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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1950

Page

4

Richmond Fraternal Groups and WAVES Cadet Highlight Local News

Beulah Rebekah lodge IOOF And Richmond Enterprise groups meet with officers installed and activities noted. Helen A Herbert, daughter of Goldie Guiou and Harold Herbert, sworn as Seaman Recruit in WAVES to report for ten weeks basic training at Great Lakes. she is a 1947 Richmond High graduate active in athletics and dramatics.

Beulah Rebekah Lodge IOOF Mildred Pinkham Martina Coughlin Jessie Killbride Louise Stevens Brunswick Helen A. Herbert Goldie Guiou Harold Herbert Great Lakes Naval Training Station Richmond High Enterprise Juvenile Orange Alfred Rackley Topsham Enterprise Grange Topsham Fair Richmond Lodge A. F A. M John Wennerberger Lisbon Falls 1.G.A William R. Wells North Berwick Vanessa Beedle Department of Maine U. V C. W Viola James Department Milo Richard Witham Gerald Witham Gardiner Street Fort Campbell Witham 11Th Airborne Division Military Intelligence School Fort Riley Kas Jason Harwood Roy Spear Hallowell Edith Harward George White Esther Hutchins Chelsea Arthur Maxwell Pearl Perry George Roberts Maxwell Cottage Bay Point Robert Taplin Methuen Mass Norris Sidelinger Chestnut Street Barl Bell Rockland David Noble Pitt Center Road Edith Harvard Jane Whalen Clark’s Island Charles Clark Robert Sidelinger Kenneth Chetley Milford Conn Robert Shaughnessey Robert Pierce Dorchester Carl Curtis Main Street A. B. Hoyt Rumford Center George Hoyt North Front Street Hoyts Guy Dolloff Elster Dolloff Woolwich C. B. Kennedy Cape Cottage Portland Frank Beedle Alfred Niles Barbara Weeks Kents Hill Redlon Holman Jr Francis E. Warren Air Force Base Wyoming Redlon Holman Sampson Street Samuel Bates Sabine West Bath Fred Duren Kimball Street Howard Randlette Brockton Joseph Randlette Lloyd Umberhind Los Alamo N. M Lister Umberhind Reed Road

Dresden Students Form School Funds Committee and Holiday Follies

Dresden news lists Bridge Academy students elected to the school funds committee including Evelyn Budge Kay Lavallee John Knowlton Martha Carver with seniors juniors sopomores and freshmen. The Holiday Follies committee members include Budge Bailey Goodwin Carver Peters Weldon with decorat ing Peters Knowlton and others. The Pownalboro Fish and Game Association met at West Dresden hall with moving pictures by Harrison Hutchings and displays of eel spearing and smelt fishing. Refreshments followed the program. A chicken pie supper is planned at South Dresden Methodist vestry this evening under Ladies Aid. School children received immunizations at Dresden Mills with Dr Good and nurse Elizabeth Wilson present. Local residents visited and moved between West Dresden East Dresden and Dresden Mills for various family and social activities.

Bridge Academy Evelyn Budge Kay Lavallee John Knowlton Martha Carver Jack Brown Judy Peters Joel Weldon Ida Robbins Yvonne Bailey Anna Tobey Wimpy Goodwin Leonard Robinson Dorothy Rittall Priscilla Allen Frank Clark Dexter Hatch Kenneth Thayer Mary Brown Sheila Hamlin Pownalboro Fish and Game Association West Dresden Harrison Hutchings Richmond South Dresden Ladies’ Aid

MANY VISIT REID PARK ON MAINE COAST DRIVE

Bath motorists enjoyed the reopened Arrowsic-Woolwich bridge and a new highway to Reid State Park in Georgetown. Visitors toured Mile Beach with its yellow sands and watched large surf as work on the lagoon nears completion to create a safe bathing area for children.

Bath Seguinland Georgetown Reid State Park Five Islands Griffith’s Head Maine Reid Park Mile Beach

P T A Meeting At Central School and Community News

The Georgetown P T A held its monthly meeting at Central School with a large turnout. Mrs. Francis Pierce resigned as treasurer and was replaced by Mrs. Roland Peterson. Allan L. MacKinnon of Freeport spoke on a well organized school lunch program. Also noted were birthdays, choir activities, visits to Reid State Park, and several local residents visiting or traveling to nearby towns.

Central School Francis Pierce Roland Peterson Russell Pinkham Thomas Watson Cochairman Allan L. MacKinnon Freeport Aubrey Fullerton Rockwell George Powers Howard G. Heald Heald Georgetown Baptist Choir Louise Oak Grove School Miss Peterson Mary Ellen Chase Hinckley Joan van Dyne Califon N. J Vassalboro Reid State Park Lloyd Doty Delbert Henry Robinhood Arrowsic Mrs. Doty Navy Doty Kwajalein Newport R. LI Pacific New England Lincoln Walton Mr. Shattuck Miss Gray Mount Vernon Walton Cottage Frank Hollis Clyde Jordan Portland B. H. Woodside Lena Donnell Bath Joseph F. Higgins Reid Park Lillian Wheeler MacMahan Dorothy W. Stuart New York Doris Reynolds Lewis Robinson Camden Eugene Reynolds Claire MacGillivary Harold J. Brown, Jr Kennebec Point Lambert Park Allan Carlisle Anchorage Mark Hanna Karen Ralph Davis M. A. Gordon Beacon Street Church Carroll Powers Edward C. Clarey George Gray Five Islands Harpswell Thomas Randall Clarey Gray Carol Farrow Hyde Home Dorothy Farrow Mass Raphael Higgins Sagaddhoe Bay George Nickerson Boston Irving Hunt Florida Edwin Hussa Philip Hussa

Robinhood visitors and residents gather at island cottages

A long list of Robinhood and nearby Bath residents and visitors enjoys weekends and holidays across MacMahan, Seguinland, Middle Dyke farm, and Reid State Park. Guests include Mrs. Roland Peterson, Mrs. Roscoe Todd, Miss Louise Searle, Prof. Emory Basford, Miss Edith Anderson, several Smith and Dunton family members, and others. The piece notes caretaking moves, travel itineraries to Virginia, and local civic fund activities.

MacMahan Thursay Bath Roland Peterson William Bisseth Ralph Dunton Roscoe P. Todd Robinhood Louise Searle Haverford William Hasford Waterville Emory Basford Andover Mass Basford Frank Watts Blanche Scammon Scarboro Roy Moulton Seguinland Edith Anderson South Portland Moulton Granville Johnson Frank Egan Phyllis Portland Edgar Warren James Stevens Reid State Park Sidney Dalrymple Brookline Middle Dyke Farm Harold Goss Augusta Marrtown Carroll Powers A. A. Stott Lobitz Hunter Place Little Sheepscot Southport Virginia Fredericksburg Petersburg Richmond George Blackwell Blackwell Helen Goddard Dingley’s Island Bowdoin Gregson Horace Lee Peterson House John Grindell Alfred Rowe Florence Woodside Lena Donnell Willard Oliver Dixie Gail George Oliver Aubrey Fullerton Waltham, Mass William A. Todd

Mrs Smith Hosts Women’s Club Heads in District

Mrs Joseph I Smith district director of the Maine Federation of Women’s clubs hosted a luncheon and meeting at her Washington street home for presidents and vice presidents clubs of Boston from District 11. Cosmopolitan club and Club Forty Two were represented with leaders Mrs Frederick Moffatt and Mrs Norman Adams. Guests from Auburn Lewiston Lisbon attended along with Mrs Gilbert F Loebs of Waterville and Mrs Kenber of Auburn who spoke on aid to European club women. A Maine Federation district meeting is planned in Portland early November.

Joseph I. Smith Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Washington Street Boston Frederick Moffatt Norman Adams David Clark Auburn Lewiston Lisbon Gilbert F. Loebs Waterville Kenber Club Europe Maine Portland

Exhibition of Ernest Haskell Water Colors at University of Maine

The late Ernest Haskell's water colors and prints are on display this month in the Louis Oakes room of the University of Maine library. Curated by Prof. Vincent A. Hartgen with assistance from Haskell, Jr. of this city, the artist's son.

Ernest Haskell Louis Oakes University of Maine Library Vincent A. Hartgen Ernest Haskell, Jr Haskell

Five Islands Bible Class Sees Eleven Attend

Last week's Bible class drew 11 attendees with new members Mrs. D W Staffeld Mrs Percy MacGillivary and Mrs Albert Moore. The group studied Es ther and planned this week's Job lesson with Mrs Orville Rowe. A prayer service led by Dr D W Staffeld occurred in pastor Cleves Henderson's absence.

D. W. Staffeld Percy MacGillivary Albert Moore Orville Rowe Cleves Henderson Library Hall William Tinkham Medford Mass Richard Heaney Etta Moore Philip Pinkham Moore George Gray Lloyd Pinkham Mountain Maverick W. F. Bragg Faraway Haven Lida Lester Davis Spencer Dick Heaney Alex Marr Sadie Thompson Arthur Marr Malden Parker Start Melrose Marr Cottage Chester Pinkham Portland E. E. Pinkham Alton Reid Ann Brown Buxton Francis Pierce Philadelphia Joseph Davis Belfast Bramwell Harford Rumney N. H Clayton Doyle Gorham Victor Pinkham Betty Rittall Arthur Berry Bath Newport R. I Berry Edward Clarey Robinhood Walter Savage Kittery P. B. Savage Kenneth Smith Yarmouth Pinkham Stanley Lewis Lawrence Perow Herman Barter Madge O’brien Hallowell Carl A. Rasmussen Wakefield Rasmussen Zetta Higgins Willard Clarence Preble Harold Rowe James Stevens Stevens Derby Line George Smith B. F. Percy Dorchester Russell Boynton Newton Ransom Sawyer California

Mrs Mank Returns Home From Memorial Hospital

Mrs Ralph Mank has returned to her home at 15 Spring Street after a hospital stay of at least three weeks at Memorial Hospital.

Ralph Mank Spring Street Memorial Hospital

Bath Marine Ronald Hersom Dies of Wounds in Korea

Pfc. Ronald A. Hersom, 19, died Sept. 17 aboard a hospital ship after wounds in Korea. He was the first Bath, Maine native killed in the war, son of Fred H. and Beatrice Brewer Hersom of 49 Chestnut Street. Survived by four brothers and six sisters.

Ronald A. Hersom Marine Corps Fred H. Hersom Chestnut Street Hersom Bath N. Y Ronald East Millinocket Fred H Beatrice Brewer Hersom Enlitsing Air Force Korea Japan

Bay Point residents spend weekends at cottages and camps

Bay Point and Bath locals visited cottages and camps this weekend with many travelers staying at Bay Point, First Beach, and nearby areas. Attendees included families like Powers and Davis, visitors from Brunswick and Mechanic Falls, and guests such as Eleanor McCue and Ronald Coleman. Details note hospital discharges and social calls.

H. Martin Powers Bath Davis First Beach Thomas Hagan Forrest Drake Brunswick Albert Coombs Edward Butterfield New Meadows William Adams Stanley Crafts Mechanic Falls Kenneth Crafts Clarence Butters Bay Point Leonard Field New York City Portland L. W. Dietrich Bath Memorial Hospital New York Harry Stone Lewiston Eleanor McCue Ronald Coleman

Obituary of John F. Conley 83 Bath native

John F. Conley, 83, of 25 Western Avenue died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. Born in Bath on April 10, 1867, he was the son of Martin and Julia Rich Conley and long served as foreman of the brass foundry at the former Wat son-Frye plant. A Knights of Columbus member and St Mary’s Roman Catholic church parishioner, he is survived by six daughters, several grandchildren, and three sisters, all of Bath.

John F. Conley Western Avenue Memorial Hospital Bath Martin Julia Rich Conley Watson-Frye Knights of Columbus St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Mary H. Conley George H. Comeau Percy W. Scott Julia Clark Ellery Doyle Joseph Clancy Anna M. Conley Julia T. Conley Addison F. Jones

Mrs. Lillian Couture Dies in Tampa After Years in Bath

Mrs. Lillian Couture wife of Ernest Couture died Saturday morning in Tampa Florida where she had lived nine years. She previously resided in Bath and Brunswick and was born in Bucksport daughter of James and Emma Sawyer. She is survived by her husband and one brother Albina Sawyer of Bucksport.

Lillian Couture Ernest Couture Tampa Fla Bath Brunswick Bucksport James and Emma Sawyer Albina Sawyer

Funeral Held for Mrs Elizabeth Reed of Boothbay Harbor

Mrs Elizabeth Reed 72 native of Boothbay Harbor died at Miles Memorial hospital Damariscotta after months of illness. Funeral was held in Damariscotta with burial in Oak Grove cemetery Boothbay Center. Survivors include daughter Mrs Hazel Young of 1369 Washington Street. A daughter Diane Alice was born to Mr and Mrs Donald E Field of Robinhood at St Marys hospital Lewiston weighing seven pounds one ounce.

Umberhind A.E.C. Security Service Elsie McVane Boothbay Harbor Delma Day Melvin Curtis Myrtle Street Manhattan Kas Charles Coppock Lowell Mass Abbie Doane Essex Mass Raymond Libby New England Veterinary Association New London Conn Elizabeth Reed Miles Memorial Hospital Damariscotta Oak Grove Cemetery Boothbay Center Hazel Young Washington Street Donald E. Field Robinhood St. Mary’s Hospital Lewiston Diane Alice

Mrs Bussey Returns Home After Family Stay

Mrs. Floyd H. Bussey of Fair Haven Mass returns home after a two week visit with her son and daughter in law Attorney and Mrs. Lynn M. Bussey of High Street.

Floyd H. Bussey Fairhaven Mass Lynn M. Bussey High Street

Annie B Tobey 93 dies at convalescent home near Hallowell

Annie B Tobey age 93 died last week at a convalescent home near Hallowell born July 7 1857 in Somerville daughter of Leonard and first names Fish survived by son Frederick B Tobey Bath two grandsons Burton M Tobey Augusta Richard J Tobey Hallowell two great grandsons Burton M Tobey Jr Augusta Neil J Tobey Hallowell two great granddaughters Mrs Waldo Preble Orono Nancy J Tobey Hallowell lifelong member of Winthrop Center Friends church funeral held Friday at 2 30 pm at Winthrop Center Friends church Winthrop Center

Annie B. Tobey Hallowell Somerville Leonard Fish Frederick B. Tobey Bath Burton M. Tobey Augusta Richard J. Tobey Burton M. Tobey, Jr Neil J. Tobey Waldo Preble Orono Nancy J. Tobey Winthrop Center Friends Church Winthrop Center

Miss Ella McAllister Funeral Rites Held at Oak Grove

Funeral services for Miss Ella McAllister were conducted by Rev Father Timothy C Maney of St Marys Roman Catholic Church at the Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral residence on Friday morning. Bearers included George Perry Ray Kelley Richard Frates and Howard Larrabee. A committal service followed at the grave with burial in the Oak Grove family lot.

Ella McAllister Timothy C. Maney St. Mary’s Arthur F. Mayo

Funeral for John F. Conley at St Marys Church

Funeral for John F. Conley held this morning at St Marys Catholic Church officiated by Rev Timothy C Maney. Knights of Columbus bearers included Norman Harris Leon White Reginald Cyr John Kelliher Edmund Arsenault and Daniel McDurial. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery with committal by Rev John E Bellefontaine.

John F. Conley St. Marys Catholic Church Timothy C. Maney Knights of Columbus Norman Harris Leon White Reginald Cyr John Kelliher Edmund Arsenault Daniel _ McDourial Calvary Cemetery John E. Bellefontaine

Funeral for Mrs Lillian S Couture at St Marys Church

Funeral service held for Mrs Lillian S Couture at St Marys Catholic Church at 10 AM with Rev John E Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers included Roger Lamarr Donald Beals Alfred Hutchins George Redman Israel Racine. Burial in Calvary cemetery family lot. Commital by Rev Timothy C Maney. Ramona Council Pocahontas will meet Thursday at G A R hall.

Lillian S. Couture St. Mary’s Catholic Church John E. Bellefontaine Roger Lamarr Donald Beals Alfred Hutchins George Redman Israel Racine Calvary Cemetery Timothy C. Maney

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Dresden Dresden Mills Dr. Good Elizabeth Wilson R.N Carrie Cornell Cedar Grove Roy Lilly Burt- Hassan Horace Gilpatrick Needle Club Dodge Inn Corliss Street A. P. Denham, Jr Bath, Maine Mrs. Smith District 11 Marius H. Page Kennebec Greenhouses Marines Arthur Perrault Peter and Arthur, Jr Perrault Blair Bailey Bluff Road Pauline Nickerson John McIinnes Monday Contract Club Tampa, Fla Mrs Miss Ella M’allister John F. Conleys Ramona Council Pocahontas G.A.R. Hall Fred S. Curtis & CO Westerly Barre Vermont Horace A. Lovell Middle Street
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