Richmond Town Finances Remain Strong At Midyear
Town Manager Ervin L Welch reports six month finances show strong condition with bills paid and departments under appropriations. Highway dept plans to use over 28000 dollars in equipment to increase work efficiency. Community notes include a Richmond Ideal Home Corner Club picnic at Bear Pond park and a farewell for G M Guion Jr with naval reserve recall. Personal items list visitors and trips among local residents.
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Selectmen and Budget Committee
Ervin L. Welch
Highway Department
Elch
Richmond Ideal Home Corner Club
Bear Pond Park
Turner
Emerson-Lane Post
American Legion
G. M.4
Mc Clows Guiou, Jr
Charles Guiou
G. M. Mc Guion
Naval Reserve
Duluth
The
Methodist Church
Meserve
William Meserve
Water Street
Michael
Augusta
Arthur Faulkner
Robert
Kenneth
Reading
Mass
Charles. Vickers
Charles, Jr
Earl Paine
Rodney
Larry
South Portland
Dewey Fisher
William
Gregory
Richmond
Hattie Locke
Lucy Russell
Saco
James Meserve
Maine Industries Lead Delegation Named for State Safety Conference
Outstanding representatives from Maine's principal industries are named to the General Conference committee for the 23rd Annual Maine State Safety Conference at York Harbor on September 14 and 15. Harold L. Adams of Bath Iron Works is appointed to the Metals and Machinery panel among eleven discussion groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
York Harbor
Marion E. Martin
Harold L. Adams
Bath Iron Works
Bath Golfers Win Pro-Amateur Sets At Country Club
Home club dominates in Bath with host pro Jimmy Jones and Dr. Leon Buck winning the weekly Pro-Amateur tourney among 101 entrants. Buck also takes amateur gross and low amateur, with several runners-up and multiple nets and sweeps champions named.
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BATH
Bath Country Club
Jimmy Jones
Leon Buck
Maine
Buck
Howard Mayo
Steve Polackwich
Biddeford-Saco
Norway
Gus Higgins
Harold Wiley
Phil Gerber
Henry Joyce
Riverside
Joe Falcone
Ed Miller
Purpoodock
Hap Malia
Frank Tighe
Portland Country
Toby Costanza
Northeast Harbor
A. B. Wheeler
Kebo
Moore
Bunker
Loriand Pelletier
Brunswick
Higgins
Joyce
Miller
Tighe
Wheeler
Browning
Gene McNabb
Roy Adams
Cape Elizabeth
Ken Noyes
Bob Shaw, Jr
Francis Bruce
Francis Winchenbach
N. C
Annual Exhibit by Youngsters Showcases 1000 Craft Works
The display features wooden plaques, dolls, knickknacks, paper animals, and colorings crafted by children under playground instructors. Nearly 1,000 items reveal patience and ingenuity. items will be returned to makers by week’s end. Mr and Mrs Alvin Halpern of Ashland, Mass, visited Mrs Halpern’s parents at Damariscotta Lake. Mrs Halpern was Lorna Fay Kramer.
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Goddards
Hyde Memorial
Alvin Halpern
Ashland
Mass
Desmonds and Brownriggs Weekend at Rangeley Country Club
Mr and Mrs David Desmond Mrs Julia Brownrigg and Joseph McLaughlin spent the weekend at the Rangeley Country Club hotel visiting Miss Brownriggs sister and her husband Mr and Mrs John Perry. Mr Perry is golf professional at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Desmond
Julia Brownrigg
Joseph McLaughlin
Country Club
Rangeley
Georgetown Working League Sale and Tea Errand Etc
Georgetown hosts annual Working League sale and tea at Central school with many volunteers handling fancy work aprons cake and candy and tea service. Local notices describe island feature in Ford Times and a Robinhood pulpwood fire drama with village volunteers battling flames overnight.
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Central School
Mae Hagan
Bobby Rowe
Joseph F. Higgins
Earle Hagan
James Oliver
Walter V. Cummings
Irving Hunt
Melvin Cunningham
Belle Heald
Clarence Hill
Gilbert Gunnell
Stanley Lewis
Ruth Patterson
Harry Horne
Louise Peterson
Mariquita Deermont
Deborah Shain
Christine Williams
Faylene Rowe
Frederick Beck
Georgetown
Ford Times
Ford Motor Co
Maine Coast Islands
Richard W. Hatch
Pond Island
Cape Newagon
Squirrel Island
PTA
Overlook Hall
Norma Summond
Roy Clarke
Vernon Lippard
Robinhood
Flying Point
William Wright
Woolwich
Elbridge Powers
Powers
Damariscotta
Topsham
Robinhood Village
Waldo Clark
North Whitefield
Brunswick
Donald Leavitt
Harry Robinson
Dorchester
Mass
Hunt
Hilding Pearson
Howard Trafton
Willard Thorpe
Charles Shain
Morris Levine
Harry Stone
Coleman Norton
Lewiston
Bay Point
Roy M. Newman
Diane McFarland
Portland
Peterson
Jean Anthony
MacMahan
Anthony
Frank Baker
Harry L. Horne
J. W. Lane
Indian Point
Clayton Stevens
Vincent Fopiano
New York City
Weekend Guests Visit Local Homes In New England
Mr and Mrs Robert Haines and Mr and Mrs Walter Mac Ginnis of Waltham Massachusetts were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Fullerton. Mr and Mrs Charles Faulkner of Keene New Hampshire are spending a week at the Lane camp at Indian Point. They have as
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Haines
Walter MacGinnis
Waltham, Mass
Aubrey Fullerton
Charles Faulkner
Keene, N. H
Lane Camp
Indian Point
Georgetown Woods Fire On Sunday
About ten acres of scrubby growth and a small amount of standing pine burned in Georgetown during late Sunday afternoon in the Flying Point area between Hall's Bay and Back River. Town firemen and volunteers controlled the blaze with portable pumps and 1500 feet of hose. no property damage occurred as it burned into bog and ledges. First Selectman Roland E. Peterson said sparks from a camp smoke pipe likely started the fire.
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Georgetown
Flying Point
Hall's Bay
Back River
Roland E. Peterson
Social Notes From Bath And Nearby Towns
A dense social roundup lists visits and travel across Bath Georgetown and Sagadahoc Bay. Notables include Mrs Beatrice Abbott Mrs Ma5e Hagan and families, the Verhogens from Brussels, and Mr Carl Williams visiting from Bristol Conn. Attendees at events in Rockport and the Working League sale are noted along with signers for a hoarding drive.
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Paul Verhogen
Patrick
Brussels
Verhogen
Keene
N. H
Harvard
Beatrice Abbott
Bath
Minnie Hicks
Elizabeth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Edward C. Clarey
Willard Thorpe
Morris Levine
Joan
Charles Shain
Debrah Shain
Portland
Carl Williams
Bristol
Starfish Threaten Harbor at Santa Monica Breakwater
Starfish invaded Santa Monica harbor and, expected to save 1400 dollars on mussel removal, instead ate mussels barnacles and risk weakening breakwater. Officials fear a storm could wash out rocks if starfish continue unchecked though no removal method exists yet.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Park Deeds to Be Presented Thursday
Finance Officer Raymond W. Mudge Park Commission members and press representatives will attend a luncheon at noon as deeds are presented for a 367 acre addition north of the current park and for a lot housing an ancient stone school house near the latest gift by Mr Reid given years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Mudge
Park Commission
Reid
Oldest Boarder Marmette Leaves Vancouver Boarding House
Vancouver boarder Paul Marmette, 92, Canada's oldest railway pensioner, departed Sarlscourt after 55 years to live in a nursing home.
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Vancouver
Sarlscourt
Paul Marmette
British Columbia
Stainless steel takes high polish by acid dipping
Research chemists report that stainless steel shapes can be given a high polish by dipping in an acid mixture. The process promises smooth surfaces on intricate forms and may enhance finish quality for complex steel articles.
Mosquito spray planned for Five Islands this week
A second plane spray will be conducted this week to combat a mosquito outbreak after the initial effort reduced the population though mosquitos reappeared last week. Donations may be left at the post office as part of community support.
John Clark Dies At Home In Bath
John Clark 61 of 20 Harvard street died Monday afternoon at his Bath home. Born May 12, 1889 in Grand Lake New Brunswick he was a chef at the Colonial restaurant and a caterer before owning property on Harvard street where he farmed. Survived by his wife Martha Bassler Clark and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Lisbon.
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John Clark
Harvard Street
Grand Lake
N. B
George
Celia Clark Clark
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Lisbon
Clark
Bath
Lewiston
Old Colonial
Charles Cahill
North End
Martha Bassler Clark
Annie May Stearns Dies in Quincy at 79
Annie May Stearns widow of Bath sailmaker William Franklin Stearns died Monday August 7 at Quincy Hospital after about a month as patient. Born July 21 1869 in Bath she was daughter of Nathaniel and Annie McGrath Place and sister of the late John Place. She lived in Bath until about 20 years ago then moved to Quincy to live with daughter Irene Ash. Survived by two daughters Irene Ash of Quincy and Helene Maxim of Lewiston three sons Charles of Bridgewater Erwin of Massachusetts Leroy E of Portland ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
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Annie May Stearns
William Franklin Stearns
Bath
Quincy Hospital
Stearns
Nathaniel
Annie McGrath Place
John Place
Quincy
William Ash
Ruggles Street
Ash
Irene
Frank Maxim
Helene
Lewiston
Charles
Bridgewater
Mass
Erwin
Massachusetts
Leroy E
Portland
Emma Lilly Dunton dies at 88 in Bolton home
Emma Lilly Dunton 88 widow of Captain James F. Dunton died Thursday at her daughter Mrs Roy Clemens Bolton Massachusetts home. Born in Bath she was a lifelong resident of the city and member of Central Congregational church and Cosmopolitan club. Survived by daughter Mrs Clemens two sons Robert M. Dunton Garden City New York James W. Dunton South Portland and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Lilly Dunton
James F. Dunton
Roy Clemens
Bolton
Mass
Bath
James Lilly
City
Central Congregational Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Clemens
Robert M. Dunton
Garden City
N. Y
James W. Dunton
South Portland
Funeral Services For Clara Ellen Spear Held Friday
Mrs Clara Ellen Spear died recently and funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two at F S Curtis Funeral Home Washington street with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Bearers were Wilmer Voorhees Herbert L Douglas Edwin H P Lowell and J Haviland Torrey. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Ellen Spear
F. S. Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
News in Brief From Bar Harbor and Nearby Towns
Social notes list weekend and Sunday visits across Bar Harbor Kittery Derby Line Waltham and Lowell mass including Harold Pinkham Edward Berry Dick Edison Michael Rowe Mangone families and Rev D W Staffeld William Wolfe James Stevens Warren Slater Heigham and Thompson families with travel to Omaha Neb and trips to Quebec Each item notes hosts guests and locations with multiple generations and out of state connections.
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Harold Pinkham
Edward Berry
Bar Harbor
Orrin White
Dick Edison
Boston
Carl I. Rowe
Tony Cassella
Michael
Kittery
Rowe
Harold A. Rowe
Luke Hanna
Inlaw
Irving Hanna
Mangone
Charles Brewster
Manhattan
Kas
Kennebec Point
Brewster
Holt
William Wolfe
Ransom Sawyer
Ransom
Waltham
Mass
Ronald
Woodrow Gray
Nashua
N. H
D. W. Staffeld
Quebec
John Powell
Lincoln Campbell
James Stevens
Warren
Derby Line
E. E. Pinkham
Mrs Edward D True dies this week
Dale True, 69, died suddenly Tuesday morning at 645 Washington Street. Born Gardiner October 30 1880, she was daughter of Dawson M and Georgianna Brown Dale. Survived by husband Edward D True son Edward Dale True and grandchildren Sally Joan and Edward D True Ian of Bath. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home at two with Oak Grove burial.
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Dale True
Washington Street
Gardiner
Dawson, M
Georgianna Brown Dale
Bath
Edward D. True
Edward Dale True
Sally Joan
Ian
Winter Street Congregational Church
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
William H Gray 73 Retired Carpenter Dies in Massachusetts
William H Gray aged 73 a retired carpenter of the Charlestown Navy Yard died suddenly August 7 in Waltham Massachusetts He was born in South Dresden to the late Henry and Margaret Gray He leaves two sisters Mrs Frank Reed of Bath Maine and Mrs Abbie Savage of Somerville Massachusetts He enjoyed meeting friends in Bath and had been a Mason for over 50 years Funeral services were held in Medford and burial took place in Maple Grove Cemetery South Dresden Rev David L Wilson officiated the committal service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Gray
Charlestown Navy Yard
Waltham
Mass
South Dresden
Henry
Margaret Gray
Frank Reed
Mechanic Street
Bath
Abbie Savage
Somerville
Reed
Medford
Allen Funeral Home
Maple Grove Cemetery
David L. Wilson
Mrs Maud Guevin Rites Held in Portland
Mrs Maud M Guevin formerly Maud Bimson widow of Louis H Guevin died August 9 at her Portland home. Born in Cheshire county England she came to Portland as a girl and visited Bath as a young woman. She leaves a daughter Mrs Joseph Sanborn a son Stanley a brother James A Bimson of Bath and several nephews and nieces. Funeral was Saturday at nine with Requiem High Mass at St Joseph s church Portland. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
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Harold Rowe, Jr
Ogunquit
Harold Rowe
Carl Welling
South Weymouth
Mass
William McGrath
William MceGrath
Brookline
Davis
David Rutherford
Rodger Osborn
Brunswick
Branwell Harford
Bert Lewis
Lewis
Kent
Ohio
Camille Dionne
Ronald
Thomas Hanna
Bath
Luke Hanna
Virginia
Marilyn MacGillivary
Constance Gray
Rosalyn Pinkham
Elaine Stevens
Sylvia Pinkham
Camp Richmond
Richard Chamberlain
Milton
John Blake
Dorchester
Stanley Lewis
Frances Aderton
Jacob Kunz
Vernal Chaney
Eliot
Almon A. Marr
Malden
Ida Pinkham
Harold
Franz Stevens
Kathleen Rittall
North Anson
Arthur and
Lemond Davis
Frances Hanna
Belgrade
Albert Moore
Nashua
N. H
Maud M. Guevin
Maud Bimson
Louis H. Guevin
Portland
Cheshire County
England
Joseph Sanborn
Stanley
James A. Bimson
St. Joseph's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Lilly Dunton
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Lilly Dunton were held Saturday afternoon at two from the home at 16 Court Street with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson and Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins officiating. Bearers were Joseph Avery James P. Ledyard Charles T. Small and Daniel Williams. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Lilly Dunton
Court Street
David L. Wilson
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Joseph Avery
James P. Ledyard
Charles T. Small
Daniel Williams
Oak Grove
Death of Brent Spaulding A Sayreville boy dies after long illness
Brent Addison Spaulding ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Edwin B Spaulding Sayreville New Jersey died Saturday morning after over a year of leukemia Edwin Spaulding formerly of Bath is his father Survived by his mother father a sister Sandra grandmother Mrs Jessie B Spaulding and great aunt Miss Grace Baker of Bath Funeral was Monday afternoon in Egypt Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Addison Spaulding
Edwin B. Spaulding
Sayreville
N. J
Edwin Spaulding
Bath
Sandra
Jessie B. Spaulding
Grace Baker
Egypt
Funeral services for J. B. Wold held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Just B. Wold were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson presiding. Bearers were Harold Cutting, Charles Andre, Fred Higgins and John Sise. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just B. Wold
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Harold Cutting
Charles Andre
Fred Higgins
John Sise
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Frank Reay Returns Home From Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Frank Reay returned to her North Street residence Monday after treatment at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Reay
North Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath boy 12 drowns at Winnegance Lake Sunday
Richard E. Brown age 12 son of Mr and Mrs Charles M Brown of 116 High street Bath drowned Sunday at Winnegance Lake near a spillway. Harold F Bubar 31 and Eugene Wa 22 plunged into ten feet of water to try to save him. Bubar risked a 15 foot drop and was uninjured. Artificial respiration failed after 90 minutes. Brown was born in Cincinnati Ohio and would enter Mitchell school fifth grade next month. Surviving: parents two brothers Kenneth James two sisters Naomi and Mary and grandmother Mrs Nellie Moore Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Brown
Charles M. Brown
High Street
Winnegance Lake
Harold F. Bubar
Phiburg Road
Eugene Wa
Portland
Hove
Bubar
Babar
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Joseph I. Smith
Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles M
Eliza Childs Brown
Mitchell School
Kenneth James
Naomi
Mary
Bath
Nellie Moore
Boothbay
Just B. Wold dies after long service at Hyde Windlass Co
Just B. Wold 80 of 100 Court Street died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born February 19, 1870 in Oslo Norway he came to the United States in 1892. He worked for Hyde Windlass Co. from 1898 until retirement and was foreman of the valve department. He married Tillie Landin in 1899 and had a son Leslie J. Wold and daughter Thelma Atkinson. He belonged to Polar Star lodge Masons Genesta chapter OES and Winter Street Congregational Church. He leaves five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just B. Wold
Court Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wold
Oslo
Norway
United States
Berlin
N. H
International Paper Co
Norfolk Family Visits Father During Boston Assignment
Mrs. Theodore Olocivh and her children Barbara Ann and Teddy visit her father Charles Thayer on Winslow Court while Mr. Olocivh is stationed in Boston for two months. Mrs. Olocivh is formerly Dorothy Thayer of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Olocivh
Barbara Ann
Teddy
Norfolk
Charles Thayer
Winslow Court
Olocivh
Boston
Dorothy Thayer
Bath
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New Bedford
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Alexander Road
New Waterford
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Mabel Hines
Lynn
Henry S. Densmore
George W. Despeaux
West Somerville
Charles Davis
William Street
Albert Pooler
Genevieve Quinnam
Annette Harford
Joyce Bailey
Pittston
Braves Giants
Perley Joy
Pleasant Street
Ernest Rice
Frank Rice
Rangeley Lakes
Norris Sidelinger, Jr
Mrs
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Mr. Maxwell
Jones
A. P. Denham, Jr
Bath, Maine
Corliss Street
Georgetown Woods
A. G. Pierce
C. C. S. Art Club
Library Association
Library Hall
Russell
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Edith Pinkham
Paul A. Thompson
Claire MacGillivary
Mollie Moon
Grace Livingston Hill
Staffeld
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Mile Beach
Howard's Hall
Howard’s Hall
Carl Meister
Nat Hasenfus
Charles Carr
Walter
Barbara Hasenfus
Mary Pinkham
Frank Blake
Marion Gray
Colonial
William F. Stearns
Robert Heigham
Blake Camp
Raymond Slater
Lowell, Mass
Paul Thompson
Omaha, Neb
Marius H. Page
Kennebec Greenhouses
Brent A. Spaulding
J. B. Wold Funeral
B. Wold
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