Richmond News Briefs Chronicle Local Notices and Events
Willard Lane visits Mrs Lane and Miss Thelma Sheen's Bowdoin home returns to aunt. Auburn visitors F S Meacham family. Miss Wilma Buck visits Mrs Robert Chase. Mrs S M Preble attends funeral in Bingham. Annie Sinson to Waltham Mass for winter with Ellsworth Reed. Jordan family welcomes Iene Allard marriage Dec 3 Auburn. Bates grad William Marshall substitutes at Richmond HS. Richmond Firemen fundraiser fair Dec 5-7 with parades and booths. Emerson Lane Post plans Christmas food drive show Dec 18. Grange officers elected and Farm Bureau activities outlined. Richmond man William Johnson dies at 65. Boston Post cane holder George King confined to bed after fall. Telephones installed in Richmond residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Lane
Lane
Wick
Charles Cobb
Thelma Sheen
Bowdoin
Auburn
F. S. Meacham
Wilma Buck
Portland
Robert Chase
Dorothy Grant
Richmond Corner
S. M. Preble
Leaphe Preble
Bingham
Annie Sinson
Richmond
Waltham
Mass
Ellsworth Reed
Carline Terrill
Charles W. Jordan
May Reed
North Pleasant Street
Jordan
Richmond High School
Iene Allard
Archer Jordan
Hilcrest Street
Charles W. Helsley
High Street Congregational Church
Moss Gertrude Reynolds
Providence
R. I
Robert Lothridge
Boothbay Harbor
Reed
Harry Curran
North Front Street
Mr. Rood
Albion
Rood
Roland Alexander
Clinton Bishop
Donald Little
Raymonn Call
Chester Bennett
Carl Watt
Mt. Carmel
John Wallace
Gardiner General Hospital
Farm Bureau
Progressive Grange Hall
William Dingrey
Mabel Lancaster
Malcolm O'Brien
Charles Eastman
Hortense Welch
Hull
Franklin County
Nason
Forenson
E. L. White
Eva Knight
Lucy Tarr
Gertrude Jack
Progressive Grange
Orman Ee
Lancaster
Cake Iiveginn
Archie Er Apne
Nellie Dingley
Gwendolyn Tarr
Richmond Firemen’s Relief Association
Opera House
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Kilgore Sisters
Pairfield
Pauline Dickinson
Randlette
Emerson-Lane Post American Legion
Legion
Pearl Perry
Harold Libby
Enterprise Grange
Augusta
William H. Johnson
Levi Johnson
Staples
Gardiner
Alvena Knight
Central Street
George King
Boston Post
West Bath Grange elects officers and plans fair
West Bath Grange No 154 continues officer elections electing Mrs McFadden Ceres Mrs Fulton lecturer Mrs Henderson Pomona and Mrs Ward Flora with Ward reelected and McFadden previously holding Ceres. Master E Mason Wright reports on state grange trip as 65 members attend a program with radio acts and readings. Attendance includes nine visitors from Freeport Topsham ahead of annual sale and fair with party, supper and entertainment. Midland witness oath included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Albert F. McFadden
Ceres
Lillian E. Lewin
Eva L. Fulton
Alice F. Johnson
Charles T. Henderson
Pomona
Scott R. Ward
Flora
Leland S. Plummer
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Henry J. White
George R. Booker
Freeport Topsham
Georgetown Social News Roundup of Local Visitors and Events
Georgetown residents and visitors are noted in a weekend tally. Names include Elizabeth Hunt and Marion Hunt in Portland, the Todds of Melrose Mass and guests, Catherine Oliver in Becket with Rev. Charles Williams, and Mary Todd heading to Lexington after Sagadahoc Bay. Local church activities feature a First Baptist vestry sale, an illustrated sermon, and upcoming Christmas programs at Center School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hunt
Marion Hunt
Harold F. Hunt
Portland
R. P. Todd
Warren
Melrose
Mass
H. B
Melrose Highlands
James Hobart
Winchester
Catherine Oliver
Becket
Charles Williams
Mary Todd
Lexington
George Smith
Sagadahoc Bay
A. S. Cunningham
Bertha Russell
Nancy Russell
First Baptist Vestry
Martha Rich Bowen
Burton Radley
Edgar Warren
Radley
New York
H. M. Peterson
Harold J. Brown
Dr. Grant
Bath
First Baptist Church
F. Wovey
Alfred Rowe
Harold Brown, Jr
L. Earle Hagan
Riley
Peterson
Cumberland
West
Falmouth
Center School
Ruth W. Powers
Frank Heald
Frank M. Churchill
Nellie Douglas Thompson
Lena
Douglas Donnell
Georgetown
Jennie Todd
West Georgeown
Lisbon
Arthur L. Todd
Lena MacMahan
Five Islands
Emma B. Billings
Morse High School
F. W. Hovey
Defends Shipbuilding Despite Recent Slump
United States Shipping Board chairman T. W. O Connor argues the shipbuilding program remains justified despite lower passenger and cargo volumes and idle world tonnage. He cites preexisting plans, the need to maintain a fast modern merchant fleet, and calls for more naval vessel construction in private yards to sustain industry efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
T. W. O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
Mr. O’connor
Week's Street seventh grade pupils' attendance praised
Appreciation is extended to the parents of the Weeks Street Grammar School seventh grade for cooperation in keeping attendance 100 percent under teacher Miss Alice M. O'Brien. The list highlights Samuel Burgess Jennie Croteau Phyllis Haggett Edward Jenkins Marie Kerwin Virginia Kingsbury Harry Knight Scott Maxson James and Marion McGuigan George McKellar Albert Oliver Arthur Perry Chester Varney and Raymond Watson for good health and punctuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street Grammar School
Alice M. O'Brien
Samuel Burgess
Jennie Croteau
Phyllis Haggett
Edward Jenkins
Marie Kerwin
Virginia Kingsbury
Harry Knight
Scott Maxson
James
Marion McGuiggan
George McKellar
Albert Oliver
Arthur Perry
Chester Varney
Raymond Watson
Len B Strout's Photo Featured in American Annual
Len B. Strout of Brunswick has a photo of Hosea McIntire of Lowell reproduced in the American Annual of Photography, marking an honor for the photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len B. Strout
Brunswick
Hosea McIntire
Lowell
Bath Shipbuilders top Norway-Paris in Pine Tree League opener
Bath defeated Norway-Paris 42 to 34 at the Bath Y. M. C. A. gym, opening Pine Tree League play with a balanced team effort. Ten players scored for Bath led by Parks Jewett Hayes and Lyden as the Shipbuilders used two lineups to hold off the former college stars.
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Bath
Paris
Bath Y. M. C. A
Norway-Paris
Allie Jewett
Mark Hayes
Percy Kingsbury
Parks and Jewett
Beacon Street
St. Mary's
Don Stewart
Wesley
Mac McCabe
Speed King
Jack Conley
Kent
Hill
Jimmy Jenkins
Cannonball Oliver
Norway
Invaders
Ledger
Cole
Bill Ledger
Jimmy Cole
Bates
Oxford
Shorty” Parks
Harold Lyden
Lyden
McCabe
Brewster
Mr. Cole
Cy Longley
F. Martin
Red” McMann
Oliver’s
Oakhurst
Parks, Jewett
Hayes
Five Islands Pupils to Receive Health Pins in December
Five Islands grammar school will award gold star health pins in December to pupils Helen Rowe Marie Ristall Herbert Belanger Hazel Belanger Raymond Belanger Vernon Gray Jr Albien Carr Gertrude Carr Lilla Gray Edward Carr Vincent MacMahan Elia MacMahan Thomas Hanna. Various local residents and visitors were noted in weekly town happenings including school visits hunting trips grange events and travel between Bath Lewiston and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
E. C. Clarey
F. P. Carr
Frank Carr
Lewiston
Manchester
N. H
Grange
Theo McNeil
Weikko Wirta
C. H. Minchen
Bostoa
Edith Pinkham
Derby Line
James Stevens
Chester MacMahan
Gerry
Gray
B. F. Perry
George Smith
Dorchester
Mass
Smith Cottage
Percy Savage
Bath
Walter Moore
Hallowell
W. E. Gray
State Grange
Augusta
Gilbert Standish
David Standish
Portland
P. B. Savate
Charles Moore
William Renaud
Templars Install New Dunlap Commandery Leader
Installation ceremony for Dunlap commandery featured Edward W. Sampson as new commander after lengthy service by Daniel E. Kelley who received a past commander's jewel. The event included a distinguished escort, benediction by Rev. Francis W. Walsh, and a banquet with Royal Arcadians music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Daniel E. Kelley
Lisbon Falls
Wilson
Kelley
Francis W. Walsh
Dunlap Commandery
Edward W. Sampson
Edward H. P. Lowell
Generalissimo
J. Maurice Haynes
Osborne A. Bailey
Lloyd L. Hooker
Harold E. Cutting
Charles E. Curtis
Eugene McGrath
Oscar F. Williams
Gardiner R. Deering
Albert Henderson
Carl Kistler
Alfred C. Cornish
George C. Quicksall
Sentinel
John H. Freeman
Robert McMillan
Charles Nelson
Harris T. Rodick
Alfred G. Cornish
W. Clyde Lake
Roy Shackford
John Wilson
Harold Deering
Frank French
Donald Hunt
Carl Albee
Royal Arcadians
Dunlap
Genesta
Carroll A. Deering
Ss. Erneseal
N. Gratz Jackson
Roy F. Shackford
Candy Sure Symbol of Christmas Season
An Extension Service guide links candy to Christmas and offers inexpensive home made options. It lists white and brown sugars molasses corn syrup peanuts coconut popcorn raisins prunes dried fruits apples and citrus peels as ingredients and describes fondant as the cheapest candy. A full fondant recipe is detailed with measurements steps and storage tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therese E. Wood
University of Maine
Educational Films Shown to Bath Rotary Club
The Bath Rotary Club heard two educational films shown by Clinton D. Wilson, superintendent of schools. The first reel demonstrated how visual instruction aids learning, with a 15 minute focus on automobile engines and parts. The second reel traced the country’s progress from wilderness to modern times and education’s role in citizenship, drawing enthusiastic applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Phoenix
Clinton D. Wilson
Edward Sewall
Wilson
New York
Balance for State Aid roadwork on High street approved
At a Monday aldermen meeting the board voted to spend the remaining available funds on High street State Aid roadwork. The exact balance is unknown but estimated between 400 and the grant amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
High Street
Arthur Kate
Willow bowlers lead Park Alley league in sun berth
The Willow team sits atop the Park Alley bowling league standings with a comfortable margin. Shamrocks hold second place, Baxters third, and Eurekas remain in the first division as of this writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow
Park Alley
Shamrocks
Baxters
Eurekas
Park Alley League
Benny Frates
Whitey Lothrop
Walter Small
Poke Farrar
Frates
Farrar
Melzard
F. Ham
T. Burns
Ketchum ' Fibas Ee
Muilaney
Tee McCabe
Punia Coffill
Conley
Tree
R. Burns Pasiebe
Eenstas
Smith
Ea Estes
Worrey
Morrill
Vegetable Matinee Monday Morning at Bath Opera House
The Bath Opera House will stage its annual kiddies vegetable matinee on Monday morning December 19. Children may bring vegetables or other edible donations for Salvation Army Christmas dinners, with past collections around two tons. The event features a kid friendly film program and a parade of children with offerings.
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Bath
Miss Percival Speaks on Dr Palmer at Maine Alumni Meet
Miss Mary E. Percival of Auburn and head of English at Hunter High School in New York City delivered a scholarly talk on Dr. George Herbert Palmer at the Western Maine Alumni luncheon in Lewiston. She noted Palmer was Alice Freeman Palmer's husband and that he wrote a biography of his wife, a choice possession for Wellesley graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Percival
Auburn
Hunter High School
New York City
George Herbert Palmer
Western Maine
DeWitt Hotel
Lewiston
Palmer
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley CG
Percival
Catherine Paul
Wellesley
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Clifford W. Gray
Charles Wheeler
L. H. Lamoreau
Arthur Allen
Center Street
Moen
West Bath
Midland Witness
Shipping Board
Shipbuilders
Norway-Paris Club
P.C. Bath
Auburn Livermore
Falls
Mexico
Rumford
John Carter
Woolwich
Alonzo MacMahan
J. T. MacMahan
Arthur Berry
Beverly
W. L. Berry
Madeline Berry
Hershel Dickey
Berry
Baby
Ee Conley
Stewart
Oliver
Jenkins
Kingsbury
Eee
McMann
Colby
Templars
Bath F
Jewett
Parks
Longley
Maine
Mutual Savings Bank
Bath Savings Institution
Maine Food Specialist
Willows
Ftates
P.C. Willows
Steeves
Mkt
Wanderers
Hancocks
Bears
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