Richmond Roundup of Birthdays and Local News
Frank E. Lint of Richmond celebrated his 88th birthday with family and friends from Auburn Hallowell Brunswick and Augusta. The Richmond Yachting Club held its first cruise with eleven boats. A six year old party, engagements, lodge meetings and many visits round out a bustling local notes section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lint
Lincoln Street
Percy Cothron
Auburn
Laurier Bonenfant
Hallowell
Lint
Robert
Earl C. Verrill
Bonenfant
Patricia
Jackie
Cynthia
J. Bradbury Shaw
Eric
Louise Schinck
Karen
Barry
Brunswick
Ralph Sargent
Richmond Yachting Club
Augusta
Carroll Clark
Marjorie Bond
Lauriece Bond, Jr
Clayton Mayers
Albert Fossett
Raymond Call
Carlton McCobb
Carl Anderson
Russell Ring
John Quarrington
Earle Cronk
Melvin Curtis
Alexander Road
Linda
Ernest Savage
Dana Lothrdige
Carol Ann Watts
Paul Dennie
Elaine Withers
Leslie
Roberta Waltz
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Clowes Guiou, Jr
Esley Hinkley
Frank P
Frances Thompson
Milo
Rosanna McDermott
Mount Pleasant
Carol Hurley
John Orley
Front Street
Rangeley Lake Hotel
Paul Stilphen
Neil
Harry Leslie
Massapequa
L. I
N. Y
Stilphen
Raymond Kelley
Eugene
Presque Isle
Arthur D. Fossett
Ralph
Gardiner
Friends
Georgetown
Frederick G. Lyons
Water Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Densmore Funeral Held for Eliza Beth Densmore
Funeral services for Eliza beth S. Densmore, 74, who died after a short illness at Gardiner General Hospital, were held Monday afternoon at Roberts' funeral rooms on Main Street. Miss Densmore was a native of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Densmore
Elizabeth S. Densmore
Gardiner General Hospital
Roberts
Main Street
Miss Densmore
Famous Comedy on Bill Next Week at Boothbay Playhouse
Sherwood Keith presents O Mistress Mine at Boothbay Playhouse opening Tuesday Aug 15 running through Saturday Aug 19. New York hit stars Jean Cummings John Hallow with cast George Sherman Emita Ostrom Susan Dolan Janet Boyer. Also Present Laughter ends Saturday and The Autumn Age premieres Aug 22 in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Playhouse
Sherwood Keith
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Olivia Brown
Olivia
New York
Jean Cummings
John Hallow
George Sherman
Emita Ostrom
Susan Dolan
Janet Boyer
Noel Coward
Minott \Lee Coombs
Portland
Lieut Tourtillotte Awarded Bronze Star for WWII Valor
Second Lieut John Tourtillotte of Boothbay son of Mrs Ethel Tourtillotte 181 Center Street received the bronze star certificate for meritorious achievement in ground combat against the enemy in the Mediterranean theater. He was a private first class captured in Italy December 16 1943 escaped seven months later reaching American lines June 17 1944. Tourtillotte has ten years in service including later commission June 10 1948. He is married with two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tourtillotte
Boothbay
Ethel M. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Stephen Robbins
Tourtillotte
Italy
Armed Forces
Plenty of Whiting at Sebasco Fishermen's Association Plant
The Sebasco Fishermen's Association plant at Sebasco is busy as crews handle large hauls of whiting daily. Fish are packed for freezing and shipment nationwide, while hake flounder and other catch are separated during unloading and sold retail by local fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Densmore Daughter Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery
Dresden December 25 1876 the daughter of Joseph and Salomi Gorham Densmore died. Her only surviving relative is nephew E A Densmore of Wollaston Mass. Burial was in the family lot Forest Hill cemetery West Dresden with Rev J J Starr of the Richmond Baptist church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Joseph
Salomi Gorham Densmore
E. A. Densmore
Wollaston
Mass
Forest Hill Cemetery
West Dresden
J. J. Starr
Richmond Baptist Church
Mrs Henry Leask Patient at Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Henry Leask of Washington Street is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Leask
Washington Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath church talks and a shipwreck tale at Robinhood Cove
The Bath area news highlights Rev Daniel Bliss speaking at Winter Street Church in Bath and a vespers event at Day's Ferry. It notes Miss Maud Thayer speaking at First Baptist Bath with Rev Frank Koehlwetter substituting Aug 20. A fire damaged the old schooner Mary Barrett near Robinhood Cove, feared for public safety in dry weather. crews fought flames until late, with recurrences next day. The Mary Barrett story recalls old sea legends from Bath and Totman. The piece also lists local residents visiting, guests, and travels around Kennebec Point and Sagadahoe Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bliss
Kennebec Point
Winter Street
Bath
Day’s Ferry
First Baptist Church
Maud P. Thayer
Frank Koehlwetter
Cleaves Henderson
Robinhood
Mary Barrett
Totman
Robinhood Cove
George Winters
Joseph Totman
Goose Rock
Jolly Cub Scout Outing At Popham Beach
Pack 99 from Central church held a July gathering at the Summer home of Cubmaster Donald T. Page at Popham Beach with 35 scouts and parents. Den Chiefs supervised events while water polo with a 30 pound watermelon amused the group before a weinie roast and athletics. Winners included Dennis Weatherington Donald M. Page Charles Pierce and others in ball throwing shoe races and tug of war. Next meeting set for August 25 at Popham Beach with September den meetings at Central church parish house and new joiners invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Donald T. Page
Popham Beach
Den
Robert Potter
Victor Lonn
Alfred Goodwin
Meldon Ricker
Rita Pierce
Pauline Newell
Martha Bertrand
Leah Page
Dennis Wetherington
Donald M. Page
Charles Pierce
Jack Wallace
Robert Ricker
Bruce McInnes
John Preble
Jon Paisley
Peter Henderson
Dean Bertrand
Laforest Hodgkins
Herbert Pierce
Central Church Parish House
Summers Across New England Vacation Notes
Field notes list relatives and friends visiting and traveling in Massachusetts Maine and New Hampshire during summer. Families including Cleaves Henderson Band Hale Brown and Dalrymple anchor visits from Mount Vernon Brookline Stoneham Ithaca Framingham and Portland with holy year nun visits and a 86th birthday observed for Mrs Josephine Chase in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Cleaves Henderson
Mt. Vernon
Brookline
South Dartmouth
Mass
Hans E. Band
Melrose
Walter Cunningham
Willard Dalrymple
Chester M. Jones
Jean Hale
William
Stoneham
Virginia Steadman
Frank Brown
David
Carol Lee
Raymond
Chester Dalrymple
Nancy
Ithaca
N. Y
Middle Dyke Farm
Frank Corson
Framingham
Alfred Woods
Madeline Lucia
Manchester
Madeline
Josephine Chase
Biddeford
Alfred Steadman
Frank Browns
Pemaquid
Rudolf Trafton
Portland
Howard Trafton
Gardner Hanson
Trafton
Arlington
Beatrice Abbott
Worcester House
Hallowell
Joseph Higgins
Dorothy W. Oliver
Togus
Bernard Allen
Clarkesburg
W. Va
Virginia Tiplady
Rhode Island
Leo Redfern
Berlin
N. H
James Oliver
Victor Hagan
Victor
West Baldwin
Ruth Williams Returns to Boston After Weekend with Parents
Miss Ruth Williams returns to Boston Sunday evening after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Williams at 1068 Washington Street for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Williams
Boston
Daniel Williams
Washington Street
Five Islands notes and church calendar items
Independent corrects last week's Five Islands column errors. Library auxiliary sale is Friday at 2 in Library hall with cooked food fancy work aprons on sale. Weekly church notes include sermons moonlight sail Aug 26, marriage Pauline Rasmussen to Warren C. Horrocks, infant Dale Arthur, and many local visits and vacations among residents and visitors across Boothbay Harbor Wakefield and Newton areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Ked
Library Hall
Cleaves Henderson
D. W. Staffeld
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Howland
Harland Pinkham
Pauline Rasmussen
Carl A. Rasmusson
Wakefield
Mass
Warren C. Horrocks
Rhode Island
Zetta Higgins
Battery B Seeks Full Time Bugler and 32 More Men
Bath’s Battery B calls for a bugler willing to a full time Army role as federalization nears on August 14. Captain Stephen Robbins announced 32 additional recruits are needed to reach full strength of about 150 men, including 23 veterans from prior wars. Enlistments reopen on the 15th with training alongside local peers, and a 10 day interim of Army regulations and drills precedes mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bath
Stephen Robbins
National Guard
United States
Battery B
Army of the United States
Capt
Robbins
Ronald Oulton
William Owen
John Tourtillotte
Robert McKenna
Louis D. Annis
Harold W. Bailey
T. Nelson Lowery
Deer Head Prank Stuns Guests At Harbor Home
A five pointed deer head loomed in the Evergreens near Harbor Home’s back entrance as guests watched a flashlight display by John Sweeney of Boston George Hart of New York and Carl Tosier formerly of Bath. For over ten minutes lights scanned the trees before the gag was revealed and a deer's head was found mounted in a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Home
Five Islands
John Sweeney
Boston
George Hart
New York
Carl Tosier
Bath
Visitors and Relatives Gather in Malden Mass Home
Malden Massachusetts residents host a varied group of visitors including Mrs. Charlotte Wyman and daughter Mrs. Phyllis Mason from Bath and a Brunswick couple, Miss Ellen Cunningham from Augusta, Major Bowles and family from Georgia, Mrs. Clifford Canning from Westbrook, and Mrs. Grace Thompson with children from Omaha. Additional guests include Mr and Mrs. Warren Harrocks, Mrs. Zetta Higgins, and Mrs. E. E. Pinkham’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Mass
Charlotte Wyman
Phyllis Mason
Bath
Brunswick
William McGrath
Charles Moore
Herbert Moore
Moore
Ellen Cunningham
Augusta
Jones Inn
Major Bowles
U. S. Army
Bowles
Georgia
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
E. E. Pinkham
Warren Harrocks
Zetta Higgins
Harrocks
Pauline Rasmussen
Georgia Watson
Quincy
Kenneth Dell
Bina Marr
Dell
Watsons
Will Retake X Rays In Bath On Aug 21 Date
The State mobile X ray unit returns to Bath on August 21 to retake pictures for residents needing further checks. The machine and staff will be on site all day and evening to perform additional examinations as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Pintardo Wins Regatta Races At New Meadows River
William Rand of Hopkin's Island sails Pintardo to a narrow win in the New Meadows River Regatta association event at Rich's Mountain. Elmer Williams aboard New Moon finishes close behind, with Sanford Nickerson's Lana from Sabine in podium position. Thirteen boats competed amid light, fickle winds as Bragdon Island and Brigham's Cove entrants chase the breeze. next Sunday's races are slated off Basin Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rand
Hopkin's Island
Elmer Williams
New Moon
New Meadows
Birch Point
Marion Ambrose
Basin Point
Pintardo
Hopkin’s Island
Rand
Foster's Point
Williams
Lana
Sabino
Nickerson
Buccaneer
A. M. Main, Jr
Leeward
Foster’s Point
Charles Eastman
Baboon
Rich’s Mountain
Robert Brownell
Ynamer
Kenneth Francisco
Californ
Wood
Bozo
Brigham's Cove
Duddy Wold
Almena
Alvah Morse
Flying Fish
Long Island
Albiston
Bath Salt
Linwood Haynes
Chunky
Brigham’s Cove
Six Cases Heard In Municipal Court
Six intoxication cases, one fishing without a license, and a speeding charge were heard by Judge Gardiner R. Deering. John W. Davis of Phippsburg was fined for lobster fishing illegalities and placed on probation. Donald Stubbs of Brunswick paid a fine for speeding. Complainants included Coastal Warden Burns and Officer Kingsbury. Several respondents were fined for intoxication with two receiving 60 and 30 day jail terms for probation and intoxication violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
John W. Davis
Phippsburg
Swansea G. Burns
Karcher S. Jackson
Donald Stubbs
Brunswick
Percy W. Kingsbury
Kennebec County
Postwar Record Set for Volunteers at Bath Office
A postwar record occurred at the Bath post office when Recruiting Officer Kenneth R. Judkins processed nine volunteers for the armed forces. Seven will enter the U.S. Air Force and two the regular Army. They depart for Portland for medical and mental examinations before joining service. Individuals include John C. Bryant, John Caton, Lipwood A. Bailey, Myron A. Gallup, Charles Dodge of Damariscotta, Charles A. Maines of Bristol, Harold J. Downey of Wiscasset, Paul Adams of Brunswick, and Harold Small of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kenneth R. Judkins
Armed Forces
U.S. Air Force
Regular Army
Portland
John C. Bryant
John Caton
Lipwood A. Bailey
Myron A. Gallup
Charles Dodge
Damariscotta
Charles A. Maines
Bristol
Harold J. Downey
Wiscasset
Paul Adams
Brunswick
Harold Small
Bowdoinham
Obituary of Lucy Manley Mellen of Small Point Beach
Lucy Manley Mellen of Small Point Beach died Friday afternoon after a brief illness. widow of Chase Mell of New York, she was 82 and born Augusta daughter of the late Joseph P. Manley of Augusta a Republican leader who ran Blaine’s campaign. She grew up amid state and national politicians at the Kennebec home and kept Maine ties despite living in Garden City L I and New York City. Survived by sons Joseph P. and Chase Mellen of New York and William P. Mellen of London and sister Mrs. Duer D. Breck of Small Point Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Manley Mellen
Small Point Beach
Mellen
Chase Mell
New York
Augusta
Joseph P. Manley
Maine
James G. Blaine
King Manley
Kennebec
Small Point
Joseph P. and
Chase Mellen
William P. Mellen
London
England
Duer D. Breck
Clara Ellen Spear Dies at 87 in Bath Home
Clara Ellen Spear 87 longtime Bath resident and widow of Parker M. Spear died at her home 45 Pearl Street after a brief illness. Born February 20, 1863 in Bath she lived in Virginia and Maryland briefly as a young woman. Survived by son Allan Spear Bath daughter Mary S Spear Augusta grandsons Joseph T Spear Donald A Spear Bath. Funeral Friday at 2 from Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Ellen Spear
Parker M. Spear
Benjamin F. Packard
Mary Seaward Packard
Pearl Street
Bath
Virginia
Maryland
Goss Marine Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Allan Spear
Mary S. Spear
Augusta
Joseph T. Spear
Donald A. Spear
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Baby Girl Born to Mrs Beth Lindley in Memphis
A baby girl named Jane Elizab eth was born July 1 at the U S Naval Hospital Memphis Tennessee to Mrs Beth Lindley wife of Carson Lindley aviation chief machinist's mate USN of Pop ham Beach The father serves at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis The couple already has two other children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Lindley
Carson Lindley
USN
Popham Beach
U. S. Naval Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Jane Elizabeth
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Mrs Worrey Returns Home From Portland Visit
Mrs Herbert Worrey went back to her home at 962 Middle Street on Saturday after visiting her son and his wife, Mr and Mrs Parker Worrey of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Saslow
St. Louise
Gertrude Hunt
Howard L. Auten
Peoria
Ill
Josiah H. Brown
Ernest Curtis
Scott
Salem
Mass
Joan van Dayne
Mimi Corielle
Califon
N. J
Louise Peterson
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
Father Martineau
Richmond
Bobby Rowe
Rapheal Higgins
Sagadahoe Bay
Mel Baker
Medford
Charles Winns
Marrtown
Stanley Kosalka
Bloomfield
Lexington
Lillian Morse
Waltham
Aubrey Fullerton
Portland
George Manning
Billerica
Beatrice Abbott
Bath
Joseph Higgins
Chester Whittaker
Sprague
J. H. Brown
Horace Auten
Pemaquid Point
Damariscotta
Roland Peterson
Roger Petersons
Cape Elizabeth
Herbert Worrey
Middle Street
Parker Worrey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lieut. Tourtillotte
Corliss Street
A. P. Denham, Jr
Bath, Maine
Grace Canarr
Detroit, Mich
Alonzo Thibodeau
Seguinland
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Fla
Canada
St. Ann de Beaupre
CUB
Louise Burns
Clarence Oliver
Janie Oliver
Lawrence Perow
Mattie Fielding
Bath and Son
Ralph Fielding
Arthur Cochrane
Dale Arthur
Olive
Leon Williams, Jr
Waltham, Mass
L. H. Rowe
David Rutherford
Edgar Osborn
Victor Pinkham
Branwell Harford
Orville Rowe
Boothbay Harbor
South Thomaston
Paul A. Thompson
Marion Stevens
Fred Rittall
Rosalyn
Sylvia Pinkham
Marilyn MacGillivary
Constance Gray
Elaine Stevens
Camp Richmond
Kenneth Dill
Frank Blake
E. M. Hatch
Benjamin Wolf
Mr. Wolf
Cliftondale
Maud Lapham
Pittston
Robert H. Heigham
Beverly
Lowell
Blake Camp
Heigham
Highland Congregational Church
Francis Bacon
Sudbury
William Chafe
Hendrickson
Venus
Readville
Pleasant Villa
Donald Bacon
Donna
Howard Bacon
Helen Carraway
Belmont
Joseph Counihan
Roslindale
Margaret Barry
Newton
Quimby Cottage
Frank Allard
South Danville
New Hampshire
Arthur Marr
Peter
Yarmouth
George Phillips
Holly
Reading
Richard Carey
Madge O’brien
James McFadden
Staten Island
Melvin Comeau
Philip Pinkham
Mary Hanna
Dennis Moore
Albert Mooore
Nashua
Harvey Oliver
Mrs
Vernon Gray
Robert Yeo
Harold Pinkham
BIW
Almon Marr
Grace Thompson
Omaha, Neb
Marius H. Page
Lucy Manley
Fred S. Curtis & CO
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