Careless smoking blamed for many fires in Bath and nationwide
Fire Chief Richard Frates says careless smoking remains the top fire cause in Bath and across the United States. He cites 15 local smoking fires last year and 87,000 national fires with about 14 million dollars in losses, urging Fire Prevention Week focus and private fire brigades in workplaces and housing to bolster civilian defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Frates
Bath
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Ftates
Fire Department
Winter Street Juniors Elect New Officers at Annual Meeting
New officers for the coming year were elected at the Winter Street church Junior society annual meeting Sunday evening. John Shepard was chosen moderator, Warren Higgins clerk, Miss Mary Young treasurer, with a slate of deacons, prudential committee members, and ushers. The social committee includes Doris Stickney as chair and members Helen Higgins, Mary Young, Robert Minott, Bruce Fulton, and Kenneth Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
John Shepard
Warren Higgins
Mary Young
Roswell Haskell
Arthur Brown
John Kimble
Prudential
Bruce Fulton
Walter Maass
Kimble
Beatrice Avery
Doris Stickney
Mary Morse
Natalie Perkins
Linna Marie Purdue
Verna Wallace
Marjorie Nichols
Virginia Bowker
Barbara Ring
Gerda Langbehn
Dorothy Maass
Dorothy Wils
Helen Higgins
Robert Minott
Kenneth Wilson
Winslow Housewife Ruth Sawyer Wood Writes Children’s Books
Ruth Sawyer Wood, a Winslow housewife, adds a new children’s book to her list. Annabel recounts a stray cat’s true experience with the author’s home, while Oscar, published two years earlier, tells of an alligator. The Allen and Briggs couples return to 993 High Street after a White Mountains trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Sawyer Wood
Winslow
Annabel
Oscar
Thomas R. Allen
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Toeir
High Street
White Mountains
Richmond District Office Moves to Bath City Hall
Local nurse service discontinues in Richmond with headquarters shifting to Bath City Hall. Mrs. McConnell to visit Richmond twice monthly. Beulah Rebekah lodge installs officers. Baptist church redecorated and hosts Rally Day events. Rev. George Bolster preaches. World Wide Guild and Boy Scouts hold meetings. Personal notes report visits from Mrs. Roland Allen and Mrs. Jennie Foss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
City Hall
Bath
McConnell
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Caroline Thompson
Baptist Church
The
Baptist Sunday School
Fred Naylor
Richard Strout
the Beautiful
Nancy Lou Lamoreau
Jacquelyn Guiou
Alice Foss
Phyllis Strout
Rose Mary Foss
Carolyn Hodgkins
Noreen White
Glenn White
Jean Nichols
Daniel
Donald Foss
Eleanor Chapman
Constance Guiou
Norris Chapman
Edward Cameron
William Chapman
Ralph Strout
Progressive Grange Booster Night In Richmond Meeting
Progressive grange Richmond held booster night with inviting guests. Allen Naugler received first and second degrees. Roof repairs and grounds cleanup were reported. Program included songs, greetings from Louis J. Taber, readings, stories, solos, and closing prayers. Penny march won by Mrs. Emily Gray. A social hour with pies and coffee followed. A Pomona is planned to confer fifth degree on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Allen Naugler
Merry Meeting Grange
Grange
Louis J. Taber
James Jones
Nellie Sylvester
Charles Thompson
Roberta McCarty
Grace Thompson
America
Emily Gray
Successful Hunters at Merrymeeting Bay
Topsham men reported successful duck hunting at Merrymeeting Bay on Wednesday and Thursday. Fred Hall and his son Charles bagged ten ducks on Wednesday at 6 35 on the Abagadasset. The next day they took eight ducks. Other Topsham anglers with quotas or near quotas included John Jack and son Gerald James Scribner Harold Willis Lieut Col Alonzo B Holmes David White Cyrus Trufant and Maurice Luce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Merrymeeting Bay
Fred Hall
Pleasant Street
Charles
Winter Street
Mr. Hall
John Jack
Gerald
James Scribner
Harold Willis
Alonzo B. Holmes
David White
Cyrus Trufant
Maurice Luce
Alma Allen Guests at High Street Tea Party
Mrs. Herbert Antworth hosted Alma Allen as guest of honor at her High street home with Miss Edith Small assisting. Refreshments were served and guests enjoyed card playing. Attendees included Miss Ida Antworth, Mrs. Louis Condos, Miss Elsie Trott, Miss Beth Trott, Mrs. William S. Blair, Mrs. Arthur Allen, Miss Patricia Wing and Miss Gertrude Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Allen
Herbert Antworth
Edith Small
Antworth
High Street
Ida Antworth
Louis Condos
Elsie Trott
Beth Trott
William S. Blair
Arthur Allen
Patricia Wing
Gertrude Haskell
Condon Bryant wedding candlelit ceremony at St Philip's
Miss Priscilla Bryant of Wiscasset and Robert A. Condon of Edgecomb wed in a Sunday afternoon candlelight ceremony at St Philip's church Wiscasset. Rev George Chiera officiated the single ring ceremony. The couple will live in Wiscasset after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip's Church
Wiscasset
Priscilla Bryant
Robert A. Condon
Edgecomb
George Chiera
Arthur L. Bryant
Jane Stevens
Bath
Phyllis Bryant
Ann Nelder
Cynthia Lemoine
Marien Or Lockyer
Brook
Nellie V. Munsey
Juanita Hodkin
Auburn
Jeanette Haggett
Verna Southard
Morse High School
Fanny Farmer's School of Cooking
Boston
General Foods
Phyllis
Condon
Belfast
United States Army
Sanders’ Engineering Corp
Lester E. Skillin
Barbara Young
Charles Lee
Albert Austin
Charles M. Tubbs
Carl C. Anderson
Annual Meeting of the New Church in Portland
The New Church Association held its annual meeting in Portland with delegates hosted by the Portland society of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Activities included a Saturday business session, a dinner, and a discussion on The Growth of the Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New Church Association
Portland
Portland Society
Church of the New Jerusalem
Louis A. Dole
Bath
Wilfred G. Rice
Fryeburg
Dole
Bath to Host Civilian Defense Training Courses
Mrs Ada Crockett is named chairman of Civilian Defense Training courses in Bath. Training will begin after registration cards arrive from state headquarters and will support seven Red Cross First Aid classes already in progress. Additional courses include Motor Corps and Canteen with a First Aid prerequisite. A volunteer placement bureau will be established soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Women's Division of
Civilian Defense
Ada Crockett
Bath
Red Cross
Opening meeting marks season for Col. Dummer Sewall DAR
The Col. Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held its season opener Tuesday at Miss Abbie F Minott's home in Phippsburg with 44 members and dessert at 1 30. Reports covered CA R field days at Opportunity Farm and Poland Spring, a district meeting at Hotel Sedgwick, and a state CA R meeting last Saturday. The meeting featured a Constitution program and a prize essay by students on What the Constitution Means to Me. The group voted to sponsor a Junior American Citizens club in Bath schools and closed with America Calling read by Lucille Steussy. Hostesses were Mrs Leonice Morse, Mrs Jean Sanborn, and Miss Minott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Abbie F. Minott
Phippsburg
Marilla Morse
Opportunity Farm
Marie R. Andre
Poland Spring
Stella N. Given
Bowdoinham
Sedgwick
Ethel M. Blake
Jane Lemont
Pemaquid
Edwina R. Durgin
United States
Constitution Hall
Washington, D. C
Nellie R. Lord
American Citizens Club
Bath
Lord
America
Georgetown Parish Votes for Koehlwetter Leave and Cemetery Care
A Georgetown parish meeting voted to grant Rev. F. S. Koehlwetter a six month leave of absence for eye operations, with an expected start on November 1. Robert Fry was appointed to care for the cemetery, replacing Walter Newdick who died this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Koehlwetter
Robert Fry
Walter Newdick
Topsham Fair
Alex Cunningham
Islands
Cunningham
Albert Deermont
Robinhood
Marequita
Florida
Deermont
Camden
Richard Stearns
New England Conservatory of Music
Seward Emmons
West Geogetown
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Braided Rugs Topic At Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting
Nequasset Farm Bureau met in Good Will club house with 18 members and two guests. Mrs. Jordan Wright led the program on braided rug materials colors and a demonstration. a dinner menu included crabmeat salad potato chips carrot sticks and Washington pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Good Will Club
Jordan Wright
Percy Bailey
John Gilmore
Alton Reed
Washington
Wright
East Auburn
John Brown
Hobart Ames
Hubert Eldred
Eleanora Lawrence
Belmont
Mass
Edward Reed
Frank Bailey
Ruby Dodge
Henry Dubar
Genevieve Guptil
Annie Hall
Mary Hill
Florence Hathorne
Percy Marston
Caroline Wing
Ossian Dodge
Maurice Libby
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Eastman
Farm Bureaus
Good Will Hall
Dromore
Moatsweag
Miss Barbara Small Christens Bulwark Mine Sweeper
Miss Barbara Small of Mexico granddaughter of Mrs. William Davis christens the newly built Bulwark mine sweeper launched Monday at 11 from Hodgdon Brothers shipyard East Boothbay. She is a Mexico High School sophomore notable in music and composition. Mrs. Davis attended the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Small
Mexico
William Davis
Granite Street
Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay
Miss Small
Clifford O. Small
Roxbury Road
William Hodgdon
Ship Building Company
Mexico High School
Davis
Bulwark
Lions Club Reports Recent Meetings and Upcoming Jordan Reception
A well attended Lions club meeting at Hotel Sedgwick heard Arthur Bowker recount recent Lions gatherings in Bethel and Westbrook with treasurer and committee updates. Members should notify John Taylor or Alexander MacDonald about attending the Oct 25 reception for Lions International President George R Jordan at Eastland Hotel Portland. H J Pushard of Peabody was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Arthur Bowker
King Lion
Bethel
Westbrook
John Taylor
Alexander MacDonald
George R. Jordan
Lions International
Eastland Hotel
Portland
H. J. Pushard
Peabody, Mass
Arthur King
Launch of Bulwark Minesweeper in East Boothbay
Mrs William Davis and Mrs Bernard Plummer attended the Bulwark launch at Hodgdon brothers yards in East Boothbay with Miss Barbar serving as sponsor. Nearby Goudy Stevens yard launched another minesweeper named Combat on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Davis
Bernard Plummer
Plummer
East Boothbay
Hodgdon Brothers
Barbar
Davis
Goudy & Stevens
Summer Islander Commutes From Robinhood
A resident staying on MacMahan Island for the season has returned to Robinhood and commutes daily to work on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMahan Island
Robinhood
Governor Names Mrs Purington as Bath Board Chair
Governor Sumner Sewall yesterday announced Ada Marr Purington of Bath as chairman of the Bath Board of Registration. Confirmation by the Executive Council is expected next Wednesday. Mrs Purington is the widow of Arthur K Purington, long noted as a able chair of the registration board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Ada Marr Purington
Bath
Five Islands residents and harbor activity noted in town items
Paul Pierce, new Naval Reserve member, heads to Port Arthur Texas while local jobs and family ties are traced. Five Islands herring boats report large catches as a rainstorm sinks Chester MacMahon’s party boat. An archaeological find unearthed red ochre and three artifacts from a grave site, including two needle pendants and a flint knife, prompting museum and university experts to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Farm
Elmwood Street
Brewer
Josiah T. Taylor
Wendell S. M. Hadlock
Robert Abbe Museum
Bar Harbor
S. R. Leavitt
University of Maine
Joseph M. Trefe
Magnetic North
Skowhegan Hosts Harmon Barter Guests
Mr and Mrs Harmon Barter were weekend visitors of Mr and Mrs Harold Lord in Skowhegan. Mrs Lord formerly Evelyn Kateen is to undergo jab operation October 13 at Maine General Hospital in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Barter
Harold Lord
Skowhegan
Lord
Evelyn Kateen
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Obituary for Mrs Abbie Norton Former Freeport resident dies
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Abbie Frances Souie Norton 98 of Haverhill Mass widow of Dr Obediah W Norton a Freeport physician. She died Sunday at her son Dr Jacob W Norton 653 Main St Haverhill. Born in Pownal she lived in Bath before moving to Massachusetts in 1918. She is survived by sons Dr Jacob W Norton and Dr Fred Norton a daughter Mrs Richard F Loring and a granddaughter and great granddaughter. Burial in Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Frances Souie Norton
Haverhill
Mass
Obediah W. Norton
Freeport
Dole & Child Funeral Home
Main Street
Norton
Jacob W. Norton
William Davis
Granite Street
Richard F. Loring
Reading
Miriam Loring
South America
Fogg Funeral Held in Lewiston for Francis E. Fogg
Francis E. Fogg 54 died Saturday at Ste. Marie's General Hospital after four days as a patient. He was born in Norway June 23 1887 and lived in Lewiston with his wife Florence E. Burbank. Surviving relatives include his father Samuel Fogg of South Paris three sons Richard Walter and Arthur and a daughter Helen and a sister Mrs Jenny Taylor. Funeral services were held Monday at the Conley Fahey funeral home in Lewiston with burial at Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fogg
Bath Laundry, Inc
Lewiston
Francis E. Fogg
Ste. Marie's General Hospital
Mr. Fogg
Ault Williamson Co
Norway
Samuel
Mary Gleason Fogg
Florence E. Burbank
Samuel Fogg
Paris
Richard
Monmouth
Walter
Arthur Fogg
Bethel
Helen Fogg
Jennie Taylor
Conley- Fahey Funeral Home
Pine Street
Riverside Cemetery
Bath Man Charles Smart Found Dead at Home in Summer Street Court
Charles Smart was found dead at his residence 7 Summer Street Court in Bath on Saturday after police forced entry due to reports no one had seen him for some time. The medical examiner ruled natural causes. He lived in Bath over 50 years and worked at Read Nichols Co. in various jobs. He was born in China Maine and survived by daughter Elsie M. Watson of Detroit Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Summer Street Court
Charles Smart
Sagadahoc
Ardenne A. Stott
Smart
Read Nichols Co
William
Sarah Talbot Smart
China
Elsie M. Watson
Detroit
Dorothy Eliza Wallace 1863 78 Die. Funeral in Sebasco Nazarene
Mrs Dorothy Eliza Wallace 78 wife of James Wallace of Sebasco died Saturday after a brief illness. Funeral held Monday at two in the Church of the Nazarene Sebasco. Born Georgetown August 7 1863 daughter of Loring Harford and Emeline Avery she lived most of life in Sebasco. Survived by husband three sons Leland Wallace Percival Wallace Randall Wallace all of Sebasco and Portland and four daughters Alvah Wallace Charles Gomes Alex Coffin Jr and Niles Wallace all of Sebasco West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Sebasco
Dorothy Eliza Wallace
James Wallace
Wallace
Georgetown
Loring
Emeline (Avery) Harford
Leland Wallace
Long Island
Portland
Percival
Randall Wallace
Alvah Wallace
Charles Gomes
Alex Coffin, Jr
Niles Wallace
West Point
Hugh C King Funeral Held After Auto Crash
The funeral for Hugh C King, killed when his car rolled down an embankment, was held Thursday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence on High Street. Rev Chester B Oliver officiated. Bearers were Edgar R Palmer Henry E King Vinal H King and Roswell C Haskell. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh C. King
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Chester B. Oliver
Edgar R. Palmer
Henry E. King
Vinal H. King
Roswell C. Haskell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Arthur B. Stilphen Held at Central Congregational
Arthur B. Stilphen a prominent Masonry figure had his funeral Thursday at Central Congregational church. Dunlap Commandery Escort guarded the service with Knights Templar officers among mourners. Rev. Raymond G. Putnam and Dr. David L. Wilson led the rites. burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Stilphen
Central Congregational Church
Committal for Cyrus Pembroke Held in Oak Grove Cemetery
Committal services were held for Cyrus S. Pembroke 65 of New London Conn formerly of this city at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pembroke a chief engineer on a coastwise steamer between New York and New London disappeared Tuesday night off last week and was found dead in Greenwich Conn from accidental drowning. He was born here to Phillip and Jane Pembroke and lived 25 years in this city before moving to Somerville Mass where he wed a Somerville resident. For 19 years he worked for Central Vermont Transportation Co and would have retired next month but was asked to remain due to business growth. Surviving are his widow a brother George W Pembroke Richmond Hill NY and a sister Mrs H N Munsey Somerville Mass. Rev Chester B Oliver officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus S. Pembroke
New London
Conn
Pembroke
Oak Grove
New York
Greenwich
Mr. Pembroke
Phillip and
Jane Barrister Pembroke
Somerville
Mass
Central Vermont Transportation Co
George W. Pembroke
Richmond Hill
N. Y
H. N. Munsey
Chester B. Oliver
Miss Annie L Moody Dies at 60 in Local Home
Miss Annie L Moody, 60, died suddenly Wednesday noon at her sister Mrs Eliza Lilly's home on Upper Washington street. Born in Nova Scotia February 11, 1881 she was daughter of John and Lorena Parr Moody. Survived by brothers Henry Moody Quincy and George Moody Bath sisters Ruby L White Lynn and Eliza Lilly plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Mayo Funeral residence 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie L. Moody
Eliza Lilly
Upper
Washington Street
Nova Scotia
John and
Lorena Parr Moody
Henry Moody
Quincy
Mass
George Moody
Bath
Ruby L. White
Lynn
Lilly
Mayo Funeral
High Street
Funeral for Charles W. Smart Held at Mayo Home
Charles W. Smart was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon at 2 in the Arthur F. Mayo funeral home on High Street with Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt presiding. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery. Meanwhile Miss Jeanette Poulin of Lewiston became New England’s third woman parachute jumper, stepping from a plane over Augusta at 1500 feet before deploying a rip cord, planning a professional career with a next show in Plum Island, Massachusetts. Brown noted the plane reached 2000 feet as she started. Poulin studies flying with Dick Stoddard, though she has not soloed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Smart
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Oak Grove Cemetery
Jeanette Poulin
Spring Street
Lewiston
New England
Augusta
Harold Brown
Maine
Brown
Miss Poulin
Plum Island
Mass
Margaret Houdlette
Connecticut
Dick Stoddard
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St. Philip’s Church
the New Church
Miss Abbie Minott
D.A.R
Elsie Clapp
North Carolina
Edward Clarey
Goodwill
Sagadahoc Ferry
Christens
Lions’ Club
Mrs. Purington
Paul Pierce
Naval Reserve
Port Arthur
Texas
Mr. Pierce
George Hanna
Five Islands
Francis Pierce
Percy Savage
Bath Iron Works
Orville Rowe
Rowe
Library Hall
Five Islands Harbor
Harmon Harbor
Cal Powers
Sedgemere
Chester MacMahon
Hagan’s Cove
Eugene Farwell
Harmon's Harbor
F. M. Reid
Seguinland
Isabel Stevens
Oakley Thibodeau
D. L. Howard
Robert Hodgdon
Malden
Elbridge Southard
Forest Hanna
James Oliver
Judith
Abbie F. Norton
C. W. Smart
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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