Richmond High Beats Winthrop 43 to 27 In Night Match
Richmond hoopsters defeated Winthrop 43 to 27 on Friday night led by Guiou with 17 points. In prelims Winthrop girls won 49 to 12. Other items note a cottage prayer meeting, lodge events, a birthday dinner, and a reunion for Daniel Small’s children with regional attendees and birth of a daughter Lucille Marie to Joseph and Mrs Dillon.
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Richmond High School
Winthrop
Guiou
Richmond
R. A. L. Colby
Louville Kimball
Gardiner
Gertrude Baker
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Eva M. Soule
Hermis Toothaker
Brunswick
Lugard
George
Emma Lapham
Lara Douglass
Augusta
Lydia Kitchen
Coopers Mills
Holbrook
Auburn
Carrie Hall
Dexter
George Coughlin
Lillian Johnson
Washington
Ladies' Aid
Methodist Church
Llewellyn Alexander
Mt. Carmel
Daniel Small
Ethel Allen
Annie Locke
Basil Foss
Sadie Davis
Arlington Heights
Mass
Frank Small
Brownville Junction
George Small
Milo
Henry Small
Bath
Allen
Locke
Small
Bowdeinham
Joseph Dillon
Lucille Marie
Emma Bowley
Litchfield
A. Gertrude Baker
Elizabeth Haynes
Maine General Hospital
Progressives Grange Confers Degrees and Forms Aid
The third and fourth degrees were conferred on 11 candidates at Progressive Grange in Richmond on Friday evening. A Grange Ladies’ Aid was formed with Nettie Leavitt as president Cora Farnum as vice president Margaret Baker as secretary and Carl Rothier as treasurer. An Aid meeting is set for Friday afternoon February 23 at the Progressive Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Grange
Nettie Leavitt
Cora Farnum
Margaret Baker
Carl Rothier
Progressive Grange Hall
Bath's Highway Dept Handles First Big Snowstorm
Bath's highway department kept main routes open by 7 a.m. as about 10 inches fell by 9 a.m. Crews of 20 extra men cleared business district curbs by noon and another crew worked through the night. Electrical service outages were fixed quickly and officials noted sidewalk clearing would focus on main streets.
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Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kennebec
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Woolwich
Central Maine Power Co
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Arthur Avery
Bowie Henderson wedding in Reading witnessed by family
Vernon T Bowie wed Elizabeth Henderson in Reading Massachusetts on a Saturday night double ring ceremony at the bride’s home. The couple’s relatives attended including John Henderson Jr as best man and Lois Quigley as bridesmaid. The groom resumes work after a brief wedding trip.
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Fred A. Bowie
Marion D. Bowie
Rolvin H. Bowie
Reading
Mass
Vernon T. Bowie
Fred Bowie
Elizabeth Henderson
John Henderson
Hi-Y Club Holds Educational Meeting at YMCA Quarters
The Hi Y club met at the YMCA quarters for a semi monthly session with a question and answer program. Delegates reported on the Camden state conference. Next meeting set for Feb 26 with Henry Rice and William Marshall in charge. The club, now 74 members, is over its 50 member limit and cannot admit new members until vacancies occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Henry Rice
William Marshall
Russell Gasser
Y.M.C.A
Norman Alkazin
Allan Atwood
Earl Banks
Edward Cummings
Robert Cummings
James Chambers
Myron Craige
Albert Desmond
Gordon Estes
Clare Fulton
Daniel Hatch
Andrew Hart
Stanley Jack
Freeland King
Robert Levin
David MacDonald
James MacDonald
David Alkazin, Jr
Robert Rice
Edward Sewall
Russell Snell
Robert Wagner
Clarence Warner, Jr
Bruce Wright
Chester Wright
John Sturtevant
Keith Fleming
Robert Hamblet
John Murphy
Harry Bloxsom
Lawrence Boardman
John Bourque
John A. Doyle
Ellison Estes
Richard Fleming
Harold Footer
Bruce Fulton
James W. Gilman
Edward R. Hanson
Raymond Hatch
William A. Hill, Jr
Robert Ingraham
George Johns
Edward Jones
Earl F. Locke
Martin Lozier
John Lowery, Jr
John J. Marks
Robert W. Mitchell
Barton Morrison
Marshall MacDonald
Jerome A. Mc Ninch
Gerard L. Nelson
Harold M. Peasley
John J. Perry
John H. Quirk
Norman E. Seekins
Joseph Spear
Ronald J. Stone
Charles D. Sullivan
James P. Sutherland
Alden S. Thomas
Russell N. Turcotte
James W. Voorhees
John T. Voorhees
Millard S. Warner
George W. Wilson, Jr
Norman MacKinnon
Julien Pomerleau
Malcolm Varney
Dwight Pierce
Woolwich Couple Observe 53rd Wedding Anniversary
Friends and neighbors visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed in Woolwich on February 12 to honor their 53rd anniversary. Congratulatory cards, bouquets from the Solar Lodge Masons, and gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dow accompanied ice cream, cake, and cigars as attendees extended thanks. Notables calling included the Reeds and their relatives, with several named family and local friends present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Reed
Woolwich
Solar Lodge of Masons
Reed
Earl Dow
Myers E. Reed
Everett Rice
Myers E. Reed, Jr
Thomas Murphy
Nellie Savage
Beatrice Adams
Henry, Jr
Sarah Reed
Joseph P. Fernandez
Old Fashioned Dress Parade Feature At West Bath Grange
Mrs. Joanna Hodgkins won first prize in an old fashioned dress parade at a patriot’s program in West Bath grange one evening. Hope Ward took second place with others including Mrs. Edgar Leavitt and Mrs. Bird Shellenbarger participating. Meals and a series of songs readings and small contests followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanna Hodgkins
West Bath Grange
Hope Ward
Edgar D. Leavitt
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Bertha Ward
Fred K Sturtevant
Washington
America
the Grange
The
Grange
Nellie Booker
Lucy Armstrong
Lincoln
America the Beautiful
Thompson Brook Water Pumped for a Time
Because of a Tuesday morning power outage the Bath Water District used the Thompson's Brook auxiliary pump in East Brunswick. Gasoline pumps supplied 1,000,000 gallons daily against 1,900,000 normal use as Libby ordered the Thompson's brook pump started. rust in supply faded, with steam power available at Niquasset if needed for a month’s coal reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Thompson's Brook
East Brunswick
Nequasset
Libby
Nequasset Station
Georgetown Town Meeting Debates Selectmen Candidates
Georgetown residents discuss four candidates for three selectmen seats with potential additional entries. Tax collector has two named. clerk and treasurer have one named so far. Community interest remains high as election approaches and local affairs mix with social events and hospital updates.
D A R State Conference Set for Augusta Maine
Mrs. Fred C. Morgan state regent calls the Maine Society to the 42nd annual D A R conference to be held March 20 and 21 in Representatives Hall State House Augusta with events at Augusta House and the Blaine House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Morgan
Daughters of the American Revolution
Maine Society
Representatives Hall
State House
Augusta
Koussinoc
Augusta House
State Regent
Children of the American Revolution
Carmela Appleby
Fort Western
C.ar
Ada E. Andrews
Blaine House
Lewis O. Barrows
Bath Contributions Most Generous Of All
Mrs. Anna Campbell leads a Finland relief drive collecting clothing from Bath and surrounding towns. Finnish consul in New York praises the quality and quantity sent, noting barrels are opened, sterilized, and shipped quickly to Finland. Donations may be left in district boxes or given to Mrs. Campbell for rapid transfer to the Mannerheim line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Campbell
Finland
New York
Campbell
Mannerheim Line
Sign up drive nets 1200 for Bath hospital service
More than 1200 Bath residents signed to join the Associated Hospital Service affiliated with Bath Memorial Hospital. Enrollment remains open a few days more and closes Saturday the 24th. Service commences March 1 and covers 21 days of treatment per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Associated Hospital Service
Bath Memorial Hospital
A. D. Stetson & Sons, Inc
Fishermen Face Deadly Winter Seas in Gloucester Tradition
Lawrence J. Hart recounts Gloucester sailors braving extreme winter gales from Virginia Capes to Greenland. He cites subzero spray, ice-choked rigging, fog, and wrecks at Georges Bank and Grand Banks, including the Blackburn story of surviving five days with frozen limbs for a coastward rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Hart
Gloucester
Georges Bank
New England
Grand Banks
Sable Island
Atlantic
Howard Blackburn
Blackburn
Tom Welch
Newfoundland
Welch
Sewall Praises The Merit System In Maine
State Senate President Sumner Sewall of Bath told the Sunday Morning Men's Class in Waterville that government should be a low cost producer like business He urged job security for honest efficient public workers and promotion as reward He called for reasonable hours adequate pay and occasional days off Alden G Smith arrived from Kenosha Wisconsin to visit Bath for several days
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Senate
Sumner Sewal
Bath
Waterville
Maine
Sewall
Lnwear
Death of Harlan M. Fossett noted at Five Islands
A brief obituary from Five Islands reports Harlan M. Fossett died Sunday morning in Berlin New Hampshire after a ten day illness. He was a Berlin school principal and historic cottage owner at Gott's Cove, survived by his wife daughter Miss Anne and son Harlan Jr. Funeral was held in Berlin with burial at Five Islands Cemetery. extended sympathy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan M. Fossett
Berlin
N. H
Gott's Cove
Anne
Harlan, Jr
Five Islands
Fred Johnson
Waltham
Sedgemere Road
Exeter
N.H
Arthur
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter Hospital
Johnson
Madelyn Berry
Red Cross
Good Neighbor Club
Lawrence Bailey
Islands
Bath
Ralph Davis
F. P. Carr
Everett Cromwell
Seward Emmons
Isabel Stevens
Carrie Stevens
J. G. Stevens
J. J. Gibson
William Marr
Rose Wilkins
Georgetown
Franklin Koehlwetter
Inez Allen
Lawmaker Proposes Yearlong Auto Registration Renewal Plan
Representative Joseph W. Larrabee outlined a plan to shift auto registrations to a 12 month cycle instead of March 1. He cited efficiency, noting Delaware Maryland South Carolina Arkansas and the District of Columbia already use renewal, with 180 000 Maine owners needing 1940 registrations in a month. The proposal would stagger renewals and ease processing for the State Motor Vehicle Bureau.
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Joseph W. Larrabee
First Baptist Brotherhood
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Larrabee
Mainé
State
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Two Accidents Reported Tuesday In Bath Area
Two accidents occurred Tuesday at Center street intersections. At Center and Middle, Daniel R. Lee and Chester Pendleton collided. both cars sustained front left and left rear damage. Later at Center and Water, W Channing Shorey and Frank W. Blaisdell collided. front right and left forward fenders were damaged.
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Center Street
Daniel R. Lee
Summer Street
Chester Pendleton
Wiscasset
Center
Middle Streets
Lee
Middle
Pendleton
Bath
W. Channing Shorey
York Street
Frank W. Blaisdell
Farris Street
Portland
Water Streets
Shorey
Water Street
Blaisdell
Washington's Birthday Observance Delays Services in Bath and Brunswick
Thursday's holiday prompts Bath and Brunswick stores to close while some stay open at night. Banks and post office general delivery operate limited hours 10 to 11, with no carrier mail deliveries. City hall closes. Memorial hospital records a birth, Donald Wayne, Feb 17 to Mr and Mrs Newman Frank Kenner Briamswek.
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Washington
Bath
Brunswick Mos
City
Donald Wayne
Memorial Hospital
Newman Frank Kennerson Briamswek
Patriotic Birthday Program for Lincoln and Washington
T W Hyde Camp and Auxiliary held a Lincoln and Washington birthday program in G A R hall with 120 attendees. Betsy Ross and Old Black Joe portrayals, numerous committee members, piano accompaniment, speeches and songs by local groups and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Lincoln
Washington
G. A. R. Hall
Charlotte Garey
Betsy Ross
Martha Stone
Gardiner Crookes
David L. Wilson
Dixie
Junior Girls
Jolly Ramblers
Kenneth Snowdon
Lois McLean
Elfreda Perkins
Barbara Kilbreth
Swing Hill Billies
South of the Border
Rena Crocker
Betty
Winter Street Men's Club Program Features Dances and Demonstrations
A Thursday meeting of the Winter Street Men's Club will present a varied program including a Dance Revue by pupils of Mrs Olive Plummer. Francis S McPherson will accompany on piano. Dancers include Elaine Noyes Anna May Berry Eleanor Gotte Barbara Morse Millicent Hecht and Carolyn Miller. The Harmonica Boys Harold E Freeman David S Henderson and John Howe perform. Victor R Linnell of the Bath Vocational Art School will demonstrate work and sketch attendees. A meat pie supper with dessert is scheduled for 6 30 pm. A vote will be taken on attendance for the March 14 Central Church meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Men's Club
Olive Plummer
Francis S. McPherson
Elaine Noyes
Anna May Berry
Eleanor Gotte
Barbara Morse
Millicent Hecht
Carolyn Miller
Harmonica Boys
Harold E. Freeman
David S. Henderson
John Howe
Victor R. Linnell
Bath Vocational Art School
Central Church
Uptown Theatre Announces Baby Popularity Contest
Beginning February 26 entries are accepted at the Uptown Theatre for a baby popularity contest open to children under four. First prize is 25 dollars. runners up win merchandise. Parents get a free photo sitting at the Thompson Studio. photos become parental property after the event. Watch Bath Daily Times for updates.
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Uptown Theatre
Uptown Theatre-Thompson Studio
Uptown
Thomvnson
Bath Daily Times
Personal Notes From Local Circles
Miss Helen reports ML Lesier is on vacation from the New England Tel and Tel traffic department. Edward A Cummings, treasurer of Cummings Motors, visited Boston and New York last week. Mrs James O Lincoln hosted a Tuesday noon gathering at the hotel Sedawack Cubs played in the afternoon. Dr and Mrs Donald F Preble left for New York City to attend the Sportsmen's show. Joseph Higenson of Portland visited his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Thomas F D Perkins on upper Washington street. Mrs Harriet Royal, a Yarmouth schools teacher, arrived to spend a week with her aunt Mrs Edgar C Murphy at 25 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter T. Newdick
W. A. Todd
Walter V. Cummings
Frank S. Heald
Walter
Thomas M. Hagan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Working League
Ernest Heald
F. S. Koehlwetter
Bath
Elizabeth Deer
Newton
Clarence Hill
Cambridge
Alonzo Hunt
West Georgeown
John R Birckie
Pive Islands
Helen
ML Lesier
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Edward A Cummings
Cummings Motors
Tne
Boston
New York
James O Lincoln
Snn
Portland
Thomas FD Perkins
Washington Street
Harriet Royal
Yarmouth
Edgar CC. Murphy
Obituary for John Stevens of Woolwich Dies at world war veteran
A service was held Tuesday afternoon at Curtis funeral home in Bath for John Stevens of Woolwich. He served aboard the Kearsarge Woolsey and the receiving ship Boston from 1917 to 1919. Stevens was a past commander of Dyer Flaherty post V F W and the first member of Admiral Charles F Hughes Navy club to die.
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Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Bath
John Stevens
Woolwich
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Stevens
Joseph Kelley
Arthur Wilson
Theodore Beaudoin
Floyd Preble
Jesse Sanders
Kearsarge
Woolsey
Boston
Charles F. Hughes Navy Club
Death of Mrs Margaret McLean 51 in Kittery
Word received in Bath states Mrs. Margaret McLean died February 11 in Kittery at age 51. Born in Cleveland she moved to Bath as a girl then Georgetown before settling in Kittery with husband Edward A. McLean a former Bath Iron Works worker now at the Navy Yard. She leaves four children Edward F. of Kittery, Margaret Tucker of Topsham, Harold P. and Arthur A. of Kittery, plus her mother Mrs. Margaret Shaw of Kittery and sister Mrs. George Tobey of Kittery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kittery
Margaret McLean
Edward A. McLean
Georgetown
Mrs Rebecca Weinstein Dies In Portland Funeral Set
Mrs Rebecca Weinstein of 73 Merrill Street Portland died Saturday evening in Portland. Survived by husband Harry and five children including Mrs Samuel Povich of Portland. Children Herbert Portland Joseph New Haven Dorchester pair Mrs William Hurwitz and Mrs Lillian Gershwin Dorchester. Interment Mt Sinai Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Weinstein
Merrill Street
Portland
Bath
Samuel Povich
Middle Street
Weinstein
Harry
Povich
Herbert
Joseph
New Haven
Conn
William Hurwitz
Lillian Gershwin
Dorchester
Mass
Mt. Sinai Cemetery
George B Richardson Dies Sudden In Woolwich Home
George B. Richardson aged 76, once a motorman for the L B and B line on the Bath Lewiston route, died Saturday night at his son George D. Richardson’s Woolwich home. He had farmed in Westport and was wintering in Woolwich. his passing came suddenly and without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Richardson
Bath
Lewiston
George D. Richardson
Woolwich
Westport
John Stevens Dies at 47 in Togus Hospital
John Stevens of Woolwich aged 47 died Saturday night at the Veterans Facility hospital in Togus. He was the son of Silas Stevens and Cora Hilton Stevens of Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stevens
Woolwich
Veterans Facility Hospital
Togus
Silas and
Cora
Hilton) Stevens
Rockland
Funeral for David F. Gavagan Held at St Marys Church
Large attendance at the funeral for David F. Gavagan a Coburn Classical Institute athlete who died from a heart ailment. Rev David P Surrette led services with bearers William Hill Walter Rogers Arthur Sarkis Lewis Swett. The body lay in state in Boston Cassidy parlors before burial at Mt Benedict Cemetery West Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
David F. Gavagan
Coburn Classical Institute
Waterville
David P. Surrette
William Hill
Walter Rogers
Arthur Sarkis
Lewis Swett
Boston
Cassidy
Harrison Avenue
West Roxbury
Mt. Benedict Cemetery
Funeral Service for George B. Richardson in Bath
The funeral of George B. Richardson of Westport, formerly of Bath, who died suddenly Saturday night at his son's home in Woolwich, was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Winter Street Church, Bath. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated. Bearers were Frank W. Danforth, Earl F. Freeman, Harry H. Watson, and Harry C. Williams of Acadia lodge K of P. Entombment followed at Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Richardson
Westport
Bath
Woolwich
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Frank W. Danforth
Earl F. Freeman
Harry H. Watson
Harry C. Williams
Acadia Lodge
Maple Grove
Social News Notes From Local Households
Mr and Mrs Jason A Merrill of lower Washington Street are in Boston on business. Miss Elena Bianchi of Framingham arrives to spend the holiday with Mr and Mrs Frederick Drake. Mrs Stanley R Hunter hosts Wesley Sorority at Brunswick Road with a costume party. Mrs Herbert McCullough of Lisbon Falls visits Washington Street relatives due to Mr Moores illness. Miss Miriam Adams of Woonsocket High School visits her mother on Works Street. Mr and Mrs William S Shorey depart for Santego California to visit her brother J F Sargent and stop at the Grand Canyon en route, away until early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason A. Merrill
Washington Street
Boston
Elena Bianchi
Framingham
Mass
Frederick E. Drake
Stanley R. Hunter
Wesley Sorority
Brunswick Road
Herbert McCullough
Lisbon Falls
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Hi-Y Club
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D.A.R
Roussinoc Chapter
Boston Transcript
Alden G. Smith
Kenosha
Wis
Farber Davis
Edith Davis
Richard Potter
Potter
Orville Rowe
Charles Burgess
Frank, Carleton
Percy Savage
Warner Eustis
Baptist Brotherhood
Winter Street Men’s Club
Dyer-Flaherty Post V. F. W
Margaret M'Lean
D. F. Gavagan Funeral
G.B. Richardson
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston