Richmond Highlights And Community News
Richmond news recounts social visits in Portland and Brunswick, a high school farewell program for Principal Harriman, staff and student speeches, and Dr. Merlin Joy’s closing address. Reports cover local weddings, funerals, club meetings, and upcoming charity events with details on participants and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ign Whey
George Doss
Boston
Lahooin
Portland
Elmer Rogers
Chester Foster
Herbert Thompso N
Ethel Foster
Lester Tevimen
Howe
Merlin Joy
Harriman
Richmond High School
Ashe
Charles W. Jordan
Artburn
Webster Unior
Ed Little
Colby
Eastern Engineering Co
Land
Mary Webberee
Gardiner
Turner
Loretta Pares
George Wren
Brunswick Esneeasy
Rebekah Lodge
M. Preble
Charles Y Dudley
Charles James, Jr
Nadine
Detroit
Mich
Dudley
Charles Watson
John Parker
Water Street
Beatrice
Bertha
Yaunt
Frank Stetson
Esther
Holman
George Douglass
Frank Anderson
Madelyn Douglass
Helen Carr
Richmond
Ernest Reed
Harry Curran, Jr
Wiscasset Bridge
John Higgins
Boothbay Harbor
George Pote
Pleasant Street
Th Kelley
Charles Bowden
Germantown
Meserve
Newton
Mass
Albert Meserve
Ee Hurley
Sykes
John
Patricia
Annan
Everett Purington
Port Richmond
Bath hunter bags fox duck and rabbit in one morning
Fred P. Wilson of 492 Washington street, a noted local hunter, went to Phippsburg with an automatic shotgun and returned with a red fox a black duck and a rabbit. He pursued the trio in one excursion and also picked flowers on his way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Wilson
Washington Street
Androscoggin & Kennebec
Wilson
Phippsburg
Mr. Reynard
Waterville veteran Austin Bragg dies after winter visit
Doves hover at 218 Main Street as Waterville bids farewell to Austin Bragg 89 a Civil War veteran who along with his wife spent winters in Massachusetts. Bragg recently left Waterville for Massachusetts where he and Mrs. Bragg planned to spend winter. May 20 marked his 89th birthday.
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Waterville
Main Street
Austin Bragg
Georgetown Social News Highlights At Local Homes
Richmond guest Emma B Billings visits Miss Belle Heald. Cunningham returns from Boothbay Harbor to his son Walter Cunningham's home. Local couples visit and entertain at Baid, Bath and Kennebec Point. Hospital notes include Joseph Harford, William Oliver and Barbara Hanna injuries. Pastor Hovey opens First Baptist Church with two sermons titled Doing All Things to the Glory of God and The Two Ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma B. Billings
Richmond
Belle Heald
Cunningham
Boothbay Harbor
Walter Cunningham
L. Earle Hagan
Nettie Gray
William A. Todd
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Walter V. Cummings
Portland
Joseph Harford
Bath City Hospital
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Bay Point
Woolwich
Forrest Hanna
Bath
Barbara
Frank Heald
T. M. Hagan
A. E. Riley
P. F. West
Falmouth
H. J. Brown
Kennebec Point
William O. Oliver
Flora Cam
Ell
Woorwich
W. C. Todd
Mr. Bryer
Booth
H. M. Peterson
Newfield
F. W. Hovey
Georgetown
First Baptist Church
Cromwell Name Calvin Austin Born Friday Night
A son was born Friday night to Mr and Mrs Herbert Cromwell and named Calvin Austin Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cromwell
Calvin Austin Cromwell
Changes in naval warfare described at Rotary meeting
Commander G B Vroom U S N spoke on naval warfare evolution from oars to sail to steam to submarines and aircraft. He noted battleships remain important and praised unit coordination. The gathering also named Bath committee members for the Boston Rotary convention and welcomed guest Philip H Littlefield of The Texas Co Portland branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Hotel Phoenix
William A. Furber
Albert Henderson
Marius Page
the Planet
G. B. Vroom
Salamis
F. B. Nichols
D. T. Dougherty
Father Maney
Bath
Boston
Philip H. Littlefield
Portland
The
Texas Co
Christmas Boxes Packed by Seacoast Mission Women
Seacoast Missions in Bar Harbor and Pleasant Hill Tenn saw Christmas boxes packed in Winter Street church chapel by 18 Women Missionary Society members on home day. Miss Alice N Magoun led the program featuring Indian missions history and a ministerial relief drama read by Miss Emma E Walker. Tea was served by Mrs Ashton E Wardwell and Miss Abigail F Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seacoast
Bar Harbor
Pleasant Hill Academy
Pleasant Hill
Tenn
Winter Street Church
Women's Missionary Sociery
Alice N. Magoun
Frostina E. Marston
Missionary Accounts Brutal Japanese Actions in China
Rev. H. G. C. Hallock reports from Shanghai on brutal Japanese assaults against Chinese forces and civilians. He notes fires, bombings at The Commercial Press, destruction of schools and his own Brownie program, yet praise for Chinese resilience and hope for League of Nations relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. C. Hallock
China
Independent
Shanghai
Chapei
19Th Route Army
Asia
League of Nations
H. G
Hallock
Bath Iron Works Third Low Bidder for Alaska Lighthouse Tender Hemlock
Bath Iron Works Corp was the third low bidder for the Hemlock project a 173 foot steel lighthouse tender with 1000 horsepower twin screw engines for the U S Government off Alaska. Bid options included Foster Wheeler boilers at 252 000 and Babcock Wilcox boilers at 255 000. Other bids ranged from 228 480 60 to 319 664 with firms Seattle Seattle Oakland Camden and Wilmington contributing bids. The annual senior class play Bob will be staged December 8 9 at the high school auditorium with Bernadette Snow and Robert Allen in leading roles coached by Dorothy Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
United States
Alaska
Bath Plant
Foster Wheeler
Babcock & Wilcox
Bath Shipbuilders
Bath
Berg Shipbuilding Co
Seattle
Wash
Pussey & Jones Corp
Wilmington
Del
As Shipbuilding Co
Bath Me
Moore Drydock Co
Oakland
Cal
Lake Washington Shipyards
New York Shipbuilding Co
Camden
General Engineering & Drydock Co
Bob
Bernadette Snow
Robert Allen
Carol Gardner
Mary Stockbridge
Margaret Halliday
Frank Harding
Frank Pietroski
Avis Lovejoy
Sanley Gay
Walter St
Leon White
Dorothy Parker
Five Islands Grange Christmas Sale Adds Community Fun
Five Islands hosts a Friday afternoon to evening sale in the grange hall featuring aprons fancy articles and refreshments ice cream cake and corn balls with games for youth. Local residents attend events from Bath Hallowell and Boothbay with church and grange activities noted through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Walter Moore
Harold Harp
Hallowell
Five Islands
Ellsworth Pinkham
Bath
F. H. Rittall
Grange
J. W. Moulton
Ralph Davis
Chester MacMahan
J. G. Stevens
H. C. Barrows
Boothbay
W.L. Berry
F. P. Garry
C. M. Bigelow
Portland
Mis
Myrna Campbell
Percy McGlorey
Franz Stevens
Cleveland Rowe
Azuba Holland
Ada McGilvrey
Percy McGilvrey
E. M. Horton
W. L. Berry
Mary Cote
Marjorie Berry
T. E. Cromwell
Harod Pinkham
Paul Stevens
Ambrese Thibedeau
Maynard Thibedeau
J. P. Davis
J. T. Mac Mahan
William Belanger
Boston
Nazarene Church
Alfred McMahan
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Henry C. Moore
New England Dairies Approved by Board
The New England Governors' Dairy Advisory and Arbitration Board approves the plan for New England Dairies Inc. to federate cooperatives and market milk and cream through direct producer contracts. Equalization of sales and proration of receipts with equitable differentials are endorsed. organizational questions remain for early resolution. Members listed include H. B. Ellenberger, A. L. Felker, F. P. Washburn, James O'Brien, and H. R. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England, Dairies, Inc
New England Governors' Dairy Advisory and Arbitration Board
Co-Operative Association
New England Dairies
New England Governors’ Dairy Advisory and Arbitration Board
H. B. Ellenberger
Vermont
A. L. Felker
New Hampshire
F. P. Washburn
Maine
James O’brien
Massachusetts
H. R. Lewis
Rhode Island
Bowdoin Coach Talks Football at Colonial Club Meeting
Linwood Wells Bowdoin assistant coach spoke on football and other sports during the Colonial club monthly meeting. Francis Parry was named Christmas tree committee chairman and volunteers will solicit funds for gifts for poor children. New active members were James A. Gillies Jr. and Harry MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Wells
Bowdoin College
Francis Parry
James A. Gillies Jr
Harry MacDonald
Navy Chief Electrician to Speak at Grace Church Dinner
Grace church Men's club meets Thursday at 6 30 with a steak dinner. C D Keller Chief Electrician USN will discuss naval training aided by motion pictures. Dr H Benjamin Duce and Cecil L Fullerton lead the committee for the event. Recent talk by Sumner Sewall impressed 29 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Men's Club
Carroll Watson
H. Benjamin Duce
Cecil L. Fullerton
C. D. Keller
Sewall
Messrs. Neal and
Watson
McCole and Haggett Win Colonial Club Bridge Honors
Wednesday night play at the Colonial Club featured Joseph McCole and Melvin Haggett taking top honors with 8860 points. Dudley Leavitt and Harold Brown followed with 6855, Dwight Pierce and W. W. Dennison totaled 6470, while John Fitzgerald and Harry Day held a lead earlier with 5880.
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McCole
Haggett
Joseph
Melvin
Dudley Leavitt
Harold Brown
Dwight Pierce
Bill Dennison
John Fitzgerald
Harry Day
Joseph McCole
Melvin Haggett
W. W. Dennison
Allan Spear
William Skelton
Andrew Merrill
John Hayes
Harold Footer
James Austen
Edward Sewall
James Gillies, Jr
George Hunt
Edwin Andrews
Alex Burden
Homer Potter
Frank Turner
Carrol Davis
Marius Page
Allen Oulton
Morse High selects 22 man varsity basketball squad
Coach Horace Herrick names the Morse high varsity team from 22 players after the inter class tournament. The list includes Elwood Legard Harold McElman Richard McElman and others. A Portland Sunday notice mentions Daniel G Libby of Prospect Harbor owning fifty Old Farmer's Almanacs dating from 1819.
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Horace Herrick
Morse High
Elwood Legard
Harold McElman
Richard McElman
Ernie Sarkis
Alfred Parks
Edwin Bates
Philip Oliver
William Boyce
Donald Jewett
Elton Pinkham
Thomas Hall
John Mullaney
Gerald Carr
Warren McNeil
Maurice Skaling
Donald Marshall
Alfred McCabe
Portland
Daniel G. Libby
Prospect Harbor
Joseph Libby
Morse High Basketball Schedule Includes Key Rivals
Morse High lists 13 games this season seven at home six away with Kennebec Valley League foes plus Cheverus Lewiston Rockland and Edward Little. Lewiston game Jan 13 at Bath marks a return to athletic relations after a five year disruption. schedule tentative pending league adjustments.
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Morse High
Morse
Rockland man attends church without ringing bell for 2000th time
George E. Torrey, 81, of Rockland, has attended religious services for 2000 consecutive Sundays, mostly at the Congregational church without a bell. He has been healthy, not sick in bed since age 12, and is a familiar daily presence on the city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Torrey
Rockland
Congregational Church
Mr. Torrey
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E. F. Pratt
Julia Griffin
South Portland
Ernest Jones
Lewiston
Emerson Lane Post Legion
Opera House
Charles Foster
Lincoln Street
Richmond Lodge
M. W. Hanson
Llewelyn Alexander
George Green
George Coughlin
Byron Ludwig
Arthur Harrington
Elmer King
Seth Watson
Everett Douglass
Wesley Webber
Malcolm O’brien
Brunswick High School
Togus Hospital
Orange
Wallace Baker
Lisbon
Topsham
Paul Ring
Mount Pleasant
Leon Ladd
Leon, Jr
Frances Watson
South Front Street
Granville Douglass
Blanch Humphreys
Enterprise Grange
George Gibbs
Merrymeeting Bay
Church Street
Ernest Averill
Gladys of Gardiner
Leslie Roberts
Arthur Foster
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Brunswick
Pleasant St
Bath Trust Co
Fox
Rabbit
Duck
Gunner
Westport
U.S.N
Bath Rotary Club
Seacoast Mission’s
Thornton Academy
T. A
Pauline Smith
Thornton
Barbara Albrecht
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
New England
Bowdoin
Mount Desert Island
Max Farrand
California
England
Devonshire
John Wannamaker
Bath Savings Institution
NAVY
Grace Church Men’s Club
McOle
Eastern Star
Genesta Chapter
Temple
Harold E. Weeks
Fairfield
Order of the Eastern Star
Genesta
Hawthorne
Pine Cone
Auburn
Roy F. Shackford
Charles A. Carr
George Rogers
Milton H. Douglas
Jason A. Merrill
Luther S. Thompson
John H. Grindell
Emery Freeman
Scott Morse
Horace W. Ward
Weeks
Sarah A. Shaw
Mabel J. Deshon
Norman H. Trafton
Trafton
William H. Ohler
Henry G. Shaw
Milward C. Patten
Cheverus
Edward Little
Morse High School
Park
C. D. Wilson
Erol Baker
Blair Wilson
Aritute
J. Edward Pomeroy
Errol Baker
Mary Cary
Conley
Agnes Fancy
Moe Aye
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