Richmond Widow Margaret Hunter Dies At 51
Mrs. Margaret Hunter of Richmond died at her Front Street home Friday morning after a two year illness. She was born September 1, 1878, in Richmond, widow of Melvin L. Hunter, with no near relatives. Funeral services were held Sunday at the home, Rev. C. H. Bryant officiating. bearers included Dr. Raymond Libby and others. Interment was in Cotton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hunter
Front Street
Melvin L. Hunter
Hunter
Richmond
Jin and
Sarah (Winslow) McClease
C. H. Bryant
Raymond Libby
George Tibbetts
Don Cate
William Champney
Cotton Cemetery
Annie Stinson
Harold Poping
River Road
Bowdonnam
Harriette Preble
Stanley Marr
Waterville
Emily Dennett
Methodist Ladies Aid
South Pleasant Street
Fred Joyce
Lisbon Falls
A. D. Page
Mary Page
George Yeaton
Progressive Grange
Ruth Lane
John Tarr
Charles Smith
Gardiner
L. A. Rideout
B. R. Temple
Portland
Nellie Cook
Auburn
E. O. Tarr
Flora Grant
Augusta
Grange Hall
Charles Thompson
Harold Dumont
Skowhegan
Howard Small
Julia Richards
Stanley F. Marr
Clara Ames
Wilbur Cooper
Farmington Normal School
John O'Brien
Dorchester
Mass
J. Edwin Ames
Beatrice Page
Edward Page
Williams Street
William Gould
Bowdoinham
Emily Chase
Banks Preble
Orman Douglass
Wiscasset
Harry Douglass
Edna Small
Farm Bureau
F. S. Meacham
Robert Blaks
Florida
Maurice Anderson
Boston
Wallace Bickford
Bickford
Georgia Bickford
Franklin Sweatt
Lewiston
Mary Carr
Charles Whitney
Arthur Seigars
Main Street
Community notices and obituaries from Richmond area
Community events include a high school reading night on April 8 and club meetings at Legion hall. Obituary for Robert Simpson notes birth in 1848 in Chikopee and service as a carpenter, with survivors in Iowa and New Hampshire. A surprise party for Mrs Inez Stinson Southard at the River road home presented a dishes set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Howe
Richmond Library
Amy Bradley
A. W
C. W
Legion Hall
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Perley Joy
Fort Richmond
Pleasant Street
Fred Trout
Llewellyn W. Jackson
Bertha Littlefield
Hallo Well
Ethel Rankins
Marelle Crillon
North Front Street
Emma Sturtevant
Holman
Champney
James Larrabee
Augusta
Wilbur Cooper
Seth Watson -Mondey
Dorothy Patten
Warren Patten
River Road
Robert Simpson
Sampson Street
Mr. Simpson
Chicopee
Mass
Benjamin and
Martha (Sanford) Simpson
Cherokee
Iowa
Richmond
Lyman J. Simpson
Cora Reader
Carrie T. Richards
Candia
N. H
Kitty B. Fields
Inez Stinson Southard
George Clark
Southard
Former Bath Druggist Ralph G Farr Dies at Old Folks Home
Ralph G Farr a veteran druggist born in New Haven Vermont died Monday evening at the Old Folks Home from age related complications. He once ran a Front street Bath store later Staples Pharmacy and sold to William G Kidder. He lived in New York 39 years returning to Bath in 1928. Survived by one daughter Grace V Farr of Bath. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at the Old Folks Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Farr
Old Folks Home
Front Street
Staples Pharmacy
William G. Kidder
New York
Bath
Grace V. Farr
Mr. Farr
New Haven
Hiram
Boston
Shawmut Avenue
Frank W. Kinsman Co
Farr
Portland
Jennie Robertson
Cleveland
Eleanor Clark
Granite Steps Improve Thunder Hole Access on Mt Desert Island
Granite steps now lead to the ledge above Thunder Hole making descent safer for women and children. Previously visitors faced a dangerous scramble across Craig to Craig with a real risk of slipping onto the rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Desert Island
Craig
Georgetown Social Roundup and Easter Church Notes
Georgetown residents and guests are listed visiting Bay Point Bath Topsham and Portland with numerous cottage stays. Easter services at First Baptist featured lilies music and a three act play When the Light Dawned coached by Agnes Powers with Rev Schoepfer leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Lane
Lane
Edwin B. Manning
Melrose
Mass
Roy 'M. ‘Newman
George F. Oliver
Bath
Alex Cunningham
Walter Powers
Portland
Clarence B. Hill
Boston
Walter Schoepfer
Thomas Hagan
Harold Hunt, Jr
Brunswick
Working League
B. H. Woodside
Carrie Heald
North Edgecomb
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Ethel Spinney
Yarmouth
C. J. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Elizabeth Hunt
Winster
Harold Hunt
Topsham
Charles McKenney
Chelmsford
Alonzo Hunt
West Georgetown
Carré Deering
Elizabeth
Ruby Willis
Gardiner
Elliot Bold
Buddy Spinney
Marion Hunt
Emma B. Billings
M. Belle Heald
S. J. H. Brown
Whitney
West Newton
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Ralph Spinney
Clifton Matthews
Walter T. Powers
Margaret
Louisa Hamilton
Massachusetts
Edna Coolidge
Birchwood
Maude Thayer
Diver to inspect Richmond Bridge piers after ice jam
F W Carlton of Woolwich under instruction from Governor Brann will oversee a diver’s survey of the Richmond bridge remains after ice jam damage. He notes two piers have slid, underwater conditions unclear, with roily Kennebec delaying inspection. Public demand for reconstruction grows as tolls struggle to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
Brann
Richmond Bridge
Kennebec River
Carlton
Richmond
Dresden
Bath Bridge
Richmond-Dresden
Amateur Hour Staged by Philathea Class at Church
At Corliss Street Baptist Church the Philathea class held a Major Bowes style amateur hour. Mrs Eula Morang hosted at 427 Middle Street with assist from Mrs Lula Herbert. Performers included Miss Marion Gallant, Rebecca Miller, Marie Smith, Mildred Walker, and pupils in a grammar school tableau. Ice cream and crackers were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Eula E. Morang
Middle Street
Bowes
Hazel Cunningham
Rebecca Miller
Marie Smith
Mildred Walker
Morang
Capt Alfred H Hogan Dies After Short Illness at 84
Captain Alfred H Hogan 84 former master of the Bath Union ferry and Kennebec river tow boats died early Sunday at the Old Folks Home after a brief illness. Born October 25 1851 in Arrowsic he moved to Bath as a young man and later retired from seafaring. He married Clara C Fisher in 1885 and is survived by nephew Robert L Hogan of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Hogan
Union
City of
Bath
Woolwich
Kennebec River
Old Folks Home
Capt. Hogan
Arrowsic
Nicholas
Jane (Stinson) Hogan
Widow of Parker Head man dies in Bath hospital
Mrs. Phebe Amanda Harrington widow of Andrew Thomas Harrington of Parker Head died Sunday forenoon at Bath Memorial hospital after six weeks illness. Born August 29, 1860 in Georgetown to David G. and Lucy Moore Jewett, she moved to Bath in January. She attended Parker Head Baptist church. Survived by son Ernest A. Harrington Stoneham Mass, daughter Cora P Day Bath, two sisters Mrs Albert H. Wilson Brunswick and Mrs Ernest A. Ward North Bath, one brother Thomas Jewett Buston Island, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren all of Bath, plus nieces and nephews. Grandchildren include Perley A. Day and the Day girls Amanda, Margaret, Anna, Leone, Marian, Janet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Amanda Harrington
Andrew Thomas Harrington
Parker Head
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harrington
Georgetown
David G
Lucy (Moore) Jewett
Bath
Anna
Leone
Marian
Janet Day
Arnold
Barbara Day
Funeral for Charles H. Williams Held in Brunswick
Charles H. Williams 64 died suddenly Friday at his Topsham home. Funeral Monday at Laws funeral parlors Brunswick with burial in Oak Grove Bath. He was born in Woolwich and lived in West Bath Winnegan ce Topsham. An expert blacksmith, he belonged to Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows and Beacon Street church. He is survived by wife Lizzie, sons Earl and Arthur, daughter Mrs Roy Hart, three grandchildren and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Williams
Topsham
Laws
Brunswick
Oak Grove
Bath
Mr. Williams
Nequasset
Woolwich
Loring and
Ann (Williams) Williams
West Bath
Lizzie Williams
Campbell's Pond
Winnegance
William H. Page
Lincoln Lodge
Odd Fellows
Beacon Street Church
Earl Williams
Arthur Williams
Roy Hart
Charles O Granquist obituary in Auburn aged 78
Charles O. Granquist 78 of Auburn died Sunday afternoon at home after a weeklong illness He was born January 5 1858 in Copenhagen Denmark lived in Auburn over 50 years and worked with Fred H White tailor shop for 30 years A Rabboni lodge Mason with 50 year membership and Trinity Episcopal church member Survived by daughter Mrs Alfred E Carpenter another daughter Miss Louise Granquist and granddaughter Caroline Carpenter Burial plans not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Granquist
Auburn
Alfred E. Carpenter
High Street
Lake Auburn Avenue
Carpenter
Lewiston
Mr. Granquist
Copenhagen
Denmark
Connecticut
Fred H. White
Granquist
Rabboni Lodge of Masons
Lodge
Trinity Episcopal Church
Louise Granquist
Caroline Louise Carpenter
Bath
Gilbert Travis Tin knocker dies after lingering illness
Gilbert Travis 74, a well known tin knocker, died Sunday after a lingering illness. Born in St John New Brunswick, he was a son of Stephen Whitney Travis and lived in Bath for about 50 years. He leaves a sister Sarah J Armstrong and two nieces Mrs Irving Burnham and Miss Mabel Travis, Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Travis
St. John
N. B
Stephen Whitney Travis
Bath
Sarah J. Armstrong
Irving Burnham
Mabel Travis
Miss Helen Thompson Returns to Wellsley After Vacation
Miss Helen Thompson of Brunswick formerly of Bath has returned to Wellsley College after spending the Spring vacation with her aunt Miss Ruth Thompson of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Thompson
Brunswick
Bath
Wellesley College
Ruth Thompson
Humphreys & Co Agts Balance Sheet Details 1935
The report shows total liabilities and surplus of 37 719 495 66 with net unpaid losses 18 559 692 00 and surplus 17 426 738 85. Statutory deposit 350 000 00 and securities carried at 1 329 764 23 are noted.
Five Islands social notes and local visits
A long list of weekend visitors and residents at Five Islands and nearby cottages. Boston family Nat Hassenius and children stay at Seguinland. Arrowsic visitors include Mrs Charles Campbell and Irving. others return from Daytona Beach and West Georgetown. Local clubs meet as Easter event and Boy Scouts plan a Saturday morning gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Hassenius
Boston
Seguinland
Charles Campbell
Irving
Arrowsic
Campbell
Fred Carr
Joseph P. Davis
Daytona Beach
Charles Kenney
Bath
Five Islands
Alice Cromwell
Mrs. Kenney
Olive Williams
West Georgetown
Thomas N. Williams
True Blue
Chester Pinkham
Bruce
Donna
Westbrook
Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Bay Point
Beulah Miller
Watertown
Mass
J. P. Lewis
Clarence MacMahan
Portsmouth Navy Yard
James T. MacMahan
Maurice Pinkham
Augusta Lumber Co
Plummer and others named for Sagadahoc offices
Harry A. Plummer of Bath seeks the Democratic nomination for Sagadahoc county sheriff at a Topsham gathering. James Lester Morse of Phippsburg is a candidate for county commissioner. Other suggested runs include state senator and Bath representatives. Major Charles B. Day and Carlton Day Reed announce bids for Legislature. Ralph C. Covel elected chairman. Elwood C. Toothaker secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Plummer
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Topsham Town Hall
Plummer
Albert Henderson
James Lester Morse
Phippsburg
Morse
American Legion
Charles B. Day
Richmond
Rangeley Lake House
Bowdoin
Bowcoinham
Georgetown
Carlton Day Reed
Board of Selectmen
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Democratic State Committee
Arrowsie
Topsham
West Bath
Ralph C. Covel
Elwood C. Toothaker
Obituary of Sarah A Purington West Bath native dies in Lynn
Miss Sarah Abbie Purington aged 69, native of West Bath, died suddenly in Lynn Massachusetts Saturday night. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at her brother Lawrence Purington’s home 350 Eastern Avenue Lynn. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery beside the late Miles S Purington. Survived by brothers Miles and Howard L Purington and sister Etta Purington, all of Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Abbie Purington
West Bath
Lynn
Mass
Lawrence P. Purington
Eastern Avenue
Miles S Purington
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath
Miss Purington
Trufant’s Corner
Miles
Simeon
Nancy King Purington
Etta Purington
Western Avenue
Howard L. Purington
Death of Mrs Gay Robb Upton in Rhinebeck
Mrs Gay Robb Upton wife of Prof Edwin C Upton died in Rhinebeck New York on April 7 Her remains go to Port Royal Virginia for burial She is survived by husband son Carlton daughter Frances two sisters Miss Fannie and Helen Robb of Port Royal and three brothers Prof Philip Robb Washington DC Prof Robert Robb and Bernard Robb Richmond VA Her health had been poor for months and death was sudden Prof Upton son of the late Joshua F Upton of Phippsburg was an instructor at St Stephens College Anandale NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Robb
Edwin C. Upton
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Upton
Joshua F. Upton
Phippsburg
the Times
Bath Enterprise
St. Stephens Episcopal College
Anandale
Mrs Josephine Roux dies in Lewiston at 66
Mrs. Josephine Roux 66 widow of Zephiria Roux of 99 Horton street Lewiston died Saturday forenoon at St Maries General hospital after pneumonia illness. Born 1870 in St Lambert Quebec she lived in Lewiston 52 years. Survived by three sons three daughters two grandchildren and three sisters including Mrs Tanguay Mrs Auguste Picard and Mrs Ludger Gosselin. Mr Roux died a year ago. She was active in various organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Roux
Zephiria Roux
Horton Street
Lewiston
Alphonse Tanguay
Wesley Street
St. Maries General Hospital
Roux
St. Lambert
Lewis County
Quebec
Grace Kimball Reynolds Dies After Brief Illness at 64
Grace Kimball Reynolds aged 64 died Saturday forenoon at her home 75 Center street Bath after a short illness following months of failing health. Born in Bangor April 22, 1874 she moved to Bath thirty years ago and built a solid reputation as a cook. She served ten years at Hotel Phoenix and eight years at King Tavern prior to that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Kimball Reynolds
Center Street
McCole and McGuiggan File Marriage Intentions
Paul M McCole of 28 Court Street and Miss Katherine Ann McGuiggan of 30 Deering Street filed marriage intentions Saturday in the office of City Clerk John W Gilmore. McCole is son of Joseph F and Hannah Nolan McCole. McGuiggan is daughter of Charles McGuiggan of Staten Island and Georgia Fraser McGuigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. McCole
Court Street
Katherine Ann McGuiggan
Deering Street
John W. Gilmore
Mr. McCoile
Joseph F
Hannah (Nolan) McCole
Miss McGuiggan
Charles McGuiggan
Staten Island
N. Y
Georgia (Fraser) McGuiggan
Obituary Note Mentions Reynolds Family Ties
The notice lists Miss Myrtie Kimball of Boston as a sister and Mrs. Reynolds’s husband Joseph E. Reynolds of Waterville, a Winslow native. A city resident is noted as a cousin, Wallace J. McKague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Kimball
Boston
Reynolds
Joseph E. Reynolds
Waterville
Winslow
Wallace J. McKague
Ruth Agnes Stinson Dies at 18 in Local Home
Ruth Agnes Stinson aged 18 daughter of John G and Inez S Stinson died Monday night at 182 North Street from heart trouble. Born in Richmond she had lived here only a few months. Survivors include three sisters Leone Margaret and Joan Stinson two brothers Edgar and Alton Stinson a great grandmother Mrs Ella Bowdoin of Stockton Springs a grandmother Mrs Agnes Parsons of Stockton Springs and Mrs Alice Hoyt of Bath. Funeral was Thursday at ten at her home with interment in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Agnes Stinson
John G
Inez S. Stinson
North Street
Miss Stinson
Richmond
Leone
Margaret
Joan Stinson
Edgar
Alton Stinson
Ella Bowdoin
Stockton Springs
Agnes Parsons
Alice Hoyt
Bath
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Death Notice: Fannie C. Merry 79 of Bath
Fannie C. Merry, 79, widow of David A. Merry of 2 High street, died Monday morning at Memorial hospital. Born in Bath to William and Isadore Crooker, she lived in Bath all her life. Survived by three sons William of Brighton Michigan, Fred A. and Ralph E. Merry of Bath, and two brothers Fred and Fernald D. Crooker, both of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie C. Merry
David A. Merry
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
William
Isadore Crocker
Brighton, Mich
Fred A
Ralph E. Merry
Fred
Fernald D. Crooker
Roux Funeral Held in Lewiston Requiem Mass
Mrs Zephirin Roux of Lewiston was honored in a funeral mass at SS Peter and Paul church Monday at nine with Rev Fr Charbonneau officiating. Attending were Mrs Oscar J Tanguay Mrs Alphonse Tanguay and Mrs Archie J Roux along with Bearers Ernest Houle Aime Bussiere Ernest Lessard Alphonse Bilodeau Samuel Provencher Jules Gagne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Tanguay
Alphonse Tanguay
Archie J. Roux
Lewiston
Zephirin Roux
SS. Peter and Paul Church
Fr. Charbonneau
Renaud and
Brosseau
Roux
Ernest Houle
Aime Bus
Funeral for Capt. Alfred Hogan Held at Old Folks Home
The funeral for Capt. Alfred H. Hogan river pilot and steamboat commander was Tuesday at 10 A M at the Old Folks Home. Rev. Charles R. Sims officiated. Bearers were Robert L. Hogan of Washington D C Capt. Thomas K. Haley Harry E. Ring Roger D. Skrings Frank Snipe and Ralph Stinsen. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Hogan
Old Folks Home
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Robert L. Hogan
Washington, D. C
Thomas K. Haley
Harry E. Ring
Roger D. Skrings
Frank Snipe
Ralph Stinsen
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs Mary D Gillis Held at Bowdoinham
The funeral of Mrs Mary D Gillis was held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiated. Sons of Union Veterans auxiliary conducted a special service. Bearers were Melvin Pratt Maurice Pratt James Pratt and Kenneth Grady. Burial followed in Village Cemetery Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary D. Gillis
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist ‘Church
Sons of Union Veterans’ Auxiliary
Melvin Prat
Maurice Pratt
James Pratt
Kenneth Grady
Bowdoinham
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie C. Merry
The funeral for Mrs. Fannie C. Merry widow of David A. Merry was held Wednesday at two in the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist church officiated The bearers were Raymond and William Campbell Reuben Purington and Ernest Williams Burial followed at Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie C. Merry
David A. Merry
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Raymond
William Campbell
Reuben Purington
Ernest Williams
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. M. Staples’ Pharmacy
Kennebec Rose Gardens
DeBree
van Leeuwe
Richmond Tel
R.F.D. No. 2
Philathea
Bath and Woolwich
Phebe A. Harrington
Andrew T. Harrington
Charles
Humphreys & CO
Maine
Employers Liability Assurance Corp'n. Ltd
London
England
Everett Stevens
Clayton
Robinhood
Southard Cottage
Grange Circle
Mabel Dickey
L. H. Rowe
Fred Gowan
Addie Moulton
W. H. Holland
William Holland
Bath Savings Institution
Sarah A. Purington
Lynn, Mass
Mrs
Gay Robb Upton
Rhinebeck, N. Y
John _G. Stinson
Hogan
Mrs. Merry S
Fred S. Curtis &O
Thomas BR. Huston
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