Golden wedding celebrated in Revere for Bates couple
Friends and relatives gathered at Trinity Congregational church in Revere to honor Mr. and Mrs. Silas M. Bates of Winthrop Ave on their golden wedding anniversary. The couple, married in West Bath Maine, received in a line with family members while tributes and music were shared by local groups and relatives. A cameo pin and wrist watch marked 50 years of church service.
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Trinity Congregational Church
Silas M. Bates
Winthrop Ave
West Bath
Charles H. Bates
Bates
Elmer S. Tibbetts
David M. Bates
Leslie M. Bates
Margaret S. Bickford
Clyde Bremer
Leon Bates
Allan Bulmer
Ruth Annis
Porter Bower
Shirley
Stanley Bickford
Leslie Bates
Lea Bates
Matthews Thompson Wedding Tuesday in Brunswick
The marriage of Miss Helen Elizabeth Thompson of Waban Massachusetts to William Thompson Matthews of Brooklyn occurred Tuesday afternoon at St. Charles church Brunswick. Rev George Barry Wood officiated. The bride wore brown and gold lame with a yellow rose bouquet. Attendant was Miss Anne Paulsen. Best man was Dr. Matthews. A small reception followed at the bride’s grandparents’ home. The couple will reside at 38 Buckingham Road Brooklyn after a two week honeymoon.
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Helen Elizabeth Thompson
Harold E Thompson
Helen Triggs Thompson
Waban
Mass
Bath
William Thompson Matthews
Schuyler C. Matthews
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Charles Church
Brunswick
George Barry Wood
University Church of Corpus Christi
Anne Paulsen
Wilmette, Ill
Welesley College
George E. Thompson
Ruth E. Thompson
Park Row
Matthews
Brunswick High School
Wellesley College
Columbia College
Columbia Law School
Tidewater Oil Co
New York
Buckingham Road
West Bath
Thomas Pierce
Providence
R. I
Birch Point
Pierce
Harold Ferguson
Sharron
Harry Batchelder
Kennebunk
Laura Cutting
Winneganee
Ernest Williams
Frank Dimock
New London
Conn
Williams
Fannie Tinkham
Everett
E. E. Williams
Charles Tabor
East Auburn
Wendell Daly
Myrtle
Greene
Eleanor Thompson
Waterville
Percy E. Holbrook
Robert
J. E. Mayo
J. R. Halmshaw
West Hampton
Frank Woodside
Fryeburg
Emma Lincoln Greene
Lisbon Falls
George Ramsdell
Lewiston
Hayden Rogers
Bingham
L. D. Rogers
Coral Robinson
Boston
Edward K. Thompson
Perry
Edward
Mouse Island
John Brackett
Cutler
Harold Hardwick
Fuller Dunton
Sydney Beane
Allan
Dana Brackett
Gerald Moore
Paul Tuttle
Bobby
South Portland
Quaker Point
Sprague
Copee
Ohio
Earl C. Donnell
Stanley Henderson
West Bath Grange
South America
Marian Rose
Fred Rose
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Portland
A. B. Snow
Gilbert Wilson
Freeport
Albert Aapa
Harpswell
Edward Mank
Larrabee’s Grove
Edward, Jr
Gardiner Hospital
E. W. Haggett
Lula Herbert
Everett Lemont
Knox County Pomona
Warren
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Marguerite Donnell
Lincoln Williams
E. K. Thompson
Perry L. Thompson
Helen T. Thompson
William T. Matthews
Harold Thompson
Morse High School
Topsham Fair
Barbara
Elinor King
Jacqueline
Lorraine Sawyer
Ethel Waterman
Charlotte Bunker
Dorothy Bubier
Jackie Rose
William Bailey
Allen McAllister
Frank Donnell
Nancy Coombs
Graydon Smith
Edward Thompson
Dana Small
Eva Kingsbury
Eula
Carol
W Robert Ie
Harold Bailey
Wilbert Small
Jail Term Follows Inability to Pay Fine in City Court
Rexford Pierce of Summer Street was sentenced after failing to pay a $100 fine plus $19.75 costs for drunken driving. He may serve 90 days in Kennebec County Jail unless the amount is paid. He also faced a $10 fine and $6.70 costs for intoxication. Pierce requested jail transfer to Augusta. He was arrested Oct. 1 at North and Lincoln for drunken driving and Oct. 7 for intoxication. Two South End girls, aged 16 and 17, were given an indeterminate sentence at the State School for Girls in Hallowell for common night watching. Franklin Devoe of Peabody Mass. was held after larceny of a automobile in Portland and transferred to Portland police. Elsie Bohanan of Nashua NH is visiting Mrs Emma Rogers.
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Rexford Pierce
Summer Street
Kennebec County
Augusta
Gardiner R. Deering
Pierce
North
Lincoln Streets
South End
State School
Hallowell
Deeing
Watic
Ing
Franklin Devoe
Peabody
Mass
Harry L. Thompson
Newcastle
Portland
Bath
Autumn Color Drives Through West Bath Homes
West Bath residents enjoy fall color from their doors as visitors travel to Birch Point and nearby towns. Mrs. Thomas Pierce and Providence guests stay at Birch Point for a week while locals host relatives and friends visiting from Maine and Massachusetts.
Maine Apple Crop Surges 60 Percent Over 1938
Maine agriculture officials estimate this year’s apple crop will exceed last season by about 60 percent with 850 000 bushels expected this fall. Assistant Chief George Chick notes the fruit is "pretty good" and plans to coordinate with federal officials to sell surplus through the Surplus Commodity Division.
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Maine
George Chick
Agriculture Department
Chick
Battery H Boys Propose Armory Use For Bath Youths
Battery H 240th C A C in Bath plans to loan its new State armory to city youths, especially girls, for winter recreation. They seek about 200 to install baskets and finish the court, aiming to run a league under Y M C A and high school supervision with potential Morse High School events and 1,000 seat capacity.
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Bath
Battery H
Y. M. C. A. Battery H
Morse High School
New Armory
Kelley Field
Armory
Probate Court settles multiple estates in Sagadahoc session
Judge Dunton presided at Sagadahoc probate court in Bath on October term second session. Wills filed for Ellsworth B. Reed Ralph Hodges. Mary Philena Reed. Benjamin Segley. Trustee confirmed for Charles P. Wetherbee estate with George B. Wetherbee and Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. as trustees. Bonds filed for Gilmore C. Trott guardian Alberta Marr. Inventories and accounts filed and allowed for several Bath Richmond West Bath Georgetown Tops ham Phippsburg and related estates. Perpetual care petition granted for cemetery lot.
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Ellsworth B. Reed
Richmond
Effie M. Reed
Mary Philena Reed
Ralph C. Hodges
Benjamin Segley
Raymond Sedgley
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath
George B.wetherbee
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Gilmore C. Trott
Brooks Brown
Guardian
Alberta H.marr
Georgetown
John P. Carey, Jr
Milton 8. Gsalra
William S. Brrry
Annie W. Stackpole
West Bath
Mildred Strout
Jennie M. Gowell
Gwendolyn C. Caverly
George Rogers
Topsham
Beatrice L. Skelton
Beatrice M. Perow
Alfred Douglas Perow
Joseph Benjamin Perow
Lawrence Edward Perow
Mildred Alice Perow
Augustus Perow, Jr
Sylvia Warren
Edgar N. Warren
Nathaniel M. Morse
John W. Morse
Phippsburg
Joseph T. Small
Donald N. Small
Martha P. Small
Thomas R. Merrifield
Lee E. Haley
Annie G. Morang
Charles M. Morang
Frank T. Pushard
Henry F. Pushard
Ceme
Railroad Station Agent E. B. Morton Resigns After 51 Years
E. B. Morton resigns as Mars Hill station agent after 51 years in railroad service. He completed 51 years on Aug 3, 1939, including 45 years with the center highway line of the Maine railroad and its northern division service.
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E. B. Morton
Mars Hill
Cen Renee
Pa & Aroostook Railr Company
Mr Tearwster
Woolwich Community Notices and Social Events Across Town
Woolwich and Montsweag residents held gatherings from Ladies Auxiliary supper to Day's Ferry club meetings. Weddings, baptisms and visits dominated the weekend scene with guests from Bath, Augusta, Portland and Boston. A War study sermon and a hunting party theme colored local church and social activities.
Knox-M'Eachern Wedding Saturday in Portland
Arthur Knox son of Mr and Mrs Lorn Knox Portland and Miss Marion McEachern daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward McEachern 23 Western avenue were married Saturday evening at eight in the Church of God Wilmot street The bride wore a white gown with long tulle veil and carried white carnations Mrs Irving Knox sister in law of the bridegroom was matron of honor Miss Leora Cramp six year old niece of the bride was flower girl A reception followed in the church Ice cream and cake were served The couple will reside at 6 Madison Street Portland. Edward McEachern Mr and Mrs Robert Eliot Bolt
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Arthur Knox
Lorn Knox
Portland
Marion McEachern
Edward McEachern
Western Avenue
Church of God
Wilmot Street
Irving Knox
Knox
Westport Social Roundup Sees Local Families Visiting
Westport notes show Jennie Cromwell visiting Mrs. Francena Cromwell at Nequasset while Ammi Louise Jewett stayed with grandparents H. M. Jewett. Eva Beaudet from Boston spent the weekend at her cottage. Leland Trefethens from South Portland visited their cottage here. Virginia Jewett, a University of Maine student, was visited in Orono by Brian and Mrs. Jewett. Mary Dickson will winter with them after a Boothbay Harbor visit. Delia Craney of Boston moved between Ernest Anderson’s home. Gilbert Greenleaf and Daniel Shanahan visited Arrowsic and Augusta respectively amid illness of Mrs. Willis Colby.
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Jennie Cromwell
Francena Cromwell
Nequasset
Ammi Louise Jewett
H. M. Jewett
Ferry
Eva Beaudet
Boston
Sher Cottage
Leland Trefethen
South Portland
Brian M. Jewett
Orono
Virginia
U. of M
Ross Dickson
Boothbay Harbor
Mary Dickson
Delia Craney
Ernest Anderson
Gilbert Greenleaf
Arrowsic
Greenleaf Homestead
Daniel Shanahan
Augusta
Brian Jewett
Willis Colby
Stanley Henderson Reports Life in Rio de Janeiro
Stanley Henderson spoke at West Bath Grange about his mining equipment business and life in Rio de Janeiro Brazil He described Rio as a beauty spot with a grand harbor and brightly lit streets Rainy humid conditions prevail most of the year with coffee a major crop About 76 people including eight visitors attended with Charles Genthner announced to lead Friday’s dance.
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Stanley Henderson
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
West Bath Grange
Rio
Henderson
Sweden
Maine
Mr. Henderson
Charles Genthner
Tea and Exhibit at Children's Home
Annual tea and exhibit of Scout work and open house at the State Military and Naval Children's Home will be held Thursday Oct 19 from 3 30 to 5. Tickets available through Scout Council. Committees list festival helpers and hosts.
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David 8. Cogan
R. Clinton McFadden
Alfred E. Carpenter
Milton C. Trott
Edward Sewall
Arthur Sewall
James A. Gillies
Frank L. Staples
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Archibald M. Main
Sumner Sewall
Bowen Torrey
Bath Iron Works head to speak at Legion supper
Pres William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works Corp will be guest speaker Thursday at 6 45 PM for Ro land Smith Post 21 American Legion. A supper, musical program, and reception planning are under way with many members asked to reply promptly. A second dance is set for Friday at 8 30 PM with music and refreshments promised. Auburn police probe larceny of a gum vending machine from Laurel shop after a rear window break and potential cigaretment device. Potential suspect details unclear.
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William S. Newell
Bath Iron Work Corp
Roland Smith Post
No. 21
American Legion
Auxiliary
Albert L. Owen
Adjt
Phip A. Roberts
Lancelot H. Cooper
James A. Clappison
Gardiner D. Rogers
Howard Pratt
Edgar D. Leavitt
Auburn
Laurel
Fonetaanen
Bay Point Social Notes Highlight Weddings and Visits
Mrs. J A Steadman leaves for Massachusetts while Ralph Spinney returns to Bath after Summer at Bay Point. A wedding at St Johnsbury links Robert Stone and Margaret Stillman of New York City. The N B C Stagecrafters group at Radio City hosts a November Federal Theatre play directed by Stone.
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J. A. Steadman
Birchwood
Massachusetts
Palm Springs
Cal
Ralph Carlisle
Paeneane
Katherine
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
Ralph E. Spinney
Bath
Bay Point
Louis W. Dietrich
Minneapolis
West
Harry Stone
Auburn
Portland
John Blackie
West Georgetown
Walter Perry
First Beach
Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
Island View
Edward Wren
Stephen Etnier
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Bay
Colleen Radley
Islands
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
J. Otis Swift
Hastings-on- Hudson
George Frye
Cedar Cove
Lou
Karl Hentz
Long Island
E. R. Wright
Steen
Harry J. Stone
Lewiston
St. Johnsbury
Mr. Stone
National Broadcasting Co
Radio City
N. Y
Miss Stillman
Boston University
Eastman School of Music
Rochester University
WGY
Schenectady
N.Y
N. B.C
Federal Theatre
Justices Assigned For Coming Year Announced In Maine
Chief Justice Charles J. Dunn released the 1940 assignments for Maine Superior and Supreme Judicial Court. Sagadahoc county lists January nine and June eleven hearings with Fisher Rand and Murray Whitman as reporters. Law terms are set for Augusta and Portland with specific February April June and October sessions.
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Superior Court
Charles J. Dunn
Sagadahoc
William H. Fisher
Fred S. Rand
Augusta
Edward P. Murray
Arthur H. Whitman
Portland
George H. Worster
Edward T. Richardson
Supreme Judicial Court
Guy H. Sturgis
Charles P. Barnes
Sidney St. F. Thaxter
James H. Hudson
Harry Manser
Bangor
Arthur Chapman
George L. Emery
Biddeford
Herbert T. Powers
Fort Fairfield
Albert Beliveau
Rumford
Law Court
Nellie P. Rackliffe
Linwood F. Crockett
Maine Apple Growers Seek Federal Aid After Lewiston Meeting
A telegram to Washington requests the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation purchase apples in Maine. The Lewiston meeting estimated the Maine crop this year to be double last year, and cited warm weather and low prices as creating an urgent need for federal assistance. State apple committee members chosen by the growers include W. J. Ricker Turner as chairman.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Maine
Washington
Lewiston
W. J. Ricker
Turner
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Wiscasset
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Lincoln County
Henry W. Webb
Roosevelt
Wiscasset Public Library
Garrison Hill
Masonic Hall
Louise J. Blagdon
Susan Bailey
Nellie Dowling
Sadie Bradford
Helen Gorham
Olive Dow
Nina Fowles
Maybelle Sherman
Sidney G. Evans
Frank
Henry A. Dyer
Gertrude McTeer
Grace Dodge
Anne Miete
Elizabeth Harding
Genesta
Eva Gorham Wise
Arthur Jones
Thelma
Medford
Fred Blagdon
Gardiner Road
Blagdon
Evelyn Levenseller Phipps
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Tarr
Frank B. Adams
Adams
Union Street
Anne Nelder
Helen Quinnam
Verna Southard
Sidney B. Knight
Dorothy Getchell
Getchell
Newman Getchell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Walter E. Greenleaf
Westport
Nina Brown
Edmunds
Greenleaf
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works. Mrs. Greenleaf Graduated From Wiscasset Academy
Lawrence Colby
Ralph Jenkins
Andrews
Bath Road
Washington, D. C
Everett W. Jackson
Helen Haggett
Beatrice Cowley
Nellie Munsey
Carolyn Pendleton
Haggett
Ruth
Charles J. DiPerri
O. E.S
Charles E. Cowley
Paul Keeler
West Roxbury
Paul, Jr
Alice Taylor
Joseph Hubbard
Ruth Simonton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Simonton
Paul Clish
Brewer
Stanley Dodge
Frank H. Gray
Philip Munsey
Kenneth
Lee S. Gorham
W. E. Gorham
Federal Street
Silas Bates
Revere
Revere, Mass
Mr. Bates
Charles H
Susan (Flanders) Bates
Sabine District
Mrs. Bates
Jesse M
Margaret (Small) Tibbetts
Brigham's Cove
Matthews-Thompson
Elsie Bohanan
Nashua
Emma Rogers
Middle Street
Courtney E. Stover
Wellington Johnson
Albert Austin
Deer Mountain
Parkertown
Oxford County
Maine Alpine Club
Wilson's Mills-Oquossoc
Dunton
Tery
Lucy G. Southworth
of- Bath
Allan Spear
Herbert Wright
Cheerio Club
Harold Shaw
Monteweag
Charles Smith
Eliott
Harvey T. Bailey
George W. Shaw
Lloyd
Ivan
Elm Street Church
Phyllis Eaton
Wallace Hart
Harold
Waldoboro
Clifton Gainsley
George Gainsley
River Road
Blanche Littlefield
Littlefield
Day’s Ferry
Lindsey Cooper
Henry Cooper
George Farnham
Wellesley
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Union For Christian Service
C. P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
White Mountains
Burton Hodgkins
Eben Dana
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
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Center Church
Montsweag
North Woolwich
Harry Patten
Delmont Rose
Vinal Hunnewell
H. P. Hathorne
Montsweag Baptist Church
Loring Soule
Murphy's Corner
Clyde Soule
Sam Soule
Edward Carr
Bedford
Moosehead Lake
Marion Bradshaw
Bangor Theological Seminary
Sebenon Hall
Blanche J, Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ida M. Beals
Allen Pettingill
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Good Will Club House
Knox-M
Eachern
West Bath Grange City
Newell
Fisher, Murray and Worster
Sagadahoc County