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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1953

Page

8

Richmond community groups host yearend planning and drives

Rich mond area clubs and church groups report November drives for membership and charity. Progressive 4-H and Junior 4-H recruit high school youth with officer slate announced. Xmas suggestions and Togus veterans gifts planned. Several meetings set at Masonic hall and grange building with officers named. local Y M C A talks and India exhibit. Willow Brook and Auburn twin contest noted.

Mee Mt. Prahoma Veneranda Sanford Priscilla Riske Frida Ora B. Farrington Almon Riske Priscilla Royal Arch Chapter Masons Masonic ‘Hall Progressive Grange Richmond Corner Sierict Dresden Emerson Lane American Legion Marion Babb Esther Foss Togus Veterans Hospital Bertha Audrey Dewitt Mothers, Friends and David Dellert South Central Erland Curtis Priscilla Riske Maynard Brown Robert Brown Wayne Lewis Dorothy Gray Robert Gray Jerry Curtis Edwin Douglass Thomas LeMont Jackie Nickel Janice Humphrey Richmond Corner Extension Association Geraldine Brown Gray Ladies Togus India Erma Raynes Edna Small Courtney Hinckley Richmond Congregational Church Rahuri Bath Marjorie Quipu Connie Merde Juliet Plouff Ruth Champeon Sagadahoc Cattle Club Harold Brown Clayton Waltz Brown Philip Dowe Fred Raynes Carole Brown Keith Stinson Linwood Horne Fulton Curtis Auburn

Annual Meeting of Theeanuss Agricultural Society Notice

Notice announces an annual meeting in Court Band on December 7 1953 at 8 p m to elect officers for the ensuing year and discuss other roveries.

Theeanuss Mee Ag Zi Agricultural Articultura Society

Community notices and hunting season updates in a Maine town

Police remind residents of winter no overnight parking. Deer open season nears with 70 tagged by Tuesday at Dove's Station. Winners include David Cleveland and Roy Durgen among many from Maine and nearby states. Masonic Lodge held installation. Lions Club set supper meeting with speaker Louis Bartlett. Engagement announced for Mary Pauline Muise.

Plom Richie Brown Priscills “ Riske Sandra LeMont Joseph H. Pridham James Illigan Wee Plympton Dove’s Socony Station David and Marion Cleveland Chelsea Roy L. Durgen Bath Grover A. Connors Marcel A. Mevard Brunswick Donald Pridham Augusta Maynard B. Locke Windsor Philip Shackelford Massachusetts Alton H. Barter Leland Smith Richmond Alex Lee Wallen Connecticut Marguerite van Leeuise Bowdoinham Wayne Lewis Henry A. Vetour Alfred Tarr Barbara Cunningham Fulton Curtis George M. Umberhind Harold Warden Floyd A. Baker Rhode Island Charles Leon Leroy Smith Wil Violette Richmond Lodge F. & A. M R. W Ralph W. Blakeney W. B. David Rich R. W. Roland W. Cornish Raymond E. Libby Lara Mansir Margaret Borjesson Lions Club Louis Bartlett Trust Department the Depositors Trust Co Herman J. Muise Brown Avenue Mary Pauline Alfred A. Theibotot Florence Alexander County Road

Widow Maude Meserve, 81, Richmond Native, Dies

Mrs Maude L Meserve 81 wife of James F Meserve died Tuesday at Gar diner General hospital after three weeks illness She was born in Richmond October 12 1872 daughter of Thomas A and Mary E Morton Hinckley and lived here all her life Survived by husband two sisters Mrs Carroll Clark and Mrs Bertha Cunningham a brother George Hinckley several nieces and nephews Services Thursday at 2 pm from Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Jesse J Starr Interment Evergreen Cemetery

Maude L. Meserve Maud L. Meserve James F. Meserve Gardiner General Hospital Richmond Thomas A Mary E. Morton Hinckley Carroll Clark Bertha Cunningham George Hinckley

Idaho Boy Debby Davis Named March of Dimes Poster Child

Debby Davis of Idaho, nearly 37 inches tall and 27 pounds, is chosen as the national poster child for the March of Dimes. Crippled by polio, he has spent most of his life at the Idaho Elks Convalescent Home, aided by more than 15000 dollars in March of Dimes funds.

Ervin Davis Debby March of Dimes St. Alphonsus Hospital Boise Idaho Elks Fooding Elks Home Idaho

Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Club Meeting Set

Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the North Bath clubhouse announced by President Kenneth Jaquith.

Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association North Bath Club Kenneth Jaquith

Georgetown parsonage house up to date with water system

A Georgetown Baptist service at First Baptist honored the new water system at the parsonage with Rev. Elmer N. Bentley as guest speaker. The rebuilt residence features a bath, indoor furnace access, a new septic system, and a completed interior still awaiting one bedroom papering. The project cost 1179.22 dollars, borne by church members and the Working League. Open House followed.

Georgetown Baptist Parsonage First Baptist Church Elmer N. Bentley Waterville Northern Baptist Convention Bentley Otis Baker Norwood Mass John Reedy Reedy Working League Roland E. Peterson William Bisseth M. Belle Heald William A. Todd Clarence B. Hill Georgetown Center Richards Library The Library Association Charles Kelley Central School Charley Spear Richard Stevens Marcia Cunningham Marion Steward Virginia Moore Patricia Clark Brenda Panley Donna Tibbetts Carolee Clark Lois Stevens Virginia Stevens Georgia Watson Melvyn Kelley Richard Harrison Byron Campbell Sherry Rowe Victor Pinkham Carol Tibbetts Cleon Mains

Bath area notes on Stevens and local life

The Bath town column recalls Stevens a veteran deeds clerk and local musician, fondly remembered by Bath and nearby towns for help at the courthouse and for private dances with Stacy. It also lists deer tagging by Penley, Williams, and Chase, plus various personal visits, birthdays, and holiday plans across Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown Center, and nearby communities. Edwin Adams of Auburn visited his Bath cottage Thursday.

More Birds Appear at Merrymeeting Bay

Fall waterfowl migration begins with small flocks sighted near sunrise along the Kennebec river as observers note birds moving toward Merrymeeting Bay. Hunters predict fuller action this season while deer hunting remains strong in Northern Maine counties and slows in some southern areas.

Kennebec Maine Kennebec River

Five Islands Stork Shower and Local Socials

Mrs. Thomas McCorr a surprise stork shower at Library Hall hosted by Mrs. Franz Stevens J Reginald Church and Mrs. Gene Reynolds guests included many Five Islands residents. The issue also notes a successful rummage white elephant and candy sale at Library Hall and plans for a Thanksgiving service at the Nazarene church in Bath with Rev Lyal Calhoun speaking.

Thomas McCorr Dorothy MacGillivary Library Hall Franz Stevens J. Reginald Church Gene Reynolds Harold Rowe Alton Reed Dennis Moore Howard Thomas Evelyn Campbell Alvah Reynolds Philip Pinkham Thomas Watson Elaine Stevens Kathleen Rittall Lloyd Pinkham Sylvia Pinkham Reynolds Grover Jacqueline Sawyer John Brown William Plummer 3d Vernon Gray Percy MacGillivary John MacGillivary William Marr Orville Rowe Harlan Pinkham Good Neighbor Club Lyal Calhoun Church of the Nazarene Bath Ronald Thibodeau George Gray Harold Pinkham James Stevens Victor Pinkham Five Islands Bowdoinham Baptist Montsweag Gideon Bible Society Elaine Snow Robert Snow Bobby Jackie Colby Cleon Powers Jane Joyce Oliver Tommy Watson Harold Kathy Brown Gordon Roger Pinkham Carol Cochrane Edith Moore Karen MacGillivary Janice Evelyn Pinkham Harold Brown Sally Mains Portland Mrs. Snow

Social notes from South Gardiner and Bath region

Mrs William Campbell of South Gardiner spent last weekend at her cottage. Mr and Mrs Ralph Gay of Bath were at their cottage Monday. Mrs Victor Pinkham Mrs Clayton Doyle Mrs Mary Stevens Miss Sylvia Pinkham and Mrs David Rutherford attended a stork shower for Mrs Donald Hopkins Jr at the Hopkins home in Bath. Mr and Mrs Herman Barter and children were Sunday guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Vernon Gray. Mrs Lulu Hanna and sons Mr and Mrs Dennis Moore and daughter and Ivan Pinkham visited Mr and Mrs Irving Hanna in Bath.

Mansfield Moore Alfred Proctor Bath Harold Fuller Reginald Pinkham Geneva Rowe Leon Williams Olive Williams Waltham Mass Stanley Lewis Bath Memorial Hospital Izetta Pinkham James Stevens Derby Line Clayton Doyle Yarmouth Victor Pinkham Albert Moore Orville Rowe Arthur Berry Portland Addie Moulton Harlan Pinkham Ardeen Pinkham and Son Freeport Margaret MacMahan Branwell Harford Russell Harford Ralph Pinkham George Lee Onset Juanita Glorene Pinkham Millie Pinkham Arthur Marr, Jr Malden William Marr Kathleen Rittall Harold Pinkham Donald Hopkins, Jr Melvin Comeau William Campbell South Gardiner Ralph Gay Mary Stevens Sylvia Pinkham David Rutherford Donald Hopkins Herman Barter Vernon Gray Lulu Hanna Dennis Moore Ivan Pinkham Irving Hanna

Digging Clams Proves Costly in Phippsburg Case

Robert N. Gilliam and Paul A. Wallace of Phippsburg pleaded guilty in municipal court to digging clams in a closed area at Brigham's Cove. Each was fined $50 plus $3.95 costs, or 60 days in jail, with 30 days probation to pay by Nov 30. Other pleas included Halvor L. Libby of New Castle for overloaded truck on Route 1 in Woolwich, fined $10 plus $5.70 costs. Two intoxication cases ended with guilty pleas. penalties $5 and costs $7.50 or $6.60 and 15 days. A friction case involving Paul Everett O'Farrell was continued to 9 a.m. Tuesday with $500 surety.

Robert N. Gilliam Paul A. Wallace Phippsburg Brigham's Cove Swansea Burns Bath Gardiner R. Deering Halvor L. Libby Newcastle Woolwich Philip Wyman Paul Everett O'Farrell Center Street

Bath youth given three months in county jail

Eighteen year old Paul Eve rett O'Farrell of Bath was sentenced to three months in Kennebec county jail after pleading guilty to assault and battery on Philip L. Wyman of Phippsburg on Nov 14 in Bath. Judge Deering continued probation from a prior conviction and also fined one case of intoxication $5 with $7.30 costs. Wyman said O'Farrell attacked him on Commercial street after getting out of a car, requiring stitches for a mouth gash.

Paul Everett O'Farrell Bath Kennebecc Augusta Philip L. Wyman Phippsburg O'Farrell Gardiner R. Deering Robert Wagner, Jr Wyman Commercial Street Wagner

Grace church fair adds consign ment table with Indian goods

Grace Church Christmas fair on December 1 introduces a consign ment table featuring India made lace and embroidery from the Whiting India Guilds established 1927 by Miss Gertrude Whiting. Proceeds aid workers, with extra items from North Carolina and jewelry. Chairman Mrs. James L. Grant, assistants Mrs. Arthur Hill.

Grace Church India Whiting India Guilds, Inc Gertrude Whiting America Whiting North Carolina James L. Grant Arthur Hill

Dresden Note Continues at Niece’s Home

A fragment notes that Dresden’s subject returned to the home of her niece, Mrs. Benjamin Went worth, as the page two continuation.

Benjamin Wentworth

Funeral Services for Hiram T. Stevens in Bath

Funeral services for Hiram T. Stevens longtime Register of Deeds for Sagadahoc county were held Sunday at Central Congregational Church Bath with Rev. Laforest Hodgkins officiating. The service drew many friends and business associates. Honorary bearers included lawyers and professionals such as Edward W. Bridgham John Quarrington John J. Keegan John P. Carey Arthur J. Dunton Harold Rubin Lynn Bussey Frank Dunton Judge Gardiner R. Deering Charles T. Small George Carlton Jr J A Aldred Clement Robinson Leon Spinney Carl Larrabee Carl Y. Kennedy William W. Dennison Arthur L. Pratt G Thomas Murphy Dr Francis A Winchenbach Loring Small Ralph Wright H Augustus Huse Archie Doyle George Stacey Foster Pratt Charles B. Doyle E Mason Wright Edward Belanger Fremont Rowe Active bearers included Lincoln Anderson J Arthur Stevens Jr James Stevens Frank Cummings Hiram Tobey Carroll Meader Burial was in Oak Grove family lot.

Hiram T. Stevens Register of Deeds Sagadahoc County Central Congregational Church Laforest Hodgkins Bath Stevens Edward W. Bridgham John Quarrington John J. Keegan John P. Carey Arthur J. Dunton Harold Rubin Lynn Bussey Frank Dunton Gardiner R. Deering Charles T. Small George Carlton, Jr J. A. Aldre James Stevens Frank Cummings Hiram Tobey Carroll Meader Oak Grove

Freeman Smith 74 Dies After Illness at Bath Home

Smith Freeman aged 74 died Monday evening after a long illness at a Bath convalescent home where he had stayed two weeks He moved from Turner with his wife two months ago to live with daughter Gladys Southern in Bath Born in Maitland Bridge Annapolis County Nova Scotia May 4 1879 he learned carpentry and worked in shipyards in Bath New York and elsewhere Survived by wife Lillian Beane Freeman five daughters one son a sister and a brother grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 10 30 from Curtis Funeral Home burial in Readfield Corner Cemetery

Smith Freeman Bath Turner Gladys Southern Spring Street Maitland Bridge Annapolis County Nova Scotia Robert Dorothy (Luxton) Freeman United States Freeman Yarmouth New York First Baptist Church Lillian Beane Freeman John Drury Kenmore N. Y William Mecoff Washington, D. C Freeman Bartlett Lisbon Falls Laforest Coombs Otis Morse Clarence Freeman Revere Mass Aluta Minard Caldonia N. S Wilson Freeman Bowdoin Curtis Funeral Home Readfield Corner

James M. Munsey dies in Augusta at 82

James M. Munsey 82 died Wednesday in Augusta where he had lived four years. Born July 4 1871 in Wiscasset, he was a son of David and Nancy Rundlett Munsey. He moved from Woolwich to Augusta and worked as a lumberman for J G Bailey. Surviving are a brother Jesse G Munsey of Popham Beach and several nieces. Funeral is Saturday at Crowley Funeral Home Wiscasset, burial in the family lot in a Wiscasset cemetery.

James M. Munsey Augusta Wiscasset David Nancy (Rundlett) Munsey Woolwich J. G. Bailey Jesse G. Munsey Popham Beach Crowley Funeral Home

Extensive alterations at Bath Elks Home on Lombard Street

Extensive exterior changes are underway at the Bath lodge of Elks on Lombard Street. The south veranda is removed and much of the east porch is torn down. A remaining east veranda will become the floor for a storage room linked to the main building with new cement walkways and cement block foundations added to the south and east sides. Mr and Mrs Arthur Young of Gorham New Hampshire visited Bath and spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Lemont of Washington Street.

Bath Lodge of Elks Lombard Street Arthur Young Gorham, N. H Bath Mrs Frank Lemont Washington Street

Hiram T Stevens Dies at 72, Bath Historian Of Deeds Office

Hiram Tanner Stevens 72 longtime Bath native and register of deeds, died at Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born in Georgytown October 1881 he studied violin, led his own orchestra and wrote marches including Harding Memorial. Elected register of deeds 34 years ago he remained unopposed. Survived by widow Harriet McDonnell Stevens two sons Hiram C. and Robert D. and three daughters R P Burke Jr Washburn Burt S. Osgood Jr Jane W. Stevens and four grandchildren.

Hiram Tanner Stevens Sagadahoc County Re Deeds i+tal Georgytown Hiram C Mary Heath Stevens Bath High School Grand Banks Stevens Frank G. Harmon Fred A. Given Portland Harding Ent Harding Sousa’s United States Marine Bands Office of Register of Deeds Hite Bath Memorial Hospital Colonial Club Harriet McDonnell Stevens Robert D Bath R. P. Burke, Jr Washburn Burt S. Osgood, Jr Jane W. Stevens

Ethel E Little 56 Brunswick Resident Dies at Home

Ethel E Little wife of Hartwell E Little died at her Cook's Corner home Friday after months of illness. Born in Bath July 13, 1897 she lived in Brunswick since 1921. She belonged to Dirigo Grange Rebekah Lodge Alfaretta Council D of P and is survived by two brothers Herbert and Walter Groves. Funeral was Sunday at Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick with burial in Hardings Cemetery.

Ethel E. Little Hartwell E. Little Cook's Corner Bath Charles Jennie (Jones) Groves Brunswick Dirigo Grange Rebekah Lodge Alfaretta Council D. of P Little Herbert Walter Groves Brackett Funeral Home Hardings Cemetry

Mrs Blanche M Joy Dies At 64 In Bath Area

Mrs Blanche M Joy 64 of 505 High street Bath died last week at Memorial hospital born Georgetown July 9 1889 daughter of Daniel W and Grace Lewis Webster lived in Brunswick before moving to Bath 28 years ago for years she worked as a housekeeper at the home of William Newell former president Bath Iron Works Corp. She was a member of Hockomock Council Daughters of Pocahontas Surviving are her son Lloyd Joy and daughter Grace M Joy both of Bath and half brother Robert C Sherman of California

Memorial Hospital Bath Blanche M. Joy Five Islands Robinhood Georgetown William S. Newell Lauretta M. Jones Carrell Powers High Street Daniel W Grace Lewis Webster Brunswick William §. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Hockomock Council Daughters of Pocahontas Lloyd Joy Miss Grace M. Joy Robert C. Sherman California

Infant Death Reported After Ambulance Call

Baby Donna Gallant two months old, child of Mr and Mrs Edward Gallant of 50 Spring Street, died on arrival at Memorial hospital after police rushed her there. Officers attempted revival en route, but physicians pronounced her dead upon admission.

Donna Edward Gallant Spring Street Memorial Hospital

Funeral for Mrs Blanche M Joy Held at Mayo Funeral Home

Funeral services for Mrs Blanche M Joy were held Friday afternoon at 1 30 at A F Mayo and Son Funeral Home with Rev Richard J Schaper of Winter Street Congregational church officiating. Cares were Chester McCabe Fenton Moore Jack Brown and Arthur Boulay. Burial was in the family town.

Blanche M. Joy A. F. Mayo & Son Richard J. Schaper Winter Street Congregational Church Chester McCabe Fenton Moore Jack Brown Arthur Boulay

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R'Chmond Roverees ROD and Gun Club Charlese Washington Nelson Hir Betty Anne Little River Sin Findie Madlyn Berry Our Town Court House Hille Stacey John Old Union Hall Banning Penley Jackie Willams Vernal Chase Stevens Bros Harmon's Harbor Charles MacMahan Everett Alex F. Marr Raymond B. Marr Philip Eaton Peterson D. H. Penley Paris Hill Paris Bowen Henry A. Tarbox Joseph Proctor Mr. Tarbox Clement MarcMahan Ella Hatstat Arrowsic Lewis Deering Grange Hall North Deering Lewiston Grate Lutheran Church Edwin Adams Merrymeeting Bay North Country Central Church Bath Elks Home Hartwell K. Little M. H. Page North St
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