Local Lodges Honor Officers as Elks and Rebekahs Held
Frances White leads installation of Brunswick officers with Louise Stevens and staff present. Long list of lodge representatives from Bath, Gardiner, Augusta and other towns attend. 85 year old retired vendor Fred Rogers dies at his South Front Street home. Funeral services held. Booster Night postponed due to storm. Halloween program planned. Various club notes, retirements, and social events across Richmond and neighboring communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances ‘White
Arelene Gardner
Agtes Chipman
Louise Stevens
Brunswick
Inted
Maude. Eckman
Mildred Pinkham
Randlette
Frances Sineing
Nes
Miss Haith
Lodge
Marie Hoffman
Fidelity Sores
Lewiston
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Bessie R. Curry
Gardiner
Beulah Lodge
Queen Esther of
Bath
Evening Star of
Pine Cone of
Wiscasset
Eureka of
R. B. Capen
Augusta
New Century of
North New Portland
Mt. Hope of
Norway
Nina
Lisbonwne
Butts of
Auburn
Lygonia On
Fred L. Rogers
South Front Street
Georgetown
Frederick
Peergexet Hinkley Rogers
Uly
Richmond
Augusta Tapley
Mmond Rogers
Wellsbury
Philip
Garden City
N. Y
Marguerite Turner
Lynnfield
Mass
Mera Beckler
Evanston
Ill
Roberts
Enterprise Grange
Charlotte Hurley
William L. Knight
Ann Clark
Daniel Augustus Danfourth
Portland
Rich
Forest City Cemetery
Eastern River
Dresden Center
Amy Bradley
U. W
C. W
Association members attend national directors convention
The Association Inc members from Lis Indiana travel to attend a national directors convention on October 5. Seay night he attended the conference of Emb boards, then visited Roscoe in Hal Lowell for several days before returning home. Mrs body and Miss Lillian Johnson visited by R B Walker of Brownville and returned home. Mr and Mrs Wallace Gardner were Belfast visitors. their daughter Marion eatin had been visiting and returned home with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Whitney
Arnold
Whitney Camp
Salem
Irving Tripp
Stanley Mank
Mank
Richmond
Whitney
Joseph Tripp
Georgianna Downing
Monmouth
Richmond High School
Effie Sherman
Gloria Curtis
Everett Tech
Gardiner
Marion Watson
Westbrook
Arnold Whitney
Margaret Peabody
The
Association, Inc
Lis
Ind
Peerts
Maine
Em Boards
Roscoe
Hallowell
Seeey
Ibody
Lillian Johnson
Bny
Marion Eatin
Belfast
Real Estate Transfers Include Dozens of Bath Area Parcels
A list of recent deeds shows numerous transfers of land and buildings across Bath and surrounding towns including Shaw Street Washington Street Tallman Street Andrews Road Spring Street bagi Street and others. Names include George F Keen N Pratt Carolyn Thompson Alma Shepard Ralph Whitehead Harold Bogart Mary Linekin Elders listed many pairs with properties in Bath Georgetown Phippsburg Topsham West Bath Woolwich among towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
George F. Keen
Foster N. Pratt
Shaw Street
Carolyn E. Thompson
Donaley
Washington
Alma Florence Shepard
Charles A. Shepard
Corliss Street
Caro E. Witham
Ralph H. Whitehead
Tallman Street
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Mary E. Linekin
Andrews Road
Harold L. Safford, Jr
Harold Bogart
Charles E. Bolton
Luther S. Taylor
Frank L. Webber
Winifred S. Dodge
Georgetown
Earl A. Spencer
Robert W. Wiley
Phippsburg
Harry D. Mank, Jr
Angie G. Mank
James F. Jones
John McCarty
Andrew
Morse High guidance program progress reviewed by board
At a Board of Education meeting Ruth B. Wilson and Nathan Watson reported on Morse High School guidance program development and progress since its introduction. The board named Milton Savage Keith Crockett and Frank L Moriarty as truancy officers for the year. The article notes half of the world coal reserve lies in North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Ruth B. Wilson
Nathan Watson
Morse High School
Milton Savage
Keith Crockett
Frank L. Moriarty
Obituary for Mrs Hattie Ardella Farrar 73
Mrs Hattie Ardella Farrar 73 widow of Edgar A Farrar of Bath died Saturday at her son Lincoln B Farrar’s home 17 Gleckler Road Portland after years of declining health She was born in Bath March 20 1873 and lived in Bath and Portland She belonged to Wesley Methodist church Ladies Aid and Portland churches Surviving nieces and a nephew and cousins Funeral services were Tuesday at Hay and Peabody Portland with burial in Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Ardella Farrar
Edgar A. Farrar
Lincoln B. Farrar
Gleckler Road
Portland
Bath
Farrar
Hat
Hay & Peabody Funeral Home
Congress Street
Oak Grove
Clam Industry Heads Into High Gear This Week
Augusta Maine clammers brace for a scramble as demand surges for both fresh and processed products. Reed cites 1945 harvests of 25 million pounds generating 776,806 dollars for diggers and warns of fierce competition between canners and buyers. He urges a long term management program financed by license fees and notes national shellfish activity rising after Atlantic States Fisheries Commission meeting in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Lam
Reed
Massachusetts
Atlantic States Fisheries Commission
New York
City Offered Large Building for School Use at $20000
Hyde Estate offers land and building to the city free of cost for school use if converted. Buildings cost 23000 in 1942 with current price under 10 percent. Board of Education hires architect Alonzo Iman to survey, draft alterations, and assess converting the large building for seventh and eighth grade consolidation and the smaller as an activities room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Board of Education
Alonzo Iman
Huse
Hyde Memorial School
Bath considers new municipal affairs course at Bailey Evening School
The Superintendent of Schools reports Dean Glenn Kendall of the University of Maine shows real interest in the advisory committee suggestion. A special course in municipal affairs would educate citizens on how other cities administer their affairs to help modernize Bath’s city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Schools
Glenn Kendall
University of Maine
Bailey
Bath
Ill Sgt. McElroy Visit Improves After Weeks Illness
Mrs Daniel McElroy of Washington Street and Mr and Mrs Henry Sheffield and their son Peter of Cobb Road motored to Focus Monday to visit Sgt McEl who has been seriously ill there for several weeks. He is now much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McElroy
Washington Street
Henry Sheffield
Peter
Cobb Road
Sgt. McEl
Whitneys Visit Shreveport Parents in Center Avenue Hello
Mr and Mrs Allen N Whitney of Shreveport Louisiana are visiting Mr and Mrs E Whitney on Center Avenue in a brief family gathering reported in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen N. Whitney
Shreveport, la
Mrs. E. Whitney
Center Aceet
Summer social notes from Robinhood in Jewettville district
Ten signers for mre gathered among Summer cottagers in the Jewettville area near the old Chandler Jewett place. The list includes residents and visitors sharing news of births illnesses and community events with many references to local families and weekend gatherings.
Woman on a Bath barge enjoys life afloat with spouse
Mrs. Washburn, wife of Capt Oscar Washburn of Holyoke, and her husband captain the barge Winsor as they cruise from the Howard Coal Co dock. She describes life aboard with two crew, a secure galley and dining area, coastal trips to Maine and Bath, and the calm routine over dangers of towing lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Cod
Winsor
Howard Coal Co
Mrs. Washburn
Oscar Washburn
Holyoke
Mass
Maine
Atlantic
Bath
Washburn
elley-Spear Yard
Sheridan Towing Co
Town reports fishing trip and visiting residents
Town residents recount a Saturday duck hunt with some returning by afternoon while others arrived after sunset. Several visitors from Bath Portland Quincy Mass and Massachusetts stayed with locals over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Randall Coombs Mrs Elsie Harrison Mrs Mabel Richards and Mrs Addie Loveitt. Henry Reynolds to be employed on a road project near the Mains place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Randall Coombs
Bath
Coombs
Elsie Harrison
Addie Loveitt
Mabel Richards
Portland
Edward Glidden
Frederick Glidden
Quincy
Mass
Frank Stafford
Cook’s Corner
Harry Giles
Massachusetts
William Murray
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie W. Cummings
Funeral services were held at Curtis Funeral Home on Sunday at two o'clock with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Bearers were her four sons William Raymond Edward and Charles Cummings. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie W. Cummings
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
William
Raymond
Edward
Charles Cummings
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Wakefield Conducted at Mayo Residence
The funeral service for Mrs. Emma M. Wakefield was held this afternoon at the Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. Pallbearers were Roy Getchell Earl Maxwell Howard Pratt and Joseph Wilson. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery. Rosa M. Cooper of Middle Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital since last week with improving condition and welcomes visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma M. Wakefield
Mayo
David L. Wilson
Roy Getchell
Earl Maxwell
Howard Pratt
Joseph Wilson
Oak Grove
Rosa M. Cooper
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Fullerton Enjoys At-Home Vacation
Cecil L. Fullerton of Huse Street is on vacation spent at home. He is foreman in the electrical maintenance department at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Mr. Fullerton
Bath Iron Works Corp
Five Islands Community Notes Highlight Local Faces
The Good Neighbor club meeting drew a small attendance. Raccoons roam nearby. a porch light revealed four individuals dining on sour milk. Various locals linked to church repair, travel, teaching, and visits: Bryant Pond with George Gray. Madge O’Brien heading to Fairfield. Blake cottage closed for Melrose. Rowe and Davis families traveling or hospitalized. North Yarmouth Academy students home for weekends. Lt. Comdr. Ellen Dolloff and Morse High ties noted. multiple visits to Bath, Portland, Malden, and Topsham Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Mr. Little
Franklin Koehlwetter
Bryant Pond
George Gray
Madge O’brien
Fairfield
Frank Blake
Melrose
Mass
Orville Rowe
Portland
Edith L. Davis
Brookline
Edith McMahan
Westbrook
Elbridge Southard
Malden
Barbara
Jeanette Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Andrew Rowe
Waterville
Quincy Wales
Malden Island
Harold Myers
Quincy
A. G. Pierce
Randolph
Francis
Pierce
Lawrence Bailey
Bath
Charlotte Gray
Ida Hinckley
New Brunswick
Canada
Charles Tinkham
Medford
Harbor View
House
Edward Lewis
Lewis
Fred Pierce
Augusta
Alice Cromwell
Victor Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Topsham Fairgrounds
Harry Swift
Alice Mathews
Warren
Vernal Chaney
Kathy Lee
Phillip
Linda Chaney
Nine Boy Scouts Enjoy An Overnight Outing
Nine boys from Boy Scout troop 56 undertook an overnight camping trip at Meadowbrook. They pitched tents, built a fire, and cooked dinner after noon explorations led by Scoutmaster Robert Downs. Tests were passed by Robert Ryder Lee Smith Barton Bridges Lloyd Coombs and John Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 56
Meadowbrook
Robert Downs
Robert Ryder
Lee Smith
Barton Bridges
Lloyd Coombs
John Moore
Richard Tremaine
Harold Howe
Wesley Fields
George Boynton
Linwood A. Abbot
Troop
Morse High School
Jenkins-Bernard Hutchins Wedding at Wesley Methodist
The marriage of Miss Barbara Althea Jenkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jenkins to Bernard Henry Hutchins will be held at Wesley Methodist church on Saturday evening October nineteenth at eight o clock. A reception will follow in the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Althea Jenkins
Joseph Jenkins
Bernard Henry Hutchins
Wesley Methodist Church
Charles W Woodman 75 Dedham MA dies after long illness
Charles W Woodman aged 75 of Dedham Massachusetts formerly of Bath died September 26 at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after a 10 month heart illness bronchial pneumonia caused his death He was born in Robinhood May 20 1871 a tool maker and blacksmith by trade Survived by wife Grace two sons George R Dedham and Charles F Taunton one brother Burt Woodman of Texas five grandchildren two nieces and two nephews Funeral service held at Higgins Funeral Home Dedham with Congregational church pastor officiating Burial in Dedham family lot Attending from Bath were Mr and Mrs Andrew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewettville
Robinhood
Chandler Jewett Place
Jennie Trafton Weston
Woodbury Trafton
Inez Tr
Clayton Rowe
Oak Grove
Bath
Oak Cemetery
Working League
James Oliver
Jane
Memorial Hospital
Edwin Pinson
North Edgecomb
Bernard Russell
Solon
Sagadahoc Bay
Edward Wren
Belle Heald
Joseph Higgins
Vincent MacMahan
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Richard Hohenberg
New York City
Frank Boyd
Eugene Avery
Hilleboro
N. H
Dorothy Stuart
Shirley Cunningham
Dana Parlin
New Vineyard
Franklin Koehlwetter
Bryant's Pond
Walter Beane
Malden
Mass
J. Clifford Woodhull
Morristown
N. J
MacMahan
Edgar L. Hunter
Concord
Little Sheepscot
George Manning
Waltham
Jordan Home
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester
Roscoe Todd
Melrose Highlands
Brooks Crosby
Boston
Fred Davis
Boothbay Harbor
Carroll Powers
Roland E. Peterson
Louise Moore
Cornish
Earle Hagan
Allan Bean
Lexington
John K. Lee
MacMahan Sunny
Walter MacMahan
John D. Williams
Flying Point
George Powers
Fred P. Oliver
Melrose
Larry Blenkhorn
Quincy
Oliver
Roy Newman
Ann Powers
Woolwich
Lester Powers
Everett Stevens
Joe Lane
Miami
Fla
Boothbay Saturay
Billa Tarr
Richmond
Lauretta M. Jones
Alfred Rowe
Andrew Rowe
Waterville Hospital
Horace Lee
Philadelphia
Mae Hagan
William Todd
Fred Oliver
First Baptist Church
R. P. Todd
Clayton Heald
Charles W. Woodman
Dedham
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr. Woodman
Richard and
Frances (Beals) Woodman
Georgetown
Bath Iron Works
Pear Street
Woodman
Oliver A Carter Dies in Bath After Ill Health
Oliver A Carter longtime Bath resident died at his home on Main Street after a long illness. He was born in Boothbay Harbor June 19, 4 Harriet Lee Carter. He worked for Central Maine Power Co for many years and then ran a trucking business before retiring. Surviving are his wife Louisa Carter two sons Oliver A Carter Jr and others, four daughters, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The Mayo Funeral Residence conducted his funeral at two this afternoon led by Rev. Charles R. Sime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver A. Carter
Man Street
Bina
Harriet Lee Carter
Bath
Central Maineower Co
Louisa Carter
Ann
Mary Maxwell
Hallowell
Elsie Small
Mayo Funeral
Charles R. Sime
Mrs Emma M Wakefield Dies After Illness at 58
Mrs Emma M Wakefield aged 58 widow of Capt Samuel Wakefield U S A died early Monday at her home 748 Middle Street after years of illness. Born Bath May 6 1888 she lived there her entire life. Surviving are daughter Marion four sisters and four brothers. She was active in the Congregational church despite ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma M. Wakefield
Samuel Wakefield
Middle Street
Bath
Hermana Matilda
Barstow) Boutin
Marion F. Wakefield
John Costain
David Noyes
Georgetown
Clara Taylor
Laura Roy
Lewiston
William
Eugene
Philip
George Boutin
The
Congregational Church
Mrs Fannie W Cummings Dies in Bath
Mrs Fannie W Cummings widow of the late William Cummings died at Memorial hospital Thursday after an accident near her Bath home She was born on Mouse Island and lived in Bath most of her life with stints in Quincy May She was daughter of Alpheus and Avors Dodge Surviving are four sons William A R D Edward A and F Cummings all of Bath and 13 grandchildren Funeral services were held at Curtis Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Cummings
William Cummings
Memorial Hospital
Arenas
Mouse Island
Bath
Quincy
Mays
Alpheus and
Avers Dodge
William A
R. D
Edward A
Mrs Fannie G Whittam Rites Held In North Bath
Mrs Fannie G Whittam wife of W W Whittam of North Bath died Thursday after a long illness. Born May 23 1889 in North Bath she was daughter of James and Nora Rooke. Survived by husband son Herman and three sisters Margaret L Rooke Mrs Ralph Legard and Mrs Mary Haynes plus nieces and nephews. Funeral was private at Curtis Funeral Home Saturday at two conducted by Rev Dr David L Wilson. Burial in family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie G. Vo
Ry. W. Whittam
North Bath
James
Nora Annie Faye Rooke
Herman Whittam
Margaret L. Rooke
Ralph Legard
Mary Haynes
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
Mrs Bailey's Funeral Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral for Mrs. Julia J. Bailey was conducted Thursday at 1.30 p.m. Rev. Charles eo led the service. Bearers were Philip Bailey, Robert A. Bailey, Clayton Bailey, and Harland Brown. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia J. Bailey
Mayo
Charles Eo
Philip Bailey
Robert A. Bailey
Clayton Bailey
Harland Brown
Oak Grove
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J. H. Whitney
Lawrence M. Baight
Donald E. White
John F. Ne Wesch
Marilla B. Tarr
Ernest Geran
Irving Skelton
Dorothy M. Young
Hope Pridham
Frank H. Pridham
G. Raymond Clark
A. Clark
Topsham
Cora M. Hill
Elphege W. Aeeperes
Emile Pelletier
Leo A. St. Pierre
Gertrude R. Williams
Angle Hopley
West Bath
George F. McLean
Edwin J. Lebel
Frank Rose
Herbert C. White
Henry J. White
Elmer E. Mank, Jr
Delmore H. Gilman Et al
Lynette Oe
North America
Hattie A. Farrar
Mrs
Emma Wakefield
BOY Scouts
Fannie G. Whittam
Marius H. Page
North Street
Kennebec Tel
Fred S. Curtis & Co