Popham Beach News Highlights Local Happenings
Popham events include an Halloween party at the library with Miss Frances Robie in charge, school repairs and new blackboards, and government surplus food deliveries to the school. Local Coast Guard moves, a birthday gathering for Lester Morse, and visits by Bowdoin initiates are noted alongside summer residents prepping for winter and road/bulkhead work at lakeside cottages.
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Popham
Frances Robie
Stanley Gilman
Gilman
Owen Richardson
Dorothy White
Bath
Farmington State Normal School
Fort Popham
Agnes Mantor
Maine
Fort Western
Oaklands
Gardiner
Bowdoin College
Edgecomb Blockhouse
Marie Antoinette
Pemaquid
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ernest Spinney
Arthur Delano
Joseph Smith
Alvah Light
Fred Waterhouse
Auburn
South Shore
St. Petersburg
Randall
Vernon Mattson, Jr
Tilton Junior College
Clarke School
New Hampshire
Moses Chandler
Charles Hathaway
Cambridge
Edward Fischer
Boston
Roscoe Shaw
John Beebe
Priscilla
Gretchen Beebe
Beebe
Louis Gayton
Bowdoin Fraternity
Brunswick
L. J. Simmons
Lester Morse
Winnegance
Clarence Perkins
Margaret Kahler
G. E. McNulty
Cumberland County Association of Postmasters
Lisbon Falls
Henry Leonard
Rockport
Mass
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Thomas Flanagan
Coast Guard
Margaret Flanagan
Carbondale
Henry Skofield
Thomas S. Aikenhead
Skofield
Cox's Head
Richmond Club Holds Meeting and Lodge Elections
Richmond activities include entertainment at Mile Hill schoolhouse and the Richmond Lodge No. 63 election with Roy H. Gilpatrick chosen worshipful master. Local sports note Richmond High’s 13 0 win over Brunswick and Ted Wellman’s coaching.
Sunday Visitors From Bath and Nearby Towns
A sequence of local residents spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends in Bath Lewiston Auburn and Farmington. Guests included Wyman of Bath and Elisha Bridges. Stanley Hyde and family with Capt Walter Sprague. Barbara Sprague a Farmington State Normal School student. Arthur King family. Stanford Bowie Milton Bowie and Phyllis Olson. Clarence Perkins and family. Stephen Etnier’s return to Gilbert Head. Peter Isaascon. Alvah Light starting work at Bath Iron Works. Francis Luke family Richard McDonnell. Beverly Downing’s family. and Lawrence Taylor visiting Lewiston and Norway.
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Clarence Perkins
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
D. K. Jay
New York
Peter Isaascon
Lewiston
Stone House
Alvah Light
Bath Iron Works
Francis Luke
Barbara
East Boothbay
Richard McDonnell
Portland
Eugene W. Osgood
Virginia
Ralph Spinney
Bath
William E. Rogers
Beverly Downing
Rogers Cottage
Long Island
Auburn
Lawrence Taylor
Norway
Georgetown Obituaries Mark Two Elder Residents Deaths
Two Georgetown residents, Alonzo Hunt and Ivanna Higgins, died within a week. Hunt, born July 3, 1864, died Oct. 16 after a long decline and was buried after funeral services at the First Baptist church. Higgins, born December 28, 1863 in Newport Nova Scotia, died after a brief illness. she and Everett Higgins lived on the Bath road and left two sons, Joseph F. and Rapheal, in Georgetown as survivors.
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Alonzo Hunt
Ivana Higgins
Hunt
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fannie Williams
Georgetown
John
Martha (Emmons) Hunt
Bees Hinckley
West Georgetown
Willard S. Davis
Hyde Park
Mass
Charles McKenney
South Chelmsford
Leon Williams
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Merton Jones
Milwaukee
Wis
Revere
First Baptist Church
David L. Wilson
Bath
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Chemisford
Henry Albers
Selden Billington
Billington
Andover
Arthur H. Mayo
Mrs Fox's Funeral Held in Bath
The funeral for Harrietty Fox of Bath was held Monday at two at the Curtis funeral home. Rev. Charles R. Sims of First Baptist officiated. Bearers were Charles King Clinton Beal John E. Wilson and Henry Gilmore. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery in Bath.
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Harrietty
Charles A. Fox
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Charles King
Clinton Beal
John E. Wilson
Henry Gilmore
Oak Grove Cemetery
Five Islands Community News Briefs and Visitors
Lumber for Warner Eustis summer home arrives at Ledgewood as local and Boston carpenters work on site overlooking Sheepscot Bay. Mrs. Horton plans cottage at adjacent land and garage. Community meetings include Good Neighbor club and Library Auxiliary with Red Cross sewing set for Nov 6. Numerous visits and names of locals appear through weekend events and church activities.
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Warner Eustis
Ledgewood
Boston
Sheepscot Bay
Harmon's Harbor
E. M. Horton
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
Everett Higgins
Georgetown
Library
Red Cross
Rudolph Pinkham
Lermond Davis
Ray Sawyer
Hutchinson
Eustis
Deer Isle
F. S. Koehlwetter
Littorin
Christian Education
United Baptists of Maine
Samoset Directors Vote to Sell Wharf at Boothbay Harbor
At a special meeting of the Samoset Steam Boat Co. board in Edward W. Bridgham’s office the sale of Boothbay Harbor wharf property to Fred R. Lord of Augusta for Isaac E. Poole was approved. The $1500 sale funds aim to pay all bills and return a small stockholder dividend. the Virginia steamer sale may be pursued to wind up affairs. Directors present included George R. Yates, Merrill A. Perkins, W A Farmer, Harold W. Bishop, and F B Nichols.
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Samoset Steamboat Co
Edward W. Bridgham
Boothbay Harbor
Fred R. Lord
Augusta
Isaac E. Poole
Monhegan
Virginia
George R. Yates Treas
Merrill A. Perkins
W A. Farmer
Harold W. Bishop
F. B. Nichols
Bath
Personal Notes On Visits And An Acknowledged Navy Marriage
Mrs. Duncan Bragg with her daughter Deborah returned to 1111 Washington from Memorial hospital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Roberts of Washington DC are visiting ten days with Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Albee at 678 Washington Street. Navy marriage intentions filed by Howard Parker Holmes of 418 Front Street and Miss Barbara Louise Walker of 687 Middle Street.
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Duncan Bragg
Deborah
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Harold C. Roberts
Washington, D. C
Carl E. Albee
Roberts
Bureau of Ships
Howard Parker Holmes
Front Street
Francis W. Holmes
Francis W. Holmes, This City
Barbara Louise Walker
Middle Street
Reuben C. Walker
This City
Lois A. Walker
Funeral Services For Miss Martha L Hamblett
Miss Martha L. Hamblett 20 died Friday night from injuries in a Brunswick crash. St Mary's church filled for Monday eight o clock funeral with Bath Iron Works officials among mourners and a 20 car cortege to Calvary cemetery.
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St. Mary's Church
Martha L. Hamblett
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Brunswick
Timothy C. Maney
R. A. Martineau
Calvary Cemetery
Miss Hamblett
Bath Iron Works’ Corp
Hamblett
Naval Inspection and Technical Forces
Leon Genthner
Arthur Preney
Peter Couture
Robert Stone
Frank Donahue
H. Amorosa
Ruth Malcumson
Ruth Donahue
Natick
Mass
James McKenna
Portland
Buissiere and Son
Laberge
W. Griffin
Rita Plantier
Lavasseur
Gerald Plantier
Manchester
N. H
Martha Ella Trott dies at 85 in Portland home
Martha Ella Trott 85 wife of Fred L. Trott of Portland died at home after a brief illness. Born in Woolwich daughter of Joseph and Martha Thwing she lived in Woolwich Yarmouth West Brookfield Mass and Portland since 1937. Survived by husband daughter Isabel Purington two sons John and James Ross seven grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at two in Portland conducted by Rev. L. D. March.
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Martha Ella Trott
Fred L. Trott
Portland
Woolwich
Joseph
Martha Thwing
Yarmouth
West Brookfield
Mass
Methodist Church
Ladies’ Aid
Isabel Purington
Falmouth
John
Manchester
N. H
James Ross
Hartford
Harriet Algier Everard Dies in Massachusetts
Mrs. Harriet Algier Everard widow of Ernest Everard died at her Cochesett, Mass., home after an illness since July. She had visited Bath in July and never recovered from the shock of her husband's sudden death two years earlier. Survived by two brothers, Martin and Alonzo Algier, a sister Ruth in South Easton, Mass., and cousins Lula Marr and Sears Fuller.
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Margaret Everard
Mechanic Street
Harriet Algier Everard
Ernest Everard
Cochesett
Mass
Everard
Bath
Massachusetts
Bruce's Hill
Leonard Wetherbee
Martin and
Alonzo Algier
Ruth
South Easton
Lula Marr
Upper Washington Street
Sears Fuller
Franklin
N. H
Mrs Izana Higgins 75 Dies After Illness at Georgetown
Mrs Izana D Higgins wife of Everett C Higgins died Saturday at her Georgetown home after a long illness with complications. Born in Hants County Nova Scotia she lived in Georgetown 49 years and belonged to the Baptist church Georgetown Center Georgetown Working League and Five Islands Grange. Survived by husband and two sons Joseph and Raphael Higgins both of Georgetown.
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Ivanna Higgins
Everett C. Higgins
Bath Road
Cambridge
Georgetown
Higgins
Everett
Izana D. Higgins
Hants County
N.S
Baptist Church At
Georgetown Center
Georgetown Working League
Five Islands Grange
Joseph
Raphael Higgins
Mrs Izana Higgins Funeral Held in Georgetown
The funeral of Mrs Izana D Higgins wife of Everett C Higgins was held Tuesday at 2 PM at Georgetown Center Baptist Church Rev Franklin S Beehlwetter officiating Bearers were Howard G Heald William A Todd Seward P Emmons and Ernest B Heal Burial followed in Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
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Izana D Higgins
Everett C
Georgetown
Georgetown Center Baptist Church
Franklin S. Beehlwetter
Howard G Heald
William A. Todd
Seward P Emmons
Ernest B. Heal
Oak Cemetery
Obituary Harriet E. Fox 77 Bath widow dies at nephew’s home
Harriet E. Fox 77 widow of Charles A. Fox of Bath died Friday evening at her nephew John E. Wilson’s home on Stonybrook road Phippsburg where she had kept house. Ill since March she spent six weeks in May and June in Bath hospital. Born in Villagedale N B she was daughter of Alexander and Marie Cole Snow and had lived in Phippsburg ten years after Bath residence.
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Harriet E. Fox
Charles A. Fox
Bath
John E. Wilson
Stonybrook Road
Phippsburg
Bath Hospital
Mrs. Fox
Villagedale
N. B
Alexander and
Marie Cole Snow
Infant Thomas G. Brown Dies in Bath Pneumonia
Thomas George Brown infant son of Herbert H. and Geraldine Glidden Brown of 2 Franklin street died Friday of pneumonia at Memorial hospital after four days as a patient. Born in Lewiston he lived in Bath all his life. Prayers were offered at the parents’ home and burial followed in Mt. Hope cemetery Lewiston. He is survived by his parents a brother Herbert A. Brown and grandparents Mr and Mrs Arthur Glidden of Bath.
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Thomas George Brown
Herbert H
Geraldine Glidden Brown
Franklin Street
Memorial Hospital
Lewiston
Bath
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Herbert A. Brown
Arthur Glidden
Alonzo T. Hunt 76 Georgetown Native Dies After Illness
Alonzo T. Hunt of Georgetown, 76, died Wednesday in Memorial hospital after a short illness. He was a carpenter by trade and a son of John and Martha Emmons Hunt. He is survived by one sister Mrs. Thomas Williams of Georgetown and several nieces and nephews.
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Alonzo T. Hunt
Georgetown
Memorial Hospital
O John
Martha (Emmons) Hunt
Hunt
Thomas Williams
Louise E. Ferris dies at age three in city home
Louise E Ferris age three years eleven months died late Wednesday of last week at her parents home Edward and Eleanor Pye Ferris 21 Huse street after a two week illness She is survived by three sisters Irene Marion and Joanne in the city a grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Ferris Bath and a grandfather Edgar Pye Phippsburg
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Louise E. Ferris
Edward and
Eleanor Pye Ferris
Huse Street
Irene
Marion
Joanne
Elizabeth Ferris
Bath
Edgar Pye
Phippsburg
Louise Ferris Funeral Held for 3-Year-Old
The funeral for Louise E. Ferris, daughter of Edward and Eleanor Pye Ferris, was Saturday afternoon at 2 at their home in 21 Huse street. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were Melvin Ferris, Clarence Pye, Carlton Pye and Leslie Ferris. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Louise E. Ferris
Edward
Eleanor Pye Ferris
Huse Street
David L. Wilson
Melvin Ferris
Clarence Pye
Carlton Pye
Leslie Ferris
Oak Grove Cemetery
Alonzo Hunts Funeral Held at Georgetown Center Church
The funeral for Alonzo Hunt of Georgetown took place Friday afternoon at two in the Georgetown Center church with Dr. David L. Wilson of Central church Bath officiating. Bearers were Seward P. Emmons William A. Todd A Farley Mayo and Howard W. Mayo. Burial followed in Oak cemetery Georgetown.
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Alonzo Hunt
Georgetown
Georgetown Center
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Bath
Seward P. Emmons
William A. Todd
A. Farley Mayo
Howard W. Mayo
Oak Cemetery
Miss Martha Hamblett Remembered After Bath Death
Miss Martha Hamblett, long resident of Bath, dies suddenly shocking her friends. She attended Morse High School, worked at W T Grant Co and Senter’s Inc before becoming book keeper at Hotel Sedgwick. Born in Lynn Massachusetts she leaves parents Edward B and Marie A Bonnette Hamblett a sister Mrs Frank Donahue Natick Mass and four Bath brothers plus a grandmother in Southern Pines North Carolina.
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Bath
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Soule sells Grove Street home to Kuzel and moves to Brooklyn
Miss Bertha Soule a retired school teacher sold her Grove street residence to Albert R Kuzel a draftsman at the Hyde Windlass Co Kuzel and his family moved into the new home while Soule departed for Brooklyn New York on Monday
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Bertha Soule
Grove Street
Albert R. Kuzel
Washington Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Soule
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Kuzel
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