Community notes from Richmond club and legion meetings
A Saturday gathering of the Ideal Home Corner club at the Daughters of Union Veterans hall featured hostesses Mrs John Mealry and Mrs Belle Call. A Boy Scouts investiture preceded, with Lawrence Thompson Donald Waltz C Guion and Robert Knight invested. Several community notices follow including Legion units meeting at Curtis hall and a church card party at E E Durand's home. A Red Cross drive, a chimney fire, hospital stays, enlistment returnees, and D O U V C activities are listed along with an upcoming baked bean supper on Dec 3 at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Home Corner Club
Daughters of Union Veterans Hall
John Mealry
Belle Call
Boy Scouts
Lawrence Thompson
Donald Waltz
C. Guion
Robert Knight
Frank E. Lowe
Portland
Lelia Card
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Legion
Curtis Hall
A. Elizabeth Joy
Gilbert Edgett
George
Carl
John Dixon
Vernon Young
Hallowell Cemetery
Fred Moeller
Scarboro
Herbert Smith
Gardiner General Hospital
May Cheney
Eulela
Dresden
St. Ambrose Church
E. E. Durand
Methodist Parsonage
Red Cross
Amy Hovey
Pauline Purinton
Alice Hovey
Clarence Lang
Carl Anderson
Joseph Thibodeau
Alexander Road
Arthur Blanchard
Louis Lemieux
Gardiner Hospital
A. Lowell Terrell
U. S. Army
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
Daughters of Veterans Hall
Hattie Quinnam
Sister Quinnam
Charles Jackson
Sadie Waltz
Della Dickinson
Special meeting of Sagadahoc Pomona Grange in Richmond
Sagadahoc Pomona held a special meeting at Progressive Grange Hall Richmond Cor ner with 134 members present and 24 candidates receiving the fifth degree. The program included old songs readings and a skit The Store Keeper by George and Richard Thompson. Supper followed. Next Pomona meeting set for Nov 30 at Merry Meeting Grange Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Progressive Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
Eleanor Ripley
The
Grange
Mina Floyd
Clyde Starbird
Charles Thompson Jr
George
Richard Thompson
John Carter
Pomona
Merry Meeting
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin Confers First Two Degrees
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin held a Saturday meeting with strong attendance. The first and second degrees were conferred on Helen Burns Pauline Jenkins Mae Woods Shirley Marshal and Grace Hanson. Next Saturday the third and fourth degrees will be conferred followed by a harvest supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Helen Burns
Pauline Jenkins
Mae Woods
Shirley Marshal
Grace Hanson
Treasure chest exhibit features model planes and art at Winter Street church
At Winter Street church the treasure chest exhibit showcased a fine collection of model airplanes owned by Sen. Sumner Sewall and a grouping of angora cats carved from soap. Miss Janette W. Smith led the hobby display with oil paintings by Mrs. Evelyn Roderick and two ancient paintings shown by Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. Isabel E. Carter presented a bed spread over 150 years old. Tea was served in the afternoon by Mrs. Archie E. Doyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Janette W. Smith
Sumner Sewall
Marion Palmer
Grace Church
Evelyn Roderick
Roscoe P. McFadden
Isabel E. Carter
Archie E. Doyle
Captain Bowles Joins Bath Ministers Association
at a Grace church parish house meeting, Capt. C. F. Bowles of the Salvation Army was welcomed as a member. Rev. Charles R. Sims presided, routine business discussed. Dr. David L. Wilson will speak at the next meeting on December 5, with several local clergy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministers Association
Grace Church
C. F. Bowles
Salvation Army
Charles R. Sims
David L. Wilson
Joseph O. Purdue
Jesse Kenderdine
Charles M. Tubbs
George B. Wolstenholme
Louis A. Dole
Dr J C Phillips Dies Suddenl y While Hunting
Dr John Charles Phillips 62 of Wenham Massachusetts a renowned naturalist and Harvard Peabody Museum faculty member died suddenly during a hunting trip near Dover New Hampshire He authored Natural History of Ducks and led Massachusetts Fish and Game Association and State Conservation Council He is survived by his widow Eleanor Hyde two sons and two daughters and was brother to William Phillips U S Ambassador to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charles Phillips
Wenham
Mass
William Phillips
U. S
Italy
Dover
N. H
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Massachusetts’ Fish and Game Association
State Conservation Council
Phillips
Good Will Alumni Set Friday Reunion Dinner in Auburn
Alumni of Good Will Homes and Schools in Hinckley now living in Maine will meet Friday at 6 30 pm at Sixth Street Congregational church in Auburn for a reunion dinner. Officers will be elected, songs sung, and short entertainment, with announcements about next summer s 50th anniversary celebration July 27 to July 30. Maine organizers plan to notify all former attendees while other regional alumni groups hold gatherings before Good Will Night events beginning Wednesday, Nov 23. The Maine association officers include president Loring Strickland secretary Samuel J Eccles and treasurer Clyde E Decker with others on the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will
Hinckley
Maine
Sixth Street Congregational Church
Auburn
Maine Association
New York City
Boston
Maine Association of
Good Will Boys and Girls
Loring Strickland
Portland
David H. Brown
Samuel J. Eccles
Clyde E. Decker
Augusta
John C. Berdeen
South Portland
Manley Chase
Waterville
Union Leaders Confer With Bath Iron Works Officials
John Green national president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America met Bath Iron Works executives William S. Newell Archibald M. Main and L. Eugene The beau in Camden New Jersey for talks with Local No 4 union members. The two and a half hour session produced a cooperative note with plans to list shop stewards for interim representation and a follow up meeting at 2 pm Monday at the plant office building. A Local No 4 report from Baxter hall covered the afternoon conference and a 6 pm meeting for shop stewards with instructions. Caleb Burns and family returned from a weekend trip to Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
Camden
N. J
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
C.I.O
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
William S. Newell
Archibald M. Main
L. Eugene Thebeau
James Harkins
Stewart Anderson
W.S. Pollard
Baxter Hall
Georgetown Hosts Delightful Card Party at Sagadahoc Farm
A Georgetown card party at Sagadahoc Farm hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hinckley and Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Higgins featured five tables. Mrs. Harold Brown won the ladies prize, while Joe Higgins took the gentlemen’s prize. Lobster stew, pickles, cake and coffee were served as guests departed late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Hinckley
Raphael Higgins
Sagadahoc Farm
Sagadahoc Bay
Harold Brown
Joe Higgins
E. Emmons
Walter F. Powers
J. F. Higgins
Howard M. Trafton
Ernest Heal
John Gordon
Harold J. Brown
Walter T. Newdick
Charles Blaisdell
Old Seguin
Albers
George T. Williams
Waterville
Norman Blackie
Northampton
Mass
Polock
Somerville
J. R. Blackie
Gardiner Hanson
Arlington
Doris Trafton
Melrose
Boston
Rudolph Trafton
Portland
D. L. Pettingill
Kennebec Point Road
Frye
Everett Stevens
Riggsville
Robinhood
Tenney
W. A. Todd
Roy Newman
Howard Trafton
Walter Powers
First Baptist Church
Bath Young Men Win Success Operating New Steamship Line
Two Bath youths Frederick E. Drake Jr and Duncan McInnes organize the Seaboard Navigation Co and run the freight steamer Penobscot between Boston and Maine ports including Bangor Bucksport and Winterport. They recently added the trawler Breeze renamed Kennebec to carry 400 tons with heating in holds for potatoes, expanding to serve New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Norfolk. The line has been profitable and aims to grow with more ships and water freight between Maine and southern ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Seaboard Navigation Co
Mr. Drake
James B. Drake
Kennebec
Boston
Boothbay
Eastern Steamship Co
Penobscot
Brewer
Bangor
New York
Indelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Maine
Chase Appeals Case to January Term
J Ross Chase of this city pleaded not guilty to larceny of 5 dollars from John Smith of Bath when arraigned in municipal court. He was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days in Kennebec county jail, appealed and furnished 100 dollars sureties for January Sagadahoc Superior court. Smith testified he gave the money for a bail commissioner's services but spent part of it. Two intoxication cases before Judge Arthur J Dunton resulted in one 6.35 dollars costs and the other 10 dollars plus costs 7 dollars, all paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ross Chase
John Smith
Bath
Kennebec County
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Smith
Chase
Arthur J. Dunton
Five Islands social notes reflect busy community life
The Five Islands column records a series of visits and gatherings across cottages in Gott's Cove Seguinland and Georgetown. Families from Berlin Lincoln Lewiston Gardiner Bath and Malden are mentioned with hosts and guests, plus a lobster stew supper by the Library association, sewing circles, quilt making and multiple weekend or Armistice Day visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Library Association
Harlan M. Fossett
Anne
Harlan
Berlin
N. H
Gott's Cove
Albertina Perkins
Lincoln
Mass
F. H. Brooks
P. D. Wilkins
Lewiston
Sedgemere
Maynard Hinckley
Gardiner, Me
Mr. Blaisdell
Eugene Baker
Jean
Kittery
Wiliam Marr
Walter Savage
Kitry
W. H. Holland
J. J. Gibson
Richard
Nancy Barter
Bath
W. E. Gray
Raphael Higgins
Rosalyr
Georeetown
Orville Rowe
Edward Lewis
Augushy
M. Lewis
Ser
Edith Davis
Harold Rowe
Harry Jr
Cf Kinnevy
Lvir Cotta
Thelma Davis
Allston
George Yeo
Bob
Winchester
Clarence MacMahan
Basil MacMahan
Cambridge
George McKinnon
Malden
Charles Kenney
Cromwell
Kenney
Nat Hassenius
Bobbie
Boston
Seguinland
Maurice Pinkham
Helen
Audrey Pinkham
Burleigh Pinkham
Freeport
Five Islands
Lowell
Jean Baker
Leon Williams
Olive Williams
Leon, Jr
Plainfield
Arthur Marr
David Wilkins
Clifford Beseau
Harold
Norman
Jay
Davis
Horace Rittall
Sumner Mains
Cunningham
Hallowell
Walter E. Reid
New York
Nurses Anticipate The Citadel at Bath Opera House
Memorial hospital nurses look forward to The Citadel showing at Bath Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday. Manager Vennette arranged for the event inviting the superintendent of nurses of sequests to join during the two days. The Citadel, a Cronin bestseller, has earned strong reviews in large city screenings. Mr and Mrs Walter Taylor and daughter Pearl return to Highland street after a weekend in Somerville Mass with cousin Thomas Sedgeberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Bath Opera House
Vennette
Bath
A. J. Cronin
Walter Taylor
Pearl
Highland Street
Somerville
Mass
Mr. Taylor
Thomas Sedgeberg
Native of this city dies in Searsport
Funeral services for Fred C. Thistle 60 who died at his home in Searsport of pneumonia were held Tuesday at 2 30 p m Rev William Vaughan of the Trinity Reformed Church Belfast officiating He was a veteran of the Spanish American War with Company A Sixth Massachusetts Regiment later living in Malden Reading and Searsport where he ran the Thistle overnight camps He leaves a wife a daughter two sons eleven grandchildren two sisters and a brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Thistle
Searsport
William Vaughan
Trinity Reformed Church
Belfast
Thistle
Spain
Massachusetts Regiment
Porto Rico
Bath
George William
Mary Hume Thistle
Annette Wescott
Auburn
Malden
Mass
Reading
Charles Parker
United Spanish War Veterans
Wakefield
Waldo County
Randall-Collins Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army and Navy
Boston
Mariners’ Lodge of Masons
Donald Gatchell
Hume
Norman
Sandy Point
Julia Haggett
Edward Carleton
Portland
George W. Thistle
Gloucester, Mauss
Captain Alfred Warren Dies in Georgetown Community
Captain Alfred Edgar Warren a respected Georgetown resident died at his home on the Georgetown road in his 70s. He captained fishing vessels out of Boston in earlier years and leaves a wife, a sister, three nieces, four cousins, and several other relatives. Funeral services were held Sunday at First Baptist church Georgetown with burial in Five Oaks cemetery. bearers were Harry Heald Earl Hagan Clarence Kneeland and Sumner Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Edgar Warren
Georgetown
Georgetown Road
Warren
Boston
Capt. Warren
LeRoy Moore
Clyde Pinkham
Clarence Kneeland
Florence Stevens
Fred Carlton
Whitefield
Joseph
Isabelle
Carrie Stevens
Five Islands
First Baptist Church of
Five Oaks Cemetery
Harry Heald
Earl Hagan
Sumner Main
Allan A. MacDonald dies aged 95 in Bath home
Allan A. MacDonald 95 a millwright died Saturday at the Old Folks Home after 11 years in residence in Bath where he lived 63 years. Born in Prince Edward Island he was a son of Alexandria and Sarah Ross MacDonald. Survived by two daughters Mrs J J Kendall Baltimore Michigan and Mrs J T Palmer Bath two sons Daniel A MacDonald Bath Rev E A MacDonald Philadelphia 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan A. MacDonald
Bath
Mr. MacDonald
Prince Edward Island
Alexandria
Sarah Ross MacDonald
J. J. Kendall
Baltimore
Mich
J. T. Palmer
Daniel A. MacDonald
E. A. MacDonald
Philadelphia
Funeral services for John H. Esmond in Gardiner
The funeral for John Henry Esmond a Gardiner native who died at Memorial hospital was held at St Josephs Catholic church Gardiner He lived in Gardiner most of his life then moved to Bath to live with son William B Esmond He was born June 13 1856 to Bernard and Mary OBrien Esmond a tinsmith by trade for 64 years in Gardiner He is survived by his son a daughter Maude E Flaherty six grandchildren a nephew T S Fuller and two nieces Miss Mary Fuller and Miss Abby Stone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Esmond
Gardiner
Memorial Hospital
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Mr. Esmond
Bath
William B. Esmond
Willow Street
Bernard
Mary O'Brien Esmond
Mrs Chetwynd Funeral Held At Bath
Jessie E. Chetwynd widow of Almon L. Chetwynd of Vinalhaven died Friday in Memorial hospital after six weeks illness. Funeral Sunday at Fred S. Curtis funeral home Bath officiated by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme. Burial in Cummings cemetery Vinalhaven. Survived by daughter Nina B. McRae Bath sister Mrs. Percy M. Ford Linn Mass two brothers Capt. Clifford A Nickerson Brooklyn N S and Robert Hopkins Bear Pot N S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie E. Chetwynd
Almon L. Chetwynd
Vinalhaven
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
George B. Wolstenholme
Cummings Cemetery
Freeman
Elizabeth Stoddard Hopkins
Bath
People’s Baptist Echureh
Nina B. McRae
Percy M. Ford
Linn
Mass
Clifford A Nickerson
Brooklyn
N. S
Robert Hopkins
Bear Pot
N.S
Baptist Brotherhood Meeting Reports Social Hour
First Baptist Brotherhood met Tuesday evening for a program and social hour. Refreshments were served by Harry W. Moulton Judge Arthur J Dunton and Forrest C. Legard. Entertainment committee included E Melvin Pratt L L Hooker and Raymond D Cummings. Attendance was good. Next meeting set for December 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Brotherhood
Harry W. Moulton
Judge Arthur
J. Dunton
Forrest C. Legard
E. Melvin Pratt
L. L. Hooker
Raymond D. Cummings
Henry Rose Dies at West Bath Home
Henry Rose 84 prominent West Bath resident and former Bath High School graduate died Monday evening at Rosedale Farm Fos ter's Point Road he founded in 1804 He was born in Bath Jan 9 1854 son of John T Rose and Martha Griffin Rose A former foreman joiner he worked in printing and farmed at Rosedale with Henry Rose & Sons He served West Bath as town clerk and tax collector and belonged to West Bath Grange He survived by three sons Frank Ernest E Fred J Rose and daughter Mrs Lester Crocker Funeral at 2 pm Thursday from his home with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rose
West Bath
Bath High School
Rosedale Farm
Foster's Point Road
Mr. Rose
Bath
John T
Martha Griffin Rose
California
Oregon
Rosedale
Henry Rose & Sons
Rose
Odd Fellows
Frank Rose
Washington, D. C
Ernest E
Fred J. Rose
Lester Crocker
Oak Grove Cemetery
City
Mrs. Madeline Tomlinson Widow of Fenton Tomlinson Dies in Portland
Madeline B. Tomlinson 59 widow of Fenton Tomlinson and sister of Hon. Rupert H. Baxter of Bath died Wednesday after a long illness at her Portland home. She was the youngest of 11 children of ex Mayor James Phinney Baxter, a Wellesley graduate active in welfare work, and hostess to Gov. Percival P. Baxter. Survived by two sons James Baxter Tomlinson and Edward Tomlinson, two brothers Hartley C. Baxter of Brunswick and James P. Baxter Jr. of Portland. Nephew James P. Baxter III of Williams College was a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline B. Tomlinson
Fenton Tomlinson
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath
Portland
James Phinney Baxter
Wellesley College
Percival P. Baxter
James Baxter Tomlinson
Edward Tomlinson
Hartley C. Baxter
Brunswick
James P. Baxter, Jr
James P. Baxter 3d
Williams College
Mrs Jessie E Chetwynd Dies In Bath At 72
Mrs Jessie E Chetwynd 72 widow of Almon L Chetwynd of Vinalhaven died Friday at Memorial Hospital after a six week illness with complications. Born Bear Point New Brunswick she moved to Bath eight years ago from Vinalhaven and belonged to People's Baptist church. Survived by daughter Nina B MacRae Bath sister Mrs Percy M Ford Lynn Mass two brothers Captain Clifford A Nickerson Brooklyn NY and Robert Hopkins Bear Point NB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie E. Chetwynd
Almon L. Chetwynd
Vinalhaven
Bath
Percy M. Ford
Lynn
Mass
Capt
Clifford A. Nickerson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Hopkins
Bear Point
N. 8
Funeral Held for World War Veteran Mark L. Hagan
The funeral of Mark L. Hagan, a World War II veteran who died suddenly at a COC camp in East Wallingford Vermont, was held Thursday at 3 30 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Rev George B Wolstenholme officiated. American Legion ritual followed, with Commander Wilbur H Crocker Roland Smith post and officers. Bearers were Carl C Anderson Charles R Farnham W Dayton Hill W Percy Marks and Allan Spear. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark L. Hagan
East Wallingford
Arthur F. Mayo
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
American Legion
Wilbur H. Crocker
Roland Smith Post
Eugene G. Hart
Carl C. Anderson
Charles R. Farnham
W. Dayton Hill
W. Percy Marks
Allan Spear
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs Grace G Preble Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral of Mrs Grace G Preble occurred Thursday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Charles Brown of Woolwich led the service with bearers Frank Walker Zina Eaton Fred Brown and Carleton D Reed. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace G. Preble
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles Brown
Woolwich
Frank Walker
Zina Eaton
Fred Brown
Carleton D. Reed
Riverside Cemetery
Mrs Susie Lambert Funeral Held At Curtis Home
The funeral of Mrs Susie L Lambert widow of John A Lambert was held Friday at 10 30 am at the Fred 8 Curtis funeral home 105 Center street Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist church officiated Burial was in the Coys plot at North Road Houston The article notes frogs croaking heard on a porch nearby and mentions two Vinalhaven fishermen Donald Johnson and Faye Dyer who were unreported since Wednesday and returned Friday aboard their 30 foot craft to Vinalhaven after Coast Guardboats searched for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie L. Lambert
John A. Lambert
Fred
E. D. Coy
North Road
Houston
Vinalhaven
Donald Johnson
Faye Dyer
Coast
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Richmond
Captain Bowles
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
J. C. Phillips
Eleanor Hyde
Sixth Street Church
Office of
Caleb Burns
Reginald
Front Street
Revere
Ethel Barter
Daniel Hogan
Winifred Quinn
Walter Barstow
Bay Point
Alfred E
Edgar”) Warren
John
Elizabeth
Stevens) Warren
Roy Moore
Marrtown
Back River
Edgar
Sylvia Fields
Coleen Radley
Laura E. Richards
Indian Point
Dr. Brown
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Roy M. Newman
Richards Library
Richards
Georgetown Library Association
Earle Hagan
T. M. Hagan
Belle Heald
Lester Powers
Eleanor Hamilton
Allie Hinckley
Alonzo T. Trafton
Hunt
Koehlwetter
NEW Steamship Line
Dunton
Progressive Grange
Thistle Overnight Camps
Edgar Warren
John H. Esmond
Mrs. Chetwynd
Baptist Brotherhood
Mrs. Preble
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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