Richmond School Yearbook Staff Named In Town Notes
Richmond announces student staff for the yearbook with Charlotte Brown and Patricia Hurley as co editors, Russell Ring business manager, and several others in editorial and advertising roles. Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid met with sewing, dining, and a gift to the grange. Numerous local residents celebrated birthdays, reunions, and social gatherings. Funeral services were held for Charles B. Day, noted citizen, with tributes to his civic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Brown
Patricia Hurley
Russell Ring
George Umberhind
Elizabeth Raynes
Mary Sweatt
Joan Tarr
Redlon Holman
Annette Harford
Richard Witham
Shirley Moore
Winnifred Hinkley
Virginia Anderson
Barbara Heenie
Ernest Cunningham
Rowena Small
Norman Noble
Herbert Seigars
Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid
W. E. Whitney
River Road
Della Grondin
Merle Harrington
Aid
the Grange
Harland Warrington
Harland Harrington
County Road
Harrington
Albert Hanson
Elwyn Silver
Harold Dunn
Cleveland Marriner
Leon Batchelder
William Sullivan’ Jr
Lela la Rochelle
Harold Brown
Walter Knight
Robert Silver
Philip Hanson
William Jones
Town
Harold Jones
Dresden
Washington, D.C
Greene Tours
Lynn
Mass
Bay Point visitors and local notes at Georgetown
Bay Point B Harford tax collector visited Georgetown on Saturday. Mrs William Adams returned home Tuesday after six weeks with Mrs H S Keen of Hempstead New York. Maurice Burns was a business visitor in Bath Tuesday. icy roads caused no school Monday. Burgess market truck returns first of April. Jay Hamilton will deliver orders for Burgess on Friday until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Harford
Georgetown
Bay Point
William Adams
H. S. Keen
Hempstead
N. Y
Maurice Burns
Bath
Burgess
Jay Hamilton
Personal notes on trips and visits
Mrs. Marion E. Farrow and Miss Anna Hill of Senter's are on their annual vacations. Miss Sophie McPherson has spent a month in Nova Scotia and expects to return home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rollins and daughter Evelyn from Newton Road visited Mrs. Rollins' father Edgar Huskins and his wife at Boothbay Harbor where she is a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masaachusetts Cosmetologists Association
Statler
Orin A. Pickett
Yuma
Ariz
Nelson Pickett
Langdon Road
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Belvoir
Belvoir
Charles Watson
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Maurice McKenna
Boston
Harold Weston
Litchfield
Gertrude Baker
Frank Reynolds
Sylvia Dube
Gardiner General Hospital
William T. Bennett
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bangor
Aurel C. Cote
Gardner Street
Marion Young
Portland
Wallace Gardner
Elizabeth Watson
Haverhill
Mass
Seth Watson
Donald Higgins
Betty
Columbia Falls
John Bealey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Vira Campbell
Malden
Arthur W. Jackson
Marjorie Redding
Pleasant Street
Marion E. Farrow
Anna Hill
Senter’s, Inc
Sophie McPherson
Nova Scotia
Charles Rollins
Evelyn
Newton Road
Southport
Rollin
Edgar Huskins
Mrs. Huskins
Boothbay Harbor Hospital
Weather cancels Georgetown Farm Bureau meeting
The Georgetown Farm Bureau meeting planned for Friday in the vestry was called off due to bad weather. The town’s social notes highlight hostesses Mrs. William A. Todd and Mrs. Walter Cunningham who hosted the Working League with 17 members, two guests, and six children attending a recent afternoon gathering. The obituary notes Henry E. Richards, a Gardiner resident and noted architect, died at 100. he lived in Indian Point summers and illustrated books for his wife Laura E. Richards. The column also traces local history about the Riggs store, Robinhood activities, and social visits across Bath, Seguinland, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
William A. Todd
Working League
Walter Cunningham
Charles Brewster
Cleves Henderson
Thomas Watson
Henry E. Richards
Gardiner
Mr. Richards
Laura E. Richards
Mademoiselle
Dahlev
Roland Peterson
Riggs
Robinhood
William G. Riggs
Park Swett
Thomas Nichols
Benjamin Riggs
James Riggs
Benjamin
William
Sam Swett
Charles
Lucretia Nichols
Jacob Clarey
Edward Clarey
Local Girl Scout Troops Hold Attended Meetings
Pine Tree and Wild Rose Troops 1 and 2 met at Odd Fellows hall with Mrs. Cahill and assistants, forming three patrols, sharing a dues ceremony, and ending with a good night circle. Bob-o-Link Brownies met in Dike school cafeteria with spools prepared for knitting and Brownie circle. Oak Leaf Brownies met at Hyde Park with 19 girls, health project planned, Brownie circle. Blue Bird Brownies met at Mitchell school with 19 members and 3 guests, planning a Valentine party, unfinished consent forms due next meeting, Brownie circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree
Wild Rose
Odd Fellows Hall
Charles H. Cahill
Clyde Ambrose
Moody Flint
Girl Scouts
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Bob-o-Link
Dike P.T.A
Dike
Alexander King
Frank Ozella
Frank Butcher
Oak Leaf Brownies
Hyde Park
James Caverly
Delmar Pendleton
William Freeman
Blue Bird Brownies
Troon
Mitchell School
Zelpha Richardson
John Daulphin
Lawrence Small
Jockey Logan Batheller Rises With Floruts Winter Team
Jockey Logan Batheller, new to racing, rode sensationally as part of the Floruts winter season, joining trainer Paul Kelly after two and a half years of work and learning the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Bateheller
Floruts
Higa
Paul Kelly
Five Islands Church Busy Week and Local Notes
Five Islands School closed early Friday due to slippery roads. Local clubs met with small attendances and light refreshments. Sunday School attendance rose. Five Islands church plans a monthly union meeting with Georgetown Baptist. Communion set after Sunday afternoon service. One new mumps case reported. student Miss Jeanette Pinkham returned home for a few days. Local health and social updates include hospital visit for Fred H. Rittall, a few prayers and visits by Rev Cleves Henderson, and various family gatherings in Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Ludick
William Marr
George Gray
Five Islands Church
Georgetown
Jeanette Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Fred HH Rittall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cleves Henderson
Livermore Falls
Ridley
Arthur O'llare
Arthur
Maynared
Mass
Lincoln Campbell
John R Newell Addresses Rotarians at Evening Meeting
John R Newell speaks to Rotarians as Dick Freeman of Rutland Vermont and Eugene McGrath of Wiscasset attend as guests. Junior guests Bruce Burden and David Ziblatt, both Central Grammar school students, join the gathering. A father and son banquet is planned for February 15 during an evening meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Freeman
Rutland
Eugene McGrath
Wiscasset
Bruce Burden
Middle Street
David Ziblatt
Washington Street
Central Grammar School
Draft Completes Poses Pay Cap and Board Setup
Draft legislation proposes compensation not to exceed 300000 dollars, creates a five member board of trustees, and seeks voter approval by referendum after legislative passage. The measure outlines funding limits and governance structure to be decided by the electorate.
Engaged Couples and Weekend Guests Reported in Maine News
Mr and Mrs Austin Miller of 7 Dike Read hosted weekend guests including Mr and Mrs Elmer Jameson and family and Waldoboro native George N Payson formerly of Bath and Morse high student who became engaged to Belfast under Miss Katherine Edna Triehy. Mrs Leroy Lord Sr returned from Portland after visiting her brother and wife, A K Parris, on High Street, with Harold M Scwall and cousin Arthur Foster Williams, Bowdoin students from New York, who left Tallc Day for a few days at Ulla Lodge in Waitesfield Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Miller
Elmer Jameson
Waldoboro
George N. Payson
Bath
Morse High
Katherine Edna Triehy
Belfast
Leroy Lord
Portland
A. K. Parris
High Street
Harold M. Scwall
Washington Street
Arthur Foster Williams
New York
Bowdoin College
Ulla Lodge
Waitesfield
Vermont
Name of Trufant Important in Long Reach Days
Henry Owen Jr recounts the Trufant family in Georgetown and Bath tracing three generations of David Trufants from the 1700s. The elder David, a shingle maker and surveyor, owned Long Reach farm near the Kennebec. His descendants included shipbuilders, a bank cashier, and the famed shipbuilding firm Trufant Desmond & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen, JR
Long Reach
David Trufant
Morris
Mary Trufant
Georgetown
Mary Turner
Jacob
Jane Turner
David
Mary
Hannah
Jane
Boston
James Gibson
Trufant
Trufants
Kennebec
Gutch Estate
Trufant’s Creek
Pleasant Street
Weeks Street
Drummond
Lincoln County
John Springer
Edward Pettingill
Mary (Turner) Trufant
Bath
Middle
Spring Streets
Mary P. Hill
King David
Joshua
Gilbert
Seth
Gibert ¢ Trufant
Trufant, Desmond & Co
Mrs. Deering Hosts Contract Club Luncheon
Mrs. Harry G. Deering of Washington Street entertained her contract club at a luncheon Tuesday with guests and chatter about eligible games and friendly competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Deering
Washington Street
Former Bath Girl Sylvia Drikos Found Dead in Texas
Sylvia Drikos 22, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Drikos of Baytown Texas formerly of Bath, died by suicide December 19 in a Baytown hospital from a head wound. Witnesses say she returned home evening of December 18 and a gunshot was heard. Funeral services were held December 21 at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home Baytown with burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survived by her parents and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Drikos
Steve Drikos
Baytown
Texas
Bath
Central Cafe
Justice of the Peace
Rescoe Zierkein
Miss Drikos
Chile
Santiago
United States
Lee Junior College of
Paul A. Lee
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Pete Kanzalis
Joe Kirkland
Charley Vamvakias
Nick Johnson
George Kostas
Mike S. Malpee
Nightingale Club Tea For Hospital Benefit
Nightingale Club hosts annual tea to raise funds for hospital improvements including rods and curtains for ward and semi private room divisions. The event honors former publicity chairwoman Mrs Alexander MacDonald Bridgton with warm welcome while Mrs Arthur Burgess leads as general chairman assisted by multiple officers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander MacDonald
Bridgton
William Blair
Joseph O. Purdue
A. M. Main
Duncan McInnes
Dwight Pierce
G. Baer Connard
Junior League
Roger Skillings
Mary Gibbons
Helen V. Downing
Anne Kimball
William Mussenden
Bertha Bellerose
Omar King
Weekend guest Lois Ellis at 40 Bluff road
Mrs. Lois Ellis of Gardiner visited weekend hosts Mr and Mrs Norward Merrill at 40 Bluff Road, sharing time in the household setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Ellis, Gardiner
Norward Merrill
Bluff Road
Hon Charles B Day Dies At Age 82 In Richmond
Hon Charles B Day of Richmond former Governor's Council member under Sumner Sewall and longtime Maine public figure died Friday at Gardiner General Hospital after two years of poor health. Born December 7 1867 in Whitneyville he led hotel associations and served on state boards. Survived by brother Ira Day of Portland. Funeral at 2 Sunday at 35 Pleasant Street Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Day
Pleasant Street
Richmond Cemetery
Mr. Day
Richmond
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Gardiner General Hospital
Day
Frederick W. Plaisted
Maine Hotel Association
Maine Publicity Bureau
New England Council
DeWitt
Lewiston
Rangeley Lakes
Whitneyville
Larkin
Belle
Look) Day
Ira Day
Portland
Augusta Lodge of Elks
Carmel
Robert E Linekin Dies Popular Bath Merchant at 48
Robert E Linekin 48 a leading Bath shopkeeper died Tuesday evening at Memorial hospital after a brief illness Born in Boothbay Harbor February 19 1901 he moved to Bath nine years later and entered business with Andrew Rice later co founded Hilltop Market Survived by wife Mary O Donnell Linekin mother Mrs John Kelley sister Mrs Andrew Rice nephew Robert Rice brother Carl Funeral Friday at 2 pm from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Two Boothbay Harbor Masonic groups Seaside lodge and Pentecost chapter noted in obituary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Linekin
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Andrew Rice
Frank M. Talbot
Hilltop Market
Linekin
Seaside Lodge
Pentecost
Mary O'Donnell Linekin
Andrews Road
John Kelley
Academy Street
Cobb Road
Robert Rice
Carl
Arthur F
William Otis Kimball Dies in Boston at Your obituary card
William Otis Kimball of Boston died January 31 at age, son of the late Dr Levi Hough ton Kimball and Eliza beth Payne Kimball of Bath. He lived in Roxbury as a youth, studied at Harvard, worked in Boston in securities, and vacationed in Bath at the Payne home. He is survived by his wife Idelle Meriweather Caine and cousins. He inherited the Kimball residence on High street from Major William Rogers Kimball in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Otis Kimball
Boston
Levi Houghton Kimball
Elizabeth Payne Kimball
Bath
Mr. Kimball
Roxbury
Mass
Harvard University
Payne
Middle Street
Louis A. Dole
Idelle Meriweather Caine
Louisville
William Rogers Kimball
Kimball
High Street
End of War 1812 Frigate Losses by British Navy
Before war’s end the British navy had sunk captured or blockaded every American frigate after numerous defeats.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elywn Mullen
Beedle Road
Mullen
Russell Williams
James Lothridge
Clauds Lothridge
Carroll Farrington
Rodney McFarland
Lester C. Blake
Yarmouth
Carl Doria
South Portland
John Smedberg
Waterville
James Boyle
Irvin David
Auburn
Sam Tarr
George Vigne
North Vassalboro
Thelma Dickinson
Barbara Weeks
Augusta
Romeo Bellevanece
Jimmy Colclough
Canastota
Empire State Express
Albany
Syracuse
Jimmy
Belle Heald
Harry Heald
Joseph Higgins
Portsmouth
N. H
Manhattan
Kas
C. L. Hinckley
Stanley Kosalka
Hinckley
Maine Reneral Hospital
Lauretta Jones
Carroll Powers
Hugh Rockwell
Saranac Lake
N.Y
J. F. Higgins
Stanley Lewis
Five Islands
Charles Arbuthnot
Florence E. Holt
Stephen
Geneva
Dorothy W. Stuart
George Allen Bean
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Henry Hill
Cape Elizabeth
Roland E. Peterson
Orrin Clark
Rockport
Erlon Thibodeau
Seguinland
George Clough
George McElman
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Roger Oliver
William Toothaker
Horace Lee
Elizabeth Murphy
Bryn Mawr
Jack Lee
H. P. Small Show Rooms
John R. Newell
New York’s
Upper East Side
Clark
Marius H. Page
North Street
Lone Star State
Nightingale Club
TEA
Herbert Cavanaugh
Joseph. Cyr
Richmond and
Maine
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