Richmond Notes On Local Social And Club News
Mrs James hosted a surprise shower at Red White and Blue cabins on Gardiner road with 22 neighbors in attendance as the James family plans to rebuild after a fire on April 8. The Ideal Home Corner club marked its 10th birthday with a program directed by Miss Belle Call and readings, music, and refreshments. Enterprise grange held a programme under lecturer guidance and announced a town hall meeting for recognition officer Henry F. L. Wight. Personal notes include sailors homecomings, travels, and two new births: Barry Albert Barter on April 11 and James Everett Knight on April 13, with families in Lewiston and Livermore Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles James
Gardiner Road
Ames
Northy Farm
James
Ideal Home Corner Club
Belle Call
America
Edward Morissette
Charles Lewis
Pearl Perry
Henry F. L. Wight
Town Hall
Portland
Amy Bradley
U.V
C.W
Progressive Grange meeting features Dorrance guest
Samuel Dorrance from the State Agricultural Department spoke at the Progressive Grange of Richmond. He presented two picture reels as the charter was draped for Edith Hackett. Performances included vocal solos by Richard Moore and a group pantomime by the Curtis brothers and Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Dorrance
State Agricultural Department
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Edith Hackett
Richard Moore
Kenneth
Kendon Curtis
Harold Blanchard
Wiscasset
Annabel White
Merrymeeting
Enterprise Granges
Sagadahoc Pomona
Sagadahoc Grange Hosts Evening Program at Bowdoin Center
Sagadahoc Grange met Saturday night at Bowdoin Center hall. Mrs Edna Bickford lectured in place of the regular lecturer, with a program including Song In the Garden reading by E E Baker, stories by Kenneth Bickford and Marrh?myn, a reading by Geneva Newbegin, a monologue by Charlene Bickford, and a question on increasing farm income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Edna Bickford
Elizabeth Phinney
E. E. Baker
Kenneth Bickford
Marshall Merryman
Geneva Newbegin
Charlene Bickford
Outlook for Golf in New England Declared Bright
National PGA President Ed Dudley tells New England golfers to expect a strong season with ample play and midweek drops offset by weekend activity. He notes war-time adjustments, plans ambulance fund drives with the Red Cross, and potential new tournaments while Tom Mahan confirms continued pro events and a Sunday pro-am schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Ed Dudley
National Professional Golf Association
Gordon Campbell
The
Christian Science Monitor
Big Ed Dudley
National P.G.A
Boston
Lenox
Dudley
California
Johnny Corcoran
Massachusetts Golf Association
Corcoran
McNutt
Red Cross
Chicago
Los Angeles
Utah
Pennsylvania
Tom Mahan
Reading Circle Names Nor man Curtis and Others
The note lists participants Nor man Curtis and Guy Williams with Daisy Bickford and a closing thought read by Harry Cornish Jr. in a small community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Curtis
Guy Williams
Reading
Daisy Bickford
Harry Cornish. Jr
Navy Club Honors Lawrence DuPont
About 50 naval club members and workers from Bath Iron Works honored Lawrence DuPont as he prepares to join the Seabees. After a turkey dinner he received a goatskin billfold with currency notes and a diploma scroll bearing attendee names, designed by coworker Cohen. Harry Stone served as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Hughes
Navy Club of America
Hotel Phoenix
Lawrence DuPont
Bath Iron Works Corp
Seabees
U. S. Navy
DuPont
Mr. Cohen
Harry Stone
Glass usage in wartime beer bottles reported
A local dealer cited 1942 figures showing 618000 tons of glass for beer bottles. Of this, 450000 tons went to returnable bottles and 168000 tons to non returnables, illustrating wartime supply priorities.
Georgetown Center pupils honored in spelling and community notes
Georgetow n Center school honored spelling champions Robert Jordan Joan Hagan Doris Reynolds Faylene Rowe Christine Williams Ada line Heffron and grade 1 3. Miss Minnie Gray received thanks for aid after a home fire. Palm Sunday church service at First Baptist featured special choir music and absence of regular pastor Rev T L Brindley. Weather and wildlife notes include lingering frost and spring migration delays at Robinhood tearoom. Neighbors visit and travel between Bath Skowhegan Eastport and Bridgton with townspeople aiding improvements and cottage gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center School
Robert Jordan
Joan Hagan
Doris Reynolds
Faylene Rowe
Christine Williams
Adaline Heffron
Minnie Gray
Frank Fowler
First Baptist Church
T. L. Brindley
Western
Maine
Franklin Koehlwetter
Bryant's Pond
Walter Cummings
Joseph Higgins
Robinhood
Harry Horne
Bath
Merle Flewelling
Skowhegan
Stanley Flewelling
Guy Flewelling
Stanley Lewis
Camp Edwards
Mass
Ralph Davis
Nettie Gray
Portland
Earl Hagan
Clarence Hill
Cambridge
Howard Trafton
W. A. Todd
Aubrey Fullerton
Waterville
Ralph Reynolds
Maureen
Reynolds
Campbell
George Laskey
Kenneth Wyman
Eastport
Bath Iron Works
Bridgton
Alvah Reynolds
Henry Reynolds
Elizabeth Hunt
Bath and
Sasanoa
Clement V. MacMahan
Francis Pottle
Ralph Hatstat
MacMahans
Small Point
J. F. Higgins
Parker Moulton
Mouton Cottage
West Georgetown
Listening Fences Guard War Plants With Lone Speaker
High wire fences around war production plants rely on a centralized loudspeaker system to hear and locate noises along the fence line up to twenty miles away. The setup aids during blackouts and dark nights when guards must cover large perimeters.
Two motor vehicle cases heard in municipal court
Two defendants pled guilty to operating under the influence of liquor and leaving the scene of an accident. John P. Harrison of Westport was fined 100 dollars plus 10.15 in costs after arrest in Arrowsic. Sherman Mitchell of Dummer street pled guilty to leaving the scene and was fined 8.94 or 30 days in Augusta jail, with recognizance set at 300 dollars. Mitchell’s car allegedly struck a car at Washington and Center, then hit a pole at Beacon and Washington, leading to the power outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Harrison
Westport
John P. Carey
Harrison
Arrowsic
John P. Crosby
Walter Higgins
Sherman Mitchell
Dummerstreet
Augusta
Joseph Williams
Mitchell
Washington
Center Streets
Williams
Beacon
Washington Streets
Legion Auxiliary installs Roland Smith Unit officers
The American Legion Auxiliary installed officers for the Roland Smith Unit in a Wednesday ceremony at the Legion hall led by Mrs. Victor R. E. Carey. New officers included President Mrs. Edgar D. Leavitt and Secretary Mrs. Bernard W. Pratt, with 35 guests attending a turkey banquet at the Phoenix prior to the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Victor R. E. Carey
Richmond
Edgar D. Leavitt
Earle D. Risteen
Madelyn C. Rowe
Bernard W. Pratt
Walter M. Hill
Charles Snow
John C. Dowling
Carl E. Stinson
Ralph M. Gay
George T. Costain
Ambrose M. Cutstan
Carey
Gay
Leavitt
the Phoenix
Cliff Leeman
Sophie McPherson
Raymond C. Hutchins
Weekend and Holiday Fire Activity Tests Local Department
Three still alarms and two grass fires marked a busy weekend for the fire department. Engine Four tackled grass fires at High and Beacon, then Center near Floral, aided by booster lines, with no damage. A second blaze on Howard Coal Co property started by an overheated chimney was controlled by a booster, and a large grass fire on Upper Washington near John Howe’s home required extra help from Box 622, with over 1100 feet of hose laid and water pumped from the dock before the all out at nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Street
High
Beacon Streets
Center Street
Floral
Howard Coal Co
Commercial Street
Upper Washington Street
John Howe
Five Islands notes farewell to Rev Keehlwetter and community updates
The Good Neighbor club hosted a farewell for Rev and Mrs Franklin Keehlwetter at the Roy home Monday night before their move to Byrants Pond. The issue also lists local visitors, patient recoveries, home purchases, and a Maine prison cattle program in Thomaston. A gas-stove accident in Augusta left a toddler hospitalized, while a dog survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Franklin Keehlwetter
Luke Roy
Keehlwetter
Byrants Pond
Laura Harding
James Harding
Boothbay
Tommy Hanna
Lulu Hanna
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maynard Thibodeau
Seguinland
Five Islands
Dunwoody
Marion Carr
Fred P. Carr
Children's Hospital
Portland
First Salmon of the Season Landed at Bangor Pool
Harold Hatch reports Adolf Fischer of Brewer caught the season’s first salmon at the Bangor Salmon Pool a 20 pounder described as the largest since May 27 1947. United States Marshal John Gutterback bought the fish at three dollars a pound, had it packed in Bangor, and shipped to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hatch
Bangor
Adolf Fischer
Brewer
A Fe
United States
Walter Crosman
John Gutterback
Washington
West Bath Grange plans May ball and food sale
West Bath Grange held a Monday meeting to approve a May 7 food sale and a May 17 first and second degree conferral for a large candidate class. A May 24 date covers third and fourth degrees. An Easter program and home cooked sale are planned for next week. Members from Woolwich Bodwell at Small Point Topsham and Springfield Mass attended.
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West Bath Grange
West Path Grange
Moeting
Grange
Grange Hall
Alice Johnson
Helen Hartwell
Julia Field
Ella Coombs
Agnes Wright
Lucelia Blake
Granges
Woolwich
Bodwell
Small Point
Topsham
Springfield
Mass
Rose Jean
Almira Jones
Nell Marie Kelsey
Columbia
Reading
Ethel MacDonald
America
Rosary
Concord
William Ketchum
Beverly Pendleton
Lulu Lemont
Madelin Brown
Paul Revere
Lucy Armstrong
Manfred Haggett Guest of Honor at Neighborhood Sendoff
A group from Maxwell Street gathered Tuesday evening at Mr and Mrs Arthur Haggett home to bid farewell to Manfred Haggett who departs Thursday for Camp Devens to enter the U S Army. Hosts presented him a duffle bag money belt cigarette case and cigarettes. Attending were Gene Haggett Ray mond Barter Chester McCrater Sadie Gacelon Moses Kennerson Gallant Emma Gross Roy Sargent and others from Bath and Stonington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Haggett
Maxwell Street
Manfred Haggett
Camp Devens
United States Army
Haggett
Gene Haggett
Raymond Barter
Autopsy Details of Bath Lumberman Worker Remains
An autopsy examines a man found dead with ties to a Harmony lumber business and Bath Iron Works tin shop. He leaves widow Aura, brother Harold of Skowhegan, three sisters Mrs Calla Ladd Mrs Pearl Longfellow and Mrs Leon Tapley of Waterville. Funeral was Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Athens Church.
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Fears
Harmony
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Aura
Harold D
Skowhegan
Calla Ladd
Pearl Longfellow
Leon Tapley
Waterville
Athens Church
Athens
Brunswick Arraignment Records Include DUI and Licensure Charges
Dave Champagner of Water ville paid $100 and costs of $480 after arraignment in Brunswick municipal court on a driving while under the influence charge. Earl Haines of Bath paid $5 and costs of $4.80 each on charges of driving a vehicle not properly licensed and speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Champagner
Waterville
Brunswick
Earl Haines
Bath
Herbert D Stewart Dies at Orleans Massachusetts
Herbert D Stewart longtime Orleans High School principal for over 40 years died at Wowrite Mass-terapitel following illness. Born January 1879 in Bath son of Darrsh Weo belia Stewart, he moved to Bath and later served as principal of Orleans High School. funeral attended by Masons Odd Fellows and Cape Cod clergy with interment planned in Bath. The Wilbur family, former Bath residents, had lived at 44 a feet in Bath before moving to New Jersey seven years ago.
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Pateral Prvices
D. Stewart
Fereriy
Kachmers
Bath
Orjears Mare
Stewart
Bert War
Cardint Martins
Richfrend
Orleans
Vath Jai
Darrsh
Weobelia Stewart
Asses Bowden College
Beatwon Stewart
Mar
Tre Tocarers
Trnii Eldredge Alerie Coffin
Altesess
Beaw
Revabers
Mophise Weostens
Clapp
Arthur Vericz
Hiedmond
Ward Wilbur
New Jersey
Wilburs
Charles T. Small
Death of Gertrude A Holbrook of Woolwich
Mrs Gertrude A Holbrook 61 wife of Edwin L Holbrook of Nequasset road Woolwich died noon after a long illness Born Anna daughter of Frank and Mary Tarr She lived in Woolwich a devoted neighbor and mother Former member of the Womens Auxiliary and Farm Bureau Survived by son Lester Holbrook Woolwich sisters Iva Baker Los Angeles and Maud Packard Southport Four nephews and two nieces Funeral held Wednesday at Mayo Funeral Home 19 High Street burial in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Halirink
Edwin L. Holorok
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Anna
Frank
Mary
Tarr
Holbrook
Women's Auxiliary
Farm Bureau
Lester
Holbrook Woolwich
Iva Baker
Los Angeles
Calif
Maud Packard
Southport
Mayo Funeral Home
High Street
Riverside Cemetery
Albert Hathorne Dies After Illness in Woolwich
Albert Hathorne 22 lifelong Woolwich resident died at his Middle Road home Friday afternoon after a long illness. He was born in Woolwich to Hartley and Elizabeth White Hathorne. Survived by his wife seven nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Monday at 1 PM from his home with Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hathorne
Woolwich
Middlee Road
Hartley
Elizabeth White Hathorne
Svern
Joseph O Purdue
Winter Street Church
Rebecca M Ginsberg Dies After Long Illness
Rebecca M Ginsberg age 64 of Newport wife of Simon Ginsberg died Friday after a long illness. Survived by husband and children Charles Fo of 954 High Street Edith A Shapiro Newport, three grandchildren Lowuj Ginsberg Bath Sysduex F Shapiro U.S. Army Air Force Seat Field Al Howard Shapiro Newport, three sisters Celia Cowen Biddeford Etta Denny Auburn Kate Levine Waist Enfield, three brothers Joseph Robinson Sacco Charles Rolinson Belfast Hasan Rolanson Belfast. Services were held at Congregation Wets Israel and interment Mount Wope cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca M Ginsberg
Simon Ginsberg
Newport
Charles Fo
High Street
Edith A. Shapiro
Lowuj Ginsberg
Bath
Sysduex F Shapiro
U.S Army Air Force Seat Field
Howard Stapiro
Celia Cowen
Biddeford
Etta Denny
Auburn
Mrs Addie Park Dies at Home in Bath
Mrs Addie Park died at the home of Mrs Jess Er Kine 22 Talovan Street Sutdas See aged 65 years. Survived by one brother Dr Osmond Fo Park of Dorchester Massachusetts. Funeral services were Tuesday at Mayo Funeral Home 619 High Street and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Mra Addie Park
Jess Er Kine
Talovan Street
Sutdas
Park
Bath
Osmond Fo Park
Dorchester Mas
Mayo Funeral Home
High Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Death of Edward Wilbur in Bath Saddens Family
Alice Wilbur of Bath mourns the death of her husband Edward Wilbur. The notice expresses sorrow from friends in Bath for the passing of Mr Wilbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Alice Wilbur
Miss Emma Morse 83 Dies After Prolonged Illness
Emma Morse 83 a lifelong resident of the city died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. Born November 20, 1862 she worked with local department stores and attended the Christian Science church. Survived by a half brother Charles H. Morse of Bath and several nieces and nephews including Alvah Morse Walter Morse and Otis Morse. Funeral set for Thursday at two from Mayo Funeral Residence 918 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisk Kina
S. Morse
Iol Memoria
Augustus
Mary T Morse
Mine Morse
Mary G. Catan
Russell Street
Miss Morse
Beth Mire
Morse
Christian Science Church
Genesta Chapter
O. ES
Mires Morse
Naif
Charles H. Morse
Bath
Alvah Morse
Walter Morse
Otis Morse
Ttu Mayo
Igh Street
Death of Morice G McDorr in Augusta
Morice G McDorr of 64 Mechanic Street Augusta died early Wednesday. Born in Exeter Maine he was a mason by trade. He left a wife Helen and nine children. A son of Thomas and Dora McCorr he served in the Canadian Army in World War I overseas. The body will be brought to the city for funeral services Friday at 2 PM from Mayo Funeral Residence 918 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Morice G McDorr
Mechanic Street
Exeter
Helen
Mr McDorr
Thomas
Dora
Southard) McCorr
Mayo
High Street
Funeral services for Albert Hathorne held in Woolwich
Funeral services for Albert Hathorne were conducted Monday afternoon at his Middle Road home in Woolwich. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Bath’s Winter Street Congregational Church officiated. Burial followed in the Riverside Cemetery family plot. Pallbearers named: Edward Hathorne, Fred Hathorne, Hartley Hathorne, and Milton Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hathorn
Middle Road
Woolwich
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath
Riverside Cemetery
Learers
Edward Hathorne
Fred Hathorne
Hartley Hathorne
Milton Hathorne
Mrs. Marguerie L. Savage Funeral Held Thursday
The funeral for Mrs. Marguerie L. Savage was held Thursday afternoon at 2 from 819 High Street. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were the four brothers Alfred Edward Hiram and Williams Staples. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerie L. Savage
Arthur [F Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Alfred
Edward
Hiram
Williams Staples
Oak Grove Cemetery
Two Men Bound Over in Assault and Robbery Case
Stanley M. Bowen of the airport at Norridgewock and Forrest A. Goodwin of Fairfield faced Trial Justice Henderson in Madison on charges of assault and robbery. They were bound over to await the May term of Superior Court with $500 bail each, posted by Goodwin. Arrests were by Chief Deputy Greenleaf after Bowen and Goodwin were taken. Peckham joined the trio for a ride, leading to the alleged robbery of salesman Earle Weskham near the Roger Brooks farm, with $25 to $30 taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Bowen
Norridgewock
Forrest A. Goodwin
Fairfield
Henderson
Madison
Goodwin
Greenleaf
Bowen
North Avenue
Earle
Weskham
Portland
Peckham
Roger Brooks
Middle Road
Sheriff's Department
Potato Growers Boost Aroostook Output Through Bargaining
In Aroostook County farmers profit from bargaining tactics to lift 1943 potato production toward a 20 percent gain. The effort helps offset shortages in labor machinery and fertilizer, long seen as bottlenecks to higher yields amid nationwide agricultural strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harum
Aroostook County
Aroostook
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