Funeral notices and community events in Richmond area
Obituaries note Frank H. Law Homer Alexander and George Teague with Masons. Carroll Young dies at home after illness born in Winterport 1881. former Emerson Grammar principal and candy store owner in Richmond. Community events include school assembly on honesty, choir, basketball games, lodge meetings, and local visits. Town mourns, stores close brief, flowers sent by Odd Fellows and Lions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puneral
Frank H. Law
Homer Alexander
George
New York City
Alice Brown
Dover-Foxcroft
Jordan
American Magazine
Carroll Young
G. E. Edgett
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Mr. Young
Richmond
Main Street
Winterport
Charles
Caroline Colson Young
United States
Emerson Grammar School
Young's
Sunrise Orange
Odd Fellows, Masons and
Lions Club
Maude Young
Randall Young
Charles Clements
Daisy Young
Portland
Evergreen Cemetery
Russell Ring
Josiah White
The
Frank Preble
Don Cate
Masons
Wallace Gardner
Laurence Bond
Baptist Church
Leroy Cleveland
New York
Stanley Hannebury
Center Street
Arthur Skilling
State Hospital
Augusta
Sapinaane
Bridge Street
Gordon Howe
Freshmen
Misses Bertha
Beatrice Parker
Florence Finnegan
Lois Small
Olive Stilphen
Willis Lane
Margaret Robinson
Frank Beedle
Bert Skinner
Dresden
Winthrop High
Richmond High
Leland Seigars
South Dresden
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Pauline Preble
Clarence Lang
Shirley
Auburn
Lang
E. E. Durand
Durand
Charles Wade
Newark
N. J
Jury verdict upheld in Orrs Island crash rescript
A Maine Law Court rescript upholds a Superior court jury award totaling 15 250 to five residents injured in the August 11 1932 Orrs Island Bailey’s Island bridge auto crash. Defendent J Girard Hern of Woburn Mass saw the actions confirmed. plaintiffs include Frances H Thompson Harold Shea Doris Gilliam and Charles Gilliam with varied injury sums.
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Maine
Portland
Orr's Island
Sidney St. Felix Thaxter
Maine Law Court
J. Girard Hern
Woburn
Mass
Orr's Island-Bailey’s Island Bridge
Harold Shea
Thin ginger wafers with cream cheese tea sandwiches
A simple tea snack idea uses thin ginger wafers spread with cream cheese. Assemble as sandwiches for a quicker, lighter bite than traditional bread and butter sandwiches.
NN Vita Herb and Iron Tonic ad card
Druggist recommended tonic claims aiding appetite digestion and constipation relief. System cleanser purifier and tonic priced at $1.25. Promote bottle purchase to build strength, with descriptive circular from Freed not earn Co in Stentauten, Me.
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Stentauten
Georgetown Social and Civic Notes Share Busy Week
The Working League hosted Mrs. Howard M. Trafton and families visited by Alvah Reynolds and sister, while Dr. Clarey of Robinhood toured the Center. Students from Morse High spent the weekend with relatives. Local illnesses, injuries, and travel mark a period of activity as repairs, construction on the Arrowsic Georgetown bridge, and town hall upgrades proceed amid cold weather.
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Howard M. Trafton
Alvah Reynolds
D. Williams
Marjorie Hinckley
R. N
Rapheal Higgins
Bath
C. L. Hinckley
Ate Bay
Clarey
Robinhood
Eleanor Cunningham
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Tufts College
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Annie Jones
Carroll Powers
Earle Hagan
Thomas M. Hagan
Amy Hovey
F. W. Hovey
Lloyd Pinkham
Five Islands
George E. Smith
Hollis Webster
Sagadahock
Harold F. Hunt
Bath City Hospital
Burton Radley
Seguinland
Edgar Warren
Radley
Brunswick
Walter Newdick
John Thibodeau
Walter Cunningham
T. M. Hagan
Arrowsie-Georgetown
W. C. Todd
L. Earle Hagan
First Selectman
H. J. Brown
C. W. A. Men
Arrowsic
Elizabeth Hunt
Seward E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
Boston
Georgetown
Morse to host Westbrook in two Monday tilt clashes
Morse and Westbrook high schools arranged two season games with Westbrook visiting Bath next Monday and a Feb 21 return in Portland. Morse also plays Cheverus here Friday after a two night rest before continuing a road stretch through Cheverus Westbrook Cony and Winslow, ending March 2 at Saco.
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Morse
Westbrook High
Paper City
Bath
Westbrook
Cheverus High
Portland
Bates
Cheverus
Cony
Winslow
Thornton Academy
Saco
Long Time Subscrib er Praises Bath Paper
A Portland reader Mrs G R Palmer praises the Independent for its local coverage and loyalty to Bath, noting she has followed the publication since its early days in The little Green Un. The item also references a Biddeford reporter’s quip on movie star Margaret Sullavan and a library catalog from Hannas S Hanson of Springs Island printed by O A Deering & Co.
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G. R. Palmer
Portland
The
Independent
Bath
Little Green
Charles Clarke
America
Margaret Sullavan
Hannas S. Hanson
Springs Island
O. A. Deering & Co
Crystal Arcade
Ye Grande Sing in Ye Winter Street Meeting House
A large midweek audience filled the Winter Street church as Ye Grande Sing presented an old fashioned chorus program. The event featured period costumes, solo turns by Mistress Hersom and Mistress Rice, ensemble numbers like The Blue Danube Waltz, and an encore filled finale with Home Sweet Home and Auld Lang Syne.
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Winter Street
Christine C. Curtis
Priscilla E. Colby
Carleton L. Rice
Richard T. Hersom
Fred K. Sturtevant
Robert H. Haskell
Catherine E Leonard
Ferralyn Roberts
Catherine H. Emmons
Margery Haskell
Betty Rice
Arthur C. Lemont
Arthur S. Crockett
Joseph O. Purdue
Chester A. Roberts
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
John M. Howe
Fred J. Higgins
Carl E. Albee
Francis 8. McPherson
Merton Sprague
Old Virginny
Hersom
Nellie
Jedidiah
Goodman Haskell
Ye Grande
Evening Fireside Club Hears Miss Deering On Good Sportsmanship
The Winter Street Fireside club held a Sunday evening meeting with Miss Elizabeth B. Deering delivering an hour long talk and forum on Good Sportsmanship. She urged love of the game cooperation and loyalty while denouncing commercialization and the pro element in athletics. Errol Baker is announced as next week’s speaker.
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Winter Street Fireside Club
Elizabeth B. Deering
Errol Baker
Abstract of Maine Insurance Company Financial Summary
Abstract of the annual statement for Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford Maine showing capital and surplus figures, loss payments, and aggregate totals. Names W. Ross McCain and Frank G as officers, with Humphreys & Co. as resident agents in Bath Maine. Dated 8-15-22.
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Aetna Insurance CO
Hartford
Conn
State of Maine
Fem
Bater
Humphreys & CO
Bath
Maine
Five Islands Postoffice History and Local News
The Five Islands postoffice opened Sept 21 1882 with two postmasters Benjamin Rowe and Lermond H Rowe. The community notes visitors prayers grange activities puzzles and a funeral for Glennis Ann Pinkham.
Dow pleads to intoxication in assault case at municipal court
Louis L. Dow faced charges of assaulting Patrolman George W. Wilson and intoxication after a Friday night fracas at Front and Ferry streets. Dow pleaded guilty to intoxication, rescinded a prior not guilty plea, was fined $10 and ordered to pay $6.95 costs. He was represented by Edward W. Bridgham. The officer testified Dow struck him two or three times and had to be subdued with a night stick.
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Louis L. Dow
George W. Wilson
Front
Ferry
Dow
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Bridgham
Wilson
Owen J. Ledyard
Friends of Lawrence Colby Improve at Memorial Hospital
The notice lists several local visits and activities. Friends and family including Fred Greenleaf and his son Walter visited Lawrence Colby at Memorial hospital in Bath. Dr DePrii visited Captain Thomas McLaughlin on the Island Tuesday.
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Lawrence Colby
Memorial Hospital
Fred Greenleaf
Walter
Bath
DePrii
Thomas McLaughlin
Trott Brothers
Robert Greenleaf
Parsons
James Cannon
Waldoboro
Edwin Cromwell
Charles L. Cromwell
Inmate Mrs Fowles Receives 60 Christmas Cards
A Bath Independent note recounts Mrs George M Fowles inmate at the Old Folks Home receiving more than sixty Christmas greetings from friends in states including Ohio California and West Virginia She is confined to her room over four years yet remains cheerful and grateful saying cards and letters are her company and she hopes to write back but cannot.
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George M. Fowles
Double Anniversary Observed at Central Church
Central Church celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Rev. David L. Wilson’s arrival and his birthday with a noon Ladies Aid cake, a 6 30 dinner and a Sal em Cross table setting. The choir hosted birthday and ministry anniversary cakes, with remarks and thanks, followed by a church social and evening reception with entertainment and dancing.
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David L. Wilson
Ladies Aid
George Tobey
Alfred J. Rowe
Wilson
Tobey
Knights Templar
United States of America
Central Church
Jennie Brown
John Shaw
Motor Driven Ice Sled At Winnegance Lake
Randall Coombs and Clarence Pecei built a 250 pound motor driven ice sled at Winnegance Lake. It uses a 20 hp Harley Davidson motor and four foot propeller, claims speeds from 25 to 75 mph under varying load. Coombs believes it unique in Maine and seeks fair challenges against other motor sleds or boats.
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Randall Coombs
Clarence Pecei
Art
Maine
Mr. Coombs
Winneyance Lake
Eight New Members Join Boy Scout Troop Eight
At a meeting of Troop 53 in the Armory last Friday night eight new boys joined the troop. The troop now has four patrols and voted to buy an American flag. Next Sunday will be a Scout Sunday with invitations to several churches. The group went skiing near Daley's cave at the South End and held a ski hike the following day. Fifteen boys took part. tests in fire building cooking chopping and trimming trees were passed. J Warren Murray assisted as scoutmaster. Mr and Mrs Raymond Trott of Providence visiting Trott's mother on High Street.
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Mouning
Charles Reed
E. Ry ‘Wylit
Brunswick Road
Carrie Kendall
Bowdoinham
Japan
Progressive Grange
Kendall
E. O. Tarr
Bangor
A. W. Skillin
Daniel Brown
Maynard Brown
Brown
Boston
Roland Grant
Augusta
Town
Robert Webster
Reading
Mass
Lewis Rideout
Rebecca Rogers
Vanessa Beedle
Frances Curran
Flora Denham
Courtney Hinkley
Inez Hinkley
Rose of Sharon
Eos
Margaret Peabody
Bee
Portland
Bertha Letteney
Cora Letteney
Washburn Avenue
Main Street
Peabody
Ivy Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Leon Shepard
Murry
Hannah
Gaminer
Gardiner
Freeman Waddell
Gardiner General Hospital
Della Grondin
Seth Watson
Stanley Hannesbury
Topsham
Pomona Orange
Alger Bastardhe
Lena
Moncton
N. B
Lewis Witham
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Silas S. Lemont
Warren Lemont
Chestnut Street
Methodist Church
Emerson School
Alice Lilly
Yarmouth
Fred Lewis
Troop 53
Boy Scouts of America
Daley’s Cave
J. Warren Murray
Ex Kaiser Worth 175 Million But Silent
The Atlanta Constitution notes the ex Kaiser is said to be worth 175 million dollars. It observes he can afford to saw wood and say nothing, implying wealth with quiet discretion.
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Atlanta _ Constitution
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Paper City Quintet
Winter Street Church
Sturtevant
Alice F. Johnson
Clinton D. Wilson
Olney C. Perry
Jeanette W. Smith
Ruth F. Skillings
Fireside Club
Amcutputeucy
W. Ross McCain
Frank G
Nent
Ruch
Capital Coon
Ee Eeeenae
Lana Ae
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Financial
Benjamin Rowe
Lermond H. Rowe
Rowe
Ada MacGillivary
Percy MacGillivary
MacGillivary
Herbert Belanger
James T. MacMahan
Grange Circle
Mabel Dickey
Charles A. MacMahan
Chester MacMahan
Ernie Campbell
Myrna
William Belanger
B. F. Perry
Alonzo Thibodeau
Squinland
Grange
Donald Stevens
Hope Berry
Basil MacMahan
Albion Carr
L. H. Rowe
Grange Library
George Hennan
Cambridge
Hennan
C. W. Ridinger
Pittsburg
Ridinger
Kola -Wita
Malden Island
Nol
Westport
Ernest Colby
Wiscasset
Bath Savings Institution
Central
Rev
D. L. Wilson
Winnegance Lake
Anylee
BOY Scout
Raymond Trott
Providence, R. I
Mr. Trott
Joseph M. Trott
High Street
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