Richmond Community Clubs Plan Chicken Supper and Church Revival
A Tuesday Enterprise Grange meeting approved one new member and outlined a public chicken supper for Oct. 3. Activities featured Annie Dunbar in a program with readings, music, and a spelling game won by Capt. Harald Jones’s team. A revival campaign at the Church of the Nazarene runs Sept. 12–23 with daily services and child sessions. The wedding of Gertrude Curtis to Marshall White occurred at the Bowdoinham Ridge church, with details on attendants and attire. Local personal items note travels and a Missouri-bound service member aboard the USS Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Annie Dunbar
Phyllis Strout
Dora Marriner
Priscill& Chipman
Minnie Batchelder
Marriner
Harald Jones
Capt
Jones
Mildred Davis
Sadie Waltz
Ideal Home Corner Club
Main Street
Y.A.Y.F. Club
Adams _s shore
Brown's Point
Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
G. Emery Pratt
J. Nelson Brown
Social notes from the region feature returns and visits
Local residents list multiple homecomings and trips. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan of Kimball street return from a month with relatives in Houston. Miss Claire Plouff and Miss Doris Pullen come home from Rangeley Lakes hotel. Many relatives and friends visit in Bath, Presque Isle, Mechanic Falls, Portland, Bangor, Lynn, and Boston, with several soldiers and naval personnel noted, including a discharge and new furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sullivan
Kimball Street
Houston
Claire Plouff
Doris Pullen
M Rangeley Lakes
Rangeley Lakes
Nellie Cobb
Bath
Oscar Douglass
Richmond
Clowes Guiou
Presque Isle
Seth Watson
Beech Street
Ggt. Watson
Philippines
Kenneth M. Chetley
Fort Devens
Roger Berry
Main Street
Lynn
Mass
Harry Moulton
York Village
Joyce Kelley
Avis Lamoreau
Raymond Libby
South Pleasant Street
Wallace Gardiner
Center Street
Spruce Street
Norman Sedgley
T 5
United States
Charles James
State Road
Mary Sweatt
Bradley
Albert Hewitt
Edgar W. Carter
Bangor
Walter Barnes
N. Y
Pearl Perry
County Road
Henry Lively
Boston
E. W. Hall
Cedar Grove
Hamilton
Carl Anderson
School Street
Portland
Gerald Witham
Bath Iron Works
Gardiner Street
SONS OF VETERANS INVITED TO ROCKLAND RECEPTION
Members of T. W. Hyde Camp Auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War attend a reception in G A R hall Rockland to honor department president Mrs Stella McRae and staff hosted by Anderson Camp and Auxiliary Rockland. Other local attendees include Sen Vice Depart Commander Harry Warner and wife and department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles York
Norway
Grange Hall
South
Paris
Harry Warner
Vernon W. Miller
Maurice J. Warner
Department
Florence Robinson
Joseph N. Day
Philip Boyd
Artland K. Rogers
Howard Blake
National Special Aid
Emily Rideout
Edward F. Miller
Miller
Frances
Phyllis Warner
Cambridge nursing class welcomes two local students
Among the 44 young women starting the three year course are Camler of Nursing at Cambridge Mass two from this vicinity Miss Roberta Burrell of Bowdeinham and Miss Margery Maybury of Woolwich. The new students were welcomed with a party Tuesday evening and classes started Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camler
Cambridge
Mass
Roberta Burrell
Bowdeinham
Margery Maybury
Woolwich
Bath area notes and social updates reflect post summer activity
Elmer Tibbetts Jr. is born Sept 2 at Bath Memorial hospital. Sunday services at First Baptist and Robinhood church feature sermons and christenings. Many Bath residents travel to New York, Maine, and Massachusetts for visits, work, or family events. Lt. Nathan Plant wedding announced, with future station in Brunswick. Pupils resume at Center school. several families return from trips and cottages. locals attend fairs and socialize across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer, Jr
Elmer Tibbetts
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maude Thayer
First Baptist Church
Edith Anne
George Laskey
Robinhood Church
Charles Kinney
Bath
Edith Powers
Elbridge Powers
Ruby MacMahan
Mary Brooks Hollis
Thomas Hollis
Nathan Michael Plant
Usimca
Concord
N. H
Hollis
Sagadahoc Bay
St. Plant
Brunswick
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Morris Levine
Sumner Mains
Frick’s Rock
Levine
Mavns
Mrs. Bessie Hassenman Returns From Boston Visit
Mrs. Bessie Hassenman has returned home after a visit to Boston and nearby areas. She traveled for several weeks and reports a pleasant trip with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Hassenman
Boston
Vicinity
Dickson and Farnham Win Bath Bicycle Race Sunday
David C. Dickson Jr won the senior class and Robert Farnham captured the junior group in Bath's first such race in years on a five and seven tenths mile course. Dickson finished in 25:00 while Farnham posted 21:45. Second and third places earned prizes and two months theatre passes. Officials and sponsors cited local support and prize contributions from Bath firms and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Dickson, Jr
USC
Robert Farnham
Bath
Lincoln Street
North Bath Road
Country Club
Old Brunswick Highway
North Street
USO
Dickson
Farnham
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
Galen Miller
Meadowway
Torrey Roller
Richard Roberts
Washington Street
Bath Opera House
Reginald Fogg
Bath Box Co
Robert Marshall
Uptown Theatre
David Y. Alkazin
Maine State Guard
Nathan Watson
Morse High
Duncan Farrell
Edward J. McMann
Stanley Hunter
Common Council
Harmon Smith
Everett Johnson
John Parker
Linwood Haynes
James McQuarrie
John Gaude
West Bath Grange Opens Its Season With Clam Chowder
West Bath Grange opened its season Monday night with a clam chowder supper served to nearly 125 members led by master Arthur C. Lemont assisted by Jack Quirk Fred Wentworth Jasper Lovett Reginald Farnham Alfred Neal Ferdinand Coombs James B. Lemond Harmon Barter John Sylvester and Carlton Andrews. A lecturer program followed featuring Thelma Sylvester, Roger Robinson, and entertainment by Mrs. Alice Smith Mrs. Esther Andrews and others. A relay race won by Reg Farnham and a Tableau Septem ber impressed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Arthur C. Lemont
Lemont
Jack Quirk
Fred Wentworth
Jasper Lovett
Reginald Farnham
Alfred Neal
Ferdinand Coombs
James B. Lemond
Harmon Barter
John Sylvester
Carlton Andrews
Thelma Sylvester
Roger Robinson
Frank Donnell
Robert Farnham
Bud Thompson
Gerald Weeks
Farnham
Alice Smith
Fred Rose
Courtney Stover
Esther Andrews
Alton Corliss
Topsham
Frances Deehan
Five Islands notes and community updates
The town lists ongoing locality details including school staffing with Miss Laura Harding and Miss Stella Roberts, returning service members from Europe, open cottages after Labor Day, and social events at Good Neighbor club. It records baptisms at Hagan's Cove, church services, and widespread visits and relocations among residents and visitors.
Purinton Neeley Wedding Friday At Manilla Arkansas
Miss Helen A Neeley of Manila Arkansas became the bride of Cpl Donald L Purinton USAAF son of Mr and Mrs Cyrus L Purinton of 619 High street Sept 7 at 430 at the parsonage of Beacon Street Methodist church Rev Charles L Kinney performed the double ring ceremony The bride traveled from Arkansas to Bath for the wedding The groom is a native of Rumford and a ground mechanic with the Eighth Air Force in England They will honeymoon then report to Devens Massachusetts for the next assignment Sept 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen A. Neeley
Manila
Ark
Cpl
Donald L. Purinton
USAAF
Cyrus L. Purinton
High Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Charles L. Kinney
Arkansas
Bath
Purinton
Rumford
Stephens High School
Wentworth Institute
Hyde Windlass Co
Eighth Air Force
England
John Neeley
St. Louis
Parinton
Devens
Mass
Repairs Planned for Davenport Memorial Building
Davenport city committee on Public Buildings met to discuss alterations and repairs at the Davenport Memorial building. Planned work includes basement men's toilet changes, tile floor, auditorium repainting, linoleum floor, and sand blasting the limestone front to remove dirt. Costs will determine which items proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Memorial
Woodbury Bailey Will Continue Business
Woodbury Bailey plans to carry on his late father's business at 189 North Street selling new and old machinery tools general hardware electrical equipment marine hardware and plumbing equipment. He will meet old customers and new ones with assistant Michael Durgan who comes from Johnson Bros hardware. The store is already operating and will assist customers in various lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury Bailey
North Street
Bailey
Roscoe G. Bailey
Michael Durgan
Johnson Bros. Hardware
Grace P Sampson Dies After Fall From Float
Grace Page Sampson 62 died early Sunday from accidental drowning after plunging from a float near Brigham's Cove West Bath where she and husband Edward W Sampson a Railway Express agent had summered. Sagadahoc Medical Examiner Dr Joseph I Smith ruled death accidental drowning. She was born in Farmington Falls daughter of William H and Abbie Page graduated Bath High in 1901. She worked as switchboard operator for Bath Iron Works at marriage Sept 12 1908. A charter Cosmopolitan club member and director she served as secretary of the Brigham's Cove Association. She is survived by her husband an uncle William Walker and several cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Page Sampson
Brigham's Cove
West Bath
Edward W. Sampson
Railway Express
Bath
Sagadahoc
Joseph I. Smith
Farmington Falls
William H
Abbie Page
Commander Lord Passes in Bath After Public Service
The 1932 Bath mayor and Bowdoin College honorary Master of Science recipient, John A. Lord, Sr., renowned for restoring the Constitution and curating the Bath Marine Museum, dies. Survived by his widow Mary, children, siblings, and six grandchildren. Funeral service set for Wednesday afternoon at Winter Street Church with six active Navy yeomen bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bath
Bowdoin College
Bath Marine Museum
John A. Lord
Parker Head
Phippsburg
Samuel C
Arabelle M. Blaisdell Lord
Mary Lee Curtis
Parker C. Curtis
David Curtis
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution
Wharf Rats Club
Boston
Providence
R. I
Bath Savings Institution
Bath Memorial Hospital
Men's Club
Winter Street Church
Solar Lodge
Af&am
John A. Lord, Jr
Collinswood
N. J
Raymond C Small
John F. Freete
Concord
Mass
Robert V. Langmuir
Schenectady
N. Y
Milan A. Lord
Sanbornton
George C. Lord
Weymouth
Calvin Dyer
Clyde A. Turner
Lowell
Mrs Emma McFadden Dies After Long Illness At 705 Middle Street
Emma McFadden widow of Charles McFadden died at her home after a long illness. Born March 13 1857 at Parker Head she lived in Lincoln and Chestnut streets while her husband ran a trucking business. She belonged to Queen Esther Rebekah lodge and attended First Baptist church. Surviving sister Kate Marr of Gloucester mass and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Curtis Funeral Home Monday at two led by Rev Charles H Berry. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma McFadden
Charles McFadden
Middle - Street
Parker Head
John
Elsie
Mary) Oliver
McFadden
Lincoln
Chestnut Streets
Kate (Oliver) Marr
Gloucester
Mass
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles H. Berry
Oak Grove
Funeral Services for Com Dr John A Lord
Funeral services for Commander John A Lord U S N Retired were held at Winter Street Congregational Church on Wednesday at two o clock. A large gathering honored the citizen with elaborate floral displays and a dignified service conducted by Rev A A Almand. Mrs Carlton W Andrews played organ selections before and after the service, with Mendelssohn and Massenet pieces and hymns Lead Kindly Light Abide With Me Nearer My God to Thee. The casket draped with an American flag was interred at Oak Grove with Navy enlisted men as active bearers and a long list of honorary bearers. The committal was read at the grave and taps by a Navy bugler concluded the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdr
John A. Lord
U. S. N. Rtd
Winter Street Congregational Church
A. A. Almand
Carlton W. Andrews
Mendelssohn
Thais
Massenet
Carlton
Dvorak
Oak Grove
U. S. Navy
William S. Newell
Rodney E. Ross
J. Edward Drake
E. Everett Pierce
Allan Spear
Harry F. Morin
Donald D. Young
Rupert H. Baxter
Walter H. Bowker
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Oliver Moses
William S. Shorey
Harry C. Webber
Frederick N. Sanborn
Archibald M. Main
Fred H. Lord
Miss Ethel L Clark Dies After Illness at 62
Miss Ethel Lila Clark, 62, died suddenly last Wednesday after a day of illness. Born December 31, 1862 in Queen’s County New Brunswick, she lived much of her life in Lewiston and Lisbon with her nephew Jack Clark and Mrs Clark of Harvard Street. She attended the Congregational church of Lewiston and remained active until health declined. Surviving are one niece Mrs Lincoln Bowie of Lewiston and one nephew Jack Clark of Bath along with several cousins. Services were held Friday at the family plot in Lisbon at 2 30 p m with Rev Charles L Kinney officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lila Clark
Jack Clark
Clark
Harvard Street
Queen's County
N. B
David Clark
Lewiston
Lisbon
Congregational Church of
Lincoln Bowie
Bath
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Mrs Annie Cressey Dies. Funeral Held At Mayo Residence
The funeral for Mrs Annie Cressey occurred Thursday at 2 pm at the Mayo Funeral residence. Rev Charles H Berry of Portland conducted the service. Bearers were Everett Ellis Scott P Cressey Jr Howard Cressey and Lieut David Cressey US Army. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Cressey
Mayo
Charles H. Berry
Portland
Everett Ellis
Scott P. Cressey
Howard Cressey
David Cressey
U.S. Army
Oak Grove
Mrs McFadden's Funeral Held at Curtis Home
Emma A. Mc Fadden's funeral was held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Curtis Funeral Home. Rev Charles H. Berry officiated with bearers Linwood Higgins William Van Scoy Harry Thompson and Mr Dalrymple. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma A. McFadden
Curtis Funeral Home
Charles H. Berry
Linwood Higgins
William van Scoy
Harry Thompson
Mr. Dalrymple
Oak Grove
Grace P Samp son Funeral Obituary at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral of Grace P Samp son was held Tuesday at two o'clock at the Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were Charles T. Small, Ralph H. Dunton, Roy Shackford, and Milton H. Douglas. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace P. Sampson
Curtis Funeal
David L. Wilson
Charles T. Small
Ralph H. Dunton
Roy Shackford
Milton H. Douglas
Oak Grove
Genesta Circle Picnic Affected by Bad Weather
Genesta Sewing Circle members and families gathered at Mrs. Alice Lancaster's Brig ham's Cove summer home. Indoor activities and a noon picnic lunch were enjoyed as plans for the next meeting with Mrs. Lawrence Lord on Sept 26 were discussed. Miss Mary Cunningham left for Boston for the Dancing Teachers' Convention and will resume classes Sept 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Sewing Circle
Alice Lancaster
Brigham's Cove
Lawrence Lord
Fitts Street
Mary Cunningham
Boston
Boston Dancing Teachers
Bradford
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Bowdoinham Ridge
Gertrude I. Curtis
Marshall M. White
David Hickland
Richmond Methodist Church
Wilmer Hiefey
Lillian Haynes
Irving Waltz
Jean Curtis
Edwin Potter
Machias
Mary Curtis
Edward White
Bowdoinham
Jackson Wallace
Erland Curtis
Rodney A. Dunn
Sherene
John Dunn
L. M. Bombardier
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
Maine
U.S.S
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Paul Raymond Savoie
Inez Sadie
Sons OF Veterans
Rockland
Georgetown
Alice Coulter
Roslindale
Elizabeth Hunt
Chester Kelsea
Theodore R. Campbell
Seguinland
White Mountains
Labor Day
Lorraine Copp
Herbert Jones
Sadie Drake
Pfc
Herbert Hunt
Okinawa
Lillian Wheeler
MacMahan
New York City
Frank Crandall
Salem
Roland Peterson
Eugene Gilmore
Iowa City
Iowa
Dalrymple House
Elizabeth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Bar Harbor
Lauretta Jones
Ed Harriman
Hudson, Mass
Edward Clarey
John Stone, Jr
Richard Hohenberg
New York
Robinhood
Maud Thayer
Thomaston
Billa Tarr
Howard Trafton
Beatrice Abbott
Joseph Higgins
Winfield Cressey
Tessin Zorach
William Zorach
Brooklyn
Georgia Randall
W. A. Todd
Robert Jordan
Howard Heald
Brookline
Florence Woodside
Mac Hagan
Lillian Morse
Oakland
Waltham
Melrose Highlands
Parker Moulton
Parker Moulton, Jr
Wareham
Moulton
James S. Rogers
Haverford
Edgar Hunter
New Hampshire
Warren S. Todd
Belle Heald
Carroll Powers
Philip Dalrymple
Newton Center
Wrenbee Point
Edwin F. Hussa
Hope Ward
Arthur Wing
Laura Harding
West Harbor
Stella Roberts
Edgecomb
Ransom Sawyer Jr
Europe
Good Neighbor Club
Edith McMahan
Rowe Cottage
Richard Maxwell
Good Neighbor Clubs
Hagan's Cove
J. A. Beyea
Beyea
North Windham
Georgetown Parish
John Maki
Freeport
Library Hall
Mary Louise
Barbara Pinkham
Dorothy Thompson
North Yarmouth Academy
Roy Clark
Staten Island
Blake Camp
Evelyn Stewart
Charlotte Brown
Jean Thompson
Arlington
Orville Rowe
Marion Stevens
Edward Bucler
Edward Jr
Buker
Frank Doland
Doland
St. John Seminary
Madge O'Brien
Carol
Washington, D.C
William Chafe
Blasi
Chestnut Hill
Irving Booher
Booher
Marilyn Booker
Fettig
Linda
Connersville
Ind
Hoosier Haven
James Stevens
Larkin
Merose Highlands
Pleasant Villa
William McGrath
Allston
Miss
Howard Bacon
Francis
Harold Rowe
Kittery
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Joan Marr
Elbridge Southard
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Chester McMahan Jr
Mary Hanna
Azuba Holland
Leominster
Alfred McMahan
Herbert Belanger
Lermond Davis
Robert McPherson
Patricia
Elizabeth
Robert
South Danville
Marion Weston
Exeter
Harold Pinkham
Gerry Southard
Mr. Davis
Francis Pierce
Randolph
Son
D. L. Howard
Purinton-Neeley
Beacon Street Parsonage
Marius H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouses
Brigham’s Cove
Emma M’fadden
Com
Ethel L, Clark
Mrs. McFadden
Genesta Circle
Freds, Curtis & CO
Ambulance Service
Washington
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