Community News Highlights and Wedding Inquiries
A Tuesday meeting of the A. L. A. featured Mrs Mamie Dent presiding at Old Orchard. Messages included a Girls State delegate report by Miss Mary Sullivan and plans for a penny sale. A Sept 20 wedding at St Ambrose rectory united Miss Barbara Ann Sullivan and Kenneth Wilbur Gray with a reception at the bride’s home.
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rson-Lane Post
A. L
Dent
Mamie
Old Orchard
Mary Sullivan
Girls State
Maurice Sullivan
Eunice Kenney
Kate Poe
Tate
Togus
Barbara Ann Sullivan
North Front Street
Kenneth Wilbur Gray
Norman Gray
Hallowell
St. Ambrose Rectory
Rollin Martineau
Mary J. Sullivan
Frank Piancentini
Portland
Redlon Holman
Arthur Lachance
Russell Perry
Leslie Gardner
Robert Sulivan
Mary Lou Gray
John Thower
Jacob
Barter
Rachel Varney
Marion Dickey
Tevet Ramar
Meloon
Enterprise Grange
Annie Dunbar
James Meserve
Grange
Dana Sullivan
Edwin Stewart
Granite City Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Titus Sermon and Local History Stories
A church sermon on Paul’s Epistle to Titus and the Crete church’s conduct is reported, noting Titus’ Greek background and standards for elders, women, and youth. Local Providence history follows, recounting Sarah Porterfield’s Irish origins, a tragic voyage to America, and the famed Spinney lineage linking to Seguin lighthouse keeper Herbert Spinney.
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South
Carolina
Columbia Bible College
Ernest
Paul
Titus
Crete
Ireland
Syracuse
N. Y
Guilford
Maine
Gordon College
Brunswick hospital surgical patient and local visitors
A surgical patient at Brunswick Hospital is noted. Mr. and Mrs. William Whitney hosted a camp visit at Salem last week, entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitney and their son of Westbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bragdon of Bowdoinham, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barton of Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whitney
Salem
Arnold Whitney
Westbrook
Harry Bragdon
Bowdoinham
Harry Barton
Hallowell
Rescue and Reunion After Winter Shipwreck Tales
In mid December survivors of a wreck faced death until three New Harbor men offered passage in exchange for servitude. The sisters were saved, later rehomed, and one married to John Hutchins for 30 years in Boothbay and Townsend Harbor. A Phippsburg cellar-hole remains as memory of the perilous winter. The issue also notes community events, a bear sighting near Robinhood, and local visitors to the tea room.
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New Harbor
Boothbay
Townsend Harbor
Sarah
Georgetown
Phippsburg
John Hutchins
Porterfield Creek
Sunday Morning Cold Snap and Local Travel Moves
Sunday dawn saw the temperature drop to 29 degrees in Robinhood as visitors and locals moved about. Mrs. Ralph Dunton stayed in Portland last week while her granddaughter Carolyn St. Martin and fiancé Cpl. Harold B. MacElman brought her home from Bath. The Healds, Blackie, and Higgins painted Raphael Rowe’s Maple street Bath house. L. Earle Hagan and family traveled to Everett Massachusetts with relatives, returning to Georgetown Center. Local work included culvert installation in Arrowsic and gravel hauling from Knubble to Bald Head and Upper Dike. The portable mill was moved to Chewonki Neck, Woolwich, with Elbridge Powers chopping at the new site. Mrs. Walter Houghton, returning from Bath, headed to Hallowell next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Joseph F. Higgins
L. Earle Hagan
Robinhood
Webber Place
Robinhood Tearoom
Winnifred P
Susan L. Briggs
Somerville
Mass
Five Island
George H. Smith
Gertrude
Dorchester
Five Islands
William S. Farr
Woolwich
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Carolyn St. Martin
Cpl
Harold B. MacElman
Bath
Dunton
Edward St. Martin
Frank
Harry Heald
J. R. Blackie
Raphael Rowe
Maple Street
Nancy
Arrowsic
Bald Head
Vincent MacMahan
Herbert Marlow
Chewonki Neck
Elbridge Powers
Walter Houghton
Victor Casey
Hallowell
Scarsdale Visitor Returns Home for Winter
Scarsdale New York residents plan to spend the winter at their homes. A recent Bath visitor, Ferris Leonard, joined family celebrations for his birthday with brother Everett. Various Bath residents including Mrs Edith Powers and Mrs Grace Fullerton visited, and many others travel between Bath Robinhood and neighboring towns for visits, shopping, and weekend trips along the Maine coast.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
Ferris Leonard
Everett
Bath
Edith Powers
Elbridge
George Laskey, Jr
George Laskey
Robinhood
Grace Fullerton
William Bisseth
Roland E. Peterson
Bristol
Murray
Roland Stuart
Jacqueline
Hamilton
Stuart
Dorothy W. Stuart
Georgetown Center
Maine
Round Pond
Pemaquid
Christmas Cove
Orr’s Island
Alice Proctor
Henry
Tarbox
Vincent MacMahan
Ella Hatstat
Harry Watson
Paul Gilmore
John W. Gilmore
Edward C. Cleary
Lillian Morse
Waltham
Mass
J. Willebeek LeMair
Seguinland
Pownal
Hazel Gay
Ralph Carlisle
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
Carlisle
Betty Ann
Winchester
Roswell Harding
Barbara
Jean Atkinson
Medford
Perley Keith
Indian Point
Danvers
Charles Nelson
Harry Philbrick
Littleriver
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Pomfret
Conn
Chester
Charles
Sterling Bible Class Rolls Call and Dinner Meeting
The Sterling Bible Class of Corliss Street Baptist church met Monday evening in the vestry at 6 30 with 23 members attending a chicken salad supper served by the Phila thea Class. Rev. Arvid L. Anderson and a visiting brother from Randolph Mass spoke as guests. The program included Bible verses read by members, questions led by Mrs Flora Robbins, and new questions to be answered next month. The business session voted to hold winter meetings in the afternoon starting in November and noted birthdays and the Peanut Pal exchange. Charter members recalled the class origins with Mrs Cora Roberts credited for the Sterling name. Mrs Alice Stilphen presented a humorous reading. The meeting closed with benediction and welcomes to late attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Bible
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Arvid L. Anderson
Randolph
Mass
Wilfred Chaney
Ocean Park House
Flora Robbins
Chaney
Ethel May
Annie McCabe
Susan Mitchell
Annie Coombs
Shaw
Sterling
Cora Roberts
Alice Stilphen
Prinkle
Amelia Mitchell
Miss Sylvia Cohen Returns to Cambridge for Training
Miss Sylvia Cohen daughter of Mrs Dora G Cohen of Old South place has returned to Lesley College Cambridge Massachusetts to begin her junior year of teacher training at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Cohen
Dora G. Cohen
Old South Place
Lesley College
Cambridge
Mass
Good Neighbor Club elects officers and plan meetings
The Good Neighbor Club held its first meeting of the year naming Mrs. Orville Rowe president and officers including Victor and Lloyd Pinkham as vice president and treasurer. They voted to meet every other Tuesday with the next gathering Oct 9 at Mrs. Victor Pinkham’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Stanley Lewis
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Beverly Rittall
Cleon Pinkham
Marlene Pinkham
Reginald Pinkham
Ernest Ireland
Titus
George Gray
Kathleen Gray
Woodrow
Jesus
Ireland
Isaiah G. Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
James Stevens
Richard Carey
Takoma Park
Washington, D.C
Carey
Edith Pinkham
Five Islands
Freddie Rasmussen
Carl A. Rasmussen
Wakefield
Mass
Sampson Air Force Base
New York
John Blackie
West Georgetown
Harold
Bill Plummer
Easton
Cleaves Henderson
Beulah Miller
Lloyd Pinkam
Chester McMahan
Jill
Herman Barter
Bath
Walter Thomas
Quincy Wales
Malden Island
George Lee
Robert
Onset
William Sherman
Madge O'Brien
Hallowell
Mary O’conner
Arlington
William Marr
Rose Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Arthur Berry
One Bid For Le Mont Street Sewer Extension
One bid was received for the Le Mont street sewer extension. Sherwood Baker, Woolwich contractor, submitted the bid at 10 545 83, considerably above the engineer’s estimate and five times his figures. The council will consider the bid at tonight’s regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont Street
Sherwood Baker
Woolwich
Central Church League Meeting Plans Parish Supper
The League of Central Congregational Church met Monday evening with Rev. Laforest E Hodgkins speaking on essays. Attendees included Mrs Edward A Cummings Mrs Maynard O Brown and Mrs John Grindell. Plans for a parish supper were discussed. Next week's hostesses are Mrs Clyde Ambrose Mrs Flossie Clifford and Mrs Evelyn Burden.
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League of Central Congregational Church
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Edward A. Cummings
Maynard O. Brown
John Grindell
Clyde Ambrose
Flossie Clifford
Evelyn Burden
Philip A Babine Buried With Military Honors
Philip A Babine, 20, of 516 Middle Street, killed in action near Pagan-ni March 17, 1951, was laid to rest at Calvary cemetery with full military honors after a high Mass at St Marys church. Family, friends, and a Smith Tobey Legion post contingent attended. a firing squad, taps, and a flag presented to his father marked the ceremony. An obituary note honors another Bath lad who died in Korea, stressing sacrifice for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Pfc
Philip A. Babine
Calvary Cemetery
St. Mary’s Church
T. C. Maney
John E. Bellefontaine
Archie Gillis
Pfc. Babine
George E. Babine
Middle Street
Pagan-ni
Maney
William H. Cumby
Edward B. Karn
Lewis F. Benson
Fr. Gillis
Smith-Tobey Legion Post
Michael J. Smith
Ernest Pinkham
Roy M. Getchell
Francis
Portland
Kenneth RB. Judkins
Korea
Thimble Club Meets at Ada Milliken Home
The Thimble Club gathered Wednesday at Ada Milliken’s Oak Street home with all but one member present. Mrs. Earl Coombs received thanks for hosting a covered dish supper in Arrowsic prior to this meeting. Refreshments followed knitting and other handwork.
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Thimble Club
Ada Milliken
Oak Street
Earl Coombs
Arrowsic
Foster Pratt
High Street
Russell Kenney
Leon Sonia
Lloyd Hooker
Chester MacKenzie
Elmer Blake
Walter James
Robert Jewell
Thomas McKay
Percy Miller
Donald Stewart
Earl T. Rosenwald
Drummond Street
Beacon Street Women Plan October Events at Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Beacon Street Methodist met in the vestry with devotions by Mrs. Helen Crooker. An all day sewing session was announced for Wednesday to prepare articles for November Christmas sale. A baked bean supper was planned for October 13 with Annie Hall as chair. Social hour followed with refreshments by Mrs. Elsie Dutton and Mrs. Carol Aims. Twenty two members attended along with a guest.
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Beacon Street
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Helen Crooker
Annie Hall
Elsie Dutton
Carol Aims
Obituary of Mrs Bridget Guite Cyr 1883 67 Waterville
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Bridget Guite Cyr at 67 in the Sisters hospital Waterville. Surviving are her children Emile and Reginald Cyr of Bath and six other sons and five daughters with relatives across Maine and New Hampshire. Funeral services will be Saturday in Waterville with burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
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Bridget Guite Cyr
Sisters Hospital
Waterville
Cyr
Emile J
Reginald Cyr
Bath
Maria
P. Q
Canada
Albert Cyr
John
Emily Audet Guite
Joseph Guite
Leander Guite
Lewiston
Georgiana Guite
Lucie Gagne
Winslow
George
Emile
Reginald
Leo
Barre
Romeo
Paul
Lawrence
Mass
Alma Blier
Beatric Duplessie
Jacqueline Janelle
Mae Thompson
Stamford
Conn
Jane Cyr
Augusta
St. John the Baptist Society
Artisans Society
The
Assumption Society
Pine Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Milton H. Carlton in South Dresden
The funeral for Milton H. Carlton was held Monday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins of Central Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Charles Carlton Gilbert Genthner John Wilson and Grover Pushard. Burial followed in the family cemetery in South Dresden.
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Milton H. Carlton
Curtis Funeral Home
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Charles Carlton
Gilbert Genthner
John Wilson
Grover Pushard
Dresden
Funeral services for Nathaniel L. Stover held at home
Funeral for Nathaniel L. Stover took place Saturday afternoon with Rev. Arvid L. Anderson officiating. Bearers included James C. Knight, Ivan Bates, Harold Carter, Michael Katula, Joseph Wilson and Harry Farrell. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel L. Stover
Curtis Funeral Home
Arvid L. Anderson
James C. Knight
Ivan Bates
Harold Carter
Michael Katula
Joseph Wilson
Harry Farrell
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs Helena Bourget at St Marys Church
Funeral for Mrs Helena Bourget was held Monday at eight from St Marys Church with Fr John E Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers were Robert Bourget Raymond Bourget James Curran and Richard Curtis. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Bourget
St. Mary’s Church
John E. Bellefontaine
Robert Bourget
Raymond Bourget
James Curran
Richard Curtis
Oak Grove
Cub Pack 55 Fall Roundup At Winter Street Church
The Fall roundup for Cub Scouts of Pack 55 is Friday at 7 PM in Winter Street church clubrooms. All Cubs and new boys ages eight to 11 should attend with a parent. Led by acting cubmaster A Dents Caton, the pack’s committee includes Roy Loeschner Elliott Hanson Borel Potter and Daniel Hall, r. The evening will include get acquainted activities registration by dens film screenings and Cub Scouting exploration.
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Winter Street Church
A. Dents Caton
Roy Loeschner
Elliott Hanson
Borel Potter
Daniel Hall
Dens
Mrs Annie McCabe Returns to Sterling Bible Class
Mrs Annie McCabe of Marshall avenue was welcomed back to the Sterling Bible Class Monday evening after several months of illness and was noted as much improved. The Times omits her name in Tuesday's edition.
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Sterling
Annie McCabe
Marshall Avenue
McCabe
Nathaniel L Stover 84 dies after two weeks illness in Bath
Nathaniel L Stover aged 84 died Thursday at the home of his granddaughter Mrs Lillian Denaco 4 Libby court after a two week illness He was born July 18 1867 in Harpswell son of Capt John and Abbie Stover and lived in Bath since childhood He retired from Hyde Windlass Co where he worked as an iron melter and was a past noble grand of Lincoln Lodge Odd Fellows He is survived by son Fred L Stover sister Mrs Lucy Willis granddaughters Mrs Lillian Denaco and Mrs June Wright grandson LeRoy Stover and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home and burial in Oak Grove cemetery
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Nathaniel L. Stover
Lillian Denaco
Libby Court
Mr. Stover
Harpswell
Capt
John and
Abbie (Britt) Stover
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Hyde Windlass
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen of America
Bath Aerie No
Eagles
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Fred L. Stover
Lucy Willis
Gardiner
June Wright
Brooklyn
N. Y
LeRoy Stover
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Milton Houdlette Carlton Dies After 78 Years in Bath Area
Milton Houdlette Carlton 78 died at his home 4 Park street after a long life that began in Dresden Sept 13 1873. He worked as a salesman for W S Sparrow Hardware, managed a North Woolwich farm for 36 years, later worked at Bath Iron Works as a bolt machine operator, and served as a church trustee. He married Mary A Perkins in 1903 and is survived by his wife, two brothers Ephraim and Charles, three nephews and seven nieces.
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Milton Houdlette Carlton
Park Street
Dresden
Samuel
Katie (Houdlette) Carlton
Lincoln Academy
Damariscotta
W. S. Sparrow Hardware Co
West Somerville
Mass
Houdlette
Mary A. Perkins
North Woolwich
Carlton
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Ephraim Carlton
Rhode Island
Charles Carlton
Roslindale
Mrs Helena Bourget Dies At 81 In Bath
Mrs Helena Nellie Bourget 81 died at her home 272 Front street Saturday widow of Joseph B Bourget born in Lewiston daughter of Rufus and Marie Belcher Shoppy. She was a St Mary s Roman Catholic church member and former St Mary s Sodality member. Survived by three sons Edward J George D and Arthur R all of Bath a sister Mrs Emma Hall of Bath 11 grand children and four step grand children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Nellie Bourget
Front Street
Joseph B. Bourget
Lewiston
Rufus and
Marie Belcher Shoppy
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Sodality
Edward J
George D
Arthur R
Bath
Emma Hall
Neon Discovery by Ramsey in Early 1900s Distilling Liquid Air
Sir William Ramsay discovered neon around the turn of the century during experiments distilling liquid air. The finding established neon as a distinct noble gas and contributed to early spectroscopy studies.
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Sir William Ramsey
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Main Street
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White Street
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Eastland
William Tait
Framingham
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Carding Machine Road
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Lillian Johnson
Wesley Webber
Kenneth Proctor
Fred Pierce
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Dorothy Patten
Casco High School
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Marius H. Page
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N. L. Stover Funeral
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