Legion drive heads for veterans Christmas in Togus
Emerson Lane Post of the American Legion led a Sept 29 drive with Commander Charles Guiou and aides Glen Lamoreau Joseph Whitmore Harold Ballard Pearl Perry Leslie Dewitt and John Thrower. State drive overseer is Grand On de Ores McGurty of Richmond proceeds fund holiday care for hospitalized veterans at Togus.
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Emerson Lane
American Legion
Charles Guiou
Glen Lamoreau
Joseph Whitmore
Harold Ballard
Pearl Perry
Leslie Dewitt
John Thrower
Grand On de Or Oes McGurty
Richmond
Togus
Entergrange Ladies’ Aid
Grange Hall
W. E. Whitney
Hartford
Conn
Norman Whitney
Lenora B. Niles
Alfred J. Niles
Lowe’s
Brunswick
Richmond Cemetery
Gardiner
Jean Curtis
Raymond Kelly
U. S
Ceceia Robinson
Laura Reynolds
Marsha Baker
Esther Foss
Hazel Libby
Margaret Duren
Lakeside
O.E.S
Lewiston
Pickling cucumber contest honors Clifford Lothridge
The report notes Clifford Lothridge received an award for raising the largest pickling cucumbers this season. Ray Stinson of River Road dealt with a chimney fire Thursday with no damage. The department also addressed a woods fire at Wayne Whitmore’s River Road farm on Saturday with no damage. Mrs. Arthur Porter of Wareham and Mrs. Victor King of Jamaica Plain and Milton of Okinawa were recent guests of sister Mrs. Arthur Porter on Spruce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Lothridge
Ray Stinson
River Road
Wayne Whitmore
Arthur Porter
Wareham
Victor King
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Milton
Okinawa
Spruce Street
November Schedule for Farm Bureaus in This County
Farm Bureau women will elect officers for 1951 at November meetings. Leaders will present topics on food clothing and home management with visitors welcome. Meetings list includes Richmond Corner Bowdoin Dromore Pejepscot Nequasset West Bath Richmond Topsham Georgetown with topics Curtains Draperies Cookies Christmas Gifts and related demonstrations.
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Farm Bureau
Richmond Corner
Courtney Hinkley
Bowdoin
Grange Hall
Eleanor Freeman
Dromore
Eveline Beals
Pejepscot
Scout Hall
Josephine Davis
Nequasset
Good Will Hall
Marston
Leeman
West Bath
Pauline Belanger
Hazel Wharff
Richmond
Marjorie Redding
Topsham
Beatrice Adams
Georgetown
Maud Stewart
Bath Savings Institution declares dividends and exceeds 10 million in resources
The Bath Savings Institution trustees voted to pay a regular 1 percent semi annual dividend and a special year end 0.25 percent dividend for the same period, boosting total year dividends to 2.42 percent and more than 210000 dollars in new money. The bank also announced total resources surpassing 10000000 dollars, with over six million lent to the U S government and a large Maine investment in railroads utilities and mortgages. Established 1852 it ranks ninth among Maine mutual savings banks.
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Bath Savings Institution
United States
United States Treasury
Maine
Social rounds and visits across Bath and Seguinland
Residents and visitors frequent Bath area households and cottages at Seguinland Robinhood and Five Islands. Names include Edwin Pinson Nancy. Hazel Gay. Vincent MacMahan. Roland Peterson. Parker Moulton family. J A Bean. Joseph Lane. Daisy Hinckley. Clarence Hill. El ewise Wren Rowe Higgins and others. Weekend guests from Augusta Turner Center Lewiston Andover mix with locals at MacMahon Kelsea and Todd households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Pinson
Nancy
North Edgecomb
Walter Beane
Hazel Gay
Woodsville
N. H
Vincent MacMahan
Robinhood
Veteran’s Hospital
Togus
Roland Peterson
Portland
Alden Bean
Joseph Lane
Bath
Indian Point
Daisy Hinckley
Turner Center
Sagadahoc Bay
Clarence B. Hill
Edward Wren
Alfred Rowe
Mary
Robert Graffam and
Arick
Joseph Higgins
Melvin Cunningham
Elsie Wiswall
George Kelsea
Chester G. Kelsea
Seguinland
Edgar H. Kelsea
Bangor
Five Islands
Hugh Rockwell
Adolf Spear
Robert Jordan
Ralph Davis
Brian
Joseph F. Higgins
Bobby Rowe
Francis Oliver
James Oliver
Harold J. Brown
Emory Basford
Mr. Brown
Andover
Mass
MacMahan
John K. Lee
Horace
Jack Lee
George Blackwell
Helen Goddard
Dingley’s Island
Lewiston
Maud P. Thayer
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Harry Stone
Bay Point
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Ralph Dunton
Harold Hershey
Winthrop
Florida
Totman Place
Mrs. Moore
West Baldwin
Victor Hagan
Larry
Orange
Earle Hagan
Nettie Gray
Frank Brown
Nequasset Farm Bureau Women Set November Meeting
The Nequasset Farm Bureau women's group will meet November 10 at the Good Will clubhouse at 10 30 a m. Topics include Christmas Gifts led by Gertrude Marston and Cookies for Every Taste led by Charlotte Leeman. Dinner committee members are Eddie Wright Ger aldine Edgerly and Florence Hathorne. Members should bring a Christmas suggestion and their favorite apron as Ruth Cromwell chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau Women's Group
Good Will
Gertrude Marston
Charlotte Leeman
Eddie Wright
Geraldine Edgerly
Florence Hathorne
Ruth Cromwell
Harland Boynton Returns to Hyde Memorial Home
Harland E. Boynton of North Street is back at the Hyde Memorial home after a several day hospital stay at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland E. Boynton
North Street
Hyde Memorial Home
Memorial Hospital
Five Islands Club Plans Halloween Donation Event
At the Good Neighbor club meeting Mrs Harlan Pinkham led final plans for a youth Halloween party. A cash donation to the Five Islands Baptist church was approved. Attendees included Mrs Percy MacGillivary Mrs Russell Pinkham and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Harlan Pinkham
Five Islands Baptist Church
Percy MacGillivary
Russell Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Thomas Watson
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Stanley Lewis
Rudolph Pinkham
Local Teachers Attend Convention and Farm Bureau Meeting
DRESDEN reports teachers at a Lewis ton convention and visits by Mrs. Lurena Turner of Cliffondale Massachusetts. The Farm Bureau met with 20 regular members and one new member at Mrs. Edward Hall’s home. Talks covered United Nations flag creation and domestic cooking lessons. Eastern River 4 H club submitted honors for secretarial work and a gold seal of achievement was awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Lurena Turner
Cliftondale
Mass
L. H. Dorr
Turner
Lurena White
John White
South Dresden
Bridge Academy
Eulelia Pray
Mary McDonald
Portland
Pray
Gardiner High School
Farm Bureau
Edward Hall
Lyndel Good
Ray Perry
United Nations
Eastern River 4-H Club
Katherine Hall
Loraine Hall
Althea Fitch
Patricia Frey
Nancy Frey
Rita Bailey
Annette Weymouth
The
Clover Club
David Fitch
Joseph Delano
Dixon
Lincoln County
Bath Minstrel Show Draws Local Attendance
In Erville Massachusetts, residents attended a Bath minstrel show with two nightly performances. Local participants included Miss Constance Gray Dorothy MacGillivary and Mrs Addie Moulton. Visitors from nearby towns joined family gatherings over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Hagan
Joseph F. Higgins
Bath
Lincoln Lodge
Morse High School
Maureen Davis
Dorothy McGillivary
Connie Gray
Addie Moulton
Charlie Carr
Erville
Mass
Constance Gray
Dorothy MacGillivary
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Kenneth Pinkham
Southport
John Brown
Brunswoik
William Plummer
Hair Style Show Draws Big Crowd At P T A Hall
The Merrymeeting Hairdressers Association hosted a two show hair style event at the South End P T A hall on Sunday for proceeds to buy a hair dryer for Hyde Memorial Home patients. Models ranged from child to matron with 1890 styles also featured. Proceeds funded morale boosting beauty services for Hyde Home Bath Memorial Hospital and Old Ladies Home patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Merrymeeting Hairdressers’ Association
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath
Wiscasset
Brunswick
Joseph I. Smith
Claude S. Gillette
Russell S. Hitchcock
G. Bair Connard
Allan Spear
Ann Mullin
Hyde Home
Bath Memorial Hospital
Old Ladies Home
Obituary of Harry A. Stendrup 58 Great Neck resident
Harry A. Stendrup age 58 died last week at his home in Great Neck New York after a heart ailment. Born April 8 1892 in Superior Nebraska he was a son of M. E. Smith. A World War I drafting room worker at Bath Iron Works he married Blanche Houston in 1916 and they moved to New York where they resided. He leaves his mother Mrs. M. E. Smith of Puyallup Washington a niece Mrs. Richard Minott and nephew Ralph Houston. Funeral services were held Saturday in Great Neck and burial was near Oak Grove cemetery ath.
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Genevieve Chapman
Portland
John
West Point Military Academy
Cora Smith
Ar Blanchard Chapman
Weday
Paul Stilphen
Massapequa
Long Island
N. Y
Laura Stilphen
Main Street
Raymond Curtis
William Emmons
Harris Hutchins
Rangeley
Raymond Libby
Harry Curran
Nellie Thomas
Fred Stilphen
Bath
Genesta
O.E.S. Cleveland Marriner
Darrah Street
Emerson Lane Post
U. S. Auxiliary
Kennebec
Marjorie Darrell
Raymond Peacock
Milton
Mass
New York
M. E. Smith
Puyallup
Wash
Richard Minott
Ralph Houston
Great Neck
Famtee
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ath
Mrs Ann Summerton 97 Dies in Detroit Home
Mrs. Annie Summerton 97 died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Ethel B. Allenbrand in Detroit after celebrating her ninety seventh birthday. Born October 21, 1853 in Bath, she lived there most of her life, attended Wesley Methodist Church, and moved to Detroit about 20 years ago. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Allenbrand of Detroit, sons John W. Summerton and Fred W. Summerton of Bath, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Summerton
Ethel B. Allenbrand
Detroit
Mich
Bath
Thomas McKay
Wesley Methodist Church
Summerton
Mrs. Allenbrand
John W. Summerton
Fred W. Summerton
William E. Rowe 78 Bath taxi driver dies after long illness
William E. Rowe, 78, died at Presley Convalescent Home in Bath after a long illness. Born May 11, 1872 in Georgetown, he worked as a Bath taxi driver and ran a Georgetown taxi and boat excursion business. He attended Georgetown Baptist Church and belonged to Arcadian lodge, Knights of Pythias. Survived by brother Moses Rowe of Bath, nephews Fremont Rowe and Allen Rowe, and niece Dorothy Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Rowe
Presley
Bath
Georgetown
Benjamin E
Rachel (Hagan) Rowe
Rowe
Georgetown Baptist Church
Arcadian Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Moses Rowe
Fremont Rowe
Allen Rowe
Portland
Dorothy Rowe
Mary Ella Groves dies at 95 after long illness
Mary Ella Groves 95 widow of Alton Groves died early Monday at Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since June. Born May 15, 1855 in Edgecomb to Thomas and Lydia Stevens she and her husband lived in the Old Folks Home 19 years. She attended Corliss Street Baptist church. Survived by one nephew Earl B. Lermond of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Groves
Alton Groves
Memorial Hospital
Edgecomb
Thomas and
Lydia
Paol) Stevens
Old Folks Home
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Earl B. Lermond
Bath
P.T.A. Talk On Visual Education At Dunstan School
Mr and Mrs Granville Colby of Quimby Street visited Scar Borough Monday evening as Mrs Colby spoke to the P T A about Visual Education in the school. She serves as State chairman of the Audio Visual Education of Maine Congress of P T A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Colby
Quimby Street
Scarborough
Dunstan School
Colby
P.T.A
Maine
Congress of
Mrs. Jane D. Laing obituary from Framingham
Jane D. Laing widow of Charles W. Laing of Brain Massachusetts died after a weeks illness in Framingham hospital. She was born in Ware and raised in Bath later earning nursing credentials. Survived by sister Mrs Ernest Fulton and niece Dorothea Fulton. funeral at Mortimer N. Peck Funeral Chapel in Braintree with burial at Blue Hill Cemetery.
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Jane D. Laing
Charles W. Laing
Brain
Mass
Framingham
Ware
Oren
Mary Jane Waters
Bath
Laing
Texas Steamsh Co
Braintree
Ashland
Women’s Republican Club
Front Street
Percy Marks
Ernest Fulton
Dorothea Fulton
Mortimer N. Peck
Washington Street
Blue Hill Cemetery
Christian Science Church
Obituary: Ralph M. Trask 72 of Bath Passes After Illness
Ralph M. Trask 72 of 8 Williams Court Bath died early this morning at Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Bath native born June 20 1878 son of Charles F and Louise Knight Trask he worked as a candy maker for Frank Allen and later at Bath Iron Works. He attended Bath schools and was active in First Baptist Church Red Men Dro more Grange and Hockomock Council D of P. He leaves two sisters Annie Martin Keene New Hampshire and Grace Trask Bath two brothers Roy and George G Bath and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM from Curtis Funeral Home 942 ee street with burial in Fairview Cemetery Winnegance.
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P.T.A
George Gray
Henderson
Etta Moore
Philip Pinkham
Ralph Champlain
Woolwich
Moses Rowe
Bath
Rowe
Ernest Quimby
Five Islands Library
Neil Gardner White
Good Neighbor Clubs
Lloyd Pinkham
James Stevens
Sebasco Church
Robert Hodgdon
Malden
Mass
John Blackie
West Georgetown
Stanley Lewis
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Ida Hinckley
Beerwort
Portland
Arthur Marr
Almon Marr
Albion Soule
Newark
Del
Marr
Donald Stevens
Seguinland
D. W. Staffeld
Brunswick
Derby Line
E. E. Pinkham
Dickie Barter
U. S. Coast Guard
George Yeo
Robert Yeo
Wakefield
Warner Eustis
Charles Carr
William Plummer
Army
Addie Moulton
Ralph Davis
Maureen
Georgetown
Betty Rittall
Newport
R. I
Ralph M. Trask
Williams Court
Memorial Hospital
Frank Allen
Bath Iron Works
Charles F
Louise Knight Trask
First Baptist Church
Order of Red Men
Dromore Grange
Hockomock Council
D. of P
Annie Martin
Keene
N. H
Grace Trask
Roy
George G
Curtis Funeral Home
Ee Street
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Funeral for Mrs Mary Groves Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Mrs Mary E Groves funeral was Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev C O Sargent of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Bearers were Delmar Bates Robert Mitchell and Wendell Stevens. Burial in Maple Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary. E. Groves
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
C. OC. Sargent
Wesley Methodist Church
Delmar Bates
Robert Mitchell
Wendell Stevens
Maple Grove
Funeral for William E. Rowe Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for William E. Rowe were conducted Tuesday at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed in the Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Rowe
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Mrs. Whittaker to Join Husband at Tyndall AFB Florida
Mrs Dale B Whittaker will leave Thursday to join her husband Cpl Dale B Whittaker at Tyndall Air Force Base Florida where they have an apartment on base and will reside while he is stationed there. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs James I Nostall of 15 Forest Road and will be accompanied by her mother as far as Boston with Mrs Nostall returning Thursday night.
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Dale B. Whittaker
Cpl
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
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