yard
Mrs E W Berry recalls a Belfast scene when robins nested on a nearly finished schooner. Workers resisted disturbing the birds and two days before launch the young arrived. Cottrell, a strict shipbuilder, finally let the nest stand and the vessel slid into the tide without disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
J. Y. Cottrell
E. W. Berry
Broadstreet
Cottrell
Kennebec Flood Submerges Half Mile Of Arnold Trail
Rain swollen Kennebec river floods about half a mile of the Arnold trail from Anson to North Anson. Detour via a nearby town road keeps traffic moving while pulpwood rides the high water downstream. Augusta official John Church notes such overflow is not unusual for this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Kennebec
Augusta
John Church
State Highway Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
American Legion Auxiliary
Davis
F. G. Wren
Medford
Kennebec Point
Beacon Junior Aid
H. H. Bailey
Radium Springs
New Mexico
James G O'Connor
Bangor
North End
Goddard’s
Mrs. Sewall
South
Garden Club
Legion Hall
Willis C. Lake, Jr
W. C. Lake, JR
J. H. Coffill
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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