Lions Club Ladies Night and community events
Richmond Lions Club held Ladies Night with inductions for Jackie Nichols and George Clarke by Curtis Lovill. new member J Norris Sidelinger welcomed from Rockland. Rockland Lady Lions explored forming a local group as eleven Rockland members attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Jackie Nichols
George Clarke
Curtis Lovill
Gardiner
J. Norris Sidelinger
Rockland Club
Fred Harden
Rockland
Rockland Lady Lions
Running Deer
Woodrow Harding
Lisbon Falls
Dominique Couture
Bowdoinham
Harold Averill
Richmond
John Whitney
Poe
Adrien Dumais
Lewiston
Eleanor Cate
Helen Giroux
Sabattus
Henry Dunbar
Southwest Harbor
Arthur LaChance
Louise Jones
Thomas Dick
Brunswick Road
Anita Courtemanche
Alice Gray
Lester Jones
Juliet Plouff
Charles Grover
Lawreace Dick
Ellen Blodgett
Nadine
Dora Blodgett
Darlyne Smith
Richard Lodner
Alston Stultz
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Opportunity Farm
Helen Howard
Booster Club
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Dewey Fisher
Evans Crafts
William O'Brien
Gerald Briggs
Virgil Hinckley
Charles Coveney
Emerson School
Nancy Yule
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Dra
Minnie Foster
Margaret Mullin
Mina Clark
Eva Douglass
Beulah Rebeka Lodge
F. Hall
Ida Archibald
Marion Downing
Brunswick
Pierce's Marine Service Evinrude Sales & Service
Georgetown Maine listing for Pierce's Marine Service offering Evinrude sales and service with contact phone in Five Islands area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce’ Marine Service
Evinrude Sales & Service Phone
Georgetown
Five Islands
Maine
Bath Savings Institute surpasses 12 million in resources
John G. Morse, president, announced the Bath Savings Institution has total resources exceeding 12 million dollars for the first time. Regular savings depositors total 6,650 with 2,500 in the School Savings Department, bringing deposits to 67,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Morse
Bath Savings Institution
School
Local Social Notes Record Visits and Births
The column lists weekend guests and family events. Faye Hanson stayed with cousin Sandra Hinkley in Pownal. Eugene Mooers’s family welcomed a son at Gardiner General Hospital. Herschell Lyons and Winnifred Shepard attended events in Bath and on Winter Street. Emma Small moves from Augusta General to Farley Rest Home. Elwyn Mullin family visited the Moxie with Arthur Pillsbury’s sister. John Hoyle and Pearl Perry hosted guests from Lowell Massachusetts. Russell Ring and Roger Gibbs weekended at Crawford Notch House, taking a cog railway ride to Mt Washington summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff D. Coates
Kimball Street
Faye Hanson
Sandra Hinkley
Pownal
Eugene Mooers
Gardiner General Hospital
Herschell Lyons
Gardiner Hospital
Winnifred Shepard
Winter Street
Bath
Emma Small
Augusta General Hospital
Farley Rest Home
Elwyn Mullin
the Moxie
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Evangelistic Meeting Series Opens Sunday at Adventist Church
Pastor Vorhees begins a week long series at the Seventh Day Adventist church with sermons on Jesus as the world’s only hope. He praises Bible Societies for translations, notes changes in culture and morality, and invites families to attend nightly sessions with children’s activities available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Vorhees
Seventh- Day Adventist Church
Jesus
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Julius Ceasar
Charlemagne
Mysles
Jesus Christ
Annals of History
Bible Societies
God
Doris Thistle
Ruth Bettle
Two Municipal Court Guilty and Acquittal Sessions Held
Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided as Patricia E. Howard of Fort Fairfield pleaded guilty via attorney to failing to stop for a school bus on Route 201 at Richmond and paid a 10 dollar fine plus 5.70 costs. State Trooper Philip Hodgkins was the complainant. Stephen Taylor of Brunswick pleaded innocent through attorney to indecent exposure on Route 196. he was found innocent after a lengthy hearing and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Patricia E. Howard
Fort Fairfield
Joseph Singer
Brunswick
Richmond
Philip Hodgkins
Stephen Taylor
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
Cecil Beane
Taylor
Mrs Sumner Sewall Speaks at Maine WNFA Silver Coffee
Mrs Sumner Sewall addressed the Maine Division of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association during a Silver Coffee at the Waterville home of Mrs J Seelye Bixler. She serves as international relations chairman of the Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Women's National Farm and Garden Association
Waterville
J. Seelye Bixler
Sewall
Georgetown Church Serves Communion Message and News
Pastor Warren Harris led a First Baptist sermon on The Communion Table urging heart preparation and reflection on Christ. The issue also notes mission outreach by Sterling Clarke and family to British Guiana, a death in the Trafton family, hurricane recovery work around Heal's Eddy, and a roundup of local social visits and home improvements in Georgetown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
St. Luke
Jerusalem
Georgetown
Five Islands
Sterling Clarke
British Guiana
S. A
New Brunswick Bible Institute
Lillian
Clyde Trafton
Eugene M. Trafton
Springvale
Navy
Coast Guard
Cape Elizabeth
Kenduskeag
Heal’s Eddy
Vacation Visitors Track Social Round in Bath Area
Harold J. Brown Jr is on vacation from Bath Iron Works and visited Augusta with family. Portland’s Horace Lee called at the Peterson place and visited MacMahan. Robinhood resident Donald Field vacationed in Tenant’s Harbor with others. Wel lesley Farms Philip Dalrymples spent weekend at Kennebec Point with Ted Stewart and Clayton Taylor of Auburn. The Working League opened its year with a Richards Library meeting led by president Katharine Blackie and Dorothy W. Stuart. Clyde Cotton of Cape Elizabeth visited the Petersons along with Miss Vonnie Dotton and Mrs. Dale Dutton, whose daughter Miss Dutton is Oak Grove school office assistant and organist at Louise Peterson’s wedding. The Powers family and Sigfrid Carlstrom of Waltham vacationed at Robinhood and celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Bath Iron Works
Brown
Augusta
Horace Lee
Portland
Peterson Place
MacMahan
Donald Field
Robinhood
Tenant’s Harbor
Philip Dalrymples
Wellesley Farms
Mass
Kennebec Point
Ted Stewart
Clayton Taylor
Auburn
Working League
Richards Library
Katharine Blackie
Dorothy W. Stuart
Clyde Cotton
Cape Elizabeth
Roland Peterson
Peterson
Vonnie Dotton
Dale Dutton
Miss Dutton
Louise Peterson
Oak Grove
Oak Grove School
Newport
R. I
George Powers
Bath
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Waltham
Bath Fire Department exhibition showcases pumping methods
A large Bath crowd watched the Bath Fire Department demonstrate pumping techniques at the Bath Iron Works disposal area as part of Fire Prevention Week. Engines 1 and 4 and Ladder Truck 1 simulated long hose lines feeding a deluge gun and aerial ladder for boosting stream power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Bath Fire Department
Central Fire Station
Shepard Street
Plummer
Oak Grove Avenue
Fire Prevention Week Advice for Bath Children
Bath Fire Chief Richard Frates urges guards against child fire danger with tips to never leave kids alone, keep matches out of reach, flame proof clothing and decorations, avoid candles, and teach children to stop drop and roll if clothing catches fire. He cites National Fire Protection Association data on common child fire death causes and emphasizes adult supervision and safety practices at home and outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richard Frates
National Fire Protection Association
Kiddie Karnival Planned at Huse P.T.A Event
The Ways and Means Sonny committee of Huse P.T.A. sets a Kiddie Karnival and dance with pony rides for children on Oct. 14 at 2 30 p.m. in the rear school yard. Richard Carlson of Beau Haven Ranch provides small horses and ponies with attendants. Rain postpones to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Tee
Huse P.T.A. Hct
Richard Carlson
Beau Haven Ranch
Five Islands Church notes fund drive and community events
Five Islands church reports the Spansion Fund surpassing 500 dollars in early stages, plans for Building committee on October 16, and a first Sunday with 52 in Sunday School. Missionary Night featured Clarks graduates of New Brunswick Bible Institute bound for South America. Various residents listed visiting, moving, or staying through winter, with church groups meeting after summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Committee
Warren Harris
Sterling Clark
Clarks
New Brunswick Bible Institute
South America
Georgetown
Earland Moore
William Marr
Five Islands Cemetery Association
Lincoln Campbell
Branwell Harford
Ernest Quimby
Quimby
Five Islands
Beulah Miller
Massachusetts
Stanley Lewis
Onset
Mass
Lewis
George Lee
Reginald Pinham
S. A
Cowslip
South Portland
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Benson
Hudson, N. H
Clayton Doyle
Portland
Victor Pinkham
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Town
Felix Salamoni
Gordon Clark
Lynn
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Harmon's Harbor
Helen Huskins
Chester Pinkham
Izetta Pinkham
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
James Stevens
Derby
St George Yeo
Robert
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary reports semiannual disbursements
The Bath auxiliary announced a total disbursement of 1307.28 over the last six months with spending by department including Kitchen equipment 810.02 Linen 397.26 Repairs 100. The Cozy Corner logged 117 volunteer hours from 10 donors and 409.67 in receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
North Bath
James A. Gillies, Jr
Charles B. Doyle
Melvin Henderson
Clyde Ambrose
William W. Dennison
Kenneth Francisco
Courtney Stover
Central Church Ladies Aid
B’nai B’rit
Suburb Civic Club
Ladies Aid of the First Baptist Church
West Bath Sewing Group
Grace Church Auxiliary
Iota Sigma
Roger Luke
Horace Pottle
Junior Hospital League
Alice Ramsay
Mary Watson
Edward St. Martin
U.S.S. Mitscher
Auxiliary Hospital
A. M. Main, Jr
George Musk
Katherine Conley
Morse High School
Hawaii
Miss Conley
Morse High
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Four Escape Injury As Truck Overturns
Four Morse High School pupils escaped serious injury Tuesday afternoon when an International four-ton truck they rode in overturned at the Bath Country club road and old Brunswick road Dunton’s corner. Driver Albert Bailey 16 Woolwich said loose gravel caused loss of control. Passengers Carlton Stinson 18 Nancy Tibbetts 15 and Mary Lacey 20 Bath were all aboard. Tibbetts was treated and sent for X rays though later deemed only slightly contused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath Country Club
Brunswick Road
Dunton's Corner
Albert Bailey
Woolwich
Morse High
Bailey
Carlton Stinson
Nancy Tibbetts
Georgetown
Mary Lacey
Lemont Street
Bath
Miss Tibbetts
Memorial Hospital
Oliver Jay marriage intentions filed in Rumford
Roger A. Oliver and Marjorie Alice Jay filed their marriage intentions at the Rumford City Clerk office. The couple, both from local families, are preparing for nuptials while discussing Florida hurricane coverage and New England reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger A. Oliver
George F. Oliver
Bailey Street
Marjorie Alice Jay
Fitts Street
Jonathan Jay
Rumford
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Obituary of Mrs Jessie P Pinson in Boothbay Harbor
Mrs Jessie P Pinson wife of Edwin Pinson died Monday at St Andrews hospital in Boothbay Harbor. She was born in Bath daughter of George P and Fannie Oliver. She leaves her husband two brothers Robert W Bath Frank L Quincy and Sherman Clark Port land three sisters Mrs Roger Pierce Mrs Herbert Huggard and Mrs Howard Parks all of Bath. Funeral was Wednesday at two from Sim mons Harrington funeral home Boothbay Harbor with burial in Boothbay. She belonged to Beacon Street Methodist church Bath and Boothbay Garden club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie P. Pinson
Edwin Pinson
St. Andrews Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Pinson
Bath
George P
Fannie Oliver
Robert W
Frank L
Quincy
Sherman Clark
Portland
Roger Pierce
Herbert Huggard
Howard Parks
Simmons, Harrington Funeral
Boothbay
Mrs. Alice M. Reed Dies at 86 in Woolwich
Mrs. Alice M. Reed 86 widow of Edward Lincoln Reed died Sunday at Memorial hospital after two months as a patient. Born in Woolwich October 21 1867 she lived there all her life. Survived by seven granddaughters and several great grandchildren nieces and nephews. Funeral 1 30 pm at A F Mayo Son funeral home with Rev Laforest E Hodgkins officiating burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Reed
Edward Lincoln Reed
Memorial Hospital
Woolwich
Daniel Card
Susan Savage Rice
A. F. Mayo & Son
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Walter F Baker 71 Dies Suddenly in Woolwich
Walter F Baker, 71, died suddenly Saturday at his home on Day's Ferry road in Woolwich. Born August 17, 1883, he was a carpenter at Bath Iron Works for many years and worked Friday. Survived by widow Estlla Blackman Baker, three sons Milton of Bowdoinham, Everett and Kenneth of Woolwich, two daughters Florence Temple and Elsie Stinson of Woolwich, one-half brother Clarence Baker of Woolwich, and 18 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Baker
Ferry Road
Woolwich
Alfred J
Carrie Savage Baker
Bath Iron Works
Estlla Blackman Baker
Milton Baker
Bowdoinham
Everett
Kenneth Baker
Florence Temple
Elsie Stinson
Clarence Baker
George McIntire 60 Dies in Bath Memorial Hospital
George McIntire 60 of 17 Highland street died Friday morning at Memorial hospital. Born in Wiscasset December 12 1893 he was the son of Fred C and Mary Sheldon McIntire. He had lived in Bath 58 years and worked as an iron moulder at Hyde Windlass Co. Surviving relatives include a sister Mrs Walter Taylor and brother Warren McIntire both of Bath a nephew Walter F Taylor of Bath and a niece Mrs Guy Fish of North New Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McIntire
Highland Street
Memorial Hospital
Wiscasset
Fred C
Mary Sheldon McIntire
McIntire
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Walter Taylor
Warren McIntire
Walter F. Taylor
Guy Fish
North New Sweden
Stover Trials for Bowdoin Quarterback Job
Former Morse High star Elford A. Stover is among 44 contenders for Bowdoin College freshman football quarterback duties under coach Frank Sabasteanski. Stover, Phi Upsilon pledge and RO TC member, starred at Morse and Phillips Exeter in multiple sports and captained Morse basketball. Bowdoin opens season Oct. 15 vs Hebron Academy in Brunswick. 1954 squad boasts several 190 pound plus players and seasoned letter winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Bowdoin College
Times
Elford A
Brad" Stover
Elford A. Stover
Dummer Street
Brunswick College
Stover
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Morse
Brad
National Honor Society
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Bowdoin
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Bowdoin Fresh
Frank Sabasteanski
Hebron Academy
Brunswick
Polar Bear Cubs
Weekend Visit To Nashua By Warner Family
Mr and Mrs Harry Warner Jr and their children Steven and Sharon spent the weekend in Nashua New Hampshire with Mrs Warner s sister Mrs Merrill Oliver and her husband and son Gary Dean visiting from the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Warner, Jr
Steven
Sharon
Nashua
N. H
Warner
Merrill Oliver
Gary Dean
Ada Bowker McIntyre dies after long illness at 90 Dum mer Street
Mrs Ada Bowker McIntyre 55 widow of Robert McIntyre died at her Bath home after a long illness Thursday night She was born in Phippsburg daughter of William R and Abbie Bowker She lived in Phippsburg and Bath and is survived by a daughter Annie M Muller of New Britain Conn four sons Robert Jr Arthur H Maynard R and Chester A two sisters Hattie Bowker Olive Higgins Beatrice Chetcy and a brother Howard Bowker plus grandchildren nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Bowker McIntyre
Dummer Street
Robert McIntyre
McIntyre
Phippsburg
William R
Abbie Wallace Bowker
Bath
Annie M. Muller
New Britain
Funeral for Leslie W Brooks at A F Mayo residence
Leslie W. Brooks funeral held Friday at 1 30 p m from A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev James L Grant of Grace Episcopal Church officiating. Bearers Francis McLaughlin Nelson Foss Rogert Wagner Sr Roland Farnham all members of Smith Tobey Post American Legion. Burial in Oak Grove family lot followed firing squad from Army Air Corps Brunswick Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie W. Brooks
A. F. Mayo & Son
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Francis McLaughlin
Nelson Foss
Rogert Wagner, Sr
Roland Farnham
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Army Air Corps
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Oak Grove
Pilot Capt Goodwin Mitchell Dies Sudden on Bath Wharf
Captain Goodwin Mitchell aged 61 of Harrington, longtime Maine coast pilot, died Friday afternoon while en route to Bath Memorial Hospital. He collapsed on the Bath Water District wharf as he prepared to board an oil tanker, and died before admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Mitchell
Harrington
Maine
Bath Memorial
Mitchell
Bath Water District
Funeral services for Harry W. Glidden held Thursday
Funeral services for Harry W. Glidden were held Thursday at 1.30 p.m. at the Arthur F. Mayo and Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Ranceford Webb of Cundys Harbor officiating. Bearers were Langdon Green, Leo Babine, Paul Legard and Alfred King. Burial followed in the Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Glidden
Arthur F. Mayo
Funeral for George McIntire Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Harold Allen of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiating. Bearers were Harold Holbrook Edward Kerwin George Reynolds and Arthur Gilmore. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McIntire
Curtis Funeral Home
Harold Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harold Holbrook
Edward Kerwin
George Reynolds
Arthur Gilmore
Oak Grove
Knight couple return from 10 day Exposition trip
Mr and Mrs Bernard Knight of 95 Lincoln Street have returned from a 10 day trip during which they attended the Springfield Mass Exposition in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Knight
Lincoln Street
Springfield
Mass
Montreal
Burial vault use rises with better rules and understanding
Burial vaults are increasing in use due to clearer reasons and cemetery rule changes. Liners required by cemeteries are not true vaults and do not seal waterproofly. Concrete and steel vaults exist. cement vaults are asphalt lined and reinforced with steel, offering long lasting waterproof protection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Roberts
Phyllis Crosby
Viola James
Sadie Eaton
Willia Hall
Pushard-Guiou Post Auxiliary
VFW
Douglass
Roberts
Edward Crosby
Winfield Hall
the Post
Washep D
Evangelistic
Pastor Vorhees
William A. Todd
Philo Calhoun
Little River
Calhoun
Bridgeport
Conn
Harold Brown
Joseph F. Higgins
Rudolph H. Trafton
David
Trafton Homestead
Georgetown Center
Ossian Dodge
Reid Park
Carroll Powers
Irving Shattuck
Mount Vernon
James Harper
Wayne Alfred
Alfred Rowe
William Bisseth
Gerald M. York
Framingham
Bristol
Murray Petersons
Walter Powers
Adolph Spear
Almon Mitchell
Powers
Edna
William Harrison
Riggs
D. L. Pettingill
Frye
Norman Drummond
L. Earle Hagan
Cundy's Harbor
Guy Snowe
West Georgetown
Gilbert Gunnell
J. Robert Blackie
Judson Cross and
Exeter, N. H
Kennebec Int
Fire Department
Chief Frates
Isabelle Stevens
The
Winetr
Hospital Auxiliary
Orlando
Fla
New Englad
Buis
New England
Carol
Oride
Edward L. Reed
M. H. Page
North
Oey Kennebec Sreeenonre
Ada B. M’intyre
Shumway
High Street
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