Richmond Community Notes from Weekly Church and Club Meetings
A Richmond column reports a union service at the Baptist church led by Rev. George Vose with topics on Christ the Head. It covers club talks by Vose, pre school clinic cases with diphtheria tests, Women’s Christian Service Society plans, Boy Scout activities, Enterprise and Litchfield grange events, family birthdays, Y A Y F picnic, clambake attendance, and visits from residents and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
George Vose
Methodist Church
Prete
Christ
Townsend Club
No. 1
E. F. Pratt
Eaton
Women's Christian Service Society
Boy Scouts
Old Man's Cave
Enterprise Grange
Cleveland Marriner
William Meader
Flora Shepard
Cora Osborne
Joseph W. Randlette
James Meserve
Litchfield Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Frank Reynolds
Edward Banks
Florence
Howard
Herbert Edwards
Providence
R. I
Rosetta Gowell
Wilbur Gowell
Emma Bowley
Harold Weston
Barbara Weston
Litchfield
Gertrude Baker
Y. A. Y. F. Club
Tacoma Lake
Lillian Haynes
Elizabeth Haynes
Archer Terrell
Lucille Utter
Harry Whitney
Bessie Sedgley
Aubrey Libby
Ruth Walton
Helyn Walton
Richmond
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Sagadahoe County
Arthur Benson
Middleboro
Mass
Leslie Roberts
Philip Rogers
Mary
Garden City
Long Island
N. Y
Fred Rogers
Walter Haskins
Athol
Elmer King
Carrie Hall
Earle Smith
St. Albans
John Chapman
Leighton Gardner, Jr
Palermo
John Parker
Skowhegan Fair
James Gibbs
Merrill
Gardiner
Gibbs
Johanna Small
Mary Carr
Jamaica Plain
Mabel McFee
Marion Purinton
Ralph Faulkingham
New Brunswick
N. J
Boothbay Harbor
Clarence A. Rogers Dies After Hospital Stay
Clarence A. Rogers of East Madison, native of Richmond born January 7, 1874, died August 10 at Sisters Hospital Waterville after a two week stay following surgery. A Spanish American War veteran, he led the American Legion Post band for years and belonged to the Masonic Order of Madison. He is survived by brother Charles Rogers of Richmond and half sister Miss Alice Honaker of Beverly, Mass. Funeral services were August 12 at Shawhegan with burial in Corinna. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Howard Black of Meriden Conn with family ties to Bath shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Rogers
Richmond
Sisters Hospital
Waterville
William
Leafy Rogers
East Madison
Masonic Order of
Madison
American Legion
Charles Rogers
Alice Honaker
Beverly
Mass
Shawhegan
Corinna
Five Islands Community Club Holds August Fireman's Ball
The Five Islands Community Club rented Howard's Hall for a summer sequence of events including an August Fireman's Ball with music by Colton's Orchestra Bath. Local hosts Mr and Mrs Warner Eustis hosted Malden Island guests at a clambake. The library reports new books, gifts, and a joint library and club entertainment with wax works and acts at Library hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Howard's Hall
Victor Pinkham
Richard Potter
Frant Stevens
Fred Carr
Colton
Bath
Warner Eustis
Ledgewood
Malden Island
Peter Mortimer
Carlton Breslin
Hingham
Mass
Breslin
Theo Blenn
Mr. Dodge
Harold Pinkham
Islands
Ransom Sawyer
Blaisdell House
Percy B. Savage
Bath Iron Works
South Portland
Mrs. Savage
Portland
Library
Community Club
The
Library Association
Marylyn Booher
Ann May Berry
America
Irwin Booher
Jarley
Aubrey Steen
Peter and
John
Barbara White
Betty Staffeld
Jack Horner
Freddy Rasmussen
Queen of Hearts
Betty Stanwood
Knave of
Patline Rasmussen
Miss Muffet
Gay Mason Diogenes
Frank Blake
John Alden
Barbara Stanwood
Priscilla Mary Louise Pinkham
Winslow
Marie Peters
Rip van Winkle
George Yeo
Cottage Weekend Visitors Mark Seacoast Town
A long list of visitors and residents at cottages along Rockmere Seguinland and Malden Island recount recent weekends. Among those mentioned are Miss Anna Mae Berry, Dr G T O'Donnell, Oakley Thibodeau, Miss Pauline Rasmussen, and families from Medford Worcester and Malden, all stopping at various cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeo
Herbert Moore
Belmont
Mass
Anna Mae Berry
Woolwich
W. L. Berry
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Robert Taylor
Weston
G. T. O'Donnell
Chestnut Hill
O'Connor
Sedgemere Road
Oakley Thibodeau
Fore River
Quincy
Seguinland
H. E. Worrell
Ralph Worrell
Boothbay
Frances Pierce
Charless Pratt
Togus
Sonny
Sally Roy
Old Town
D. W. Staffeld
George Philips
Medford
Pauline Rasmussen
Juniper Point
Jane Carmelli
Robert Decker
Malden
Archer Sibley
Winthrop
Rock Crest Cottage
Earl R. Potter
Brookline
Richard Potter
Potter
J. A. Folsom
Alton Tupper
Alton, Jr
Wellesley Hills
Helen Lightbody
Fred Cutler
New York City
Hall Cottage
Sedgmere Road
M. F. Butts
Worcester
Leslie Beebe
Malden Island
Richard Fellows
Plainfield
N. J
Fellows
Edith Fellows
Bath
Shirley Pollard
Robert
Newton
Hodgdon
Nelson
Glen Head
Long Island
N. Y
Appletops
Cambridge
Park Pond Closed to Public Wading
Park pond closed to public wading by Dr. Joseph J. Smith the local health officer after the State Department of Health reported high bacteria counts. He cited contagious disease risk and said the closure protects children's health despite the appeal of the pool. John Bourque of 11 Spring Street is spending a week in Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Smith
State Department of Health
John Bourque
Spring Street
Nova Scotia
Westport Summer Visitors Fill Local Cottages
Westport residents and out of town guests flocked to local cottages for weekend and weekly stays. Frequent names include the Buckleys, Gray family, Adams, Graumann, Siewerts, and Trojans with visits extending from Cambridge and Milton to Bar Harbor and Mount Cadillac.
Dresden visitors and seasonal guests gather in Maine
Reading Massachusetts couple Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Mayers spent a few days at their Summer home near Poland Spring. Harriette Sheldon and friends from Massachusetts visited Music Camp at Sidney and dined at Worcester House in Hallowell. Emma Corson and daughter Madelyn from Corinth stayed with Mrs. Augustus Good, while Cora Gahan visited son Lawrence Gahan in South Portland. Mildred Bradshaw and a friend, guests of Harriette Sheldon, returned to Middleboro. Several boarders stayed two weeks at Brookmore farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hersey
Jean
Joan
East Shore
John J. Buckley
New York City
Mary Buckley
James Buckley
Camp Devens
Buckley Cottage
Ronald Johnson
Cambridge
Mass
J. Louis Doyle
Melvin Knight
Hyannis
Beatrice Sybella
Barnstable
Jonas Knight
Everett Plummer
Auburn
June Williams
A. E. Gray
Lawrence Brown
Gray Cottage
Gray
Brown
Patricia
Philip
Bar Harbor
Mt. Cadillac
Stanley Adams
Plymouth
N. H
Verna Powell
Waltham
Graumann-Siewerts
Lester Adams
Gloria
Milton
Graumann
Edward Martel
Framingham
Oldhouse
Macdonald
Amelia Graumann
Marian Mansur
Southport
J. R. Trojans
Springfield
Powell
Rialto Farm
William Siewerts
W. H. Siewerts
Siewerts
John Roche
Watertown
Harriman Point
Clayton Mayers
Reading
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Massachusetts
Poland Spring
Sidney
Worcester House
Hallowell
Emma Corson
Madelyn
Corinth
Augustus Good
C. Thurston
Albany
N. Y
Patterson Farm
Cora Gahan
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Mildred Bradshaw
Harriette Sheldon
Middleboro
Brookmore Farm
Lee S. Billington
Virginia
Jane
Ann Mills
Chelmsford
Albers
West Georgetown
Henry Albers
Bay of Naples
Roscoe S. Scott
Ramon and
Faye
Mary W. Wells
Ethel Silberg
Westfield
Scott Homestead
Mr. Scott
Register of Deeds Office
Bath
Hulbert
Nancy
Ernest Curtis
Ruth Miller
Salem
Melrose
Howard Trafton
W. O. Oliver
Bay Point
Rudolph Trafton
Cynthia
Marguerita Morrison
Portland
Trafton
May Douglass
Newburyport
Roscoe G. Frame
Dedham
Elinor Ulman
Baltimore
Morris Levine
Herbert Hunt
Billings
Mr. Hunt
Bath Tron Works
Sale of Lots for New Construction in Drake Property
Hon J Edward Drake sold part of the vacant rear lot at 972 Washington to Mr and Mrs Edward P Steininger of 7 North Street for a bungalow type dwelling. The garage on the west end is included and work has begun on the foundation. The Steininger home will face North Street. Skilling agency also closed the Fisher heirs sale to Home Builders Inc for land on Middle Street ready for four precision built houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Washington Street
Edward P. Steininger
North Street
Drake
Steininger
Skilling
Roscoe S. Fisher
Home Builders, Inc
Middle Street
Spring Street
Hinckley Street
Funeral held for Edward P. Ricker Jr at Poland Spring
Governor Sumner Sewall and families attended the Saturday funeral of Edward P. Ricker Jr. in the Poland Spring chapel. Dr. Oliver Hart of Trinity Church presided. honorary bearers included Bath and Portland figures and former Hiram Ricker & Sons employees comprised the active bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Loyall F. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Edward P. Ricker, Jr
Poland Spring
Oliver Hart
Trinity Church
Boston
A. FE. F
Ricker
Governor Sewall
Arthur Sewall 2d
Bath
Alan R. Cole
Portland
Mortimer Warren
Robert Hale
U.S.N
Philip James
Robinson Cook
Roland Clark
Dexter Marsh
Hiram Ricker & Sons
First Baptist Sale and Supper Draws Georgetown Crowd
A successful annual sale and supper at Georgetown First Baptist church drew many locals and visitors from Bath and New Jersey. The event featured a three o'clock sale start and six o'clock first table supper with a second seating at seven, organized by a large slate of committee members and aided by Summer visitors contributing financially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Howard Trafton
Bird
W. A. Todd
Keehlwetter
Belle Heald
Ruby Moore
J. F. Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
Chester Horne
Delremple
Ruth Hicks
Miss Waller
W. V. Cummings
Fletcher
Elizabeth Thompson
Koehlwetter
Treasury
Bath
John Barclay
John
Rutherford
N. J
Thadeus Tobey
Clifton
Canada
Thomas F. Bird
Georgetown
Seguin
Nantucket
Ruben Banzer
Second Stolen Car Recovered Sunday In Pilgrim Case
The second car stolen in a break at Pilgrim Chevrolet last Monday night was recovered Sunday by State Police in Winn. A 1940 Chevrolet coupe was found after a statewide search and an alarm from Bath police. Deputy Marshal Percy W. Kingsbury questioned four suspects in Lewiston regarding the Bath thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winn
Bangor
Percy W. Kingsbury
Lewiston
Bath
North Bath
Waldo Weston
George Crocker
Frank Moriarty
Weston
Casco Bay Beauties Described At Rotary
Rev Raymond G Putnam spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Casco Bay legends and scenery from Brigham's Cove to Small Point. He recalled islands and historic spots and toasted Casco Bay as Queen of them all along the Atlantic coast. Visiting Rotarians attended and the club planned its annual clambake at Birch Point next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco Bay
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Church
Danvers
Mass
Elijah Kellogg
Bowdoin
Dory Bowdoin
Brigham’s Cove
Candy's Harbor
Harpswells
Orr, Bailey
Cape Elizabeth
Small Point
Atlantic Coast
Rupert Irvine
John Parker
Edward Adams
Lewiston
M. C. Fisher
Carmel
N. Y
Chester Plant
Birch Point
President Roosevelt’s Maine Lobster Venture Linked to Campobello
The article notes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Maine ties from Campobello to Vinalhaven where he once ran a lobster pound on Green's Island with two partners. After illness he sold the stake, later run by Charles H. Cahill who started New Meadows Inn until a fire. The pound held about 60,000 lobsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maine
Campobello
Vinalhaven
Green's Island
Charles H. Cahill
Bath
New Meadows Inn
Bay Point Residents See President’s Yacht PotoMac Pass
Bay Point residents along the southern end and nearby beaches watched the President’s yacht PotoMac with a five-ship escort as it sailed south of Seguin toward the Maine coast around 6:30 PM. Nearby observers included Mrs. Fred P. Taylor of Auburn and Mrs. Donald Avery of Bath. A Bath Iron Works cargo carrier followed in the Kennebec before heading to the Atlantic. The feature noted tame wildlife on First Beach, including two pet skunks named Lobo and Lily, plus a ferret and various other animals, with drought cited as a possible cause for their abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Potomac
Rockland
Maine
Seguin
Fred P. Taylor
Auburn
Donald Avery
Bath
Walter I. Noyes
Portland
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec
Atlantic
Lobo
Lily
First Beach
Mr. Noyes
Dave
George Gates
Clyde
Dale
Chester
Littleton
N. H
Herman A. Spinney
Echo Valley
Mary Graham
Arlington
Mass
Katherine Burgess
Keith
Harold Robinson
William Caughey
Wilmington
Tracy and
Cecil Stevens
Long Island
N. Y
Maurice Burns
Anna Scorgie
Seven Wells Farm
Harvard
J. O. Steadman
Birchwood
Sylvia Warren
Five Islands
Edna M. Coolidge
Nina Alexander
Boston
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Henry
Ruth Keen
Jamaica
H. S. Keen
Earl Rouse
Woburn
Cotton Island
Harry Stone
O. Clark
Earl
Donald
Donald, Who Have Been Visiting Mrs. Clark's Mother, Mrs. Oscar Miller
Canada
Philip Russeau
Paul Graham
Fort Devens
Paul
George Farnum
Natalie Farnum
Maine General Hospital
Miss Farnum
Mackerel Bounty Reported Deep In Casco Bay Waters
Winnegance Bay teemed with mackerel last week as Alvah Lewis gathered nearly five barrels from a Brigham's Cove area weir near Dr. Percys house boat. Eight barrels were sent to Portland wholesalers. Nearby weirs at Small Point Cundy's Harbor and Harpswell also yielded good catches. Doris Crocker and Geraldine Nickerson of Park Street visited Portland Monday with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco Bay
Winnegance Bay
Alvah Lewis
Brigham’s Cove
Percy
Salem
Mass
Lewis
Portland
Small Point
Cundy’s Harbor
Harpswell
Doris Crocker
Geraldine Nickerson
Park Street
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Clarence Rogers
Howard Black
Mériden
Conn
Carl C. Troop
Black
William H. Black
Whitney
Roberta Black
Perth Amboy
Staffeld
Red Riding Hood
Betty Rittall
Cinderella Ida McGilvary
Irwin Booker
C. H. Sanford Liberty
Z. Higgins
C. H. Sanford
Dr. Kelley
Cuttingsville
Raymond Hall
Newtown
Mrs
Ted Yeo
Wakefield
Bronson Garner
Winchester
Harriet E. Worrell
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Rockmere
Maine Aere
Augusta
Everett Reed
Alex Cunningham
Westport
Dresden
Alvin Sones
Reading, Mass
Mrs Ardenne A. Stott
Pound
Alex A. Burden
Bath Savings Institution
Burden
Freds, Curtis & CO
Thomas H. Huston