Richmond's 90th birthday for John Morton noted in Richmond
John Morton, Richmond’s oldest citizen, celebrated his 90th birthday with friends at his home. A former spinning mill watchman of 25 years, he remains active at 90, enjoys a garden, reads without glasses, votes regularly, and holds the Boston Post cane. The day included cards, gifts, and a cake, plus visits from family and neighbors. Also reported are Community notes on Enterprise grange events, a harvest dinner, Boy Scouts, and local visits.
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John Morton
Richmond
Hazel McCash
Ideal Home Corner Club
Boston
Enterprise Grange
Chestnut Street
Grange
Enterprise
Methodist Church
Perons
E!ton Jac
Opitlock
Alfred Furlong
James Fields
U. S
Sampson Street
Fields
Perley E. Clarke
Nettie Dickerson
Somerville
Mass
Clarke
Charles Welch
John Hunter
Waterford
Carrie Hall
Cecil Themes
Roxbury
W. H. Themes
Roslindale
Viola Douglas
Guardian
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Hattie M Purinton Dies After Seven Week Illness
Hattie Maria Purinton 80 widow of Emery E Purinton died Friday at 10 p.m. at her home on Chestnut street Richmond after a seven week illness. Born March 28 1862 in Litchfield she was daughter of Levi and Sarah Dill Rhoades. She lived in East Bowdoin in marriage and moved to Richmond 13 years ago after her husband’s death.
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Hattie Maria Purinton
Emery E. Purinton
Chestnut Street
Richmond
Litchfield
Levi
Sarah Dill Rhoades
Mrs Nellie Cosman Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Nellie Cosman 81 widow of James H Cosman died Tuesday after a short illness. Born in Boston she later lived in Cleveland for 20 years before moving to Richmond to live with daughter Mrs Joseph Pridham. She leaves three daughters Mrs Pridham Mrs Gladys Jordan Providence RI and Mrs Edith Maibohm Cleveland 11 grandchildren.
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Nellie Cosman
James H. Cosman
Boston
James
Jane Crear
Richmond
Joseph Pridham
Cleveland
Ohio
Cosman
Tremont Temple
Pridham
Gladys Jordan
Providence
R. I
Edith Maibohm
Progressive Grange Holds Richmond Meeting with Halloween Plans
Richmond Progressive Grange met Friday evening voting a special Halloween meeting for Oct 30. Reports praised dinners at Litchfield fair and a lecturer program with songs, readings, tableaux, and a stump by Howard Knight and Erland C. Curtis. Arrangements were set to collect scrap for a town drive on Oct 25.
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Richmond
Topsham Fair Track Record Shattered by Hal Cochato
Hal Cochato driven by Leon Toole set a track record at Topsham Fair with a 2.03% pacer time, breaking Dusty Han’s 1938 mark. Stuart McLean of Danbury, Conn. owns the winning pacer. The event also yielded two new state betting records and strong handles, including a $5,679 pool in race four and a weekly total of $198,271. Catharine H. Legard begins as book keeper for Edna Mae Shoppe after four and a half years at Central Maine Power Co.
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Topsham Fair
Hal,Cochato
Leon Toole
Dusty Hanover
Stuart McLean
Danbury
Cumberland
Catharine H. Legard
Washington Street
Edna Mae
Central Maine Power Co
Georgetown News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings and Visits
The Working League met at Mrs. William Todd's home with small attendance. Leslie Main built chimneys in Georgetown and Everett Higgins houses. Recitals at Bath Central church parish house drew crowds. The scrap drive at Center school was successful. Wright bought Bancroft place wood saw and assisted locals. A picnic at Mrs. Norman Gay’s lawn was enjoyed by Mrs. May Hagan and friends. A wild cat sighting near Adolph Spear’s home prompted an organized hunt that failed. Multiple social visits occurred across town with weddings anniversaries noted.
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William Todd
Leslie Main
Edgecomb
Everett Higgins
Youmans
Andrew
Alfred Rowe
Sloman
Center School
Wright
Bancroft Place
Will Todd
Five Islands
May Hagan
Norman Gay
Spear
George Powers
Joe Lane
Indian Point
Roy Newman
Bay
Cave
Montsweag Grange Hall
William A. Todd
Harry Horne
Bath
Todds
Hornes
W. A. Todd
Howard Trafton
Walter Powers
John Olson
Lewiston
Topsham Fair
Allen C. Brown
Abbie Minott
Phippsburg
Annie Ireland
Freeport
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph Higgins
Elizabeth Nagle
Gardner Hanson
Portland
Ralph Davis
Maureen
Walter Cummings
Earle Hagan
Bath Iron Works
Joseph DeMambro
Brighton
Mass
James Oliver
Wallace Pierce
Boothbay Harbor
Harry Heald
Walter Cunningham
Walter, Jr
Ardenne Pinkham
Bowdoinham
Leo Pertell
D. L. Pettengill
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
Brunswick
Gardner’ Hanson
Arlington
Everett
Aubrey Fullerton
Boston
Chapman passes away at Riggs cottage
Chapman died last weekend at the Riggs cottage. Mr and Mrs Perley Keith left Monday for Danvers Massachusetts to pass the Winter at their home there.
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Chapman
Riggs
Mrs. Perley Keith
Danvers
Mass
William H Lewis Named Boys' Work Director at Local YMCA
William H. Lewis, 35, of Washington Pennsylvania, appointed Boys' Work Director at the local YMCA. He arrives with Mrs. Lewis to take over duties. brings extensive physical education training and experience from Washington where he directed physical and boys recreation work. Gym program to start within a week, club activities follow after a month.
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William H. Lewis
Washington
Penn
YMCA
Lewis
William C. Perkins
Washingtons
Flewelling White Wedding in Bath
The wedding of Miss Adelaide Frances White and William Osborne Flewelling took place Sunday evening at the White home in Bath. Rev. George B. Wolstenholme officiated as family and close friends attended. The couple will reside at 72 Winship street in Bath after a brief wedding trip.
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Adelaide Frances White
R.N
William Osborne Flewelling
Gardiner
Byron Flewelling
Tts
Frederick George White
Washington Street
George B. Wolstenholme
People's Baptist Church
Theodore Burns
Mr. Burns
Miss White
Paul Rush
Charlotte White
Lewiston
Everett Tasker
Lillian White
Woolwich
James Footman
Alice White
Morse High School
Bath Memorial Training School For
New York
Eye and Far Infirmary
Boston
St Joseph’s Hospital
Providence
Une
Flewelling
Bath Tron Works Corp
Elecca
Bath
Winship Street
Autumn Wedding Ties Harley Family Bounds to Five Islands
In Seguinland at seven on a Saturday, Patricia Harley of Milford NH wed Vincent Davis of Five Islands in a double ring ceremony at the Hartley Harley home officiated by Rev. F. S. Koehlwetter. Attendants included sister Charlotte Purdy and best man Lermond Davis. Following vows, a lobster and cake reception was held for immediate family. The couple will reside in Eliot after a brief wedding trip.
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Hartley Harley
Seguinland
Patricia Harley
Milford
N. H
Vincent Davis
Lester Davis
Five Islands
F. S. Koehlwetter
Georgetown
Charlotte Purdy
Lermond Davis
Webster Harley
Webster
Douglas Harley
Douglas Harley, Mr. and Mrs. Purdy of Milford, N. H
Arthur Davis
Alonzo Thibodeau
Maynard Thibodeau
Ronald
Eliot
James M. Jackson Receives Army Commission to Serve
James M. Jackson youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Gratz Jackson leaves for service after receiving his U S Army Engineers commission as a second lieutenant. He will fly Saturday from Portland to Camp Claiborne Louisiana. He is a Morse High School and University of Maine Civil Engineering graduate with prior experience in sanitary engineering and Works Progress Administration surveying duties.
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James M. Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath
U.S. A Engineers
Portland
Camp Claiborne Louisiana
Jackson
Morse High School
University of Maine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quoddy
State Health Department
Machias
South Portland
Works Progress Administration
Grace Church Auxiliary holds silver tea at Tubbs home
The Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Church will hold a silver tea from 3 to 5 PM Friday at the home of Reverend and Mrs. Charles M. Tubbs. All women of the church are invited to attend.
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Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Twin County Farm Bureau Set for 25th Annual Meeting
The 25th Annual Meeting of Twin County Farm Bureau will be at Topsham Grange Hall on Oct 29 at 10 30. President R E Keene leads the program with reports, 4 H clubs, budget, 1943 program, and awards. Dinner at 1 p m features a 4 H Minstrel and war program items.
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Twin County Farm Bureau
Topsham Grange Hall
R. E. Keene
Hebron
Bertha Haskell
Bernice Lowe
Turner
E. F. Addison
Leeds
Katherine Runnells
Lewiston
Shirley Hobbs
Henry C. Anderson
Farmer- Fieldman
Topsham Grange
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
W. J. Ricker
Mary L. Wright
C. L. Eastman
Wayne S. Rich
Keene
Farm Bureau
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Bureau
Twin County
Mold loft workers are blood donors in Bath project
Six workers from the mold loft at Bath Tron Works Corp. donated at Bath Memorial Hospital’s weekly Blood and Plasma clinic Tuesday evening. Donors include Richard McElman of Woolwich Arthur Kronstrand Arthur McMann Wilbur Crocker Oliver Otis and High Campbell, all from Bangor, with Harlan McFarland of Woolwich and several women also donating. The American Legion Auxiliary, urged by the Rotary Anns, will provide a class of donors on November 3.
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Bath Tron Works Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard McElman
Woolwich
Arthur Kronstrand
Arthur McMann
Wilbur Crocker
This City
Oliver Otis
Bangor
High Campbell
Harlan McFarland
Mary Linekin
Jane Sewall
Priscilla Fitch
American Legion Auxiliary
Rotary Anns
Local man 87 injured in city street fall on Front Street
John Marsh of High street aged 87 suffered a cut on his forehead and required several stitches after a fall Saturday near Freeman's barber shop on Front Street. He has returned home and appears none the worse for the accident.
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John Marsh
High Street
Front Street
Freeman
Daughter Born to Woolwich Couple at Memorial Hospital
A daughter was born Monday night to Mr and Mrs Samuel Guptill of Woolwich at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Guptill formerly Minnie Woodman, daughter of Mrs Lois Woodman of 1033 Middle Street.
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Samuel Guptill
Woolwich
Memorial Hospital
Guptill
Minnie Woodman
Lois Woodman
Middle Street
Former Bath Pastor Dole Dies in Wilmington
The Rev. George Henry Dole died at his Wilmington Delaware home on Saturday October 17. He served Bath from 1892 to 1904 and Wilmington from 1904 to 1936, writing works on the New Church and theology. He is survived by widow Miriam, two sons Louis and Thomas, and three grandchildren, with a late son George Stuart Dole.
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Bath
George Henry Dole
Wilmington
Del
Louis A. Dole
George H. Dole
Adrian Michigan
Henry Clinton
Antoinette Dole
Michigan State Normal School
University of Michigan Law School
Ypsilanti
Mich
Louise Stuart
Miriam Worcester Dike
Samuel F. Dike
New Jerusalem
Dole
Dr. Dike
New Church
Naval Reserve
Jesus
Thomas Hyde Dole
Meadville
Gertrude
Louise
George Dole
George Stuart Dole
Anne
Miriam Kimball
Edward Biggins Dies After Illness in Maine General
Edward Biggins 65 of 44 Chestnut Street died Monday morning at Maine General Hospital in Portland after a week as a patient. A Bath native, he was longtime foreman at Bath Iron Works and previously with D. T. Percy & Sons. Survived by brother Henry M. Biggins. lifelong St Mary’s church member.
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Edward Biggins
Chestnut Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Biggins
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine General
Andrew Guthrie
Medford
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Bath
D. T. Percy & Sons
Biggins Family Remembers Local Storekeeper With Service Members Nearby
Surviving family members gather around Henry M. Biggins at the Bath Iron Works store as relatives in Boston Philadelphia Portland and Somerville join in support. A requiem high mass for Mr. Biggins is planned at St Mary's church Thursday at 9 a.m. with Henry in attendance.
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Henry M. Biggins
Bath Iron Works
Annie ' S
Boston
Mary Biggins
Philadelphia
Missargaret Newman
Portland
Edward and
Francis Considine
Armed Services
James
John
Helen Considine
Somerville
Mass
Thomas Considine
Annie Biggins
Mr. Biggins
St. Mary's Church
Lee L Abbot Funeral Held for Former Bath Resident
The funeral for 71 year old Lee L. Abbot who died Oct 8 at Advent Christian Campgrounds Southington Conn was held Oct 11 at Gould Funeral Home Southington with Rev E E Ellis and Rev Percy Batchelder officiating. He was born Sept 27 1871 in West Peru Maine and lived most of his life in Maine before moving to Connecticut six years ago. He married Bertha Robinson May 25 1938 and leaves wife a daughter Zephie A Rice of Southington sister Esther Harding of Roscoe California and brother Fremont Abbot of Rumford. Burial was in Central Cemetery Brookfield Conn conducted by Rev Batchelor.
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Lee L. Abbot
Bath
Advent Christian
Southington
Conn
Gould
E. E. Ellis
Percy Batchelder
Bridgeport
Mr. Abbot
Peru
Erastus
Nancy Abbot
Maine
Connecticut
Bertha Robinson
Danbury
Zephie A. Rice
Esther Harding
Roscoe
Calif
Fremont Abbot
Rumford
Advent Christian Church of
Plainville
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Robert Sager
Ralph D. Rice
Arthur I. Rice
New Haven
Miss Flora C Bacon 79 dies in Bath Memorial Hospital
Flora Curtis Bacon 79 of Portland died Wednesday morning in Bath Memorial hospital. Born September 21 1863 in Portland she was daughter of Captain William Bacon and Elizabeth Curtis Bacon. Survived by sister Mrs Harry C Knight of New Haven and two nephews. Funeral Friday at 1 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence Portland. Reverend David L Wilson officiates. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Portland.
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Flora Curtis Bacon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Bacon
Portland
William and
Elizabeth
Curtis) Bacon
Harry C. Knight
New Haven
Evergreen Cemetery
Tremaine Funeral for Philip A Tremaine Painter and Paperhanger
The funeral for Philip A. Tremaine of 169 Middle Street was well attended Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock in the Curtis Funeral Home in Curtis on Washington Street. Rev. Lawrence B. Greenwood conducted the service. Bearers were Leonard Gowell Alexander McDonald Hiram Robinson and Vernal Chase. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Philip A. Tremain
Middle Street
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Leonard Gowell
Alexander McDonald
Hiram Robinson
Vernal Chase
Oak Grove Cemetery
Charles H. Green dies at 76 in City Farm
Charles H. Green aged 76 years six months and 18 days died Sunday at the City Farm. A native of New Haven Connecticut his body was taken to Plainville Connecticut on Monday. There were no local services. Mrs Eugene H Sprague of 31 Richardson street after a nine week hospitalization at Maine General Hospital Portland has returned to Bath to convalesce with her son and daughter in law at 169 Oak street. A daughter Marlene Alma Hinkley was born Oct 15 at Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Raymond Hinkley of West Street. Mrs Hinkley was formerly Helen Erickson RN before marriage.
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Alton Berry
Billy
Woolwich
Berry
W. L. Berry
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Ll. H. Rowe
Francis Bacon
Bacon
South Sudbury
Mass
Peter
Leon Williams
Rowe
Clarence McLaughlin
Sylvia
Gardiner
J. G. Stevens
Marion Stevens
McLaughlin
Miss Stevens
G. H. Smith
Gertrude Smith
Dorchester
Sedgemere Road
Arthur Davis
Davis
Charles H. Green
New Haven
Conn
Plainville
Eugene H. Sprague
Richardson Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bath
Lawrence E. Sprague
Oak Street
Marlene Alma Hinkley
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Hinkley
West Street
Hinkley
Helen Erickson
R. N
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