West Dresden organizes new 4 H club and local notes
A new 4 H club is organized at West Dresden with Mrs. Ray Perry as leader. Senior officers include President Sheila Hamlin and Treasurer Gladys Carver. The column lists local visits, school board conference attendance, deer hunting reports, and residents traveling to Winthrop and Massachusetts.
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West Dresden
Ray Perry
Sheila Hamlin
Janet Varnum
Gladys Carver
Yvonne Bailey
Jane Varnum
Mary Brown
Judy Peters
Ralph Crowell
Providence, R. L
Stanwood Gilman
Leslie Louveney
State House
Raymond Lambert
Corinth
Leroy Robbins
Nathaniel Leeman
Grace Blinn
Blinn's Hill
James Cameron
Robinson
Massachusetts
Robert Brackley
Hallowell
Augusta General Hospital
Bridge Academy
Boston
Chester Dorr
Chester, Jr
Robert
George Sanford
Bernard Bailey
Dresden Mills
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Leonard Gahan
C. E. Longfellow
Woolwich
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Winthrop
Talk on P. T. boats proves interesting
Lt. Frank Joyce USN, skipper of the experimental P. T. boat nearing completion at Bath Iron Works, spoke to the Colonial club. He described PT boat development and its future role in the navy, sharing South Pacific WWII experiences and answering questions. New members were admitted. club supports Bath Memorial hospital campaign.
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Frank Joyce
USN
P. T
Bath Iron Works Corp
Colonial Club
South Pacific
Joyce
Robert D. Wilcox
Charles B. Doyle
Daniel E. Burgess
Bath Memorial Hospital
Birth of Diana Sue Stackpole at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Donald Stackpole of Meadowway welcome the birth of a daughter at Memorial Hospital on November 10. The baby is named Diana Sue. Mrs Stackpole was formerly Virginia Adams of Wiscasset.
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Donald Stackpole
Meadowway
Memorial Hospital
Diana Sue
Stackpole
Virginia Adams
Wiscasset
Bath PTA food sale boosts community turnout at Rogers Hardware
Georgetown notes a PTA sponsored food sale at Rogers Hardware in Bath led by Mrs. Roland Peterson and Mrs. Stanley Lewis. The Working League gathered at Peterson home for a meeting, birthday songs, and lunch with a candlelit cake.
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PTA
Rogers Hardware Store
Bath
Roland Peterson
Stanley Lewis
W. A. Todd
Steadman
Social Notes From Bath and Nearby Towns
Weekend visitors and local residents are noted in Bath and nearby towns. Mae Hagan and Dorothy Stuart visited, Janice Beane of Gorham State Teachers College spent time with her parents, and Philip Eaton hunted in Bath. Attendees at the Morse Brunswick game included Maureen Davis Faylene Rowe Janice Beane Joan Hagan Brian Davis and Buddy Rowe. Visitors at Togus included Mrs Vincent MacMahan with brother Herbert Marlow and Rockwell family members. Alberta Larrabee of Wiscasset toured Robinhood tearoom and observed birds. Melvin Jackson stayed with Adolf Spear in Robinhood for home shingling work on Rebeca Hourwich Reyher’s house. Edward Dyer and family visited Bath and Gardiner. Dyer’s once lived at Indian Point sheep farm about 29 years ago.
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Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Herbert Marlow
MacMahan
Mr. Marlow
Tagus
Hugh Rockwell
Fritz
Augusta
Rockland
Mr. Rockwell
Marjorie Rockwell
Robinhood
Melvin Jackson
Cambridge
Mass
Adolf Spear
Jackson
Rebecca Hourwich Reyher
Edward Dyer
Bath and
Gardiner
William A. Todd
Dyer
Indian Point
Y M C A Industrial League Basketball Starts December
The YMCA Industrial Basketball League plans games to begin December first. Representatives including Philip Oliver Sgt Lawrence McLean Russell Hatch Robert Tabor Lawrence Pomerleau Ralph King and Richard Coffill discussed team blanks and set a November 15 meeting. A minimum age of 16 is required and games will be on Monday or Thursday pending a final schedule.
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Y.M.C.A. Industrial Basketball League
Philip Oliver
Sgt
Lawrence McLean
Russell Hatch
Robert Tabor
Lawrence Pomerleau
Ralph King
Richard Coffill
Y.M. C.A
Y.M.C.A
Army Private on Leave with Parents in Bath Area
Pvt. Paul G. Bagdikian U S A on leave with his parents Dr and Mrs Paul G Bagdikian of Oak Street. Mrs Kareher S Jackson of Center Street visiting Augusta at the home of her brother and wife Capt and Mrs Walter E Chase. Capt and Mrs Russell S Hitchcock of Washington Street attended a reception for renowned artist Carroll Thayer Berry at Farnsworth Museum Rockland where Berry's paintings and photos are exhibited this month. Berry, a noted seascape artist, lives in Rockport and painted Bath Iron Works ships during early World War II. Capt and Mrs Hitchcock later joined Maine Craft's Society at the Massachusetts House Lincolnville.
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Paul G. Bagdikian
Camp Gordon Ga
Oak Street
Kareher S. Jackson
Center Street
Augusta
Walter E. Chase
Russell S. Hitchcock
Washington Street
Carroll Thayer Berry
Farnsworth Museum
Rockland
Berry
Rockport
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Hitchcock
Maine's Craft's Society
Massachusetts House
Lincolnville
Hunt for Deer Hides Dealers Offer Skins and Buckskein Heads
Howe for Company at 72 Main Coopers Mills Maine advertises top prices for deer hides and muskrat mink and raccoon skins. It promotes a buckskein head mounted on panel for 18 dollars or with gun rack attached for 23 dollars and notes special dealer lots.
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Howe
Main
Coopers Mills
Five Islands Community Notes Warm Gatherings and News
A Good Neighbor club held a special meeting at Mrs. Albert Moore’s home to discuss business. The post office received a gray and green paint upgrade. Rev. A F Ufford will speak at the Baptist church Thursday evening. he served in East China from 1946 to 1948 and held multiple church and relief roles. Lady Bible class met at Mrs. William Marr’s. Isaiah will be the lesson this Thursday. Auxiliary of the Library association hosted a Friday session to fund a kitchen stove for Library hall. Numerous residents are noted visiting, hosting, or traveling, with social events including hunting trips, football games, and weekend visits among Bath, Yarmouth, and Machias areas. Summer residents’ generosity is appreciated and books were received for the community library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Albert Moore
A. F. Ufford
East China
Baptist Church
Ufford
Hangchow
Chekiang- Shanghai Baptist Convention
Chekiang International Relief Committee
Hangchow Preachers’ Union
University of Shanghai
East China Mission
Shanghai-Chekiang Baptist Convention
William Marr
Orville Rowe
Preble
Walter P. Chrysler
Harriet Worrell
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Museum
J. Edward Moon
Otis Baker
Charles Davis
David Rutherford
Victor Pinkham
Jeannette
Bath
Roy Clark
Seguinland
J. Clifton Little
Little
Lermond Davis
Jimmy
Dickie
North Anson
Lester Davis
D. W. Staffeld
Brunswick
Douglas
Massachusetts
Beulah Miller
Stanley Lewis
Paul Thompson
Roland Peterson
Robinhood
Roland Wilkens
Albion
Jeanette Pinkham
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Clarence Small
Lubec
Madelyn Berry
Gerald Carr
Portland
Leslie Ainsley
Marion Ainsley
Cambridge
Mass
Vernon E. Gray
Machias
Herman Barter
Mary Stevens
Carrie
Isabel Stevens
Fenton Moore
Gilbert Standish
Edwin Lowell
Ray Grover
Helen Huskins
Vernal Chaney
Eliot
Thomas Watson
Chaney House
John P Hayes Funeral Services Held Saturday
Funeral services for John P Hayes were conducted Saturday morning by Rev Fr John Bellefontaine. Bearers included Donald Ring Harry E Ring Jr Leon Genthner Malon Genthner Milton Footer and Robert Footer. Burial followed in Calvary cemetery family lot. The Mississippi Delta region spans about 12300 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hayes
John Bellefontaine
Donald Ring
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Leon Genthner
Malon Genthner
Milton Footer
Robert Footer
Calvary Cemetery
Armistice Program Delights West Bath Grange Members
A large West Bath Grange crowd gathered Monday for an Armistice Day program directed by new lecturer Carl P. Meister. The event featured readings, songs, skits, and a discussion on wartime impact on agriculture, drawing 119 attendees including 12 visitors and nine non members, followed by a Carver's orchestra dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Carl P. Meister
Meister
Flanders Field
Stanley Brimigion
No Man’s Land
Alice Smith
Daniel McCall
David Henderson
Courtney Stover
Executive Committee
Bernice McGlinchy
Frank Donnell
Laura Mulcahy
Carol Brown
Daisy
Ethel MacDonald
America
Grange
Pat
Paul Crocker
Woolwich
Alan Wilkie
Persis Miller
Bertha Palmer
Jack Mulcahy
Carolyn Herrin
Bath
Carver
Rev Murchie Gordon Bath pastor dies at 66
Rev Murchie Avery Gordon 66, pastor of Beacon Street Methodist Church Bath, died suddenly at home 9 Beacon Street. Born Sullivan January 1, 1884, he served in Cornish Bethel and other cities, joined Bath church a year and a half ago, member Maine Methodist Conference 38 years. Survived by wife Eleanor Dyer Gordon, three daughters, a half brother, four grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 PM at Beacon Street Church. Burial Saturday in Franklin family lot. Friends may call Curtis Funeral Home until Friday noon.
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Murchie Avery Gordon
Beacon Street
Gordon
Bath
Cornish
Beacon Street Church
Sullivan
Nathaniel and
Abbie Gordon Gordon
Eastern Maine Conference Seminary
Bangor Theological School
Bethel
Maine Methodist Conference
Limestone Masonic Lodge
Bath Ministers’ Association
Eleanor Dyer Gordon
Horace Mitchell
Kittery
Frank Green
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Richard Mayer
Wellesley
Mass
Frank Gott
Franklyn
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Funeral for Sherman Lewis Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Sherman Lewis funeral was Tuesday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home in Bath. Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist church officiated. Bearers were three brothers Delbert Rodney and Wilfred Lewis and a nephew Robert Grove.
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Sherman Lewis
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Delbert
Rodney
Wilfred Lewis
Robert Grove
Alon A Merrill Dies at 59 in Bath
Jason Augustus Merrill 59 died Friday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a period of ill health. Born July 10, 1891 in New Gloucester, he worked at Markson Bros in Bath, co owned Bridge Merrill Dept Store, and served as Bath city official and welfare head. Survived by widow Mabel, two daughters Leah Page and Marie Wysor, five grandsons, sister, brother, niece and nephews.
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Jason Augustus Merrill
Bath Memorial Hospital
New Gloucester
True
Harriet Merrill
Pennell Institute
Bath
Markson Bros
Bridge-Merrill Department
D. T. Percy & Sons
Senter’s, Inc
Maine Central Railroad
Merrill
Central Congregational Church
Central Church Men's Club
Rotary Club
Scottish Rite
Lewiston
Auburn
Portland
Solar Lodge
Genesta Chapter
Mabel B. Merrill
Leah Page
Marie Wysor
Glen Ellyn
Hit
George Coombs
Castine
Harry Merrill
Funeral for Jason A. Merrill in Bath
Jason A. Merrill former Supt of Public Welfare in Bath died recently. Funeral services were held Monday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Laforest Hodgkins officiating. Large attendance and numerous floral tributes marked the service. Bearers included Donald D. Young William L. Skelton Harry E. Ring Jr. David E. Rich Edwin H. P. Lowell and William Cross. Burial followed at Oak Grove family lot.
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Jason A. Merrill
Public Welfare
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Merrill
Donald D. Young
William L. Skelton
Harry E. Ring, Jr
David E. Rich
Edwin H. P. Lowell
William Cross
Augusta
Oak Grove
Funeral for Clarence F. Ring Held at Mayo & Son
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Mayo and Son Funeral Residence in Brewer with Rev. Murchie Gordon officiating. Bearers included Lawrence Ring Harold Ring Albert Ring and Frank Butcher. Burial followed Friday in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in the family lot.
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Clarence F. Ring
F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Murchie Gordon
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Lawrence
Harold
Albert Ring
Frank Butcher
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Brewer
Funeral for Harry W. Whittam Held in North Bath
Funeral services for Harry W. Whittam of North Bath were held Friday at 3 30 PM at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev Richard Schaper of Winter Street Church officiating Bearers were Earl Haines Earl Haines Jr Royden Haines and Fraser Haines Burial took place in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Harry W. Whittam
North Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Richard Schaper
Winter Street
Earl Haines
Earl Haines, Jr
Royden Haines
Fraser Haines
Oak Grove
Mattie Stilphen Funeral Held at Richardson Street Residence
Funeral services for Mattie L. Stilphen were held Friday afternoon at 1 30 from her home 60 Richardson street with Rev Murchie Gordon pastor of Beacon Street Methodist church officiating Bearers were Clifton Spinney Clyde Stilphen Edward Stilphen and James McQuarrie Interment was in the family lot in Oak Grove
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Mattie L. Stilphen
Richardson Street
Murchie Gordon
Beacon Street
Mrs Vera H Weeks Remembered In Bath Funeral
Vera Hadlock Weeks 50 wife of Kenneth Weeks of 100 Front Street died suddenly Monday night at Memorial Hall after a ill turn at home. Born August 18 1900 in Mansfield Massachusetts she long worked as secretary in New York and Boston and later with the American Red Cross and Selective Service in Bath. Surviving are her husband her father Fred Hadlock one sister Ruth Keating one brother Calvin Hadlock a nephew Bruce Keating and a niece Frances Keating. Funeral Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home two o clock with Rev Laforest Hodgkins officiating.
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Vera Hadlock Weeks
Kenneth Weeks
Front Street
Memorial Hal
Mansfield
Mass
Is and
Maude (Stevens) Hadock
Weeks
Mansfield High School
Georgetown University
Bath
Manhattan
N. Y
New York
Veterans Bureau
Boston
American Red Cross
Selective Service
Congregational Church
Lionesses Club
American Legion Auxiliary of
Fred Hadlock
Ruth Keating
Bradford, Vt
Calvin Hadlock
Arlington Heights
Bruce Keating
Newtownville
Frances Keating
Bradford, VI
Abraham Miller dies after long illness in Bath
Abraham Miller aged 77 born in Russia died at his home 107 Lincoln Street Monday after a long illness. He came to the United States at 16, settled in Bath in 1900, ran a painting and papering business with small groceries, and retired two years ago due to ill health. He was a charter member of Beth Israel synagogue. Survived by five daughters Eva Goldman Malden Sadie Miller Jennie Lait Estelle Rines Dorice Levine Bath three sons Arthur Brooklyn Alex Portland J Lewis Miller Bath, three grandsons two granddaughters one great grandson and one great granddaughter. Funeral Tuesday at 11 from Bockstein Portland. burial Mt Sinai Portland.
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Abraham Miller
Lincoln Street
Mr. Miller
Russia
United States
Boston
Bath
Beth Israel Synagogue
Miller
Eva Goldman
Malden
Mass
Sadie Miller
Jennie Lait
Estelle Rines
Dorice Levine
Arthur
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alex
Portland
J. Lewis Miller
Bockstein
Mt. Siani Cemetery
Baby Dale Crist Dies at Three Months
Dale George Crist, three month old twin son of Wilbur and Dorothy Martin Crist, died at 22 Willow Street. He was born Aug. 10. Prayers were held Monday at 10 at Mayo funeral home with Rev. Charles R. Sims officiating. Burial was in Oak Cemetery. Survived by twin brother Dean, sister Carol Ann, maternal grandmother Mrs. Florence Martin of Bath, paternal grandfather George H. Crist of Bedford Pennsylvania, and several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale George ‘Crist
Wilbur
Dorothy Martin Crist
Willow Street
Mayo Funeral Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Dean
Carol Ann
Florence Martin
Bath
George H. Crist
Bedford
Mrs Herbert Cavanaugh Joins Brunswick Altrusa Club
Mrs Herbert Cavanaugh of East Brunswick is welcomed into the Brunswick Bath Altrusa Club at a Hotel Eagle Brunswick luncheon. Members decide to hold weekly meetings through the winter instead of bi monthly gatherings.
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Herbert Cavanaugh
East Brunswick
Brunswick-Bath
Altrusa Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
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