Richmond Community Notes From Local Clubs and Families
Members of the Woman's Service club visited schools this week replacing their regular meeting. Mrs. Charles B. Day hosted a card party for St. Ambrose parish. Mount Carmel chapter O. E. 8. installed officers led by Past Matron Rebecca Rogers. Enterprise Grange Ladies' aid met at Ernest Stewart's home with a seven o'clock supper for 32. Officiating steps included Mrs. Minnie Batchelder and others. new officers were named. A Queen's Sodality formed at St. Ambrose with Evelyn McKenney as president and Daniel Danforth as vice president. Several residents and visitors were noted for illnesses and travel. Fire calls reported six chimney fires with minor damage. A son, Alton Halsey Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Barter. Deaths noted include Mrs. Maria Kelley of Lowell and Mrs. Grace M. Vanner of Winchester. John Wesley Huntington’s funeral was held with burial planned in Litchfield Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Service Club
Charles B. Day
St. Ambrose Parish
Mount Carmel
O. E
Rebecca Rogers
Margaret Duren
Margaret Bailey
Lucy Tarr
Virginia Dunklee
Mina Floyd
Myrtle Stewart
Gertrude Gardner
Ann Spofford
Ethel Rankins
Minnie Waldron
Martha Totman
Cassie Turcotte
Minnie Batchelder
Emily Grant
Marilla Tarr
Ethel Foster
Mabel Crillen
Marion Baker
Wren Nursing Home
John Sykes
Roland Lord
St. Ambrose Church
Church Hall
Queen's Sodality
Evelyn McKenney
Daniel Danforth
Lucy Williams
Paul Madore
Edward Seamens
William McKenney
Francis
Margaret Wilson
Helen Seamens
Virginia Conley
Frances
Leona Webber
Alton Barter
Wren
Alton Halsey, Jr
A. B. Kelley
Lowell
Mass
Theodore Enet
San Antonio
Texas
Gilbert Edgett
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eleanor Curtis
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
N. Y
Richmond
J. A. Hinkley
Lillian Hill
Bernice Terrell
Winchester
John O'Brien
Boston
Perley F. Joy
Joy
Enterprise Grange
the Grange
National Grange
Italy
Hatch
William Meader, Jr
Grange
Maria Kelley
Alvah B. Kelley
Presque Isle
John
Flora Bishop
Ridge Road
Progressive Grange
Richmond Farm Bureau
Eastern Star
Lloyd
Hazel Libby
Jake
Bowdeinham
Lee
Will
Seattle
Wash
Myrtle Gordon
Damariscotta
Grace M. Vanner
Samuel Vanner
Parkway
John Wesley Huntington
William Houghins
Church of the Nazarene
Litchfield Plains
Adelbert
Pearl Huntington
North Front Street
Beatrice
Ernest Pinkham
Bath
Probate Court Sets February Actions in Sagadahoc
Judge Walter S. Glidden presided at Sagadahoc probate court, approving wills for William Mann Bath Esther B. Mann as executrix Annie M. Snow Richmond Frank E. Pashard executor Edith M. McPherson Bath Hiram C. Brown executor Lillian M Brown West Bath and more. The day also filed and granted administrations and inventories, including executors guardians and trustees, with bonds, and petitions for guardianships and adoptions across Bath Topsham Richmond Bowdoinham Georgetown and Redlands California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
William Mann
Bath
Esther B. Mann
Annie M. Snow
Richmond
Frank E. Pashard
John L. McPherson
Edith M. McPherson
Lillian M Brown
West Bath
Hiram C. Brown
Ben
Louise Michaud
Topshaw
Ovide Michaud
Melinda T. Allen
Topsham
Harry R. Tarbox
Harry O. Riggs
New Rochelle
N. Y
Benjamin H. Riggs
Portland
John C. Minott
Flora M. Randall
Sarah A
Alice S. Hunter
Linwdod A. Hunter
Frank M. Bowker
Arthur M. Bowker
George I. Rice
Woolwich
Ray V. Rice
Margaret C. McDonald
Danford A. McDonald
Weikko Wirta
Arrowsie
Gertrude R. Wirta
Wallace T. Pratt
Elizabeth S. Main
Noank
D.b.a
Charles A. McMahan
Georgetown
Corinne V. Ainley
Cambridge
Mass
Jacqueline Barker
Clara M. Barker
Elizabeth H. Sewall
Harry A. Walters
Mabelle J. Smith
Norma Jean Smith
Pauline N. Smith
Rogers I. Moulton
Parker N. Moulton
Horace F. Murray, Jr
Als
Daniel Williams
Isaac C. Irish
Bowdoinham
Jamie B. Irish
Maria Grady
Bowdoin
John P. Carey
Franklin P. Sprague
W. L. Skelton
Joseph H. Rousseau
Frank H. Waterman
Harold O. Crooker
Frederick W. Crooker
Frank E. Emmons
Nellie O'Laughlin
Florence D. Watson
Charles A. Blair
Katherine E. Emmons
Frank C. Dingley
Mary T. Dingley
Chelsea
Charles H. Bates
Josiah J. Mitchell
Lida M. Baker
Jeremiah Millay
Bowdeinham
Edwin B. Duren
Florence M. Chapman
John H. Doyle
Daniel Doyle
Ernest L. Goodspeed
John Hall
Edward J. Peters
Paul L. Wing
Harold B. Wing
Henry T. Wing
Renella May Boynton
Lucy A. Grant
Wilbur H. Wyman
George M. Wyman
Phippsburg
Earl H. Coombs
George H. Coombs
Mary C. F. Whitten
Lillie A. Donnell
J. H. McLellan, Jr
J. Houghton McLellan
Gertrude Harris Rathbun
Mary P. Reazer
Morristown
N. J
Eleanor B. Hyde
John H. Hyde
Bowdoin College Ties Arctic Pioneers to Maine Heritage
The renowned explorers Peary and McMillan both graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine, an alma mater also shared by literary figures Longfellow Hawthorne and President Franklin Pierce, linking the institute to a trio of notable figures across fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
McMillan
Maine
Bowdoin
Brunswick
Longfellow, Hawthorne
Franklin Pierce
Georgetown News Roundup of Visits and Local Affairs
Georgetown residents and visitors frequent the town in a weekend flow with Bath visitors and Five Islands arrivals. The WPA road project at Seguinland and Five Islands progresses despite cold weather. Local candidates and civic notices include Stanley Wallace's Republican bid for clerk of courts and Arthur Sprague circulating papers for an county commissioner post. Local families, educators, and business people circulate in town, visiting Cove, West Georgetown, and Sagadahoc Bay cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard M. Trafton
Bath
Charles Blaisdell
E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Town
Doris Trafton
Boston
William Weare
John J. Gibson
Five Islands
Gibson
Blanche Snowman
Azuba Holland
Annie Jones
Robinhood
Joy
Powers
Foster
WPA
Portland
Squinlard
Seguinland
Melvin Cunningham
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth Deering
Ernest Heal
Cove
Georgetown
Stanley Wallace
Howard S. Fletcher
Belmont
Mass
E. J. Harriman
Hudson, Mass
Sagadahoc Bay
Harriman
Islesboro
Bates College
A. E. Rowe
Nancy Russell
Woodside
Massachusetts
Arthur
George Sprague
Topsham
Ancy
Sprague
Natt Howe
Natt
North Dakota
Fargo
A. S. Cunningham
Andover
Green A Candidate Incoming Primary in Sagadahoc Sheriff Race
Langdon E. Green of Bath announces he will seek the Republican nomination for Sagadahoc County sheriff in the June primaries. A 14 year Bath Police veteran and 35 year old, he previously placed third in Bath during a prior bid. He holds multiple Masonic and fraternal memberships and rose to day officer after John S. Place’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon E. Green
Bath
Sagadahoc
Geen
Green
Bath Police Department
John S. Place
Pear Star Lodge of Masons
Montgomery & St. Barnard
Royal Arch Chapter
Diunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Berean Baptist Church Plans Dime Bank Fund Drive
The pastor at Berean Baptist Church of Brunswick outlined a new effort to raise funds for painting the church next spring. Members received dime banks to fill and return to Clarence Purington, who will keep funds in reserve until the goal is met. A bank was filled at the evening service, signaling a strong start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean Baptist Church of
Brunswick
Clarence Purington
Desert Signs Emerge In Shifting Southwestern Sands
In Ernest McGaffey's National Republic passage the desert is shown not as wasteland but a rising landscape part of creation. Early travel across deserts left few signs yet as wagon trails grew, wooden markers began to appear in Death Valley and across the Southwest signaling routes for settlers and prospectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McGaffey
The
National Republic
California
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Desert
America
United States
Death Valley
Funeral Range
Panamint Mountains
Discussion on School Nurse Work at Dike PTA Meeting
Mrs. William H. Fadden, school nurse, spoke on her work at a Dike PTA gathering held at Mrs. Arthur G. Gilmore’s home. Twenty five attendees heard about the dental clinic program as Miss Florence E. Porter, state dental hygienist, plans to start in Bath on April first. At the next association meeting on February 15 in North End Community club rooms, Founders’ Day will be observed with a program by past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Fadden
Dike P. T. A
Arthur G. Gilmore
Mechanic Street
Gilmore
John E. Atwood
North End
Clipper Period Greatest Era on U S Shipping
The speaker discussed the Ship Subsidy bill of 1936 and government adjustments aiding American shipbuilding to offset higher costs. He noted West Coast shipping strikes as temporary barriers but not decisive, and urged renewed American ingenuity to reclaim the leading flag at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Krafft
Simons Visit From Los Angeles to Gardiner
Robert L. Simons son of Dr Ralph D Simons arrived in Gardiner from Los Angeles to visit his parents. He flew in from Boston to Augusta airport in an army plane and will vacation until further orders. Simons worked five years with Transcontinental Western Airways and is now independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Simons
Ralph D Simons
Gardiner
Los Angeles
Calif
Boston
Augusta
Mr. Simons
Transcontinental Western Airways
Five Islands welcomes Dr Booher ownership of Hicks property
Dr Irvin E Booher of Comersville Ind purchased the Hicks property at Five Islands noting earlier stays and fond memories of the house and water view. The note lists local visits, residents and a church meeting electing officers, with social rounds at Five Islands and surrounding Bath entries.
Talk on Mexico Proves Interesting at Beacon Street Church
At a Monday meeting of the Junior Aid of Beacon Street M. E. Church Mrs. Doris Zorrilla gave a travel talk on Mexico and her eight years in Mexico City teaching at The English School for Girls. She described customs markets bull fights earthquakes and the Mexican curios display. The group, 22 members and two visitors, planned a cold meat supper for Feb 14 and a measuring party Feb 22 with small admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
M. E
Otis N. E. Card
North Street
Doris Zorrilla
White River Junction
Houston
Mexico
Card
Roy Bradford
Whitman R. Mitchell
Customer insists on real Spitz dog pickup in mix up
An Auburn cleaner reports a misdialed call from a woman requesting pickup of her Spitz dog. After a pause the clerk clarifies the error and learns the pet had fallen ill after baths this winter, leading to a mistaken belief that dry cleaning would prevent the dog from catching cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Stamps Collected for Mission Work at Bangor School
Bangor students participate in a stamp drive at John Bapst to collect cancelled stamps of all denominations. Stamps are sent to the Xaverian Brothers House of Studies in Washington DC where they are sorted and sold. Proceeds support missionary work in the United States and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
John Bapst
Xaverian Brother's House of Studies
Washington
Beal Dies of Weak Heart After Pneumonia Battle
Frank H Beal, 71, longtime employee of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railway and its predecessor, died Thursday of a weakened heart worsened by pneumonia. He twice suffered pneumonia within the year and died on the same day of the month as his first illness in 1937. Born in Bowdoin Center, he lived in Bowdoin until 17 and later moved to Brunswick and Bath. He ran last trolleys out of Winnegative on May 15, and served in Bath city council and many local lodges. He leaves a wife Ida York Beal, a son William A Beal of Rockland, Mass, and daughters Mrs. William Wilson of Phippsburg and Mrs. Alfred Jean of Bath, plus four grandchildren and five great grandchildren, and sister Mrs. Jennie Doughty of South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H Beal
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co
Pneumona
My. Bea
Bath
Bis
Winneran
Ben
Bowdoin Center
Bowdoin
Pruppshure
William N. Beal
Countus
Ice Company
Sevasco
Ida York
Wiliam F. York
Brunswick
Beal
Theoarh
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Iwics
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Bath Aerie
Eaghis
Grace Church Mens Club
William A. Beal
Rockland
Mass
William Wilson
Phippsburg
Alfred Jean
Jennie Doughty
South Portland
Mrs. Rossa T Brookings of South Manchester Dies
Mrs. Rossa T. Brookings widow of Winfield S. Brookings of Woolwich died suddenly at home on Sunday January 23 after a long illness. She lived many years in Woolwich and was active in church, temperance, missionary work, and civic matters. Survived by three daughters Ethel Marion Anne and by her mother Mrs Ella Towle and siblings in Springfield Lakewood Keene. Burial in East cemetery South Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossa T. Brookings
South Manchester
Conn
Woolwich
Winfield S. Brookings
Brookings
Ethel
Marion
Anne
Morse High School
South Methodist Church
Ms. Broskings
Ella Towl
Springfield
Mass
Jeanne Towle
Edward Duff
Lakewood
Ohio
Aaroh Towle
Keene
N. H
East Cemetery
South Mancester
Brennan Obituary Notes Laurel Maryland Resident
Dennis J Brennan formerly of Bath dies after a year long illness in Laurel Maryland Monday night. He worked as a salesman for Central Minns Power Co and, with his wife Laura, ran a rooming house at Washington and Union streets. He is survived by his wife and a stepson William H Gove. Additional relatives listed include Mrs Jovon Dull Benet and Mrs Joseph Perry Banvor. Native of Beneauty and formerly employed by Appliance Corp in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Dean J. Brennan
Bath
Johowie
Maryland
Brennan
Central Minns Power Co
Washington and
Union Streets
Laura M. Breshnan
Jerry Brennar
Mdi
Mass Paves
Minocket
Jovon Dull Benet
Joseph Perry
Banvor
Wiliam H. Gove
Laurel, Md
Brien
Beneauty-4
Appliance Corp
William Berry 79 of Bath Passes After Illness
William Berry aged 79 died Sunday morning at his home 72 Celler Street Bath after a lengthy illness. Born in Skowhegan to Cameron and Sarah C Berry he moved to Bath from South Portland long ago. He is survived by a son Frank W Berry of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimm
Bey
Smill
Celler Street
Bath
Ace
South Porttland
Hye
Skowhegan
Cameron
Sarah C. Berry
Berry
Ben
Frank W Berry
Beal Funeral Largely Attended at Central Church
The funeral of Frank H. Beal was largely attended Sunday afternoon at two o clock in Central church. Delegations came from Lincoln Lodge IOOF Queen Rebekah lodge and Bath Avenue F O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Beal
Central Church
David L. W.son
Linceln Lodge
Queen Rebekah Lodge
Bath Aver
Beal Remembered by Masons and Bath Iron Works Friends
The obituary notes E Beal as a former A K Ry Co employee allied with Bath Iron Works shop mates. Mrs John Shaw played organ. Odd Fellows ritual led by Leonard Munsey and Nathaniel Stover of Lincoln lodge, with Beal a past noble grand. Lincoln lodge bearers included Munsey, Leonard Lord, John Stewart and Harry Thurlow. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Munsey
Leonard Lord
John Stewart
Harry Thurlow
Oak Grove
Funeral for William C Berry Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral of William C Berry of 72 Center street was Tuesday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street Dr David L Wilson of Central church officiated The body was entombed Burial will take place in Village cemetery Pitts field in the Spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Berry
Center Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Village Cemetery
Pittsfield
Doris H Henderson Chosen for Ruth Bryan Owen Pilgrimage
Miss Doris H. Henderson of North Bath Morse High senior was chosen by Col. Dummer Sewall chapter No 13 D AR as candidate for the Ruth Bryan Owen Good Citizenship Pilgrimage. The statewide event in Waterville March 16 and 17 will select a trip to Washington, D C for the Continental Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris H. Henderson
North Bath
Morse
Col. Dummer Sewall
D.ar
Central Church Parish House
Ruth Bryan Owen
Waterville
Washington, D. C
Continental Congress
Harry E. Ring
Clara N. Fogg
Bowdeinham
Alice E. Varney
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Ernest T. Fulton
O. E. Page
Thomass. Gibbons
Harry C. Webber
Elwina F. Durgin
Fred W. May
Ernest A. Allan
Topsham
Margaret R. Foote
Margaret M. S Mackinnon
Bath
Charles M. Tubbs
Lady Wentworth
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
Harry G. Deering
Miss Henderson
Morse High
Mohiba
David S. Henderson
Leonard M. Lord
Founders Day Planned by South End P T A
South End P T A held an all day meeting in Washington Street room and set a February 15 founders day silver tea with Mrs. Noel C. Little of Brunswick as principal speaker. A committee led by Mrs. Arthur M. Bowker arranged the event. A quilt was lacking during the day. dinner was served. A February 11 contest at Mitchell School will award a framed picture to the room with the most mothers present. At 230 PM nurse Mrs. Lillian H. Fadden will speak with a guest from Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Arthur M. Bowker
Frederick P. Moffatt
Donald B. Hopkins
S. Bert Lonn
John H. Hunt
Willian P. Hatch
William H. Small
Alfred E. Carpenter
Mitchell School
Pt.a
Lillian H. Fadden
Augusta
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D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
W. S. Glidden
Ellen Blair
Flora B. Savage
Edward W. Bridgham
Samuel S. Sewall
Redlands
Charles A McMahan
Basil R. McMahan
Alberta H. Marr
And
Ray W. Smith
Smith, White & Stanley, Inc
S. E. Emmons
Dike P.T.A
Irvin E. Booher
Comersville
Ind
Hicks
Warren Spencer
D. R. Stevens
Paul
Stevens
Arowsic
Milton Pinkham
Maurice
Pinkham
George Laskey
Robinwood
Pive Islands
Mary Norton
Tyleston Oliver
Leon Williams
Waltham Fray
Oscar Snowman
Fred Gray
Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
Charlie Burgess
Merton Pinkham
P. D. Wilkins
Lewistoun
Ledgemere Road
Nancy Barter
Richard Barter
Vernon Gray
J. J. Gibson
George Gray
New York
Paul Stevens
Arrowsit
Carrie Stevens
Addie Gray
Edith Marr
Luva Gray
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Alice Cromwell
Reas
Izetta Pinkham
Lava Gray
Percy MacGillivary
William Marr
Harold Pinkham
Joseph Davis
Lewiston
Junior Aid
Mrs. Rossa T. Brookings
Connecticut
Dennis J. Brennan
William
PH. Beal
W. C. Berry Funeral
D.A.R
Founders’ Day
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston