Richmond Notes and Community Happenings Across Spring
Richmond scenes include visits by Mrs Alice Hunter and Mr Robert Blake family events in Longwood and King. The Eighteenth district I O O F meeting hosts from Lewiston to Cooper Mills with 200 attendees. Fire Chief Joseph Randlette chairs a Maine fire schools plan and mutual aid program. Community clubs and church groups hold meetings with officers named and activities planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hunter
J. L.foster
E. F. Pratt
Richmond
Robert Blake
Longwood
Fla
King
Parent-Teacher Association
Elizabeth Haynes
Arlyne Clark
Hartley Ranger
Front Street
Percival Little
Portland
Lewiston
Richmond Lodge
Winthrop
Augusta
Hallowell
Gardiner
Coopers Mills
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Lewiston Lodge
Fred Duren
Patricia
Karl Hatch
Boweinham
Duren
Charles Jordan
Auburn
Joseph W. Randlett
State Association of Fire Chiefs of
Maine
Saco
J. A. Hinkley
Randlette
Grace Smith
Brunswick
Minnie Waldron
Martha Totman
Emerson School
Hodgkins
Weymouth
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
Ida Hutchins
Cinnie Willis
Oscar Stetson
Alexander House
School Street
Joseph Pray
Bath
Leroy V. Cleveland
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Cleveland
Richmond Church
Richmond High School
Oscar Smith
Stanley Farley
Harry Curran
Helena Naylor
Delmar Stinson
Carroll Terrell
Emily Wallace
Mrs Frances Jewett Named Vice Chairman of State Democrats
Frances M Jewett of Westport wife of Brian M Jewett former Bath resident was chosen vice chairman of the Democratic State committee at a Hallowell House meeting Judge Fred H Lancaster of Auburn was selected chairman Annie Locke of Biddeford was named secretary John P Carey Jr of Bath urged that Lancaster be elected unanimously after his name was presented for the post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Jewett
Westport
Brian M. Jewett
Bath
Democratic State Committee
Hallowell House
Fred H. Lancaster
Auburn
Annie Locke
John P. Carey Jr
Carey
Lancaster
Small and Whitten Wed in Bath Justice Office
Fred T. Small of Rumford and Doris E. Whitten of Augusta were married in the Bath office of Justice of the Peace Augustus Perow. The groom is the son of Mrs. Mary Small of Rumford and the bride the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitten of Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Whitten
Fred T. Small
Rumford
Doris E. Whitten
Augusta
Augustus Perow
Bath
Mary Small
Fred Whitten
NU VITA HFRB RON TONIC A System One Purifier
An ad promising increased appetite and digestion aid promotes NU-VITA HFRB RON TONIC A System One Purifier and Tonic. It claims to relieve constipation and build strength with a price of 1.25 dollars. The Freemen Medicine Co. of Stonington, Me offers a free descriptive circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman “Medicine Co
Stonington, Me
N. BR. A
Georgetown Social Roundup Highlights Local Visitors
Alfred Rowe of Arrowsic visits Georgetown while Bath guests include Mrs. Martha Rich Bowen and the Todd sisters. School closes for spring vacation as Rev. Frank Hovey resigns from the First Baptist church with May 30 to be his last day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rowe
Arrowsic
W. F. Parker
Providence
R. I
Robinhood
Martha Rich Bowen
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Eleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Bath
Melvin Cunningham
L. Earle Hagan
Alice Cromwell
Five Islands
Marjorie Hinckley
R. N
Ruth Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Rapheal Higgins
Portland
Ardene Pinkham
Baby
Popham
Edna Delane
Grace Hovey
Mars
High School
Frank Hovey
Harold F. Hunt
Elizabeth Hunt
Joan Harrison
Seward E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Earle Payson
Bay Point
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Annie Jones
Carroll P. Powers
Jennie Todd
Thomas Williams
Center School
First Baptist
Fred W. Schelander
Dutton Farrell Wedding Saturday in St Marys Church
Charles C. Dutton of Bath and Theresa Farrell of Hallowell wed in a nine o clock double ring nuptial mass at St Marys. Rev Ludger Melancon officiated with Miss Jeanette Bernier of Rumford as maid of honor and Alfred L King of Portsmouth as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Dutton
Bath
Theresa Farrell
Hallowell
St. Mary's Church
Ludger
Vand
Ernest B. Dane
Brookline
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Tito Pecci
Water Street
Dutton
Bernier
Davenport City Hall vestibule getting FERA mural refresh
FERA painters work inside Davenport city hall transforming the large semi circular vestibule. Green stippled panels replace the old tan to resist wear and tear and brighten the entrance area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport City Hall
FERA
Five Islands Community Notes Include Grange Events
Local updates from Five Islands include Ell Brothers improving Otter Cliff, residents traveling to Bath and Georgetown Center on taxes, and visitors from Bath Arrowsic Southport and Danvers. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herman Barter in Bath. Grange meeting featured Edith Pinkham Marjorie Berry and others with ice cream social. multiple residents visited Bath and Sedge Meadow cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ell Brothers
Paris
Otter Cliff Hotel
Chester MacMahan
L. H. Rowe
Bath
Victor Pinkham
Fred Carr
Georgetown Center
E. M. Horton
Daytona Beach
Pila
C. M. Bigelow
Donald Stevens
Tom Scott
Cott F “Uts
Roger ‘Thompson
Danvers
Mass
Lincoln Campbell
Thompson
Percy MacGillivary
Portland
Ada MacGillivary
MacGillivary
MacMahan
James McNeil
Herman Barter
Barter
Vernon Gray
Five Islands
Percy Savage
Joseph E. Blaisdell
Elisha Field
Charles Campbell
Irving
Arrowsic
Charles MacMahkan
Woodrow Gray
Florine Stevens
New York City
Everett Cromwell
Wallace Pierce
Paul
Southport
George Hanna
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Malden Island
Helen’ Rowe
Yarmouth Academy
Edith Pinkham
Marjorie Berry
Barbara Gray
Finna Lewis
William Belanger
James T. MacMahan
Walter Moore
C. E. Davis
Hallowell
Sedgemere
Davis
Harold Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Savage's
Orville Rowe
Harold Rowe
Junior
Carl
Ellsworth Pinkham
F. W. Hovey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Miss Stevens
Cambridge
Charles MacMahan
Ernie Campbell
Seguinland
Franz Stevens
Gasoline shovel reaches Georgetown bridge site
A 40 ton gasoline shovel arrived in Georgetown to aid construction of the Back River bridge between Arrow sic and Georgetown. The machine was landed during high tide after sailing from Bath on Saturday and truss work is planned to rest on two granite piers nearly 18 feet high. Work on the superstructure progresses, with completion expected by early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back River
Arrowsic
Georgetown
N. F. Howe
Bath
Sasanoa River
Hell Gate
Now and Then Residents Recount Bath News and Vandalism
A Bath column recalls St. Petersburg winter visits by local families, highway posts damaged by vandalism on the Winnegance causeway, and plans for street widening. Notes on local clubs, golf, a persian trip, a salamander misidentification, and town events fill a long community update.
Warren C Todd Dies Tuesday Morning
Warren C Todd 87 former postmaster Selectman and Maine Legislator died Tuesday morning at his Georgetown Center home after a lengthy illness. Funeral is Thursday at 1 30 p m at his home. He was born at Kennebec Point Georgetown and later ran a store in Chelsea Massachusetts before returning to Georgetown about 50 to 60 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landmark
Georgetown
Maine
William
William A. Todd
Georgetown Center
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose
Walter B. Cummings
Bath
Joseph F. Higgins
C. Todd
Mr. Todd
Kennebec Point
Fred L. Andrews
Warren S. Todd
Chelsea
Mass
Miss Marston Talks Birds to City Girl Scouts
Miss Frostina Marston addressed about 80 city girl scouts from three troops on birds. She spoke for an hour on arrival from the South, seasonal birds, plumage, and habits, illustrated with colored pictures. Scouts took notes and praised the engaging afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostina Marston
Miss Marston
Miss Abbie F. Mayers Dies at 87 in Bath
Miss Abbie F. Mayers 87 daughter of Abial Mayers a contractor who built Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal church died at the Old Folks Home after a long illness. Born Bath August 19 1846 she lived in Bath except for 20 years with relatives in Gardiner before entering the Home June 27 1921. Surviving relatives include cousins Mrs Moulton and Charles Bailey and niece Mrs Marion Brown of Gardiner. Miss Barbara Fisher vacationed with her sister in Bath and with her mother in Vassalboro and returned to Gorham Normal school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Haley
Auburn
Richmond
Jennie Broderick
The
United Baptist Church
Gladys Purinton
Hattie Purinton
Grace Knowlton
Geraldine Cleveland
Effie White
Susan Meserve
Johanna Smith
Joseph Naylor
Carl Watts
Howard Dickey
Emery Purinton
Italy Hatch
L. V. Cleveland
Laura Beals
Annie Huntley
New Hampshire
Susan Borjisson
Ruth Savage
Augusta
Carl Savage
Mary Johnson
Harold Richardson
Lewiston
Evelyn Bergeron
Denman Bergeron
St. Ambrose Rectory
St. Joseph's Academy
Hilda Coughlin
Randall Young
Winterport
A. W. Cole
Kennebunkport
Baptist Young Peoples
Helena Naylor
Stanley Guiou
Progressive Grange
Topsham Grange
Farm Bureau
Miss Welsh
Inez Witham
Laura White
Eva Libby
Lyte Lint
Gardiner
Wallace N. Price
Annie Allard
Emma Pike
Margaret Thompson
Charles Thompson
Murrey Shepard
Sergi
Leon Shepard
Ideal Home Corner Club
Fern Perry
Ida Watson
Belle Call
Mary Groves
Beatrice Lemont
Ethel Rankins
Viola Douglass
Bertha Curtis
Mabelle Crillen
Rose Millett
Groves
Guy Holt
Billa Tarr
E. O. Tarr
Gwendolyn Tarr
Portland
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Charles B. Day
Pleasant Street
Day
Nellie Pratt
Myrtle Stewart
Inza Gardiner
Emma Small
Geneveive Joy
Winnifred Roberts
Elizabeth Joy
Pauline Cronk
Marjorie Bond
Marion Joy
Georgie Wakefield
Margaret Duren
Georgia Wakefield
Hazel Libby
Doris Ransford
Arlyne Clark
Elizabeth Small
A. E. Small
Harry Curran
Virginia Dunklee
Ina Baker
Gertrude Gardner
Charles Jordan
Lillian Sykes
Fred Elliott
Betsy Ross Club
Richard Cole
Mr. Cole
Abbie F. Mayers
Abial* Mayers
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Old Folks
Bath
Abial
Ella Bailey Mayers
Moulton
Charles Bailey
Mé&rion Brown
Barbara Fisher
Marjorie Fisher
Alonzo G. Fisher
Vassalboro
Gorham Normal School
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Fred S Curtis Sipe
Hourne Equine NT
Apia
Mrs. Jewett
Scott Curtis
Salem
Clarence MacMahan
Arrowsie-Georgetown
Rockland
Ralph Reynolds
Ruth
Woolwich
Reynolds
Lester Powers
Frank W. Hovey
First Baptist Church
H. M. Trafton
Friends In
Ath
St. Mary’s Church
Grange
Orissa Carr
Paddy
Media
Hy Steehk Lesa
Forsst Hanna
Ethel Stevens
Russell Pinkham
Will Berry
RGR
Forest Hanna
Sherman Campbell
John H. Stacey
Popham Beach
Harry B. Sawyer
Brennan
Harry
Lake Wales
Stacey
State Highway Department
Winnegance
Clara MacDonald Brand
Longmeadow
Vine Street
Washington Street
Rouse and Kateon
Bath National Bank
Postoffice Square
Kennebec
Pearl
Henry C. Wright
Percival P. Baxter
Persia
Independent
Leon Buck
Edwin Co. Barnard
Maine State Golf Association
South End
Central Maine Power Co
Phippsburg
Erable
Daniel T. Dougherty
Maine Highway Commission
War Department
Capitol Island
Nelson W. Hamm
Massachusetts
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Ma
Room
Longfellow
Bath Savings Institution
Warren C. Todd
Hathaway
Tarzan Sport
Endicott Johnson
Max Katz
Elm Street
Bellevue
Beacon Street
Boston
Tdeal
Beacon Hill
State House
Boston Common
Public Gardens
Bowdoin and
Beacon Streets
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