Richmond News Highlights From Feb In Gardiner And Bowdoinham
Community notes report births at Wren Nursing Home a 714 pound daughter born Feb 4 to Mr. and Mrs. John Hurley and several local visits from Miss Helena O Neil and relatives in Haverhill. Founders Day at Richmond lodge F and A M and PTA meeting at Richmond High School are recorded along with ice gathering and a busy rifle shoot by the Richmond Sportsmen.
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Portland
Ora Reed
John Hurley
Wren
Helena O’neil
Haverhill
Mass
Harold Richardson
Richmond Lodge
Parent-Teachers Association
Richmond High School
Founders Day Fund
Herbert Stuart
Charles Hill
Bowdoinham
Delmar Bates
Mary
Bath
Fred Duren
Martha E. Bates
Philip Nadini
Gardiner
Fort Richmond
D A. R
Rebecca Rogers
Nellie Pratt
Elizabeth Joy
Pauline Cronk
Ruie Curtis
Marjorie Bond
Chase
Charles Donnell
South Pleasant Street
Edna Lane
Willis Lane
John Parker
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Hoyt
Alexander
C. McFee
Waltz
Hatfield
Sidelinger
Martel
Webber
Carr
Hanson
Beedle
Randall
Howe
Plourde
Lord
Thompson
Robert Sidelinger
Richmond
Damariscotta
Lincoln County Rifle
Lincoln County
E. McFee
Wing
Progressive Grange
Arline Skillins
Hopkins
Westbrook
Eva Libby
Bowdoin
E. E. Baker
Harold Harford
Gardiner General Hospital
G. F. Morton
Evan Sherwood
Springfield
Hilda Harford
Walter Barnes
Annette Harford
Charles Davis
Highland Avenue
Legion Hall
Frank Flood
Weekend Sale Catalog Highlights Low Prices on Coats and Knits
Classified style notice lists Week End Specials with men and boys garments. Overcoats, suits, pants, sweaters, wool robes, shoes and rubbers shown with sale prices like 19.50 23.50 16.50 15.00 4.95 3.95 and many items in low figures. Endicott Johnson and Gold Seal brands appear among footwear and rain gear with multiple color and size options.
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Endicott-Johnson
Liberal Contributors To Carnival Fund
The Rotary Club Community Playground Fund thanks merchants and friends for donations totaling 258,000 votes in support of the Carnival Queen Contest. Signatories include Edward Bridgham and D. T. Dougherty with many local businesses listed as contributors.
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Rotary Club Community Playground
Edward W. Bridgham
D. T. Dougherty
Clinton D. Wilson
F. W. Woolworth Co
Edward Bridgham
Center Street Meat Market
Maxwell Powers
Roger Skillings
M. Cohen
Miller
the Tailor
Howard’s Cigar Store
Colonial Cafe
Lewis Wilson
Paul G. Bagdikian
Liberty Bottling Co
Morris S. Povich
A. Hallet & Co
Smith's
Burnham's Auto Supply
A. D. Stetson & Son
Spencer's Lunch
Chase's Corner Pharmacy
Cut Price Market
Oakhurst Dairy Co
H. W. Crosman
Trott Bros. Grain Co
M. W. Sewall & Co
Gibbons Coal Co
Hall & Hunt
Bath Laundry, Inc
Cummings Motor Ford V-8
Rowe Motor Co
Donald Preble
The
A. & P. Tea Co
Edmund Staples
John Freeman
John P. Carey
Fall's Shoe Store
N. Gratz Jackson
Cyr's Market
Columbia Hotel
Miller’s Bakery
Opportunity schools to merge at Center street building
The Weeks Street and Dike buildings will close and a single Center street school will open March 2 for boys and girls under 16. Nine Weeks Street and 19 Dike pupils will be served. Miss Priscilla Walker of Haverhill, Mass., reigns as Carnival Queen at Bates College Hop closing three days of winter sports festivities.
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Weeks Street
Center Street
South End
North End
Board of Education
Priscilla Walker
Haverhill
Mass
College
Walker
Skovstiers
Georgetown Community News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Miss Maude Thayer visits at West Georgetown home of Thomas N. Williams. Mrs. Walter V. Cummings visits with sister Mrs. Joseph F. Higgins. Mrs. C L Hinckley ill at Sagadahoc Bay. Working League meets with Mrs. B H Woodside. Radio installed at Mrs. Burton Radley’s home. Francis Oliver returns from CCC camp to see Clarence Oliver. Alvah Reynolds and family visit Bath. other locals visit Robinhood. Funeral notes for Rev. Frank W. Hovey in Richmond with local attendance. N F Howe works for Hyde Windlass Co. in Bath. John Thibodeau travels to Florida. Christine Williams hosts third-birthday party. Alex Cunningham drives a new Chevrolet. Ice cutting by Everett Stevens and Alvah Reynolds for Zorach’s. Lieut. and Mrs. Justin H Dickens visit Mrs. Dick ens’ cousin. James Stevens assists at First Baptist church. Eleanor Cunningham visits Morse High in Bath. Mrs. Carrie Heald returns from North Edgecomb to Sagadahoc Bay home.
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Maude. Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Thomas N. Williams
West Georgetown
Walter V. Cummings
Burton Radley
Francis Oliver
CCC
Southwest Harbor
Clarence Oliver
Alvah Reynolds
Abbie Reynolds
Henry
Bath
Harold Hunt, Jr
Brunswick
Frank W. Hovey
Georgetown
Richmond
The
Baptist Church
Walter Schoepfer
Donald
M. Bell Heald
N. F. Howe
Hyde Windlass Co
John Thibodeau
Florida
Christine Williams
John D. Williams
Doris
Eugene
Everett Stevens
Robinhood
Alex Cunningham
Zorach
Dickens
Roy M. Newman
James Stevens
Five Islands
Schoepfer
First Baptist Church
Roy Newman
Eleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Melvin Cunningham
Carrie Heald
North Edgecomb
Thomas Hagan
Harold J. Brown
Rapheal Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Tribute to memory of former pastor Hovey
A tribute honors Rev. F. W. Hovey who served six years as pastor at Five Islands. He walked miles in snow to ministry and shared all he had for the gospel. His life, marked by faith and service, left a lasting spiritual fragrance and fruits of the spirit.
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Henry Martyn
India
F. W. Hovey
Five Islands
Jesus Christ
Portland Woman Files Libel for Divorce in Superior Court
Two months after her 1904 wedding Helen E. Gauthier of Portland filed libel for divorce from John A. Gauthier in Superior Court among about 30 petitions. The Gauthier case notes the shortest marriage among entries, contrasting Jerusha E. Hughes and Dean M. Hughes of Portland tied to a 46 year marriage, married in 1889 at Windsor Nova Scotia.
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Helen E. Gauthier
Portland
John A. Gauthier
Superior Court
Gauthier
Jerusha E. Hughes
Dean M. Hughes
Windsor
N.S
Monson Academy Students Ski and Sled to School
Snow blocked roads forcing Monson Academy students to ski and snowshoe to class. Part of the roads later opened but car access remained impossible to the village. Students traveled four and a half to five miles one way by rail track on kick sleds toboggans and bicycles, earning their education through hardship.
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Monson Academy
Gaage
William H Thayer 74 Bath Iron Works veteran dies
William Henry Thayer 74 of 99 Court street died Wednesday after a paralytic stroke and illness of short duration. He worked 40 years at Bath Iron Works as boilermaker and flange turner, later in Hyde Windlass Co machine shop. Survived by brother Alonzo Thayer, two nephews Charles and Walter Thayer, two nieces Marion Anderson and Helen Norwood.
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William Henry Thayer
Court Street
Bath Iron Works
Short Duraon
Billy Thayer
Hyde Windlass Co
Billy
Thayer
Bath
John
Elizabeth Thayer
City
Alonzo Thayer
Charles
Walter Thayer
Marion Anderson
Helen Norwood
Warren
Mrs Clara B Williams of Vassalboro dies after operation
Clara Bragg Williams 71 of Vassalboro died suddenly Sunday night at Sister’s Hospital Waterville after an emergency operation. Born in Richmond she lived in Foster’s Point Waltham and Detroit before settling in Vassalboro with son Elliot Williams. She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and led local social and agricultural groups. Survived by two daughters Alonzo Fisher and Arthur Clowes, three sons Harold Ernest and Elliot, a brother Joseph Bragg, three granddaughters and four grandsons.
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Clara Bragg Williams
Vassalboro
Sister's Hospital
Waterville
Williams
Richmond
Foster's Point
Waltham
Mass
Elliot Williams
Joseph Bragg
Marjorie Fisher
This City
Barbara Fisher
Clinton
Clara Clowes
Harlan and
Norman Clowes
Preston
Harold Williams, Jr
Detroit
Mrs Annie Miller Dies After Sudden Illness in Bath
Annie M Miller 52 wife of Charles M Miller died suddenly last week at Memorial hospital after transfer from home. Born in New York City she lived in Bath 24 years and belonged to Winter Street church and Cosmopolitan club. Survives include husband two sons Charles E and James A Miller both of Bath five brothers Frank Anton Edward Joseph Emil Dobins all of New York City and sisters Mrs Agnes Rohn and Mrs Jennie Steiner of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Miller
Charles M. Miller
Memorial Hospital
Miller
New York City
Frank
Francis Dobins
Bath
Winter Street Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Charles E
James A. Miller
Edward
Long Island
Anton
Joseph
Emil Dobins
Agnes Rohn
Jennie Steiner
Almira E. Moore, 83, dies at daughter’s Woolwich home
Almira Elizabeth Barnes Moore, widow of Richard Moore, died Saturday at her daughter Mrs. Lawrence Putnam’s Woolwich home. Born in Portland to Charles Foster and Mary Barnes, she leaves nine children including Mrs Woodbury Bailey Waterbury Conn and Richard Moore Phoenix VA along with other Moore descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almira Elizabeth (Barnes
Richard Moore
Lawrence Putnam
Woolwich
Portland
Charles Foster
Mary Jane Barnes
Woodbury Bailey
Waterbury
Maurice Rines
Wiscasset
Charles S. Sewall
Doctor William E. Rowe Dies Suddenly at 64 in Gloucester
Dr. William E. Rowe, 64, of 115 Mount Pleasant Avenue Gloucester Massachusetts died Wednesday night from long term complications. Born in Richmond he was son of Edward and Eleanor Rowe and twin brother of Dr Walter E. Rowe of Bath. They studied at Tufts Dental College and opened an office in Bath forty years ago. They built a flourishing business but climate forced Dr Rowe to move to Gloucester. He is survived by his wife and his brother.
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William E. Rowe
Mount Pleasant Avenue
Gloucester
Mass
Richmond
Edward
Eleanor Rowe
Walter E. Rowe
Bath
Tufts Dental College
William Rowe
Mrs. Leola Niles Tarbox Dies After Illness
Mrs. Leola Niles Tarbox 71 wife of Parker Tarbox died after a lingering illness Wednesday of last week at the City Home where she had resided 18 months. Born in Gardiner she came to Bath about three years ago and is survived by her husband and a brother in South Gardiner.
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Leola Niles Tarbox
Parker Tarbox
Gardiner
Bath
South
Bath resident Peter King dies after long illness
Peter King 74 longtime Bath resident died Monday morning at City Home after a long illness. He was a native of the area and lived in Bath for many years.
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Peter King
Bath
Five Islands Community News Notes and Travel
Five Islands residents share visits and gatherings with neighbors in Bath Robinston and Arrowsic. A church funeral in Richmond drew Ellsworth Pinkham George Gray L. H. Rowe and Woodrow Gray. Beach trips south to Dunedin Fla and New Year festivities with Southern meals and songs are mentioned alongside local snow repairs and Morse High student Lincoln Campbell Jr. returning home for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Hagan
Robinson's Pond
Ruth Stermer
Arrowsic
Drummond Stevens
Ellsworth Pinkham
George Gray
L. H. Rowe
Woodrow Gray
Richmond
Frank Hovey
Furber Davis
Bath
Five Islands
Percy Savage
Grange Circle
Ada MacGillivary
Portland
Percy
MacGillivary Everett
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
J. G. Stevens
Charles Kenney
Norman
Donald
Warren
Kenney
T. E. Cromwell
Cromwell
Dunedin
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Citrus District
St. Petersburg
Percy Allen
M. F. Biggins
Harry Lishness
B. F. Perry
Maine
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Morse High
Junior Chamber Board Meets Monday Night in Bath
Bath officers and directors of the newly formed Junior Chamber of Commerce met at the office of Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach. Elwood S. Toothaker presented a constitution approved by directors to be submitted to members on February 17. Secretary William H. Gove to print cards and stationery and send a telegram to Major Bowes Amateur Night dedicating greetings from the Shipbuilding City to Portland. Attendees included James A. Gillies Jr., Dominic Tardiff, and Hubert Foster.
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Bath
Portland
Shipbuilding City
Forest City
James A. Gillies, Jr
Domingue Tardiff
Hubert Foster
Scout Sunday Observed by Troop 53 Members
On Sunday February 9 Scout Sunday honored Scouting’s 26th anniversary with Troop 53 guests at Grace Episcopal Church. Rev Charles M Tubbs delivered a sermon linking Scouting oath and laws to religion and upright living. Scout Master Lermond lamented low turnout.
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America
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Lermond
Tubbs
Fire at Drummond Street Tenement Causes Smoke Nuisance
Firemen found smoke permeating a three story tenement at 10 Drummond Street owned by Mrs. Rose Miller. A first floor tenant altered a stove funnel causing smoke for two and a half days, then tenants complained of smoke across the building. Meanwhile the Chisholm Ski Club’s 13th annual carnival in Rumford drew 5000 to 6000, crowning Theresa Beaudet queen despite heavy Sunday snowfall.
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Auburn
Drummond Street
Rose Miller
Chisholm
Rumford
Maine
Theresa Beaudet
Arthur Beaudet
George F. Pinkham 87. Newcastle resident dies after house fire
George F. Pinkham aged 87 of Newcastle died Tuesday after a year of ill health worsened by the recent home fire. He was born in Boston January 14 1849 and lived in Newcastle for 52 years. Survived by three daughters Edith Campbell Arrowsic Stella Reed Pittsfield Mass and Mrs Harold Wiswell Pittsfield Mass. four sons Harry Lynn Oscar Somerville Howard Dover and Arthur Nobleboro. one brother Clarence Damariscotta Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Pinkham
Newcastle
Arthur Pinkham
Nobleboro
Mr. Pinkham
Boston
George
Mary Elizabeth (Winslow) Pinkham
Bath
Keziah Beals
Georgetown
Washington Street
Pittsfield
Mass
Pinkham
Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Stella Reed
Dressden
Wiswell
Harry Pinkham
Lynn
Oscar Pinkham
Somerville
Howard Pinkham
Dover
N. H
Clarence Pinkham
Damariscotta Mills
Mrs Arthur W Ranney obituary notices circle of friends
Mrs Arthur W Ranney former wife of Dr J Walter Higgins of Bath died suddenly Feb 5 in New York. She was Beatrice Eno of Brooklyn and lived in Bath earlier, later Pensacola Florida and Century Florida. She is survived by her daughter Mrs Julian Howay two grandchildren sister brother niece and two nephews. Her memory endears her to a wide circle of relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W Ranney
J. Walter Higgins
Julian Howay
New York
Beatrice Eno
William Frederick Eno
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
Higgins
Florida
Pensacola
Dr. Higgins
Arthur W. Ranney
Century
Fla
Julian Ranney Howay
Marcia Eno Howay
George E. H. Verhan
Pleasantville, N. Y
Harry Eno
Los Angeles
Harry McLaughlin
Pleasantville
William F. Eno
Hayden Werhan
Nyack
Nena
Mrs Rosalie Belanger Dies After Illness in Bath
Mrs. Rosalie Belanger 83 widow of Clifford Belanger died Monday morning at her son Samuel Belanger's home on Dike Road after a three day illness of a heart attack. Born in Bath she was a longtime Bath resident and member of the Maine Three-Quarter Century club. Survived by son Samuel of Bath daughters Annie Wardley Wollaston Mass and May Walsh Boston four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Rosalie Belanger
Clifford Belanger
Samuel Belanger
Dike Road
May Walsh
Boston
Funeral Services for Rev F W Hovey in Richmond
Funeral services for Rev Frank W Hovey longtime Georgetown Baptist pastor were held Tuesday in Richmond. The service included prayers by John L Pendleton and several area pastors, with choir selections and a burial planned for Upton Massachusetts. Attendees from Bath Boothbay Georgetown and nearby towns attended the service and burial plans were noted.
Mrs Retta Mae Savage Rites Held At Pred S Curtis
The funeral of Mrs Retta Mae Savage widow of Charles R Savage was Friday at two at Pred S Curtis funeral home 105 Center street Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church presided. Bearers were cousins Charles and Lowell Brown of Woolwich Ronald Smith of Bath and Clyde MacKinnon of Bath. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
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Retta Mae Savage
Charles R. Savage
Funeral for William Henry Thayer at Curtis Home
The funeral for William Henry Thayer, veteran boiler department employee at Bath Iron Works, was held Saturday at 2 PM at Curtis funeral home, 105 Center Street. Rev. George B. Wolstenholme officiated. bearers were Albert, Charles and Lawrence Thayer and Redford Christianson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Thayer
Old Bath Iron Works
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
George B. Wolstenholme
People's Church
Albert
Charles
Lawrence Thayer
Redford Christianson
Oak Grove
Funeral for Arthur H. Kateon Held at Home
Prayers were led Thursday morning by Rev. David Surette at the home of Mrs. Martha E. Kateon 18 Wesley street for Arthur H. Kateon. Bearers were Ralph Bailey George Dubois Alfred Howarth and Neil J. Smith. The body was entombed.
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Arthur H. Kateon
David Surette
St. Mary's Church
Martha E. Kateon
Wesley Street
Ralph Bailey
George Dubois
Alfred Howarth
Neil J. Smith
Mrs Miller Funeral Held at Home on High Street
The funeral of Mrs Annie M Miller wife of Charles M Miller was Sunday afternoon at two at their home 928 High street Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street church officiated Pallbearers were Rowland Beal Sam tel Korolick Arthur H Price and Leon Sonia Burial was in Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Miller
Charles M. Miller
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Rowland Beal
Samtel Korolick
Arthur H. Price
Leon Sonia
Oak Grove
Ned W. Downing Dies at 52 in Presque Isle
Ned W. Downing 52 a well known Presque Isle contractor who built Morse high school died Tuesday evening at Presque Isle General hospital after a four day illness from acute Brights disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned W. Downing
Presque Isle
Morse High School
Presque Isle General Hospital
Bright
Prayers Conducted for Mrs Tarbox at Oak Grove Grave
Prayers were said Saturday at ten by Rev. Harley A. Shattuck of Beacon Street church for Leola Niles Tarbox wife of Parker Tarbox at the grave in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley A. Shattuck
Beacon Street
Leola Niles Tarbox
Parker Tarbox
Oak Grove
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Wagy Dillon
New Vineyard
Esther Parker
State House
Town
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Augusta
John Skillen
Emerson
Philip Libby
C. M. Kendrick
Monmouth
Laura Moore
Connecticut
G. G. Stewart
Laura Brooks
West Paris
George Oliver
Ida Watson
Beach Street
New England
Greenville
Della Grondin
Hattie Terrill
Watson
Home Corner Club
Belle Card
Lelia Card
Cora Frost
Max Katz
Elm Street
Opportunity
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Ma
Room
Clara B. Williams
West Bath
Annie Miller
Almira E. Moore
Leola N. Tarbox
Major Bowes
BOY Scouts
Nrvalf
Bath Savings Institution
Son
Mrs
Rev
John L. Pendleton
Mr. Gilbert
Plinette Allen
Boothbay
A. W. Brown
R. A. L. Colby
Luther Stiles
Hallowell
Herman Olsen
Litchfield
Ivory Palaces
Fred Naylor
Carlton Curtis
Albert Darrah
Edwin Bailey
Upton
Charles R. Sims
Belle Heald
Woodrow Grey
Linwood Rowe
Lochlin Macinnes
James Rodman
E. D. Marsh
Rutland
Stetson Lincoln
MR. Thayer
A. H. Kateons
Mrs. Tarbox
Fred S. Curtis & CO