Richmond News Briefs and Local Social Roundup
Richmond and area clubs held meetings at local homes and halls. Winners at a Monte Carlo Whist party at American Legion hall included Mrs. Alice Wedge and Paul Holmes. Miss Freda Marriner won a consolation prize. Notables attend Farm and Home week, weddings and anniversaries noted. art, Grange programs, chimney fire, new telephones, and numerous social visits listed with multiple local residents and families named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal
Ceai Aoe Sidelinger
Lincoln
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
American Legion Hall
Alice Wedge
Paul Holmes
Freda Marriner
E. L. White
U. of M
Charles Holmes
Hazzard
Augusta
Town
Evelyn Stuart
Daniel Stewart
Skowhegan
Hildas. Coughlin
Carl Savage
Richmond
Ralph Groves
Fred Groves
Winthrop
Annie Nute
Sherburne Avenue
Gardiner
Enterprise Grange
Charles B. Day
Portland
Maine Publicity Bureau
Arthur Jackson
Lloyd Hinkley
Arthur Maxwell
Georgia Wakefield
Boston
Statler Hotel
Harry Whitney
Ladies’ Aid of the
Methodist Church
South Street
Williams
Whitney
Madeline Umberhind
Umberhind
Reed Road
Dorothea Temple
Richmond Corner
A. G. Baker
Litchfield
Progressive Grange
the Grange
Charles Thompson
Hattie McKenna
Richard Enman
Grace Lancaster
Margaret Thompson
Gwendolyn Tarr
Doris
Ethel Witham
Charles Thompson, Jr
Grace Thompson
Lelia Douglass
Gladys Rideout
Clyde Starbird
Penny March
Harold Wade
Lillian Wade
Seymore White
Brunswick Road
George Coughlin
Bowdoinham Village
Lloyd Kelley
Ridge Road
Charlotte White
Arnold Lamoreau
Harold Baker
Lucille Whittier
Cooper's Mills
Musical fantasy feature at DAR meeting in parish house
Colonel Dum mer Sewall chapter of the D A R held a Tuesday afternoon meeting at Central church parish house with regent Flora Randall presiding. Delegates read Bangor conference reports and a charming Candle light and Crinoline musical fantasy featured George Washington events. A girl scout dance preceded refreshments. John Wishart, son of Archie Wishart, recovered from a winter snow drift fall and walked without crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Churcha
Flora M. Randall
Bangor
Jane Lemont
Harry E. Ring
Elwina F. Durgin
Alice Varney
Harry C. Webber
George Washington
Fred H. Cary
Robert B. Hatch
Carl E. Albee
Elizabeth Bing
Alice K. Robbins
Fred W. May
D. ¥Ith
John Wishart
Archie Wishart
Oliver Street
Georgetown Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs. Joseph F Higgins and Mrs. John R Blackie hosted social callers. Repairs proceed at C L Hinckleys Sagadahoc Bay home amid heavy snow. Alex Cunningham drove to Portland. Flora Campbell visited Bath. A small blaze at Brown woodslot was quickly tamed due to deep snow. Various residents attended pictures in Bath and social visits in Robinhood North Yarmouth and West Georgetown. Post office to adopt new schedule April 1. Wild geese flocked on the Arrowsie Georgetown bridge. Visitors from Melrose Highlands and Boston spent weekends with Georgetown families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Higgins
John R. Blackie
C. L. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Alex Cunningham
Portland
Flora Campbell
Bath
West Georgetown
Schoepfer
Thomas Hagan
William Todd
Joseph Higgins
Carroll Powers
Roy M. Newman
David Copperfield
Elizabeth Hunt
Everett Stevens
Robinhood
Dorothy Hagan
Freshmean
North Yarmouth Academy
Leon Farr Hagan
Beatrice Abbott
Everett C. Higgins
Warren S. Todd
Tufts College
Roscoe P.todd
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Carrie Heald
Edgecomb
Seward E. Emmons
William A. Todd
Harry L. Horne
Clarence Oliver
Four Prisoners Quit House of Correction
Four inmates fled the Bath House of Correction after a 11 35 p m call. Two were later arrested for intoxication and sentenced to 30 days in Kennebec jail with a Sagadahoc escape warning. The court also imposed 30 to 90 day terms on three Bath men with varied conditions and suspensions regarding travel or return to work camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. McElman
Melville Rice
William Curran
Washington
School
John J. Keegan
Kennebec County
Sagadahoc
House of Correction
Bath
Augusta
Bangor
Kennebec
Gray
Beacon Street Jesters Meet Tuesday Evening
The Jesters met in Beacon Street vestry on Tuesday evening with 14 in attendance. Miss Elizabeth D. McGrath presided and a committee was chosen to arrange an entertainment for the parish supper later in the month. The program will be a radio broadcast and a May graduation social is planned as a humorous event. The group will skip its second meeting this month due to Holy Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Elizabeth D. McGrath
Harold Miller
Donald Jewett
Beacon Brotherhood Holds Fine Meeting and Games
Twenty members met at Beacon Street church vestry for a supper served by women led by Mrs. Samuel A. Morse. Rev. Charles R. Grims spoke on Three Gifts of God, stressing home and church. Indoor baseball followed, Mr. Sims’ team winning two of three games. next meeting set for April 9 and executive committee on Monday at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Brotherhood
Beacon Street Church
Samuel A. Morse
Arthur Norton
Charles R. Grims
First Baptist Church
Sims
Mr. Shattuck
Mr. Sims
Brotherhood
Westport Ferry Repairs and Local Notices
Westport's ferry boat taken off Saturday morning for repairs lasting a week or two. Charles E. Colby and son Royden, with Lester Hodgdon, lead the work. A flood of townfolk leave cars on the Wiscasset side during the shutdown. Local residents traveling, visiting, and recent returns from CCC work are noted, including deaths of Mrs. Carolyn Lewis and Augustus Pierce with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Colby
Royden
Lester Hodgdon
Nellie Davis
Friendship
Wiscasset
Carl H. Hodgdon
Princeton
CCC
Sarah Welch
Eben Chase
Edgecomb
Rodney Tarbox
Woolwich
Amos Knight
Mechanic Falls
Allen Gray
Orono
Edward Cromwell
Mr. Boyd
Newcastle
Robert Higgins
Evan Chase
Thomas McLaughlin
Memorial Hospital
Damaris
Bath
Violet Colby
Fred Greenleaf
Sanford
Mathew Greenleaf
Francena Cromwell
Nequasset
Willis Colby
John P. Harrison
Joseph Buckley
Massachusetts
Carolyn Lewis
Westport
Augustus A. Pierce
Jean Davis
Maple Street
South Portland
Pierce
New York City
Mary Pierce
Augustus
Perth Amboy
N. J
John
Long Island
N. Y
Ernest
Winthrop
Mass
Mellen
Allston
Portland
Forest City Cemetery
Three Quilts Tacked By South End P T A
An all day South End PTA session in Washington street rooms saw three quilts tacked. A short afternoon business meeting followed. A rummage sale was approved for next Monday in PTA rooms with Mrs Horace Morse in charge. Dinner duties assigned to a committee of Mrs Chester A Roberts Mrs Carroll A Deering and Mrs Vivian Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Washington Street
Horace Morse
Chester A. Roberts
Carroll A. Deering
Viviian Brown
Five Islands social notes and obituaries from Bath area
A crowded Five Islands column lists visits by Stevens, Wade, Allen, Floyd, Reid, Cromwell, Campbell, Rowe, Minchen and Berry among residents and seasonal guests. It notes a Grange meeting, a patchwork donation from Miss Gertrude Smith, a sermon on Making a Living and Making a Life, and the death of Arabine Gray at 85 with funeral details.著
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Stevens
Clayton
Robinhood
Stevens
Drummond Stevens
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Percy Allen
Oakland
Five Islands
George Floyd
Groton
Mass
Harmon's Harbor
Walter E. Reid
New York
Seguinland
Everett Cromwell
Philip Campbell, Jr
Bath
Helen Rowe
Yarmouth Academy
Lermond H. Rowe
Dummond Stevens
Paul
Bath Memorial Hospital
C. H. Minchen
Boston
Madelyn Berry
Donald Stevens
Garfield Rackley
Irene
Betty
Industry
Forest Hanna
Hanna
Grange Circles
Gertrude Smith
Dorchester
Walter Shoepfer
James Stevens
Arabine Gray
George H. Gray
Vernon Gray
Lester Lewis
Eva Twombly
Detroit
Mich
Fred
George
Vernon
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere Road
Warren Todd
Melrose
Georgetown
Floyd Goodel
Linwood Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Chester MacMahan
Victor Pinkham
Earle MacMahan
Augusta
Leon Williams
Waltham
Williams
Olive
Leon, Jr
Alec Cunningham
Waldcboro
T. M. Hagan
Carrie Stevens
Northhampton
N. H
Cambridge
L. D. Moulton
Shaw
Orville Rowe
Ida Hinckley
California
Evening Star Rebekah Lodge of Brunswick 50th Anniversary
The Evening Star Rebekah lodge in Brunswick marked its 50th anniversary with a hall supper and entertainment. Three charter members, Mr and Mrs O A Corey and Mrs Mabel Rogers, received flowers. Visitors included Mrs Margaret Peabody of Richmond, Mrs Pauline Cronk of Richmond, and Henry Leeman of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
Elizabeth Small
Gaubert
Bowdoinham
William
Elizabeth Bate
Richmond
Small
Arthur Maxwell
Fred Rogers
Charles Day
Ernest Herbert
Harold Wade
Albert Wing
Town Hall
Ideal Home Corner Club
Adelaide Hamilton
Portland
Edwin Dunn
Inez Hinckley
Jenevieve Joy
Hinckley
Donald Pridham
William Cresey
Woolwich
Gardiner
Margaret Peabody
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Pauline Cronk
Hall
Cora Conley
Bath
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Richard B. Kierstead
Roberts
C. H. Bryant
Richmond Tomb
Mr. Kierstead
Malden
Mass
Benjamin and
Elizabeth Marigold Kierstead
Lawrence Bond
Brunswick
Joseph W. Randlett
Arthur Mansir
Boston
Bowdeinham
Leon Dunklee
Charles
Jesse Ames
Ernest L. Goodspeed
John Clark
Auburn
Maurice Glaser
Evening Star
Rebekah Lodge
O. A. Corey
Mabel Rogers
Henry Leeman
Golfing Season Opens at Brunswick Links
Maine courses report good winter recovery with greens less damaged than last year. Patriots Day tournament set two weeks from Friday at Brunswick. Bath Country Club dues revised: men 35, women 15, under 17 5, 17 to 21 15, non-golf members 10, plus 10 percent tax. Green fees for nonresidents 1.50 daily, 8 weekly, 20 monthly. guests welcome. Resident non-members may play three times as guests of members with varying fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Club
Maine
Daniel T. Dougherty
Bath Country Club
Child Welfare Program Delights Wiscasset and Nearby
A Friday evening Child Welfare program by the Wiscasset Woman's club drew attendees from Wiscasset Woolwich and Montswealy. Rev Mrs Allen chaired, with Rev Elton K Basset Boothbay Harbor as speaker on Child Welfare and talks on Mothercraft Odd Children and Religious Training of the Child. Musicians contributed including Miss MacInnes and Mr Pratt with a cello by Rev Plinette Allen, followed by a lively Q&A session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Child Welfare Board
Elton K. Basset
Boothbay Harbor
Amy Aliee Erskine
Damariscotta
John Currier
Pleasant View
Murphy's Corner
Phoenix Red Room Opened at Hotel Phoenix Grand Opening
The Hotel Phoenix unveiled its new Red Room on Saturday night with many guests in attendance. The room features red tinted walls with a hunting and drinking frieze, dark red linoleum, and draperies. Roses and lions decorate bedrooms, office, and dining areas. A printed wine list highlighted a launch of a large five masted schooner linked to Bath’s fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Phoenix
Bath
Racket at Bath Schools Shows Deposits for Photos
A photo scam at Morse high and another Bath school visit ends with deposits paid to photographers posing with boilers. The fake activity surfaced after a semi dark shot prompted a check by the school superintendent. Also noted are a supper party for Lieut Craig and guests before Pearl Harbor leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Move Burns
Board of Education
Burns
Clinton D. Wilson
Woolwich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred S. Curtis & Co
D.A.R
William B. Blanchard
Maine Central Ticket Office
Joseph R. Melrose
Joseph Rowe Melrose, Jr
Bedford Street
Brunswick Hospital
Charles R. Sims
P.T.A
Isabel Stevens
Percy MacGillivary
L. H. Rowe
Atwood
L. F
Atwood’s
Bath Savings Institution
Brunswick Links
Phoenix Red Room
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Edward C. Craig
Roland F. Hill
James A. Gillies, Jr
Edwin H. Given
Carroll Watson
William Partington
Jane 8. Murphy
William S. Newell
Constance Grange
Anne Kimball
Miriam W. Kimball
Charles J. Donnell
Irene Ingalls
Thomas J. Casey
John H. Hyde
Roger D. Skillings
Ralph G. Stetson
Alden G. Smith
Harry F. Morin
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Ma
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