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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1945

Page

5

Community notices and obituaries from Richmond area

A Tuesday Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary meeting at the American Legion hall appointed committees for child welfare rehabilitation and membership. A rummage sale planned for Sept 13 with next meeting Sept 11. Various grange and Ladies Aid activities noted with a baby moose sighting and Sunday school outing. Funeral for Sharon Prescott reported. Beasley Prescott family named. Dozens of local visits, engagements and travels listed with multiple residents and visitors.

Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary American Legion Hall Izetta Clark Hazel Libby Fern Perry Marcia Baker Grace Dickinson Josie Baker Elizabeth McFee Charlotte Drinkwine Mildred Brown Enterprise Grange Clarence Dunbar Swan Island Martell Peacock’s Tavern Beach Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Woolwich Grange G. C. Mariner Raymond Kelley Frank E. Rice Ernest Chadbourne Clinton Hinksey Marry Rice Arlene Siegars Dorothy Jones Lee Harold Jones Alice Gilpatrick Helen Bishop Alberta Haynes James Meserve J. W. Randlette Sagadahoc Pomona Sagadahoc Grange Bowdoin Center Sharon Lee Prescott Ernest Gomer Water Street David Hickland Methodist Church Sharon Ellery Beatrice Cargill Prescott Richmond Beatrice Beasley Prescott Howard Beasley U.S.A Philippines Dorothy Delmar David Alberta Shirley Sylvia Kenneth Beasley John Cargill George Cargill Bristol Gardiner Street Edith Wake George Yeaton St. Petersburg Fla Muriel Frizzell Patty Frizzell West Barrington R. L Melvina Thomas Borjesson County Road Shik Chien-Sheng

Municipal Court Busy After Weekend With 11 Respondents

A holiday weekend filled Municipal Court Tuesday morning as Judge Gardner Deering presided over 11 respondents. Four intoxication cases pled guilty with fines and costs. Virginia Savage of Arrowsic paid 25 dollars and 4.70 costs for leaving the scene of an accident near Oakhurst Dairy. Elmer C Doughty of West Bath admitted to digging unsuitable dams and paid 5.10 costs. Five speeders including Everett Garland Gardiner, Joseph R Galarneau Brunswick, Stanley Jackson Gardiner, J P Germain Veilleux Waterville, and Ernest W Holmes Lynn Mass pled guilty with 10 dollar fines plus 4.70 costs. State Trooper John DeWinter handled the cases.

Gardiner R. Deering City Hall Virginia Savage Arrowsic Oakhurst Center Street Elmer C.,doughty West Bath Everett Garland Gardiner Joseph R. Galarneau Brunswick Stanley Jackson J. P. Germain Veilleux Waterville Ernest W. Holmes Lynn Mass John DeWinter

Bicycle Race Entries Due Thursday For Bath Event

Entries for the big bicycle race sponsored by the USC athletic committee must be in by Thursday noon. The race Sunday afternoon starts at two from Lincoln street north of Center street, with two classes for ages 12-15 and 16 and over. Prizes include war bonds, store credits, and theatre passes for top three in each class. The six and seven tenths mile loop goes from Lincoln street to North Bath road past the Country club and back to Bath ending at the USO hall.

Athletic Committee USC Lincoln Street Center Street Bath Bath Road Country Club Brunswick Highway USO Hall

Labor Day Fades as Georgetown Sees Early School Openings

Georgetown residents wrap up summer quietly as many cottages close early due to the school start on September 10. The report notes local families hosting picnics and visits, plus school openings with teachers named, and numerous hometown social arrivals and departures around Bath and Five Islands.

Sunshine Bible School closes a successful term

Sunshine Vacation Bible School at Hyde Park Terrace wraps up after three weeks with a closing program in Community Hall attended by many parents and friends. Miss Marshall and Miss Caden thank the students for their help with gifts, Davenport Fund trustees are praised for support, and diplomas for perfect and attendance are announced amid songs, prayers, and memory verses.

Sunshine Vacation Bible School Hyde Park Terrace Marshall Caden Davenport Fund Elsie Peabody JoEllen Butler Marion McCarthy Mildred Alley Priscilla Lewis Corrinne Lund Frederick Crocker Joyce Bracy Evelyn Perry Irene Crocker Helen McCarthy Joan St. Pierre Maxine Fish Christine Lewis Donna Flewelling Melvin McCarthy Charlene Cogswell Sandra Foster Joan Lewis Sherrill Duker Joan Vose Ralph Grant Mary Harriet Traverse Robert Billington Jean Sally Ann Joan Abbot Arnold Ish Janice Beverley Knight Dorothy Nancy Woods Leland Peabody Edward Foley Donna Foster Dianna Lund Joan Ferris Father Crumble Street Jesus

Personal Notes From West Bath and Surrounding Towns

Mrs. Fred French and husband welcomed a son at Bath Memorial hospital on Tuesday. Wendall Dobson of Caribou departed after a visit. Arthur and Mrs Davis returned from Port Clyde. Mrs. Wilbur Burns came back from Bar Harbor. Mr and Mrs Roy Marr hosted weekend guests Burton Lewis and family. Ham and Julia Field spent the weekend on Monhegan Island. Edward Cummings and son Edward Jr returned from St Johns New Brunswick. Iola Litchfield and son David visited relatives E C Donnell West Bath. Alpert Thayer and former Bath resident visited weekend with Paul Moore Washington Street.

Fred French West Bath Bath Memorial Hospital Wendall Dobson Caribou Arthur Davis Port Clyde Wilbur Burns Washington Street Bar Harbor Burton Lewis Auburndale Mass Roy P. Marr Wallace Ham High Street Julia Field School Street Monhegan Island Edward Cummings Edward, Jr St. Johns N. B Iola Litchfield David Portland E. C. Donnell Alpert Thayer Braintree Bath Paul Moore Madge O'Brien Boston Arthur Dolan Dolan James Connellon Rockland Leo Carey Clarence Carey Carey Cottage Victor Carey D. W. Staffeld Betty Quincy Skippy David Stevens Lisbon Falls Dickie Davis Harold A. Rowe Kittery Richard Potter Brookline Edith Davis Audrey Pinkham Leroy Bay Point Ellsworth Pinkham Emma Blenn Sedgemere Road Lermond Davis Melburn Stevens Melvin Comeau Orville Rowe George Yeo Ted Yeo USNR Mae Johnson Waltham Herbert Moore Ann the Waves Washington, D. C Beatrice Baird Ethel Stevens Harbor Home Allen Huntington South ‘Danville N. H Marion Stevens Walter Savage P. B. Savage Olive Williams L. H. Rowe Francis Pierce Europe Pfc. Pierce Martha Thompson Washburn Wave Jean Thompson Arlington Paul Thompson Martha Jane Ralph Gay Russell Stoddard Fred Hunt Brunswick Fred Hayward Lowell Pine Street Felix Solomoani Clark Barbara MacGillivary House Stinson Davis Ellen Rosemary Cunningham Augusta Zetta Higgins Wakefield

Five Islands seaside notes on dances and visitors

Friday night dance at Howard's hall drew a good crowd with Pauline Rasmussen selling many tickets. A four piece orchestra provided music until midnight. Labor Day shown peaceful after years of struggle. Numerous visits and cottage stays noted at Sagadahoc Bay and surrounding towns with many named residents and guests.

Howard's Hall Pauline Rasmussen Eath Sagadahoc Bay Allie Hinckley Bay Ernest Pinkham Leona Love Portland Gene Hall Bert Hall Ruth Hall Acton Mass Hall Cottage Actonia Spaulding Howard Bacon

James E White 76 Dies in Bath after Long Illness

James Edward White 76 of Wiscasset died at Bath Memorial Hospital after a six week illness from pneumonia. He had fallen July 20 at work on a barn and was hospitalized. Surviving are wife Anna S Turner White of Whitefield, daughter Mrs Lester Knight of Bangor, son Edwin Turner White of Rutland Vermont, sister Mrs Georgiana Lilly, brother Jesse F White, and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at two from his Wiscasset home with Rev Robert Heighman officiating. Burial in Rumwell Cemetery.

James Edward White Wiscasset Bath Memorial Hospital Mr. White James Susan White White Congregational Church of Wisset Knights of Pythias Lodge Anna S. (Turner Whitefield Lester Knight Washington Street City Edwin Turner White Rutland Georgiana Lilly Jesse F. White Robert Heighman Congregational Church Rumwell Cemetery

Mrs. Annie J. Cressey Rites Planned in Bath

Annie J. Cressey 74 of 24 Tarbox Street died Monday at Osteopathic Hospital. Born in Georgetown she was daughter of George and Elizabeth McMahan. Survived by husband Winfield S. Cressey a son Scott and three daughters all of Bath. four brothers and four sisters. grandchildren. Funeral from Mayo Funeral Residence Thursday at two in Corliss Street Baptist church.

Annie J. Cressey Tarbox Street Osteopathic Hospital Georgetown George Elizabeth la Bree McMahan Winfield S. Cressey Scott Cressey Bath Olio B. Ellis Margaret Richer Emerson Glidden Clement V. McMahan Howard McMahan Charles McMahan Massachusetts Horace McMahan Gardiner Addie Stott Elizabeth Powers Ruby McMahan Woolwich Nettie Carpenter Pennsylvania Corliss Street Baptist Church Mayo Funeral

George Palmer Hyde Dies in Northampton Mass

Bowdoin graduate George Palmer Hyde son of ex president William De Witt Hyde died suddenly at his Northampton home Monday evening. He graduated Bowdoin 1908 earned Harvard Law 1912 and Bowdoin awarded him a Doctorate of Laws in 1938. He served as Smith College treasurer for 22 years and is survived by his wife two sons in the Navy Lieutenant Richard Hyde and Ensign William De Witt Hyde and two daughters Mrs Nicholas Fish and Miss Prudence Hyde of New Haven Conn.

Bowdoin George Palmer Hyde William de Witt Hyde Northampton Mass Harvard Smith College U. S. Navy Richard Hyde Nicholas Fish Prudence Hyde New Haven Conn

Funeral services for Edmund M. Staples held in city

Edmund M. Staples had funeral services Friday at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. The service drew many business associates and family friends from Bath and beyond. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Brunswick.

Edmund M. Staples Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Ralph G. Stetson Donald D. Young Daniel Williams

Funeral of Mrs. Sophia B Higgins Rice

The funeral of Mrs. Sophia B Higgins Rice was held at Curtis Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev Dr David L Wilson officiated. Bearers were W L Hathorne, Everett Rice, M E Reed and Albert Humphy. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery Day's Ferry.

Sophia B (Higgins) Rice Curtis Funeral Home David L. Wilson W L. Hathorne Everett Rice M. E Reed Albert Humphy Riverside Cemetery Day's Ferry

Maine coastal resort scene shifts to fall sports and growth

The column surveys summer and fall activity in Sebasco, Bath, Popham Beach and surrounding towns. It notes rising football and basketball interest, expanding highway work, peak fishing and clam markets, new summer camps near Popham, and weather as autumn approaches. Prominent locals include Charles B. Rugg and others linked to war era housing and local governance.

Sebasco Lodge Rock Garden Inn Sebasco Maine New England Popham Beach

Birth Announcement for Joan Carol Dauphin in Quincy

Cards announce the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lindsey Dauphin of Quincy Massachusetts named Joan Carol. Mrs Dauphin formerly Miss Virginia Oliver of Bath on Washington Street.

Lindsey Dauphin Quincy Mass Joan Carol Dauphine Virginia Oliver Washington Street Bath

Also Mentioned on This Page

Genevieve Lynch Margaret Creegan Jamaica Plain Pleasant View Farm Mabel McFee Julia Watson Detroit Robertanovsky W. E. Whitney River Road John Parker Waterstreet Esther Parker Howard Lincoln Leeds Grace Conant Washington D. C Congressman Hale John Mealey Conrad Johanson Stoughton Leslie Burnell Mildred Skinner James Sturge Cambridge Marion Purinton Boothbay Harbor North Front Street Arthur Stilphen Sanford Donald Shoff North Stratford Laura Stilphen Main Street Frederick Richter U.S.N U.S.S England Cardiff Wales Blackpool George Wilson Winthrop Pfc Frank Roberts Harold Roberts Leslie R. Roberts Roberts Charles H Richmond High School Blue Romancers Donald Mosher Nts Freeman Osher W. H. Johnson Frank Beedle Darrrah Street Library Association Charles M. Gardiner E. Carroll Bean Topsham Grange Deering Philo Calhoun Gally Sonie Thibodeau Miss Roberts Edgeccanb Place Indian Point Calhoun Charles Shain Augusta Rowe Ernest Heal Howard Trafton J. C. Bearse Walter Powers Carroll Powers Lauretta M. Jones Roscoe P. Todd Margaret Oliver Hilda Oliver Mary Nutter Melrose Highlands William A. Todd Roy E. Newman Merrill Bowles Bangor Roy J. Campbell Allen Laskey Richard Jack Dillon Everett George Laskey Robinhood Laskey Edwin Adams Auburn Reynold Aubrey Fullerton Lillian Morse Jordan House Fullerton Winnie McCrater J. A. Beyea North Yarmouth Howard Heald Esther Hargrave West Newton J. H. Brown Charles’ Shain Milton Kaufmann and Lawson Campbell New York Gertrude Kossoff Esther Tane Zorach Alex Skoland West Orange N. J. Rudolf Trafton Howard M. Trafton Robert Jordan Vincent MacMahan Alonzo Thibodeau Orono Carl Williams Thomas Williams Sally Calhoun Bridgeport Edward Rowe Frank Brown Rumford R. I Brown Chester Woodbury Medford Hillside Dorothy Oliver Kingston High School Kingston Peterson Harry Peterson Marblehead Roland R ;Ter Murray Peterson Roger Peterson William Strang Albert Brookings Randolph Peter Robert Weman Verne Sota U.S.C.G Sgt William Bisseth N. J Frank Boyd Hillsboro Boyd Elizabeth Hunt Hunt Coulter H. W. Raymond N. Y George Kharls Kennebec Point Elmira Sunshine Bible School Denton James Edwin White E. M. Staples Mrs. Rice Marius H. Page North St Kennebec Charles B. Rugg Admiral Kimmel Pearl Harbor Dyke Bridge Charles W. Messenger Lambert Park Phippsburg Bath Country Club Kennebec River Frank Scott Bath Iron Works Popham Scott William Hill Naugatuck Coast Guard Rosalie Richards Parker Head Hyde Federal and Washington Streets Lendall E. Greene Board of Selectmen Greene Court House Japan John C. Berry Worcester Empire Winter Street Times Sagadahoc Real Estate Association Mercury Cox's Head Morse Birch Point Hartnett Clarence Merrill Labor Day Back River Capitol Island Fred S. Curtis & CO Washington &T
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