Richmond Daybook Highlights Local Clubs and Events
RichmondProgressive 4 H enrolls seven new members bringing total to 16. Brownie troop starts cooking lessons and nature study. Extension Association hosts talk Behind the Seams and notes Home Makers Day plans. Polio clinics set with 83 of 90 consent slips signed. Spelling bee champions named for district 32. Pre nuptial shower for Chloe Berry. Community notices cover library, water utilities, memorial day plans, and local births and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spear Sedgley
Frederick Lyons
Robert Wallace
Jack Wallace
Edwin Lebel
Leslie Gardner
Richmond Corner
Albion Raynes
White Rock
Canada
Citizens’ Caucus
Leon P. Shepard
Thomas Hinckley
Board of Selectmen
Earl McFee
Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows
Brunswick Lodge of Odd Fellows
Richmond
Odd Fellows
Augusta
Fireman's Association
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Harold Brown
Kenneth Ballard
Clayton Waltz
Bradley Stihson
Sears Foundation
Waltz
George Millay
Isaac F
Roy Gilpatrick
Carl Anderson
Ruel Curtis
Wesley Webber
Irene Little
Marion Wade
Evelyn Cutler
Helen Gilpatrick
Muriel Pratt
Yvonne Harford
Ruie Curtis
Leslie Gardiner
Richard N. Berry
Richmond Water Works
Maine Water Utilities Association
Amy Bradley
Sadie Waltz
Sewing Club
Vanessa Beedle
Darrah Street
Litchfield
Russell Perry
Allan Ramsdell
Monmouth Center
Jean Hatfield
Emerson School
Sagadahoc
Edwin Douglass
Dolores Russell
Linda Cheney
Paul Madore
Church Street
Chloe Berry
Machias
Madore
Don Pollard
Glenna Curtis
Ethel Berry
Frank Budreau
Arthur Terrell
Reginald Emmons
Clifton Melvin
Robert Silver
Everett Stevens
Richard Strout
Charles Dore
Clifford Lothridge
Ralph Dickinson
Pete Grover
Robert Gibbs
Beulahlowe
Madeline Shields
Myrtle Lodge Past Lady's Club Meets Monday Night
The Past Lady's Club of Myrtle Lodge met Monday at Mrs. Lucelia Blake's home on Dummer Street. President Edith Miller led the business session to plan summer activities and set a May 23 meeting date. A social hour followed with hand works and a Springtime centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Past Lady's Club
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Lucelia Blake
Dummer Street
Edith Miller
Alice Lewis
Gertrude Stewart
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Eunice Perry
Cub Pack 57 Meets With Projects And Awards
Cub Pack 57 met Monday night at Beacon Street Methodist church. Den projects included bird houses wood samples and seedling plants. Cubmaster Fred Fox presented Henry Donnell a silver arrow point. Dick Fullerton led a tug of war with Roy Hare aiding and parents joined a game. Dwight Packard showed a firefighting themed film Water On Fire. Mothers served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 57
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Fred Fox
Henry Donnell
Dick Fullerton
Roy Hare
Dwight Packard
Dance for School Youngsters Friday Night in Huse Gym
A teen age dance for sixth to eighth graders will be hosted Friday evening by the Huse Memorial P T A. Music by Coombs Orchestra runs 7 to 10 pm in the Huse Gymnasium. Refreshments will be served. Patrons include Mr and Mrs Allan Spear and others. committees list Cyrus Ashe Ralph Brewer and Melvin Comeau with George Nugent assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial P.T.A
Huse
Coombs
Allan Spear
Duncan Melvines
Earl Wade
Oscar Marsh
Cyrus Ashe
Ralph Brewer
Melvin Comeau
George Nugent
Miss Jane Niles Visits Parents During Stratford Vacation
Miss Jane Niles a Connecticut teacher in Stratford arrives to spend the Spring vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Merle Niles of Middlebury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Niles
Stratford, Conn
Merle Niles
Middle Street
Georgetown News Briefs on Church, Town Meeting and Local Happenings
Warren Harris spoke on Jonah at the First Baptist Church. New members welcomed were Mrs Alfred Rowe, Sherry Rowe and Mr and Mrs Chester Kelsea. Town Meeting recessed in March. selectmen to study mutual aid fire protection with Bath and possible MacMahan withdrawal. Summer residents protest a bill. next Working League May 3 and PTA May 4. A summer resident treated gypsy moth egg masses with creosote, painting over 200 egg masses. Two burials at Oak Cemetery included Mrs Azuba Holland and Mrs Lena Donnell. A stork shower honored Mrs William Plummer 3rd. The Lee boys played at MacMahan. hurricane damage reported to evergreens and water system. Camp moved to Woolwich. Island colony reports heavy damage. Several visitors and residents listed with weekend hosts. Pneumonia recovery of Mrs Daisy Hinckley noted. Hugh Rockwell from New York plans a May return. Various local visits, travels, and family events summarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
Jonah
First Baptist Church
Alfred Rowe
Sherry Rowe
Chester Kelsea
Central School
Working League
Georgetown
Oak Cemetery
Azuba Holland
Lena Donnell
Bath
William A. Todd
William Plummer
Lee Boys
MacMahan
William Bisseth
Blanche Westall
Woolwich
Harold R. Shaw
Jack Calabrese
Brighton
Mass
Calabrese
Tatman Place
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Roland Peterson
Dorothy W. Stuart
Stuart
Noroton
Conn
Georgetown Center
James Oliver
Berlin
N. H
Daisy Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Memorial Hospital
Hugh Rockwell
New York City
Robinhood
David Alkazin
Revinhood
Gerald York
Framingham
Clifford J. Woodhull
Mercer, N. J
George Laskey
Edith Powagrs
Elbridge
Social Roundup of Local Visitors and Guests
Residents and visitors frequented cottages and homes around Indian Point Sagadahoc Bay and Bath. Notable names include Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Atwood visiting from Newburyport and Camp Vance respectively, plus families from West Roxbury Needham Augusta and Kingston attending events or staying at summer locales.
Morse High Junior Class Silver Tea Benefit
Morse High School hosts a Silver Tea Friday from 3 to 5 pm in Sedgwick Hall to support the junior class treasury. Katharine Conley and Nathan W. Watson chair the event with officers Paul Johnson Elvira Pecci Diane Bailey and Jane Homan assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Sedgwick
Katharine Conley
Nathan W. Watson
Paul Johnson
Elvira Pecci
Diane Bailey
Jane Homan
Morse High Band Drive Nets $280 for Trip and Repairs
Morse High School Band has collected $280 to date in a penny drive with Bath citizens. Funds support the trip to the Western Maine Audition Festival in Sanford on May 14, instrument repairs, and uniform replacement. standout contributor Duane Fraser raised over $100 in his first year with the band. Boxes in stores welcome late donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
Sanford
Duane Fraser
Erland Fraser
Liberty Street
Duane
Demand Drives Record Fishing Licenses in April Local offices
Inland fishing interest surges as City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr reports 163 fishing licenses 38 combined licenses and 7 hunting licenses issued through Tuesday. Context notes large lobster weights in regions and contrasts European lobsters with 34 pound American lobsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Five Islands Ladies Bible class and community notes
Five Islands hosts Ladies Bible Class at Mrs Victor Pinkham home with Mrs William Marr presiding. Sunday church services move to 9 45 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m DST. Islanders 4 H Club meets at Library Hall with a color film on 4 H work shown by Paul Dow. Many local residents visit cottages, attend services, and travel between Bath Acton Portland and surrounding towns. A new birth and several deaths are noted along with hospital stays and weekend visits by local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
William Marr
Orville Rowe
Erland Moore
George Gray
Rowe
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Islanders 4-H Club
Library Hall
4-H
County 4-H Club
Paul Dow
Robert Snow
William Farr
Adolph Spear
Eugene Reynolds
Wendall Stevens
Bath
Baptist Church
William Harvey
Acton
Mass
Harvey
Medford
Door key possible combinations count
A modern door key using a single key blank type can be produced in 32 768 possible combinations indicating the key space size for that blank.
Bay Point bird notes and local weekend social rounds
The Bay Point report describes the tree swallow including size, color, eggs, nesting, incubation and fledging timelines. It also notes feeding behavior and song. The rest records a stream of local social visits and small-town activities from Monday through Sunday, naming residents, guests, and weekend travelers.
Animal Circus at Morse High School in Bath
An Animal Circus will entertain Bath school children at Morse High School on Monday at three o’clock under the Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers. Attractions include Bonzo the roller skating chimpanzee, high dive monkeys, educated ponies, and jockey riding dogs and monkeys. Assistants on the arrangements committee include Mrs. Eugene Hart Mrs. Leon Robbins Mrs. Harry Larrabee Mrs. Henry Marsh Mrs. William Bryant Mrs. Leon Belanger and Mrs. Edward McGuiggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Bonzo
Eugene Hart
Leon Robbins
Harry Larrabee
Henry Marsh
William Bryant
Leon Belanger
Edward McGuiggan
Portland
Nelson Horridge
Donald Jackson
James O’leary
Harold Corliss
Roy Bradford
Francis Baird
League of Central Church Plans May Rummage Sale
The League of Central Church met at the parish house on Monday evening with President Mrs A Lincoln Anderson presiding. They voted for a May rummage sale and the date and committee will be named. The annual banquet is set for May 2 with a trip to Brunswick to Harriet Beecher Stowe house. assemble at 6 pm for transportation, then adjourn to a restaurant for a snack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
A. Lincoln Anderson
Brunswick
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Card of Thanks for Bath Memorial Hospital Staff
A patient from Richmond Maine thanks the doctors and Bath Memorial Hospital staff for kindness and patience during a 160 day stay in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Surprise Shower for Miss Cynthia Dauphin
Miss Cynthia Dauphin was honored with a surprise pre nuptial linen shower on April 20 at 55 Denny Road, Bath, hosted by Mrs Reginald Barter. Attendees from Bath and Richmond included Mrs Roberta Savage Mrs Anna Thomas and others. Refreshments followed gift opening as the couple prepares for a May 14 wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Dauphin
Reginald Barter
Denny Road
Reginald Barter, Jr
Roberta Savage
Anna Thomas
Jean Wold
Phyllis Crocker
Alice Hagan
John Dauphin
Marietta Flemmings
Katherine Bart
Magnesium relative weights to metals
Magnesium weighs two thirds as much as aluminum and a fourth as much as steel, indicating its lighter density compared with common structural metals.
Bath P T A Panel Tackles Auto Safety Issues
Bath Maine panel on motor vehicle safety led by Trooper Herman Boudreau discusses driver education and road safety at Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers meeting. Morse High teacher Paul Scanlin and students Stephanie Rush and Nancy Bourgoin present driving facts. Bath Police officer Benjamin Fitzgerald introduces Bath Hot Rod club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Boudreau
Maine State Police
Bath
Scanlin
Stephanie Rush
Nancy Bourgoin
Morse High
Miss Rush
Miss Bourgoin
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Richard Oliver
Edward Wilson
Bath Hot Rod Club
Boothbay Harbor Man Killed in River Crash Near Wiscasset Bridge
Frank W. Tibbetts, 69, of Boothbay Harbor died after his car left Route 1 and plunged into the Sheepscot River near the Davis Island–Dodge Inn bridge in Wis casset. Police say he died about 1 a m with cause not yet established and the crash noted by a Waldoboro observer at 4 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Sheepscot
Wiscasset
Frank W. Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Davis Island
Dodge Inn
Waldoboro
Phillip O. Gregory
Boothbay
Mrs Grace Ellingwood obituary from Rangeley
Mrs Grace Lillian Ellingwood 70 widow of Hollis Ellingwood died Wednesday at her Rangeley home after residence in Bath 14 years Born May 10 1883 in Bangor she was a daughter of Wilbur L and Elizabeth Has k enough Hasell Surviving five daughters Lillian Tozia Grace Faust Pauline Virgin Jennie Buck Marion Neilson and five sons Roland Charles Frederick Freeman Walter a sister Miss Marion Haskell a brother George Haskell and many grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces Funeral will be Friday at two PM from the Baptist church Rangeley burial Evergreen Cemetery Rangeley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lillian Ellingwood
Hollis Ellingwood
Pine Street
Bath
Rangeley
Bangor
Wilbur L
Elizabeth Shaw Haskell
Lillian Tozia
Rockwood
Grace Faust
el Centro
Calif
Pauline Virgin
Rumford
Miss Abigail F Carter 87 Bath resident dies at home
Miss Abigail Fullerton Carter aged 87 of 45 Green Street Bath died Tuesday evening at her home. Born January 13 1868 in Woolwich she was the daughter of Captain Christopher O and Margaret Edgecomb Carter. She sailed as a child on the ship Whampoa and lived in Bath most of her life. She was a member of Winter Street Congregational Church and its Ladies Aid. Survived by sister Isabelle Carter of Bath and brother Edward Carter of Washington DC. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from 45 Green Street with burial at Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Fullerton Carter
Green Street
Woolwich
Christopher O
Margaret Edgecomb Carter
Carter
Bath
Winter Street
Edward Carter
Washington, DC
Oak Grove
Episcopal Women Meet In Belfast Tuesday
District No 2 of the Woman s Auxiliary of the Episcopal church met in Belfast Tuesday with attendees from Bath including Revo Canon Charles M Tubbs and Mrs Tubbs Mrs Rower M Luke Diocesan vice president Mrs John K Lee and others. Rt Rev William Scarlett retired bishop of Missouri and now Castine resident spoke delivering an inspiring message about hopeful factors in the world today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Episcopal Church
Belfast
Bath
Charles M Tubbs
Tubbs
Rower M. Luke
John K. Lee
Muriel Stafford
Marthy, Vachon
Arthur Sewall 2Nd
Charles Swearingen
John M. Leonard
William Scarlett
Missouri
Castine
Scarlett
Wendell P Stevens 78 former chef and home engineer
Wendell P Stevens of 1 Washington Street died at Memorial hospital after a two day stay. Born in Georgetown he trained as a chef and worked at a Mouse Island hotel and the Squirrel Inn before 38 years at Sagadahoe Ferry and the Old Folks Home as an engineer. He married Maude Jewett of Westport and they had a golden anniversary two years ago. He is survived by nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell P. Stevens
Wendell Phillips Stevens
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Georgetown
Jacob and
Priscilla
Oliver) Stevens
Mouse Island
Squirrel Inn
Squirrel Island
Wendell P Stevens Rites Held At Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Wendell P Stevens longtime engineer at the Old Folks Home were held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Charles R Sims officiating. Board members and many home guests attended showing Stevens esteem and popularity. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grown with bearers named and out of town relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell P. Stevens
Old Folks Home
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles R Sims
First Baptist Church
Stevens
George Leonard
Lester Knight
Jack Langan
Lawrence Ro Vail
John Langan
South
Portland
Atwood Stevens
Carroll Stevens
Frank Stevens
Priscilla
Boothbay
Brunswick
Portlind
Bishop Scarlett to Speak at St Paul Episcopal Service
The church in Bruinswack hosts Bishop Scarlett as guest speaker with a May diary plan announced later. A foretoon session focused on prayer and wartime duties while St Marearers Episcopal notes the rector Rev. Oliver W Bell and Mrs Stantes F Wall community members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarlett
St Paul
Bruinswack
Worl Boon
St Marearers
Ales Oliver W Bell
Stantes F Wall
Hall
Harbour School
New London
Conti
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Mildred Rittall
Irene Welch
James Lothridge
Ma Plummer
Elizabeth Thomas
Rebecca Dore
Phyllis Strout
Paul Moody
Gardiner General Hospital
Arthur Williams
Winneganee
Oscar Douglass
Old Ferry Road
George Hoyt
Front Street
Helen Moody
D. J. McKinnon
Winthrop
Albert Darrah
Chestnut Street
Judy Dunn
Lois Dunn
Lisbon Falls
Lawrence Huntington
Russell Alvin
Brunswick Hospital
Olen Brown
South Gardiner
Veneranda Sanford
Noble Grand
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Ethel Pinkham
Charles Trott
Dorcas Rebekah Lodge
Waterville
Pinkham
Adella Sheffield
Daniel K. Bettle
River Road
George Gould
James
Marjorie
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Virginia
Eva Douglass
Ladies Auxiliary
Alice Roberts
District
Elwin Mullin
Mulin
Ernest Hewins
Smithfield
Myrtle Lodge
Lady’s Club
Todd
Miss Oliver
Kingston High School
Kingston
Harold J. Brown
Maine General Hospital
Mr. Brown
Miles Hagan
Harold Jr
St. Joseph
L. Earle Hagan
William MacDonald and Sons
William
Jimmie
Mike
Waldo Brown
Kennebec Point
Edward C. Clarey
Judy Watts
Shirley Ketchum
Sherry Grindell
Donna Guynn
Mary Talbot
Judith Browne
Marilyn Bates
Norma Brewer
Bernice Breen
Malcolm Hamilton
Jon
Robert Billington
Herbert Anderson
Patty White
Betsy Douglas
Armando Cormier
Richard Crabtree
John Champagne
Raymond Durgan
Lance Fuller
Royal Johnson
John Grindell
Arthur Bourque
Joseph Marchetti
Joseph Pecci
Joseph Long
Morse
Alton Reed
Westbrook
Parker Start
Melrose
Stanley Kosalka
Ellen Cunningham
Raphael Higgins
Marcia
Marion Ainley
Boston
Gerald Carr
Felix Solomons
Clark
Lynn
Saugus
Fred White
Orrin, Jr
Vincent Strout
Fairfield
Yarmouth
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Harlan Pinkham
Arthur Berry
David
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Kathleen Rittall
Rose Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Marr
Carl Pearson
Somerville
Reginald Church
Howard McMahan
Grace Ellen Preble
Karen MacGillivary
Andy
George Lee
Bobby
Onset
Reggie Pinkham
USCG
Stewart Ford
Bailey's Island
Francis Pierce
Ray Gilpatrick
Blake
John Brown
Kevin
Bonnie
Jamestown
Kathleen Skidmore
Farmingdale
Gary
Herman Barter
Harold Pinkham
BIW
Ernest Snow
Freeport
Robert
Lulu Hanna
Irving
James MccMahan
Margaret McMahar
Bay Point
Thurston & Bailey of
Lewiston
Mina Hinckley
Mains
Clyde Pinkham
Harry Thompson
Brewer
Butterfield
McDonald
George Renaud
Sherman Campbell
Arthur Tibbetts
Sherman Campbells
Joseph Perow
L. M. Spinney
Nina Cummings
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Karl Kiessling
Karl, Jr
Rockledge
George Po Hoyt
Maine
Miss Cynthia
Boudreau
P.T. A.council
Wiscasset Bridge
Mrs
Grace Ellingwood
Abigail F. Carter
Episcopal
Bhumway Funeral Service
W. P. Stevens
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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