Local groups plan contests and socials in Richmond
The W C T U invites eighth graders to enter an essay contest on Doing Your Best For Health with prizes of 5 and 2 dollars. A Richmond High cheerleaders fundraiser hosts a public supper at the Legion home. Dozens of clubs including Firemen, Ideal Home Corner, and Three Links hold meetings, parties, and Halloween events while weddings and church activities keep the community busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Po
J. Mace Andress
I. H. Goldberger
Grace T. Halleck
Charles Coveney
Janu
Coveney
Muriel Pratt
Earl Farley
Richmond High School
Legion
Dewey Fis
Leslie Ner
Sins Jorjesson
Leslie Roberts
Norene White
Lara Mansir
Viola James
Claudia Wallace
Carleton Merrill
Oil and gas supplied over six tenths of U S energy in 1952
United States energy use in 1952 relied on oil and gas for about 62 percent of total consumption. Large-scale industrial demand and transportation drove the share, while coal and hydroelectric power provided the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Georgetown Halloween Party At Central School Draws Crowd
A Franklin County town hosted a large masquerade at Central School with about 150 attendees. Prizes honored children and adults for costume creativity. proceeds of 37 dollars and 87 cents supported school needs including a piano for Central School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Fosteady Be
Oe Newy
Smith-Tobey post drum corps seeks funds for equipment
The executive board of the Smith-Tobey post junior drum and bugle corps explains the ongoing financial challenge to outfit and train 55 members. They detail past purchases, weekly instruction, and plans to raise more funds through local contributions and events to reach spring self sufficiency while maintaining indoor training space and four new bugles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey Post
U. S. Marine Band
Legion Auxiliary
Bath
Fluoridation Discussed in Bath City Meeting
State Department of Health officials met with Bath City Manager Nathan C. White and Health Officer Roscoe C. McFadden to discuss a plan to fluoridate Bath water. They described support for preventing tooth decay in children, noted opposition as a health risk, and said a special referendum would be required before any plan could proceed. The talks included local service club representatives as sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Bath
Nathan C. White
Roscoe C. McFadden
Farm Tractors Surged Past 4 Million Since WWI
U. S. farmers now operate more than 4.2 million tractors, a sharp rise from about 1.7 million before World War I, reflecting large gains in mechanization and agricultural productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Community clubs hold meetings amid social visits in Five Islands
The Good Neighbor club gathered at Mrs. Thomas Watsons home with plans for a hall event and a rum mage. Many members attended including Mrs. Franz Stevens and Mrs. Ida Pinkham. Refreshments were served. Various church and youth group activities were noted with upcoming meetings on November 3 and 4. Local residents hosted guests from Malden and Bath during a busy week of social and religious events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Thomas Watson
Lloyd Pinkham
Tohall
Franz Stevens
Lincoln Campbell
Dennis Moore
Russell Harford
Ida Pinkham
Addie Moulton
Philip Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Reginald Church
Erland Moore
Harlan Pinkham
Lulu Hanna
Richard Hanna
Elaine Stevens
Alton Reed
Albion Soule
Beulah Miller
Malden
Mass
William Marr
Soule
Florida
George Gray
Branwell Harford
Rumney
Bath
Millie Pinkham
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Henry Moore
Robert Moore
White Mountains
Southport
Vernon Gray
Arthur Berry
Portland
Kathleen Rittall
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Fred White
Winthrop
Russell Harford, Jr
Mary Stevens
Mansfield Moore
Orville Rowe
George Young
Camden
Ivan Pinkham
Irving Hanna
Treatments Effective Buffalo Father Builds Home Bath
Victor Terbush a polio patient near Buffalo Oklahoma left the hospital early thanks to a home made bath system. His father F H Terbush bought 15 cents worth of materials and used the family vacuum cleaner and bathtub to create an apparatus rivaling $400 hospital equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Okla
Victor Terbush
Terbush
F. H. Terbush
Obituary of Sidney W Thompson of Cape Porpoise
Albert Thompson of Bath notes the death of his brother Sidney W Thompson in a Kennebunk convalescent home after three years ill. Sidney, born Sept 18 1873 at Cundy's Harbor, was a fisherman and Cape Porpoise Methodist regular. He leaves wife Hattie, children Willis, Merrill, Florence, Madeline, Agnes, a brother Albert, nine grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. funeral Thursday at Cape Porpoise Methodist Church, Rev Eugene Shrigley. burial in Arundel cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Thompson
Bath
Sidney W. Thompson
Cape Porpoise
Kennebunk
Cundy’s Harbor
William
Lydia F. (Watson) Thompson
Thompson
Methodist
Eugene Shrigley
Arundel Cemetery
Ida Mabel Hinckley, 82, Five Islands widow, dies
Ida Mabel Hinckley died at Memori al hospital after a recent illness. Born June 21, 1871 in Five Islands she lived most of her life there with periods in Bath and Portland. Survived by daughter Mrs. Orville Rowe and uncle Thomas Blaisdell. Funeral rites set for two at Curtis funeral home with burial in Oak Cemetery Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mabel Hinckley
Fred Hinckley
Five Islands
Memorial Hospital
David and
Ellen (Blaisdell) Hagan
Bath
Portland
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
Ellsworth Chandler Dies After Illness at Memorial Hospital
Ellsworth Chandler 71 of Woolwich died early Wednesday after a three day hospitalization. Born May 10 1882 in Auburn he was a son of George and Mary Chandler. He worked 45 years for Gibbons Coal Co before illness. Survived by wife Althea three sons Paul Robert Roger all of Woolwich four daughters Glenwood Dodge Englewood NY Joan Ethel and Sue Ellen of Woolwich two sisters Grace Woodman Dedham MA and Andrew Bremner Bath. Funeral Friday at 3 from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Laforest Hodgkins officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Chandler
Woolwich
Memorial Hospital
Auburn
George
Mary Logan Chandler
Chandler
Gibbons Coal Co
Althea
Paul
Robert
Roger
Glenwood Dodge
Englewood
N. Y
Joan
Ethel
Sue Ellen
Grace Woodman
Dedham
Mass
Andrew Bremner
Bath
A. F Mayo & Son
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Oak Grove
George E. Davis Dies at 70 in Bath Home
George E. Davis 70 a retired Bath Iron Works carpenter died at his home 330 Washington Bath. Born Phippsburg Feb 1 1883 he was son of William and Roxanne Daley Davis. Survived by Susie Pease Davis a son John and a daughter Doris Landers all of Bath two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence at 1 30 Rev Dr David L Wilson will officiate. Burial Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Roland E. Peterson
Portland
John Richards
Gardiner
Indian Point
Richard Kosalka
Bath
Daisy Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Stanley Kosalka
Flossie Woodside
Center Street Hill
High Street
John Johnson
Roland Peterson
David Y. Alkazin
Robinhood
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
N. H
Ralph
Peterson
Oak Hill Farm
Harry L. Horne
Georgetown
Fred Davis
Boothbay Harbor
Carroll Powers
Charles E. Huntinton
P.H.D
Bowdoin College
James M. Moulton
Clarence B. Hill
Blanchard
Doris Hill
Greene
Hill
Irving F. Hunt
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zorach
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Middle Dyke Farm
Gabriel Opsal
Orange
N.J
William Bisseth
George E. Davis
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Phippsburg
William
Roxanne Daley Davis
Susie Pease Davis
John
Doris Landers
A. F. Mayo & Son
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
Charles C Chesley 65 dies in Portland nursing home
Charles C Chesley aged 65 died at a Portland nursing home after a brief illness. Born July 9, 1888 in Dover New Hampshire he worked at Bath Iron Works and for over 40 years at Morandi Proctor Co. He belonged to Masons Elks and United Commercial Travelers. Funeral was Saturday at 1 30 at 3 William Street Portland with burial in Riverview Tops ham. He is survived by a half sister and a half brother and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. H
Calvin and
Alice (Perkins) Chesley
Concord High School
Concord
Chesley
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Morandi Proctor Co
Wrought Iron Range Co
Massachusetts
United Commercial Travelers
Ancient Landmark Lodge of Masons
Order of Elks
Leonard S. Palmer
West Salisbury
Everett L. Bunker
Newton Highlands
Mass
William Street
Portland
Ernest A. Thorsell
First Universalist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Topsham
Obituary for John Edgar Hunnewell Woolwich resident
John Edgar Hunnewell 82 died Thursday at his Woolwich home on Moatsweag Road. Born August 17 1871 in Woolwich he worked as a sawyer and later an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works before retiring to his Woolwich farm in 1945. Survived by daughter Flora Dow sister Angie M Hunnewell two nephews two step daughters six grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Crowley Funeral Home Wiscasset burial Murphy's Corner Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edgar Hunnewell
Moatsweag Road
Woolwich
Charles and
Olivia Adams Hunnewell
Hunnewell
Maine
New Hampshire
Bath Iron Works
Flora Dow
Angie M. Hunnewell
Malden
Mass
J. Vinal Hunnewell
C. Douglas Hunnewell
Portland
Clarence Bailey
Wiscasset
Stanley Elwell
Crowley
Buria
Murphy's Corner
Funeral service for Clarence R. Thomas held Sunday
Funeral for Clarence R. Thomas was Sunday afternoon at one from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. Bearers were Charles Osborn, C. Lloyd Hooker, Donald C. Preble and Harry Warner, all members of the Sons of Union Veterans. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R Thomas
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Charles Osborn
C. Lloyd Hooker
Donald C. Preble
Harry Warner
Sons of Union Veterans
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Wyman
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 1 30 from A F Mayo Son funeral residence with Rev J Lyal Calhoun of the First Church of the Nazarene officiating Bearers named John Kenney Charles Kenney Kenneth Wood and James Chambers. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Wyman
A. F. Mayo & Son
J. Lyal Calhoun
First Church of the Nazarene
John Kenney
Charles Kenney
Kenneth Wood
James Chambers
Oak Grove
George A Lennox Funeral Service Conducted Saturday
Funeral services for George Albert Lennox aged 78, a barber for six decades, were held Saturday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home. Harold Allen of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiated. Burial followed with pallbearers H Martin Powers, Joseph Hecht, Zina Eaton and Francis Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albert Lennox
Curtis Funeral Home
Harold Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oak Grove
H Martin Powers
Joseph Hecht
Zina Eaton
Francis Norton
Requiem Mass Held for John McDonald at St Mary's
A high mass for John McDonald was recited at St Marys Catholic Church Monday morning at eight o clock by Rev Fr John Bellefontaine. Bearers were Ambrose Curran Frank Manion William Ketchum and William Hart in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
St Mary's Catholic Church
John Bellefontaine
Ambrose Curran
Frank Manion
William Ketchum
William Hart
Oak Grove
William A Hoyle Former Bath Resident Dies in Massachusetts
William A Hoyle formerly of Bath died in Brookfield Massachusetts last week Burial held at Oak Grove Cemetery A graveside funeral service followed on Saturday afternoon at four o clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Hoyle
Bath
Brookfield
Mass
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath City Directory 1953 1954 Due This Week
Crowley and Lunt publish the Bath city directory with new resident names from city and surrounding towns. Canvassers report Summer and Winter residents listed by a double address system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Crowley & Lunt
Mrs Florence Sideling Sidlinger Witnesses Bath Obituary
Mrs Florence Sidelinger age 79 died at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born in Bath in 1883 she lived in Bath most of her life with a decade in Milwaukee to be with her son James E Erskins. Survived by son, three brothers, a sister and several nieces. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm from A F Mayo and Son Funeral Home with Rev Howard F Cramer officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Irene Sidelinger
Memorial Hospital
Bath
James Henrietta Mitchell French
Milwaukee
Wis
Old Ladies Home
Sidelinger
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Telephone Club
James E. Erskins
Frank French
West Bath
George French
Skowhegan
Earl French
Belmont
Mass
Lillian Bibber
Waterville
Thursda
A. F. Mayo & Son
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Church
Oak Grove
Clarence R. Thomas 1892 Bath Resident Dies at VA Hospital
Clarence R. Thomas formerly of Bath died at the Veterans Hospital in Keocoughtan Virginia after a year as patient. Born in Galway Ireland on February 23 1892 he moved to Bath as an infant and worked at Bath Iron Works before enlisting in the Navy during World War I. He later became a merchant seaman and faced declining health. He leaves a sister Mrs Annie Thomas of Woburn Mass and two brothers George M Thomas and Alex MacDonald of Bath along with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held from Curtis Funeral Home in Bath with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Thomas
Bath
Veterans Hospital
Kecoughtan
Galway
Ireland
Rufus C
Ellen (Gorham) Thomas
Bath Iron Works
U.S. Navy
Annie Thomas
Woburn
Mass
George M Thomas
Alex MacDonald
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington
Oak Grove
Obituary of John McDonald 88 in Bath Maine
John McDonald 88 died at Memorial hospital after a week as patient. Born in Prince Edward Island Canada November 12 1866 son of Archibald and Julia McDonald. He worked as a planker in shipyards then Bath Iron Works and Bath Box Co retiring in 1945. Survived by daughter Mrs Frank Dingley Bath and son Robert J McDonald Bath plus two grandsons and three granddaughters. Funeral Monday at St Marys church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
Memorial Hospital
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Archibald
Julia
Mc Neil) McDonald
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bath Box Co
Frank Dingley
Fisher Court
Robert J. McDonald
Bath
McDonald
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Church
George Albert Lennox dies at 78 after six decades as barber
George Albert Lennox aged 78 and a Bath area barber for 60 years died at his home 464 Middle street Thursday morning. Born in Augusta April 18, 1875 he was the son of Charles and Catherine Lennox. Survived by wife Agatha Grant Lennox three daughters Carville Douglas Bath, Betsy Jane Douglas Bath and Claudia Plant Woolwich a son Kenneth Bath a brother Charles Bath and two granddaughters Betsy Jane Douglas Bath and Claudia Plant Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albert Lennox
Middle Street
Augusta
Charles and
Catherine McCormick Lennox
Bath
Lennox
Wilbur Merrill
Wiscasset
Boston
Daniel McPhee
Charles Stinson
The
Odd Fellows
Agatha Grant Lennox
Carville Douglas
Kenneth Hatch
Curtis Plant
Woolwich
Kenneth
Charles
Betsy Jane Douglas
Claudia Plant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richmond
Fireman's Association
Central Fire Station Hall
Nathaniel A. Gilpatrick
Odd Fellows Hall
Chester Foster
Edward Rankins
Archer Terrill
Ideal Home Corner Club
Enterprise Grange
Irving Tripp
Wesley Webber
Illiam Meserve
Olive Little
Mina Iannotta
Anna Harrington
Bertha Curtis
James Meserve
Clarence Dunbar
Marlene Hinkley
Floyd Foss
Carolyn Hinkley
Rosalia Sanford
Hazel Brown
Prog Ve Grange
E Gram
Cleveland Marriner
Ha Yule
Minnie Batchelder
Alice Hinkley
Mildred Gilpatrick
Ee Marilyn Wee
Vivian Tripp
Dana
Freda Sullivan
Beatrice Harrington
Dana Sullivan
Charlotte Hinkley
Floyd
Olive Lite
Pushard-Guiou
Pridham
Eva Douglass
Villa Hull
Mary Alexander
Marion Umberhind
Helen Lothridge
Three Links Club
George Pashard
Lewiston
Lawrence Craig
Punch
Vital Gilbert
Dunlap’s
Industry
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Cal
Friend
Charles Hilton
Robert Friend
Anson
Clifford Eyes
Farmington
George Pushard
Robe Biron
Arse Gilbert
Herbert Marcotte
Leon Gilbert
Nally
Element
Amine Methodist Church
Rev. M. Fellows
Joyce Gilpatrick
Claudia Guiou
Odette Robinson
Miss Guiou
Miss Robinson
Darlene Cottle
Dale Guiou, Jr
Randolph
Richard Hinkley
Donald MacKinnon
Robert LeBonte
Portsmouth
Connie Meade
Lillian Haynes
Shirley MacKinnon
Mary McNally
Jeannette
Camille Cloutier
Mary Ackerson
Bayonne
N. J
McNally
Leon Shepard
Carrie Mae Bradford
Lillian Beace
Mina Clark
Pauline Hutchinson
Hazel Allard
Emerson
Lions Club
Iver Ring
Margaret Borjesson
Wilbur Emerson
Glenn Lamoreau
Charles Gray
Leslie Gardner
Eben Baker
Walter Anderson
Oscar Smith
Carl Watts
Russell E. Ring
Lawrence Barnes
Westminster Abbey
Holly Brown
Janie Oliver
Holly
Janie
Norman Pierce
Dahley Spear
Marion Gray
Arlene Colby
Mrs. Gray
Colby
Adolph Spear
Daisy Hinckly
Ruth Kosalka
Ruth Bowen
Ethel Higgins
Andrew Rowe
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Freda Cunningham
Loantha Jones
Randall
Darkies
Drum and Bugle Corps
Capt
Saar
United States
Charles C. Chesley
George A. Lennox
John M'Donald
Florence L. Sidelinger
Werther Sheaeen
Iron Works
Barber
M. H. Page
North St
Kennebec
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