Richmond Area Obituaries and Local Meetings Summary
Funeral services for Edith Elsbrick were held at her daughter’s home in Richmond with burial in Bay View cemetery Bowdoinham. William S Foster, formerly of Richmond, died in Sarasota Fla aged 74. burial in Richmond. Town meetings and club gatherings across Richmond district included First District Townsend clubs council in Richmond with speakers such as Ex-Governor Brann. Local club notices covered Richmond No 1, Suffolk and Enterprise Grange activities, and a Baptist Sunday school party with twenty children. Personal items note visits and relocations among residents and relatives in Auburn Bowdoinham Portland Brunswick and Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
Edith Elsbrick
David Graves
Lester Norton
Richmond Baptist Church
Samuel Dorrance
Raymond Sedgley
Walter Maxwell
Charles Dore
Bay View
Bowdoinham
Samuel Wildes
Milton Baker
Milton Douglass
Katherine Hawkins
Ray Cotton
Auburn
G. H. Trott
Howard Trott
Woolwich
William S. Foster
Richmond
Sarasota
Fla
Mr. Foster
William
Emma Allen Foster
State House
Boston
Emma Small
Townsend Clubs
Maine
John Quarrington
Louis J. Brann
Fulton Redman
Rev. Sweeney
Portland
Ralph Perkins
Orono
Bernard Lorry
Fairfield
L. H. Harmon
Sanford
L. G. Holston
Westbrook
G. Ivan Smith
Bangor
New York
Mina Floyd
Constance Guiou
Richmond Club
Stanley Card
Townsend Club
D. of A. W. Hall
Enterprise Grange Aid
Georgetown Social News Highlights From The Oaks
Georgetown residents attend luncheons dinners and picnics. Notables include Mrs J C Bearce Mrs Elizabeth Hunt Mrs Alice Coulter and Dr J H Brown with family and guests. Pearl Harbor memories shared by Paul Sprague and Navy service. Neighborly visits and travels noted among local households and summer retreats.
Progressive Grange of Richmond Meeting Highlights
A Richmond Progressive Grange gathering Friday drew about 75 attendees including visitors from Bodwell Litchfield Sagadahoc and Merrymeeting granges. An reinstatement request was heard. Booster Night plans were made. two donations were given by the home and community welfare committee. Celia Moore was named temporary Ceres as Gladys Rideout departs for Hartford. Rev. Charles H. Berry presented temperance slides and hymns. Ruth Sweetland of New Brunswick acted as soloist. Next meeting set for September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bodwell
Litchfield
Sagadahoc
Merry Meeting
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Grange
Goodwill Farm
Educational Fund
Celia Moore
Ceres
Gladys Rideout
Hartford
Charles H. Berry
Bath
Ruth Sweetland
New Brunswick
N. J
Bath residents mingle in town and region social circle
Numerous Bath area residents and guests are listed visiting, teaching assignments, and travels. Miss Edith ter, Miss Minnie Gray of Bridgton, and Miss Maude Thayer plan teaching posts. Mrs. Alvah Reynolds enters Bath Memorial Hospital for a minor operation. Families and locals visit Bath Opera House, Overlook cabins, and regional spots as World War II activity frames everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Edith
Auburn
Phillip Clifford
D. L. Pettengill
Bath
Minnie Gray
Bridgton
Bath Road
Alvah C. Reyonlds
Bath Memorial Hospital
Donald
Fritz Rockwell
Heronweirs
Sebasco
Clarence Hill
Boston
Cornelius Boissevain
Allendale
N. J
Guy Lowe
Campbell
George E. Jordan
Allen Laskey
Richard
Everett
Mass
George Laskey
Miniver
Bath Opera House
Ralph Davis
Maureen
Howard Trafton
J. Wilson
P. C. Calhoun
J. F. Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
William Todd
Richard Tribon
Robinhood
Hampden Highlands
Tribon
Bath Iron Works
Mary Lee Riggs
Pennsylvania
Miss Riggs
University of Maine
May Hagan
Harry Carlisle
Knubble Light
Cape Neddick
M Hagan
Eugene Coleman
Coleman
Dudley C. Allen
Natalie
New Jersey
Overlook
Harold Brown
Brown
John Gilmore
Washington, D. C
Harold Brown, Jr
Kennebec Point
Local War Service Notes Highlight In-State Visits
Sgt. Charles Baker Jr. stationed at Fort Knox Ky visits with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker of Bedford street. Miss Mary Perry R N school nurse in Wellesley Mass returns after summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perry of Center street extension. Mrs. Harold Ham of Lewiston returns home after visiting Bath her former home with cousins Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Madden of Dike road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Baker, Jr
Fort Knox
Charles Baker
Bedford Street
Mary Perry
R. N
Wellesley, Mass
Edward Perry
Center Street
Harold Ham
Lewiston
Bath
Joseph Madden
Dike Road
Five Islands Summer Life and Social Highlights
Five Islands winds down the season with cottages closing for Labor Day. Locals report a cheerful summer of motorboat rides picnics and bridge parties while the Community club held meetings and social events. Schools open with Miss Laura Harding teaching and a growing enrollment as families rent homes for fall. 4 H club work impressed attendees and local residents shared furloughs and vacations from Bath Iron Works and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Laura Harding
Horace Rittall
Bath Iron Works
Merry Maids
Milburn Stevens
Mrs. Stevens
Pvt
Merton W. Pinkham
Pine Camp
N. Y
Maurice Pinkham
Richard Potter
Rolalot
E. Clifford Landry
Walter Newell
Edgecomb Fire Department
Library Hall
Good Neighbor Club
Flora Renaud
WLAW
Lawrence
Mass
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Lettie Harford
Norman Harford
Betty and
Gilbert
Southard
Bessie Quimby
Malden
Quimby
Savage
Marion Stevens
Madelyn Berry
John McKay
Dummer Street
Bath
Zetta Higgins
Rockcrest
Pauline Rasmussen
Wakefield
Harriet Worrell
Philadelphia
Rockmere
G. P. Worrell
Anna Worrell
Dorothey Lewis
Rosemont
Bath Doctor Joins Army Reserve and Goes Abroad
Dr. Jacob Smith of Bath Maine enrolls as First Lieutenant in the U S armed forces and leaves September 14 for Fort Sam Houston Texas after closing his office September 10. He is joined by two Bath physicians now in service Com A A Stott and First Lieut Francis A Winchenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Smith
High Street
Front Street
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
United States Armed Forces
Smith
Joseph I
Morris
Bethlehem
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
University of Vermont
Auburn City Hospital
Auburn
N. Y
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sagadahoc Medical Society
Bathaerie of Eagles
Solar Lodge of Masons
The
Lions Club
West
U.S.N.R
Francis A. Winchenbach
U. S. Army
W. W. Haskell Funeral Cremains of Bathman in Bath
Funeral services for Vinal W. Haskell, longtime Bathman at Hyde Windlass Co, were held Sunday at 2 pm at Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Bath. He died Thursday in Brunswick at his daughter Mrs. George W. Geiler Jr. home after a long illness. Rev Forest L. Littlefield conducted the service. Grandsons Vinald H. King Richard H. Haskell served as bearers. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinal W. Haskell
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Haskell
Brunswick
George W. Geiler, Jr
Gladys Frances Haskell
Chamberlain Avenue
Hyde Windlass Co
Forest L. Littlefield
Boothbay Harbor
Wesley Method Ath
Mr. Haskell
Vinald H. King
Richard H. Haskell
Leonard M. Munsey
William Paisley
Oak Grove Cemetery
Obituary Frank L Steeves Dies at Bath Home at 208 Water Street
Frank L Steeves aged 69 died in his sleep at 208 Water Street Bath on Friday evening. He moved to Bath in July from Wollaston Massachusetts where the family still lives. He was born September 2 1886 in Salisbury New Brunswick son of Charles A Steeves and Caroline Holmes. He worked at Steeves Market and was a Mason. He is survived by his widow Gladys McCormick three children Frank Jr Roy Laura four brothers Lloyd Roy Fenwick Walter and one sister Edith MacCullum. The funeral was held Monday at 3 00 p m at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence with Rev Charles R Sims officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Todd
Pearl Harbor
Paul Sprague
Fred Butters
Malden
Sprague
Navy
San Francisco
Maryland
Roy Newman
William Zorach
Gaston LaChaise
Albert Deermont
Newman
Kennebec Point
Phillip Clifford
Clifford
Bath Iron Works
South Rumford
Ralph Scott
Boothbay Harbor
Georgetown
Dorothy Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Labor Day
J. F. Higgins
Iggins
Paul Wren
Medford Hillside
Robert Jordan
Boston
Howard Heald
Frank Heald
Kenneth Dunlop
Bernard Carlson
Frances Stacy
Dix’s Island
Phippsburg
D. L. Pettengill
Richards
Gardiner
Indian Point
Thora Berggreen
New York
George Laskey
Berggreen
Wiscasset
Lucile Utter
Richmond
Roland Peterson
Howard Fletcher
Belmont
Fletcher
Tucker Sayward
Fletcher Home
Frank L. Steeves
Bath
Wollaston
Water Street
Mr. Steeves
Salisbury
N. B
Charles A
Caroline (Holmes) Steeves
Steeves Market
Lloyd E. Steeves
Gladys McCormick
Dorchester
Frank, Jr
Camp Devens
Roy
Laura
Roy and Fenwick
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Steeves
Lincoln
Edith MacCullum
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Vinal W. Haskell, Bath public figure, dies at 72
Vinal Wesley Haskell, 72, died at his daughter’s home in Brunswick after a long illness. Born January 5, 1864 in Bradley, he moved to Bath in 1890 and married Rosella Comstock in 1892. He worked at Bath Iron Works then Hyde Windlass Company, retiring February 7, 1942 after 52 years of service, and was a member of Wesley Methodist church. Survived by his widow, one daughter, two sons including ex mayor Robert H. Haskell, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinal Wesley Haskell
George W. Geiler, Jr
Gladys Frances Haskell
Chamberlain Avenue
Brunswick
Mr. Haskell
Bradley
Bath
Rosella Jeannette Comstock
Old Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Company
Roswell C. Haskell
Philip A. Haskell
Herbert QO. Antworth
Gertrude B. Haskell
Percy J Barry Dies After Short Illness At Memorial Hospital
Percy J Barry 46 a Hyde Windlass Co guard died Wednesday of last week at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Bath six months with brother Forrest at 2 Pleasant Ave after moving from Lewiston to work at the local firm. Born in Chisholm he was a son of Robert and Ethel Knapp Barry. He leaves widow Alice M Barry a son Robert and brothers Forrest Hartford Conn Maurice Auburn and several nephews and nieces. He was a member of Bath Aerie of Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy J. Barry
Hyde Windlass Co
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Barry
Lewiston
Forrest
Pleasant Avenue
Chisholm
Robert
Ethel
Knapp) Barry
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Alice M. Barry
City
Hartford, Conn
Maurice
Auburn
Ham Funeral Held Friday at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral services for William F. Ham were held Friday afternoon at two o’clock in Curtis Funeral Home, 942 Washington Street. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated with a Masonic service led by Polar Star lodge officers. Bearers included Lawrence Lowell Edwin H. P. Lowell Ernest Freeman Donald Smith Charles McIntire all lodge officers and Ralph Dunton a family friend. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Ham
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Polar Star Lodge
Lawrence Lowell
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Ernest Freeman
Donald Smith
Charles McIntire
Lodge
Ralph Dunton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Frank L Steeves Funeral In Wollaston Area
Funeral for Frank L Steeves formerly of Wollaston Mass died suddenly Friday evening at his home 208 Water Street was held Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev Sims officiating Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery Mass city record notes the service and interment for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L Steeves
Wollaston
Mass
Water Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Charles Fuller obituary from Bath area
Mrs Charles Fuller 58 died at her Center street extension home after years of illness. Born Minnie Estella Webster April 17, 1884 in Bath, she was a devoted mother and sister, former Ladies of the G A R member. Survived by three daughters, one son, three sisters, six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday at her late home with Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt officiating. bearers included Edmund Webster and Albert Allen. Burial was in Oak burial ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fuller
Center Street Extension
Frederick P. Moffattt
Corliss Street Church
Edmund Webster
Albert Allen
Harry Thayer
Edward Larrabee
Redford Christianson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Alice M. Stineford obituary in Bath and Oakland
Mrs Alice Mae Stineford 56 of 423 Washington street died Tuesday in Memorial hospital after a 15 day stay. Born Ironton Ohio July 16 1886 daughter of William J Carroll and Emily Lawless she lived in Oakland before settling in Bath since 1935. Survived by widower Carroll R Stineford son grandson three siblings and several relatives. Funeral Thursday at one pm at Arthur High street with Rev. Frederick P Moffatt officiating, burial at Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Mae Stineford
Joshua M. Stineford
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Stineford
Ironton
William J
Emily (Lawless) Carroll
Oakland
Baptist Church
Central Maine Power Co
Carroll R. Stineford
Raymond E
Wilbur Carroll
Laura Anderson
Edith Rodawig
Manchester
N. H
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Church
Death of Mrs Bessie Lancaster Potter in Hope Valley
Mr and Mrs Everett Green of 66 Bowery street mourn the death of their cousin Mrs Bessie Lancaster Potter 65 at her Hope Valley Providence home. Born June 18 1877 in Nova Scotia to Wesley and Augustine Dwyer she lived in Providence and Bath earlier, widowed from George Lancaster then married George C Potter. She was active in Nazarene and Episcopal churches and a Red Cross worker. Survived by her widow and daughter Mrs Gladys Richardson of Hope Valley. Funeral held Saturday at 2:30 PM in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Green
Bowery Street
Bessie Lancaster Potter
Potter
Hope Valley
Providence
R. I
Nova Scotia
Wesley and
Augustine (McKay) Dwyer
George Lancaster
Bath
Lancaster
George C. Potter
Church of the Nazarene
Episcopal Church
Red Cross
Gladys Richardson
St Martin Family Visits East Braintree and Camp Niantic Man
Mr and Mrs Edward St Martin and daughter Carolyn of upper Washington street return from East Braintree Massachusetts where they visited Mrs St Martins cousins Mr and Mrs Frank Cox They saw their son Pvt John St Martin stationed at Camp Niantic Connecticut attending military police school He had a brief furlough and telephoned his parents who took the next bus to Boston John was employed with the Times Co before entering the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward St. Martin
Carolyn
Upper Washington Street
East Braintree
Mass
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Robert Hoyle
Methuen
J. H. Hoyle
Hattie Purinton
Chestnut Street
Wilfred Morton
Ernest Bur
Newton Upper Falls
Donald Grant
Cal AD
J. C. Bearce
Elizabeth Hunt
Alice Coulter
Ernest Heal
Frank Brown
the Oaks
J. H. Brown
Whitney Brown
Dartmouth College
Joseph Higgins
Roslindale
Hunt
Harriet Lane
Norman Gay
Alexander Cunningham
Olsen
Walter Powers
Harry Morin
Sea Beach
Lucy R. Jones
Co. G
366Th Infantry
Percia Anderson
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo
Booker Flowers
Robert Holley
Israel Ford
Clifford Jackson
Albert King
Jules Perrish
James Gordon
Walter Mardre
Ivory Thomas
Elizabeth Henry
Mary Jones
West Bath
New Orleans
William Holley
Addie Stott
Ruby MacMahan
Edith Powers
Elmer Palmer
Harry Palmer
Melrose
Mr. Palmer
U. S. Navy
Geraldine Essler
Stanley Flewelling
Linwood Stevens
Edwin Adams
Annie Adams
Progressive Grange
Il AD
POLI
George W. Lane, Jr
I. E. Booker
Marilyn
Sonny
Paul Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Mr. Pinkham
Leon Williams
Leon
Olive Williams
Walthan
L. H. Rowe
Rowe
Williams
Dick Sanford
William Chafe
J. W. Blasi
Chase
Harmon's Harbor
Blasi
Herbert Moore
William Chase
South Freeport
W. W. Haskell
Wollaston, Mass
W. F. Ham
Frank Steeves
Alice M. Stineford
Bessie L. Potter
Providence, Rhode Island
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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