Woman Elected President of Sagadahoc Pomona
Mrs Elfreda Perkins is elected president of Sagadahoc Pomona marking the first time a woman has held the post in Sagadahoc and possibly Maine. The meeting at Topsham grange also elected Edwin C Patten as treasurer and chose J W Randlett as overseer with Lawrence Merriman as steward, Clifton W Gray as chaplain, and other officers. The year 1940 saw 1850 members and a $1100 total balance, with 27 Red Cross dresses and varied community service by the granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfreda Perkins. Hardings
Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Topsham Grange
Maine
Pomona
Edwin C. Patten
Topsham
Sagadahoe County
Maine State Grange
Eleanor P. Ripley
J. W. Randlett
Richmond
Lawrence Merriman
Harpswell
Mr. Merriman
Clifford W. Gray
John Carter
Woolwich
Charles Thompson, Jr
W. H. Gould
James Meserve
Sagadahoc
Randlett
Merriman
Merriconeag Grange
Lucy Tarr
Harvey Jordan
Brunswick
Mac Gould
Bowdeinham
Ceres
Stella Given
Flora
Clara Merriman
Emma Ferguson
Bowdoinham
Harry R. Rackley
E. C. Patten
E. L. White
Red Cross
Charles M. White
Augusta
Division of Markets
Department of Agriculture
White
National Orange
Grange
Wallace Brown
Phyllis White
Alfred Rackley
the Pomona
Frances Tarr
Fraser Bound Over To January Superior Court
Fraser 18 of 14 Raymond court faced multiple warrants for auto theft and store burglary. Judge Deering bound him over to Sagadahoc Superior Court in $2,000 sureties after ruling probable cause on the store break and continuing other cases including Ford theft and larceny. An accomplice, Arsenault, awaits $500 sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Fraser
Raymond Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Alfred McCabe
Washington Street
Fraser
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Robert Arsenault
North Bath
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Elmer Norton
Maine Central
Edgar Stinson
Arsenault
Marshal McLaughlin
McCabe
Crosman's
Richard Cook
Valley Road
Sumner Harnden
Oak Street
Harnden
Deering
Cook
McLaughlin
Paul E. Field
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
John P. Crosby
Field
Topsfield
Mass
Donald Nichols
Hanover
Academy Street
Edward Dionne
Cummings Street
Brunswick
Dana York
High and
Court Streets
Court Street
Dionne
Witch Spring
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Damp Dish Gardens
Mrs Roy M Newman of Georgetown led Cosmopolitan Garden Club members in making dish gardens. At the regular meeting they completed 30 attractive gardens, many sold after the session. A brief business period was led by Mrs William L Skelton with Mrs Carl Y Kennedy Mrs Herbert R Lemont and Miss Elizabeth Deering present. Miss Blanche Moody of Portland visited Bath friends over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Newman
Georgetown
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
William L. Skelton
New Trgram
Carl Y. Kennedy
Herbert R. Lemont
Cosmopolitan Club
Skelton
Elizabeth Deering
Bath Citizens Present Purse to Battery D
Gov elect Sumner Sewall presented Capt. Joseph A. Butler with a $1400 bank book as Bath residents donated to support Battery D 240 Coast Artillery during Federal service. The fund drive, led by Bath leaders and Bath Iron Works officials, followed soldiers depleting their mess fund to upgrade the armory for civilian use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Williams
South Portland
Sumner Sewall
Joseph A. Butler
Bath
Battery
Uncle Sam
Maine
National Guardsmen
Sewall
Pres
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Battery D
Robert H. Haskell
Frank A. Vennett
Dominique J. Tardif
West Bath Men Face Auto Case Allegations
A Sunday afternoon crash in West Bath sent 7 year old Russell Gerrish to Memorial hospital after a truck driven by Forest Barter, wife and son rode inside. Barter faces a municipal court hearing for operating under the influence with his case set for Dec 4. A second incident on the Woolwich Arrowsic bridge led to John Doyle of West Bath charged with DWI. his case to Dec 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Russell Gerrish
Court Street
Forest Barter
Bath Fuel Co
John J. Keegan
Gardiner R. Deering
Barter
Russell
Roger
Bradford Belanger
Henry Savage
Bath Iron Works Corp
Memorial Hospital
Harry L. Thompson
Woolwich
Woolwich-Arrowsie
John Doyle
Iron Works
Doyle
Edward W. Bridgham
Arrowsic
Roy S. Lawrence
Plant Street
Bath
Thompson
Lawrence
Governor-Elect Delivers 1400 to Battery D in Bath Drive
Governor-elect Sumner Sewall led a Citizens' committee to Portland to present a bank book representing about 1400 to Battery D 240th Coast Artillery. Bath residents raised the sum after inducting soldiers for a year of training, with Frank Nichols and Frank Vennett leading the drive.
Small-Mather Church Wedding Planned for Thanksgiving Day
Arthur Gilbert Small and Miss E Frances Mather will wed Thursday at Central Congregational Church in a single ring ceremony. The bride’s gown is white satin with lace, pearl accent, and a tulle veil. A reception follows at the bride’s parents’ West Bath home before the couple travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gilbert Small
William A. Small
E. Frances Mather
Frank Stewart Mather
Woolwich
West Bath
Central Congregation Church
Raymond G. Putnam
John Stover
North Boothbay
Chesley Hutchins
E. Ralph Lingley, Jr
Edith G. Small
James G. Nelson
Reginald T. Burns
Paul G. Sherman
Richard Harding
Portland
Mrs. Small
Court Street
Central Maine Power plan to erect Wiscasset power plant
Central Maine Power Co proposes a 27 000 horsepower steam turbine plant at Birch Point Wiscasset with a 110 000 volt connection. Town meeting December 2 1940 will consider tax exemptions street lighting and a contract outlining town support for fifteen years. The project aims to boost local industry and harbor use while linking to CMPs transmission grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Maine
Central Maine Power Co
Birch Point
Red Men's Hall
Centralaine Power Co
Foote
Birch Pent
Francis J Gooch Honored Before Houston Move
Nearly one hundred Bath friends gathered at Hotel Phoenix for a farewell tribute to Francis J Gooch manager of the Uptown theatre as he leaves to run a Houston venue. The gathering heard tributes from Rev Timothy Maney and others and presented Gooch with a Winchester rifle and a clock to Eileen and Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Gooch
Uptown Theatre
Hotel Phoenix
Houston Theatre
Mr. Gooch
Bath
Columbia Theatre
M. & F. Theatres Corp
Uptown
Columbia
Gooch
Eileen
Francis
Dever
N. H
Frank A. Vennett
Opera House
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Vennett
A. J. Moreau
M. & P. Theatres
Houston
Father Maney
Gues
O'Neil Houde
Swift & Co
St. Johnsbury
Houde
Harry Botwick
State
Portland
Botwick
R. Melvin Morrison
Dover
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
Wolstenholme
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sagadahoc Grange
Gilbert Hathorne
Cosmo Garden Club
Blanche Moody
Citizens’ Committee
240Th Coast Artillery
United States Army
George E. Foggy
240Th
Joseph A Butler
Citizens’ Party
Frank B. Nichols
the Times
Francis J Gooch
Haskell
Flect Sewall
Dominique J.tardif
Bath Battery
Fort McKinley
Portland Harbor
Chicago
Butler
John E. Madden
Citizens of
van U Mtr US
Small-Mather
Central Church
Central Maine Power Company
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