Richmond Town Report Preview and Local Notices
Richmond selectmen publish the annual Town report ending Jan 31 with accounts payable and unpaid balances totaling 61 934, noting a 21.87 percent reduction. The issue covers tax delinquencies, church and fraternal meetings, nominations for March town meeting, lodge visits, and local obituaries and personal items including Myrtle Gordon. The high school basketball season ends with three home games this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selectmen of
Richmond
Emerson
World Wide Guild of the Baptist Church
Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid
William Meader
Richmond High School
Richmond High Teams Set for Iscasset and Litchfield Matchups
Richmond coaches Ted Wellman and Stanley Williams guide the boys and girls squads in a string of back to back dates. Thursday brings Iscasset return games, Friday hosts Litchfield, with Saturday at Litchfield and a possible Brunswick rematch. The girls pursue the interclass title with Williams guiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ted Wellman
Stanley Williams
Deering High
Bates College
Iscasset
Litchfield Academy
Richmondites
Litchfield
Old Orchard Beach High School
Brunswick High
Brunswick
Williams
William Oakes
Ideal Home Corner Club
D. of A. V. Hall
Ethel Rankins
Helen Herbert
Frank Rice
Marjorie Rice
Georgetown couples buy Woodside property at the Cove
Woodside cottage sold by Mrs. Benjamin H. Woodside to Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Powers. The residence to be remodeled into at least two apartments, with one for the new owners. Local real estate note follows with town meeting chatter, church notices, and social updates from Georgetown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Woodside
Cove
Benjamin H. Woodside
Walter F. Powers
Isabel Woodside
Benjamin
Bath
Marylee Riggs
Smith College
New York City
Gordon Davenport
Berkeley
Cal
Maine
West Georgetown
Pacific Coast
Link-Belt Engineering Co
San Francisco
Bath Iron Works Inc
Franklin C. Koehlwetter
Maud P. Thayer
First Baptist Church
George Smith
Sagadahoc Bay
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Flora Mayers 90 dies at Richmond home
Mrs Flora Mayers widow of James H Mayers died Thursday night at the home of Mrs Joanna Smith where she had lived three years. Born January 25 1851 in Brunswick she lived in Dresden and Richmond the past 25 years. She was a member of the Richmond Baptist church and is survived by three stepdaughters a sister and brother and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Mayers
James H. Mayers
Joanna Smith
Brunswick
Seth
Henrietta Sutherland
Dresden
Richmond
Richmond Baptist Church
Frank Hawkes
North Weymouth
Mass
Luella Bickford
Della Rittall
Hilcomb
Waldo Sutherland
Freeport
Nietes
Seedless Pear Cape Bros. Nursery Patent Claim
Cape Bros. Nursery holds a patent on a seedless pear variety described as seedless rears. The disclosure notes the horticultural breakthrough and potential market impact for growers seeking seedless fruit traits.
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Cape Bros. Nursery
Woolsey Launch Shifts Bath Shipyard Spotlight
Bath Iron Works hosted the U S S Woolsey launching with dignitaries including Congressman Charles Dewey and Senator Horace Hildreth present. The 1630 ton destroyer slid into the Kennebec amid ice clearing by Coast Guard cutters and tugboats as sponsors and naval officials observed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U.S.S. Woolsey
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kennebec
William S. Newell
Irving Spencer
Versailles
Navy Department
Spencer
C. B. Brophy
Rye
N. Y
Patricia L. Brophy
M. Woolsey Brathwaite
East New Market
Pres. Newell
Coast Guard
Kickapoo
Woolsey
Maine
Portland
Seguin
the Iron Works
Ludlow
Charles Dewey
Chicago
Illinois
Horace A. Hildreth
Dewey
Lincoln Club
Hildreth
Wylie Wakeman
Quincy
Mass
Wakeman
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Joseph M. Kiernan
U.S.N
Iron Works
Bank of Manhattan
Harry Bucklin
Joseph Hayden
Janes 1. Nolan
New York
Corp
James 1. Nolan
Battery F
Newell
Washington Street
Tron Works
Harry B. Cooke
Hill Department
Maj. Cooke
N. A. Robinson Co
Toschel
Navy
Mr. Cooke
Willow Street
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula, Miss
Deaths and community notices from Five Islands scene
The Five Islands column reports the death of Charles M. Bigelow in New York on Feb 5 and the death of Caroline H. Bartlett, 82, in Greenfield, Mass. It notes Bartlett’s summer visits, funeral in Greenfield, and survivors. The piece also records school visits, library activities, social gatherings, birthday party for Dickie Davis, club meetings, fire brigade activity, and local residents’ travel and outings at Bath, Augusta, Bath landmarks, and visits from relatives and friends with multiple named residents and places mentioned.
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Stanwood Gilman
Sebasco
Five Island
Isabel Stevens
Howard Barter
Howard Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Orville Rowe
Ida Hneckley
New Orleans
Warren Spencer
Hinckley
Dickie Davis
Valentine
Sylvia Ann Pinkham
Reginald and
Rosalyn Pinkham
Elaine Stevens
Cyril Stevens
Marlene Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
William Marr
Five Island Fire Fighters
Thomas W. Blaisdell
Maurice Pinkham
Mabel Dickey
Philadelphia
Cleve
Rowe
William Leslie
Bath
Walter Moore
Hallowell
William Stewart
Richmond
Five Islands
Marion Stevens
South Danville
N. H
Joseph G. Stevens
Leo Carey
Pittsfield
the Caves Cottage
Ralph Davis
Maureen
Brian
Horace Rittall
Chester MacMahan
Januin
Clarence MacMahan
Madelyar Berry
Lester Davis
Lermond Rowe
Laura Harding
Raphael Wigwins
Rosalyn
Georgetown
Or. Rowe
Clifford Landry Oand Ochileren
Wallace Pierce Gilbert Standish
Chester MacMillen
Madelyon Berrys
J. G. Stevens
Misa Tsabel Stevens
Sunshine basket brightens illness at Fremont street home
Mrs Addison Jones confined by illness since Thanksgiving at 19 Fremont Street received a sunshine basket from her Bailey Evening school sewing class. Mrs Wilfred F Skaling fills in for Mrs Jones during her absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Jones
Fremont Street
Bailey Evening School
Wilfred F. Skaling
Jones
Westport Obituary and Local Notices Highlight Community
Westport notices report the death of Fred H. Robinson of Arlington and Wayside Farm Westport after a heart illness. Funeral services for Annie Robbins Jewett are set in Portland with burial in Evergreen cemetery. Also noted are local updates on residents, court case developments, and corrections about town ferryman Edward Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Robinson
Oxford Street
Arlington
Mass
Wayside Farm
Westport
Robinson
Island
Walker
Boylston Street
Boston
Charles’ F
Edith C. Robinson
Amos Knight
Bowdeinham
Luther Cromwell
Edward Cromwell
Lawrence Highfill
Lizzie Cromwell
Highfill
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Lynn Wood
Waterville
Philip Eaton
Wiscasset
Richard Towle
Ellsworth Colby
Ernest Colby
Annie Robbins Jewett
Lincoln W. Jewett
Boothbay
Berkeley Street
Portland
Evergreen Cemetery
North School closes term with Valentine party program
Mrs. Frank J. Walker, teacher, reports 31 pupils in eight grades at North School plus eight five year olds. Perfect attendance honored for Norma Jean Drummond, Dorothy Greenleaf, Amos Greenleaf, Emery Greenleaf, Sylvia Harris, Lee Harris, Lois Knapp, Muriel O'Brien, Douglas Wirta, Everett Wirta, Carrie Witham. One day absences listed for Ralph Knapp, Arlene Burns, Robert Burns, Beverly Gallant, Frederick Feltmate, James Harris, Kenneth Witham, Charles Paradis. Mrs Wirta and sons plan Richmond trip till spring. Ruth Woodward’s ninth birthday party set for Feb 21 at 2 30 with ten guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Walker
North School
George Washington
Walker
Norma Jean Drummond
Dorothy
Amos
Emery Greenleaf
Sylvia
Lee Harris
Lois Knapp
Muriel O'Brien
Douglass
Everett Wirta
Carrie Witham
Ralph Knapp
Arlene Burns
Robert Burns
Beverly Gallant
Frederick Feltmate
James Harris
Kenneth Witham
Charles Paradis
Gertrude Wirta
Everett
Richmond
Ruth
William Woodward
Doubling Point Light
Obituary of Capt Allan Pettengill in South Portland
Bath relatives attended the funeral Monday afternoon in South Portland of Capt Allan A Pettengill BO of 31 Preble Street South Portland at Phillips funeral parlors. Pettengill born March 8 1860 in Long Island son of the late Stephen and Mary Pettengill. Survived by wife Jeanette Beals Jewett two daughters Mrs Charles De Marque of Waltham MA and Mrs Richard Kilby of Windham a half brother Frank Woodbury of Waltham MA. Rev Walter H Cass pastor officiated and was followed by the Odd Fellows ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
South Portland
Allan A. Pettengill
Preble Street
Richard Kilby
Windham
Frank Woodbury
Waltham
Mass
Walter H. Cass
Methodist Church
Massachusetts joins states enforcing run tires rule
Massachusetts becomes the latest state to require worn tires be replaced before a vehicle may continue, part of a crackdown on tire safety. The new rule adds to existing standards aimed at reducing blowouts and improving road safety for drivers and pedestrians alike.
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Massachusetts
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Citizens Caucus
Curtis Hall
Homer E. Alexander
Karcher Jackson
Richmond Lodge No. 63
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
John Thornton
Grand Lodge of Maine I. C. O. F
Melissa Brackett
Dixfield
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Marie Hoffman
Lewiston
Margaret B. Peabody
Queen Esther
Evening Star
Anchor of
Fidelity
Nina
Lisbon Falls
Lagonia
Albion
Mt. Hope
Norway
Rebekah
Gertrude Harris
Clara Crossland
Pauline Cronk
Gladice Meader
Leah Hoyt
Myrtle Gordon
Progressive Orange
Carlton Ring
Epworth League
Kennebec Valley Federation
Randolph
Alfred H. Ives
Esther Ring
Lois Webber
Phyllis Choate
Helyn Walton
Frances Shaw
Robert Sidelinger
Lee Andersen
Augusta
Patricia Lee Stinson
Clayton Stinson
Amesbury
Amesbury Hospital
Joanna Small
Maine General Hospital
Robert Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Ste. Marie Hospital
Russell Ring
Fred Connell
Jamaica Plain
Helena Naylor
Lowell
Kline DeBow
Bethany
Lois Ruth
Frederick Naylor
Leslie Roberts
Solon Purinton
Courtney Hinckley
Horace Huntington
George Wren
Electa
Bowdoinham
Roberts
Purinton
Perley Wedge
Braintree
Sherwin Ricker
Betty Jane
Brewer
Leighton Gardner
Seattle
Wash
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Eric Robinson
Newcastle
Leon Dunklee
Bear
Frank Bishop
Lloyd Kelley
Earl Kierstead
Glen Lamoreau
Richmond Cemetery
Hilda Spear
John Russell
Skowhegan
Paul Donovan
Lynn
Clarence Lang
Roland Peterson
Lucille Utter
Alvah Nickerson
Lois
Raymond Libby
Newfield
Nickerson
Libby
H. S. Turner
Herbert Lamoreau
Presque Isle
Bangor
John Lindsey
Lee Bishop
L. H. Lamoreau
Ralph Brown
Franklin Sweatt
Orono
Lincoln Lodge
1.O.C.F
Henry Butler
Malden
Harry Moulton
Natick
Carey
Pejepscot Lodge
Unity Lodge
J. E. Moore
N.G
L. M. Munsey
John W. Thornton
William B. Duncan
Frederick J. Smith
Leroy E. Leonard
Harry T. Stimson
Walter I. Norton
Nathaniel L. Stover
Frank Cromwell
Arthur Brown
Chester Colby
Albert Totten
Eugene Cromwell
Evelyn Colby
Robert A. Gallagher
Middle Street
Anna Fuller
Bernice Christiansen
Gladyszetta Larrabee
Estelle Boutin
Helen Caton
Helen Safford
Edith Johnson
Beatrice Thibeault
Harriet Grant
Dorothy Thayer
Priscilla Thayer
Mary Childs
Virginia Gilmore
Gallagher
Farrin Street
Joseph F. Higgins
A. E. Rowe
Arthur
Carroll Deering
BE. B. Hunt
Eleanor Hamilton
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Billings
Working League of the Church
Alex Cunningham
Arline Hunt
Clarence Colby
Charles
Rogers
Small Hits
Democrats Bath
Donald N. Small
Municipal Auditorium
Walter C. Rogers
Democratic City Committee
Rupert H. Baxter
Small
Forrest C. Legard
Smart
Mr. Rogers
Fred W. Quimby
Republican City Committee
Bessie E. Dickinson
City of
Arthur Sewall
Portland Press Herald
Bath Times
Santa Claus
Angers
Times
Press Herald
Times of
Charles M. Bigelow
Bigelow
Caroline H. Bartlett
Frank P. Bartlett
Samuel D. Conant
Greenfield
Daniel W. Staffeld
Bartlett
Sedgemere Road
Hendrick van Toll
Teaticket
Allan A. Pettingill
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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