Richmond Church Appoints William T Bennett For Another Year
Rev. William T Bennett is reappointed as a Methodist pastor for another year by Bishop John Wesley Lord during the Maine Methodist Conference in Bath. Memorial Day services feature Emerson Lane Auxiliary and local veterans groups with ceremonies at Richmond, Evergreen, Dresden and other cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Bennett
Methodist
John Wesley Lord
Bath
Brunswick Road
Sam Hill Farm
Carol Yeaton
Larry Carr
Jamies Babb
Jane Poland
Ronald Leon
Grace Hatfield
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Roscoe Whitten
Gardiner
Haviland C. Joyce
Jesse J. Starr
Main Street
Richmond
Evergreen
West Dresden
Dresden Mills
South Dresden
Emerson Lane
Legion Hall
Winifred Gahagan
Lewiston
Laura Reynolds
Marcia Baker
Eunice Kinney
Bertha Curtis
Grace Dickinson
Alice Gilpatrick
Marion Babb
Gertrude Riley
Aretta Clarke
Mildred Brown
Gahagan
Sarah Mae Nelson
James A. Nelson
School Street
Hugh Nelson Lancaster
Mabel Lancaster
Ernest Lancaster
Bowdoinham
Methodist Parsonage
Dresden Students Lead Junior High Ranks and Local News
Norma Meserve will be valedictorian and Michael Casey salutatorian as Dresden Junior High honors its top students. The report also lists local visits and family stories, including Cpl Albert Robbins return, guests of the Sheldons, and community members visiting relatives in Boston and Lowell.
Local Residents and Visitors Highlight Small Town Notes
Mr and Mrs George Johnson hosted guests at Main Street while the couple also spent time in West Dresden at their summer home. Mrs Fred Stilphen of Gar diner street visited her son Lee and family in Plymouth New Hampshire for several weeks. Walter Knight was a patient at New England Medical Center in Boston for several weeks and returned home Saturday. Francis Bailey president of Gorham Teachers College and several students visited the high school on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Seekins
Farmingdale
Robert Cutler
Spruce Street
William Teckles
Alexander Road
William Foster
Wenham
Mass
Mary Day
Augusta General Hospital
Raymond Peacock
Milton
River Road
Parker Owen
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Isabelle Randall
Boston
Richmond
Atlantic City
National Nurses Association
Inez Freeman
Cambridge
George Glasheen
Arlington
George Johnson
Main Street
West Dresden
Fred Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Lee
Plymouth
N. H
Walter Knight
New England Medical Center Hospital
Gorham _ Teachers College
Francis Bailey
Homus Hicks
West Newton
Marrtown
Ralph Carlisle
Kennebec Point
Blanche Westall
Zorach Turn
Robinhood
Walter Parker
Laskey Place
Carroll Powers
Walter Powers
Lester
Vincent MacMahan
Herbert Marlowe
Harold Loveitt
Addie Loveitt
New York
Bath
Official visit by Lillian Bauman to Bath Auxiliary
Mrs. Lillian E. Bauman of Michigan City Ind visited the Bath Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans in Maine for a two day stay. She urged support for the nationwide membership drive and the Clara Barton Scholarship. She attended church services and toured the Veterans Hospital at Togus where she and companions received warm welcomes. A turkey banquet was held in her honor at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian E. Bauman
Michigan City
Ind
Bath
United Spanish War Veterans
Maine
Washington, D. C
Sedgwick
Clara Barton
New Jersey’s Democratic leaning in presidential votes since 1872
New Jersey has voted Democratic in all but four presidential elections since 1872, reflecting a long standing pattern of party alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Georgetown Center Week in Local Activities and Visits
A parish meeting at the First Baptist church elected Frank S. Heald treasurer to succeed the late Deacon Howard Heald. Belle Heald was named church treasurer and a deacon vacancy was filled temporarily by Earle Hagan. Many residents and visitors are listed at cottages, travels, and social events across Georgetown Center and nearby communities.
Moose Crash On State Highway Delays Sunday Traffic
A 400 pound cow moose was struck by Robert Hawkes of this city on State Highway No 1 near the New Meadows bridge Sunday at 845 PM. The moose died and was shot. Hawkes and passengers were uninjured. Traffic stretched for over an hour as cars queued on both sides of the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hawkes
Moose Run
New Meadows Bridge
John St. Peter
Brunswick
Hyde Memorial Home
Hawkes
West Bath
Massachusetts
Linen Shower for Marguerite Rines at Center Street
A linen shower honored Miss Marguerite Rines at Mrs. Estelle Rines home on Center street. Guests opened gifts under a decorated umbrella and enjoyed buffet lunch and cake. Attending guests included Mrs. John Sonia Mrs. Leon Sonia Mrs. Herbert Lindau Mrs. David Elliott and others. several sent gifts in absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Rines
Estelle Rines
Center Street
John Sonia
Leon Sonia
Herbert Lindau
David Elliott
James Callan
Germaine Bonney
Philip Oliver
Everett Stilphen
James McQuarrie
Lawrence Boardman
Fred Wonsor
Louis Nelson
Morris Petlock
Chester Rines
Irving Stilphen
Albert Bonney
Maurice Foley
Raymond Vachon
Mount Desert hamfest draws near to two hundred radio fans
Close to 200 amateur radio enthusiasts attended the Mount Desert hamfest at the Sunset club in Trenton. The outing featured a shoreside meal with a mammoth clam bake, lobsters, clams, corn, coffee, and doughnuts, while participants from Bath included Nathan W. Watson Maurice Libby and son Marshall and Everett Wallace of West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Desert
Sunset Club
Trenton
Bath
Nathan W. Watson
Maurice Libby
Son Marshall
Everett Wallace
West Point
Libby
Birth of Ross Louis Woofenden in Boston
Mr and Mrs William Woofenden of Cambridge Massachusetts announce the birth of a son in Boston on May 24 He is named Ross Louis after his two grandfathers Mrs Woofenden formerly Louise Dole is the daughter of Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole of this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wofenden
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Ross Louis
Woofenden
Louise Dole
Louis A. Dole
City
Local social and church notes from Georgetown and nearby towns
Community events include birthday supper for Mrs Harry Heald hosted by Mr and Mrs Stanley Lewis. Multiple visits to cottages in Georgetown Bath Morse High School classmates gathering at a cottage. Memorial Day sermons by Rev Cleaves Henderson and music. Families from Malden Newton Somerville and Watertown enjoy summer cottages and local moves. Dennis Moore reassigned to Westover Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Croxford
Wiscasset
Spak
Ellsworth Reynolds
Stanley Lewis
Lewis
Harry Heald
Georgetown
Belle Heald
Frank Heald
Nancy Barter
Bath
Morse High School
Waterville
Cleaves Henderson
Otis Baker
Beverly Rittal
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stinson Davis
Edward
Yarmouth
St. Lewis
Thomas Watson
Little River Road
Paul Thompson
Omaha
Neb
J. G. Stevens
D. W. Staffeld
Somerville
Quincy
Mass
Staffeld
Willey
Pennsylvania
William Jones
Jones
Jones’ Inn In Readiness For Summer Business. Mrs. Jones
Judson
Watertown
Walter Thomas
Malden Island
Emery Holt
Norman Howard
Warner Eustis
Newton
Eustis
Lermond Davis
North Anson
Lester Davis
Gilbert
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Dennis Moore
Memorial Hospital and Bath Visits Noted
Mrs. Hazel Lausier of Office Drive is a patient at Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John A White and Mr. and Mrs. Almon Goss of Bath visited Boston and its arboretum in Cambridge. William Gremard returned home to 5 Federal Street after two weeks at Memorial hospital and work at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Lausier
Memorial Hospital
John A. White
Almon Goss
Bath
Boston
Arboretum
Cambridge
Carroll Wakefield
Washington Street
Gardiner
Wakefield
Walter K. Wakefield
William Gremard
Federal Street
Bath Iron Works
Mark Widdowson
St. Petersburg
Fla
George Goodwin
W. A. Dyer
Sedgwick
Big Boston Edison Co
Collins
Morse High School
Bay Point residents and visitors mingle at cottages
A string of visits and arrivals marked Bay Point scenes with Mrs Francis Cooke and Charles Henderson calling from Whitman and Bath respectively while families such as the Hinckleys and Perows shared weekends. State Police troopers and Fish and Game Warden Swan-Seed Burns were noted on Bay Point as summer homes and cottages hosted visitors from Auburn Bath Winchester Somerville and Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Cooke
Whitman
Mass
Charles Henderson
Bath
Eugenia Cromwell
Townsend
Florida
Potter Cottage
Ian Leavitt
Chapel Hill
Bay Point
M. Conley
Leo
Thomas
Somerville
Lillian White
Auburn
Swansea Burns
Joseph L. Perow
Perow
Maurice Hinckley
George Schaffry
Renaud Cottage
Ralph Carlisle
Betty
Gordon
Winchester
Kennebec Point
Harry L. Knight
Carroll Deering
Harold Robinson
Thomas Hagan
Fred P. Taylor
John Swift
Swift Cottage
H. Martin Powers
Bath Y volunteers help paint State camp buildings
A Bath YMCA group led by Harrison Tipsword and others spent a weekend at Winthrop State YMCA camp painting the library and infirmary and prepping facilities for the summer. Organizers Norman and Mrs Temple and Frank and Mrs Brown hosted them and plan another volunteer weekend in two weeks. Interested men are urged to contact the Bath Y. M. C. A. soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y. M. C. A
State Y. M. C. A
Winthrop
Harrison Tipsword
Clarence A. Warner
John Stuart
Victor and
Bertram Leask
Richard Davis
Arthur Warner
Bath
Norman Temple
Frank Brown
Clarence W. McKay Funeral Services Held Monday
Funeral services for Clarence W. McKay were conducted Monday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church presiding. Pallbearers were Howard McNeil Lloyd McNeil William McNeil and Carl Boardman. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. McKay
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Howard McNeil
Lloyd McNeil
William McNeil
Carl Boardman
Oak Grove
Memorial service for Harry F. Perkins at Oak Grove
A committal service was held at Oak Grove cemetery for Harry F. Perkins with Rev. George Woodward officiating. Also announced is the birth of Sally Jill to Blair L. Bailey and spouse at Memorial Hospital on May 25 weighing eight pounds nine ounces. Susan MacDowell and daughter Sydney of New York City are at Perry cottage, Small Point Beach, later moving to Manley cottage for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harry F. Perkins
George Woodward
Blair L. Bailey
Bluff Road
Memorial Hospital
Sally Jill
Susan MacDowell
Sydney
New York City
Perry Cottage
Small Point Beach
Charles W Duke Dies At His Work
Charles W Duke, born August 26 1892 in Cambridge Massachusetts, died recently after a brief illness while employed by the Hyde Windlass Co He was a Mason and member of Winter Harbor Lodge F and A M and Ruby Chapter OES He leaves his wife two sons George A Duke of South Gouldsboro Charles L Duke of Pinehurst Massachusetts a daughter Audry O Duke of West Russell Brunswick Lida Colmer Vivian Summers Prudence Barry and three grandchildren Also noted he had worked at Hyde Windlass Co for a few weeks
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Cambridge, Mass
John and
Edith (Saunders) Duke
Hyde Park
Duke
Winter Harbor
Lida Colmer
Braintree
Mass
Vivian Summers
North Scituate
Prudence Barry
Grover
N. C
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath man Charles W. Dingley Jr. dies at 57 at factory
Charles W. Dingley Jr. 57 collapsed at Bath Canning where he began work that day. Born May 27 1894 in Bath he was a former sea captain and World War I chief boatswain. Survived by wife step son Maurice Worth three brothers and a sister funeral Thursday at Mayo & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Dingley, Jr
Bath Canning Factory
Mr. Dingley
Bath
Charles W
Mary J. (Flaherty) Dingley
Boston
U. S. Navy
Dingley
Bath Iron Works
Maurice Worth
U. S. Coast Guard
Michigan
Albert F. Dingley
Frank E. Dingley
Walter Dingley
Woolwich
Mary E. Dingley
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
J Casimir Marcotte Dies in Lewiston Nursing Home
J Casimir Marcotte died Tuesday evening at a Lewiston nursing home after years of illness. A Canadian immigrant who settled in Lewiston over 50 years ago, he worked as a machinist at Hyde Windlass Co during World War I and later at Lewiston Buick Co and L A Transit Co. Survived by two daughters Mrs Harry S Collins Jr of Bath and Mrs Lionel Bolduc of Connecticut, a sister Mrs E Chatel and two brothers J Gelas Marcotte and Aime Marcotte, plus three grandchildren. Funeral was Saturday at St Peter and Paul church Lewiston with visitation at Albert's Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Casimir Marcotte
Bath
Lewiston
Canada
Hyde Windlass Co
Lewiston Buick Co
L. & A. Transit Co
Harry S. Collins, Jr
Lionel Bolduc
Connecticut
E. Chatel
J. Gelas Marcotte
Aime Marcotte
St. Peter and Paul's Church
Albert's Funeral
John Burgess Returns to Hyde Windlass Co after Recovery
John Burgess of High Street, long convalescent from surgery at Memo-Trial hospital, resumed duties at Hyde Windlass Co. on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burgess
High Street
Memo- Trial Hospital
Hyde Windlass Co
Obituary of Roland Parris and family ties in Brockton
Surviving is one son Dr. Roland Parris of Tucson Arizona, three grandchildren including Mrs Edward L Gaudreau and Mrs D Leroy Lord Sr of this city, and one nephew Albion K Parris of Portland. Dr and Mrs Parris flew from Sampson Funeral Home in Brockton and burial was in the family lot there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Parris
Tucson
Ariz
Edward L. Gaudreau
D. Leroy Lord, Sr
Albion K. Parris
Portland
Clarence W. McKay Dies After Brief Illness
Clarence W. McKay, 59, died at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born in Brunswick on May 5, 1892, he worked as a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works and later at Portsmouth Navy Yard. Survived by wife Faith and five grandchildren, with daughters in York Beach and Belleville DIL. He had spent the last two months with his children at York while at the Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. McKay
Memorial Hospital
Brunswick
William
Carolyn
Fuller) McKay
McKay
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Faith (McCabe) McKay
City
Carl Boardman, Jr
Arthur B. Moore
York Beach
Richard J. Callan
Belleville
Dil
York
Navy Yard
Mrs Helen L Cook Dies After Illness In Boston
Mrs Helen L Cook wife of Albert Cook of Boston died Monday after an illness born in Phippsburg daughter of Elijah and Helen Totman Totman of Ellsworth has one daughter Mrs Helen Wallace of West Point three brothers Captain Arthur L Totman of Phippsburg Charles Totman of Berwick and Henry Totman of Bath Body to Bath Thursday funeral Friday at 10 from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev La forest Hodgkins officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Cook
Albert Cook
Boston
Phippsburg
Elijah
Helen Wallace Totman. Totman
Ellsworth
Helen Wallace
West Point
Arthur L. Totman
Charles Totman
Berwick
Henry Totman
Bath
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Mrs Clarence Keaton Former Marie Costello Dies in Quincy
Marie Costello KEaton dies suddenly at home in Quincy Massachusetts a week ago Friday. She was a popular clerk at the A G Page Co store on Front Street. Survived by three sisters formerly Margaret Jennie and Agnes Costello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Keaton
Marie Costello
Quincy
Mass
A. G. Page Co
Front Street
Margaret
Jennie
Agnes Costello
Life expectancy at birth tops 67 in United States
The latest figures show life expectancy at birth in the United States has risen above 67 years, marking nearly 30 years of increase since 1850 and reflecting improvements in public health and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Norma Meserve
Michael Casey
Albert Robbins
Virginia
Car Bailey
Hallowell
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Sheldon
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Leonard Gahan
Fred Royal
Milo
Benjamin Wentworth
Ernest Herbert
Sebago Lake
Henry Sullivan
Medfield
June Sargent
Walter Beckwith
Donald Beckwith
John Mayers
Stanwood Gilman
Fred Chapman
Frank Lemarr
Lowell
Arthur Babcock
Babcock
Hamilton Bailey
Rehoboth, R. I
Leslie A. Bailey
George Bailey
Willowcrest Farm
Call’s Hill
Spanish War Veterans Women’s Auxiliary
Paints
Gray’s Department Store
P. O
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Howard Heald
Frank S. Heald
House
Harry
L. Earle Hagan
Miss Belle Heald
Heald
Earle Hagan
Henderson
Brookline
Central School
Virgil Stevens
Joseph F. Higgins
Melvin Cunningham
Read’s Cove
Sagadahoc Bay
Maurice Burns
Bath Factory
Donald Walker
Providence
R. I
MacMahan
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Edwin Oliver
Hingham
Higgins
Miss Oliver
George Oliver
Willard
Oak Cemetery
Ernest Curtis
Scott
Salem
Joseph Higgins
J. R. Blackie
Bucksport
Louise Searles
Haverford
Irving Hunt
Warren S. Todd
Roscoe P. Todd
Stoneham
Melrose
Mr. Todd
Mrs. Todd
Lauretta Jones
Edwin F. Hussa
Luderis
Will
Paul Wren
Medford
Ralph Davis
Augusta
Maureen
Rudolf Trafton
Cynthia
David
Ellsworth Reed
Douglas
Howard Trafton
Wiliam Bisseth
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
Little Sheepscot
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Dorothy W. Stuart
Moose
Peterson’s General Store
Robinhood, Maine
Y Camp
Clarence W. Mkay
Altchis
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Charles W. Duke
Charles W. Dingley
Clarence W. M’kay
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