Lively gathering honors Nellie W Hi at Hinckley
Twenty five Richmond residents attended a Memorial Day event at Good Will Farm Hinckley in honor of Mrs Nellie W Hi Worthy Grand Matron. Mt Carmel chapter members led the receiving line and gifts were exchanged among officers and attendees. Local residents and visitors from Augusta Gardiner Dresden and Portland were noted with travel and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hinckley
Nellie W. Hi
Prescott Memorial
Good Will Farm
Carmel
Leon Shepard
Mary B. Price
Electa Courtney Hinkley
Hazel Libby
Raymond Libby
Melita Leavitt
Lara Mansir
Merry Meeting
Mt. Carmel
Courtney Hinkley
Merrymeeting
Electa Hazel Libby
Rebecca Rogers
Merrymeting
Grand Electa
Sadie Wood
Will Houdlette
Olive Branch
Dresden
Lawrence Foster
Winthrop
Edwin Dunn
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed in Maine by Gov Barrows
Gov. Lewis O. Barrows designates October 8 to 14 as Fire Prevention Week in the State of Maine. The proclamation urges study and correction of fire hazards, promotion of safety measures, and education for children and adults to reduce loss of life and property from fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewis O. Barrows
New York World's Fair prizes awarded by thread company
Mrs Melvin E Densmore of 59 St Lawrence Street Portland won one of the three grand prizes in a thread company contest at the World’s Fair for a crocheted banquet cloth. She receives a new sedan as the award and it will be sent to her shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin E. Densmore
St. Lawrence Street
Portland
Rotary Hear Capt Maguire on Crime Detection
Capt Harukd K Maguire of the Portland police detective bureau spoke to Rotarians at Sedgwick after lunch. He urged police school training for patrolmen, a policewoman to handle unusual cases, firearms registration, pawn shop reports, bicycle licensing, and municipal playgrounds. He cited 4800 police photos last year and stressed record keeping, fingerprints, and photography. The talk emphasized crime tactics and public safety details with Pres. Charles T Small Jr and visitor Deputy Sheriff Loring D Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Harukd K. Maguire
Detective Bureau
Portland
Maguire
Capt. Maguire
Charles T. Small, Jr
Loring D. Small
South End PTA Banquet Scheduled For Nov 7
South End PTA set November 7 as the tentative date for the annual teachers banquet after its first season meeting in Washington street rooms. A speaker will be announced later this month. The group voted five dollars to the Y M C A drive and listed year long committees with numerous members including Mrs. F Arthur Berry and Mrs. Raymond C Small across programs welfare membership and school improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
F. Arthur Berry
Arthur W. Bowker
Sven B. Lonn
Chester A. Plant
Charles A. Soule
Russell M. Colby
Wellington A. Moore
William P. Hatch
Vivian M. Brown
Pearl E. Dunbar
Richard Quick
Leland R. Mitchell
Horace Morse
Carroll A. Deering
James T. Bonney
William P. Crowley
Elbridge R. Wright
James 8. Knight
Arthur F. Mayo
Elizabeth Deering
Congregational group regrets pastor resignation in Bath
The Camden meeting of the Association of Congregational Churches adopted resolutions regretting Dr. David L. Wilson’s resignation as pastor of Central Congregational Church in Bath. The 42 year ministry was praised and he was named a delegate to the 1940 General Council in Berkeley California. The group hopes he remains a member of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna H. Hill
Thomas Murphy
Lynette Caverly
Phippsburg
Joseph O. Purdue
David L. Wilson
Camden
Association of Congregational Churches
Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Bath
General Council of Congregational Churches
Berkeley
Cal
West Paris woman shows rare blooming cereas plant
Mrs Lena S Herrick of West Paris reports a night blooming cereas that bore three blossoms in July and two more in September. The plant is six years old and first bloomed at age five, unusual since the plant typically blooms a second time in two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena S. Herrick
West Paris
Ducks Hunt Opens Season on Back River in Georgetown
Hunters crowded Back River as the duck shooting season began with Howard Noble of Malden, Mass., and two friends at a local camp. Ducks were plentiful before opening day and are expected to migrate toward the bay at sunrise and dusk. In town, Dr. F. J. Littorin preached on Meditations of the Cross and stayed for meals with local residents, while Mrs. Emma Billings and Miss Dorothy Stuart visited Georgetown residents. Community news covers visits, health updates, house moves, and a new baby born in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Noble
Malden
Mass
F. J. Littorin
State Baptist Educational Association
Littorin
Howard
Belle Heald
Five Islands Church
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Heald
Waltham
E. B. Hunt
Georgetown
Walter F. Powers
Harold F. Hunt
Topsham
Ralph A. Scott
Boothbay Harbor
Rosa Smith
Boston
West Georgetown
T. M. Hagan, Sr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Blaisdell
Mr. Hagan
Everett Stevens
Kennebec Point Road
Trafton
Dr. Kingsbury Place
Melvin Cunningham
Woodrow E. Gray
Gerald Enfield
Bath
Gray
Marion Hunt
Morris Levine
New York City
Levine
Danny
Joan
Mr. Levine
A. E. Rowe
Woodside House
Woodside
H.N. Trafton
Red Cross Plans for Session in Brunswick
The Maine Red Cross Regional Conference will be held at Moulton Union Bowdoin College Brunswick on Oct 9. Walter Davidson assistant manager Eastern Area will lead discussions on war relief demands and prep for the Roll Call Nov 11 to 30. Prof Morgan B Cushing Brunswick chapter chair presides 10 am and Pres Kenneth C M Sills Bowdoin speaks at lunch. The program covers American Red Cross relief work in the European war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Red Cross
Moulton Union
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Walter Davidson
Washington, D. C
Morgan B. Cushing
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin
American Red Cross
K of P Lodge Plans Oct 12 Reception at Yar Mouth
Acadia lodge schedules a Thursday night meeting to organize a reception for Grand Chancellor Harry Porter at Yar mouth lodge on Oct 12. Plans include transportation by automobile, banquet with music and entertainment, and discussion of winter activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Harry Porter
Yarmouth Lodge
London Hospital Evacuation Frees Beds for War Casualties
The British Ministry of Health order to clear hospitals led to about 100 patients declaring themselves cured and leaving London Hospital. Evacuations freed 200 beds for air raid casualties, to be moved to distant hospitals as the city steadies its war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Health
London Hospital
House Committee
London
Essex
Hertfordshire
Middlesex
Black
A Milkman and Clergyman Welcome New Families
A town welcome scene describes two on the doorstep the milkman seeking business and the clergyman bearing an invitation to attend church when a new family arrives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damariscottaway
Plans to honor Coolidge push in Maine
Maine leaders launch fund drive for Calvin Coolidge Memorial College to be built on Beacon Street Boston. Dinner on Oct 10 at Boston Chamber of Commerce will feature Col Frank Knox with speakers including governors and educators. The memorial aims for a 50 room Colonial style campus housing 1400 students using regional materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge Memorial College
Beacon Street
Boston
William A. Ellingwood
Rockland
Calvin Coolidge
Col. Knox
Maine
Maybelle Brown
Kennebec
Maude Clark Gay
Lincoln
Francis Smith
Waldo
Warren Littlefield
York
Maude Bradford
Androscoggin
Philip H. Woodworth
Aroostook
Penoscot
Calvin Coolidge College
New England
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Leverett Saltenstall
George D. Aiken
Horace T. Cahill
Jesse Metcalf
Maurice J. Tobin
Arthur W. MacLean
Jeremiah E. O'Connell
Will A. Ellingwood
Bertha G. Hayes
Edward S. Moulton
Lewis O. Barrows
Gertrude Chittenden
Maud G. Bradford
John P. Deering
Edna A. Hutchins
Eyan Mason
Philip H Woodworth
World's First Egg Shaped Watches From Nuremberg
A historic note credits Peter Henlein of Nuremberg with creating the first watches around 1590 using a main spring for power. His pocket clocks were compact and the famed “Nuremberg eggs” earned European fame, though they were extremely thick compared to later designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Henlein
Nuremberg
Germany
The
Rocky Mountain Herald
Europe
Bowdoin President Urges Vigilance for Democracy
President Kenneth C. M. Sills at Bowdoin College chapel urges students to defend democracy against internal and external threats. He frames democracy as rooted in individual dignity, the golden rule, and the fatherhood of God, warning against cynicism while praising enduring principles of justice and righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Five Islands Fire Destroys Part Of Davis Home
Five Islands residents recount property loss after a fire discovered in upstairs rooms of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis home. Roof partial destruction, furniture saved, and neighbors note the couple’s well kept dwelling along the road.
Elizabeth Fraser 84 dies after long illness in Bath
Elizabeth Fraser widow of Capt. Daniel Fraser died Sunday night at 8 45 in the home of her daughter Mae Fraser 42 Russell Street Bath after 45 years in Bath Born in Prince Edward Island she leaves daughters Emma Brady Georgia McGuiggan Mae Fraser and son Major W Fraser plus 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Her neighbors cherished her and she was known for helpfulness and kindness to family and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fraser
Daniel Fraser
Mae Fraser
Russell Street
Prince Edward Island
Gilbert and
Jennie Bates Peters
Hobbyist Ralph Alten Active in Boy Scout Work
Ralph H. Alten of Uxbridge Massachusetts holder of two degrees from the University of Maine, long active as a commercial engineer and sponsor of Boy Scout activities, also pursues numerous hobbies including wood carving, turning, etching, bird study, stamp-collecting and photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Alten
Uxbridge
Mass
University of Maine
Teacher Explains Her Work To P T A
Mrs Richard T Hersom teaches junior primary at Center street school and spoke on children before first grade at North Center P T A Grace church parish house. Denni son introduced her. Dole outlined P T A aims focusing on child needs and parent teacher ties. Announced Collins Festival third program with Max Gilstrap on National Parks of America. State Convention in Augusta Oct 20 21 noted. Dennison outlined season program. co chairs for supper before annual teachers reception Oct 16 at 6 30 pm named. Dining room committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Hersom
Center Street School
North Center P.T.A
Grace Church Parish House
William W. Dennison
Hersom
Louis A. Dole
P.T.A
Augusta
Albert E. Whitney
Andrew R. Cahill
Joseph I. Smith
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Daniel H. Matter
William Regan
James Rockefeller
Elizabeth Young
Dora Sukeforth
W. Scott Davis
Ministers Elect Louis A. Dole President for 1939 40
Bath Ministers Association elected Rev. Louis A. Dole as president for 1939 40 and set the new year's program after resuming meetings at Graze church parish house. Rev. Chester B. Oliver was named vice president and Rev. Jesse Kenderdine as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministers’ Association
Louis A. Dole
Graze Church
Chester B. Oliver
Jesse Kenderdine
Oliver
C. C. Whidden
Charles R. Sims
George B. Wolstenholme
Joseph O. Purdue
David L. Wilson
Charles M. Tubbs
Bath notes list visitors and residents in brief
Personal notes from Bath record visitors and residents traveling to and from Bath. Fred Ripley of Portland attended a Bath business visit midweek. Several Bath residents and relatives returned from trips to St John New Brunswick Lisbon Falls New York City Lisbon Falls Sebago Lake and Bradford Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ripley
Portland
Bath
Edward F. Miller
Harold E. Tobey
St John
N. B
Prince Edward Island
Herbert Grindell
Daniel Doyle
Union Street
Lisbon Falls
Arthur Mains
Sidney J. Noyes
Ardsley
Sebago Lake
Noyes
Sebago
Margaret Cargill
Kenneth C. Trask
Fitchburg
Mass
Trask
Western Union
Lloyd G. Davies
Maxwell Street
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Vermont
Patricia Sewall
Edward Sewall
High Street
Bradford
Bradford Junior College
Obituary of Joseph Magowan 86 Bath resident dies after surgery
Joseph Magowan 86 died September 27 at Bath Memorial hospital ten days after an operation. He formerly lived in Chester Pennsylvania where he spent 35 years as a Roach shipyard foreman. He served on the Chester Board of Education. His wife Mrs. Magowan died in January. He leaves a daughter Mrs. Lewis E. Wilson of Bath and three grandchildren Eleanor Wilson Lewis E. Wilson Jr. and Edwin Sleeper. Prayers were held at Fred S. Curtis funeral home and burial was in Greenmount cemetery West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Augusta
Arlene Choate
Gardiner
Minnie Waldron
Brunswick Hospital
Richmond
S. N. Smith
Brunswick
Fred Duren
Cora Osborne
Winchester
Mass
Elmer King
Florence Anderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Vanner
Lillian E. Hill
Elmer C. King, Jr
Hampton, N. H
Elmer C. King
King
Edna Lane
Walter Barnes
Portland
Howard Farwell
Barbara
Frank Preble
Reading
Sadie Wood
Lincoln County
Pomona Orange
Huntoon Hill
Wiscasset
Raymond Libby
Hartford
Lillian Hill
Barbara Bond
North Adams
A. L. Bond
Genevieve Stuart
Boothbay Harbor
Jane Harward
Joseph Magowan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Magowan
Bath
Chester
Roach Shipyard
Board of Education
Public Schools
Eleanor and
Lewis E. Wilson, Jr
Edwin Sleeper
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Smith Funeral Home
West Chester
Greenmount Cemetery
Death of Thomas C. Herbert Former railroad official
Thomas C. Herbert 56 native of Richmond and retired Pennsylvania Railroad division superintendent in Cleveland died in Cape Elizabeth after a year of ill health. He moved to Maine last June after retirement. Survived by wife, a son, brothers Ernest of Dresden and Edward of Portland, a stepmother, and a half brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Herbert
Richmond
Pennsylvania Railroad Division
Cleveland
Cape Elizabeth
Herbert
Maine
Thomas G
Adah Roger Herbert
Richmond High School
University of Maine
Ernest Herbert
Dresden
Edward Herbert
Portland
Elisha Herbert
Harold Herbert
Mrs Frances R Duley Rites Held At Bath
Funeral services for Mrs Frances R Duley 97 of Foxboro Mass widow of George Hampton Duley were held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home Bath with Rev Joseph Purdue officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. Survived by son Jay H Duley daughter Mrs George L Cutting four granddaughters three grandsons and two great grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances R. Duley
Foxboro
Mass
George Hampton Duley
Jay H. Duley
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Bath
Joseph O. Purdue
Oak Grove
Duley
George L. Cutting
Phippsburg
Old Ladies Home
Winter Street
Daley
Aletha Campbell
Rachel Cutting
Edith Poch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emma Camp
Norwood
George Daley
East Walpole
Ralph
Carlton Daley
Dedham
Edwin F. Murray dies. Bath native bound books in Brockton
Edwin F. Murray aged 60 who left Bath in 1892 to learn the shoe business in Brockton Massachusetts died September 22. He later took up book binding with his two youngest sons who trained in Cambridge. He is survived by his wife four daughters and five sons living near Brockton except for one son in Brooklyn and one brother Charles A. Murray of Perth Amboy New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Murray
Bath
Brockton
Mass
James W
Helen L. Murray
Cambridge
Brooklyn
Charles A. Murray
Perth Amboy
N. J
Funeral of Bernard Baker Held at North Woolwich
The funeral for Bernard F. Baker son of Mr and Mrs Walter F Baker was held Thursday morning at the parents home in North Woolwich Charles A Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated The bearers were William E Elliott Albert Trott Rolvin E Trott and Gershom D Trott Burial was in Riverside cemetery at Days Ferry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard F. Baker
Walter F. Baker
North Woolwich
Charles A. Brown
The
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
William E. Elliott
Albert Trott
Rolvin E. Trott
Gershom D. Trott
Riverside Cemetery
Day's Ferry
Olen M Champion Funeral Held in Woolwich
The funeral for Olen M Champion of Woolwich who died suddenly Wednesday evening was held Saturday at two at Miss Marcia Stinson's home where he had lived many years. Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated with bearers Mason Carter Albion Corliss Linwood Feero Wilbur Howe. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery Days Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Olive
Ms Williams
Leon, Jr
C. C. Davis
Islands
Pinkham
Kittery
Ellsworth Pinkham
Percy Savage
Lightbody
Walter Newdick
Georgetown
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Mass
Norman Dubois
Mt. Hope Cottage
Stoughton
Roland Oliver
New Hampshire
Minnie Berry
New York
Eugene Baker
E. M. Horton
Wiscasset Lumber Co
Good Neighbor Club
Orville Rowe
Alton Reed
Woolwich
Harold Rowe
Carl
J. G. Stevens
Five Island Cemetery
P. B. Savage
Katharine Pendergast
Marions Stevens
Lewiston
Clarence MacMahan
Pembroke
Mrs. MacMahan
Mrs. Carter
Roberta
L. H. Rowe
Delbert
Russel Harford, Jr
T. W. Blaisdell
Everett Stevens
Olen M. Champion
Marcia Stinson
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Mason Carter
Albion Corliss
Linwood Feero
Wilbur Howe
Riverside Cemetery
Day
Frances Duley Rites Held in Oak Grove Cemetery
The committal service for Frances R. Duley widow of George H. Duley of Phippsburg was held Saturday at two in Oak Grove cemetery, conducted by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Winter Street church. She died in Foxboro Massachusetts and had previously served as matron of the Old Ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Frances R. Duley
George H. Duley
Phippsburg
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Foxboro
Mass
Daley
Old Ladies’ Home
Bertha Neal McCulloch Dies in Portland at 73
Bertha Neal McCulloch widow of Alexander McCulloch died in Portland October 2 at age 73. Funeral held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Rich Funeral Home 11 Mellen Street Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Portland
Bertha (Neal
Alexander McCulloch
Rich Funeral Home
Mellen Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barrows
Portland Police Detective Bureau
Congregational Churches Association
RED Cross
P. Lodge
Coolidge
W. A. Ellingwood
State Baptist Convention
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Catherine Campbell
Irene Berry
Belfast
Gorham Normal School
Chester, Pa
Bath Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bernard Baker
Olen Champion Funeral
Frances Duley
Bertha Neal McCulloch
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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