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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1940

Page

8

Richmond area clubs and lodge events reported

Rich mond community groups held varied activities. The Enterprise grange ladies planned a Friday session at Mrs Cora Osborne with men as supper guests. Carry On 4-H met Miss Mary Gilbert for a play rehearsal for October 4. Ideal Home Corner club met at Daughters of Veterans hall for a Saturday supper and meeting. Baptist Sunday school Junior department hosted Rally Day at 11 45 a m. Mt Carmel OES observed Guest Officer Night with a 6 30 supper and officers listed. A special Masonic Entered Apprentice work followed at Richmond lodge. Enterprise grange met Tuesday. World Wide Guild hosted a White Cross evening. Alton Parker services held at his daughter’s home. Personal notes include Mrs Richard Derby’s return from Summer in Boston and Dale Smith’s hospitalization in Portland.

Enterprise Grange Cora Osborne Mary Gilbert County Road Ideal Home Corner Club Daughters of Veterans Hall Litchfield Richard Burrill Mystic Emma Goss Arlene Kelley Marion Gardiner Lillian Perkins Pine Cone Auburn Carrie Grant Edith Lund Adah Georgianna Leighton Abnaki Winthrop Ruth Elsie Grant Queen Esther Hallowell Esther Muriel McCarthy Martha Katherine Smith Genesta Bathelecta Arleta Graves Hawthorn Brunswick Warder Eva McDonald Olive Branch Dresden Sentinel William Houdlette Eleanora Totman Cecil Barber Alice Scott Richmond Lodge Masonic Hall Charley White Augusta World Wide Guild Pauline Purint Alton M. Parker Chester Bennet New Road Gilbert Edgett Alfred Ives William Grant Wilbur Preble Harry Green Fred Ricker Pittston

Booster Night at Sagadahoc Grange Features Local Talent

Sagadahoc Grange of Bowdoin held booster night with strong turnout. Under lecturer Mrs Sadie Garland the program included The Cure of Neuralgia performed by Gerald Adams Annie Cornish Helen Burns Thelma Cornish Norman Curtis and Daisy Bickford, Fooling the Book Agent by Lois Smith Donald Bickford and Esther Starbird, reading by Daisy Bickford, recitation by Charline Bickford, and songs by Arthur Byrns and Lawrence Sparsam of Lisbon Falls. Garland announced an open meeting next Saturday featuring a technicolor talking picture starring the Middleton family, previously shown at the New York World's Fair.

Sagadahoc Grange Bowdoin Sadie Garland Gerald Adams Annie Cornish Helen Burns Thelma Cornish Norman Curtis Daisy Bickford Lois Smith Lisbon Falls Donald Bickford Esther Starbird Charline Bickford Arthur Byrns Lawrence Sparsam Garland Middleton

Progressive Grange Plans Booster Night Meeting

Progressive Grange of Richmond met Friday evening and observed a minute of silence for the late John Abbott former State master. A program was given and plans were laid for a public meeting Monday evening September 30 to be booster night.

Progressive Grange of Richmond John Abbott

Personal notes on births and travel in local notices

Dana Dale a seven and one fourth pound son was born Sept 30 at Cornish Maternity Home to Mr and Mrs Allen Dyer of 56 Pine Street. Assistant Postmaster Roscoe H Shaw resumed duties after a vacation spent at the American Legion convention in Boston and the New York World's Fair. Fred D Hill and family, home at 1006 High Street, returned Wednesday after a motor trip to New York and New Jersey, weekend with daughter Mrs William F Free. Dr and Mrs Charles E Helah returned to 113 North Street after summering at New Harbor, continuing a 21 year Maine coast tradition and warm friendships.

Dana Dale Cornish Allen Dyer Pine Street Roscoe H. Shaw Shaw American Legion Boston New York Fred D. Hill New Jersey High Street William F. Free Charles E. Helah North Street New Harbor Maine

Bay Point Library Honored With Book Donations

Acknowledgments go to Mrs. Fred Carr of Five Islands for two donated books to the Bay Point circulating library. Dromore Farm Bureau members and guests dined with Mrs. Stewart Day, with many attendees including Mrs. Eva Rogers and Mrs. Sarah Wilbur. A lobster and chicken dinner followed by a penny sale, guests departed around 4 30 p.m. Local church news notes Mrs. D L Pettingill filled the pulpit while Rev Koeh lwetter was away. News arrives of Mrs. Kneeland of Rawley Mass. death. she leaves a large family. Residents and visitors scattered through the day with travels to Portland, Bath, and Lewiston interwoven with social calls and visits to and from various Bay Point figures.

Bay Point Fred Carr Five Islands Dromore Farm Bureau Stewart Day Eva Rogers Sarah Wilbur Anna Percy Myra Metcalf Sadie Carlson Althea Campbell Elizabeth Hampton Esther McCourt Viola Bonney Minnie McCarthy Georgie Leach Abbie Minott Yvette Allard Faustina Guernsey Clara Oliver Elizabeth Mayo Mary Wright Susan Nichols Oberlin College Ohio D. L. Pettingill Georgetown First Baptist Church F. Koehlwetter Kneeland Rawley Mass Clarence Kneeland Arthur Rambo

Salie Funeral Ties Residents to Bowdoinham News

In Bowdoinham on Sept 24 families from Massachusetts and Portland attended the funeral of Mrs S Alice Salie. Relatives included Mr and Mrs Charles Salie and Mr and Mrs E Salie. Other local movements include Eli Marriner moving to the Jorden house, and the Prout farm on Dingley road hosting a new family.

Charles Salie Albert Salie Massachusetts E. Salie Portland S. Alice Salie George Ackley John Ackley Orrs Island Eli Marriner Mary H. Heath Brunswick

Local News Notes From Salem and Portland

Frank Martin of Salem returns after a weekend with his parents on Willow Street Alfred R Pratt and daughter visit in Portland Mr Pratt's daughter visits with Copeland Madden family hosts in South Portland Weekend guests of Madden seniors Marriage intentions filed for George Edward Moore of Sebec and Marjorie Ardella Burgess of Dover Foxcroft

Frank Martin Salem Mass Cedric Martin Willow Street Alfred R. Pratt Bedford Street Henry McCabe North Street Portland Pratt Nathan E. Copeland G. Clifford Madden Narice South Portland Madden Charles I. Madden Mechanic Street George Edward Moore Center Street Andrew H. Moore Sebec Hattie Moore Marjorie Ardella Burgess Theodore C. Burgess Dover-Foxcroft

Bus service and locals fill Georgetown notes

A Saturday night bus run by Mrs. Freda Cunningham to Bath proves a convenience with extra capacity used by six passengers. Bath-bound trips in mornings serve Bath Iron Works workers. The column also covers church sermons by Mrs. Susie Oliver Pettingill, travel to New Brunswick, summer departures of the Levine family, university visitors, and local weekend visits plus plans for the gunning season.

Freda Cunningham Bath Bay Point Islands Todd Bath Iron Works F. S. Koehlwetter First Baptist Church Susie Oliver Pettingill Pettingill Georgetown Oliver Frye Alfred Rowe Elizabeth Powers Walter F. Powers A. S. Cunningham St. John N. B Calais St. Andrews Red Beach New Brunswick Morris Levine West Georgetown New York Levine Danny Joan State of Elizabeth Denningham Parker Head David Daiches University of Chicago Port Clyde Daiches Bentley Monhegan Boothbay Harbor Maine Jerry Chicago Farmington Lake Champlain Buffalo Detroit Ruth Powers Laura Harding Maud Thayer Woolwich Powers Association Thayer

Traf tons and Blaisdell visit Bath brother recovering

Mr and Mrs Howard M Traf ton and Charles Blaisdell called Sunday on Blaisdell's brother Phillip at Bath. Phillip, recently in a Boston hospital, has returned home and is recovering from illness.

Howard M. Trafton Charles Blaisdell Mr. Blaisdell Phillip Bath Boston

September Weather Proves Delightful in Maine Sequel

September brought a pleasant Maine month with 21 fair days, six rainy days, and 3 cloudy days. Morning temps ranged from a high 69 on the first to a frosty 38 on the 26th, with a notable frost night on the 25th and water skimming over in some areas.

Maine

Mary Sue Wigley Set as Speaker by Farm Bureau

Miss Mary Sue Wigley of Dawson Alabama will address 11 county farm bureaus representing 13 counties this Fall. A Sand Mountain native with extensive education she will discuss homemade character and citizenship at Maine farm bureau meetings in Knox Lincoln on Oct 23 and Androscoggin Sagadahoc on Oct 24.

Farm Bureau Mary Sue Wigley Dawson Alabama Miss Wigley Sand Mountain Mountain Mission School Oklahoma A M. College University of Chicago Columbia University U. S. Department of Agriculture University of Maine Maine Farm Bureau Knox-Lincoln Androscoggin-Saga‘dahoc

Winter Street Sunday School To Resume

Winter Street Sunday school will resume with first session on Sunday morning October 6. Preschool through first grade meet at 10 30 under the chapel and finish when church ends. Other grades meet in church or chapel at 10 30 with varying dismissals. A newborn daughter and another birth announced for local families.

Winter Street Robert H. Haskell Lois Estabrooks Helen Higgins Martha Morse Natalie Perkins Alice Darrah Gertrude Haskell Linna Marie Purdue Janet Colley Paul Holmson John Shepard Bruce Fulton Roswell Haskell Warren Higgins Mary Young Barbara Pittman Barbara Young Eleanor Wilson Gordon A. Lake Walter F. Abbott William Potter James F. Farnham Joseph O. Purdue Allen M. Ifish Anna H. Hill

Sermoned and Social News From Five Islands Community

In Five Islands, Miss Alice Cromwell preached on Render unto Caesar while Rev Koehlwetter was away. An all day Red Cross session and library work followed with a covered dish lunch. Mrs Wallace Pierce and Mrs Carr led the canteen. Various local visits, property sales, and social events fill the week, including a George town wedding shower and neighborhood guests from Bath Dorchester Seguinland North Anson and Woolwich.

Franklin Koehlwetter Alice Cromwell Caesar God Miss Cromwell T. E. Cromwell Auxiliary Red Cross Wallace Pierce F. P. Carr Good Neighbor Club Horace Rittall George McKinnon Boston McKinnon Ray Sawyer Bath Blaisdell Alfred Rowe Rudolph Pinkham Seguinland Road Georgetown Serepta Pinfold Cooper's Mills Charlotte Leavitt North Lowell Percy Savage Fred Reid Bath and Seguinland Percy MacGillivary Robert Hodgkins Lermond Davis Charles Burgess William Stinson Stinson John Gordon Rapheal Higgins Howard Barter John Huskins Frances Oliver Edward Thorne Herman Spinney Clyde Pinkham Clifton Matthews Peggy Gray Warren Todd John Hinds Pejepscot D. W. Staffeld Quincy Mass Isabel Stevens Fred M. Reid Seguinland Woodrow Gray Charlestown Dean Bonney Upper Sheepscot Arthur Davis Vincent and Winfield North Anson Lester Davis John W. Gilmore Robert Hodgdon Malden Vincent Davis Madelyn Berry Walter Savage Kittery

Mrs White Returns Home After Hospital Stay

Mrs William H. White has returned to her Bedford street home from Brunswick hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks after falling ill at her South Harpswell cottage.

William H. White Bedford Street Brunswick Hospital South Harpswell

Citizenship Not Affected By Marriage In Federal Ruling

A federal ruling states that American women married to aliens between April 6 1917 and July 2 1921 did not lose citizenship and could exercise franchise. The Attorney General affirms that these women may take the oath of allegiance to remove doubt, while the Sept 22 1922 law remains in effect, preserving citizenship irrespective of marriage for both native and foreign born women.

Fred H. Thompson Henry Nicolls Immigration Naturalization Service U. S. Department of Justice Boston United States Mr. Nicolls Thompson

Merrymeeting Grange Boosters Night Highlights Local Talks

Merrymeeting Grange of Bowdoinham held Booster night with Charles White of Augusta presenting a colored lantern slide talk on a trip through Pennsylvania Virginia and Tennessee. The program featured a National Master greeting, musical performances, a paper read by Mrs. Frank P. Webber, and several dances and solos. Exhibition committees for Topsham Fair were named, and Sagadahoc Enterprise and Progressive granges will join Merrymeeting on October 25 with Sagadahoc filling offices and host grange supplying supper with visitors assisting.

Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham Charles White Augusta Pennsylvania Virginia Tennessee George Hamilton R. W. Chesley Roland Robinson Dorothy Dickinson Frank P. Webber Neil Bishop Carolyn Baker Ida Fowle Reginald Dore Muriel Nugent Chester Purington Louis Theodore Carras Arthur Turner Chester Hobart Topsham Fair Caleb Mitchell William Gould Milton Given Ernest Frye Hobst Fred Leavitt Loomis Dyer Sagadahoc Enterprise and Progressive Granges Merrymeeting Enterprise and Progressive

Funeral of Mrs Fuller at 17 Beacon Street

The funeral of Mrs Alice Randall Fuller wife of Eliot A Fuller was Friday afternoon at three in her home at 17 Beacon street. Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church officiated The bearers were Vincent Brown of Auburn Walter Richardson of Portland Weston L Bonney and Henry Minott Burial was in Oak Grove.

Alice Randall Fuller Eliot A. Fuller Beacon Street Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church Vincent Brown Auburn Walter Richardson Portland Weston L Bonney Henry Minott Oak Grove

Funeral of Mrs Annie O Jewett in Westport

The funeral of Mrs Annie O Jewett wife of Hylan M Jewett of Westport was held Friday at two in the Curtis funeral home 942 Washington street Rev Charles H Berry of Emmanuel Gospel Mission officiated. Bearers named Lucian Ames Wilfred Wo Chanex William Daley John Leonard Roger Pierce Raymond Trott. Burial followed at Oak Grove.

Annie O Jewett Hylan M Jewett Westport Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street Charles H Berry Emmanuel Gospel Mission

Bath man tours West then car wreck near state line

Kenneth A. Soule of Woolwich and two companions Ed ward Cooper of Wichita Falls Texas and Gilbert Parlin of Skowhegan completed a 5800 mile trip from Kittery to Texas and back by plane and car. After visiting oil fields cotton ginning and the World’s Fair in New York the party returned toward home but 22 miles from Kittery their car collided with another vehicle. All occupants were uninjured though the other car’s occupants were hospitalized. Soule returned to work at the Portsmouth Navy Yard after visiting his Woolwich parents)L.

Bath and Woolwich Kenneth A. Soule Woolwich Portsmouth Navy Yard West Mr. Soule Edward Cooper Wichita Falls Texas Gilbert Parlin Skowhegan Kittery St. Louis Illinois Missouri Mississippi River New Mexico Mexico Georgia Washington, D. C New York Haskell Soule Navy Yard Massachusetts-New Hampshire

Obituary of Alice Randall Fuller 66 of Bath and Norway

Alice Randall Fuller 66 wife of Eliot A. Fuller died Wednesday morning last week at her home 17 Beacon Street after a 17 week illness from coronary thrombosis. Born in Portland she lived much of her life in Bath with a decade in Norway. She belonged to Grace church and local D A R, library society, and Oxford lodge. Survived by husband and two Bath sisters Mrs Sarah Given and Miss Fannie Minott.

Alice Randall Fuller Eliot A. Fuller Beacon Street Mrs. Fuller Portland John L Mary P. Randall Bath Mr. Fuller Norway Grace Church Co. Dummer Sewall Patten Free Library Oxford John O. Shaw John J. Desmond Co Senter’s, Inc Sarah A. Given Fannie E. Minott

Elizabeth A King 87 dies after fall in Bath area

Elizabeth A King widow of John F King died Saturday night at Memorial hospital from injuries from a fall two weeks earlier after years of declining health. Born in Boothbay she lived most of her life in Bath and belonged to Sedgwick Relief Corps and Ladies of the GAR. She is survived by son Arthur W King and five grandchildren including Omar R King at University of Michigan plus siblings and other relatives.

Elizabeth A. King John F King Memorial Hospital Boothbay Enoch Rebecca Poor Bath Sedgwick Relief Corps Sedgewick Circle Ladies of the Gar Central Church Arthur W King Edgett Street Omar R. King University of Michigan Anne Isabelle B. A Donald Audrey King Theodore Poor Portsnmouth

Bartholomew O Donnell Family Weekend Visit

Mr and Mrs Bartholomew O Donnell spent the weekend with Mrs O Donnell's mother Mrs Wellington A Moore on Weeks Street. They traveled to Portsmouth New Hampshire on Monday to occupy an apartment there.

Bartholomew O'Donnell O'Donnell Wellington A. Moore Weeks Street Portsmouth N.H

Also Mentioned on This Page

Richard Derby Winchester Dale Smith Ralph Small Children's Hospital Lillian Wade Perkins D. S. White Progressive Grange Herman Barter William Adams H. S. Keen Louise Howard Keen Jamaica N. Y Donald Avery Beatrice Dawn Walter Kneeland LeRoy Adams Harry Stone Maurice Burns Lila M. Spinney Paul Wren Kennebec Point Clarence Allen Marrtown Harold Robinson Keith Fred P. Taylor Clayton Dickie”’ Hagan Harold White Dedham Arthur Delano Popham Beach Howard Nash Lewiston Robert Fry Sylvia Warren Bowdoinham Post Road J. W. Bedford Harry Bedford Whitinsville Roy M. Chase Charles A. Day & Co Securities Dealers Harry Carlisle North Edgecomb Kennebec Minot Russell M Colby, Jr Cee Street Clinton V. Owen Dike Street DR Stevens Victor Pinkham Sagadahce Enterprise and Progressive Granges Alice R. Fuller John F. King Fred S. Curtis & CO Thomas R. Huston
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