Community clubs and social notes fill Richmond week
Boost er club forms nominating committee with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hinckley and Oscar Smith leading membership drive under Thomas Borjesson. Lions club hosts at Mrs. George Sanford home as Charles Gray wins auction item and guests view district convention slides. Community groups plan aid for three YWCA girls in Houston October 14 to 16 and hold October meeting at same site.
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Virgil Hinckley
Oscar Smith
Thomas Borjesson
Richmond Lions Club
George Sanford
West Dresden
Charles Gray
Andrew Kelleher
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Earl Fossett
Augusta
Maxwell Marriner
Fred Farley
Earl Lewis
Maurice Sullivan
American Legion Hall
Explorer
Lawrence Bond, Jr
Merrymeeting Bay
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Fourth District
Mary Hall
Winterport
Gardiner
South Gardiner
Department
Brewer
Rehabilitation and Child Welfare
Mitchell Lilly
Eben Baker
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Harold Dunn
Maurice Wheeler
W. R. Craig
Carl Stinson
Emmett Furlong
Raymond Millett
Marion Young
Leslie Gardner
Edmond Merrill
Enterprise Ladies Aid
Cora Marriner
Olive Little
George Clarke
Louis Billings
Esther Austin
Mary Munson
Linwood
N. J
Cora Guptill
Somers Point
Grange Hall
Belle Meserve
Jeff Coates
Della Grondin
Maude Trott
Fern Perry
Bangor
Portland
Maine Central
Bridge Street Crossing
Chester Bennett
Wilbur Cooper
Cooper
Alvin
Carolyn
Bennett
Over 300 Sign Up For Courses At Evening School
Bailey Evening school reports 429 registrations from about 325 people on Monday night. Driver education leads with 80 enrollments, typing 71, with classes set to start Monday Oct 17. Additional algebra and mathematics courses may be added. driver training is closed, and applicants go on a waiting list.
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Bailey Evening School
Nathan W. Watson
Legion Cadets Need 165 More For Miami Trip
Fundraising officials say the local drum and bugle corps requires 165 dollars to meet the quota for their trip to Miami Beach for national competitions at the American Legion convention. Director William E. Milliken leads the Cadets who depart Friday for Florida. recent donors include Barbara Torrey, W. P. Munsey, George J. Goodwin, Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach, Harold B. Wing, and many local businesses and residents.
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The
Legion Cadets
Miami Beach
William E. Milliken
Florida
American Legion
Barbara Torrey
W. P. Munsey
George J. Goodwin
Francis A. Winchenbach
Harold B. Wing
Flood’s Hardware
Wiscasset
Marston’s
Wiscasset Lumber Company
a_ Brooklyn Dodgers
Lorraine Allain
Louise Allain
Bradford Belanger
Norman Lawrence
Rachel Sievers
Barbara Courtney
Nancy Thomas
Robert Bourget
George Darrah
Stanley Burgess
Rosaline Sanborn
Harold Grundy
Herman Shepard
Frank LeHane
Juvenile Delinquency Surges in Manila Area
Government and police report a rising trend in juvenile crime in the Manila area with 4 406 cases in the first four months, up from 1 289 in 1951, and a sharp rise from 1954 when 5 604 cases were recorded.
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Manila
Philippines
Better Vision Institute cites legibility of white on black
The Better Vision Institute reports that white printing on black paper is 10.5 times less readable than dull black on dull white, highlighting contrast effects on readability.
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The
Better Vision Institute
Georgetown Church Sermon Focuses on Self Judgment and Love
At First Baptist in Georgetown Warren Harris urged believers to judge themselves and show love to brethren. The service featured Romans 14:1 19, with The Singing Bragdons of Rochester NH scheduled for next Sunday’s morning music. The article also notes fall league plans, a ninth birthday party at Reid Park, and numerous local visits and outings of residents.
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First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Harris
Bragdons
Rochester
N. H
Working League
Harold J. Brown
Joseph F. Higgins
Janie Oliver
James Oliver
Reid Park
Oliver
Harold J. Brown Jr
Channing Penley
Joyce
Michael
Buddie
Cathy
Holly Brown
Carol
Anne Moffatt
Donna Tibbetts
Brenda
Elaine Penley
Calvin Harris
Donald
Robbie Field
Mary Lee Rowe
Don
Sharon Delano
Bobbie
Marjorie Pierce
Mary Campbell
Grace Allen Preble
Karen MacGillivary
Marjorie Linscott
Brewer
Central School
Miss Linscott
Virginia Hamilton
Bath
Linscott
Harold Hurling
Lisbon Falls
Brown
Hurling
Stanley Blanchard
Cumberland Center
Carleton French
Roland Peterson
South Bristol
Murray Petersons
John D. Williams
Bath Iron Works
Jimmie Clark
Seguinland
Alfred Proctor
Five Islands
Morse High
Frank Lowe
Dorothy Robbins
Harrison
Roy M. Newman
Georgetown Center
Elbridge L. Powers
George Laskey
Leonard Flint
Portland
Cumberland
Alton Riley
Frederick Wilson
Falmouth
Kennebec Point
William Gilland
Paris
France
Gilland
United Geophysical Company
United States
Canada
Edwin F.hussa
New York City
MacMahan
That Island
George Carlson
Fitchburg
Mass
Carlson
Camp Overlook
Jack Stone
Short Hills
N. J
Warren S_. Todd
Stoneham
Roscoe P. Todd
Jackie
Edith
Robinhood
William Bisseth
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Waltham
Sunday Visitors At Seguinland And Georgetown Center
Sunday visitors gathered at Seguinland and Georgetown Center with many guests from Boston, Cambridge, Topsfield and Portland. Notable names include Miss Camelia Thibodeau, Gerald Clough, Mrs. W. Clinton Allen, Miss Dorothy W. Stuart, George Gray, Edward C. Clarey, George Randall, Mrs. Washburn, Theodore Stewart, Richard Hagan, Clayton Taylor, Dr. Hasenfus, Felix Salomoni, Waldo Brown, William A. Todd, Roy M. Newman, Rudolf H. Trafton, David Alkazin, the Lee brothers, Ralph Carlisle, Mrs. Ethel Patterson, Ruth Patterson, Mrs. Carrie Carlisle, and Mrs. William Zorach. Activities centered on visits, summers, and cottage gatherings at Kennebec Point, Robinhood, and Pemaquid.
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Everett D. Stevens
Seguinland
Camelia Thibodeau
Topsfield
Mass
Gerald Clough
Walter Parker
Providence
R. I
Robinhood
W. Clinton ‘Allen
Dorothy W. Stuart
Georgetown Center
George Gray
Five Islands
Edward C. Clarey
George Randall
Freeport
John Washburn
Vinalhaven
Peirce Fuller
Washburn
Martha Hooker
First Baptist Church
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Richard Hagan
Clayton Taylor
Auburn
Stewart Cottage
Kennebec Point
Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Clark
Felix Salomoni
Saugus
Waldo Brown
Cambridge Mass
William
Ethel Patterson
Ruth
West Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
Carrie Carlisle
Wiscasset
Stuart
Carlisle
Pemaquid Point
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. v
North Bath Residents Share Weekend Adventures
Mrs H W Rogers returned home after a four week stay with her daughter in Portland. Families from Bath and surrounding towns visited relatives in West Gardiner and Gardiner. Quirk returns from six month Mediterranean cruise for a 12 day leave before heading to Norfolk. Dana Sukeforth and Frankie Moore plan trips to Miami with Drum and Bugle Corps.
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H. W. Rogers
Virginia Ingalls
Portland
Rose Lee Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Clifford Walsh
West Gardiner
Catherine Turnbull
Hartford, Conn
William Campbell
Raymond Nadeau
Walter Arseneault
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur Williams
Phippsburg
Elmer Rogers
Charles R. ‘Sims
Bath
J. Carroll Wing
Arthur Wing
Rangeley
B. T. C. Robert Quirk
Mediterranean
Quirk
Norfolk
Dana Sukeforth
Cedric Sukeforth
Frankie Moore
Clarence Moore
Miami
Fla
Ardenne Haines
Gardiner
Arthur Temple Jr
Harold McDonald
Lewiston
Principal Flint Addresses Rotary on Bath Junior High
Moody Flint, principal of the new Bath Junior High, spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon. He outlined the school's programs progress and needs and discussed future plans including shop and home economics departments. Superintendent Loring R. Addison introduced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Flint
New Bath
Rotary Club
Flint
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
Grave Situation Omaha Letter From Client Aims Threat
An Omaha businessman reports receiving a letter from a cemetery monument maker with a chilling message reading Drive carefully We can wait. Police are investigating the note as a potential threat amid local business tensions.
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Omaha
Five Islands Community Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits
The Five Islands column reports Ladies' Bible class resuming with host Mrs Erland Moore and fund raising for a mimeograph. Good Neighbor club elected officers led by Mrs Lloyd Pinkham and planned winter meetings in homes. A Bragdons music program is set at the church. Various residents and visitors are noted with travels, visits, and family events across Bath, Bath Junior High, and local cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Moore
Good Neighbor Club
Cora Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Thomas Watson
Treacher
Finland Moore
Woodrow Gray
Pinkham
Dennis Moore
George Gray
Henry Moore
Orville Rowe
Bragdons
Bragdon
Francis Pierce
Florida
A. G. Pierce
Pierce
Franz Stevens
Petcy MacGillivary
Harold Pinkham
Kathleen Rittal
Southwort
Anna Farrar
Paul Pinkham
Bath Junior High School
Georgia
Watsons
Bath P.T.A
Cleaves Henderson
Easton
Bill Tinkha
Stephen
Malden
Mass
Blakes
Stanley Prest
Howard House
Rachael Savage
Kittery
P B. Savage
Reginald Spinney
Richard Hanna
Morse High
Bath
Irving
Percy Wilkens
Lewiston
Ida Pinkham
Harold
Kathleen Rittall
Philip Pinkham
White Mountains
Eleanor Wilson
Hilton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bar Harbor
Gus Collins
Slyde Windlass Co
Addison Not Applying for Bangor Superintendent Role
Bath School Department head Loring R. Addison states he will not apply for Bangor Superintendent of Schools. After rumors of his possible candidacy since the vacancy news, he now confirms decisively against submitting an application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Bath
Loring R. Addison
Times
Addison
Bay Point Cottage Guests and Local Travel Notes
Bay Point hosts numerous visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Pearle Perry and friends from Richmond and Bath visitors stopping by the Navajo. Several Bath, Cape Elizabeth, Auburn, Woolwich, Dedham and Lewiston residents vacationed or closed cottages for the season. A dog was found killed by a BB gun in Bay Point. Thomas Hagan and George Renaud rode the Forrest Sherman last week on a builder's trial trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
M. Conley
Somerfield
Mass
Pearle Perry
Richmond
Frank Simpson
Bath
Madison Moore
Walter Shaughnessy
Cape Elizabeth
Madison Moore, Jr
Harold Robinson
Auburn
William Leeman
Patty
Woolwich
Sherman Campbell
Thomas Hagan
George Renaud
U.S. S
Forrest Sherman
Andrew Butterfield
Charles Swearingen
Butterfield
Harold L. White
Rusty
Dedham
Clyde Whittaker
Richard Hagan
Carl Rowe
Thayer Cottage
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewiston
Roland Peterson
Kennebec Point
Theodore Stewart
Clayton Taylor
Merle Niles
Joseph
Alred Péron
Whittaker
Apple Princesses Crowned At Lincoln Pomona Meeting
Miss Nancy Bourgois representing Eastern River grange and Miss Kay Sawyer of New Harbor were named Apple Princesses by Chester Partridge at Willow Grange Jefferson. They will compete regionally against Knox Lincoln and Sagadahoc granges on a date yet to be announced. Ladies aid served a public supper at the Methodist vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Bourgois
Eastern River Grange
Kay Sawyer
New Harbor
Lincoln Pomona
Willow Grange
Jefferson
Chester Partridge
Knox
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
South Dresden
Methodist Church
Mrs Gertrude Starrett Dies in Rockland at Knox General Hospital
Mrs Gertrude Starrett died Oct 1 at Knox General hospital Rockland born South Dresden daughter of Charles and Vesta Siegar. A practical nurse for 40 years she held roles in Warren and Portland and was active in Con gregational church Mystic Rebekah Lodge Ivy Chapter O E S Starrett auxiliary SU V and Warren grange survived by husband Fred a son Parker a daughter Mrs George Dunn two brothers Arthur Leland and a sister Mrs Harold Wall. Tiny worms on ice noted by National Geographic Society.
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Gertrude Starrett
Knox General Hospital
Rockland
South Dresden
Charles
Vesta Siegar
Bridge Academy
Capitol Island
Warren
Rice and Hutchins Shoe Shop
Congregational Church
Mystic
Rebekah Lodge
Ivy Chapter
O E. S
E. A
Starre‘t
Noble Grands’ Association
Knox
Lincoln Counties
Warren Grange
Fred Starrett
Parker
George Dunn
Portland
Arthur
Town
Leland
Richmond
Harold Wall
Funeral for Samuel L. Armstrong in West Bath
Funeral services for Samuel L. Armstrong 59 proprietor of the New Meadows Inn and motor court in West Bath will be held at First Parish Congregational Church Brunswick Wednesday at 1 30 p m He died at Mercy Hospital Portland after two weeks as a patient Born in Cambridge Mass he came to Bath during World War II to operate Hyde Windlass Co s new cafeteria and later built the inn and motor court He was a World War I veteran and West Bath Grange member Survivors include his widow two sons five daughters two sisters and 12 grandchildren
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First Parish Congregational
Brunswick
Mr. Armstrong
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Cambridge
Mass
Lewis
Amanda Estey Armstrong
Bath
Boston
Hyde Windlass Co
Armstrong
New Meadows Inn
West Bath
Fort Dix
N. J
Gertrude Hutchinson
Charlotte Armstrong
Arlington, Mass
Mrs Edith Temple 38 dies after long illness in Bath
Edith A Temple 38 of 17 Huse Street dies Tuesday at Presley Nursing Home after a long illness. Born Portland May 1 1917 she moved to Bath 16 years ago. Survived by two daughters Marilyn and Linda Rea Temple, two sisters Esther Seco and June Martin, three brothers Robert Hutchinson Harold Cody and Roland Sellers Jr. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m from Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home 638 High Street with Rev James L Grant officiating
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Edith A. Temple
Huse Street
Presley Nursing Home
Portland
Robert Hutchinson
Long Beach
Calif
Harold E. Cody
Washington, D. C
Roland J. Sellers, Jr
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
William M. Lewis Rites Noted at 76 After Illness
William M. Lewis aged 76 died Thursday night at his son’s home on 406 High Street after a brief illness. Born in Westport on September 5, 1879, he was a son of James and Caroline Moore Lewis. Survived by one son Alvah F. Lewis of Bath, two brothers Earl Lewis of Wiscasset and Irving Lewis of Connecticut, two sisters Lillian Colby and Maude Dowling of Wiscasset, and two grandchildren John O. of Bath and Lucy M. of Portland. He long worked as a tire dealer with his son in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Lewis
High Street
Westport
James
Caroline Moore Lewis
Alvah F. Lewis
Bath
Earl Lewis
Wiscasset
Irving Lewis
Connecticut
Lillian Colby
Maude Dowling
John O
Lucy M
Portland
Mrs Riva Bornstein of Hyde Park Dies at Home
Mrs Riva Bornstein of Hyde Park Mass died Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs Benjamin Bloom in Hyde Park. She had visited Bath for 35 years with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Arthur W Gediman of 6 Andrews Road. Surviving are Mrs Gediman and Mrs Bloom plus four other children Hyman Bornstein Lewiston Mrs Hattie Sherr Lewiston Mrs Jennie Zoll Roslindale Mass and Allen Bornstein Miami Fla and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riva Bornstein
Hyde Park
Mass
Benjamin Bloom
Bornstein
Bath
Arthur W Gediman
Andrews Road
Gediman
Allen Bornstein
Miami, Fla
Funeral for Edward W. Sampson Held at Curtis Home
Funeral service for Edward W. Sampson was held Tuesday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral home. Rev. James L. Grant officiated. Bearers were Kenneth Wood Dana MelIntire Robert Mosher and Richard Towle. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Sampson
Edward W. Sampson
Curtis Funeral
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Kenneth Wood
Dana MelIntire
Robert Mosher
Richard Towle
Oak Grove
Lew Burston Seeks Ring Talent in Europe for IBF Ban Era
Lew Burston will visit France Germany and Spain seeking boxing talent for bouts in the United States under the International Boxing Club ban era. He aims to identify contenders who can compete in the challenged market and bolster American boxing bouts amid regulatory restrictions.
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New York
Lew Burston
France
Germany
Spain
International Boxing Club
Banwt
Edward W. Sampson 66 longtime Bath express agent
Edward W. Sampson 66, manager of the Railway Express Agency in Bath, died suddenly at his summer home in Perry's Cove. Born in Cambridge, he lived in Bath 60 years, served as president of the board of aldermen in 1926 and 1927, and worked 47 years with express companies starting in 1908. He held Masonic and Knights Templar offices and was active in Grace Episcopal church and local associations. Survived by his widow Carmen LaFontaine Sampson and cousins in Massachusetts.
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Edward W. Sampson
Railway Express
Perry’s Cove
West Bath
Cambridge
Mass
Edward and
Julia Rollins Sampson
Bath
Board of Aldermen
Charles H. Cahill
Old Common Council
Mr. Sampson
Morse High School
Tarbox Express
American Express Co
The
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Sampson
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Montgomery and St. Bernard
R.A.C
Kora Temple Shrine
Men’s Club
Grace Episcopal Church
Death notice for Harry E Bartlett in Berlin New Hampshire
Funeral services were held for Harry E Bartlett 66 of Berlin born July 9 1889 son of Freemont D Bartlett and Weltora Brown Bartlett. He retired from Brown Pulp and Paper in 1954 and belonged to Berlin Lodge of Elks Sabatis Lodge of Masons. He served two terms in the New Hampshire legislature. Survived by widow Elsie Lowell Bartlett two sons Otis J Bartlett Berlin and Warren A Bartlett Lancaster one sister Mrs James A Taylor North Conway one brother Leon O Bartlett Bath and five grandchildren.
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Harry E. Bartlett
Leon A. Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Freemont D
Weltora Brown Bartlett
Hebron
Death of William D. Vance in Texas recalled by Bath ties
William D. Vance, 60, formerly of Bath, died Saturday at his home in San Antonio, Texas. He lived in Bath with the Hodgkins on Le Mont street, worked at Rogers hardware and Pejepscot Paper, later moved to West Medford, Massachusetts, and was an accountant with Barrett Company in Everett before transfer to San Antonio three years ago. Surviving are his widow Louise Davenport Vance, a son in West Medford, a daughter in Pennsylvania, and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday in West Medford.
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Bath
William D. Vance
San Antonio
Texas
Vance
Herbert Hodgkins
Lemont Street
Rogers Hardware Store
Pejepscot Paper Co
West Medford
Mass
Barrett Company
Everett
St. Mary’s Church
Louise Davenport Vance
Pennsylvania
Fletcher S Hyde obituary outlines legal career and family ties
Fletcher Sprague Hyde, 67, once a summer visitor to Popham Beach, died Thursday in South Acton Mass. Born April 8 1889 he was son of Charles H. and Gertrude Fletcher Hyde. He graduated from Boston University Law School and practiced in South Acton and Boston, directed Hyde Machine Company in Everett, left a son Louis Gerard-Vavet Hyde in the U S diplomatic service in Switzerland, and was brother to Stanley W Hyde of Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Sprague Hyde
Popham Beach
Stanley E. Hyde
Popham
South Acton
Mass
Charles H
Gertrude Fletcher Hyde
Boston University Law School
Boston
Hyde Machine Company
Everett
Dorothy
Louis Gerard-Vavet
William M. Lewis Funeral Service Conducted
Funeral service for William M. Lewis was held Sunday afternoon at two from A. F. Mayo & Son funeral residence with Rev. J. Lyal Calhoun of the First Church of the Nazarene officiating. Bearers were Foster Pratt Ernest Knight Harry Knight and Lester Knight. Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove. The piece notes January hurricane rarity since 1887 by the U S Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lewis
William M. Lewis
A. F. Mayo & Son
J. Lyal Calhoun
First Church of the Nazarene
Foster Pratt
Ernest Knight
Harry Knight
Lester Knight
Oak Grove
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Robert Wallace
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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