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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1940

Page

7

Richmond Community Notes Show No Camp Meeting This Year

Richmond reports no camp meeting at Kennebec Valley Campmeeting Association grounds for over 50 years. The Methodist Ladies Aid held a supper at their parish house dining room. Numerous personal items include births, visits, anniversaries, and residents traveling to nearby towns for events.

Richmond Kennebec Valley Methodist Ladies’ Aid Carry On Nellie Alexander Linwood Frederick Mary Gilbert Howard Knight Bear Pond Ideal Home Corner Club Thomas Point Clarence A. Morrill Lawrence Mass Methodist Morrill Parker Street Lester R. Norton Ralph Norton Baptist Young Peoples Union Meeting Edward Howe Community Garden Club Howe

Richmond Firemen Hold A Successful Field Day

The sixth annual Richmond Fire Department field day drew crowds for a bicycle parade and apparatus parade with 14 contestants. Grace Nelson and Ruby Fisher won girls prizes. Richard Witham and Ray Small won boys prizes. Contests featured Dry Hose, Ladder, Wet Hose, and Mystery. South Paris won three prizes. Densmore's Green House took parade honors. supper and dance drew 100 plus attendees.

Richmond Fire Department Grace Nelson Ruby Fisher Richard Witham Ray Small Emerson- Lane Post American Legion Densmore Green House South Paris Kittery Point Gardiner Grange Hall Cora Osborne Carver

Mrs Madelyn Rowe Changes Post at Sagadahoc Ferry

Mrs Madelyn Rowe, previously employed at Senter's, now works as a clerk in the Sagadahoc Ferry post office.

Madelyn Rowe Senter’s Sagadahoc Ferry

Bay Point Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Events

Bay Point residents attend nature talk by J Otis Swift at Kennebec Point. Local families sail aboard the Mariposa and dine at Heron Island. Clam bake at Stage Island, casino party, and multiple visitors from New York, Boston, and Maine fill a busy social week.

J. Otis Swift The World-Telegram New York City Josian Movement George Karhl Kennebec Point Bay Point Stone School House Georgetown Road Agricultural Department of Maine Henry S Ruth E. Keen Jamaica N. Y Charles Sand Brooklyn William Colwell Boothbay Harbor Mariposa Colwell’s Heron Island Stage Island

Past Matrons Club guest of Mrs Corliss at Woolwich

Mrs Albion L Corliss entertained the Past Matrons club of Genes ia chapter O E S at Day's Ferry Woolwich last week with assist hosts Mrs George W Merill and Mrs Luther S Thompson. A short business session was led by Mrs Merrill in the absence of president Mrs Benjamin F Savage. A social afternoon followed and the October meeting will be led by Miss Annie E Cox and Mrs Harry G Deering. Attendees included Mrs George A Cahill Mrs Thomas F Perkins Mrs Wilbur C Oliver Mrs Thomas Aikenhead Mrs Isaac B Howard Miss Cox and Mrs Deering.

Albion L. Corliss Genesia O.E.S Day's Ferry Woolwich George W. Merill Luther S. Thompson Merrill Benjamin F. Savage Annie E. Cox Harry G. Deering George A. Cahill Thomas F. Perkins Wilbur C. Oliver Thomas Aikenhead Isaac B. Howard Cox Deering Melrose P. L. Steadman Boston Mina Steadman Clark Annie Jones Robinhood James Dunton Gardiner Steadman Alfred Goodfellow Coatesville South Paris Shirley N.C. Hicks Ruth Hicks Charlotte Goodfellow Hicks Katherine Hooper Montclair N. J Elizabeth Thompson J. F. Higgins Walter V. Cummings Dorothy Oliver Shirley N. C. Hicks Poland Boothbay A. E. Rowe Everett C. Higgins Old Orchard Beach Century Club Roscoe Scott Ramon Faye Ethel Silberg Ralph Scott Scott Portland Rotary Sedgwick Bath Nellie Mains Lizzie Oliver Waltham Howard Trafton W. O. Oliver Bay Point Warren Todd George Smith Sagadahoc Bay Bath Memorial Hospital Georgetown Edgar Drake Norman Hunter Belgrade Rowe Nancy Russell B. H. Woodside Walter Russell Clayton Rowe Miss Dowling Francis J. Crawford Frankie Uxbridge Mass Harry Bedford Joseph Johnston Karen Mendon Walter Cook Taylor Baltimore Walter Bouton Beatrice Priscilla Plattsburg N. Y Bennington Cook McDonough Boutons Maud Thayer Naples Rock Gardens Sebasco Estates Harold F. Hunt, Jr

Maine artists Maurice Day and family shape coast woodcraft in Damariscotta

The Day family operat e a Whittler's Shop by the Damariscotta coast where Maurice Day crafts intricate wooden gulls chicadees and miniature salt water scenes on driftwood and root bases. The Days settled in Hollywood after a Laguna Beach show and work with Disney on The Seven Dwarfs and other classics while spending summers in Maine.

Bath Damariscotta Newcastle Whittler Maurice Day Day Seacoast Hollywood America Laguna Beach California Pacific Coast Sierras Laguna Beach Colony Disney Studios Maine Donald Ducck Donald Incc Bambi Maine Woods Walt Disney State Forestry Department Maine Development Commission Maurice Maine University

Georgetown to hold special town meeting on school plans

A warrant calls for a 7 30 p m August 29 meeting to decide improvements to the Center school building. A selectmen and school board committee will report findings and a vote will determine the amount of money to be appropriated.

Howard Heald Brunswick Koehlwetter Georgetown Phil Blaisdell Charles Woolwich Baptist Hospital Boston The Baptist Church Walter Golz Wilson College Chambersburg Pemaquid Anne John Lucetta Maurey Gols Ruth Hicks Prof. Golz Hicks

Wiscasset Social Notes Mention Travels and Visits

The column lists residents returning from trips and hosting guests. Joanna Evans returns from a five week trip to St Louis and other places. Mrs George Hobson visits Federal Street. Josephine Tucker and companions travel to Boston. Various families from Boston Bridgeport Springfield Portland Medford visit or host in town.

Boston Joanna Evans St. Louis George Hobson Mary Bemis Mary Hobson Federal Street Josephine Tucker Louise Cost Gertrude DiPerri Schmal New York Douglass Schmal Francis James Murphy Janet Bridgeport Robert MacQueston Medford Mass Raymond Sherman

Bath couple held on arson conspiracy charges in Richmond

Trial Justice Joseph W Randlette ordered hold for Kerry B Steward 51 and Clara Steward 48 of Bath on charges of conspiring to commit arson. Each faced 3000 bail after their arrest Sunday at the Men's Reformatory in South Windham to visit Joseph Beaulieu 25 who is serving an undetermined sentence for burning a barn at Pownal last March. Col George A Baker was in Augusta on statehouse business Monday.

Melvin Howe Woolwich Wren Richmond Dale Melvin Weston Carver Leighton Earl Carver Charles Donnell Melrose Mass Bessie Sedgley Elden Bisbee Lewiston Clarence A. Morrill Robert Lawrence, Mass Pleasant Pond Alfred Ives Christopher Clifton Harold Smith Rockland Joseph W Randlette Richmond Court Kerry B. Steward Clara Bath Superior Court West Bath George Philips Medford Malcolm Connor Malcolm, Jr Michael Winchedon Eisenhauer Vincent Strout Livermore Falls William Marr John Murray Newton George Hennan Donald Chase Seguin Lodge Parker Start Arthur Marr Malden Marr Cottage Jares Wilkins Doris Swift Carl Fomeroy Jay Wilkins Marr Susan Briggs Brunswick Herbert Moore Charles Herbert Belmont Cleveland Davis Dexter Mr. Davis C. C. Davis Leon Williams Raymond Edie East Milton D. W. Staffeld Kristen Hanson Olive Norman Everett Hanson Johnson Cottage F. P. Bartlett Marjorie Beulah Pierce Somerville J. C. Briggs Ethel White Aykroid Seguinland Buckman Cottage Viola Sutterlein West Orange N. J Harbor Home Elton Avkroid Enfield N. H Adams E. W. Beane Joseph Jordan West Roxbury Frank Corey Murray Nellie Coombs Watertown Everett Hennan Helen Lightbody Rochester

Five Islands Harbor Brims With Summer Sailors

A bustling weekend in Five Islands harbor draws large crowds as sailing craft crowd the bay and the Southport Yacht Club locals hold weekend races. Augusta visitors at the Folsom cottage share picnics and bridge, while numerous Bath and Boothbay residents motor, fish, and attend social gatherings at Seguin Lodge and surrounding cottages.

Southport Yacht Club Augusta Joseph A. Folsom Folsom Cottage Alice Blaisdell George Lincoln Loraine Bertha Pease Elmer Davis E. E. Bradbury Lester McCausland Orrin Farnham Mae Dearborn Minnie Shaw Stillman G. Sylvester Arthur Pushard Frank Burton Lester Woodward Norman Good Neighbor Club Seguin Lodge Richard Fellows Edith Fellows Hazel Haskell Orrin White Bath Catherine McCarty Mark Hennessy Harold Small Desmond Carl Anderson Madelyn Jackson Thomas Murphy Robert Brownell Josephine Frazer Ruth Johnson Helen Shaughnessy Adelaide Hooper Hennessy Jackson Howard’s Hall Chester MacMahan Boothbay Harbor Five Islands Improvement Association William L. Berry Century Old Orchard Madelyn Berry Alton Berry Paul and Anna May Berry Moatsweag Clifford Landry Robinson Nat Hasenfus Seguinland D. L. Howard Camden Mr Howard Henry Lamson

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