Community notices and flood disruptions in Richmond area
Local service changes follow morning chapel services as parishioners attend at the Richmond and Canadi diocese events. A severe flood along Bridge Street and Mill Brook isolates areas, drives families from homes, damages properties including Norris and See families, and halts Route 201 traffic with power and telegraph lines affected.
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Werpout
Richmond
Norris
James Burney
Front Street
Coe the Smith
Sunats
Willian Sullivan
C. M. P.co
Barker Brook
Mystery Lodge elects officers at Friday meeting
Rebekah Lodge met Friday evening for a degree ceremony on one candidate. Officers elected include Noble Grand Venderanda Sanford and Vice Lois Pushard. Miss Theresa Patnaude of Ar nist. Miss Jean ny of Mr. and Mrs. Kenge Padcons wed Rollin A. Martineau performed the double ring ceremony. Theodore Patnaude played organ. The Bride, Miss Mary Jean Sullivan, wore a nylon satin gown. The couple resides at 46 Avon Street after a New Hampshire trip.
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Alice Gibee
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Venderanda Sanford
Lois Pushard
Recording Ry
Mina Jannotte
Fipag de Hat Aes
Br Assémbly
Lewiston
Olive Gilpatrick
van Bee Natha Bee
Jeanny
Kenge Padcons
Rollin Ineau
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Theresa Patnaude
Arnist
Ates
Jeannette Shacks
Richmond
Camille Cloutier
Georgia Moeller
Ann Hodgkins
Emile Thibeault
Nets
Hare
Topsham
Richmond High School
Biddeford
Brunswick
U. S. Navy
Portlandunion College
New Hampshire
Avon Street
Portland
Mary Jean Sullivan
Maurice Sullivan
North Front Pees
Neilward LaRochelle
Georgetown Unity Plea Over Hurricane Aftermath
Community notes from Georgetown detail hurricane recovery progress across roads and cottages. Farmers report flood damage with rotted crops and lost apple trees, while bridges and washouts near Luke's Hill and Meadow Hill complicate access. Local ferries and transport services shift as Peterson store closes and Viking docks, with residents returning from furloughs and planning reassignment to Boston.
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Harris
Ersing Saf
Maries
New Guinea
Marrtown
Luke’s Hill
West Georgetown
Levine
Williams
Meadow Hill
Indian Point
Webber Road
Robinhood
Washington Heat Place
Knubbie
Campbell's Pond
Heal’s Eddy
Zorah
Davis
Brian
Lawrence Cloutier
Cloutier
Augusta
Peterson
MacMahan
Viking
Boothbay Harbor
Tage Christensen
Christensen
Residents recount hurricane era connections at Georgetown Center
The report lists local residents and visitors over a weekend, detailing travels to Portland Kennebec Point and Overlook camp activities. Families such as Brown, Carlisle, Williams, Wheelock and others are noted along with sabbatical travel to Canada and Nebraska and power outages in Norwell.
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Cape Elizabeth
Harold J. Brown Jr
Buddy
Holly
Portland
Studebaker
Katharine Carlisle
Winchester
New Meadows Inn
Kennebec Point
Miss Carlisle
Harold Brown
Jackie
Carl Williams
Georgetown Center
Wiscasset
Carrie Carlisle
Martha Bowen
Lyman Wheelock
Welch River
Old Orchard
Wheel
Bowen
Fitchburg
Mass
Overlook
Ethel Patterson
Miss Ruth
West Georgetown
Canada
Nebraska
Patterson
Highland Manor School
Long Branch
N. J
Dorothy W. Stuart
MacMahan
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Guy Snow
Sewall Webster
Indian Point Road
Pierce Fuller
Henderson
John D. Williams
Carl
Honus Hicks
West Newton
Robert Graffam
John Pierce
Cambridge
Marrtown
Chester Horne
Harry L. Horne
Free Class in Piloting Soon by Kennebec River Power Squadron
The Kennebec River Power Squadron will hold a free piloting class starting Friday evening Oct 1 from 7 to 9 pm at the B I W Recreation hall. Ten Friday sessions follow with final exam eligibility to join the U S Power Squadrons. The course, led by Lindsey Lord, covers equipment lights rules seamanship safety compass navigation charts piloting and shipboard customs. Open to all 18 plus with no charge. meeting place to be decided by enrollees.
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Kennebec
Lindsey Lord
Maine
Championship at La. on Olympic Roarylub's Lake Course
A championship event will be held on the Olympic Roarylub's Lake Course near downtown San Francisco, about 10 miles away, with the venue described as being in the La. area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pice
San Francisco
Early settlers carried pests per National Geographic Society
Early white settlers in America reportedly brought lice fleas bedbugs clothes moths mites bats grubs and flies to the United States, according to the National Geographic Society.
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America
National Geographic Society
Five Islands Notes And People From Bath Area
The Five Islands community reports a music evening with Reginald Pinkham and local vocalists, church youth and Sunday school plans, and a change in junior meeting time to 6 30 p m Friday. A lot of local residents and visitors from Bath, Cambridge, Rumney Station, Montpelier and North Wilmington are named in personal notes and cottage visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Pika Pinkham
George Gray
Cal
Georgetown
Five Islands
Ore
Marr
Orville Rowe
Beulah Miller
Vernon Gray
Georgie Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Reynolds Grover
Orissa Carr
Thomas Hutchins
North Edgecombe
Leon Kawich
Irene Jones
Bath
Margaret MacMahan
Branwell Harford
Rumney Station
N.H
Vermont
Reginald Pinkham
S. A
Lloyd Pinkham
May
N. J
Bosbian Carr
Boothybay
Town
McKewnan
Cambridge
Mass
Frank Do
Kathleen Rittall
B Doyle
Jon Doyle
Portland
Victor Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Henry Moore
Furber Davis
New Harbor
Reading
Melvin Comeau
Winnifred
Susan Briggs
D. W. Staffeld
Harold Rowe
Alice Boston
Ogunquit
Howard Bacon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Elaine Snow
Robert Snow
Mr. and
Hyde
Topsham
George Phillips
Massachusetts
Richard Berthel
North Wilmington
Marv Grissom Brother of Lee Grissom and NL Reliever
Marv Grissom was a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the brother of Lee Grissom, who played in the National League from 1934 to 1942 with Cincinnati and Philadelphia, linking two siblings in early major league baseball history.
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Marv Grissom
New York Giants
Lee Grissom
Aren
Cincinna
Padelphia
Birds in Arizona receive brown francolins from India and Pakistan
The brown francolin, or part ridge, is a common game bird of India and Pakistan. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has receives some of these birds for distribution in Arizona.
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India
Pakistan
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arizona
Official Wesley Church board discusses Coop plan
The Official Board of Wesley Church met Tuesday evening and voted to appoint Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell as supply pastor for Beacon Street Methodist until a minister is secured or until conference time next May. A committee from Wesley and Beacon Street will arrange details of the cooperative plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Upham
Wesley Ote Church
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Alfred G. Hempstead
Augusta
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Church
Beacon Street
Marc King
Isley Board
Barbara Small
Andrew Butterfield
Stanley Hunter
Walter Upham
John Sampson
Carl Taber
Methodist
Charles Marble
Taber
Carlene Suslar
Suslar
Merle Niles
State Prison
Methodist Men's Club
Beacon Street Church
Bell
Winthrop
Robert Was
Pittman Center
Tenn
William Hanson
Carl. Taberfelters
Obituary of Sadie F. Manion Babb of Lynn Mass
Sadie F. Manion Babb 69 of Lynn born Bath Oct 26 1884 died after brief illness in a Boston hospital. She was wife of Ralph W. Babb and mother of Audrey H. Babb and Warren D. Babb with grandson David Babb. Funeral Friday 3 PM from Richardson Funeral Home Lynn. cremation Harmon Grove Salem. Donations to the American Heart Association requested.
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Sadie F. (Manion) Babb
Lynn
Mass
Bath
Boston
James
Sarah Dunton Manion
Ralph W. Babb
Warren D. Babb
Salem
Mags
David Babb
Frank A. Manion
Florence D. Gilmore
Woburn
Richardson
Harmon Grove
American Heart Association
Mrs Hulda E MacMahan Rites Planned in Bath
Hulda E MacMahan 63 widow of Winthrop died at Memorial hospital after two weeks. Born in Mandal Norway she lived in Bath many years and worked at Bath Iron Works during WWII and as a nurse at Hyde Rehabilitation Hospital. Survived by two sons Harold Edward Bath a daughter Dorothy Betts Hathorne Calif a sister Henrietta Christiansen Mandal Norway and six grandchildren. Niee & Son Funeral Residence to conduct services with Rev Dr David L Wilson. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
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Hulda E. MacMahan
Middle Street
Winthrop MacMahan
Memorial Hospital
Mandal
Norway
Johan
Thekla Emonulsen Henrickson
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Rehabilitation Hospital
Harold
Edward
Dorothy Betts
Hathorne
Calif
Henrietta Christiansen
Yankees Hit Three Grand Slams With Bases Loaded In World Series
The record shows Tony Lazzeri hit a bases loaded homer in 1936 World Series, Gil McDougald followed with another in 1951, and Mickey Mantle hit a bases loaded shot in the 1951 Fall Classic.
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Yankees
Tony Lazzeri
Gil McCoul
Mickey Mantlen
Professor Angelo F Testa Funeral Held in Bath Area
Prof Angelo F Testa aged 80 longtime Bath resident and former string instructor held services Friday. Born in Italy he taught music in Bath Lewiston Portland and Boston before moving to Los Angeles 12 years ago. He is survived by son Victor Testa of West Bath three daughters Isabella Kane Adele Holmes and Evelyn Testa and sister Miss Carmela Testa.
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Angelo F. Testa
Bath
Kness
Italy
Lea Bath
Lewiston
Portland
Boston
Auburn
Los Angeles
Victor F. Testa
West Bath
Isabella T. Kane
Adele T. Holmes
Evelyn B. Testa
Calif
Carmela Testa
Randall F. Cook Dies On Saturday
Randall Fairbain Cook aged 56 of 1034 Middle Street Bath died Saturday at home. Born July 28 1898 in Frederickton New Brunswick he studied at Bath schools Morse High Hebron Academy and Northeastern University majoring in banking and economics. He served in World War I and was a longtime banker in Bath and surrounding towns. He held civic roles in many organizations and clubs including American Legion Central Congregational Church Polar Star Masons Bath Rotary Kora Shrine Allepo Temple and New Meadows Yacht Club where he served as first secretary treasurer. He is survived by wife Laura Kennedy Cook an aunt and several cousins.
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Randall Fairbain Cook
Middle Street
Frederickton
N. B
Charles F
Alice (Grave) Cook
Bath
Morse High
Hebron Academy
Northeastern University
Braintree National Bank
Braintree
Mass
Rockland National Bank of
Boston
York
Maine
Frederick D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Whch
U. S. Navy
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Central Congrea Church
Polar Starge
Masons of Bath
Bath Rotary Club
Kora Shrine Club
Portland
South Shore Commandery
East Weymouth
Allepo Temple
Temple Council of al
Select Masters
Cook
Old Folks Home Association
Aldermen
New Meadows
Randall F. Cook Funeral Service Held At Curtis Home
Randall F Cook funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Laforest E Hodgkins officiating. Active pallbearers included Harry Ring Jr Alvah Morse Andrew Pennell Reginald Parker Dr Earl Wade and Edmund Arsenault. Honorary pallbearers were Sumner Sewall Arthur Sewall Sr Arthur Sewall Jr Roger Skillings and John G Morse. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
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Randall F. Cook
Curtis Funeral Home
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Harry Ring, Jr
Alvah Morse
Andrew Pennell
Reginald Parker
Earl Wade
Edmund Arsenault
Sumner Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Roger Skillings
John G. Morse
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Mae Carlton
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Mae Carlton were held Sunday at two oclock from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev Richard J Schaper pastor of Winter Street Congregational Church officiating Bearers included Melvin Pushard Grover Pushard Maurice Pushard Thomas Leask William Leask and Robert Bailey Burial was in the Maple Grove cemetery Dres- Maple Grove cemetery Dres-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mae Carlton
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
Pirates Outfielder Frank Thomas Studied Priesthood
Frank Thomas, a Pirates outfielder, once pursued studies for the priesthood, revealing an uncommon prior path before his baseball career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thomas
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mrs Ella Bailey widow dies after illness in Brunswick hospital
Mrs Ella Bailey widow of ten dies at Brunswick hospital after two weeks illness born in Woolwich in 1879 moved to Woolwich 56 years ago resided with daughter Mrs Tho in Woolwich survived by three daughters Mrs Leask Woolwich Mrs Grover Foster Dresden and Mrs Melvin Reed of Dresden two sisters Mrs Cora Rice Woolwich Mrs Susie Brown Vassalboro seven grandchildren and one great grandchild funeral held Sunday at Curtis Funeral Home burial in Maple Grove Cemetery Maple Grove Cemetery was noted as location.
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Ella
Y Brunswick Hospital
Woolwich
Sour von Carlton
Tho
Winter Street Congregational Church
Leask
Groverne
Melvinard
Dresden
Siste
Cora Rice
Susie Brown
Vassalboro
Chester Baley
Funeral services for Mrs Ma bel Avis McFee aged 84
Mrs Ma bel Avis McFee 84 of Richmond died Friday night after a long illness. Funeral services were Monday at 1 30 p m. She was the oldest member of Richmond Methodist church and operator of Pleasant View Farm. Born January 30 1870 she was daughter of Asbury Small and Mary Meyers Small widow of Gilford S McFee. Surviving are two sons Clyde and one other, both of Richmond, and two grandchildren. She belonged to Amy Bradley Tent S P V Mt Carmel Chapter.
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Mabel Avis McFee
Richmond
McFee
Richmond Methodist Church
Pleasant View Farm
Asbury
Mary Meyers Small
Amy Bradley Tent
Mt. Carmel
Funeral for Russell L. Kenney Held at Local Funeral Home
Funeral for Russell L. Kenney was held Friday afternoon at 2 30 from C Shumway Funeral Home 638 on Street. Rev Lafarest E Hodgkins pastor of Central Congregational Church officiated. Bearers were Roy Colby John Burgess George Young and Melvin Comeau. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Kenney
C. Shumway
Lafarest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Roy Colby
John Burgess
George Young
Melvin Comeau
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs Genevieve Era held at Mayo and Son
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 1 30 from A F Mayo and Son Funeral Home with Rev Herbert Ewart pastor of the Sebasco Nazarene church officiating. Bearers were Frank Les Lafayette Wallace William Gillman and John Doyle. Burial followed in the family plot.
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Geneviéve Era
A. F. Mayo & Son
Herbert Ewart
Sebasco ‘Nazarene Church
Frankles Lafayette Wallace
Illiam Gillman
John Doyle
Oak Grove
Benjamin P Look Rites Held At Shumway Funeral Home
Benjamin P Look's Masonic funeral services were held Thursday at 1 30 pm from Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 street Rev Dr David L Wilson officiated Burial followed in Riverview cemetery Topsham in the family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Benjamin P. Look
Leslie C. Shumway
David L. Wilson
Riverview Cemetery
Topsham
Byron Nelson Dominates 1945 Golf Run with Straight Wins
Byron Nelson captured straight golf tournament titles in 1945, with Harold Jug McSpaden finishing second in three events. The pair dominated the circuit as Nelson extended his remarkable winning streak while McSpaden repeatedly placed runner up, affirming their fierce rivalry and shared success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Nelson
Harold (Jug) McSpaden
Cemetery Lot and Monument Forethought Advice
The piece urges families to buy a cemetery lot and monument early, noting clerical and church roles in funeral rites and arguing that preplanning eases future burdens and costs during illness and bereavement. It mentions burial vaults and perpetual care but notes those are not mandatory.
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Pw Hd
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Maine General Hospital
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New Orleans
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