Richmond Social Notes and Local Visits
Richmond pages recount a flurry of visitors and relatives from Brunswick, Waterville, Gardiner, Durham, and Boston. Notables include Miss Evelyn Cromwell, Miss Frances Preble, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Siegars, and families of Stewart, Dixon, and Blair hosting gatherings, birthdays, and weekend trips to Boothbay Harbor, Pemaquid Beach, and Conway New Hampshire. Community groups like the N Double B Double O club meet, while Rev. Leroy Cleveland and various residents engage in church events and farm visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rumrill
Brunswick
Herses
Maes
Lees Watson
P. Cardenelli
Cadillac Mountain
Bar Harbor
Minnie Cromwell
Abbié Denham
Georgetown
Evelyn Cromwell
Miss Webber
Boothbay Harbor
Dexter Siegars
Fomally
Randolph
Moe Merlin F. Joy
Roscoe Goodwin
Eld
Frances Preble
Waterville
Ance Cnie
Miss Morang
Bailey
Roger Pierce
Dorchester
Mass
Carl Curtis
Byron Ludwig
Frank Connor
Arthur Turner
O. P. Galusha
Emma Morang
Augusta
Ralph
Charlotte
Windsor, Vt
Elizabeth Hurley
Joseph Perry
San
Irma Cooper
Marion ‘Linana
Mean
Charles B. Day
Shaki
Miminetee
Joseph Kelsey
Kelley
Freeport
Willis Blair
Marion Blair
Marion Lawrence
South Gardiner
Ernest Stewart
Gardiner Street
Mr. Dixon
Perley Joy
Genevieve Joy
Warren
Richmond
George Dixon
Windsor
Carl Dixon
Arthur Dixon
Roxbury
Evelyn
Daniel Brown
Ayer
Verde Breede
Hallowell
Ida Hosmer
Audrey Holman
Portland
Raymond Libby
Lakewood
William Bibber
Joseph Alexander
Marion Bibber
Capitol Island
Charles L. Blair
Mary White Taylor
Englewood
N. J
William Lewis
Sally Mcconnell
Boston
Ida Hibbard
Swan Island
A. E. McMaster
Harry Boston
Pittsfield
Harry Whitney
Louise
Henrietta
Libby
Frances Libby
Massachusetts
Pemaquid Beach
Eva
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Charles Berry
Alvah Campbell
Litchfield Corner
Wallace Baker
Hattie Terrell
Lalia Card
Charles Grondin
Mattie Seigars
Guy Seigars
Myrtle Dunn
Danvers
Mary Ridley
Ann Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Progressive Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Ida Brooks
Guy Farnham
Leroy Cleveland
E. O. Tarr
Josie
Margaret Temple
Amesbury
Mrydle Dunn
Dorothea Temple
Lewiston
Lizzie D. Wilson
Georgetown hosts busy weekend with church service and visitors
Local residents and guests arrive from Lowell Andover and Belfast as Georgetown and Robinhood host a union church service at Five Islands. Attendees include dignitaries, families visit relatives, and a large crowd enjoys a floral decorated Robinhood church program led by Rev Wieting.
Bargains On Mens Wear In Wide Price Cut
Width of discounts spans suits top coats pants shirts and accessories with many items priced well below regular, including suits at 17 50 and 15 top coats at 9 95 and 7 5 0 1 9 5 for pants, dress shirts 50c to 95c and neckwear under 1 50. Offers highlight value across boys and students wear and accessories with ironclad guarantees on some items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Tucker
Richmond Social Notes and Obituary Highlights
Visiting relatives and birthdays mark the Richmond scene with Mrs. Sara Temple, Miss Fannie Kimball, and Lewis Collins among the Portland and Madison guests. The Richmond Corner Sunday School plans a Thomas Point picnic as Col. Edwin Sedgley, long a local figure, dies in Augusta at 69 after years in Richmond. funeral and burial details follow in Cotton's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara S. Temple
Marshall Small
Wilson
Fannie Kimball
Lewis Collins
Portland
Miss Kimball
School For the Deaf
Hattie Locke
Tisdell
Madison
Ernest Meserve
Charles Cobb
Brunswick
Fred Corrivean
Frank Lemire
Rochester
N. H
Minnie Hartford
Richmond Corner
Thomas Point
John S. Blunn
Elsa A. Blunn
Westbrook
Clinton C. Schurman
Miss Blunn
Ae Elville Manton
Hollywood
Col
Edwin E. Sedgley
Augusta
Richmond
Tracy N
Robert II
Concord
Lloyd K
Pittston
Benjamin L. McGurdy
Byron Higgins
Bath
Clifton Melvin
Bowdeinham
Emery C. Gray
Allston
Mass
Cotton's Cemetery
Five Islands Residents Boost Homes and Social Plans
Five Islands and Harmon's Harbor residents focus on home improvements with new paint flag poles terraced gardens and bird baths visible along the shore. The Five Islands Improvement Association met with 19 members and planned a card party while book gifts to the Grange Library will be sold at the Grange Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Harmon’s
Five Islands Improvement Association
Grange Library
Fred Reid
Bath
The
Grange
Grange Hall
V. S. Field
Norwood
Mass
Otis Baker
Elvina Baker
B. F. Perry
George H. Smith
Sedgemere Road
Boston
D. L. Howard
M. F. Biggins
Prin
W. G. Mallett
Farmington Normal School
Richard Mallett
Robert Watson
Wellesley
Camp Arden
Frank Blake
Somerville
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Marion Fitzpatrick
Auburndale
Little Sheepscot
Herman Barter
Brunswick Hospital
Barter
Vernon Gray
C. S. Carter
Walter Eddy
Evelyn
Montague
Pleasant Villa
Charles W. Hunt
G. H. Smith
A. A. Pierce
Boothbay Harbor
Cape Newagon
John Lundquist
Edwin Lundquist
Robert Lundquist
Roslindale
Harmon's Harbor
John Currie
Newton Center
Proctor Hagan
Furber Davis
Mabel Scott
Charles Campbell
Alden Carr
Fred Carr
Roy Shackford
Jeanette Shackford
Katharine Whitting
South Weymouth
Percy Savage
Carrie Luce
Kirkpatrick
Charles O’brien
James O'Brien
Philip O’brien
Doris Malinka
Helen Mattingly
Washington, D. C
Madge O’brien
Beulah Miller
Medford
Almon Marr
Albertina Perkins
Waltham
Drummond Stevens
Leon Williams
Olive
Leon
L. H. Rowe
Helen Rowe
O'Donnell
Dorchester
Janet O'Donnell
Phyllis Wren
Plummer Cottage
George O'Donnell
Minnie Butland
Isabel
Carrie Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Miss Pendergast
Bar Harbor
Howard’s Hall
Bath High School Tops North End Juniors In 1878 Mountain Game
A 54 year old notebook recounts Bath High School defeating the North End Juniors 34 2 atop Emerys Mountain on May 7 1878. Ernest Kelley stars with seven runs and seven hits, Fred Eames pitches for the High School, and Fred Temple leads the Juniors. Box score notes Eames six strikeouts Temple three, with home runs by Blair and multiple two and three base hits. Umpire was John Lundrigan. game time two hours fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
North End
Emery’s
North Bath Road
Edward E. Barry
Bath High School
Emery’s Mountain
Ernest Kelley
James O. Lincoln
Fred Eames
Boston
Ella Wood
Northampton
Mass
Morse High
Henry Eames Wood
Fred Temple
Eddie Mason
Salem
Mel Haggett
Barber
Colonial Club
Mel
Crack
Bath Reds
Frank Powers
Hyde Windlass Co
Charlie
Fred H. Kimball
Kent Harris
Pittsburgh
Allen Duncan
Portsmouth
N. H
Arielle Jones
Zina Blair
Gilbert Boyd
John Mulligan
James C. Mulligan
Frank Wetherbee
Seattle
Wash
James D
Eames
Blair
Boyd
Mason
Lincoln
Harris
Keiley
Powers
Temple
John Lundrigan
Assault Plea Ties Mental Illness to Charge in Augusta
George Frye of Bath pled guilty to assault and battery on Eddie Clough in Augusta. Judge Frank E. Southard ordered ten days in Kennebec jail and ordered observation at Augusta State Hospital due to evident mental hallucinations. The incident occurred near Perry's restaurant on Water Street Saturday evening. Frye said he acted because Clough talked about him and claimed many people in the state were spreading stories about him. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Mank and daughter Shirley, plus Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pollard of St. Petersburg, Fla., were traveling through Portland when noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldon Dillington
Lowell
Mass
Miss Alhers
Andover
Henry Alhers
West Georgetown
Jennie L. Todd
Maine Three Quarter Century Club
Skowhegan
Lis
Walter V. Cummings
Portland
Grace Ward Stevens
Topsham
Kelley
Arrowsic
Robinhood
Georgetown
Wieting
Snipe
Aubrey Steen
Raynes
Arrowsie
Nellie P. Long
George Baggs
Galilee
Elizabeth Hunt
Marion Hunt
Belfast
Henry Myers
Walter Coulter
Medfield
John D. Williams
Bath
Robert
John
Joyce
Beverly
Sagadahoc Cottage
Indian Point
Lester Powers
Baby
Woolwich
Ralph Reynolds
Jordan
Clyde
Eleanor Hollis
W. F. Parker
Providence
R. I
Alice Wilkins
North Jay
E. B. Billings
Vina Kingsbury
Lincoln Street
Everett Trafton
Trafton
Gaston LaChaise
New York City
Selectman L. Earle Hagan
Elbridge Cunningham
N. F. Howe
Charles Hanna
Five Islands
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
L. M. York
F. W. Hovey
Madelyn Berry
R. N
Amy Hovey
Bath City
Mionday
Five Islands Church
Raymond Baker
Burma
Eddie Clough
Augusta
George Frye
Kennebec County
Frank E. Southard
Frye
Augusta State Hospital
Perry
Water Street
Clough
Ralph P. Mank
Shirley M. Mank
Edwin Pollard
St. Petersburg
Fla
First Veto Marks Bath Mayor’s 26 Year Gap
Mayor Harold P Small vetoed Bath city action to break the contract between J W Cummings Feldspar Co and the city. It is Bath’s first mayoral veto in 26 years, last occurring in 1906 during Aldermanic disputes over $250 for fire engineers. Voters supporting payment were Aldermen Barker Totman Shaw Sawyer. opposed were Crosby Wakefield Willis and Tourtillotte. Baker was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
City of
Bath
Hon
Elwell 8. Croby
Board of Aldermen
Board of Fire Engineers
Aldermen
City Treasury
Frank Morse
John C. Wakefield
Fred L. Willis
Crosby
Mr. Crosby
Byron F. Barker
Albert Totman
Wallace E. Shaw
Harry B. Sawyer
George Wallace
John C. Tourtillotte
George Baker
Sagadahoc Democrats Plan Strong Campaign Push
Sagadahoc county Democrats vow a stiff fight to line up the county for a clear November presidential outcome. John P. Carey Jr. reports growing Democratic cooperation and outlines rallies on the 19th with Senator David I Walsh. Campaign tours are set for the 22nd ending in Bath, with Judge Brann and John Clark Scates to speak, and a final Bath rally on September 9 featuring Judge Joseph E F Connolly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
John P. Carey Jr
Bath
Louis J. Brann
Lewiston
Sagadahoc
Brewster-Pattangal
Carey
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Baseball Park
Richmond
City Hall
Senator Walsh
Mr. Carey
Brann
John Clark Scates
Westbrook
Joseph E. F. Connolly
Portland
Congress
New Democratic Club Opens Headquarters
The Democratic party opens a new club at 110 Front Street in the former Henderson for Sheriff rooms. J Ross Chase, who steered Sheriff Henderson’s campaign, will run the club. Democrats and supporters are invited to pledge support for Louis J Brann for Governor and John P Carey Jr for county attorney.
Oliver cousins visit from Chicago to Quincy family
Ray Oliver and Robert Oliver of Quincy Mass spent the weekend in the city with their Mr and Ms Alfr Oliver. Mr and Mrs James Griffin and son Rev John Griffin are due late Thursday from Chicago to visit cousins Edward and Henry M Biggins of 44 Chestnut Street. The Griffins departed Chicago by car on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Oliver
Robert Oliver
Quincy
Mass
Alfr . Oliver
James Griffin
Rev
John Griffin
Chicago
Edward
Henry M. Biggins
Chestnut Street
Griffins
Grange Rejects Ford Food Plan Yet Debates Persist
Grange and rural groups discuss Henry Ford's proposal for shop workers to relocate to the countryside and raise food. Rural sentiment strongly opposes the plan, citing lack of farming knowledge and risks to farmers. Farm leaders warn wholesale adoption could erode farm demand, while some see potential if many families could grow food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Lewiston Friends Note Sadie Stinchfield Marriage
Lewiston friends of Miss Sadie Stinchfield a former Lewiston girl are keen with interest of her marriage to Dr Lyle Hawk of Los Angeles Cal which took place in Los Angeles Miss Stinchfield is a graduate of Lewiston high school class of 1903 She has studied elocution and written two books for publication She has traveled in the United States and abroad For five years she has taught elocution at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Her mother Mrs Allie Stinchfield is visiting Lewiston and Auburn this Summer and plans to move to Los Angeles in the Fall to be with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Sadie Stinchfield
Lyle Hawk
Los Angeles
Cal
Stinchfield
Lewiston High School
United States
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Allie Stinchfield
Probate notices from Sagadahoc County Court records
Probate notices dated August and November 1932 from Bath Sagadahoc include executrix Affie E Jacobs for Charlies H Jordan and administratrix Dora M Smith for Woodbury A Smith. Orders require published notices in Bath Independent for interested parties to appear September and November and show cause why final accounts should or should not be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Jacobs
Bath
Sagadahoc
Charlies H. Jordan
Dora M. Smith
Woodbury A. Smith
Mary
Curtis
Charles E. A
Ving
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Eee
John C. Hurley
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Shelta Sea Camp
William Carr
Hazel
Max Kutz
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Runswickgyptian
Matrocalnen Theatre
Royal Blue Line
Hotel Brunswick
HOTEL
LENOX
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Brunswick — Hay
Royal Blue Line Motor Coach
Raymond Trott
Ween Enne
Kimball
Duncan
Jones
Seere Eeseeee Eames
P Sener
Ewer
Eenes Boyd
Nee
Mulligan
If. Powers
Shorty
Bath Savings Institution
Small
FORD
William F. Dunham
Walter
William
Dunham