Richmond Christmas Programs Highlight Busy Week
Richmond notes a busy week with a freshman class Christmas comedy The Christmas Cimme directed by Principal Archer featuring John Quirk Leona Lemont Dorothy Preble and others. A high school party followed, with Beulah Rebekah lodge children’s night and a Community Christmas tree program at Emerson Lane Post.
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Richmond High School
Archer
John Quirk
Leona Lemont
Dorothy Preble
Robert Sidelinger
Paul Batchelder
Eva Gott
Charlotte Cate
Carlton Ring
Frances Webber
Laurelle Priest
Claude
Clifford Lothridge
Rodney Dunn
Leoramont
William McKenney
Emerson
Hazel Gardner
Italy Hatch
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Alberta Haynes
Thelma Dickinson
Carrie Turcotte
Barbara Weeks
Eula Terrell
Elizabeth Haynes
State Board of Health
Seventh Day Adventists
Wallace Farley
Umberhind
Alfred Wenzee
Eva Yeaton
Sadie McKeen
Wilbur McKeen
Guy Farley
Annie Farley
W. G. McKeen
Vern Farley
Richmond Board of Trade
The
Lion's Club
Richmond
Amy Hovey
Augusta
Olive Stilphen
U. of M
Mary Murphy
Reading Mass
Melrose, Mass
Edna Burnell
Boston City Hospital
Leslie Burnell
George Leavitt
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Margaret Grover
Leavitt
Enterprise Grange Hall
Hilda Raphall
Methodist Church
Merle Thompson
Bob Strong
Howard Small
Squeak
Bob
Adele Maloy
Hilda Wing
Margie
Alton Shaw
Zacharius Peabody
Harry Sykes
Sir Peter van Wilden
Myrtle Stewart
Lady van Milden
Sir Peter
Roy Dickinson
Irving Meserve
Tony
Joseph Beardo
Robert Cutter
Bobo
Tom Hinckley
Adelaide Anderson
Toyo
Clifford
Claude Loviiridge
Edward Seamens
Charles Dore
Fat Lady
Sword Swallower
Fire Eater
Invention of Inher Sole Process Boosts Hy-Style Shoes
David I. Haskell, manager of the Hy-Style Shoe Factory in Hallowell, announced that a new Inher Sole process for cemented-sole shoes has brought orders that will return the firm to capacity production by the first of the year. Production will start at about 75 percent next week and rise to full by three weeks, on already received orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David I. Haskell
Hallowell
Georgetown Christmas Tree Lights Up Town With Community Help
A new community Christmas tree between the church and Kennebec Point road becomes a bright focal point, strung with multicolor lights from a long wire and topped by a Bethlehem star. Alec and Mrs. Cunningham fund the project, with help from John Thibodeau and others. The town plans a Christmas Eve program and tree lighting as part of holiday activities, with ongoing church and WPA related winter preparations and local visitors sharing in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Point Road
Alec S. Cunningham
John Thibodeau
Walter Cunningham
Kennebec Point
Gilbert Lewis
Walter Powers
Walie
Powers
J. R. Black
Marjorie Hagan
Emily Rideout
Bowdoinhiam
Rachel Mee
Wiscasset
Janet Tait
Augusta
A. E. Rowe
Bath
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stewart
Harry O. Carlisle
North Edgecomb
Georgetown
T. M. Hagan
Agnes Powers
Christ
John Wilson
Deborah
Ann Freeman
Hallowell
A. S. Cunningham
Brunswick
Marian Getchell
Arlene Hunt
Morse High School
W. A
Melvin Cunningham
Billings
Ruth W. Powers
Oweuonie
Alice Hinckley
Maurice Hinckley
Jr Merrie
Elfie Loveitt
Sewall Proposes Maine Anti-Pollution Drive For Rivers
Senator Sumner Sewall spoke in Augusta on a bill to clear Maine rivers of pollution to restore fishing. Frank E. Southard directs a Public Utilities Commission study due by June, with plans for a phased cleanup starting with smaller streams before tackling Kennebec and Penobscot rivers. Health and economic benefits, plus lessons from other states, frame the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Kennebec
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Frank E. Southard
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Sewall
Augusta
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Public Utilities Commission
Penobscot
Kennebec River
Three Generations Attend Installation at Gelar Lodge
Nearly 200 attendees witnessed the installation of John Wish art as master and the induction of Gelar lodge officers led by Judge Walter S. Glidden. Wishart family members spanning three generations attended, including Robert Wishart and Archie Wishart, with music by a quartet and a past master's jewel presentation to John W. Gillespie. The Solar lodge officers were installed, with Thurlow absent due to illness, followed by a banquet and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wishart
Gelar Lodge of Masons
Walter S. Glidden
Mr. Wishart
Glidden
Edwin H. P. Lowell
David L. Wilson
Luther S Thompson
Clifford B Smith
John Shaw
Harriet Reed Shaw
John W. Gillespie
Rt. War
Solar Lodge
Mr. Thurlow
Oscar S. Adams
David Y. Alkazin
Fred D. Hill
Karcher S. Jackson
Paul M. Holmson
William H. Daley
Charles Stackpole
John E. Levyn
Harry M. Thurlow
Vernon B. Lake. Tyler
Beacon Junior Aid Elects Its Officers
Officers of the Beacon Street church Junior Aid, formed in February 1935, were elected at Mrs. Maurice B. Shea home on Oliver Street. Lula P. Herbert was named president and Mrs. Shea as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Maurice B. Shea
Oliver Street
Lula P. Herbert
Shea
Aubrey Steen
Jesse Kenderdine
H. Martin Powers
Carleton W. Andrews
Kenneth P. Haskell
Raymond C. Hart
Herbert
Archie M. Wishart
Wilbur H. Crooker
Christmas Concert Plans At Five Islands Church
Five Islands church prepares for Saturday seven o clock Christmas concert led by Miss Edith Marr and Mrs Beulah Miller with Mrs Lester Davis at piano lighting by Mr Davis wreaths donated by Alfred MacMahan. Notices of school committee meeting and various local visits fill weekend activity with festive decorations and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred MacMahan
North Edgecomb
Edith Marr
Beulah Miller
Lester Davis
Davis
John Carter
Woolwich
Roy Newman
Georgetown
Maynard Thibodeau
Lincoln Campbell
Five Islands
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Mass
Irving
Milton Pinkham
Bath
Maurice
Bince Campbell
Ambrose Thiocdeau
George Laskey
Robirhood
Boston
Cecil Stevens
Edgar Warren
Bay Point
Ellery Southard
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
Vernon E. Gray
Alec Cunningham
Woodrow Gray
Constance Elizabeth
Bath Iron Works
Alice Cromwell
B. A. Bailey
Wiscasset
George Gray
Peggy Gray
North Yarmouth Academy
Madelyn Berry
Portland
Thomas M. Hagan
Philip Pinkham
Shirley Moore
Ida Hinckley
Ardene Pinkham
Maurice Pinkham
Paul Stevens
Arrowsic
Mary Stevens
Obituary Edith Lozier 58 Bath resident died after illness
Edith M. Lozier age 58 wife of Andrew J. Lozier died Monday at home 25 South Street after a year long illness. Born in Havelock Nova Scotia she lived in Bath 36 years and attended St Marys Church and the Society of St. Jean de Baptist. Survived by husband four children all at home her mother five sisters two brothers and many nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Lozier
Andrew J. Lozier
South Street
Mrs. Lozier
Havelock
N. S
Joseph and
Marceline (Thebeau) Gaudette
Bath
St. Mary’s Church
Society of St. Jean de Baptist
Henry Gaudette
West Southport
Williams Veteran Charles B. Williams Funeral Held
The funeral services for Charles B. Williams, a veteran retired ship fastener, were held Sunday at two in the home of his son, Harry B. Williams, in Winneganes. Rev. George H. Thorburn Jr., pastor of the First Universalist Church, Bath, officiated. Bearers were William Brown, Otis Hunt, George McMann, Burleigh Williams. Burial followed in Lombard Cemetery, West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Williams
Harry B. Williams
Winneganes
George H. Thorburn, Jr
First Universalist Church
Bath
William Brown
Otis Hunt
George McMann
Burleigh Williams
Lombard Cemetery
West Bath
Beano party at the Arcade praised as most enjoyable
A successful beano hosted Monday evening at the Arcade by Roland Smith post drew about 200 attendees. The event showcased new heating and wiring improving comfort, with prizes awarded including a Philco radio bar to Mrs. Ralph P. Mank of Spring Street.
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Roland Smith Post
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Senter's Inc Awards Bonuses for Long Serving Employees
Senter's Inc continued its year old bonus tradition with a Monday ceremony honoring staff as of December 1. Employees with one year or more of service received a full week’s pay, six months or more earned half a week, and those with less than six months got $2.50 each. Miss Constance Morin, a student at Oak Grove Seminary, is visiting her father, Dr Harry F Morin of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senter’s Inc
Constance Morin
Oak Grove Seminary
Harry F Morin
Washington Street
Charles B Williams Dies at Winnegance
Charles Burleigh Williams aged 90, veteran Bath fireman who fought Portland’s great fire, died Friday at his son Harry Williams’ home in Winneganee Phippsburg after a year of declining health. Born December 25, 1847 in Richmond, he moved to Bath at nine, worked in shipyards and 27 years at Bath Iron Works, retiring a decade ago. Survived by daughter Mrs. Howard Hunt of Portsmouth and sister Mrs. Charles Frost of Waltham. member of Acadia lodge and K of P.
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Maurice Hinckley, Jr
Gwendolyn Hanna
Melwin Delano Hark
Jesus
Eliaees Maurice Hinckley, Jr
AE Satieshm
Otis Eee
Bobby Mains
Eva Mains
Wilbur Loveitt
Barbara Hanna
Charlie Hanna
Victor Hagan
Fred Laskey
Merwin Delano
Leroy Pinkham
Maurice Hinckley
Rae
Alice Hinckley
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mass
Mel Gunnell
T. N. Williams
Andre
Bath
Howard M. Trafton
Charles Blaisdell
Trafton
the Cove
Charles Burleigh Williams
Harry B. Williams
Winneganee
Phippsburg
Long Beach Company
Lewiston
Brunswick
Portland
Forest City
Mr. Williams
Richmond
Otis
Caroline Adams Williams
Bath Iron Works
Water Street
Williams
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Harry
Howard A. Hunt
Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Frost
Waltham, Mass
Miss Keziah Troughton Dies at Home in Wiscasset
Miss Keziah Troughton longtime Bath area figure died Wednesday night at her Gardiner road home in Wiscasset where she lived alone. Born in Coventry England she settled in Merrimac Massachusetts and later bought a Wis casset farm with siblings. Neighbors aided her with fuel snow removal and daily care as one by one her family passed. Funeral held Friday at Cowley’s Funeral Home in Wiscasset at two in the afternoon.
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Keziah Troughton
Bath
Gardiner Road
Wiscasset
Miss Troughton
Coventry
England
Merrimac
Mass
Wiscasse
Miss Keziah
Neigbors
Cowley
Whitten Family Mourns Death Of Bertha Angeli Whitten
L Arthur Whitten travels from 907 High street to Augusta after the death of his sister Bertha Angeli Whitten 73 of 27 Jackson street. She died Wednesday at her sister Mrs Fred Loring of Fe na home. Born Aug 14 1864 in Manchester she was a daughter of Lorenzo and Lacy Ann Day Whitten. She lived in Augusta most of her life and worked 43 years for Vickery Hill Publishing Co. She is survived by Mrs George Whitton Stratham No EL and brother Clyde of South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Arthur Whitten
High Street
Augusta
Bertha Angeli Whitten
Jackson Street
Fred Loring
Fena
Manchester
Lorenzo and
Lacy Ann Day Whitten
Vickery & Hill Publishing Co
Loring
Whitten
George Whitton
Stratham
Clyde
South
Funeral Services Held for Portland Woman
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in the Knowlton and Hewins funeral home for a Portland woman. The service was attended by several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Knowlton and Hewins
Mrs Mary R N Drew Rites For Bath Native In Wenonah
Mrs Mary Read Nichols Drew 65 wife of Albert William Drew died after a long illness. She was born in Bath to Charles and Frances Nichols, granddaughter of Read Nichols founder of Read Nichols Co. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Sutherland and Louise Drew both of Wenonah two sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus A. Percy
Rachel Nichols
Bath Street
Wenonah
N. J
Mary Read Nichols Drew
Drew
Albert William Drew
Hath
Chavlers L
Frances M. Nichols
Read Nichols
Read Nichols Co
Bath
Bath Iron Works
New York Shipbuilding Co
George K. Nichols
San Francisco
Shore Superintend
The
Matson Navigation Line
Mrs Lydia E Dunton Gilmore Dies at 86 in Woburn
Mrs Lydia E Dunton Gilmore 86 widow of James Gilmore of Westport died Friday night in Woburn after a brief illness at 15 Burlington street where she and her daughter Miss Florence D Gilmore a teacher in Woburn high school lived. She was born Westport February 22 1852 daughter of Stephen and Frances Oliver Dunton. She is survived by Miss Florence Gilmore a niece Mrs Ralph W Babb of Lynn and a nephew Frank A Manson of Bath. The funeral was Monday at two in the Westport church with burial in the family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. (Dunton) Gilmore
James Gilmore
Westport
Woburn
Mass
Burlington Street
Florence D. Gilmore
Gilmore
Stephen
Frances
Oliver) Dunton
Florence Gilmore
Ralph W. Babb
Lynn
Frank A Manson
Bath
Death of Julian Howay in Pensacola Auto Crash
Word reached Monday of the accidental death last week in Pensacola Florida of Julian Howay of Greenwich Connecticut. Mrs Howay was the former Marcia Higgins daughter of the late Dr J Walter Higgins of Bath and sister of Mrs Edward C Stiness of Providence Rhode Island. Mr and Mrs Howay had reached their winter home only days before Howay's death. He leaves his widow two children aged three and five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Julian Howay
Greenwich
Death of John C. Small Jr Boston Portland connection
John C. Small Jr of Boston, formerly of Portland, died suddenly in Boston on Thursday. Funeral held Sunday at 2 30 in Wilde Memorial chapel Portland. He was the son of Mrs. Mary L. Small and the late John C. Small of Portland, longtime with Cheney Silk Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Small, Jr
Boston
Portland
Wilde Memorial Chapel
Small
Mary L. Small
John C. Small
Cheney Silk Co
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