Fruits of Thanksgiving at Richmond Sermons and Notices
Sunday services featured Rev Alfred H Ives preaching on The Fruits of Thankfulness at the Methodist church and Rev James Alexander at the South Gardiner Baptist church. A chimney fire at George Bennetts home caused no damage and many local residents marked family occasions and community events including a 34th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Walter Knight and a donated clothing drive by the Womens club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Ives
Methodist Church
Church of the Living God
Beedle Road
James Alexander
South Gardiner Baptist Church
Lester R. Norton
Brickfield
Baptist Church
George Bennett
Charles Leonard
Chapman
Jesse Tarr
Edna Burnell
Boston City Hospital
C. W. Messenger
Boston
Major
Charles B. Day
New England Council
Woman's Service Club
Harry Sykes
Richmond Farmers and Mechanics Club
Wilbur Gilpatrick
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Lewis Gilpatrick
E. Y. Shaw
Lois Webber
Frances Shaw
Albion Shaw
Janice
Elaine Gilpatrick
Ralph Strout
Enterprise Grange Sends Delegate to State Convention
Enterprise Grange of Richmond met with 80 members and visitors from Gardiner and Bryant Pond. They voted to send Master Rebecca Rogers to the State convention in Augusta on December 7-8. Cleveland Marriner was named to represent the grange at Merriconeau Grange Guest Night. The group planned to work the second degree at Progressive Grange on Friday. A Thanksgiving program directed by Merrymeeting Grange featured singing, tableaux, readings, music by Chester Foster and Philip Dinsmore, emcee Mrs. McEwen, and a mystery bird stunt plus a “Missionary Barrel” farce and a farmer versus manufacturer question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Gardiner
Bryant Pond
Rebecca Rogers
Augusta
Cleveland Marriner
Grange
Merriconeau Grange
Progressive Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
R. H. McEwen
Chester Foster
Philip Dinsmore
Emily Rideout
Fred Leavitt
McEwen and Son
Emma Ferguson
William Gould
Joseph Randlette
Bowdoinham Post Road Marital Notes and Reunions
Port land couple Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller wed in Portsmouth on Nov. 22. The bride, 83, widow Abbie Allen, and Melbourne F. Miller of Brunswick, mark a double union as Mrs. Miller has been married twice before. He is 63 and this is his first marriage. In Augusta, Judge Emery O. Beane and Percival Mosher of Boston met for the first time since a 1901 Bowdoin Maine game. Mosher, fined $4.09 for failing to stop, recalled their pasts as Beane’s Bowdoin sophomore and Mosher’s Maine senior. Mosher, engineer in charge of the East Boston Tunnel, reflects on old times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Portland
Gould
Portsmouth
N. H
Abbie Allen
Harry Allen
Bowdoinham
Melbourne
F. Miller
Brunswick
Emery O. Beane
Augusta
Percival Mosher
Boston
Mosher
Judge Beane
Bowdoin
Mr. Mosher
University of Maine
East Boston
Winter Street Ladies Name Committees
Winter Street Ladies aid meeting hosts Mrs William Shorey Mrs Charles A Andre and Mrs Ruth W Henry 34 present next meeting Friday 2 30 p m business held by president Mrs Arthur C Lemont Christmas sale menu includes chicken soup chicken salad peas potato chips hot rolls Washington pie and coffee tickets from Miss Alice E Varney long list of committee assignments named for various tables aprons books dining room and supper details for December 7 sale with Mrs William Shorey and others serving on multiple committees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Alice E. Varney
Fred Foote
Fred P. Emmons
Warren E. Kershner
Bessie E. Dickinson
John A. Lord
Roscoe P. McFadden
George F. Nasi
Joseph O. Purdue
Ruth F. Skill
Addison F. Pendleton
Clarence Morse
John Morse
Seth Stewart
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edgar D. Leavitt
Fred C. Hill
Walter S. Wiggin
Edward H. Hawley
Sylvester H. Rowland
Leroy F. Colby
Wilbra Billings
J. Gertrude Silsby
Zylva Moore
Abigail F. Carter
William S. Shorey
Walter H. Bowker
Clifford B. Wilband
Alice B. Shorey
Clinton D. Wilson
Charles A. Andre
Roger F. McCall
Janette W. Smith
Ruth F. Skillings
Phyllis Bowie
Clare Coombs
Ruth W. Henry
Sarah Hitchcock
Maine poet reads at Fireside Club in East Harpswell
Harold Pulsifer of East Harpswell spoke Sunday at the Winter Street Fireside club on Impressions of Maine. He read poems about the Kennebec river Paris scenes and war's dread, with humor and references to other poets. 65 members attended. curtains for the meeting room were voted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Pulsifer
East Harpswell
Winter Street
Maine
Pulsifer
Clare Fulton
Brunswick
Donald McKellar
MISS FOGG PUPILS PRESENT PROGRAM AT SEBENOA HALL
Miss Thelma Foge and her pupils present a dance program at Sebenoa hall Woolwich Thursday at eight with Miss Myrna M Avery pianist and Ardeen Haines as emcee. The show features rhythm tap acrobat swingtime soft shoe military and other specialty numbers followed by dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Foge
Sebenoa Hall
Woolwich
Myrna M. Avery
Ardeen Haines
Royden Haines
Marion Corliss
Betty Burnham
Chloe Deraps
Ramona Haines
Louise Babine
June Stover
Miss Fogg
Golden Wedding of Richmond Couple Remains Quiet milestone
Mr and Mrs Fred L Spiller former Hebron residents marked their 50th wedding anniversary in Richmond as they spend the winter. Married at Gray they lived in New Gloucester and other Maine towns. They have seven children Aubrey Jay Ernest Myra Annie and Mrs Sheffield. Also announced is the birth of an eight pound son to George and Mrs Trask of 249 Water Street on November seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Spiller
Hebron
Richmond
Gray
New Gloucester
Maine
Spiller
Aubrey
Jay
Ernest F
Portland
Myra C. Walker
West Falmouth
Annie Corbin
John Sheffield
Lewiston
Richard Earle
George Trask
Water Street
Georgetown Postmaster Rowe to Enter Partnership at Five Islands
Lermond H. Rowe longtime Georgetown post master and Five Islands resident will join Percy B. Savage in P B Savage & Co at the Five Islands wharf beginning December 1. The move, reflecting Rowe’s 40 years in grocery work, follows his 26 years as postmaster and his service on the Georgetown selectmen and school board. A special town meeting is set for Saturday November 26 at 2 p.m. to discuss using part of the 1939 State aid for continued 1938 road construction with WPA labor and town financing through the current period. The new library opened with 15 to 20 books checked out and 2 cent weekly fees. Community notices list visiting families and speaking engagements by Miss Maud P. Thayer in Portland and Kennebunkport. Waning health of Winthrop W. Riggs shows improvement in Maine General Hospital. Linwood Stevens temporarily drives mail due to Everett’s injury. A Bath Iron Works group collided with a deer en route to work. no one injured due to lack of firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lermond H. Rowe
Five Islands
Georgetown
Percy B. Savage
P. B. Savage
Rowe
Savage
Town Hall
Back River Bridge
WPA
Keehlwetter
Rudolph Trafton
Donald
Cynthia
Portland
Howard Trafton
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Federation
Kennebunk Inn
Thayer
Grace Allyn
Kennebunkport
Winthrop W. Riggs
Maine General Hospital
Linwood Stevens
Everett
Swift
Bath
Roscoe Wing
S. E. Emmons
Ross Todd
Card of Thanks and Milk Payment Note at Hood Co
Card of thanks from the Warren family in Georgetown Maine for bereavement kindness. Hood Company pays 355 farmers at Auburn plant $11 547 57 for last half of October, $2 047 per hundred pounds plus high testing premiums. Federal Mill zone price $1 940. Hood’s advance of $107 per hundred. Total advance to producers in region $552 79.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood Co
Auburn
Hood Company
Boston
Rabbi Guest at Wesley Church Sunday Morning
The Rev A May, rabbi of the local Jewish synagogue, spoke at Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church Bath Maine on November 20 1938. The pastor introduced him and quoted a Lincoln unity message urging government by the people for the people to endure. May expressed thanks and offered a blessing and benediction amid a prayerful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
A. May
God
Heavenly Father
Abraham Lincoln
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Bath
Maine
Bath Residents Join Portland Thanksgiving Choir Concert
Bath people attended the seventh annual Thanksgiving Festival in Portland city hall auditorium. The Federated Junior and Senior Choirs organized the event under the Department of Church Music. The program featured Handel and Hayden works and pieces by Portland composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Federated
Portland City Hall
Department of Church Music
Foster L. Haviland
Central Congregational Church Choir
John Shaw
Handel and Hayden
Portland
Clarencé Williams
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Fred Lincoln Hill
Westbrook Congregational Church
William V. Bradley
Bradley
Alfred Brinkler
Fago
St. Luke's Cathedral
Central Church
Luther S. Thompson
Andrus L. Coleman
Alice N. Coleman
Ruth E. Webster
Barbara E. McMann
Mary Ellen Cyr
Harold Conley
Irma D. Groves
Henrietta French
Isabel B. King
Barbara L. Kenney
Jane W. Stevens
Marjorie J. White
Marcia D. Bragdon
Mary E. Darrah
Martha Page
Phyllis L. Darrah
Shirley M. Mank
Barbara L. Nickerson
Perley R. Ater
Clifford B. Smith
Leroy E. Dodge
John Burgon
Everson C. Stinson
Woodsum case given second continuance
Ernest L. Woodsum charged with larceny of a Maine State Compensation check worth 13.60 had a second continuance in municipal court. Hearing set for Friday at 10 am, with $300 sureties. Police seek delay to cancel check and await a postal inspector. Crime stemmed from stealing the check from Roy Page’s mailbox and cashing it by endorsing the name. Three intoxication cases also heard. fines and costs imposed. Burglary at Brunswick area stations involved stolen cigarettes and a damaged machines. Old Orchard report notes a crowded beehive home with 21 residents in a small house and a separate three-room bungalow with three adults, eight children, two dogs, and a cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Woodsum
Water Street Court
Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
Joseph A. Butler
Woodsum
Roy Page
Front Street
Page
Center Street
Old Orchard
Five Islands News Highlights and Local Visits
Five Islands residents share updates of visits and moves with family from Portland Bath and Philadelphia. Clarence MacMahan and family shot a deer at their home area and Miss Harriet Worrell won a Drexel Institute contest prize.
Mothers Tea Proves Enjoyable Affair at Morse High
The Mother's Tea hosted by Morse High School's Home Economics Club drew over 30 mothers and several faculty members. Miss Gladys Davis played piano, Priscilla Bryant sang, and a chrysanthemum centerpiece with white candles adorned the table. Club officers and chairmen, led by Miss Janette W. Smith, organized menu prep hospitality invitations dining room and kitchen tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Gladys Davis
Priscilla Bryant
Martha Page
Arlene Arsenault
Barbara Freeman
Janet
Co Workers Class Holds Fine Meeting at Home
Mrs. Clifford F. Harrington hosted the Co-Workers Class of the First Baptist church Friday evening at her North street home. Mrs. Edwy A. Sotheard led devotionals, with Mrs. Everett B. Wright and Mrs. Lotta Eaton in charge of entertainment. Refreshments were provided by several members, and a December meeting committee was named including Mrs. Willis B. Hall, Mrs. Harrington and Miss Irma D. Groves. The program will involve all members, and the meeting will be at Miss Groves's home on Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford F. Harrington
North Street
First Baptist Church
Edwy A. Sotheard
Everett B. Wright
Lotta Eaton
Helen Pratt
Harrington
Sotheard
Charles R. Furber
Willis B. Hall
Irma D. Groves
Native of Bath Dies in Ridgewood New Jersey
Henry S. Patten 83 a Bath native died November 12 at his Ridgewood New Jersey home after an illness following an operation. He was longtime assistant appraiser of the Port of New York and lived in Ridgewood 50 years. He served as senior warden of Christ church and celebrated a golden wedding anniversary in 1931 with Harriet K. Bostwick Patten. He is survived by his wife a son Leonard B. Patten a daughter Leonore B. Patten and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Patten
Bath
Ridgewood
N. J
Patten
Mr. Patten
James T
Isabel Patten
Rupert H Baxter
Port of New York
Christchurch
Harriet K. Bostwick Patten
Leonard B. Patten
Port Washington
L. I
Leonore B. Patten
Ripley Rites Held at 391 Washington Street
Funeral services for Charles E. Ripley were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at his home 391 Washington Street with Rev. Ernest Heywood officiating. Pallbearers were Arthur Lemont Eugene McGrath George F. Wallace and Addison F. Pendleton. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. Miss Gertrude Diggery, Morse High School English teacher, will spend the holiday at her Sanford home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Ripley
Washington Street
Ernest Heywood
Arthur Lemont
Eugene McGrath
George F. Wallace
Addison F. Pendleton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Gertrude Diggery
Morse High School
Sanford
Harriet H Fowles Dies At 88 In Bath Old Folks Home
Harriet H Fowles 88 widow of George M Fowles died Friday morning at the Old Folks Home. Born July 4 1850 in Westport she lived most of her life in Bath. She survived by a half sister and three nephews and a half brother Albert S Cressey of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet H. Fowles
George M. Fowles
Boothbay and
Merrymeeting
Fowles
Memorial for Herbert S. Stephens of Woolwich
Herbert S Stephens 49 died Wednesday of last week at his Woolwich home after a long illness. A World War veteran gassed in service, he spent months at Togus Veterans Hospital before returning home. Born in Wiscasset, son of Dr Silas and Cora Hilton Stephens, he was a machinist by trade and had not worked for years. He lived previously in Edgecomb and is survived by wife and four Woolwich children Cora Edna Arthur and Dor othy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Stephens
Woolwich
Togus
Mr. Stephens
Wiscasset
Silas and
Cora
Hilton) Stephens
Edgecomb
Edna
Arthur
Dorothy
Veteran Bath Iron Works machinist dies at 79
Charles Ripley of 391 Washington Street Bath died suddenly Wednesday evening. A longtime Bath Iron Works machinist born April 4 1859 he was the son of Samuel C and Sarah Maddox Ripley. He is survived by his widow Georgie Page Ripley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Charles Ripley
Washington Street
Mr. Ripley
The
Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Samuel C
Sarah Maddox Ripley
Georgie Page Ripley
Bowdoinham man Augustus M Benner dies at 66
Augustus M. Benner died after a short illness at his Bowdoinham home aged 66. Born August 19 1872 in Augusta, he was a barber who lived in Portland and Palermo before moving to Bowdoinham three years ago. He leaves a widow Bertha Dorrian and five children Leland Thelma Maurice Clyde and Lloyd, plus a brother Frank of Massachusetts and three sisters Mrs Lillian Bailey Mrs Bessie Scates and Mrs Emma Martin of Palermo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus M. Benner
Bowdoinham
Augusta
Daniel W
Emily Tibbetts Benner
Benner
Portland
Palermo
Bertha Dorrian
Leland
Thelma
Maurice
Clyde
Lloyd
Frank
Massachusetts
Lillian Bailey
Bessie Scates
Emma Martin
Death of Charles A Howes in Richmond after month of illness
Charles A Howes of Richmond died Saturday at the home of Les ter Umberhind following a month of illness. Born in 1854 he spent most of his life in Richmond. A retired shoemaker he belonged to Odd Fellows Richmond lodge No. 63 F and A M Emeth chapter R A M Maine Commandery Mt Carmel chapter O E S Enterprise grange and was a 32nd degree Mason. He is survived by one nephew Ernest Frazier of Veazie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies A. Howes
Richmond
Lester Umberhind
Odd Fellows
Richmond Lodse No. 63
Emeth
Maine Commandery
Mt. Carmel
Enterprise Grange Aid
Ernest Frazier
Veazie
Funeral for Harriet H. Fowles Held at Curtis Home
Harriet H. Fowles widow of George M. Fowles died Friday morning. Funeral held Sunday at 2 p.m. Curtis Funeral Home 105 Center Street with Rev. Jesse Kenderdine officiating. Bearers David Tandish Edward Hughes Rupert Miller John O. Beal. Burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet H. Fowles
George M. Fowles
Old Folks’ Home
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street
Methodist-Episcopal Church
David Tandish
Edward Hughes
Rupert Miller
John O. Beal
Oak Grove
Funeral for Herbert S. Stephens in Woolwich
The funeral of Herbert S. Stephens, 49, World War II veteran, was held Saturday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home in Woolwich. Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated. Veterans of Foreign Wars members served as bearers. Burial followed at Green Lawn Cemetery in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Stephens
Woolwich
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Veterans of Foreign Walls
Jesse Saunders
Harold L Corliss
Christopher Cushing
Ernest Pinkham
Green Lawn Cemetery
Wiscasset
George R. Pottle Dies by Suicide in Quincy
George R. Pottle, 62, formerly of this city, killed himself Wednesday morning in the rear of his son Leonard Pottle’s home in Quincy. Dr. Joseph I. Smith said death resulted from neck fracture after a tree limb jump with a rope. Survived by wife Katherine L. and three children, plus a sister. Funeral set for Friday at Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Pottle
Quincy
Mass
Leonard Pottle
High Street
Joseph I. Smith
Sagadahoc
Joseph A. Butler
Byron E. Clark
Mr. Pottle
Fernando
Henrietta Spinney Pottle
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Bath
Bath Lodge of
Modern Woodmen of America
Katherine L
Herbert
Gladys
Charlotte Pottle
Arthur E. Hutchins
Arthur F. Mayo
John A Redlon Dies Suddenl y in Bath Home
John Albert Redlon 70 a heating and plumbing contractor died suddenly late Monday night at 61 Lemont street after hours of illness. A Bath resident for 50 years he worked with Foote Sparks then with his brother Osgood before running his own business. Survived by widow Charlotte Richardson Redson two daughters a son a brother and a granddaughter funeral set for 2 p m Friday at 61 Lemont street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albert Redlon
Lemont Street
Mr. Redlon
China
Nathan
Mary Martin Redson
Bath
Foote & Sparks
Osgood M. Redlon
O. M. Redlon Co
J. Frank Hunt
This City
Mabel R. Redson
Augusta
J. Albert Redson
Los Angeles
Cal
Osgood M. Redilon
Joan Hunt
James F Bonness Bath Barber Dies
James F. Bonness aged 64, a Bath barber for 40 years, died Tuesday after a three week illness at 716 Middle Street. Born in St Stephens, N B, he moved to Bath ~45 years ago and worked with Charles E Curtis before opening his own shop at 770 Washington Street. He was a Bath Elks member and is survived by cousins, with funeral at St Marys church and burial in St Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Bonness
Ralph C. Covel
Middle Street
Mr. Bonness
St. Stephens
N. B
James and
Charis Trainor Bonness
Bath
Shaw's Mill
Charles E. Curtis
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Henry Rose Funeral Held at West Bath Home
The funeral for Henry Rose who died Monday at Rosedale Farm West Bath was held Thursday at his home. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Ernest Frank and Fred Rose sons of the deceased and Lester Crocker son in law. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rose
Rosedale Farm
West Bath
Joseph O. Purdue
Ernest
Frank
Fred Rose
Lester Crocker
Oak Grove Cemetery
Local guests to spend holiday with Mrs William Small
George Merrill and Eric Clapp of Winthrop Massachusetts will pass the holiday and weekend as guests of Mrs. William Small, staying at her home. They are visiting friends and will return after the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Merrill
Eric Clapp
Winthrop, Mass
William Small
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowdoinham Post Road
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Aid
Fireside Club
Golden
Sylvia F. Warren
Leroy Morse
Colleen B. Radley
Boucher
Topsham
Thibeault
Pleasant Street
Ellsworth Pinkham
Chester
D. L. Howard
Mary Stevens
Five Island
Charles M. Bigelow
Piney Point
Isabel
Carrie Stevens
J. G. Stevens
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Fred Carr
Mr. Rowe
Ambrose Tubedeau
Helen
Audrey Pinkham
Rudolph, Harlan
Sven Pinkham
Ridgewood, N. J
C. E. Ripley
Old Folk
Edward C. Ripley
Bath Iron Works
Charles A. Howes
H. 8S. Stephens
Quincy, Mass
John A. Redlon
James F. Bonness Bath Barber
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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