Richmond Club and church events fill weekend schedule
A busy weekend in Richmond featured the Ideal Home Corner club gathering at Daughters of Veterans hall, multiple church services by Rev. Colby and Rev. Edgett, and a Sunday school opening. Activities included Mt. Carmel Chapter meetings, Boy Scout outings, swimming tests, and various personal visits and travels among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Home Corner Club
Daughters of Veterans Hall
R. A. L. Colby
Gardiner
United Baptist Church
Gilbert E. Edgett
Rome
N. Y
Methodist Church
Richmond
WSCS
Lion's Club
Mt. Carmel
OES
Boy Scouts
Methodist Parish Hall
George Volz
Pleasant Pond
Donald Knight
Glenn White
Emery Hamilton
Marienne
Delano Park
Cape Cottage
Er. F. Pratt
Deserters Picked Up Near Richmond In Wooded Camp
Harold E. Crocker of Ports mouth New Hampshire and Romeo Richards of Brunswick were found by Brunswick officers and Fort Williams personnel after deserting the U S Army in August. They had lived in a shack while cutting pulp wood near Richmond before being returned to Cape Elizabeth for court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Crocker
Portsmouth
N. H
Romeo Richards
Federal Street
Brunswick
U. S. Army
Fort Levett
Portland
Richmond
Richards
Wallace Higgins
Theodore Stimpson
Fort Williams
Crocker and Richards
Cape Elizabeth
Sewall Family Plans Moves to Portland and New Schools
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Washington street will move Sunday to Bowdoin street Portland with daughters Cynthia Sallie Lane and Nancy who leaves for Peekskill New York to study at St Marys school Their son Harold goes to Westminster school Simsbury Conn Misses Cynthia and Sallie Lane attend Waynflete school Portland Confirmed moves and school arrangements for family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Cynthia
Sallie Lane
Washington Street
Portland
Bowdoin Street
Nancy
Peekskill
N. Y
St. Mary's School
Harold
Westminster School
Simsbury
Georgetown Community Notes Include Luncheon and Visits
Georgetown events record Mrs Ernest Heal hosting a Friday luncheon with Mrs Hunt Rowe Bearce Cunningham and others. Walter Cummings reports his sister Mary Youngfleisch died in Pottsville. Navy enlistment for Edward Thorne. local referendum results favored No. Family visits span Bath Malden Newton and Melrose, with church talks by Miss Maude Thayer and solo by Mrs Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Heal
Elizabeth Hunt
Augusta Rowe
J. C. Bearce
Alexander Cunningham
Howard Trafton
Walter Cummings
Mary Youngfleisch
Pottsville
Youngfleisch
Edward Thorne
Robert Frye
Roy Newman
Sadie Drake
William Chesna
Ellsworth Loveitt
Corp. Herbert Loveitt
Australia
Maude Thayer
First Baptist Church
Kechlwetter
Fred Bragg
Bath
May Hagan
Henry Snow
Malden
Mass
Fred Butters
Robert Jordan
Brookline
H. G. Heald
A. E. Rowe
Whitney Brown
Newton
J. H. Brown
Brown
Maude ‘Thayer
Whitefield
West Georgetown
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Frank Koehlwetter
Massachusetts
Inez Allen
Sedgwick
Ralph Davis
Joseph Higgins
Raphael Higgins
John Gordon
John Carey
Frank Brown
Rumford
R. I
Rose Whitney Smith
Lexington
Sgt
Francis Oliver
Clarence Oliver
Camp Edwards
Roland Peterson
Portland
Lieut
Roland
Bay State couple travels to Maine by horse and buggy
Mr and Mrs Allan Patten of South Sudbury Massachusetts arrived at Alvin Morris farm on Gardiner Road Wiscasset Sunday September 14 after leaving September 8. They traveled with two dogs and two cats and a pony named Indian pin to pony pulling the buggy, resting at times for rain. Patten recently secured work at Bath Iron Works and planned the trip showing old time travel spirit despite gasoline and tire shortages. They kept within Massachusetts 35 mph and Maine 40 mph limits, feeding the pony at stations and at the roadside. Continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Patten
South Sudbury
Mass
Alvin Morris
Gardiner Road
Wiscasset
Morris Farm
Mrs. Patten
Massachusetts
Maine
Summer Homecomings and Moves Across Maine and New York
Locals and visitors depart and relocate for the fall season. Louise Peterson returns to Portland for the fall term while Colleen Rowe visits her Bath grandmother. Numerous families move between Bath Waldo and Portland areas, with departures to Chipley Florida Camp Devens Massachusetts New York and Brooklyn, and several households wintering in North Bath Sagadahoc Bay or Kennebec Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Williams
Josephine Hooker Wilson
Deborah
Milton
Mass
William R. Holley
New York
Zorah Place
George Alderman
Amherst
West Georgetown
Oliver Hooper
Portland
Sagadahoc Bay
George Powers
Jessie Hughan
Evelyn Hughan
Boothbay Harbor
Marjorie Rockwell
Robinhood
Barbara
Eleanor King
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Phippsburg
Five Islands Community Notes and Arrivals
Five Islands and Bath area news list visitors, residents, and events. The Roy family from Lakewood occupies the Staffeld home with connections to Quincy and Rev D W Staffeld. Lieutenant Paul A Thompson, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, now in Navy V-5 at Chapel Hill, is a Cranbrook athletics director and World War I veteran. Various locals including marriages, cottages closing for season, travel, and visits by neighbors are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Roy
Lakewood
Staffeld
Roy
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Mass
Five Islands
Bath Iron Works
J. G. Stevens
Paul A. Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Navy
Chapel Hill
N. C
Lieut. Thompson
Cranbrook School
J. G
Dick Sanford
C. H. Sanford
Exeter
N. H
Orville Rowe
H. B. Cranshaw
M. R. Boynton
Newton
Malden Island
C. F. Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Wilfred J. Rousse
Hope Berry
Bath
Marjorie Pinkham
Everett W. Norton
Arthur Berry
New York
Thelma Davis
Ivan Pinkham
Camp Devens
Good Neighbor Club
Francis Pierce
Gott’s Cove
Francis Bacon
South Sudbury
Howard Bacon and
Donald
Sudbury
Mansfield Boucher
Walter Morse
William Johnson
Hallowell
BIDS FOR DRAINAGE AT BATH DEFENSE HOUSING PROJECT
Sealed bids in duplicate are invited by the Federal Works Agency Public Buildings Administration Washington for storm water drainage at the Defense Housing Project Hyde Park Terrace Bath. Drawings and specifications may be obtained from the housing manager Mr Warner at the project or from the Washington office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Works Agency
Public Buildings Administration
Washington, D. C
Defense Housing Project
Hyde Park Terrace
Bath
Warner
Washington
Gas burner explosion injuries cook at Colonial restaurant
Peter-Houtsseas 1 chef at the Colonial restaurant suffered severe burns to the hands arms and face when a kitchen gas burner exploded as he tried to light it early Tuesday. Miss Ruth Cohen residing in Boston visited her parents Mr and Mrs Morris Cohen at 10 Old South Place during New Year holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter—Houtsseas
Colonial
Ruth Cohen
Boston
Morris H. Cohen
Old South Place
Bay Point flag displays and land gift mark village changes
Edward Coombs and George Worrey raise flags on cottages in Bay Point. Bay Point Improvement Association dissolves and gifts land and Casino to Village Corporation, which accepts for corporate and public use. Summer social ties noted with many visitors and return of residents as schools reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Coombs
George Worrey
Bath
Bay Point Improvement Association
Bay Point
Hollis Lee Riddle
Reading
Mass
Charles MacNeil
Malden
Zulette Rice
Pittsburgh
A. J. McKnight
Cambridge
Percy Warren
Beacon Hill
Boston
Robert Nesbitt
Mary Nesbitt
Charles Brewster
Manhattan
Kan
Brewster
Arthur Holt
Kennebec Point
Lions Club Concert Proves Enjoyable at Morse High
A large audience at Morse High auditorium enjoyed Eugene Sedwick and the Melodears in the first of four performances by the Collins Entertainment Bureau sponsored by the local Lions Club. The next program on Sept 22 features John Williams Hughes, radio commentator and writer, with the topic A Britisher Looks at American Democracy. The concert was well received for its varied and well presented numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Auditorium
Eugene Sedwick
Melodears
Collins Entertainment Bureau
Lions Club
John Williams Hughes
Anti Diphtheria Program Starts This Fall
The Fall diphtheria immunization drive, sponsored by the American Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service, begins tomorrow to finish earlier season work. Mothers are urged to bring children promptly for final inoculations. Schedule includes Dike School September 17 at 3:30, Mitchell School September 18 at 3:15, Red Cross Nursing Office September 22 at 2:00, and Hyde Park Terrace Administration Office September 24 at 2:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service
Dike
Mitchell School
Red Cross Nursing Office
Hyde Park Terrace
Mrs Enoch Y Shaw dies at 90 in Bowdoin home
Mrs. Carrie C Shaw 90 widow of Enoch Y Shaw died Tuesday evening after a long illness at the Gilpatrick home. Born Bowdoin March 31 1852 daughter of William and Dorcas Chandler she married Enoch Shaw 68 years ago. They lived in Topsham many years and she was active in Topsham grange and Sagadahoc Pomona. Survived by son C Eugene Shaw Worcester Mass. 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie C. Shaw
Enoch Y. Shaw
Wilbur Gilpatrick
Bowdoin
William and
Dorcas Chandler
Enoch Shaw
Topsham
Shaw
Topsham Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bath schools total registrations for 1939 show 1939 pupils
Harland A. Ladd office reports 1939 total registrations at 1939 pupils with 608 in Morse High and 1331 in other public schools. Grammar schools list by sub primary to grade seven totals across Dike North Central Center South Mitchell Weeks Hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Schools
Harland A. Ladd
Morse High School
Dike
North Grammar School
North
Central Grammar
Huse
Center Street
South Street
Mitchell
Weeks Street
Miss Phyllis Bishop Joins First National Store as Cashier
Miss Phyllis Bishop of Mechanic Street began work Monday at the First National Store as a cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Bishop
Mechanic Street
First National Store
Moniday
Miss Mary B Page 86 Dies In Bath After Long Illness
Miss Mary Bella Page born February 13 1857 in Bath died late Monday night at Memorial hospital after a three month stay following an accident. She was among Wellesley college’s first graduating class descendant of Bath’s prominent Page and Drummond families and member of Winter Street Congregational church. Survived by sister Mrs Edward H Hawley and several Page relatives. funeral Wednesday at two at her home 780 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Choate
Bernice Terrell
R. N
Roy Choate
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Choate
Richmond Hgh School
Enterprise Grange
Helen Bishop
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
N. Y
John Chapman
Cora Smith
Portland
Mary McGinn
Waterville
Della Grondin
S. May McKay
Dresden
Nellie Cobb
Richmond Corner
Herbert Higgins, Jr
Cobb Nursing Home
June McKenna
Hartford
Conn
Hattie McKenna
Mary Bella Page
Wellesley College
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Miss Page
Albert G
Maria Louisa (Drummond) Page
Joshua Page
Morse High School
Drummond
Winter Street Congregational Church
Edward H. Hawley
High Street
Albert G. Page
Fred A. Page
Frank E. Page
Chicago
William Drummond Page
New York
Frank Grinnell Page
Laura Lansing Page
Mrs Hathaway Funeral Committal at Oak Grove Bath Mass
Mrs Charles A Hathaway of Cambridge Mass died suddenly at her Cambridge home. Committal service was held Saturday at 2 30 PM in Oak Grove cemetery Bath after a funeral in Cambridge. Mrs Hathaway formerly of Bath. Mrs Harry W Tucker left to attend the funeral. Pvt John J Shepard returned to Richmond VA after a weekend leave with his mother Lena Shepard. He was formerly employed at First National Bank in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
John J. Shepard
U.S.A
Army Air Base
Richmond
Virginia
Lena Shepard
High Street
Army
Shepard
First National Bank
John Kimball
Boston
Emma Winslow Hathaway dies at 84 in Cambridge
Bath born Emma Winslow Hathaway 84 widow of Charles F Hathaway died suddenly at home in Cambridge Massachusetts. Born May 26 1858 she attended Bath High School 1877 later married Dr Fred J Small who died young. Active in philanthropy and Bath School Board, she married Hathaway in 1913 and wintered in West Palm Beach Florida. Survived by niece Miss Dorothy Marston and four nephews including Professors Charles Marston Roy Marston and James Marston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Emma Winslow Hathaway
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Mrs. Hathaway
James A. Winslow
Bath High School
Fred J. Small
Joseph Perry Dies at Riverside Golf Course
Joseph Perry of Pine Point, secretary and treasurer of the Maine Professional Golf Organization, died suddenly of a heart attack at Riverside Municipal Golf Course in Portland on Thursday. He was preparing for the Maine Open Tournament starting today, a fact known to Bath golfers who were shocked by the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Perry
Pine Point
Maine Professional Golf Organization
Riverside Municipal
Portland
Perry
Bath
Mrs Esther M Prest Dies In Lewiston Hospital At 33
Mrs Esther M Blinn Prest wife of Stanley L Prest of 59 Vine Street Lewiston died Thursday morning in Central Maine General Hospital aged 33 years six months 25 days Born in Brooklyn New York she was daughter of Walter and Esther Blinn She is survived by her husband two sons Charles and Walter one brother Walter Blinn of Brooklyn and one sister Mrs Mildred Ludwick of Brooklyn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther M. Prest
Stanley L. Prest
Vine Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter
Esther Morgan Blinn
Charles
Walter Blinn
Mildred Ludwick
Anton Draska Dies After Illness At Bath Memorial Hospital
Anton Draska aged 49 died at Bath Memorial Hospital Tuesday after a ten day illness. Born in Coona Russia he lived in Rumford before moving to 204 Water Street Bath and was employed at Bath Iron Works Corp. He is survived by one brother Charles Draska of Mexico. Funeral held in Rumford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Draska
Bath Memorial Hospital
Coona
Russia
Rumford
Water Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charles Draska
Mexico
Funeral for Paul L. Perry A Hyde Park tragedy
The funeral for four year old Paul Lloyd Perry of Hyde Park Terrace was held Friday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Albert Veil leux Joseph Angelo Donald Bennett and Michael Ford. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lloyd Perry
Lloyd A. Perry
Hyde Park Terrace
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Albert Veilleux
Joseph Angelo
Donald Bennett
Michael Ford
Oak Grove
Mrs Stineford Funeral Services Held in Oakland
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice May Stineford were conducted Thursday at 1 PM at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiated with bearers Wallace Ham Ernest Stinson Jack Lowry Warren MelIntire and Gene Watson. Burial followed at Lake View Cemetery in Oakland with committal services at 4 PM. Oakland bearers were Sherburn Stineford Arthur R Watson Floyd Foster and Warren Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice May Stineford
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Wallace Ham
Ernest Stinson
Jack Lowry
Warren MelIntire
Gene Watson
Lakeview Cemetery
Oakland
Sherburn Stineford
Arthur R. Watson
Floyd Foster
Warren Mitchell
Mrs. Esther Prest Rites Held at Local Church
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Esther Prest were conducted Sunday at two oclock at the residence church with Rev. Charles A. Berry of Emmanuel Bible Assembly officiating. Local Salvation Army leaders Capt. Leland Waldron and Capt. E Walter Lamie assisted. Bearers named were William Moore Ralph Richardson James Papas Clinton Fleming. Interment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Prest
Arthur F. Mayo
Charles A. Berry
Emmanuel Bible Assembly
Leland Waldron
Salvation Army
E. Walter Lamie
William Moore
Ralph Richardson
James Papas
Clinton Fleming
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Helen Graves
Maine General Hospital
Leslie Gardiner
Terrell Nursing Home
Dennis Merle
Robert Stickney
Arlene
County Road
Patricia Duren
Kennebec School of Commerce
Roxana Curtis
Randolph
Charles Hewitt
William Haynes
Milford
Florence Johnston
Bangor
Cora Conley
Robert Preble
Stafford
Lily Sherburne
Dorothy McMaster
Arthur Boyle
David Ames
Paula Bouche
Frank Preble
Howard Farwell
Shack
Georgetown
Vehoo
A&c
Oxford
Front ST Street
Bath EL
U.S
BAY State
South
Harriet Lane
Red Cross
Mary B. Page
MRS. Hathaway Funeral
Emma W. Hathaway
Popham Beach
Paul L. Perry
Mrs. Stineford
Fred S, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington Bt