Richmond News Highlights Social and Scout Activities
Indoor picnic of the Ideal Home Corner Club at Enterprise Grange Hall featured a program led by Mrs. Clowes Guiou and a supper. Local Boy Scouts received Tenderfoot and Life Scout recognitions. plans were set for a Sept. 7 day hike. Notables include Rev. Lester Norton’s Baptist church talk and multiple readings on residents’ travels and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Home Corner Club
Enterprise Grange Hall
Clowes Guiou
Lester Norton
Baptist Church
Boy Scouts
Methodist
Robert Gibbs
Laurence Bond
William Hinds
Raymond
Adam Walsh
Bowdoin College
Old Orchard
Norton
School of Methods
Ocean Park
Ralph ‘Norton
Gorham Normal School
Robert Kotz
Elizabeth
N. J
Charles Dunklee
John Pashard
Gardner Pridham
St. Joseph
Air Corps
Austin StoVer
Newport
R. I
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Aviation
John Thrower
Terrell Nursing Home
Kimball Street
Fred Duren
Bar Harbor
Arthur Faulkner
Reading
Mass
William Meserve
Mary Gillespie
Jamaica Plain
Mabel McFee
E. P. Henderson
Brookline
Raymond Libby
Augusta Small
Sarasota
William Foster
Thomas Murray
Judith
Greenville
George Volz
Phyllis Lemont
Alice Foster
Ethel Rankins
Constance Guiou
Marjorie Rice
Ida Watson
Betty Ann Cook
Tallman Street
Amy Hovey
Paul Bachelder
Margaret
Wallace L. Atwood dies at 66 in Bath after illness
Wallace L Atwood a longtime Hyde Windlass Co machinist and foreman died Thursday at his home 57 Washington Street in Bath after an extended illness He was born in Barrington Nova Scotia Oct 7 1876 and came to this country 53 years ago He is survived by his widow Eva Patten son Kenneth Leroy Atwood five brothers and two sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Laundry
Atwood
Hyde Windlass Co
Washington Street
Barrington
N. S
Gilbert and
Bertha (Worthen) Atwood
Bath
Hyde Windlass Company
Eva Patten
Kenneth Leroy Atwood
Miami
Fla
Howard
Harold
William
John
Clarence
Horace Woodman
Lois
This City
Ralph Johnson
Leora
California
Williams Rites Held for Harry A Williams in Gardiner
Funeral services for Harry A Williams were conducted Saturday at Amesbury and White's funeral home Gardiner with Rev Oscar Withee of Gardiner First Baptist Church presiding. Burial followed in Richmond cemetery. Williams died Friday morning at Merrill Rest Home Gardiner aged 42, born in Richmond to Stephen and Connie Williams. Surviving cousins number several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Williams
Amesbury
White
Gardiner
Oscar Withee
Gardiner First Baptist Church
Richmond
Mr. Williams
Merrill Rest Home
Stephen
Connie Williams
Willard E. Bonney Funeral Held in Bath
Willard E. Bonney 81 of 66 Water Street Hallowell died in Bath Memorial Hospital Sunday night. Funeral held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Born August 26, 1861 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, son of James and Sarah A. Bonney. Lived in Augusta briefly and came to Bath days before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard E. Bonney
Water Street
Hallowell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mr. Bonney
Pembroke
Mass
James
Sarah A. (Poole) Bonney
Augusta
Bath
Ford Ponte Wedding Ties Navy Groom to New Bedford Bride
R T Ford of Greer South Carolina now stationed in Bath married Olive Ponte of 133 Front Street on August 26. The ceremony was performed by Gardiner R Deering notary public. Ford is the son of Lewis B Ford and his wife. Ponte is the daughter of Mrs Anthony P Ponte of New Bedford Massachusetts and the late Mr Ponte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Ford
U.S.N
Greer
S. C
Bath
Olive P. Ponte
Front Street
Gardiner R. Deering
Mr. Ford
Lewis B. Ford
Miss Ponte
Anthony P. Ponte
New Bedford
Mass
Mr. Ponte
Portland Social Note Miss Libby Visits Mrs Libby
Miss Margaret Libby of Portland arrived Saturday to spend the weekend with Mrs. Ethel Libby at 250 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Libby
Portland
Ethel Libby
Center Street
Iron Works Golf Tourney Draws Record 76 Entrants
Bath Iron Works hosts its annual golf tournament with a record 76 entrants led by Pingree of Dept 2 and a 67 net. Wilfrid Girard, Dept 24, had low gross with 82 while guest Ray Parks also shot 67 nets. Department team prize went to L Vines, W Girard, R Glynn and F Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Ray Parks
Todd- Bath
Bath Yard
Parks
Department
L. Vines
W. Girard
R. Glynn
F. Howard
E. Pierce
F. Watson L. Estes
A. McDonald
W. Savage
H. Arsenault
C. Eaton
A. Turcotte
P. Akley
F. Fortier
H. Pierce
D. Hatch
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Newell
Sidney Eaton
Bath Iron Works
Dayton W. Hill
Alphonse Turcotte
Connie Fenn
Jimmy Jones
Class of '42 Votes to Buy War Bonds
At Morse high school auditorium the Class of 1942 voted to buy the largest denomination war bonds possible with remaining class treasury funds and any future collections. Daniel Hatch, class president, read a tribute from John Parker, former superintendent, to whom the year book was dedicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Daniel Hatch
John Parker
Death of Henry Getchell 72 Sudden in Philadelphia
Henry Getchell 72 a retired Bell Telephone worker died suddenly in Philadelphia on August 21. He was a Bath native son of Henry and Addie Getchell and was a Mason and Shriner. He is survived by two cousins and had planned visits to Sagadahoc Ferry and North Woolwich. Masonic services were held in Philadelphia and burial followed in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woolwich
Philadelphia
Henry Getchell
Clarence Getchell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Getchell
Bell Telephone Co
Henry
Addie (Jewett) Getchell
Fred H. Thompson
High Street
Carrie Wing
North Woolwich
Talk on Hawaii at Cosmopolitan Club meeting
ACosmopolitan Club September gathering featured a Hawaii talk by Mrs Cuthbert Wilson and a violin recital by Merton E Sprague. Mrs Arthur Packard chaired the committee with assistance from Mrs Arthur Colby and Mrs Herbert Harris. The philanthropic committee was led by Mrs Morris Povich with the house committee headed by Mrs Elmer Eldridge and cochaired by Mrs Lorraine Price and Mrs Walter Wiggin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Cuthbert Wilson
Merton E. Sprague
Cosmopolitan Club
Arthur Packard
Arthur Colby
Herbert Harris
Morris Povich
Elmer Eldridge
Lorraine Price
Walter Wiggin
Funeral of Mrs. Cornelia Cunningham Held in Georgetown Center
Mrs Cornelia Cunningham wife of Clinton Cunningham died suddenly at her Arrowsic home August 22. The funeral took place at Georgetown Center First Baptist Church with Rev Frank Koehlwetter officiating. She leaves nine children and was buried at Oak cemetery. Other notices include social visits, a baptismal member admission, a Robinhood fire scare, upcoming weddings and local engagements. Characters from Georgetown area churches and families are referenced with several residents mentioned by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia M. Cunningham
Clinton P. Cunningham
Arrowsic
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Cunningham
Berkshire
N. Y
Frank Keehlwetter
Keehlwetter
Boothbay Harbor
Ralph Davis
Brian
Frank Koehlwetter
Walter Newdick
Fairfield Baptist Church
Kathleen Margaret Rowe
George E. Jordan
Portland
Robinhood
Guy Lowe
Eleanor Hamilton
Lawrence J. DuPont
Peter DuPont
Farmingdale
Hamilton
Melvin Cunningham
Sears, Roebuck
Bath
DuPont
Bath Iron Works
Campbell Cottages
Edwin Adams
Henry Bascom Thompson
Marie Louise
Thomas’ Brinegar Parks
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lake Avenue
Atchison
Pasadena
Calif
West Chester
Thompson
Marie Louise Clarke
Residents and Visitors Report Weekend Travel and Local Terms
Conn resident vacationing with Williams family in West Georgetown. Mrs Hill and Mrs Horne with son George Chester visited Portland Thursday. Hicks sisters head to Brooklyn after summer at cottage and will stay with Miss Goodfellow in Cambridge. Patten family returned from Norwood Mass. Cunningham and Powers couples spent weekend in Concord NH. Gallery manager Frederica Monti a guest of Levine family. Bearce toured Bath on shopper bus. Ralph Davis sidelined by arm injury. Frank Boyd, from Hillsboro NH, works at Bath Iron Works living with aunt Emma Billings. George Jones of Boothbay Harbor visited Robinhood Sunday. Hunt party rode to Canada on motorcycles. Ralph Dunton of Portland joined cottage visit. MacMahan and Powers of Robinhood to enter service in September. Laura Horne and sons left for Grove to visit relatives. Dr Morin found Dr Brown improved after illness. Brown now sits on porch. Mrs Peterson visited Camp Lutinoia and later Boston with husband Lieut Roland Peterson. Will Mains assists ice business. Norman Gay away with Mass State Guard all summer. misses wife. Mrs Powers and infants Faith and Charley Spear and infant joined families returning from Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Emma Billings
George Jones
Boothbay Harbor
Robinhood
Harold Hunt
Canada
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Vincent MacMahan
Kilbridge Powers
Laura Horne
Douglass
George Chester
Grove
Norman Gay
Troop A
1St Motor Squadron
Mass
Library Hall
Hall
Five Islands
Merry Maid 4-H
Good Neighbor Club
Lloyd Pinkham
Wiscasset
Madge O'Brien
Rolalot
Carl Tozier
Leon Williams
Albion Carr
Carl
Frank MacMahan
Lucille MacMahan
Howard MacMahan, Jr
Edward Beucher
Iscasset
Norse
Harold Rowe
Kittery
Vincent Davis
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Lester Davis
Howard MacMahan Jr
Charlestown
Navy Yard
L. H. Rowe
South Sudbury
Frances Bacon
Peter
Sedgemere Road
Malden
Seward Emmons
Bath
J. C. Briggs
Winnifred
Susan Briggs
Winter Hill
Alton Reed
Woolwich
Percy Savage
C. L. Rowe
William L
Philadelphia
Rowe
Mabel Dickey
William L. Berry
Philip Pinkham
Clifford Landry
Rudolph Pinkham
Carrie Stevens
Katherine Pendergast
Jack Gibson
T. J. Hanna
Cora Mac Hanna
Boothbay
Bender and Son
Cambridge
Frank Doland
Harmon's Harbor
Charles Jones
Earle Hinckley
James Harding
West Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Harding
Buck Street Wire Incident Injures Two Children in Bangor
A truck pulling a wire from a house on Buck Street in Bangor dragged an electric line and struck the ankles of 6 year old Robert Kingsbury and 9 year old Julia Rogers on Thursday afternoon. Officer John Babcock investigated the unusual accident. Ralph Ernest Files, formerly Bangor and longtime East Orange High School principal, retired this year after a notable teaching career. Files, son of the late Thomas and Sarah Cates Files, began school in Bangor and worked at a local newspaper during high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Street
Bangor
Robert Kingsbury
Julia Rogers
Walter Street
John Babcock
Ralph Ernest Files
East Orange
N. J
Mr. Files
Thomas and
Sarah Cates Files
Coast Guard boosts two Maine figures into service ranks
Sid Cullen former Rockland Courier Gazetter staffer rises to yeoman first class and joins the recruiting service of the U S Coast Guard in the First Naval District. Rudy Vallee Maine bandleader and radio star becomes bandmaster chief petty officer at age 41 after Navy enlistment at 15 and Naval Reserve lieutenant commander commission in 1934. slated to lead the Coast Guard band at San Pedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Cullen
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Yeoman
Bath
U. S. Coast Guard
First Naval District
Rudy Vallee
Maine
Coast Guard
Vallee
Navy
Naval Reserve
San Pedro
Dresser Daughters Wed Two Soldiers in Texas and Maine
Bucksport announces the marriages of Jean Elizabeth Dresser and Maxine Nellie Dresser. Jean wed Sgt. James 18 at Trinity Methodist Church El Paso Texas. Maxine married Sgt. Augustus E. Shaner in Brewer on July 16. Rev Basil Gleason officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur N. Dresser
Bucksport
Jean Elizabeth
Maxine Nellie Dresser
Jean Dresser
James
Trinity Methodist Church
el Paso
Texas
Brewer
Augustus E. Shaner
Carrie
Ralph Shaner
Montoursville
Penn
Basil Gleason
First Fall Library Auxiliary Meeting at Five Islands Hall
The First Fall meeting of the Library Auxiliary will convene at the Library hall on Sept 10 at two o clock. Members hope many interested locals attend. The Five Islands Merry Maid 4-H club held a local contest at the Library hall Monday afternoon with a brief program and works display.
Miss Mary Gilley Becomes Bride in Saturday Ceremony
Miss Mary C. Gilley R N of 85 Dummer Street Augusta became the bride of Walter Earl Hart Jr. of 184 Middle Street Bath area Saturday evening at 7 30 in Beacon Street Methodist parsonage. Rev Charles L Kinney officiated with Miss Cora Peterson and Edward Moulton as guests. The couple plan to reside on Tarbox Street after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Gilley
R. N
Dummer Street
Cony High School
Augusta General Hospital
Walter E. Hart
Middle Street
Thelma (Stickney) Hart
Bath Iron Works’ Corp
Southport
Boothbay High School
Boys Athletic Association
Dorothea E. Nash
R.N
Bangor Fireman Kenneth Brown Receives Military Service Gift
Kenneth Brown of Bangor Central station on Union Street left Friday to enter military service. Firemen presented him a purse Thursday night, George Price delivering the gift. Brown is the first Bangor fireman called to service. Miss Virginia Stevens of Fay ette narrowly escaped serious injury when her horse reared and fell, dying shortly after at Winthrop. The horse died of a brain hemorrhage. Engagement announced for Gertrude E Wilson of Mere Point Brunswick to Arnold H Catlin of Longfellow Avenue Brunswick. Both graduates of Brunswick High, he at Bath Iron Works. Wedding date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Brown
Central Station
Union Street
Bangor
George Price
Brown
Virginia Stevens
Fayette
Dr. Herring
Winthrop
Mr. Morgan
Readfield
Miss Stevens
Clement D. Wilson
Mere Point Road
Brunswick
Gertrude E
Arnold H. Catlin
Ernest Catlin
Longfellow Avenue
Miss Wilson
Brunswick High School
Senter’s
Catlin
Bath Iron Works
Dorothy Lamour to Visit Bangor for War Bond Drive
Cornelius J. Russell announced plans for Dorothy Lamour to appear in Bangor on Thursday September 17 in support of war bond and stamp sales. The Maine War Activities Committee chairs the event to boost bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius J. Russell
Maine
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Bangor
Dorothy Lamour
Office Manager George MacArthur Resigns for Shipyard Post
George MacArthur, longtime office manager for Swift & Co. in Biddeford and Bangor, resigns to join Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp. payroll division. He starts Monday August 31 and moves with his family to Wildrose cottage on Central Park Avenue at Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacArthur
Swift & Co
Biddeford
Bangor
Todd- Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
MacArthur
Wildrose
Central Park Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Bath Students Enroll in Maine Music School at Hebron
Bath residents join the Maine Music School for a two week session at Hebron Academy. Miss Martha Day and Miss Geraldine Corliss are enrolled with Mrs. John E. Sawyer as instructor. The program, first at Castine Normal School, now reaches a record 225 students and faculty. Forenoon ensemble rehearsals and two Sunday concerts will be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Music School
Hebron Academy
Martha Day
Walter F. Day
South Street
Geraldine Corliss
Harold L. Corliss
Bailey Street
John E. Sawyer
Bath
Hebron
Sawyer
John C Tourtillotte 80 Dies After Prolonged Illness
John C Tourtillotte died at 75 Russell Street after a six year health decline. A machinist by trade, he worked at Hyde Windlass Co and Bath Iron Works prior to retirement. Born October 22 1862 in Maxfield he lived in Bath since 1887. Survived by wife Annie B McKay four grandchildren a sister and a brother plus a son and daughter who preceded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Tourtillotte
Russell Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Old Bath Iron Works
Mr. Tourtillotte
Maxfield
Franklin and
Mary E. (Bryant) Tourtillotte
Lewiston
Bath
Tourtillette
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Wesley Methodist Church
Annie B. McKay
Ralph
Miss Molly
Funeral for Wallace L Atwood Held at Curtis
The funeral for Wallace Laun dry Atwood of 54 Washington street drew a large crowd Saturday afternoon at Curtis funeral home. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue led services with many floral tributes and honorary pallbearers named from local and neighboring towns. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. attendees from out of town included Miss Sarah Pinkham and Mrs. Mabel Hare among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Laundry
Atwood
Washington Street
Hyde Windlass Company
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Fritz N. Klippel
Charles O. Nelson
Victor A. Pinkham
Frank C. Bates
Stephen Johns
John Simpson
George Beals
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sarah Pinkham
Augusta
Mabel Hare
Lewiston
Maude Bradbury
Old Town
Catherine Bradbury Regis
Harold D Creamer
Boston
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Frances Wilson
Clarence Porter
Margaret Wilson
Sisters Hospital
Waterville
Frances Libby
Brooklyn
Henrietta Libby
James Sherburne
Marshal White
Richmond High
N.Y.A
Quoddy
Ernest Richards
Good Will Farm
Hinckley
Wallace L. Atwood
Tone Tailored
Glamour
Ieeee
Toni
Bath Dept
Center St
W. E. Bonney
Ford-Ponte
Iron Works
Pingree
Masonic
Cosmo Club
Georgetown
Thomas Russell
Ann
Chicago
Russell
Joe Lane
Indian Point
David
Edward Ferrani
Aubrey Fullerton
Marjorie
Rudolf Trafton
Marguerite Morrison
Bett
Quincy
Staffeld
Jean Staffeld
Lyndonville, Vt
Laura Harding
Beulah Harding
Mary Gilley
Walter Earl Hart, Jr
John C. Tourtilotte
W. L. Atwood
Viola Arsenault
Preble
Lake Cobbosseecontee
Joseph Arsenault
Robert
Margaret Gallagher
W. T. Grant Co
Evans
Walter Frederick
Oak Grove
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St