Richmond YAYF picnic and town notes from the region
The YAYF club of the Methodist church hosted a picnic at Fort Edgecomb in honor of Miss Lucille Utter of Hamilton New York a former local resident. The paper lists numerous locals visiting from nearby towns and reports on property sales, obituaries, camp activity, and hospital news with a fire at a cottage and other community events across Richmond and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Fort Edgecomb
Lucilletter
Hamilton
N. Y
Janet Land
Roberta Land
Norwich
Ferrars Stuber
Gail
Sandra Stuber
Wesley Webber
Leon Batchelder
Mabel Clifford
Ruie Curtis
Marilla Tarr
Melvin Curtis
Maurice Reynolds
Priscilla Chipman
Everett Douglass
Linda Douglass
Archer Terrell
Lillian Bourgier
Enterprise Grange
South Gardiner
Gardiner
Strong
Portland
Richmond
Lee Stinson
Beedle Road
Cecil Lovejoy
Stinson
Maurice Peary
Barbara
Norma
Lord
Main Street
Blanche H. C. Lord
Webber
Capt
Adrian Stanley
Winterport
David Miller
Ernest Harmon
Lillian
William
Topsham
Charles Belyea
Hilda Harmon
Warren Lubee
Richard
Gordon Howe
Ralph George
Saugus
Mass
Carlos Dunlap
Pleasant Street
Kid Buck
Baptist Church
Grace Dunklee
Bowdoinham River
Elmer Smith
Vermont
Estelle Miller
Haverhill
Charlesennedy
W. E. Whitney
John Lemont
Bowdeinham
A. D. J. Austin Stover
USN
Stover
Bath
Jacksonville
Fla
Sue Stover
Mr. Stover
Lenox Notes as Youth Enters Jesuit Novitiate
Lenox Massachusetts reports a local youth entering the Jesuit Novitiate to begin priesthood studies. The column notes visits from Howard Farwell Jr and family of New Bedford, a trip to Boothbay Harbor, and plans to visit Cherryfield relatives. Others referenced include local residents Annie Johnson, Thur Brown and Nancy Brown, Susan Lake and Edward Cook, and James H Alexander in the US Navy bound for Korean waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemaquid Point
Thur] Brown
Nancy
Danvers
Mass
Lillian E. Haynes
Center Street
Susan Lake
Edward Cook
Strong
W. E. Whitney
Henry Alexander
Main Street
James H. Alexander
F. P.2
USN
7Th Fleet
Korean
West Coast
Alaska
San Diego
Atlantic
Pacific
James Lothridge
Auburn
Mrs Luella Ames Dies at 81. Burial in Richmond Planned
Mrs Luella T Ames 81 widow of George E Ames died. Body brought to Richmond for burial in Southard cemetery. Former Richmond resident, lived in Fitchburg Mass has been a Christian Science practitioner for 20 years. Survived by daughter Courtney Flynn Hollywood California son Melville Ames Newton Falls Mass two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uuela T. Ames
Luella T. Ames
George E. Ames
Richmond
Southard
Ames
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Mass
Courtney Flynn
Hollywood
Calif
Melville Ames
Newton Falls
Bath Iron Works urged for naval reactivation work
Paul M Hovey and Alonzo F Young International Representatives of the Brotherhood of Boiler makers Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America AFL announced Friday they had contacted Charles J MacGowan International President of the union requesting him to urge the Navy Department to assign Bath shipyard a portion of the reactivation program. MacGowan promised to press for Bath to be treated fairly in naval ship reactivation and to seek ship repair or new construction work for the Bath Iron Works Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Hovey
Alonzo F. Young
Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America
Charles J. MacGowan
Union
Navy Department
Bath
Mr. MacGowan
A. F. of S
CIO
Washington
AFL
MacGowan
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath Young People Honor Bride and Groom to Be
Donald R Sylvester and Miss Jacqueline McMann were feted by friends ahead of their Thursday wedding. A miscellaneous shower for Miss McMann hosted by Miss Mae Nelson and Miss Jane Jones drew about thirty guests at the Nelson residence on High Street. A separate stag party for the groom elect was hosted by Alvin Gediman Burton W Smith and Dean Leavitt at Bernard Pratt Jr's Bailey Street home Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Sylvester
Chestnut Street
Jacqueline McMann
East Jane
Mae Nelson
Jane Jones
Miss McMann
Nelson
High Street
John Sylvester
Alvin Gediman
Burton W. Smith
Dean Leavitt
Bernard Pratt, Jr
Bailey Street
Georgetown Working League annual sale and tea planned
The Working League will hold its annual sale and tea next Tuesday afternoon August 8 at Central School. Activities include ice cream and tonic sales and a children’s snip line. Several local groups report on fishing sailing and social events in the area, including moonlight wienie roasts, yacht races under Seguin Yacht Club, and Farm Bureau entertainment at Overlook Hall with a program led by Mrs. Watson and Miss Thayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Clarence B. Hill
Reid's Park
Kennebec Point
Seguin Yacht Club
Sherburne Brown
Graham Wren
White Star
John Brewster
Betsy Holt
Willard Dalrymple
Tom Kahrl
Paul Loughlin
Howard Bliss
Don Chatfield
Pauline
Stuart Carlisle
John Bliss
Farm Bureau
Overlook Hall
Thomas Watson
Katherine Blackie
Faylene Rowe
Alfred Rowe
New England
Roy Newman
Addie Moulton
Ruth Patterson
Mary Pinkham
Miss Patterson
Walter Beane
Gypsy
Shirley Hicks
Howard Fletcher
Jessie Addams
Elizabeth I
Robert Boyer
Merchantville
N. J
Philo Calhoun
Little River
Social Notes From Robinhood and Nearby Towns
Vacation visits and extended family gatherings fill Robinhood last week with many staying at cottages and homes. Residents and guests include the Lees at MacMahan, Dr and Mrs Brown hosting Hill Randall party, Edwin Pinson family, and Stephen Clarke visiting from Pasadena. Local trips span Five Islands to Orrs Island, with Rebecca and Laura Peterson attending Oak Grove School graduation, and households hosted by LaChaise, Todd, and Reynolds among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Lee
MacMahan
Clarence B. Hill
Georgia Randall
J. H. Brown
Edwin Pinsons
Nancy
North Edgecomb
Walter Beane
Robinhood
Five Islands
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Elizabeth Thompson
Jessie Addams
Howard Fletcher
Fisherman’s Wharf
Boothbay Playhouse
Stephen T. Clarke
Pasadena
Calif
Shirley Hicks
Mr. Clarke
David Weingarten
Wiscasset
Gaston LaChaise
Roland FE. Peterson
Louise
Vassalboro
Oak Grove School
Phyllis Pamplin
Miss Pamplin
California
Joseph Breithaupt
Campbell
Drexel
Pollock
Staten Island
Edward C. Clarey
MacMahon
James Gillies
Bath
Indian Point
Richards
Parker Moulton
Augusta
Clarence P. Hill
Jim King
Frank King
Carroll Powers
Greene
Dora Hill
Blanchard Hill
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll P. Powers
Roscoe P. Todd
Milton Dyer
Hunt House
Thomas Watson
Camden
Millicent Swanson
Iowa
Roy Newmans
Alexander Reynolds
Merean
Lewis B Trafton
Trafton
York Village
Harry Horne
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Harold Allen
Raymond Ebbett
Montpelier
Hazel Gay
Orr's Island
Burton West
George
Wilmington
Mass
George Green
Connecticut
Alvah C. Reynolds
West
Roland Peterson
Portland
Clayton Heald
Roy J. Campbell
Bowdoin Gregson
Eugene Gilman
Town City
John Gilman
Andy
Washington, D. C
Harold J. Brown
Diane MacFarland
Peterson
Nathaniel Berry
Mr and Mrs Leon White Lead Week at China Lake
Mr and Mrs Leon White of Tower Circle lead the week at China Lake with a quiet family retreat and a note about local activities. The event highlights the couple's stay and the community's routine weekend schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon White
Tower Circle
China Lake
Five Islands Community Activities and Baptisms Highlight Summer
Survivors of an unnamed local figure include two daughters Mrs. Carl Pearson and Mrs. Reginald Church and two sons Clayton and Howard with six grandchildren. A July 24 Seacrest card party hosted by Mrs. Felix Solomons featured coffee and cake. Attendees from multiple towns joined a successful covered dish supper and Bingo at Howard's hall. An impressive Staffelds Cove baptism Sunday afternoon saw seven candidates, including Rosalyn and Sylvia Pinkham and Clayton Hanna, to join the Five Islands and Georgetown churches. Sunday services drew strong attendance with special music. Plans were underway for a Camp Bethel Young Peoples rally and a late-month minstrel show to aid the Fire Department. Community club membership drives continue with contacts listed. Additional notes mention Harmons Harbor tinkermacker activity, a Hobby class, Camp Richmond departures for local girls, and the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cochran e at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pearson
Reginald Church
Clayton
Howard
Seacrest
Felix Solomons
Nat Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Mass
F. B. White
Winthrop
Harrington
Crane
Lynn
B. F. Perry
Dunedin
Reginald Pinkham
Clayton Hanna
Five Islands
Robert Jordan
Robinhood
Cleaves Henderson
Camp Bethel
Harpswell
Henderson
Young Peoples
F. Kechlwetter
Fred White
Gertrude Smith
Norman Howard
Winn Stewart
Harmons Harbor
Tinkermacker
Rosalyn Pinkham
Camp Richmond
Jesse Starr
Cecil Petrier
Arthur Cochrane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Frances McMahan Dies. Burial Planned in Family Lot
Mrs Frances McMahan widow of Frank McMahan died last week at a Somerville hospital Massachusetts The body was brought here for burial in the family lot A funeral service was held in her home state with a committal at the grave Thursday afternoon Rev James A Beyea of North Windham officiating She had spent many summers here and made many friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McMahan
Frances ‘McMahan
Frank McMahan
Somerville
Mass
James A. Beyea
North Windham
McMahan
Arrowsic sees crop strain and new summer homes amid floods
A drought rattles Arrowsic with failing vegetables while some fields near the Kennebec River show crop parity thanks to irrigation and nearby water access. Property transfers include Raymond Ainsworth and Mrs. Ainsworth of Washington planning a summer home, with others like E. J. Cyr of Bath buying cottages. New Woolwich Arrowsie bridge activity spurs changes as families weld roots in the area along the river and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sturmer
Arrowsic
Raymond Ainsworth
Washington, D. C
Alvah Light
Dress-Up Day Observed At Bath Playgrounds
Fancy costumes filled Bath playgrounds Friday as children gathered with parents to showcase outfits. Winners across parks include Dike, Huse, South, Lambert, Hyde, Goddards divisions for categories such as most unique, silliest, best clown, best dressed lady, most ornamental, and cutest or prettiest, with many notable contestants named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Robinson
William Avery
Katherine Barter
Diane Dickinson
Betty Dickinson
Donna Miller
Diane Manteer
Silliest
Jim Hanson
Jane Milliken
Pammy Brown
Eugene Piper
Ricky Woods
Dotty Snowden
Marie Milliken
Ann Loeser
Pammy Hanson
South
Sonny Crocker
Gershin Trott
Charles Whitcomb
Diane Levesque
Gloria Swearingin
Geneva Cressey
Lambert Park
June Lessard
Paula Lessard
Bobby Soule
Gloria Overlock
Camille Remick
Pamela Lamero
Hyde Park
Caro Smith
Jimmie Jackson
Earl Cardosi
Anna Smith
Marshall Gotte
Gwenn Jackson
Goddards
Linda
George McDonald
Billy Strube
Dickie Lutz
Carol Cornish
Sandra Bean
Judy Bean
Dianna Staples
Neva Patterson Returns to Lakewood
Neva Patterson, famed lead at Lakewood last summer, returns for three weeks starting August 7 with Goodbye My Fancy. Fay Bainter leads Nothing Serious by P. G. Wodehouse at Lakewood Theatre along with Ian Keith Reynolds Evans and a supporting cast of five visiting artists inclining Anthony Dearden Julie Walter Dorothy Patten and Stanley Nelson. special matinee August 9 at 2 30, with evening shows Monday to Saturday and Saturday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Patterson
Lakewood
Fay Kanin
Lakewood Theatre
P. G. Wodehouse
Fay Bainter
Miss Bainter
Ian Keith
Reynolds Evans
Regienable Miss Bainter
Anthony Dearden
Julie Walter
Dorothy Patten
Stanley Nelson
S. A. Medical Corps completes four year service this month
S. A. Medical Corps member finishes a four year term and is stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey with plans to return home to parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carlton unless further call to service occurs. The passage notes accompanying family movements include Frances Norton returning home after a stay in South Portland with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Herbert Norton and other relatives and neighboring Bath residents visiting relatives in Massepequa Park L I New York and Hartford Conn. The text also covers local residents cutting hay at the Vail farm and various social visits among the Lawrence and Vail families and friends from Portland Arrowsic and Salem Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Medical Corps
Fort Dix
N. J
Frank Carlton
Frances Norton
W. Herbert Norton
South Portland
George Norton
Ralph Reynolds
Sagadahoc Ferry
Vail
Ibra K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
Massepequa Park
L. I
N. Y
Robert Lawrence
Hartford
Morse High Graduate Enters the Naval Reserve Program
George R. Carmichael a Morse High School graduate and Tufts senior joins a group of NROTC students from Harvard Tufts Cornell and Yale at the Naval Training Station Newport Rhode Island. He will cruise abroad for one month on a Navy vessel and receive shipboard junior officer training plus instruction in navigation submarine warfare and weapons. Carmichael majors in biology and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Honorary Biological Society and the Wardroom club. He graduated Morse High School in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Carmichael
Tufts College
Central Avenue
NROTC
Harvard
Tufts
Cornell University
Yale
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
U. S. Naval Academy
Navy
Office of the Navy
ROC
Carmichael
Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
Honorary Biological Society
Wardroom Club
Morse High School
Manfred P Knight Funeral Held At A F Mayo Residence
Funeral services for Manfred P Knight were held Monday afternoon at two o clock from the A F Mayo and Son Funeral residence at 819 High Street Rev Dr David L Wilson officiated Bearers were George Trask Lawrence Corey Alfred Simmons and Harry Knight Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manfred P. Knight
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
David L. Wilson
George Trask
Lawrence Corey
Alfred Simmons
Harry Knight
Oak Grove
Social News Guests and Travels Across Maine and New Jersey
The article lists numerous visitors and residents in Maine and nearby states. Ethel Towle of Saugus and Martha Godding of Boston visit Lynn households, with relatives from Phippsburg and Boston also traveling. Ronald Rittal returns from surgery at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland. Additional trips include Mrs. Loughlin from Damariscotta visiting Crosby family, George Gates in Nashua, and Sun day dinners for the Ainsworths in Washington D C. Ainsworths host, while Mrs. Baker vacationes in Greenport. Phinney family returns to New Jersey after a 10 day visit. Esther Drummond vacations at Montsweag Bay with Lawrence Katz. Norma Jean Drummond returns from Fort Fairfield and attends Potato Blossom Festival with Gov Payne presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
Ethel K. Towle
Saugus
Martha Godding
Boston
Lawrence R. Vail
Raymond Ainsworth
Washington, D. C
Russell S. Cox
Greenport
S. l
N. Y
Horatio L. Baker
Robert Phinney
New Jersey
Esther Drummond
Hyde Memorial Home
Montsweag Bay
Lawrence Katz
Bath
Norma Jean Drummond
Fort Fairfield
Pete Irvine
Frederick G. Payne
Drummond
Manfred P Knight obituary 83 Bath area carpenter dies
Manfred P Knight aged 83 of 156 Front Street died Friday evening at an Augusta hospital. A Hyde Windlass Co. carpenter for 35 years he was born December 18, 1867 in West. He was a son of Benjamin and Mary Dunton Knight. Survived by wife Mabel Moore Knight Bath. three daughters Alice Dodge Madge Staples and Grace Trask Bath. brother Herbert Knight Bath. 24 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manfred P. Knight
Front Street
Augusta
Hyde Windlass Co
Mr. Knight
West
Benjamin
Mary Dunton Knight
Mabel Moore Knight
Bath
Alice Dodge
Madge Staples
Grace Trask
Herbert Knight
Minnie E Mitchell dies at 80 in Bath funeral set
Minnie E Mitchell 80 died Friday at Memorial hospital after residing in Bath. She lived in Southwest Harbor previously and was born January 21, 1870 in Harrington. She was a Libby by birth, wife of Melvin F Mitchell, and mother of A M Mitchell and Melvin F Mitchell. Funeral at Stanley Funeral Home Sunday at 1 30 p m with burial at Mount Hope cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Etta Mitchell
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Melvin F. Mitchell, Jr
Bowery Street
Southwest Harbor
Harrington
Augustus
Frances Rogers Libby
Congregational Church
Melvin F. Mitchell
A. M. Mitchell
Rena Hodgkins
Northeast Harbor
Stanley Funeral Home
Mount Hope Cemetery
William A. Kittridge Veteran Shipyard Worker Dies at 72
William A. Kittridge aged 72 of 1232 High street died at Memorial hospital after long illness. Born February 27, 1878 in Bath, he worked as trolley conductor in Quincy and in shipyards in Quincy Norfolk and Mobile. Last employed at Harding's fabrication plant Bath Iron Works. He belonged to Bath Aerie of Eagles Solar Lodge AF and AM North End Community club Bath Lodge of Elks. Survived by brother Frederick B. Kittridge of Bath and three nieces two grand nieces and two grand nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kittridge
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Orrin A
Etta A. Sprague Kittridge
Quincy
Mass
Norfolk
Mobile
Ala
Harding's
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Kittridge
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Solar Lodge
AF & A M
North End Community Club
Bath Lodge of Elks
Frederick B. Kittridge
Hartley B Strout Dies at 45 in Portland Hospital
Hartley B Strout 45 Brunswick native and Bath Iron Works clerk in stores department from 1941 to 1950 died suddenly Wednesday in a Portland hospital. Born May 24 1905 in Brunswick he was survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Milton H Strout. Funeral held Saturday at 2 30 P M from 112 School Street Brunswick Rev Sheldon Christian officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley B. Strout
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works
Portland
Milton H. Strout
School Street
Sheldon Christian
Funeral service for William A. Kittridge at Mayo & Son
The funeral for William A. Kittridge was held Sunday afternoon at two from A. F. Mayo and Son Funeral Residence at 819 High Street. Rev. Laforest Hodgkins of Central Congregational Church officiated with bearers Raymond A. Smith Carlton Anderson Roger W. Pierce and Charles H. Kidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kittridge
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Raymond A. Smith
Carlton Anderson
Roger W. Pierce
Charles H. Kidder
Oak Grove
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White Street
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Tessim Zorach
Alice Coulter
Jamaica Plain
Henry Myers
Donald
Irving Hunt
Helen Kechlwetter
Maureen Davis
Raymond J. Fay
James
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Robert W
Belgrade Lakes
Robert Dunshee
Melrose
Stewart W. Dalrymple
Elizabeth
Margaret
Helen Walker
Providence
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Riggs
Ellen Brooks
Mildred Tucker
Laura B. Doten
Mrs. Vail
Richard Murphy
Son Dicky
Salem
Murphy
Mr. Vail
Marius H. Page
Kennebec Greenhouses
Morse High Graduate
Hyde Windlass
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington Street