Emerson Legion Poppy Drive and Local Notes Highlight Richmond
Emerson school children in grades four through six sold poppies under the auxiliary and Mrs Roy Gilpatrick. The Emerson A L post held its annual meeting and elected officers led by Commander Ernest Frye. Memorial Day plans, community notices, obituaries, and school and sports items fill the Richmond page with local events and personal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Emerson School
Auxiliary
Roy Gilpatrick
Mayford Morris
Frank Sherman
Emerson Post, A. L
Ernest Frye
Walter Barnes
Pearl Rittall
Don O. Cate
Huarold Richardson
Kenneth Almy
John Dixon
Houston
James Carr
Prin
Miss Purinton
Home Economics
Solon Purinton
Richmond
Richmond High School
Frances Webber
Charlotte Cate
Edward Seamans
Clifford Lothridge
Norman Walker
Helen Seamans
Constance Skinner
Alice Watson
Claudia Cote
Beverly Cadenelli
Marion Skinner
Helyn Walton
Melville Hanson
Lornia Cote
Laura Mann Sarrin
Barbara Heenie
Myron Heenie
Glenn White
Josiah White
State Federation of Music
Gardiner
Viola Douglass
Ideal Home Corner Club
D. of A. V. Hall
Alfred Tves
Methodist Church
Emerson-Lane Post
A. L
Bowdoinham
Baptist Church
Lester Norton
Abbie M. McKenney
Gilbert
Ernest Rice
Frank Bishop
Cleveland Marriner
Earle Preble
Richmond Cemetery
Beverley
Mass
Charles Rogers
Clarence T. Rogers
Togus
Flora Denham
Mt. Carmel
Portland
Courtney Hinckley
Leon Shepard
Hazel Libby
Raymond Libby
City Hall
Charles Farrin
North Front Street
Gilbert Edgett
Freeman Mosher
Fred Lewis
Francis ‘Sherman
Wiscasset
Ruth Lang
Frances Carr
Melvin Hutchinson, Jr
Odd Fellows Hall
Laurence Bond
Audrey Prosser
Robert Hutchinson
Lester R. Norton
Postoffice Square
Main Street
Cotton and Evergreen Cemeteries
Teachers' Club Dines and Debates on School Budget
The Teachers' Club banquet at Hotel Sedgwick featured Prof. Athern P. Daggett on European democracy and a plan to fund a Morse High senior’s World’s Fair trip. A $3,000 school budget cut was discussed with no restoration of pay or sick leave, and retirement honors were given to North Primary’s Miss Martha Hooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athern P. Daggett
Bowdoin College
Hotel Sedgwick
Jean L. Danforth
John H. Grindell
Carleton W. Andrews
Frederick W. Humphreys
Lillian F. Fisher
Amy A. Trish
Alma S. Kirkpatrick
Theo M. McNeil
Thomas E. McCormick
Nathan W. Watson
Laura A. Mitchell
Martha E. Hooper
North Primary
Pomeroy
Eleanor P. Danforth
Frank A. Givin
Helen L. Hayes
Harry W. Smith
Granville M. Colby
Fred J. Higgins
Marjorie E. Palmer
John Parker
Former Bath Residents Visit. Riveting Pioneers Recalled
Coleman C O'Brien and Edward H Welch, once riveters at Bath Iron Works and Sewall shipyards, visited Bath with their wives and Katherine S O'Brien. O'Brien retired from Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1940 after long public works service. Welch to retire from welding at the Navy Yard soon. They recalled hand riveting before pneumatic hammers and plan Memorial Day cemetery visits with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman C. O'Brien
Edward H. Welch
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath Iron Works
Sewall
Bath
O'Brien
Rapper
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Puble Works
Navy Yard
Welch
Davenport City Hall
Nora O'Brien
Mary Conley
Galway
Ireland
Clifton Nickerson Honored as Sophomore Owl Leader
Clifton Scales Nickerson of Bath, among 17 Class of 1943 leaders, is tapped for Sophomore Owls at the University of Maine. He played football and basketball, stars on the baseball team, majors in forestry, and belongs to Phi Gamma Delta. Bath visitors Dr and Mrs George Percy of Salem, Mass, visit Bath en route to Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Scales Nickerson
Bath
U. of M
Nickerson
Mary J. Scales
College of Agriculture
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
George Percy
Salem
Mass
Popham Beach
Landmark willows removed along Georgetown Route 127
A long familiar row of willows in front of the late W. C. Todd residence on Route 127 in Georgetown has been removed due to highway encroachment and ongoing road work. Wood from the trees was sold for use on the lot behind the town hall as tar surface work proceeds on Route 127 and a nearby class road to Kennebec Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
W. C. Todd
School Union No
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Westport
Phippsburg
Stanwood C. Gilman
John H. Carter
Union 48
Riggsville
Five Islands
Gilman
Boston University
University of Maine
Bates Summer School
Bristol
Laconia
N. H
Walpole
Mass
Auburn
Ernest L. Heal
Kennebec Point
Ralph E. Pickett
Scarsdale
N. Y
Topsham
Walter F. Powers
J. Hooker Wilson
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
T.N. Williams
Massachusetts
Roscoe Scott
Westfield
Ralph Scott
Boothbay Harbor
Rosa Smith
Boston
Scott
West Georgetown
Harry H. Heald
Traverse
Superior Court
Bath
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose
Todd
Annie Jones
Robinhood
Ralph Dunton
Charles McMahan
Walter Bean
Meta Bearce
Malden
Benjamin H. Riggs
Winthrop
Marylee
Guy Low
Elsie R. Clapp
New York City
Margaret Zorach
New York
Zorach Farm
Adolph Spear
Allen C. Brown
Candy’s Harbor
Lester Card
A. M. Jones
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Fla
Enterprise Grange Confers First and Second Degrees
Enterprise Grange of Richmond met Tuesday night and conferred the first and second degrees on six candidates. The program featured Helen Bishop, vocal solos by Ethel Rankins, readings by Lawrence Thompson and Paul Batchelder, a poem by Edith Blodgett, and other readings. Oldest mother honors went to Ann Spofford, Marion Young, and Marilyn Coughlin. Third and fourth degrees are planned for the next meeting on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange of
Richmond
Helen Bishop
Ethel Rankins
Lawrence ‘Thompson
Edith Blodgett
Minnie Batchelder
Ann Spofford
Marion Young
Marilyn Coughlin
Wallace Gardner
Albert Carr
Paul Batchelder
Merrymeeting Grange Hosts Ada McConnell Speaker on Health
Merrymeeting Grange of Bowdoinham met Friday evening. Mrs. Ada McConnell of Richmond, State nurse, spoke on Health and Sanitation as substitute lecturer Mrs. Ralph McEwen announced. A June 14 agricultural meeting with open session and a department of agriculture speaker is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Ralph McEwen
Ada McConnell
Richmond
Department of Agriculture
McEwen
Mank Family Weekend Visit and Travel Plans
Mr. Henry W Mank and family visit his parents in Flushing New York for the weekend. Mrs Mank will meet relatives in Bath while Mr Mank returns Sunday. R B Parrish plans to join Mrs Parrish in Arlington Massachusetts where she has stayed two weeks with her daughter Mrs Edward B Thornton. they return Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Mank
Judith
Donald Ralph
Flushing
N. Y
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Mr. Mank
Bath
Erastus
Jewett
Winslow Place
R. B. Parrish
Highland Street
Miss Cunningham's Pupils in a Dance Recital
Fifth annual recital at Morse high school auditorium featured pupils from Bath Waldoboro Damariscotta and Lisbon Falls. The program listed numerous dances with names of dancers and instructors including Miss Mary H Cunningham and Cecil Fullerton in charge of lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Cunningham
Morse High School
Bath
Waldoboro
Damariscotta
Lisbon Falls
Dazian
Alfred Farrow
David Young
Cecil L. Fullerton
Myrna M. Avery
Francis 8. McPherson
Joseph Avery
Toy Land
Tin Soldiers
Connie Randolph
Nancy Moody
Greta Ralph
Janice Ralph
Lydia Flint
Marion Smith
Patty Genthner
Elaine Hilton
Joan Winchenbaugh
Marion Glidden
Alice Osier
Ona Hilton
Audrey Durant
Shirley Christopher
Allison Davis
Marilyn Temple
Teresa Tardiff
Merline Jameson
Norman Guynn
Joan Burns
Janice Fitze
Helen Ralph
Marlene Witham
Sally Sprague
Doris Levensaler
Leatrice Payne
Dolores Tilton
Paulyne Ouellette
Ann Wilson
Nancy Marco
Katherine Poole
Patsy Parson
Marvis Lewis
Theo Ann Barstow
Natalie Hagan
Eleanor Fullerton
Beverly Curran
May Nelson
Marion Getchell
Germaine Bonney
Frances Callan
Norma Hill
Shaganola
Patricia Kuhn
Cynthia Tibbetts
Barbara Coffin
Nancy Miller
Kay Davis
Avis Genthner
Jeanette Genthner
Barbara Hilton
Norma Wakeley
Norman Wakeley
Lorene Vannah
Wabba
Dolly
Polly Parson
Allison da
Five Islands cottage building and local seaside notes
Lumber arrived for a cottage built by Vernal and Mrs Chaney of Kittery near Five Islands. Residents enjoy Ledgewood access with a no fire rule. Measles closed school briefly. many locals work at Bath Iron Works. summer openings at Seguinland and Hagans Cove cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Chaney
Kittery
Five Islands
Alton Reed
Chaney
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Warner Eustis
Ledgewood
L. D. Moulton
New York City
Seguinland
Good Neighbor Club
Woodrow Gray
George McKinnon
Bath Iron Works
Vernon Gray
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Mass
Hagans Cove
Charles Blaisdell
Woolwich
James Baker
Otis Baker
Norwood and
Harmon's Harbor
MacMahan Set for 1941 Fiftieth Summer Anniversary
Rev George S Pine 87th birthday noted in Providence. Lichen Lodge improvements at MacMahan led by Bow doin N Gregson. Rt Rev Benjamin Brewster, Maine Bishop, to retire after 24 years. MacMahan Island to mark its 50th anniversary as a summer resort in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
St. Cuthbert's Chapel
MacMahan
Children shine at Bowdoinham Ridge school program
At Progressive Grange night, Miss Joan McCarty and pupils staged recitations from The Little Turtle to Death of Lincoln. The Bangor Children's Home group toured the facility with instructor Vincent Whitney, learning foster care progress and case histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Bowdoinham Ridge
Joan McCarty
Juvenile Enterprise Grange
Jessie Cote
Eugene Johnson
Byron Lutherbury
Nancy Lou Lamoreau
Clifford Gray
Joan Card
Barbara Freitchie
Connie Guiou
Little Housekeeper
Jackie Guiou
Roger Gibbs
Forrest Smith
Tor
Bangor Children’s Home
Vincent Whitney
University of Maine
Former City Marshal Charles T. Small Dies
Charles T. Small, 70, longtime Bath resident and former city marshal, died Tuesday at his home 3 High Street. He served on the police force, was a Polar Star Mason and an Odd Fellow. He leaves wife, three sons including Deputy Sheriff Loring D. Small, and three daughters, with three grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Small
High Street
Thomas W
Rachel
Marriner) Small
Mr. Small
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Lincoln Lodge
Odd Fellows
Loring D. Small
West Bath
Edwin F. Small
Phippsburg
Charles T. Small, Jr
Bath
Rotary Club
Ralph H. Dunton
Portland
Harold J. Haggett
Wilbert Bates
Dana Weldom Small
Lucy Ann Haggett
Joseph Solovich Dies Suddenly in Bath Merchant Career
Joseph Solovich 73 a Bath businessman died Tuesday morning while preparing to go to Standard Cloak and Dry Goods Store 96 Front Street. A Russian immigrant he built a real estate portfolio and became active in Masons Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Survived by wife Jennie three daughters two grandchildren and one niece. Funeral Wednesday at Mt Sinai Cemetery Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Solovich
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods
Front Street
Solovich
Bath
The
Masons, Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Jennie (Povich) Solovich
Philip L. Eaton
Abraham Shwartz
Manila
P. I
Rockefeller Gift Joins War Relief Drive for Red Cross
The Red Cross war relief drive receives $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller Jr and family and others. Mrs Frick of Pittsburgh donates 26000 for British relief, with allocations split between New York City and Pittsburgh. Countess di Limur and Countess Lasala Szechenyi each give 1000 to the Washington D C chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefellers
RED Cross
WAR Relief Fund
Bath
Harry L. Day
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Norman H. Davis
Mr. Davis
Helen Frick
Pittsburgh
Miss Frick
New York City
Washington
Countess di Limur
D. C
Lasala Szechenyi
Marcia Moulton
Bath Savings Institution
Obituary John L. Perry 44 Swift & Co. salesman dies in Bath
John L. Perry 44 longtime Swift & Co. salesman died Wednesday in Memorial hospital after being stricken Tuesday afternoon at his Bath home. Born in Bath he lived all his life here and was a member of Roland Smith post A L and Polar Star lodge Masons. He began with Swift on June 5 1925 and funeral services are Friday at 3 30 p m at Curtis funeral home 942 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Perry
Swift & Co
Memorial Hospital
Middle Street
Mr. Perry
Bath
Scott C
Belle F. Perry
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Earl P. Cahoon
Ralph Robinson
Hadley Tremaine
West Bath
Helen Robinson
Curtis
Washington Street
Henry J Holden 77 West Bath resident dies in Yarmouth
Henry J Holden 77 longtime West Bath resident died Friday at his sister Mrs Rachel Chases home in Yarmouth where he had lived the last ten years He was born in Jackman son of Benjamin and Jane Holden came to West Bath in 1896 He ran a saw mill in West Bath worked as a millwright in Leeds Junction served as road commissioner for over ten years He lived on Bull Bridge road He was a Mason and West Bath Grange member He leaves a son Gerald Holden of New York a daughter Mrs John C Wharff of West Bath seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Holden
West Bath
Rachel Chase
Yarmouth
Mr. Holden
Jackman
Benjamin
Jane Holden
Leeds Junction
Bull Bridge Road
Masonic Order
West Bath Grange
Holden
Gerald Holden
New York
John C. Wharff
Young Boy Lewis E. Wilson Jr Dies After Surgery
Lewis E. Wilson Jr., 14, son of Lewis E. and Laura E. Wilson of 120 North Street, died at 5:40 a.m. after surgery for acute appendicitis at Memorial Hospital. He was a North Grammar pupil and Boy Scout. Survived by parents and sister Eleanor. Viewing Friday 7 to 10 p.m. at 120 North Street. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Wilson, Jr
Lewis E
Laura E. Wilson
North Street
Memorial Hospital
Master Wilson
North Grammar School
Boy Scout Movement
Eleanor Wilson
Funeral for Miss Nancy Trask Held in Winnegance
Miss Nancy E. Trask formerly of Bath died February 9 in Vassalboro. Her funeral was Monday at 10 30 in the Winnegance Baptist church officiated by Rev. Charles R. Sims. Bearers were Frank Allegrin Alvah Brann Frank Perow and Reuben Purington. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy E. Trask
Bath
Vassalboro
Baptist Church
Winneganee
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Frank Allegrin
Alvah Brann
Frank Perow
Reuben Purington
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Katherine D King Funeral Held for 31 year old
The funeral service for Katherine D. King aged 31 who died May 28 after a six month illness was held Thursday at ten at her home 675 Middle Street Rev David P Surette presiding Bearers were George Wilson Edward J McMann John W Conway and Edward M Hartnett Burial took place in Oak Grove cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine D. King
Middle Street
David P. Surette
George Wilson
Edward J. McMann
John W. Conway
Edward M. Hartnett
Oak Grove Cemetery
Holden Funeral Held in West Bath for Henry J. Holden
The funeral for Henry J. Holden who died in Yarmouth was held Sunday afternoon at Mrs. John C. Whorff’s home on Foster's Point road West Bath. Rev. Chester B. Oliver of Wesley Church officiated with bearers Edwin Whorff William Bailey and Edward Larrabee. Burial followed in Donnell cemetery West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Holden
Yarmouth
John C. Whorff
Foster’s Point Road
West Bath
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church
Edwin Whorff
William Bailey
Edward Larrabee
Donnell Cemetery
Annie Libby pastry cook at Colonial cafe noted
The notes state Mrs. Annie M. Libby is employed as a pastry cook at the Colonial cafe. Thelma Thornton entered Memorial hospital Tuesday evening and underwent an appendicitis operation Wednesday morning. The S O S club met at Mrs. Theodorus N. Vam vakias home, 850 Middle street, after a business meeting with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Libby
Colonial Cafe
Thelma Thornton
Memorial Hospital
S. 0
Theodorus N. Vamvakias
Middle Street
Harry Argiroulas
Page Street
Brunswick
Ruth Shellenbarger
Canada
Windsor
United States
Detroit
Lansing
Mr. Shellenbarger
Michigan
Bath
North End
Shellenbarger
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Nettie Leavitt
Pauline Purinton
Depositors Trust Co
George B. Fargo
Dover
James Haynes
Yvonne Armstron
Washington, D. C
William Oakes
May Chaney
Will Chaney
Bangor
Phyllis Monroe
Palm Beach
Hartley Ranger
Bar Harbor
George Gibbs
Carl Gibbs
Charles Watson
Haines Landing
E. N. Dearborn
Raymond Whitney
Brockton, Mass
Teachers’ Club
Morse
Coleman C. O’brien
Fire Department
Clifton Nickerson
Enterprise Grange
Clair Martin
Hazel Goodridge
Jean Barankovich
Gertrude White
Ann Riendéan
Geraldine Small
Marion Hamond
Anita Bagdikian
Nola
Barbara Reardon
Bernice McCrater
Ann Desmond
Claire Martin
Beverly Linnell
Peggy Parson
Beverly Hancock
Part
Goody
Buck
Mood Indigo
Mexiconga
Peegy Parson
Patricia Vennett
Betty Jones
Nancy Sewall
Nailie Hagan
Marguerite Rines
Marion Cretchell
Norma Wakely
Carmen Huse
Bates College Campus
Roosevelt
Letitia Blen
Billy Blen
Cambridge
Blen
Sedgemere Road
D. L. Howard
D. R. Stevens
Rose Mary Cunningham
Ellen Cunningham
Elizabeth Murphy
Florence Quigg
Katherine Buckley
Augusta
Cunningham Cottage
P. D. Wilkins
Lewiston
Victor Carey
Carel Cottage
J. J. Gibson
Mr. McKinnon
McKinnon
Earl Hickley
James Parks
Brockton
Jones Cottage
Marion Ainley
Ann Bagley
Roxbury
Hinckley
Ronald Smith
P. B. Savage
J. G. Stevens
Orville Rowe
Katharine Pendergast
Marion Stevens
M’mahan
Miss Trask
H. J. Holden
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston