Bath Independent Newspaper Archives, Oct 6, 1938, p. 4

Richmond D of A Meeting and Local Socials

A meeting of Amy Bradey Tent No 15 D of A V of C W was held at Daughters of Veterans Hall on Main street Wednesday evening September 28. The next meeting will be October 12 with visitors night October 27 at Mt Carmel Chapter No 51 CES. Local residents and guests enjoyed weekend travels and visits to Bath Gardiner Brunswick and Woolwich with several noted attendees.

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Amy Bradey A. V C. W Daughters of Veterans’ Hall Main Street Mt. Carmel C.es Frank Beedle Darrah Street B. L. Skinne Minnie Skinner Augusta Bay Point Little River Lyte Lint Ora Reed Courtney Hinkley White Mountains Mary B. Price Gardiner Lyde Lint Enterprise Grange Sagadahoc Pomona Woolwich Charles Messenger Sadie Wood Seth Watson Frank Bishop Margaret Peabody Ethel Rankins Cora Osborne James Meserve Richmond Alfred Miles Brunswick Harold Hopkins Bath G. C. Marriner Flora Shepard Dana Ethel Foster Esther Parker State House Connecticut Belfast Edwin D. Marsh Claremont N. H Walter A. Higgins Anna Smith Alfred J. Thibodeau Somerville Mass Harry Groves

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Autoists Warned Not To Race Fire Trucks

Mayor Donald N Small announced orders to city police to crack down on motorists who interfere with fire engines or block fire zones. The measure cites Chapter 35 Article 2 rules giving fire units right of way and prohibiting proximity within 600 feet during operations, with fines up to twenty dollars per offense.

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Small Donald N. Small Joseph A. Butler Central Maine Power Co Washington Street United States Board of Fire Engineers

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Bathman Fined for Short Lobsters in Brunswick Court

Ernest Poulus of Bath faced eight counts of possessing short lobsters. In Brunswick municipal court Judge Joseph H. Rousseau found him guilty, ordering a $40 fine plus $9.72 in costs. An appeal led to Cumberland Superior court in sureties of $100. a January term hearing was set. Olin Johnson of Bailey's Island received $25 in fines for fishing without a license. Johnson’s sentence was suspended and he was placed on one year probation.

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Brunswick Ernest Poulus Bath Joseph H. Rousseau Cumberland Superior Court

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Memorial Service for Col Hugh Walker Ogden in Boston

A memorial service for Col Hugh Walker Ogden a prominent Boston lawyer and Brookline resident will be held at Emmanuel Church Boston on Sunday at three. Ogden died Sept 3 in Bath England and is buried there. He served in World War I earning the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Honor and is survived by his wife three daughters a son two brothers and a sister.

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Hugh Walker Ogden Boston Brookline Mass Emmanuel Church Newbury Street Col. Ogden Bath England Episcopal Church Massachusetts East Philemon F. Sturges St. Paul's Cathedral Benjamin M. Washburn The dioces+r Newark N. J Henry Knox Sherrill Diocese of Phillips Endecott Osgood William Lawrence Henry Washourn Episcopal Theological School of Cambridge Cornelius PF. Trowbridge Edward T. Sullivan Trinity William E. Chamberlain John S. Marsh Edward L. Moreland Charles T. Ogden Grace Episcopal Church University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School Harvard Law Review Wellesley College New England Alumni Society University, of Pennsylvania Associated Clubs University First Corp Massachusetts Provisional Cavalry Massachusetts National Guard Col Ogden Judge Advocate’s Department Rainbow Division Marne St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne United States France Legion of Honor American Legion Henry N Ogden Cornell University Philip Ogden University of Cincinnati Marguerite Ogden Portland

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Men of People's Baptist Church Organize Local Club

A group of men met informally at Milan G. Leonard's home at 17 Cato Avenue and formed a church work club. Councilman Earl P. Morse was elected president, Reed Perkins treasurer, and George Spaulding secretary. Next meeting set for Tuesday at 7 30 with location to be announced.

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People’s Baptist Church Milan G. Leonard Cato Avenue Earl P. Morse Reed Perkins George Spaulding

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Derry Couple Wed in Flood Residence Here

Mrs. Ann Spencer Cotton and Wilmot Sawyer of Derry N H were married Monday at four by Rev Charles R Sims at the Flood home on Bath street. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Flood lifelong friends. The couple planned a two week auto trip to the Provinces after a buffet luncheon. Corinne Hall of Freeport earned honorable mention in a national sculpture contest.

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Ann Spencer Cotton Wilmot Sawyer Derry, N. H Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Clarence N. Flood Bath Street Mrs. Sawyer Provinces Boro Road Derry Corinne Hall Freeport National Snap New York City

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Georgetown Gun Season Opens Amid Marsh Hunting Activity

The Saturday morning gunning season begins with hunters along Back River and the marshes near Bath and Woolwich Arrowsic. Among those seen are Alex Cunningham with Maynard Thibodeau and Will Todd with fourteen others, plus Elizabeth Deering and Eva Gaudet of Bath. Visitors from Boston and Connecticut arrive for shooting while locals prepare for seasonal church social events and temporary moves, including families occupying Indian Point road cottages and plans for winter departures.

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Back River Bath Back River Bridge Woolwich- Arrowsic Bridge Alex Cunningham Maynard Thibodeau Will Todd Gilbert Gunnell Waltham Mass Levine Georgetown New York Doris Trafton Boston Gardiner Hanson Arlington Howard M. Trafton Stephen Etnier Gilbert Head Selectmen’s Office Pendleton Brothers Yard Wiscasset Roscoe P. ‘Todd Warren Melrose Ross Maud P.thayer S. E. Fmmons Auburn E. A. Freeman Lewiston Thayer Larone Lucile Kidder Westbrook Junior College Dorothy Stuart MacMahan Emma Billings Meta Bearse Everett Higgins Koehlwetter North Sedgwick Belle Heald Sedgwick Keehlwetter Roy M. Newman W. A. Todd Emmons West Georgetown E. B. Hunt Harod F. Hunt Topsham J. H. Brown Indian Point Road West Newton Geerastown L. Farle Hagan Westport First Baptist Church Vood Town Richard EB. Potter Newburyport Islands

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Two Red Cross instructors survive choppy sea ordeal

In North Lubec James Warren and Rober McBride swam two and a half miles after their canoe capsized near Dendon Point. They reached shore safely, their water-logged craft abandoned, and their rescue likely saved by their own swimming practice.

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SO —Ataries James Warren Rober McBride North Lubec Dendon Point Red Cross

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Five Islands Baptist Church to Host Oct 11 Meeting

The Bowdoinham Baptist association will hold a gathering at Five Islands Baptist church on Oct 11 with morning afternoon and evening services. All community members are invited to attend any or all services.

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Bowdoinham Baptist Association Five Islands Baptist Church Joseph G. Stevens Harold Pinkham Danville N. H Ms. Norton Nancy Moors Sedgemere Road Walter Moore Hapwell William Sherman Donald Gardiner Charles B. Bigelow Ping Pont Wich Bigelow Chester MacMahan John Bryant Augusta Clarence MacManus Kittery Harold Rowe Pinkham Portsmouth Navy Yard Ellsworth Pinkham Dovd Standish Bath Gilpert Gott’s Cove Richard Potter Newburyport Mass D. L. Howard Mary Stevens Howard Cottage Fred Carr Charles Davis Chief Carr George Yeo Winchester George MacKinnon Malden Mr. MacKinnon Dorsas Porter MacKinnon Koehlweiter Kecehlwetter Kechlwetter Helen Pennsylvania Nettie O. Eaton Manchester Theresa Bailey Five Islands Clarence MacMahan Delbert Roberta Verna Harold, Jr Carl James Foster Quincy Forrest Hanna John Huskins William Plummer New York City Capt. Haskins Ogunquit Rivtall Parber Divis Tawra Bayley Boh Tron Ers Ada M Gilivary Felix Salamoni

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Bath Iron Works notes and gossip from the yard

The U S 8 1850 ton destroyer Davis will begin Navy trials Oct. 18 with the Navy Trial Board traveling from Washington to Rockland and Bath. A new safety contest at the plant runs to February with Blues and Reds teams, and an amateur minstrel show is planned at Morse High School. Partridge hunting and shipyard staff changes are noted alongside travel plans for officers and ongoing trials of the Davis.

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U.S Davis Washington D. C Navy Trial Board Rockland Lime City Bath Hotel Sedgwick Blues Reds Stanley M. Brown Lawrence Lord Orris Ames Morse High School Brown Sampson Rockland Harbor Arthur Preney Hubert Arsenault Harold S. Avery

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Obituary of Marston Barter 58 Brunswick and Bath links

Marston Barter, 58, died Thursday of a heart attack in Brunswick. Born in Port Clyde, he followed the sea as a youth and became yard foreman at Bath Iron Works. He later worked at Newport News Shipbuilding, moved to Florida, then Boothbay Harbor, commuting to Bath Iron Works as a chipper and caulker. Survived by two brothers, two daughters, two sons, and seven grandchildren.

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Marston Barter Brunswick Mr. Barter Port Clyde Old Bath Iron Works Newport News Shipbuilding Co Florida Boothbay Harbor New Bath Iron Works Corp William Barter Boothbay Clement Barter Bath Royce Johnson Arlene Barter Herman and Manson Barter

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Mrs Martha Clough 83 Widow of George Clough Dies

Mrs Martha E Clough 83 widow of George H Clough died Sunday at her home 16 Middle Street Court. Born in Bath she was daughter of Andrew and Sarah Hutchins and lived in Bath all her life. Survived by one son George of Bath three daughters Phoebe Place Swanpscott Sarah Dinsmore and Freeman Murray Bath one sister Eva McCullough West Bath 11 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren Funeral Tuesday at two at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence High Street with Rev David L Wilson conducting.

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Martha FE. Clough George H. Clough Middle Street Court

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Fletcher E Harford Dies In Bath At 32

Fletcher E Harford 32 machinist for Hyde Windlass Co died Sunday in Memorial hospital after a nine week illness with complications. Born in Bath he was a Morse high school graduate of 1925. Survived by wife two sons Richard E and Robert F Harford all of Bath. his parents Mr and Mrs Elson Harford of Richmond. grandfather Fletcher White of Richmond. one sister Mrs Fred Pickens. Services at 2 pm Tuesday at 32 Corliss Street.

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Fletcher E. Harford Hyde Windlass Co Memorial Hospital Mr. Harford Bath Elson Mabel White Harford Morse High School Richard E Robert F. Harford Richmond Fletcher White Fred Pickens Corliss Street

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Edward Pinkham Dies After Week-Long Illness at Bath Home

Edward Pinkham aged 57 died at his Bath residence 795 Middle street after a week's illness. He was a native of Bath, son of Lendall A and Mary Deejay Pinkham. Survived by wife, sister Mrs Martha Wilson, brothers George of Coopers Mills John and Ernest of Bath, and three stepchildren William Rich Mrs Frances Betts and Mrs Edna Betts of Bath.

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Edward Pinkham Middle Street Mr. Pinkham Bath Lendall A Mary Deejay Pinkham Martha Wilson George Cooper's Mills John Ernest Pinkham William Rich Frances Betts Edna Betts

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Mrs Clara W Cameron Dies at 79 in Bath

Mrs Clara Wood Cameron 79 widow of Lewis Cameron died Sunday noon at 305 Washington Street. Born in Bath to David and Anne Coombs she lived here all her life and attended the Universalist church. She leaves daughter Mrs John N Taylor sister Mrs Dennis D Clark and several Bath nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday at 2 at her home conducted by Rev Joseph O Purdue.

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Clara Wood Cameron Lewis Cameron Washington Street Cameron Bath David and Anne Coombs Universalist Church John N. Taylor Dennis D. Clark Joseph O. Purdue

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Edward Pinkham Funeral Held at Mayo Residence

Edward Pinkham's funeral was held Monday at 2 PM at the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence on High Street. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs of Grace Church officiated. Bearers were George Trask Henry Brown Archie McDonough and Harold Betts. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.

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Edward Pinkham Arthur F. Mayo High Street Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church George Trask Henry Brown Archie McDonough Harold Betts Oak Grove Cemetery

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Funeral of Mrs Clough Held Tuesday at Mayo Residence

The funeral of Mrs Martha E. Clough was held Tuesday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Rev David L Wilson conducted the service with bearers Horace Murray Kenneth Murray Edwin Savage Milton Savage and Oakley Thibodeau. Interment followed at Oak cemetery.

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Martha E. Clough Arthur F. Mayo David L. Wilson L.H.D Horace Murray Kenneth Murray Edwin Savage Milton Savage Oakley Thibodeau Oak Grove Cemetery

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Funeral of Fletcher E. Harford at Corliss Street home

The funeral for Fletcher E. Harford was held Tuesday afternoon at his home 32 Corliss Street with Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt officiating. Pallbearers Lauriston Caton Chester Clements Roy Lutz and Nelson Pratt served, and burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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Fletcher E. Harford Corliss Street Frederick P. Moffatt Lauriston Caton Chester Clements Roy Lutz Nelson Pratt Oak Grove

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Funeral of Mrs Cameron

The funeral of Mrs Clara W Cameron widow of Lewis Cameron was held Wednesday at two at her home 305 Washington Street Reverend Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Church officiated Burial was in Oak Grove

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Clara W. Cameron Lewis Cameron Washington Street Joseph O. Purdue Winter Street Hurch Oak Grove

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Fresh codfish found in vegetable garden surprises Maine resident

Joan Thompson of Friendship spotted a three pound codfish in his pea patch, likely dropped by a fish hawk from Muscongus Bay. He took the fish home and ate it for dinner with garden potatoes, sending thanks to the probable hawk culprit.

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Joan Thompson Muscongus Bay

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