Religious activities and community notices in Richmond area
Religious services and week observances mark a busy period with sermons at United Baptist and Methodist churches, interdenominational Religious Education Week, and World Communion plans. Scouts, auxiliary officers, and Woman's Society events feature, plus personal items from Dorchester and Milton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Haynes
Mt. Carmel
Masonic Hall
Lillian Hill
George Volz
Wilma Volz
Lillian Haynes
Charles Hewitt
John Parker
Harry Whitney
Bessie Sedgley
Alberta Sedgley
George Tibbitts
Ralph Dickinson
Hazel McCosh
Arrrangements
Sedgley
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion Home
Beatrice Turcotte
Waterville
State Department
Hazel Libby
Marcia Baker
Elizabeth McFee
Fern Perry
Grace Dickinson
Eva Sherman
Sally Champney
Lillian Sykes
Libby
Children's State Welfare Committee
Charles Dore, Jr
Harley Hospital
Dorchester
Mass
Raymond Peacock
Milton
Daniel Clark
Golden Wedding Observed Thursday By Richmond Couple
Mr and Mrs Earl Frost celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a farewell party and congratulatory gifts after a Richmond Townsend club meeting. It was also Mr Frosts 80th birthday with a cake, purse, and two large cards amid a program of songs recitations and solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Frost
Townsend Club
Richmond Townsend Club
Mr. Frost
Mary Bodge
Frank Rice
Melvin Curtis
Bodge
Constance Guiou
Mina Floyd
Stanley Card
Earl H. Frost
Richard M. Frost
Monmouth
Coral E. Alexander
Randaexander
Richmond
G. H. Griffin
Baptist Church
Hill Street
Frost
Richmond-lodge, I. O. O. F
Gaudreau enters as candidate for deputy marshal
Patrolman Edward L. Gaudreau announced his candidacy for deputy marshal as Bath’s City Council prepares to elect the successor to Percy W. Kingsbury who will join the Army Oct. 7. Gaudreau, a nearly two year police veteran, brings office experience and a musical career as a conductor to the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Gaudreau
Percy W. Kingsbury
Army
Gaudreau
Police Department
Peter
Lucy Gaudreau
Canada
Bath
Donald Crosby
Harry W. Thompson
State Police
Dana W. York
Kingsbury
Two Bath Girls Become Brides of Shipmates
Two Bath women wed their shipmate fiances in a double ceremony at the Service Men's Y in Boston. Miss Margaret V. Jones married David Dickenson formerly of Iowa, and Mrs Marjorie Berry Pinkham wed John Fincher. Rev Lanmann presided using the double ring service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bath
Margaret V. Jones
David Dickenson
Iowa
Marjorie Berry Pinkham
John Fincher
Lanmann
Unitarian Church
Everett W. Jones
City
Dickenson
Davenport
Hemenway
Washington Street
Couple Leaves Home To Live With Nephew In Canton Mass
The 43 year old and Mrs. Frost were longtime members of the N E B O O club and charter members of the Richmond Townsend club. They attended the Methodist church and left Sunday to live with their nephew and wife Mr and Mrs Melvin Dow in Canton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost
Methodist Church
Richmond Townsend Club
Melvin Dow
Canton
Mass
Prof
George Alderman
Amherst
West Georgetown
W. A. Todd
Bath
Bristol
Jim Hobart
Mr. Crosby
Boston
Robinhood notes and town updates from Georgetown
Local items report Roland Peterson selling his Portland house and furniture moved to Robinhood. Members admitted to First Baptist by discharge letter from Melrose. Linwood Stevens ships to California. Burton Wetmore dies in Belmont after a long illness. Town residents serve in various states and overseas. Duck season opens as Hobart and Crosby travel from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Peterson
Portland
Peterson
Robinhood
First Baptist Church
Elmer Palmer
Green Street Baptist Church
Melrose
Mass
Howard Trafton
Frank Heald
Everett Trafton
Lincoln Street
Bath
Everett Higgins
Our Town Boys
Linwood Stevens
California
Los Angeles
Maine
Burton O. Wetmore
Belmont
Trinity Church
Phillips Brooks
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
Wellesley
St. Luke's Church
Allston
All Saints Church
Wetmore
Union Hall
George West
Everett Stevens
Kenneth Wyman
Vermont
Elbridge Powers
Virginia
Vincent MacMahan
South Carolina
George Jones
Boothbay
Connecticut
Ira Alley
Southport
Arizona
Roscoe P. Todd
New England Baptist Hospital
Clarence Oliver
Paul Le Mont Sixteenth Birthday Supper
Mr and Mrs James B Le Mont hosted a group of young people for a supper in honor of their son Paul s sixteenth birthday The evening featured music and dancing Attendees included Frances Callan Jane Trott Elaine Noyes Ann Desmond Gertrude Simpson Greydon Smith Wallace Mayo George Burgon Albert Brown Kenneth Drake Edward Footer and Daniel Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lemont
Paul
Frances Callan
Jane Trott
Elaine Noyes
Ann Desmond
Gertrude Simpson
Greydon Smith
Wallace Mayo
George Burgon
Albert Brown
Kenneth Drake
Edward Footer
Daniel Brady
Genesta Chapter Inspects Visit Amid Maine Officials
About 100 people including 41 visitors attended Genesta chapter No. 73 O E S in the Masonic Temple for its annual inspection. Mrs Lula W Morse of Bangor praised the work, received a gift from the chapter, and was joined by guests from Bath Portland Topsham and New Gloucester. A lobster salad supper preceded the meeting with Fall decor and a V shaped dining room layout supervised by Nellie D Arcy and a team of assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O. E
Masonic Temple
Lula W. Morse
Bangor
Grand Chapter
Maine
Morse
Phillip A. Roberts
Bath
Henry G. Shaw
City
Millward G. Patten
Topsham
Vacant Bedrooms Numbers Indicate Bath Survey
Bath survey shows 2.7 percent gross vacancy and 0.2 percent rental vacancy during early September. Many occupied dwellings could house more people with 45.3 percent not full to capacity. Overcrowded units above 12 persons per dwelling comprised 0.8 percent. The census and WPA cooperated on the sample enumeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
National Housing Agency
Dwelling Units Occupancy Statistics for Bath Maine
The public data shows 3,000 total dwelling units in Bath Maine with 100 percent occupancy stated. It notes 97.3 percent for rent and not for rent and details occupancy patterns including unoccupied capacity, occupied to capacity, and overcrowding levels.
Units Under Construction Excluded from Table
The brief notes that units under construction are not included in the table and mentions ongoing interviews with households. This item records a data omission and procedural step affecting early housing figures.
Five Islands residents purchase Sedgemere cottage
Everett Hennan of Cambridge buys the Bartlett cottage on Sedgemere road. The Henan family and their guests have visited the place for summers with relatives including Mrs. Hennan and her mother Mrs. Coombs. Community notices report a busy social scene with club events, hospitalities, and local visits through the week.
Unused bedrooms outnumber rooms offered for rent in survey
Survey shows nearly 900 bedrooms in occupied dwellings not used for sleeping with many serving as sewing storage guest rooms or studios and lacking beds. Only about 50 rooms were offered for rent, expected to accommodate roughly 70 roomers.
New Trial Ordered in Milligan Case
Chief Justice Guy Sturgis of Maine Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the motor accident suit where Rev. Herbert F. Milligan of Woolwich won a York County Superior Court award of 2309 from Maurice Weare of York. The rescript notes Milligan, 63, stepped from between two parked cars into Weare’s path. pedestrians have equal rights but must use their senses, and mere looking may not suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Sturgis
Maine Supreme Court
Herbert F. Milligan
Woolwich
York County Superior Court
Maurice Weare
York
Weare
Bath to get social worker two days weekly
Miss Ruth E. Taft will staff Bath two days a week, Tuesday and Wednesday, with an office at City Hall. The program aims to prevent delinquency, include a survey of Bath’s problems, and relies on public cooperation and an advisory Bath citizens group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ruth E. Taft
Brunswick
Miss Taft
City Hall
Walter C. Rogers
Lena Parrott
Child Welfare Service
Rogers
Percy Kingsbury
John R. Newell
Board of Aldermen
James A. Gillies Jr
Ruth Weeks Henry
R.N
Virginia Clay Hamilton
Taft
Maine
Boothbay
Boston University
Pennsylvania School of Social Work
Dawn White
Brunswick Town Hall
Social Security Act
State Department of Health and Welfare
Future Bath Bus Service Under Federal Law Rumor
Residents in Bath and across Maine speculate on how federal transportation directives to be issued in November could reshape bus service. Others doubt changes will come soon while Bath Bus Service owner Charles Doyle says he has no official details but aims to maintain satisfactory service and possibly add buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Federal Transportation
Maine
Charles Doyle
Washington
Geodetic Survey Official Speaks at Bath Rotary Club
Lieut. H. O. Fortin spoke at Bath Rotary Club about U. S. Coast Geodetic Survey work from Old Orchard Beach to Rockland. The talk covered soundings by small boats, currents tests, and aircraft photos aiding charting since 1816. Rotary announced Ladies Night and new memberships, with library staff preparing sessions and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Old Orchard Beach
Rockland
Department of Commerce
Geodetic Survey
Lieut
Fortin
Montana
Jud Miller
Mrs Ada Sprague Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ada Sprague of 37 Edward Street Court is listed as a patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada M. Sprague
Edward Street Court
Memorial Hospital
Maine Library Association set for Lewiston meetings
The Maine Library Association meets in Lewiston Thursday and Friday with sessions at the DeWitt Hotel and Lewiston Public Library. Gov. Sumner Sewall, Bates president Dr Clifton D Gray and Colby president Dr Julius Seelye Bixler address topics from Victory Book Campaign to education for democracy and vocational guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Library Association
Lewiston
DeWitt
Merle R. Griffeth
Sumner Sewall
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
Frederick M. Meek
All Soul's Congregational Church
Bangor
Julius Seelye Bixler
Colby
Lewiston Public Library
Charles Campbell
Portland
Dana M. Cotton
State Department of Education
Marian B. Stubbs
Maine State Library
Obituary of Mrs Martha Hutchins of Bath
Mrs Martha Mary Hutchins widow of Walter L Hutchins died Friday evening at her son W Stanley Hutchins 21 North Street after long illness. Born April 27 1875 in Bath she lived in Brooklyn many years summered at Phippsburg and lately resided in Bath with her son and in Winchester Mass with her daughter Mrs William A Grevers. She is survived by two sisters a granddaughter and a step mother. Funeral held Monday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence conducted by Rev David L Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mary Hutchins
Walter L. Hutchins
W. Stanley Hutchins
North Street
Hutchins
Bath
James A
Minnie A. (Robinson) Cutting
Brooklyn
N. Y
Phippsburg
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Death of Miss Doris White Prompts Haverhill Funeral Service
Miss Doris White 35 daughter of Fred S and Myrtle White of Haverhill Massachusetts died suddenly Tuesday at Baker Memorial Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after a three week hospital stay following an operation. She was born October 14 1907 in Haverhill and had relatives in Bowdoinham and vicinity. Funeral held Thursday in Haverhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris White
Fred S
Myrtle (Gamage) White
11Th Avenue
Haverhill
Mass
Baker Memorial
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
White
Bowdoinham Ridge
Bowdoinham
Miss White
Frank W. Jaques
Washington Street
Jaques
Martha F. Jaques
Newburyport
Harold M. Oldis Dies on Train Homeward from New York
Harold M. Oldis of Pelham New York and son in law of Sidney L. Eaton died suddenly Monday night aboard a train returning from New York City. He led Texaco export division with office in New York. Funeral Thursday at 8.15 p.m. in New Rochelle. burial in Bath. Mrs. Oldis formerly Eleanor Eaton of Bath learned of his death at China Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Oldis
Pelham
N. Y
Sidney L. Eaton
New York City
Texaco Co
New York
George T. Davis, Inc
le Count Place
New Rochelle
Bath
Oldis
Eleanor Eaton
China Lake
Funeral of Mrs Martha M Hutchins Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral service for Mrs Martha M Hutchins widow of Walter L Hutchins was held Monday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 Congregational church. Bearers were Gardiner D Rogers Samuel Jordan James Little and Charles L Haggett. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha M. Hutchins
Walter L. Hutchins
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Gardiner D. Rogers
Samuel Jordan
James Little
Charles L. Haggett
Oak Grove Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marjorie B. Pinkham
Georgetown
Charles Soule
Rilla Tarr
Five Islands
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Harold Brown
Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Air Corps
Ernest Heal
Comdr
Sidney Dalrymple
Comdr. Dalrymple
Newport
R. I
Marjorie Rockwell
Frederick
Sasanoa
Pinewood
J. Donald Rockwell
Everett Haines
Coast Guard
Josephine Hooker Wilson
Harry Horne
Lawrence du Pont
Bath, Maine
Everett Hennan
Cambridge
Bartlett
Sedgemere Road
Will Rogers
Olkahoma City
Oklo
Merry Maids of
Clifford Landry
Arthur Davis
Vincent Strout
J. G. Stevens
Hiram Pierce
Randolph
Francis
Pierce
Camp Devens
Woodrow Gray
Kittery
Gray
Connie
Jerry
P. B
William Chase
Billy
South Freeport
Lester Davis
D. L. Howard
Edith MacMahan
Burt Hall
Acton
Leonard Gould
Suzanne
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hall Cottage
Branwell Harford
Quincy, Mass
Lettie Harford
Milligan
Ruth E, Taft
Bath and
Rotary Club
Charles Mason
Rogers’ Jewelry Store
Club
Rotary
George B. Wolstenholme
George P. Smith
Philadelphia
William Daley
William Corrigan
L. Felix Ranlett
Bangor Public Library
Milwaukee A. L. A
Grace M. Trappan
Portland Public Library
George W. Dean
Herbert Calderwood
Carl C. Troop
Library Association
Patten Library
Boston Hospital
Mrs. Hutchins
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington Bt
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