Town trims roads on Better Roads day for $500 save
Town officials credited public volunteers and Manager Welch with saving more than 500 dollars as residents with trucks bulldozers and power shovels worked on road projects in outlying districts including Pitts Center road Marston Beadle and Brown roads and Bridge street. Beadle road slated for State reclamation and state aid funds of about 3000 dollars. Community notes report quilting by Amy Bradley Tent D of A V of C W and plans for Oct 20 fair. Personal items list residents visiting and traveling, plus town updates on grange activity and local positions.
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Welch
Pitts Center Road
Marston
Beedle
Brown
Bridge Street
Lewiston
Richmond Corner
Litchfield
Beedle Road
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
Mildred Gilpatrick
Evelyn Hinkley
Progressive Orange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bowdoin Center
Lincoln County Pomona
Eastern River Grange
Dresden
Arthur Johnson
Lucy Tarr
Erland Curtis
Freda Sullivan
Enterprise Grange
Marshall White
Gertrude White
Progressive Grange
Marriner
Richmond Adventist Church
Her Langworthy
Fred Farley
Lloyd Umber
Ireland Family Spends Weekend in Dover Foxcroft
Mr and Mrs Richard P Ireland and children Barbara and Robert of Tallman Street visited Dover Foxcroft to stay with Mrs Ireland's parents Mr and Mrs C W Ireland over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Ireland
Barbara
Robert
Tallman Street
Dover-Foxcroft
Georgetown Working League Hosts Library Meeting and Weddings
The Working League met at the Richards library with 13 members and guest Mrs. Elman Kelley. Two new members were voted in Mrs. Irving Hunt and Mrs. Victor Hagan. A wedding of Doris Phillips and Walter Gilmore occurred at First Baptist church in New York City with several local attendees. Community notes mention flags donated to Central school by Father Hasenius and various regional residents visiting Robinhood and nearby towns.
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Working League
Richards Library
William A. Todd
Joseph F. Higgins
Elman Kelley
Irving Hunt
Victor Hagan
Richards
Deborah Webster Greenleaf
Hollis Webster
Doris Phillips
New York City
Walter F. Gilmore
First Baptist Church
Cleves Henderson
Leon Fickett
Popham Beach
Frank Scott
Belle Heald
William Todd
Miss Phillips
Morse High
Bath
Lions Club
Eugene Reynolds
George Harvey Powers
Rockland
Aldis Kirsis
Local Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel Gatherings
The town records returning residents and visitors across New England and beyond. Families and friends from Bath, Wiscasset, and Georgetown hosted guests from Boston, New York, and Canada. Notable events include drives to Orange Massachusetts and Cape Elizabeth, a Canadian weekend trip, and dinners at the Wiscasset Inn. Roy Moulton resumed duties in New York City after illness at Seguinland home.
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Bath
Roland E. Peterson
Florence McGee
St. Johns
N. B
Miss McGee
Boston
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Gunnell
West Georgetown
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Orange
Harris
Carl C. Harris
Clara Fawcett
Indian Point
Washington, D. C
John Rose
Sagadahoc Bay
Herndon
Madlyn Berry
Roy M. Newman
Fred Oliver
Howard M. Trafton
Roy Moulton
New York City
Hotel Piccadilly
Seguinland
Joan Hagan
Faylene Rowe
Betty Clark
Maureen Davis
Clayton Heald
Clayton Stevens
Morse High School
Adolf Spear
Robert Coffin
P.T.A
Coffin
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph F. Higgins
Harry Heald
West Bath Grange Holds Meeting Prepares October Installations
Master Daniel McCall presided as West Bath Grange announced officers will be installed October 31 in a ceremony open to visiting grangers and friends. County Deputy Cleveland Marriner will install the new officers. Carl Meister presented the lecturer program after group singing and a poem read by Mrs. Persis Miller. Remarks on transportation for members without cars sparked a movement to arrange rides to future meetings. Judy Stover, age 10, sang on debut. A barnyard quiz, penny match, vocal solos, and closing thought completed the evening. Past Lecturers Council to meet October 20 at Dromore grange hall with supper at 6:30.
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Daniel McCall
West Bath
Grange
Alton Collins
Everett Lemont
Persis Miller
Lucy Armstrong
Mrs Josephine Connolly Rites Held At St Marys Church
A service for Mrs Josephine A Connolly was held Wednesday morning at eight from St Marys Church with Rev Timothy Co Maney officiating. Bearers were Henry Biggins Joseph Wilson Artur Taylor and David Desmond. Committal followed at the family lot Oak Grove conducted by Father Maney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine A. Connolly
Five Islands Good Neighbor Club Elects Officers
Five Islands Good Neighbor club met Tuesday evening with Edith Pinkham. Thirteen members and a visitor, Mrs. David Rutherford, attended. Annual officer elections elected Harlan Pinkham president and Orville Rowe vice president. Other officers were Lloyd Pinkham secretary and Maynard Thibodeau treasurer. Community plans included Red Cross bandage work and a home nursing course tabled. The group discussed future meetings and local social activities across Georgetown and nearby towns.
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Good Neighbor Club
Edith Pinkham
David Rutherford
Harlan Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Lloyd Pinkham
Maynard Thibodeau
Victor Pinkham
Russell Pinkham
Bath
Red Cross
Stanley Lewis
State Department Employes Entertained at Grey Gulls
Secretary of State Harold I. Goss and Deputy Secretary Paul Mac Donald hosted 46 State Department staff at Grey Gulls on the Kennebec shore in Georgetown. The century old house, restored by the hosts, featured outdoor dining, lobster boilers, and river boat rides provided by Wallace Brown. Guests included Irene Hinkley Bernice Tibbetts Isabelle Knowlton Rachel Lemieux Katherine Douglas Marion Choate Marion Grimes Thelma Rogers and many others.
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Marrtown
Georgetown
Harold I. Goss
Gardiner
Paul MacDonald
Department of State
Goss
Kennebec River
Stanton Wedd
Harold Dale
Wallace Brown
Sedgecrest
Kennebec
Grey Gulls
Irene Hinkley
Bernice Tibbetts
Isabelle Knowlton
Rachel Lemieux
Katherine Douglas
Marion Choate
Marion Grimes
Thelma Rogers
Stanton Weed
Levi Flynt
Philip Graves
Maudenman
Jane Ward
Hope Drake
Elizabeth Murphy
Gertrude Dinsmore
Daniel Pray
Elizabeth Minot
Hazel Teague
Geraldine Pease
Dorothy Smith
Lillian Daniels
Elizabeth MacPhail
Mary Robichaud
Molly Violette
Helen Peavey
Barbara MacMasters
Alice Hinkley
Frances McGuire
Muriel Mosher
Ellen Cunningham
Myrtle Trafton
Marie Hagerman
Frederick Tripp
Lauriston Vinal
Jeannette Blake
Veronica Kilcoyne
Maizie Stone
Marjorie Tozier
Madelyn Clark
Edith Black
Obituary of Arthur Panaga 58 Diner Proprietor
Arthur Panaga 58 proprietor of the Tip Top Diner Water Street died Monday evening at Memorial hospital after a brief illness Born November 14 1891 in Greece he came to this country as a boy and lived in Bath He was a chef and restaurant proprietor and a member of the Odd Fellows Elks Knights of Pythias a Balkan War veteran He is survived by daughter Mary of Portsmouth and three sons Thomas Andrew and Lewis all serving in the U S armed forces Funeral service will be Thursday at 2 PM at the Greek Orthodox Church Portland Burial will be in the Greek Cemetery Portland Friends may call at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street until 11 AM Thursday
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Arthur Panaga
Water Street
Memorial Hospital
Greece
Bath
The
Odd Fellows
the Elks
Knights of Pythias
Mary Panaga
Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas
New Mexico
Andrew
Lewis
Panama
Greek Orthodox Church
Portland
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Mrs Connolly Dies Suddenly in Perth Amboy
Mrs Josephine A Connolly 48 died suddenly in Perth Amboy New Jersey Sunday She was the wife of Michael J Connolly of Clifton Beach Born in Bath she was the daughter of Houston R Oliver and Carrie Patten Survivors include her husband one brother William Ryan Bath two sisters Mrs Raymond Haynes Mason City Illinois and Mrs Clara Dow Laconia New Hampshire two nieces and three nephews
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Josephine A. Connolly
Perth Amboy
N. J
Michael J. Connolly
Cliftwood Beach
Bath
Houston R. Oliver
Carrie Patten
William Ryan
Raymond Haynes
Mason City
Ill
Clara Dow
Laconia
N. H
Portland Visit Noted For Miss Lorna Kramer
Miss Lorna Fay Kramer of Court street was a visitor in Portland Saturday, staying for a short urban excursion and touring local sites.
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Lorna Fay Kramer
Court Street
Portland
Archie M. York Dies From Injuries In Motorcycle Crash
Archie M. York aged 26 of Woolwich died at Bath Memorial Hospital after being thrown from his motorcycle on Route 1 near his home Thursday afternoon. Born September 10, 1923 in Athens Maine, he served in the U S Navy two and a half years in the last war and worked at Bath Iron Works before entering the clam worm digging trade. Survived by his widow Grace Savage York Woolwich and one brother Laurence York Edgecomb.
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Archie M. York
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. York
Athens
John C
Blanche Moody York
U.S. Navy
Death of Aksel H. Stiansen Obituary in New Hampshire
News of the death of Aksel Hal dor Stiansen last week at his home Bird lawn Greeland New Hampshire ends a long illness. Born in 1865 in Hort en Norway he emigrated to America as a youth and became an engineer draughtsman. He married Emma M. P. Owen in June 1905 and lived in Buffalo Cleveland and Milwaukee before serving as a civilian U. S. Navy employee at Charlestown Portsmouth and Norfolk until retirement. Surviving relatives besides his wife reside in Norway. Funeral was held Friday at Buckminster chapel Portsmouth.
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Aksel Haldor Stiansen
Birdlawn
Greeland
N. H
Mr. Stiansen
Horten
Norway
Haldor
Annette Sophie (Erikson) Stiansen
America
Bath Iron Works
Emma M. P. Owen
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S. Navy
Charlestown
Mass
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Buckminster Chapel
Turner E McCarthy dies at 92 in Phippsburg
Turner E McCarthy age 92 longtime Phippsburg resident died Thursday morning at Memorial hospital. Son of Elijah and unknown, born Westport Island March 9 1857. Survived by wife Minnie Percy McCarthy and son Walter P of Chicago Ill. He was a retired marine engineer who worked on former river ferryboats.
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Turner E. McCarthy
Phippsburg
Memorial Hospital
Elijah McCarthy
Westport Island
Minnie Percy McCarthy
Walter P
Chicago
Ill
McCarthy
Funeral services for Lucinda T Sprague held Friday
Funeral services for Lucinda T Sprague were conducted Friday afternoon at two from Arthur F Mayo & Son funeral residence on High Street with Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Theryl Robbins Robert Besaw Linwood Abbott Lynn Bussey. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda T. Sprague
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Turner E. McCarty Funeral Held at High Street
The funeral for Turner E. McCarty was held Saturday afternoon at two from Arthur F. High Street. Rev. Charles L. Stevens officiated. Bearers were Gene Harrington Percy Young Wesley Darling Donald Avery. Burial followed in the family lot at Hillside Cemetery, Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner E. McCarty
Arthur F
Pouliot Returns to Sub Base After Leave
Roland Pouliot USN returns to duties at the submarine base in New London Conn after a five day leave at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Antonio J Pouliot Robinson Lane.
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Roland Pouliot
USN
New London
Conn
Antonio J. Pouliot
Robinson Lane
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