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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1925

Page

7

Armistice Day Observance and Community Notes in Richmond

The Armistice program in Richmond featured Battery H of Bath leading a parade from North Pleasant and Main streets to Lane field for a drill and guard mount, followed by an address by Comrade Eugene M. Desmond. A masquerade ball was held at the Opera House in the evening. The column then lists multiple local notices: deaths, visitors, and social events including George S Brennen's death, trips to West Palm Beach, duck shooting reports at Merrymeeting Bay with 19 ducks, station changes, and frequent town visits by residents and relatives, plus Red Cross drives starting November 11.

Emerson Lane A. L Battery H Bath Patriotic Organizations of Richmond North Pleasant Main Streets Main Pleasant Chestnut Lane Field Eugene M. Desmond Bath American Legion Post Danforth Frank Houdlette Curtis Clements Dresdent Mills West Palm Beach Fla Arthur Foster Canton Leslie Roberts Ella Qodiorne L.S. Alexander Gardner Street Arabel Allen Solon Purington Augusta Harry L. Stilphen James Nelson Nelson Merry Meeting Bay Merrymeeting Bay Maine Annie Burnham Harry L. Tarr Portland Ida Oliver Carrol Young Emerson School Winthrop Roger Pierce Edna Libby R. N Josie Libby Harold Shaw Maurice Costellow Kennebunk Joseph Morton Palmer Mass van Buren A. M. Turner Lyon Fraternities George Gibbs Loretta Parks Earl Cronk Farmington N.hl Cronk Carl Curtis Main Street Hattie Quinham Ona Charles Fryburg Joseph DB. Costellon Herbert L. Sherbourne Melvin Brown Westbrook Brown Walter T. Knight County Road George Gilbert Mary Lela W. EF. Douglass Elizabeth Robbins I’. L. Rogers

Stewart Wins Medal for His Composition

Eleven year old Charles Stewart, seventh grade at Central grammar school, won the bronze medal for general excellence in writing on Why the Preservation of the U S S Constitution Will Promote Patriotism. The Elks presented the award at the school with judges including the local postmaster and school officials.

Charles Stewart Central Grammar School Horatio A. D. Mikels Bathlodge of Elks Natalie Mayo Dorothy McAllister Dike Henry W. Owen, Jr Clinton D. Wilson Arthur B. Scott Morse High School Master Stewart Charlestown Navy Yard Florida Moiden Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mrs Hinckley's Funeral Private Burial at Oak Grove

The funeral for Mrs Mary E K Sinck ley Hinckley wife of Capt Frederick J Hinckley was private Monday afternoon at her home 47 Lincoln Street. Rev K D Hardin of Winter Street church officiated. Pallbearers included Walter Bowker George McNulty Fred Lord and Everett Trafton. Burial followed at Oak Grove. John Grindell and his orchestra returned from Bangor after a brief tour in that area.

Mary EK. Sinckley Frederick J. Hinckley Lincoln Street Hardin Winter Street Walter H. Bowker George BE McNulty Fred H. Lord Everett Trafton Oak Grove

Georgetown Lobster Stew Supper Clears $62.50 At First Baptist

A Friday lobster stew supper at First Baptist in Georgetown drew many from Five Islands and cleared $62.50. Thanks go to Herman Spinney for the lobsters. candy sales by Mrs. George F. Oliver. cake table led by Mrs. Josie Williams and Mrs. Frank Heald. nearly 150 tickets sold by A. F. E. Buzzo. A community supper by the men is planned for Friday the 20th.

First Baptist Herman Spinney George F. Oliver Josie Williams Frank Heald A. FE. Buzzo Dorothy Stuart Carroll Powers Lester Powers Ralph Reynolds Buzzo Bath John Carter Woolwich KE. B. Billings IF. J. Hinckley Hinc Harold J. Brown Harold, Jr Herbert Hunt Herbert Harold Ardenne Dereld Stunt Lewis, Howard Elwin W Kimball Eleanor Cunningham Dorothy Hagan Roger Oliver Kimball Earle Hagan Warold Hunt Marion Jewett Portland Eugene Jewett Robinhood Burnside Powers Roscoe DP. Todd Warren Melrose Highlands Mass Joseph Higgins Waltham W. C. Todd John R. Blackie Topsham George Sprague Helen Mulligan Charles Campell

Five Islands Grange meeting and social week notes

Attendance at the Five Islands Grange was good with a program of member clippings readings by Mrs Blaisdell Mrs Leonard Mrs Amazeen and Mrs Williams and a song by Ferris Leonard Cake and cocoa were served at recess. Numerous local residents traveled to Georgetown Center for a union supper and many small town updates follow with visits and travel plans among Five Islands people.

Five Islands Bermuda The Grange J. E. Blaisdell Gertrude Leonard Charles Amazeen J. D. Williams Ferris Leonard Elbridge Mains J. L. Stevens KH. V. Small Coopers Mills Charles Noyes Warren Davis Portland Hermuda Imperial Hotel Handilton Cleveland Davis Dexter Benjamin Ayers Southport Georgetown Center Union George Gray J. G. Rowe Brigg M. GB. MacMahan Friends A. Be. Harford Bath Rockport Mr. Amazeeen Elizabeth Amazeen James Pratt Bowdoinham A. B. Thibodean Leon Williams Olive Frances Waltham Mass Mr. Williams Williams C. C. Davis L.H. Rowe Eleanor Campbell Herman Spinney Say V Point A. MacMahan Basil Maine D. L. Howard Ocean View Helen Mulligan Clara Davis Thomas Scott Weston Arthur Beery W. J. Berry Marjorie Hope Berry Adhie Stevens Mrs. Berry J. . Blaisdell Marjorie Rowe Edith Christania Winkham Ethelyn Hazel Gray Alice Cromwell Frank Heald Andrew Alfred Rowe

Insurance Court Win by Portland Insurance Company

Justice Norman L. Bugsett ruled in Portland that Commercial Union Insurance must defer to arbitration for loss amount under the Maine standard policy. Ira M. Carr of Miami faced a ruling that the failure to submit loss to arbitration bars his claim, with the case headed toward the Law Court for further action.

Norman L. Bugsett Supreme Judicial Court Ira M. Carr Miami Fla Commercial Union Insurance Portland Cone Place Bowdoinham Brunswick Augusta Douglas Agency Carr Bassett Influrance Company Maine Standard Law Court Ellis J. Aldrich William TH. Gulliver

Ruffed Grouse Probe Yields Stakeholder Guidance

The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association states that the ruffed grouse disease does not taint flesh but birds with advanced illness are thin and unpalatable. Healthy birds remain safe to eat. Dr. Alfred O. Gross in Brunswick oversees the New England investigation with over 100 specimens received.

Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association New England Alfred O. Gross Brunswick Association New England States Gross Bowdoin College WBZ Thornton W. Burgess

Capt. Frank R. Rowe 71 famed Maine steamboat captain

Captain Frank R. Rowe, 71, longtime Maine steamboat commander on the Boothbay route, died suddenly Sunday at his Boothbay Harbor home after a brief illness from heart trouble. He helped establish the Boothbay Harbor to Wiscasset service and never missed a trip during 18 years aboard the Winter Harbor. Born at Five Islands to Eliphalet and Ivella Rowe, he was active in the Knights of Pythias, Methodist church, choir, and Sunday School. He leaves wife Effie Stevens and two sons Roy D. and Clark Rowe, plus a sister and three brothers.

Frank R. Rowe Maine Bath Nahanda Boothbay Eastern Steamboat Co Boothbay Harbor Wiscasset Winter Harbor Capt. Rowe Five Islands Eliphalet Ivella Rowe Knights of Pythias Methodist Church Effie Stevens Roy D Clark Rowe Zethie A. Fickett Portland Capt Seth Rowe South Portland Florentine Cumberland Eugene

Funeral for Josiah N Collins Veteran Dies at 49

Josiah N Collins, a Spanish War veteran of Company K, First Maine Infantry, died at the National Soldiers Home hospital in Togas. Funeral services were held at his Water Street home in Brunswick with Rev. Harvey H. Bishop presiding and a Veterans of Foreign Wars and Red Men delegation attending. Burial in Harvey cemetery followed VFW services. He leaves a widow and four children. long-time member of Niagara Engine Co. Brunswick Fire Department.

Josiah N. Collins National Soldiers Home Hospital Togas Waterstreet Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars Sons of Veterans Harvey H. Bishop Cumberland St. Baptist Church Harvey Cemetery Veteras of Collins First Maine Infantry ISOS Tle Niagara Engine Co Brunswick Fire Department

Mrs Clara White Curtis Rites Held in Salem

The body of Mrs Clara White Curtis wife of R Frank Curtis of Salem Massachusetts arrived Monday afternoon A committal service was held at the grave in Oak Grove by Rev Elwyn Taylor of Corliss Street Church The funeral followed at Mrs Curtis home in Salem Sunday afternoon.

Clara White Curtis R. Frank Curtis Salem Mass Oak Grove Elwyn ©.Taylor Corliss Street Church

Death of Fanny Fettridge Retold as Bath Guest

News of the death of Fanny Fettridge is reported. She previously served as social secretary to Elmina Eames in Paris before living in Bath as a guest of Mine Eames on North Street, Bath.

Fanny Fettridge Elmina Eames Paris Bath Eames North Street

Bath stevedore James McNerney dies in Dorchester Mass

James J. McNerney longtime Bath stevedore died at his Dorchester home in Massachusetts. He left Bath about 30 years ago and is survived by his wife Margaret McNerney formerly O'Donnell. Funeral held Saturday at his daughter's home on Pleasant Street Dorchester followed by a Mass at St Meters Church.

James J. McNerney Bath Dorchester Mass McNerney Margaret McNerney O'Donnell Edward J. Powers Pleasant Street NS Oavu St. Meters Church

Seldon Y. Osborn dies. Bath society figure widowed

Seldon Y. Osborn husband of Maud Worth Osborn died Saturday in South Orange. Funeral and interment were in New Haven. A Yale Sheffield Scientific School graduate, class of 1898, he spent years in Europe and rose to high executive ranks at Vacuum Oil Co. of New York. His widow Maud Worth Osborn was a prominent Bath social figure.

Seldon Y. Osborn Maud Worth Osborn South Orange No 1 New Haven Conn Osborn Sheffield Scientific School Yale University Europe Vacuum Oil Co New York Bath Society

Funeral of Miss Stilkey D G Stilkey

The funeral of Miss Dorothy G Stilkey Morse high graduate who died at the Maine Eye and Infirmary in Dorthind where she was training was Monday afternoon at sunti church. Floral offerings were magnificent and numerous. Rev George D Riley of Providence, her pastor at the Nazarene church in Bath for four and a half years, officiated with prayer by Rev C O Miller, successor to Mr Riley in the Bath church. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery.

Dorothy G. Stilkey Morse Maine Eye and Mar Dorthind George DD. Riley Providence Nazarene Church Bath C. O. Miller Riley Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Death notices of George H Miller and Miss Stilkey in Bath area

Obituary notices report the death of George Herbert Miller 54 of Manchester Conn formerly of Bath Me from pernicious anemia after war service and a career as Cheney Bros. engineer with community roles. also obituary for Miss Stilkey born 1905 in Freeport who lived with Bath families since childhood, attended Morse High and was active in Nazarene church, leaving sister Pauline Stilkey and father Edward Brown.

George Herbert Miller Manchester Conn Bath Morristown N. J Miller Washington Maine George A. Miller Manchester Country Club Cheney Get-Together Club Manchester Chamber of Commerce Society of Engineers of New York Emily Frances Stone Rachel A Catherine B. Miller Emma Miller Edward Miller Roslindale Mass East Center Street William Woodruff Congregational Church Cheney Bros Frank Cheney, Jr Herbert House John Whletzle Luberge Geer John Hood Raymond Goslee Hust Cemetery Miss Stilkey Freeport E. R. Brown West Bath Morse High J. E. Mayo Trufant's Crossing

Mrs Mary E Hinckley Dies After Long Illness

Mrs Mary E Hinckley wife of Capt Frederick J Hinckley died late Friday after a long illness she had not left bed long. She was born in Phippsburg daughter of Isaac and Mary Holbrook and would have marked her 50th wedding anniversary on June 1. The couple lived in Georgetown before moving to Bath 27 years ago on his retirement from the sea. She belonged to First Baptist of Georgetown and Bath chapter Red Cross. She leaves husband a daughter Mrs Sylvester H Rowland of Bath two grandchildren Frederick and Cecil Rowland Bath three brothers Frank Holbrook Lakewood NJ John and Alvah Holbrook Phippsburg two nieces Gladys McLellan Bath Maud Holbrook Phippsburg and two nephews Frederick and Walter Holbrook Lakewood NJ.

Mary E. Wincekley Frederick J. Hinckley Hinckley Phippsburg Isaac and Mary Jr. Holbrook Capt Mrs. Hinckley Georgetown Bath Capt. Hinckley First Baptist Church of Red Cross Sylvester H. Rowland Frederick Cecil Rowland Frank Holbrook Lakewood N. J John Alvah Holbrook Gladys McLellan Maud Holbrook Walter Holbrook

Dorothy Stilkey Dies from Typhoid in Portland

Miss Dorothy G Stilkey aged 20 and a Morse High School graduate of Bath died Thursday night at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland from typhoid fever.

Morse High School Infirmary Portland Dorothy G. Stilkey Morse High Bath Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary

Death of Nathaniel Gray leaves family in Bath and Bowdoin Center

Emma Rogers mourns the death of her father Nathaniel Gray aged 74 after pneumonia. He leaves widow Lilla and a daughter in Bath along with three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Surviving siblings include Henry in California Emery in Massachusetts Hattie Sedgeley and Mrs Edward Rice. A nephew Marshall Gray had lived with the family. Gray ran a fish business for 50 years and funeral was held Saturday at Bowdoin Center church with burial in West Bowdoin.

Emma Rogers Bowdoin Center Nathaniel Gray Lilla Rogers Franklin ‘Street Bath Henry Quakland Cal Emery Allston Mass Hattie Sedgeley Richmond Edward Rice Marshall Gray

Mrs Clara White Curtis Dies in Salem Mass

Mrs Clara White Curtis wife of R Frank Curtis died at her home in Salem Massachusetts. She was born in Richmond and lived in Bath for several years and had been ill the last years. She leaves two sons Nathaniel of Durham New Hampshire and Charles Curtis of Salem, two sisters in law Lizzie French and Cora Small both of Bath, and two brothers in law Chauncey F Curtis of Bath and Ernest G Curtis of Salem.

Clara White Curtis R. Frank Curtis Mt. Vernon Street Salem Mass Bath Richmond Nathaniel Durham N. H Charles Curtis Lizzie French Cora Small

Funeral for Mrs Emma J Campbell in Unity

Mrs Emma J Campbell died in Unity and funeral services were held Thursday at 2 PM at her daughter Mrs Carroll A Deering’s home 308 Washington Street. Rev Charles O Miller of Nazarene church officiated. Bearers were William Mitchell Stanwood Cutting James Mitchell and Elmer F Campbell. Burial followed in Lombard Cemetery West Bath.

Emma J. Campbell Unity Carroll A. Deering Washington Street Charles O., Miller the Nazarene Church William Mitchell Stanwood Cutting James Mitchell Elmer F. Campbell Lombard Cemetery West Bath

Free textbooks distribution halted at Bellingham high schools

Free distribution of textbooks to students will be discontinued this year in Bellingham Washington high schools due to lack of funds. Books will be purchased by school authorities and sold to students at cost.

Bellingham Wash

Telephone link connects fireman aloft to engineer on ground

San Francisco adopts a new communication line between a fireman aloft and the ground engineer enabling direct orders. The system enables faster coordination during fires and emphasizes improved safety and efficiency for aerial operations.

San Francisco

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