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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1946
Page
8
Obscure notices describe a funeral at Roberts Funeral Home in Dresden and a parade plan with speakers Senator Neil Breeham and Owen McGurty. Attendees include Emerson school seniors, marching auxiliaries, and a fund purse for graduates. Attendance by prominent locals in Maine towns and nearby states is noted along with weddings and visits.
Georgetown graduation events Thursday evening feature addresses by eighth and seventh grade pupils, a class procession, salutations, poems, songs, and diplomas. The article also notes club meetings, summer preparations, and local residents visiting, moving, or hosting guests at MacMahon Island and nearby cottages.
The Bible class met with Mrs Harland Pinkham and Mrs William Marr will host this week. Various residents attend church, visit summer homes, and travel to nearby towns. Graduation exercises and local outings are noted, with Mr and Mrs Harford, Dr C Gordon Brownville, and many Bath area residents mentioned along with Memorial Day preparations.
Bernard R. Frazer USN arrived home Sunday evening at 4 Franklin Street after a three year service with two years in the Pacific. He has received an honorable discharge.
The notice urges erecting a lasting Monument and suggests viewing semi finished or original sketches to aid in choosing a satisfying Memorial Day tribute.
A historical notice from 1884 records Marius H Page opposing the Kennebec Greenhouses project at 224 North Street establishing a local dispute over greenhouse development in the town.
Arthur G. Oliver born Bath May 2 1882 died in a Portland hospital after a short illness. He worked for The Times in Bath and Worcester Telegraph and later held machinist and galvanizing roles before settling in Portland. Survived by wife two sons Warren D. Oliver Wilbur C. Oliver mother Esther Oliver and five grandsons. He belonged to Polar Star Lodge F and A M and Colonial club.
John J Nolan aged 53 years six months died at his home 9 West street Bath Thursday morning at ten. He was born in Gloucester Massachusetts son of Fabian and Margaret Kilbride Nolan and worked as a machinist at Bath Iron Works. Survived by wife Jennie M Nolan a son Darwin K Nolan two sisters Mrs James Moody of Brooklyn New York and Mrs Margaret Warren of Salem Massachusetts. Funeral services were held Mayo Funeral Residence Sunday at two o clock conducted by Rev Dr David L Wilson.
Dorothy M. Taylor of Greenville died last evening. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Marshall and a Morse High School graduate in the class of 1935. Survived by husband J Randolph Taylor her parents a sister and two brothers with several nieces and nephews.
Mrs Delia E Haley 54 died Saturday morning at Portsmouth New Hampshire Hospital after a short illness. She was the daughter of Mrs Annie Fletcher and the late Lorenzo Fletcher. Survived by husband Raymond Haley mother and a brother. Funeral at Wood Memorial Home Portsmouth Tuesday 10 30 a.m. Prayers and burial at Harding's Station 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Arthur G. Oliver, longtime newspaper man and former Times staff member, were held Monday at 2 30 PM at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Rev Chester B Oliver officiated. Bearers were George Nugent Herbert Anderson Lloyd Beers and Eugene McGrath. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
The funeral of John J. Nolan was held at the Mayo Funeral Residence on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson conducted the service. Bearers were David Y. Alkazin, Louis Dennis, Elmer F. Blake, and Fenton I. Moore. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Mrs Arthur Baum of Portsmouth New Hampshire is visiting her son Dr Ralph D Warren who lives on Washington Street in the city.
Miss Jennie Gertrude Silsby died Wednesday at age 74. A longtime City educator, she taught from 1896 to 1927 and led North Grammar School from 1927 to 1941 before retirement. Survived by a niece and a nephew, with services Friday at her home conducted by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue.
William F. Parks U S Army died in a Texas hospital after an illness likely contracted in the area. He was the son of Ora Parks and the late Fire Chief Charles E Parks. Survived by his widow Edith Shorey Parks two children Barbara and Willis F Jr his mother and a brother Charles Parks Jr. Funeral details not available.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Delia Fletcher Haley wife of Raymond Haley of Portsmouth New Hampshire Tuesday with the Methodist pastor officiating. Many Bath relatives attended including Annie Fletcher mother and John H Williams Edward Jaquith James Mitchell and Frank French. She died after a surgery and her family had visited their Bath cottage recently. Burial followed in the Hardinges cemetery family lot with a committal service by Rev Charles L Kinney.
Mrs Donald B. Wilson and Mrs Pearl Campbell of High street and Mrs David L. Wilson of Washington street passed Tuesday in Lewiston.
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