Thanksgiving Reunion and Local Obituaries in Richmond
A Thanksgiving Day reunion of the Farley and Brown families near Richmond drew about 50 guests at Frank Brown’s home on North Front. Numerous out of state attendees arrived including Mr. and Mrs. P. Treed and daughter Thelma, and others from Manchester. The gathering featured recitations, reminiscences, games, and music, plus gifts of an electric washing machine and a braided rug for the hosts. The day also marked Kenneth Brown’s birthday with gifts. In town news, Mrs. Georgia Quimby and George Thayer passed away, and the community noted several visits and local events including deaths of Wilbur E. McKenney and Melvin T. Condon, and various social visits, with funeral details given for McKenney and Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Brown
Frank Brown
North Front
P. T.ree
Thelma
A. Brown
Wilmard
Dorothy Brown
Manchester
Prank Brown
Kenneth
Lawrence Bond
Portland
H. L. Stilphen
Brunswick
Frank L. R. Gould
St. Barnabas Hospital
Mr. Gould
Richmond
Annie L. Call
Margaret
Massachusetts
Elizabeth
New York
Community Notes From Town and Surrounds
Funeral services were from the late home in Woodsfords with burial in the family lot in South Portland. Local residents and visitors, including Turner family, Brackett, Milltt, and Gibbs households, shared holiday and weekend gatherings across Bath, Woolwich, Boothbay Harbor, and Winchester. Senator-elect Zelma Dwinal announced a 1930 Republican primary bid for the second district congressional nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsfords
South Portland
Harold Turner
Fred Rogers
Frank Brackett
Portland
Hattie Brackett
Elizabeth Haynes
William Gott
Eva
Chester
Maude Mooney
Edwin E. Millett
Janette
Woolwich
Louise Trott
Maine
Ranger
Arthur Randall
Augusta
James 8
Lowell
May Morse
Bath
Patrick Nichols
Boothbay Harbor
Hatfield
Main Street
Helen Specht
Fitchburg
Mass
Maine School of Commerce
Auburn
Alice Oddy
Joseph Alexander
Richard Derby
Winchester
George Gibbs
Beach Street
Vena Brackett
William Wilson
Philip Nardini
Waterville
Frank Rice
Sherman Roberts
Lloyd Chetley
Hebron Academy
George Kimball
Marion Blair
Gorham Normal School
John Dailey
Boston
Helen Groves
Gardiner
Zelma M. Dwinal
Rockland
Knox County
Wallace H. White, Jr
United States
Dwinal
Richmond High School
Harriette Newell
Cora Newell
Richmond
Winter travel and local visits fill Richmond Corner notes
Rich mond Corner reports residents traveling to Florida and Portland for the winter while others stay nearby. Melvin Tarr dies after a long illness. Mrs. Mabel Lancaster visits relatives in Portland. Various residents visit kin, recoveries, and winter arrangements are noted, with weathering tasks and deer hunting reported locally.
Community Play Hearts Union Hall Benefit
Georgetown residents attended a Working League benefit at Union Hall despite a storm. Rev Hovey led songs after a flag drill by Center school children, and a Colonial era recital followed. The highlight was the play Bowing for the Heathen staged by Mrs Todd with a large local cast. another performance is planned for Five Islands Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
Union Hall
Hovey
All Singing
America
Center
Carroll Powers
Martha Rich Bowen
Earle Hagan
Alfred Rowe
Billings
Katherine Blackie
Grandma Gibbs
Dorothy Stuart
Strong
Man Charged With Statutory Offense in Sagadahoc Court
Everett King was bound over to Sagadahoc supreme court for January term after probable cause found in municipal court. Judge J. J. Keegan handled an incident involving an assault case and King’s plea of not guilty amid a tense session as the defendant’s mother collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett King
J. J. Keegan
Sagadahoc Supreme Court
King
Boston Doctor Makes First Sea Flight by Balloon
Dr. John Jefferies of Boston pioneered early balloon travel by crossing the English Channel in January 1775. A separate Philadelphia alcohol explosion caused $2,000,000 in damage and two fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jefferies
Boston
English Channel
Philadelphia
Fowle and Bath Attend Brother's Funeral in Lynn
In Bath Saturday Mr and Mrs I M Fowle attended the funeral of James M Fowle of Lynn whose remains were brought to Bath for burial. Several families mark Thanksgiving with relatives and friends across Bath and surrounding towns.
Bowdoin Community Notes and Upcoming Farm Bureau Meeting
Thanksgiving gatherings and visits fill Bowdoin areas as families share time with relatives. E E Purinton is ill. Miss Helen Mosher stayed with the Mosher family. The Bowdoin Center Farm Bureau plans its big annual meeting at the grange hall on Friday December 14 starting at 10 30. The East Bowdoin Ladies aid held its annual supper and program at the Wilbur Skelton home with 60 attendees and a bean supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Starbird
L. C. Starbird
Bowdoinham
East Bowdoin
America
Leonard Curtis
Richard Mockler
Cleora Skelton
Clyde
Clifford Starbird
Richard Enman
Mr. Enman
Robert Mockler
Mabel
The
Aid
Vision Nearly Two Hundred Miles Sighted From Corsica Coast
Engineers on the French Mediterranean coast reportedly sight lights on Corsican mountains at 186 miles away, according to Popular Science Monthly. United States observers see twelve inch mirrors from Mt Helena at 192 miles. Massachusetts reports 19 auto deaths in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Corsica
France
Popular Science Monthly
United States
Mt. Helena
Five Islands Grange Benefit Evening Promises Community Support
A Friday night program at the Grange hall features a play Sewing for the Hea then with singing and readings plus ice cream cake and homemade candies for sale to raise funds. Local residents, guests, and families gather for a charitable event and a Thanksgivingesque community mood.
Tarbox Family News Ties Westport Winter Plans
Westport brief notes include Miss Dorothy M. Tarbox R N of Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary and Miss Adeline G. Tarbox of Rochester visiting, with parents Mr and Mrs James H Tarbox moving to Boston for winter. Also the Tiltons of South Portland closed The Cedars Summer home, and locals Hodgdon Knight and Lewis visitors or returnees. George C Knight leaves town for another destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M. Tarbox
R. N
Boston Eye and Ear Infirary
Adeline G. Tarbox
Rochester
N. Y
James H. Tarbox
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles J. Tilton
Belle Tilton
South Portland
The
Cedars
Percy W. Hodgdon
Milford
Mass
Westport
Burnham Knight
Mechanics Falls
Ordway Lewis
Massachusetts
Charles L. Cromwell
George C. Knight
Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings in South Dresden
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Munsey and family along with relatives in Woolwich celebrated Thanksgiving with Herbert Munsey. Lawrence Southard spent Thursday and Friday with friends in Richmond. Joseph Burgess celebrated his 84th birthday at a gathering with the Siegars family in Dresden Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Munsey
Herbert Munsey
Woolwich
Lawrence Southard
Richmond
Leland Siegars
Joe
Joseph Burgess
George Tibbetts
Harold Wall
L. H. Siegars
Samuel McDonald
Dresden Mills
Albert Pushard
Randolph
Mr. Burgess
Arthur Siegars
G. L. Siegars
West Dresden
Fred Carlton
Frank McCobb
Mr. Carlton
George Carlton
Wiscasset
Belgian Military Band to Tour United States
The Musique des Guides under Capt. Arthur Prevost will tour the United States next March with a first concert March 19 at the Metropolitan Opera House New York. The band will appear in 30 cities across the US and Canada including Chicago Detroit Boston San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Vancouver Quebec Montreal Ottawa and Toronto. A noted astronomer claims the universe center lies forty seven thousand light years distant from Earth.
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Brussels
Musique Des Guides
United States
Arthur Prevost
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Canada
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Vancouver
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Building for Oakhurst Dairy under way on Center street hill
General contractors Naugler Bros. began clearing the south side lot opposite Raymond court for an 89 by 80 foot reinforced concrete dairy building costing about 70000 dollars. The site recalls the Palmer estate era with a former stable and adjacent notable homes. Architect is Harry S. Coombs of Auburn. completion planned by April 1. It will house a laboratory, refrigerating and pasteurizing rooms, drivers’ and shipping areas, storage, executive room, and a store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naugler Bros., Brunswick
Center Street
Raymond Court
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Palmer Estate
Joseph Avery
John A. Small
Middle
Center Streets
John R. Knowlton
Advent Church
Middle Street
Harry S. Coombs
Auburn
New England
Realty Transfers at Register's Office in Sagadahoc District
Real estate turnover in Sagadahoc shows Bath accounts for a third of transfers in the past two weeks. Listings include Lottie Tarbox to Joseph Gahent in Bath and multiple transfers in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Topsham, and West Bath involving individuals and entities such as Eastern Steamship Lines Corp and Topsham Grange No 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Lottie W. Tarbox
Joseph S&s. GaHent
Edith F. Stinson
Ralph E. Sanborn
Eastern Steamship Lines Corp
John W. Blaisdell
Officers Elected at Topsham Grange
Topsham grange met after a two week shutdown due to a ban on gatherings. Officers elected for 1929 include Master Harry Rackley Overseer Frank Todd Lecturer Winifred Rackley Steward William Stevens A. Steward Warren Morrill Chaplain E K Moore Treasurer Ralph Mallett Secretary Marietta Wilson G K Harry Hovey Ceres Christine Rackley Pomona Nellie Tate Flora Mabelle Stevens L A S Jessie Morrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Nellie Tate
Flora—Mabelle Stevens
Jessie Morrill
Bath to Send Delegation to Y M C A Conference
Twenty seven Bath boys will attend the 21st annual State Boys Conference of the Y M C A and Church Boys' Clubs of Maine at the Portland Y M C A next Friday through Sunday. William C. Perkins will supervise the Bath delegation with held group leaders named Harold Carter Duncan Farrell James Jackson and Charles Maxwell leading teams. Other Bath representatives include Harold Harrington Lawrence Lord Wilbur Oliver Silas Plant Seth Snipe Paul Wilson Benjamin Colby William Gove Frank Harvie Robert Hatch Chester Horne Alvin Jewett Arthur Leeman John Levyn George Littlefield Henry Mank Ralph Marr Paul McCole Arthur McDonald Joseph O’Brien Nathan Watson Robert Bracey Hibbert Norton. An immense gas holder has had its seam welded rather than held by bolts. Pearls it is said were found by the bushel in America's early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Church Boys’ Clubs
Maine
Portland
Portland Y. M. C. A
William C. Perkins
Bath Organization
Harold Carter
Harold Harrington
Lawrence Lord
Wilbur Oliver
Silas Plant
Seth Snipe
Paul Wilson
Benjamin Colby
Duncan Farrell
William Gove
Frank Harvie
Robert Hatch
Chester Horne
Alvin Jewett
Arthur Leeman
James Jackson
John Levyn
George Littlefield
Henry Mank
Ralph Marr
Paul McCole
Charles Maxwell
Arthur McDonald
Joseph O'Brien
Nathan Watson
Robert Bracey
Hibbert Norton
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Georgia Quimby
Litchfield
George Thayer
Lynn
Robert A. Blake
Temple
Harry Douglass
Samuel Blake
Rachel Mansir
Alice Mansir
Durand
James Harry Whitney
Alexander Henderson
Pleasant Street
Charles Rogers
Arthur E. Clark
San Diego
Cal
Mr. Clark
W. W. Gardiner
Wilbur E. McKenney
Hill Street
Mr. McKenney
John
Elizabeth Gilman McKenney
Roberts
L. W. Grundy
Cotton's Cemetery
Albina V. McKenney
Ethel Foster
Donald Foster
Frank Pascall
Chelmsford
Victor R. E. Carey
Carey
Elizabeth Carey
Hallowell
Antis Dearborn
Buckfield
W. Paul Tutino
Paula
Loretta Parks
George Hawkes
Garfield Hamilton
H. L. Dingley
Elizabeth Scott
South Street
Reed Jack
Church Street
W. H. Parley
Charles Soule
Brunswick Hospital
Leighton Gardiner
Effie Grondin
Masachusetts
Robert Spaulding
Henry Peterson
Vanessa Beedle
Lillian Johnson
W. H. Johnson
Dresden
Joseph Houdlette
H. E. Houdlette
Margaret Grover
Fred Webber
Melvin T. Condon
Brookhoville
Dwight L. Moody
Hampton
N. H
Moody
Cora Smith
Charles Browne
Bowdeinham
G. B. M. Soule
E. E. Durand
Fairfield
Mary Hall
J. G. C. Farnham
Lillian Dunham
Herman Blake
Annie Grant
Ernest
Eric
Charlie
Roslindale
Wee
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Richmond Corner
C. H. Cobb
Arthur Hayes
Rosa Allen
Walpole
Frank Lowell
Libby Dingley
Fred Smith
Lewis Rideout
Georgetown
Clara Brown
Meeker
Ida Lewis Rich
Powers
Marjorie Hagan
Luella Huggins
Harold, Jr
Bowen
Grover Hill Farm
Charles Jones
Oscar
Baker House
Robinhood
First Baptist Church
Roy Newman
W. A. Todd
C. L. Hinckley
H. J. Brown
Boothbay
Hinckley
Fred Gray
Candy’s Harbor
Earl Hagan
Grant
Bay Point
Sumner
Walter Cummings
Annie May Cook
Cambridge
California
Miss Cook
E. B. Billings
T. N. Williams
Waltham
Gilbert Gunnell
John Legro
W. O. Oliver
George B. Oliver
Marrtown
Georgia Knight
Capt
Trafton Knight
Edward Wren
Rapheal Rowe
Lord & Burnham Co
Greenhouse
Irvington
Edgar Warren
Belle Heald
Ralph Reynolds
Cora Searle
West Georgetown
Haverhill
Maude Thayer
I. M. Fowle
Mr. Fowle
James M. Fowle
America Purinton
Mae Heenie
Lida Maxwell
Bishop School
Cushman Road
Irish
Aaron Soule
West Scarboro
E. L. White
Charles White
Campbell
Slocum
Kendall
George Curtis
Topsham
Alice Brown
Pebley
Ida
Murl Downing
Portlain
Merton Umberhind
Umberhind
F. P. Curtis
I. C. Irish
Wellesley
John P. Jewell
Theresa Carr
Frank Siegars
Herbert Given
Sumner Powles
Given
Erland Rogers
George Brown
Richmond Friends
Star Aid
Masonic Hall
Ida Purington
William
George Purington
Lewiston
Walter Purington
Rumford
Minott Doble
L. P. Temple
H. D. Cornish
Hazel
Lorenzo Minott
Varina Dunham
John Dunham
Mary Heath
Evelyn
Frank Heath
Monmouth
Fred Heath
Richard Denham
Denham
Tibbetts
Philip Rideout
Nettie Brown
Percy
Rideout
Roscoe
Georgie Wakefield
Charles Perry
Jake Bishop
J. W. Bishop
Richmond Road
Bowdoin
Grange Hall
Lester Lewis
Vernon Gray
Edith Wilkins
Jay
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
Everett Stevens
Linwood Stevens
D. R
Marion Stevens
Farmington
J. G. Stevens
Grange
L. H. Rowe
F. P. Carr
Horace Rittall
Walter Reed
Alton Reed
Iva
Alice Cromwell
Victor Pinkham
Clarence MacMahan
Chester MacMahan
William Belanger
D. L. Howard
John Grindell
J. E. Blaisdell
Aimon Marr
George Gray
Madelyn Berry
Marion Parker
Salem
Hershel Dukey
W. L. Berry
Arthur Berry
Addie Stevens
Eliza Moore
R. D. Stevens
J. T. MacMahan
B. M. Campbell
Harold Hunt
Edward Lewis
Cromwell Cottage
Delbert
Ladies’ Aid
Prof. Shapley
Earth
Oakhurst Dairy
Shipping Board
Lauds White
T. W. O'Connor
Wallace H. White Jr
Foreign Commerce Club of
Jones-White
Mr. O'Connor
Europe
South America
Africa
Orient
Register’s Office
Topsham Grange
Bridge-Merrill, Inc
Beauty
Front Street
Bath, Maine