Richmond Fire Ravages Village and Nearby Homes
A major blaze swept north of the Kennebec River threatening the village of Richmond. The fire destroyed houses and barns, including a garage and a vacant Patten homestead, as fire crews and volunteers battled for hours. Local colleges aided, Red Cross fed workers and residents, while dozens faced losses and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Richmond
Charles Kennedy
Fred Groves, Sr
Sohnee Ariminta Cane Skea Ylor
Wilbur Cooper
Joseph and
Gertrude Riley
Old Patten
George Clark
Richmond Fire Department
Gix A Verte Oecoh
A Departments
National Gul
William Gurthie
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Bates College
Lewiston
Red Cross
Enterprise Grange Hall
Up Top Price Grange Holds Friday Meeting
About 100 members and visitors attended the Uptorprice Grange meeting Friday evening. Visitors came from Grange Monmouth Merrymeeting Chesterville and Quascacusquam Grange of Byfield Massachusetts. A class of 12 completed the third and fourth degrees including Seycep David Miller Mean Malcolm Dunn Harold Dunn a Shepard Shirley E Le Mont David Spencer Irene Lane David Tarr and Douglass Harrington. The degree staff led the work and supper followed with the men in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptorprice Grange
Grange
Monmouth
Merrymeeting
Chesterville
Quascacusquam
Byfield
Mass
Seycep
David Miller
Malcolm Dunn
Harold Dunn
A Shepard
Shirley E. Lemont
David Spencer
Irene Lane
David Tarr
Douglass Harrington
Local society notes and visits across Milo and Richmond
From tent gatherings to D A R visits, the piece lists officers and guests such as Mrs. Vanessa Beedle and Jane Carver Samp gon Tent No 18 Milo. It covers a Y F church meeting, personal items including marriages and travels of Lillian A Johnson and Miss Margaret Wilson, and several local visits and movements among residents and families in Milo, Richmond, Gardiner, and Troy with plans continuing to Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae el
York
Nellie Hascall
Hascall
M. White
Sing
Surventie' Grange Rarat
Cena
Robert Reynolds
Sarah Chipman
Vanessa Beedle
Department of Maine ‘Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Jane Carver Samp
Milo
Mildred Fossett
Gardiner
Department
Beedle
Amanda Watson Bowler
Franklin
Lil- Han Johnson
Amy Bradley
Richfoe
Y. A. Y. F. Society of the Methodist Church
Lillian A. Johnson
Richmond
Waterville
New England Federation of Telephone Operators
Elmwood
Johnson
Margaret) P. Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Theodore E. Darrow
Howard Darrow
Troy
N. Y
Frank LaBudanrz
Niagara Falls
Elmira
Darrow
Sisters’ Hospital
Frank Beedle
Arthur Fossett
Percy Huntington
Eagle Mountain House
Jackson
N. H
Rich d
Castle Hot Spring
Arizona
Ruth Fanning
Charles
Norwood
Mass
Merle Leavitt
Perley Joy
Gardiner General Hospital
Arthur Rossett
Ralph
Etta Rossett
Genevieve Stuart
Portland
Sherwood
Park Street
Stuart
Donald Higgins
Charles Carter
Joyce Valley
Washburn
Swan Island
Frank Preble
Anson
Harvey Goodwin
Leon Shepard
Louise Shepard
Augusta
Fires and community vigil in Georgetown area amid high winds
Georgetown residents faced two fires near the town last week with Five Islands volunteers and Bath Iron Works fire trucks responding. Winds hampered containment as patrols kept watch day and night and locals prepared evac plans. Donations to Red Cross and a town gathering at Overlook highlighted community support.
Generous donor aids Red Cross fund in state fires
Walter E. Reid of Georgetown a senior Mack Truck director and retired financier gave 1000 dollars to the American Red Cross disaster fund to ease burdens on citizens losing homes and furnishings to numerous forest fires. He urged others to give, noting fire may strike any home at any moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Reid
Georgetown
American Red Cross
Reid
Mr. Reid
Bath area residents enjoy visits and migrations during winter
Mrs. Mae Hagan returns from North Edgecomb to join daughter in Bath. Families visit and relocate: Foster couple to Bay Point cottage. Fuller ton couple settle in Guy Lowe house. Brand house changes hands with Houghton of New York purchasing Roosevelt residence. Petersons drive 467 miles touring Fort Ticonderoga Ottawa Renfrew Kingston Hamilton Catskills before Maine return. Local workers assist with wells and fire safety notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Hanson
Mae Hagan
North Edgecomb
Harry Carlisle
Ralph Dunton
Bath
Eugene G. Foster
Walter V. Cummings
Bay Point
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Aubrey Fullerton
Waltham
Fullerton
Guy Lowe
Houghton
New York State
A. Reginald Brand
Roosevelt
N. Y
Mr. Brand
Burnside A. Powers
Jacob Powers
Riggsville
George Loveitt
Nora Greenleaf
Westport
Daisy Mains
Roland E. Peterson
Fort Ticonderoga
Ottawa
Canada
Renfrew
Kingston
Peterson
Fort Henry
Thousand Island
Lincoln Walton
Mount Vernon
Perley Keith
Indian Point
Bennett
Lavaris
Danvers
Mass
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Hunt Home
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Middle Tke
Lawrence Perow
Clarence Oliver
Obituary: St. Lis ter Lawrence USN buried in Bath
Word comes from Bath relatives of the sudden death in New Jersey of St. Lis ter Lawrence USN. His body was brought to Bath for burial in the family lot at Grove. Mrs. Lawrence formerly Miss Pearl Staples daughter of Mrs. Bina Staples of Willow street. Funeral services were held Monday at Mayo funeral residence with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New Jersey
St. Lister Lawrence
USN
Grove
Lawrence
Miss Pearl Staples
Bina Staples
Willow Street
St. Lawrence
Mayo Funeral
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Five Islands Fire and Community Notices
A FifE Islands local fire department held a Monday meeting at the station. They battled two small woods fires near Georgetown with Bath company aid, under control without major damage. The Good Neighbor club met at the firemen’s rooms. plans for dedication of a new community honor roll were discussed, with plaque framing by T. W. Blaisdell and plot work by Branwell Harford. The town is under strict fire patrols with state wardens, and Rev. Tilton filled in as pastor from Portland. Ellsworth E. Pinkham, longtime resident and former Georgetown Baptist deacon, died at 85, survived by a large family. funeral at Five Islands church. Regular Georgetown PTA meeting slated for November at Five Islands Library hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Frank Heald
Bath Iron Works Corp
Walter Reid
Lea Red Cross
Harold J. Brown
Overlook
Kennebec River
Brown
MacMahan
Robinhood Landing
Ed Cromwell
Westport
Dorothy Stuart
William Bisseth
Grace Fullerton
Edward C. Clarey
Jack
Horace Lee
Silas Trafton
Irving Hunt
Boston
Sewall Webster
Augusta
Indian Point
Harriet Decker
Newcastle
Nat Howe
Katherine Marie Foehri
Ippleton Towers
Oakfield
Robinhood
A. L. Reed
Winkley House
Andover
Mass
Henry P. Kelley
Harford
Trusl
Biddeford
Howard Trafton
Bath Company
Georgetown
Good Neighbor Club
T. W. Blaisdell
Branwell Harford
Tilton
Portland
Victor Pinkham
Carr
Georgetown Pta
James Stevens
Derby Line
Stevens
E. E. Pinkham
Chester Pinkham
Westbrook
Erland Moore
Erland
Albert Moore
Clarence Preble
Harding’s
Francis Pierce
Hyde Windlass
Bath
Kathryn
Conductor Frederick Haggett 58 Dies After Train Injury
Frederick Haggett a Maine Central Railroad conductor of 42 years from South Portland died at Franklin County Memorial Hospital Farmington after head injuries suffered on a train near West Farmington. Born November 12 1889 in Bath he is survived by wife Gladys Mitchell of Rockland and son Frederick Haggett Jr plus nieces Regina and Marquise Graham and uncle John P Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Haggett
South Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Franklin County Memorial Hospital
Farmington
West Farmington
Haggett
L. H. Latterell
Auburn
Bath
Melvin A
Helen (Hayes) Haggett
Morse High
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Gladys Mitchell
Rockland
Frederick Gett, Jr
U. of M
Marquise Graham
Chicago
West Coast
Regina Graham
Baltimore
John P. Hayes
Washburn Street
Mr. Haggett
Melvin A. Haggett
Colonial Club
Ellsworth E Pinkham 83 Dies at Five Islands Home
Ellsworth Elmer Pinkham died at his Five Islands home after a long illness. He was born April 20 1864 in Georgetown, a fisherman by trade and longtime deacon of the Second Baptist church. Survived by wife Izetta five daughters two sons a sister and a brother. Burial at Oak Cemetery Georgetown Center after a Wednesday service from the Five Islands church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Georgetown
Capt
Charles
Adelia Pinkham
Five Islands Baptist Church
Izetta
Clyde
Bay Point
Chester
Westbrook
Russell
Georgetown Center
James Stevens
Derby Line
Harold Rowe
Kittery
Alton Reid
Five Islands
Mildred Canning
Portland
Edith Pinkham
Rev. Sims
Bath
Georgetown Cemetery
Ellsworth Elmer Pinkham
Nore
Andelia (Lewis) Pinkham
Izetta (Davis) Pinkham
Second Baptist Church of
Gladys Stevens
Leona Rowe
Dorothy Reed
Mildred Pinkham
Russell Pinkham
William F. Plummer
Ernest Pinkham
Richmond
Five Islands Church
Oak Cemetery
Mary L Borland obituary from Bath with Bath, Maine death
Mary Lennox Borland 74 died at her home 489 Middle Street Monday after months of ill health. Born December 26 1872 in Augusta to Charles and Katherine Lennox widow of Joseph B Borland she lived in Wisconsin Massachusetts before moving to Bath. She attended Grace Episcopal Church and is survived by two brothers Charles F Lennox and George A Lennox and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Thursday at two in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lennox Borland
Middle Street
Augusta
Charles and
Katherine (MacCormack) Lennox
Joseph B. Borland
Wiscasset
Massachusetts
Funeral Rites Held for Local Resident at Grace Episcopal
Funeral services were conducted at Grace Episcopal Church for a local resident with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Greenawn Cemetery in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Greenawn Cemetery
Wiscasset
Mrs. Alice Edgecomb Dies at 78 in South Portland
Mrs. Alice Peacock Edgecomb widow of Eugene S. Edgecomb died Saturday at Miller Convalescent home South Portland after weeks of poor health. Born October 23 1869 in Gardiner she lived in Bath Richmond and later Maine communities. Survivors include two sons Elwood E. Edgecomb Augusta and Herbert S. Edgecomb Westbrook two daughters Mrs Ray Douglass Bowdoinham and Miss Jean Edgecomb Bath plus a sister two brothers nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice (Peacock) Edgecomb
Bath
Eugene S. Edgecomb
Miller
South Portland
Edgecomb
Gardiner
James R. Peacock
Park Street
Richmond
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
The
Grange
Elwood E
Augusta
Herbert S
Westbrook
Ray Douglass
Bowdoinham
Jean Edgecomb
James D. Genthner
Waterville
Charles H. Peacock
Harold Peacock
Mrs Josephine Scott Dies In Bath At 60
Mrs Josephine Scott 60 of 20 Garden Street Bath died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after admission. Born in Quebec Oct 27 1878 she lived in Bath most of her life. Funeral from St Marys church Wednesday at 8 AM with interment in Calvary cemetery. Survived by two sons Percy W Bath and William L Scott Bowdoinham four daughters Mrs Walter Anlcker Wilmington Delaware Marie M Scott Bowdoinham Mrs Carl Thach Lawrence Kansas Doris M Scott and two sisters Maud and Delia Belanger Bath plus brothers John Belanger Bath Leon Belanger Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Scott
Garden Street
Memorial Hospital
John W. Scott
William L. Scott
Bowdeinham
Walter Anlcker
Wilmington
Del
Marie M. Scott
Bowdoinham
Carl Thach
Lawrence
Kansas
Doris M. Scott
Maud
Delia Belanger
Bath
John Belanger
Leon Belanger
Brunswick
St. Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Death of Walter L. Berry in Leominster Mass
Walter L. Berry of Leominster Massachusetts died Sunday evening. Born in Georgetown he was once a Bath Y M C A boys secretary and had many friends. He leaves a daughter Mrs Bur land Hawkes of Saco and a sister Mrs Azuba Holland. Funeral services were held in Leominster and he also leaves several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Berry
Leominster
Mass
Berry
Georgetown
Leander
Tempy Snowman Berry
Bath Y. M. C. A
Burland Hawkes
Saco
Azuba Holland
Funeral held for George A Cahill at Middle Street
The funeral for George A Cahill occurred Sunday afternoon at two o clock at his home on Middle Street. Rev Dr Joseph M Clare of Wesley Church conducted the service. Pallbearers included George A Cahill Jr Andrew M Butterfield William M Temple Merle and Robert C Niles and Edward M Butterfield. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Cahill
Middle Street
Joseph M. Clare
Wesley Church
George A. Cahill, Jr
Andrew M. Butterfield
William M. Temple
Merle
Robert C. Niles
Edward M. Butterfield
Oak Grove
Porters of Rumford Family Welcomed Home
Donna Porter of Westbrook visited Rumford over the weekend. The Porters, longtime residents who occupied the Howard house during the last war, are noted as having many friends in town. An infant daughter Ann was born October 22 to Mr and Mrs Mark Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Rumford
Mark Porter
Howard House
Chester Pinkham
Donna
Westbrook
George A Cahill lifelong Bath resident dies aged 83
George A Cahill born 1958 in Bath died Thursday at age 83 after a long life in the community. He operated a local business since 1938 and is survived by daughters Mrs. Wil Temple of Exeter New Hampshire Mrs. Andrew Butterfield and Mrs. Merle C Niles of Bath a sister Mrs. John B Jackson of Punta Gorda Florida five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at his home 717 Middle Street Sunday afternoon with graveside rites at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew RoStattes
Cahill
Seneca H
Gore A. Cahillo Rahway
O. J
Wil
Exeter
N. Hi
Andrew Butterfield
Merle C. Niles
Bath
John 8. Jackson
Punta Gorda
Fla
Middle Street
Clare
Oak Grove
George M Dade of Togus Veterans Home Dies
George M Dade a Bath area resident born in Nova Scotia died at Togus Veterans Home Friday. He served in the First World War and leaves behind Mrs Seen in L street Charles Walker of New Hampshire and brother William Dade of Medford Massachusetts. Funeral services were at Togus with friends present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Volk
Parresel
Nova Scotia
Bath
Bathens
Maine
L Street
Charles Walker
William Dade
Medford
Mass
Veterans Home
Togus
Death of Mrs Elizabeth L Webb Former Librarian
Mrs Elizabeth Lane Webb widow of Rev Henry W Webb of Wiscasset died Monday in Wisconsin. A former librarian of the public library she led the Wiscasset Women’s Club and was past president of the County Federation of Women’s Clubs. She belonged to the Bowdoin Association. Funeral Thursday at 11 at home with interment at Port. No immediate survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Beth Lane Webb
Henry W. Webb
Casset
Wiscasset
Wisceseety Public
County Federation of Women Clubs
Association of
Mrs Edgecomb Rites Held At Gar din er Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Alice P Edgecomb were held Tuesday afternoon at two from the bury-White Funeral home Gardner. Rev David R Hickland of Highland Avenue Methodist church led the service with bearers four sons Calvin L Jr Meisner of Waltham Mass Elwood E Jr and Re Rennate Edgecomb of Hallowell Interment followed in Oak Grove cemetery Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice P. Edgecomb
bury-White Funeral Home
Gardiner
David R. Hickland
Highland Avenue
Funeral services for Frederick H Haggett
Frederick H Haggett of South Po died Tuesday in Farmington after an accident. Funeral services will be Thursday at 8:30 from 41 Thirlmere Avenue, with High Mass of Requiem at 9 at St John the Evangelist Church. Burial in Oak Grove, Bath, in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Haggett
South Po
Farmington
Thirlmere Avenue
St. John the Evangelist Church
Bath
Oak Grove
Local Visitors Update From Bellmore Family Trip
Mrs Mae Armstrong of Le Mont Street visits with her daughter Mrs Char ence Wahle and family in Bellmore Long Island. Another daughter Mrs ee Klop tenberg moves with her family to St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Armstrong
Lemont Street
al Weeks
Bellmore
L. Y
Charence Wahle
Ee Kloptenberg
Merrick
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Yorktown
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Lister Lawrence
Burgess’ Market Corner
Tel. S
Frederick A. Haggett
Mary L. Borland
Mrs
G. A. Cahill
Frigidaire Electric
DUO Thermoil
Rheems Gas
Brunswick Hardware Co
Treworgy
Pleasant Street
George M’dade
F. H. Haggett
Fred S. Curtis & Co. Funeral Service