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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1940

Page

5

Richmond High School ends season undefeated

Richmond high school's football team finished its first Ted Wellman era undefeated and unscored on, defeating Brunswick Seconds 14 to 0. The rest of the item notes local community activities including Ladies' Aid sales, D A R meetings, Halloween festivities, weddings, cribbage, and a chimney fire in the area.

Richmond High School Ted Wellman Brunswick Watson Danforth Cliff Lottridge Lewis Berry Dore Ladies’ Aid Enterprise Grange Grange Hall Aid Grange Fort Richmond Lawrence Bond Augustus Small Cora and Jane Little Freeman Mosher Major Charles B. Day Georgia Wakefield Laura Stilphen Edward Favor Leslie Roberts Raymond Libby David Ames Harold Ames Harry Woodbury Laurence Bond M. E. Joss Laverne Harris Harry Curran Solon Purinton Billy Chamakis Cecile Bertha Cunningham Billy Rangeley Lakes America Laura Stitphen Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church Beulah Rebecca Lodge I. O. O. F. Hall Alberta Haynes Pauline Gilpatrick Weslie Webber Delma Stinson Willis Blair Grace Hovey Mayford Morris Robert Howe Bath Morris Mildred Morris Margaret and Ethel Bailey Arline Guiou Marion Dickey Helen Witham Beulah Naylor Alice Amy Hovey Jean Morris Lester Norton Etta Hutchins Stanley Griffin Charles Pickett Langdon Road Edward Mansir Front Street Charles Milton Akerson Arthur Connecticut Massachusetts Akerson Claues Guiou E. E. Durand C. A. Lang David Alice M. Oddy Boston Richard Parent Donald Chase Thomaston Enterprise Orange Bathinette Joseph Mansir

Martha Frances Holmes Fetes Fifth Birthday

Martha Frances daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Holmes 234 Center street entertained friends Saturday afternoon for her fifth birthday. Games were played and guests enjoyed a decorated cake cookies ice cream and candy. Invited guests included Olive Farley Helen Kenney Lester House Roy House Barbara Parks Buddy Parks Janice Pecci Jeanne Pecci Sonny Freeman and Marion Holmes.

Martha Frances Arthur M. Holmes Center Street Olive Farley Helen Kenney Lester House Roy House Barbara Parks Buddy Parks Janice Pecci Jeanne Pecci Sonny Freeman Marion Slolmes

East Bowdoin Ladies Aid Meeting Report

East Bowdoin Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Erland Rogers home with eight attendees. Picnic lunch followed a brief business session led by vice president Mrs. Jane Woods. next meeting set for Nov 14 with Mrs. Wilson Freeman.

East Bowdoin Ladies Aid Erland Rogers Jane Woods Wilson Freeman C. M. Hutchinson Center Sandwich N. H Hattie Babb James Abrams L. C

Engagement announced at East Brunswick dinner party

At Powers Inn in East Brunswick Mr and Mrs John M Howe announced the engagement of their daughter Muriel Henrietta to John Paul Cushman of Bath son of Mrs Pauline Farley Cushman of Quincy Mass. No wedding date is set. Miss Howe a Morse High School graduate 1929 works in Bath Iron Works office. Cushman a Bath Iron Works Draughtsman studied at Brown Nichols MIT and the University of Maine. Several friends attended the party.

Powers’ Inn East Brunswick John M. Howe Upper Washington Street Muriel Henrietta John Paul Cushman Bath Pauline Farley Cushman Quincy Mass Miss Howe Morse High School A. M. Main Bath Iron Works Corp Cush

Merrymeeting Grange minstrel show scheduled this Thursday

Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham will host a minstrel show at the grange hall this Thursday evening led by interlocutor Nelson Fennimore. End men include Walter Hutchins Curran Chesley Dore Kocian Hackett. Specialties feature Purington and Valentine with a 25 member chorus. solos by Babb Sedgley and Fennimore. duet by Hackett Ames. Ida Fowle accompanist. Lancaster coach.

Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham Grange Hall Nelson Fennimore Wallace Hutchins Terrance Curran C. W. Chesley Reginald Dore William Kocian Linwood Hackett Chester Purington Bernardine Valentine Carolyn Baker Muriel Nugent William Babb Little Pal Guy Sedgley Charles Hackett Jessie Ames Ida Fowle Ernest Lancaster

Wiscasset Social Notes Update from Portland to Chelsea

The column records weekend and home visits across Maine and Massachusetts. Virginia Pease attended Orono homecoming and the Maine Colby game. the Rines family moved to Hooper Street. Wanser and Lewis families vacationed in Chelsea with Rockingham Park races. Wilbur Merrill visited Grace Donaldson in Lowell. Parker Stinson of Augusta visited Wiscasset.

Eastland Portland Virginia Pease Orono Arthur Rines Hooper Street Charles Dunton Lonnie Wanser Mary Maureen Joyce Lewis Joan Chelsea Mass Rockingham Park William Wanser Wilbur Merrill Roy R. Marston Marston Clarence A. Richards Richards Grace Donaldson Lowell Parker B. Stinson Augusta

Glimpses of America a trip around the United States

Rev. Joseph O. Purdue will share a Summer trip totaling 11 400 miles at the Winter Street Men's club. Highlights include Mt Rushmore Yellowstone Banff Lake Louise Crater Lake Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite with supper at 6 30 pm served by the Ladies Auxiliary. Edgar D Leavitt Howard W Pratt and Henry D Small head the supper committee.

America Joseph O. Purdue United States of America Winter Street Men's Club Mt. Rushmore South Dakota Yellowstone National Park Banff and Lake Louise Canada Crater Lake Carlsbad Caverns Yosemite National Park Ladies Auxiliary Men’s Club Edgar D. Leavitt Howard W. Pratt Henry D. Small

Georgetown Draft Draw List and Local News Roundup

A list of Georgetown residents drawn in the draft appears with names including Theodore Campbell James Oliver Francis Co Oliver Vincent Davis and others. The item notes Everett Stevens the Star Route carrier says this is his first lottery draw. The column then shifts to local life reports births trips gardening at the Center and Bath Iron Works transportation arrangements, Halloween mischief mild, visits from relatives, and community notices about church repairing a chimney and family moves.

Independent Georgetown Theodore Campbell William A Gus’) Collins James R. Oliver Francis Co. Oliver Vincent Davis Lermond Davis William E. Harrison Everett Everett Stevens Five Islands Bath L. Earle Hagan Nancy Louise Walter V. Cummings A. S. Cunningham Robinhood Bath Iron Works Earle Hagan Harry Carlisle Working League of the First Baptist Church Sherman Wiscasset Edith Laura George Powers John Grindle A. E. Rowe Bath Memorial Hospital Rowe B. H. Woodside Arlington Mass Arthur Rowe Joan Hagan North Edgecomb Rudolph Trafton Howard M. Trafton Philip C. Stebbins Portland Howard Trafton Melrose Emma Billings Dorothy Stuart

Bath Iron Works Worker Aligns with Local Games Event

Harry Heald is employed at Bath Iron Works as a worker amid a community event featuring games and masks with refreshments planned.

Harry Heald Bath Iron Works

Judge condemns deputy sheriffs methods in Spinney gambling case

Judge Gardi ner Deering found Herman A Spinney of Bay Point guilty in municipal court of maintaining a gambling machine but condemned the sheriff's department for luring Spinney with a lobsters trap and playing the nickel slot. The judge ordered the machine belled and the money given to the county, citing subterfuge and trickery.

Herman A. Spinney Bay Point Georgetown Gardiner R. Deering Sheriff's Department Harmon O. Barter Water and Vine Streets Stanley Brown Bath Lincoln Street Joseph A. McLaughlin Dana York Harvey Pelletier Augusta Washington Street Milton Savage Woolwich Savage Deering Whitten Belfast Wiscasset

Attorneys Offer Aid to Draftees in Sagadahoc County

The Saga dahoc Bar Association ably comprising nearly all local lawyers will assist draftees with questionnaires for the Sagadahoc draft board. Secretary John P. Carey announced that most members will be at City Hall Wednesday 7 to 9 PM to provide advisory help. Additional evenings are set through November 22 in designated rooms for this service.

Sagadahoc Bar Association Sagadahoc John P. Carey Carey City Hall Tay Hs T

Five Islands Community News Briefs Include Socials and Visits

Local events unfold at Five Islands with a young folks social costing ten cents and Halloween lanterns. Notables include Hasenfus writing football articles in Boston Globe, and residents sharing visits across Bath Hallowell Portland and Georgetown. Mastoid surgery for Lennie MacMahan. many relatives stay or visit cottages, with several families listed among attendees.

Nat Hasenfus Boston Globe Hasenfus Boston Seguinland Paul LeClare Snowman House Bath Library Hall Norman Harley Woodrow Gray Good Neighbor Club Lloyd Pinkham Library Albertina Perkins L. H. Rowe John Huskins Five Islands Lennie Chester MacMahan Bath Memorial Hospital Ellsworth Pinkham Alton Reed Woolwich Chester Pinkham Portland

Sterling Bible Class Meets Monday Night

Sterling Bible class held a regular meeting on Corliss Street vestry with 28 attendees. Members reported two cycle teas and 48 calls in the last month, voting to give a Thanksgiving offering, remember sick members with cards, and send baskets to the ill, with leaders named for basket duties and gifts for a patient at Fairfield Sanitorium.

Sterling Bible Class Corliss Street John H. Hunt Fred M. Coombs Abbie McCabe Benjamin P Walter E. Taylor Lee W. Scott Wheeler Carrie H. Trott E. Melvin Pratt Frederick May Arthur L. Plant Frank A. Purington Wallace Plant Willian H. Sheldon James W. Gillespie

Obituary Notice for I A Harris of Greenville

Ward obituary reports the death in Greenville of I A Harris 75 longtime Bath druggist who ran Harris drug store in Greenville since 1896 one of the Moosehead Lake region’s best known. He once partnered with Postmaster Charles Cahill and Fred C Cox in A Hallet Co Bath all graduates of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Survived by wife Nora three sons Wilbur Woodrow Augustus Goldsmith five daughters Doris Rachel Gustana Boyington Marsh Wortman and two brothers Dr Arthur Harris Lynn and M Kenneth Harris Somerville Mass.

Nora Wilbur H Woodrow Wilson Augustus Goldsmith Doris Harris Rachel Harris Gustana Boyington Robert Marsh Greenville Mary Wortman Waterville Arthur Harris Lynn Mass M. Kenneth Harris Somerville

Walter Z. Oliver Dies After Yearlong Illness In Bath

Walter Z. Oliver aged 47 died Monday at his home 6 Plant Street after a yearlong illness. He was born February 21, 1893 in Popham Beach, son of Elizabeth F. and the late Francis H. Oliver. He lived in Bath for years and worked nearly three years as a helper in the Bath Iron Works tinsmith shop. Survived by wife Ida. one son Francis H. Oliver of Marion, Massachusetts. two stepdaughters Anne Gardner and Marian Ellingwood of Providence. one stepson W. Stanley Burnham of Somerville, Massachusetts. his mother Elizabeth Oliver of Popham Beach. brothers George F. of Bath and Lester Oliver of Popham Beach. Funeral will be Friday at two at the Curtis funeral home.

Walter Z. Oliver Plant Street Mr. Oliver Popham Beach Elizabeth F Francis H. Oliver Phippsburg Bath Bath Iron Works Ida Oliver Marion Mass Anne Gardner Marian Ellingwood Providence R. J W. Stanley Burnham Somerville Elizabeth Oliver George F Lester Oliver Curtis Funeral Home

Mrs Lettie W Spencer Dies After Illness At 76

Mrs Lettie W Spencer 76 widow of Albert Spencer died Monday at her home 734 Middle Street after a weeklong illness following months of frail health from a spring fall. Born in Hudson she came to Bath 20 years ago. She leaves three daughters Mrs Walter Lyden Bath Mrs George Marshall Framingham Mass and Mrs Bernice Porter Brooklyn N Y. Six grandsons John L and Donald F Conroy Bath Stanley and Paul Preble Brooklyn Arthur and Peter Marshall Framingham. Three granddaughters Margaret Winifred Lancaster Old Town and Mrs Peter Boyden Brooklyn and two sons in law John J Conroy Bath and George Marshall Framingham.

Lettie W. Spencer Albert Spencer Middle Street Hudson Bath Walter Lyden George Marshall Framingham Mass Bernice Porter Brooklyn N. Y John L Donald F. Conroy Stanley Paul Preble Arthur Peter Marshall Margaret Winifred Lancaster Old Town Peter Boyden John J. Conroy

Mrs Elizabeth D Carlton 76 Passes After Illness in Portland

Mrs Elizabeth D Carlton of Woolwich died Thursday in a Portland private hospital after months of illness. Born in North Edgecomb to Benjamin and Eleanor Haggett Cothran, she lived in Woolwich over 50 years. Survived by husband Fred L Carlton and children George M Carlton Philadelphia, Mrs Charles T Henderson Bath, Florence E Carlton Woolwich, sisters Ann Cunningham Woolwich and A B LeCompte Cambridge Md.

Elizabeth D. Carlton Fred L. Carlton Woolwich Portland Carlton North Edgecomb Benjamin Eleanor Haggett Cothran Good Will Club George M. Carlton Philadelphia Charles T. Henderson Bath Florence E. Carlton Ann B. Cunningham A. B. LeCompte Cambridge

Mrs Enied Spinney 54 Dies At Popham Beach

Mrs Enied E Spinney 54 wife of Ernest Spinney died Monday night at her Popham Beach home after a long illness. Born in Greenwood she was adopted by Robert and Enied E Haynes. Survived by husband a daughter Miss Ollie Spinney and a son Fred H Spinney of Phippsburg and adopted father Robert Haynes of Auburn. Funeral Thursday at two at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence with Dr David L Wilson officiating.

Enied E. Spinney Ernest Spinney Popham Beach Spinney Greenwood Robert Enied E. Haynes Ollie Spinney Fred H. Spinney Phippsburg Robert Haynes Auburn

Veteran chef George Gainsley 65 dies in Togus facility

George E. Gainsley 65 a retired chef and baker who moved to Woolwich from Natick Mass died Tuesday at the Veterans Facility Togus where he was moved last week. He served in the Spanish American War and was active in local clubs and churches. Survived by wife Emily two sons Earl A and Clifton C and a daughter Mrs James E Thorpe and two brothers. Funeral Friday at two in his River road home Woolwich.

George E. Gainsley Woolwich Natick Mass Togus North Adams Congregational Church Ernest Edgar Kateon Dyer-Flaherty Post Bath Emily Gainsley Earl A Kittery Clifton C. Gainsley James E. Thorpe River Road

Mrs Lucy Cahill Dies After Long Illness in Bath

Mrs Lucy E Cahill 80 widow of Osceola Cahill died Thursday morning at 261 Center Street after a long illness. Twin sister Laura Morse died five months earlier. Born in Phippsburg to Robert and Maria Morse, she lived in Bath many years and leaves daughter Charlotte Cahill, grandson Eliot Bold, nephew Norman Morse, and nieces Ruth Gallagher and Mrs Howard Moody.

Lucy E. Cahill Osceola Cahill Center Street Laura Morse Cahill Phippsburg Robert Maria Oliver Morse Bath Charlotte Cahill Eliot Bold Norman Morse Ruth Gallagher Howard Moody Bowdoinham

Death of Harry S. Perkins at 58 in New York area

Harry S. Perkins 58 died suddenly about 2 am Saturday in his daughter Miss Mary E. Perkins apartment at 100 Front Street after an illness Friday. He was born in Burlington Vermont a son of Frank E and Roxana B Perkins and was a store keeper for Bath Iron Works Corp Navy department. He is survived by his son Harold S Perkins at Panama Canal Zone and brother Walter B Perkins of Rutland Vermont.

Harry S. Perkins Mary E. Perkins Front Street Mr. Perkins Burlington Frank E Roxana B. Perkins Navy Department Bath Iron Works Corp Harold S. Perkins Panama Canal Zone Walter B. Perkins Rutland

Death of Victor C. Pollard in Togus Veterans Hospital

Victor C. Pollard 53 of Waterville died Saturday at the Togus Veterans Administration Hospital after eight weeks there. He had returned from St. Petersburg, Florida ten weeks ago and was a son of Henry W. and Adeline Pollard. Born in Winslow, he is survived by two sisters Mrs. Ralph P. Mank and Mrs. R. B. Parrish and a brother Albert E. Pollard.

Victor C. Pollard Waterville Veterans Administration Hospital Togus Pollard St. Petersburg Fla Bath Henry W. and Adeline (Brown) Pollard Winslow Ralph P. Mank Spring Street R. B. Parrish Highland Street Albert E. Pollard Center Street

Mrs. Carlton's Funeral Held at Sagadahoc Ferry

Elizabeth D. Carlton widow of Fred L. Carlton was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at her Sagadahoc Ferry home. Charles T. Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated, with bearers Prof. George Carlton, Herbert Pierce, Charles T., Frederick, Thornton and Melvin Henderson. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery.

Elizabeth D. Carlton Fred L. Carlton Sagadahoc Ferry Charles T. Brown The Woolwich Union For Christian Service George Carlton Herbert Pierce Charles T Frederick, Thornton Melvin Henderson Riverside Cemetery

Funeral for Lucy E Cahill Held at Mayo Residence

The funeral of Lucy E widow of Osceola Cahill was held Saturday at two in the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street. Mrs Rae Hayward first reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist officiated. Bearers included Andrew Cahill Arthur Cain Harry E Litchfield and Harry Oliver. Burial followed at Oak Grove.

Lucy E Osceola Cahill Arthur F. Mayo High Street Rae Hayward First Church of Christ, Scientist Andrew Cahill Arthur Cain Harry E. Litchfield Harry Oliver Oak Grove

Funeral for Willard A. Oliver Held at Curtis Funeral Home

The funeral of Willard A. Oliver was held Thursday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street. Rev. Charles H. Berry officiated. Bearers were Charles Plant Howard Rice Chesley Hutchins and Lucian Ames. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Willard A. Oliver Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street Charles H. Berry Charles Plant Howard Rice Chesley Hutchins Lucian Ames Oak Grove Cemetery

Perkins Funeral Held For Harry S Perkins

The funeral for Harry S Perkins was held Monday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence on High street with Dr David L Wilson officiating. Bearers were F W Rainwater D M Cozzens J H Kelton and C C Hill. Burial followed in the Perkins family cemetery in Dresden.

Harry S. Perkins Arthur F. Mayo High Street David L. Wilson F. W. Rainwater D. M. Cozzens J. H. Kelton C. C. Hill Perkins Dresden

Also Mentioned on This Page

Richmond Earl Hackett Gardiner General Hospital Eleanor Shaw Edward Farwell Farwell Frances Preble Bowdoin Muriel H. Howe John P. Cushman United States Indian Point Road Malden Willkie Mae Hagan Keehlwetter Joan Hagen Anne Powers Clayton Stevens Faylene Rowe Brian Maureen Davis Dorothy Hagan Eleanor Hamilton Herman Spinney Lawrence W. Stetson Wesley Street Merle Jameson Stetson Kennebec County Charles W. Messenger Jameson Alfred Hamelin Edward Kelley Sagadahoc Superior Court Walter Moore Moore Fred Moore Hallowell Thorne Dexter Davis Quincy Wales Newton Malden Island Merton Davis Dorothy Merton C. C. Davis Irving Pinkham William Plummer Madge O'Brien Arthur Baird James Murphy Bailey Street Florence Albee Allston Courtney Treen I. A. Harris Mrs. Enied E. Spinney Mrs Lucy Cahill W. A. Oliver Funeral Fred S. Curtis & CO
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