Memorial Day Observances Planned in Richmond
Richmond Emerson Lane Post and veterans groups coordinate Memorial Day events with a parade from the Legion to Evergreen Cemetery and multiple services at local cemeteries. Emerson Grammar School graduation follows a June 3 supper at Odd Fellows hall. Community groups prepare lunches, auctions, and flag and spray placements for veterans' graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson-Lane Post
American Legion
Richmond High School
Emerson Grammar School
Arthur L. Terrell
Legion Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Cotton Cemetery
County Road
Francis H. Bate
Kennebec County
Dresden
Forest Cemetery
Dresden Mills
Maple Grove Cemetery
South Dresden
Bowdoinham
Pleasant Hill
Bayview Cemetery
Emerson ‘Grammar School
Odd Fellows Hall
America the Beautiful
State of Maine
Lorraine Bennett
Phyllis Hurley
Philip Withee
Will
Jeannine Francoeur
Dale Small
Emerson
Roscoe Whitten
Alberta Little
David Leibowitz
Charles—Palmer_Davis
John Ingraham
Clifton H. Burton
Diana Quinnam
Frederick Raynes
Lions Club
International
Veterans Administration
Togus
Merton J. Gribbon
Lions
Pushard-Guiou
Amy Bradley Yent
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Progressive Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Little
Wiscasset
Margaret Borjesson
Wilbur Emerson
Leslie Dewitt
Emerson Lane Post
Amy Bradley
Viola James
Walter James
Everett Douglass
Pearl Perry
Jeff Coates
Kitchen
Belle Meserve
Alice
Beekeeping, Graduating Class and Bay Point Visitors Featured
Bees swarmed Navajo tree for four days with queen leaving hive to find a new home. Friday night’s Georgetown grammar school graduation reception drew many Bay Point residents. Local notices list numerous visitors and cottage stays from Bath to Lewiston and West Auburn with several Bath band leader Joseph Avery purchasing Duck Inn cottage.
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Eorgetown Grammar School
R. Peterson
Robinhood
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewiston
Stone
Francis Oliver
Bay Point
Central Maine Power Co
L. Berry
West Auburn
Clyde Whittaker
Bath
Perow
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
Richmond
Maxwell
Frank Luderman
Woodhaven
N. Y
Joseph Lawrence
Wisoe
Bramwell Harford
Fred P. Taylor
Richard Hagan
Auburn
Taylor Cottage
Joseph Avery
Duck Inn
Hope Reed
A. M. Butterfield
Charles Swearingen
Butterfield Cottage
Leon Berry
Thomas Hagan
William Fish
Jefferson
Arthur Ashton
Woolwich
Swansea Burns
W. C. Davis
Schenectady
Sumner Mains
Augusta
Byron Safford
Hubert Gillis
Nina Hinckley
Maurice Hinckley
Maurice Burns
Edgar and
Norris Johns
Maurice Burns Jr
Boston
Water Main Break Halts Service on Washington Street
A three foot split in a 10 inch main caused water to spout through Washington street near First Baptist church. Residents from Elm to Water and parts of Winter and Summer streets lost service for four to five hours Wednesday afternoon while Bath Water District workers replaced the pipe.
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Washington Street
First Baptist Church
Elm
Bath Water District
Culbert McGay Family Plans Summer Stay With Miss Gib bons
Rev and Mrs Culbert McGay with Miss Mary F Gibbons of Washington street leave South Casco to pass the summer. J Horace McClure of the Executive Council travels to Augusta to attend the opening of bids on state work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culbert McGay
Mary F. Gibbons
Washington Street
South Casco
J. Horace McClure
Executive Council
Augusta
Georgetown a busy day with films, memorials and visitors
A Georgetown group traveled to Topsham for a Billy Graham film Mr. Texas shown to support radio campaigns. Volunteers cleaned Oak Cemetery for Memorial Day and eighth grade activities raised over 55 dollars. Local residents including the Zorachs and many families visited, met, and attended social events around Robinhood and Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Topsham Pigs
Mr. Texas
Billy Graham
Baptist Church
Gerald Beals
Charles Kelley
Elmer Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Carl Williams
Robin Powers
Walter Stevens
Melvin Kelley
Robert Spear
Blaine Hanna
Irving Hunt
Melvin Cunningham
William Zorach
Robinhood
New York
The
Academy of Arts and Letters
Lawrence Heffron
Mr. Bean
Mr. Heffron
Memorial Hospital
Herbert Marlow
Arrowsie
Marlow
Equipment arrives for Legion drum corps campaign
Equipment for Smith Tobey Post Junior Drum and Bugle Corps has arrived and funds campaign progresses well. Committee chairman William Milliken reports about $300 raised in week one, half the needed amount. total cost is $1,100 with $500 underwritten by the Legion Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith- Tobey Post
William Milliken
Legion Post
Uvon
Emma Harvie
Rockland
Legion
Milliken
Beverly Knight
Kathleen Drost
Christine Miller
Elaine Renshaw
Geraldine Bennett
Jacqueline Bennett
Carolyn Fraser
Carol Leonard
Toinette Lakin
Peggy Moriarty
Malcolm Hamilton
Harry Bennett
Memorial Day Weekend at Cox's Head Summer Home
Mr and Mrs Richard McLaneran spend several days near Memorial Day at their summer residence Coxs Head. Mr McLanathan serves as a curator at the Boston Art Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
McLaneral
Cox's Head
McLanathan
Boston Art Museum
Earl Preble Visits Bath From Richmond
Earl Preble of Richmond visited Bath on Tuesday, visiting local spots and meeting residents during his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Preble of Richmond
Bath
Five Islands Baptist Movie Night Draws Local Crowd
A Bath chartered bus and private cars brought residents to Topsham Sunday to view the film Mr. Texas at the Baptist church. The notice lists multiple local residents with hospital stays and travels, including Ree Davis’s recovery, Jill Lewis's discharge, and family visits between Bath, North Edgecomb, and Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
The
Baptist Church
Topsham
Mr. Texas
Frances Boucher burial in Five Islands cemetery
The body of Frances Boucher who died earlier this spring in Augusta was brought to this area for burial at Five Islands cemetery last week. Her son Errold Boucher of Portland accompanied the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Boucher
Augusta
Five Islands
Errold Boucher
Portland
Pre nuptial shower for Beverly Coombs
Miss Beverly Coombs daughter of Mr and Mrs Laforest Coombs of 22 Cherry street was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower Tuesday night at the South End P T A hall hosted by Mrs Ruth Allenwood Mrs Ruth Ames Mrs Edna Coombs and Mrs Eleanor Moore. The bride elect was seated at a decorated table with gifts and a cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. Refreshments and a wedding match were part of the evening as the approaching marriage to Robert Dyer of Brunswick was noted. Invited guests and out of town friends filled the guest book and hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Coombs
Laforest Coombs
Cherry Street
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Ruth Allenwood
Ruth Ames
Edna Coombs
Eleanor Moore
Miss Coombs
Robert Dyer
Brunswick
Edith Norton
Susan Cahoon
Marguerite Cornish
Margaret Lenn
Alice Moore
Joan Lenn
Alice Sanborn
Mildred Walker
Marie Berry
Marion Safford
Helen Soule
Edith Coombs
Eleanor Ferguson
Vivian Plant
Mabelle Nelson
Elsie Pinson
Marjorie Hopkins
Mildred Drury
Kenmore
N. Y
Flora Freeman
Revere
Mass
Jeanette Dyer
Clara Dyer
Somerville
Ethel Coombs
Georgetown
Mrs Drake Returns Home After Brief Absence
Mrs J Edward Drake Sr formerly living at 1002 Washington street has returned to her home at 972 Washington street after an unspecified absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake, Sr
Dr Herbert T Caverly Visits Portland on Business
Dr Herbert T. Caverly of 702 Washington Street was a business visitor in Portland on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert T. Caverly
Washington Street
Portland
Dresden Students Highlight Academic and Arts Honors
Yarmouth visitors sail for Europe while Dresden seniors receive honors in June ceremonies. Ida Robbins leads as salutatorian with Louise first honor essayist. Ella Knowlton named valedictorian with sports and drama roles. Priscilla Allen earns fourth honor part. St Johns auxiliary plans rummage sale. Red Cross drive earns merit with $136.70 raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Abbie Barker
Dresden
Europe
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Massachusetts
Bridge Academy
Ida
Louise
Leroy Robbins
B. A
Priscilla Allen
George Allen
Cedar Grove
Priscilla
St. Johns Parish
Rowena Woodward
Lincoln County Pomona
Thomas Ackley
Earl Gould
James Manclick
Tullahoma
Tenn
Frank Cheney
Bangor
Eulena
Dresden Mills
Richard MacComb
Prin
Willis MacCourt
Camp
Rena Wentworth
Bertha McCobb
Winifred Houdlette
Leona Siegars
Alice Pushard
Correne McCobb
Lyda Good
Alberta Dorr
Bruce Alexander
Charles Rose
Charles McDonald
Ernest Cate
Mt. Carmel
Richmond
Rose
Martha
Masonic Building
Thomas Bourgois
Kennebec
Ella Knowlton
Betty Monroe
Bobbie ‘Chadwick
Mike Kelley
Beautiful Lady
Leslie Louveney
Winthrop
Charles
Marguerite Bailey
Barbara Potter
Marilyn McCobb
Conrad Fife
Kathleen Hull
Janice Davis
Althea Fitch
Gerald Newcomb
Mayland Proctor
Joan Gregoric
Sheila Hamlin
Aunty
Ohio
Leslie Souviney
Terry Richardson
Patricia Hall
Nancy Bourgois
Local Talent Presents Musical Revue in Pittston
Mrs. Charles Bailey directs a Pittston stage production featuring Harold Austin and Bobby Chadwick. The cast performs numbers including Something About a Soldier and Start And Stripes Forever with Chester Dorr on closing chorus and America as part of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bourgois
Wayne Battler
Parson
Chester Dorr
Bobby Chadwick
Charcont
Harold—Austin
Porky
Gerald Newcomb
Hot Spot
Willard Lawrence
Moonlight Bay
Mississippi
Robert E. Lee
Harold Austin
America
Charles Bailey
Pittston
Bath boy famed for etched glass murals in Philadelphia
Duncan Niles Terry, a Bath native, has created the world’s largest submarine etched glass mural at Beck’s in Philadelphia. Now a renowned glass sculptor with contracts for major hotels, he studied in Boston Harvard London and abroad, while maintaining a Bryn Mawr studio and earning a place in Who’s Who in American Art.
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Beck's
Boulevard
Philadelphia
Duncan Niles Terry
Mr. Terry
Emerson
Lord Baltimore
Benjamin Franklin
Museum School of Fine Arts
Boston
Harvard
Massachusetts School of Arts
London
University of London
Terry
Art Alliance
William Terry
Bath
Ruby Moore
Bath Iron Works
Duncan
Roy Moore
West Bath
Lawrence Putnam
Sagadahoc Ferry
John Robbins
Bryn Mawr
Baldwin School
Going Away Party For Two Bath Residents
A going away party was held at the Lambert Park community hall for two Bath residents. Mrs. Philip Moore departs for Norfolk Virginia to join her husband at the Naval Station, and Mrs. Marke Elfring plans to visit relatives in Watertown South Dakota before joining her husband at an undisclosed station. Gifts were exchanged and a social hour with games and refreshments followed. Several neighbors attended and names of attendees are listed.
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Denny Road
Lambert Park
Philip Moore
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Station
Hyde Windlass Co
Marke Elfring
Brunswick Air Base
Elfring
Watertown
South Dakota
Bath
Bert Roeder
Philip Erwin
Betty Whittaker
Minnie Brown
Marion Towle
Lillian Libby
Gardiner Richardson
Helen Mason
Betty Cargille
Florence Coombs
Becky Frasier
Gladys Snow
Barbara O'Leary
Grandson of Mrs H F Ferris Killed in Korea
Lt. Ferris grandson of Mrs H F Ferris of 21 Huse Street was killed in action in Korea days after telegram to his parents. He would have turned 21 on July 4 and had been in Korea two months with A Company 31st Infantry. His brother Lt Gordon Ferris is stationed in Indiana and slated for overseas duty.
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H. F. Ferris
Huse Street
Ferris
Korea
31St Infantry Regiment
Gordon Ferris
Indiana
Port land man THOMAS J. HAWKES 69 dies after short illness
Thomas J. Hawkes 69 of Portland formerly Bath born, died Monday after a short illness at his home 19 Parris Street Portland. He worked at Ba Iron Works and Grand Trunk Elevator as stationary engineer before retiring in 1945. He is survived by two Bath sons and other relatives. Funeral services were held at Ha Libby Funeral Home Portland with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Hawkes
Parris Street
Portland
Bath
William Hawkes
Ba’ Iron Works
Grand Trunk
Acadia Lodge
Knights of As of Bath
Nut Street Methodist Church
Ethel M. (Rich) Hawkes
Edward G
Eugene P. Hawkes
John A. Greene
Leonard Court
Celia Slater
Pasadena
Calif
William H. Hawkes
Schenectady
N. Y
Ha & Libby Funeral Home
Lam Street
Forest Avenue
Bernard Ringer
Chestnut Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Leonard 8 Gregory dies after heart attack in Florida
Friends of Leonard 8S Gregory of St. Petersburg Florida former Bath resident learn he died May 8 after a heart attack. He headed a large lumber company business in St. Petersburg. His wife nurse R N Mrs Gregory headed nursing at B L W hospital and Memorial hospital staff. Buried in North Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Gregory
St. Petersburg
Fla
Merly
Bath
Florida
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Bath Iron Works
R. N
B. L W. Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Lemont
James Bi Lemont
Georgia
North
Edith May Cornish 78 dies after long illness in Bath
Edith May Cornish widow of Edwin J. Cornish died at home at 29 Highland Street after a lengthy illness. Born February 28, 1875 in Bath she lived there all her life and was educated in city schools. She is survived by son William C. Perkins YMCA executive secretary. daughters Mrs Warren Emery of Gardiner and Mrs Charles Oxnard of Medford Mass. five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 1 30 from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
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Edith May Cornish
Edwin J. Cornish
Highland Street
Bath
David and
Millie (Hayes) Holmes
Cornish
William C. Perkins
The
Y.M.C.A
Warren Emery
Chinese artillery breaks Yellow River ice jam near Sui gon
A Peiping broadcast reported Chinese forces used artillery to crack a large ice jam on the Yellow River southwest of Paptow in Sui gon province threatening dikes upstream. The operation aimed to prevent flooding as waters backed up behind the ice.
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San Francisco
Yellow River
Suigon
North
China
Peiping
Paptow
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Albert May
Charlotte Hinkley
Fern Perry
Alice Hinkley
Richmond Sportsmen Association
Abagadasset
Denham
Mill
Wilmont
Millay
Jess
Nee
Pierce’s Marine Service
Maine
Lynn Playse
Sea Beach
Belle Heald
Harry Heald
Buddy
John K. Lee
Horace
MacMahan
William Bisseth
Goose Rock Passage
Dorothy W. Stuart
Roland Peterson
Clarence B. Hill
New York State
Hill
Marion Clarke
Sharon
Warren Todd
William A. Todd
Kennebec Point
Henry Todd
Peterson
John D
Williams
Carl
Gage Bailey
Alvah C. Reynolds
Newman Kennerson
Ruth
J. Robert Blackie
Blackie
Henry Sandelin
West Georgetown
Legion Drum Corps
Ree Davis
Leimi Hutchins
North Edgecomb
Jill Lewis
Stanley Lewis
Bath Memorial Hospital
Barbara
Carl Pearson
D. W. Staffeld
Winnifred
Susan Briggs
Staffeld
Quincy
Francis Pierce
Ransom Sawyer
Virginia
Arthur Nelson
Arthur, Jr
Jackie Sawyer
Nelson
Orville Rowe
Raphael Rowe
Ernest Quimby
Belmont
Herman Barter
George Lee
Robert
Onset
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Victor Pinkham
Ivan Pinkham
Lulu Hanna
Irving Hanna
Old Orchard
Ida Hinkley
Rogert Dyer
Bath Boy
Duncan Niles
Philip Moon
Alan Wilkie
Skowhegan
Shirley Labhie
High Street
C. Bate
M. H. Page
North St
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