Richmond High School announces senior class officers and honors
Richmond Principal Virgil Hinckley lists senior honors led by Valedictorian Nancy Wade and Salutatorian Arthur Harvey. He names first and second honor essays, class will, prophecy, gifts, and history as major awards with detailed student pedigrees and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hinckley
Richmond High School
Nancy Wade
Harold Wade
Pleasant Street
Arthur Harvey
Ernest Harvey
Main Street
Camille Cloutier
Roland Cloutier
James Gould
George Gould
Mary Carr
Maine
Miss Wade
Harvey
Cloutier
Garnet
Gould
Mana
Emerson Grammar School
Bausch & Lamb
Sagadahoc District Scout Banquet Honors Leaders and Eagle Scouts
William A. Niss welcomed the Sagadahoc District gathering at a banquet with a scout oath. Rev. Fr. Bellefontaine gave the invocation. The event honored Explorer Post 72 leader Donald Povich and Troop 52 leader Roy Lutz Jr with attendance and table decoration awards. New Eagle Scouts led the pledge. benediction by Rev. Harold L. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
William A. Niss
John E. Bellefontaine
South End P.T.A
Lyman Poole
William B. Kennison
Paul A. Marchant
Stewart V. McAllister
B.I.W. Recreation Association
Donald Povich
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Roy Lutz, Jr
McAllister
Niss
Tepop
Rotary Club
Harold L. Allen
Georgetown News Roundup covers church talks and town concerns
Sunday service at First Baptist features Warren Harris on The Uniqueness of the Bible and youth discussions on Genesis led by Mrs Warren Harris. Georgetown mourns Thomas N Williams 95 after a Mass. funeral at the Georgetown church. Budget details shown by Adolph Spear accompany town meeting plans for a 4 H club and Working League gatherings announced for Feb 22 and 23. Residents debate MacMahan Island tax implications, a Augusta hearing to follow. Local wildlife tracks near Webber Road spark bobcat hunt theories. Skating party postponed due to unsafe ice. a Central School record hop replaces it. Lincoln Day supper draws Sagadahoc Republicans with Senator Philip F Chapman speaker. Mrs Rebecca Hourwich Reyher tours West Coast lectures. Sprigs from redwoods sent to a Robinhood friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Georgetown
Thomas N. Williams
West Georgetown
Waltham
Mass
Adolph Spear
Library Hall
Five Islands
Joseph F. Higgins
Georgetown Center
Melvin Cunningham
Clarence B. Hill
MacMahan Island
Augusta
Webber Road
Webber's Cove
Central School
Charles Kelley
Adol Spear
Fr . Pierce
William A. Todd
Branwell Harford
William Farr
Social Roundup Hits Portland and Nearby Areas
Local residents and families from Kennebec Point to Bath, Georgetown, and Five Islands share visits and travels. Mrs. Harold Brown and daughter in law visited Portland and Brunswick. Michael Oliver remains ill. Several calls and sightings include Omar Perry in Phippsburg, the Kelsea family at Seguinland, Higgins family at Sagadahoc Bay, and visits to Memorial hospital. Connie Cunningham sang at a Lisbon Falls High School event with her grandmother in attendance. August and John Erickson visited Mrs. Robert Blackie in West Georgetown, while Georges Sprague recuperates after surgery in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Harold Brown Jr
Portland
James Oliver
Brunswick
Michael Oliver
George Gray
Five Islands
Edward C. Clarey
Robinhood
Omar Perry
Meadowbrook Road
Phippsburg
Chester B. Kelsea
Seguinland
J. W. McArthur
Augusta
Alvah C. Reynolds
Reynolds
Alex Cunningham
Woodrow Gray
Connie
Lisbon Falls
Edith Powers
George Powers
Memorial Hospital
Robert Blackie
August
John Erickson
Gardner, Mass
Maine
Georges Sprague
Georgetown
Topsham
Sprague
Maine General Hospital
Blackie
Gloria Jamilla
Seattle
Wash
Bay Point Community News Roundup
Bay Point reports ongoing cold weather isolating families amid illness. Pvt. Robert H. Miller U S Army writes from Fort Dix New Jersey while Bobby enjoys boat training and home friends send greetings. Local residents Sherman Campbell family and others are noted for visits illness and social calls around Bath Boothbay Harbor and Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Robert H. Miller
U. S
S.W
69Th Infantry Division
Fort Dix
N. J
Bobby
L. M. Spinney
Five Islands
Campbell
William Leeman
Woolwich
Leeman
Sherman Campbell
Paul Stevens
Bath
Sherman Campbell, Jr
Lewiston
Y.M.C.A
E. O. Tukey
George Renaud
Joseph Pond
Boothbay Harbor
Farley Resigns as Bath Junior High Custodian
Superintendent Loring R. Addison announced the resignation of Raymond W. Farley of 487 High Street after 36 years with the Bath school system. Farley joined Central Grammar School in 1918, moved to the new junior high last summer, and will be succeeded by Raymond Berry of North Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Addison
Raymond W. Farley
High Street
Bath
Farley
Central Grammar School
Raymond Berry
North Bath
Addison
Sewing Circle plans February session at First Baptist
The Sewing Circle of First Baptist holds an all day session February 9 in the church parlor. Members bring picnic lunches and hot drinks. Lila Place presides in Ora Dauphin's absence due to illness. DeVotions led by Laura Harrington. Cards prepared for sick and shut in members. Next all day session scheduled February 23 with covered dish noon lunch. members to bring hot dish or dessert. No meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Lila Place
Ora Dauphin
Spring Street
Laura Harrington
Five Islands community notices and local visits
Five Islands Ladies weekly Bible Class meets with Mrs Victor Pinkham. Laymen's Group to hold February meeting at Elm Street Baptist Bath on Feb 22. Junior Young People's Group to meet at church weather permitting. Eighteen attend last Wednesday at school to plan forming 4 H clubs led by Adolph Spear. Next meeting Feb 23 at Five Islands Library hall for parents and children ages 9 18 with cards and project leaders to be chosen. Projects include cooking sewing for girls and woodworking electrical topics for boys. Library Auxiliary meeting with Mrs Stinson Davishose and others. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Dennis Moore and Henry Moore to Bar Harbor. Dana Cochran minor surgery at Bath Memorial. Karen MacGillivary injured collarbone. Ernest Snow of Freeport visiting Robert's family. Chaplain J Clifton Little now Captain stationed Anchorage Alaska. Melvin Kelley home from Higgins Classical Institute Charleston. weekend guests Mrs Lulu Hanna and family. Victor Pinkham family visits in Yarmouth Portland Bath. Reginald Pinkham Coast Guard stationed Clarks Bay MD. Mrs Orissa Carr visiting sister Leila Hutchins Edgecomb. extended visits from Yarmouth Portland and Woolwich families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Elm Street Baptist Church
Bath
Adolph Spear
Five Islands Library
Stinson Davishose
Lincoln Campbell
William Stewart
Russell Harford
Branwell Harford
Davis
Dennis Moore
Henry Moore
Bar Harbor
Dana Cochrane
Arthur Cochrane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Moore
Jonesport
Karen MacGillivary
Percy Mac
Irving
Thomas
USN
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Clayton Doyle
Portland
Donald Hopkins
Lloyd Pinkham
Reginald
Coast Guard
Clarks Bay
Orissa Carr
Leila Hutchins
Edgecomb
Edward Doyle
Billy
Teen-Age 4-H Club Meeting At 22 Oliver Street
The Teen-Age 4-H club met at Joyce Scanlin’s home for bread making discussion and rug making reports. Frances Butcher and Betsy Bertrand demonstrated white sauce. the gold seal was attached to the 4-H charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Scanlin
Oliver Street
Granville Colby
Apd
Frances Butcher
Betsy Bertrand
Joan Marsh
Valentines
Ellen Low
Judy Commeau
Joyce
Brenda Scanlin
Donna Crocker
Joan Robinson
Paul Scanlin
Colby
Winter Street Auxiliary Posts Easter Seal Drive
At a recent Winter Street Church Auxiliary meeting members filled envelopes for the Easter Seal campaign under program chairman Mrs. Manley Grant. President Mrs Merritt Shea announced the Feb 22 meeting was cancelled and the next session will be March 8. hostesses were Miss Alice Johnson Mrs Daniel Matter Miss Gladys Lowell and Mrs Donald Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church Auxiliary
Manley Grant
Merritt Shea
Alice Johnson
Daniel Matter
Gladys Lowell
Donald Freeman
Health report for Sagadahoc County week ending Feb 5
Maine health department lists Bath with one chickenpox one German measles and two measles cases. Phippsburg reports two chickenpox cases. Public health update notes ongoing communicable-disease monitoring in Sagadahoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
State of
Zoning Map and Ordinance Available to Public
The city announces copies of the zoning map and ordinance. Interested residents may obtain a copy from the City Clerk's office at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Sagadahoc Republicans Hold Lincoln Day Dinner in Bowdoinham
A large Sagadahoc County Republican turnout gathered for Lincoln Day at the Bowdoinham Grange Hall. Speaker State Senator Philip F. Chapman Jr. discussed Lincoln’s life, legislative issues, and budget debates including highway funding and revenue options for Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bowdoinham
Grange Hall
Ladies of the Grange
Philip F. Chapman
Portland
Legislative Appropriations Committee
Chapman
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Meets Monday Afternoon
Cosmopolitan Garden club met in their rooms after a five week recess with President Mrs Albert W Whitney opening the meeting. Members sang America and observed a flag salute before a club collect. They planned Bath garden clubs joint hosting of the May Medomak Regional meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Albert W. Whitney
America
Carville Douglas
James Knight
Bath Garden Clubs
Medomak
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alice Johnson
William Walters
National Council of State Garden Clubs
St. Louis
Eunice Ledyard
Cummings Files Bill to Reform Car Excise Tax
Senator Cummings of Bath introduces a bill reshaping automobile excise tax credits. The proposal credits the highest tax paid in a year toward any new car purchase, with a half credit after September 1 and a $1 transfer fee to municipalities. The change affects multiple trade-ins and eliminates full tax liability on subsequent new cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Cummings
R-Bath
Dirigo Court Monthly Meeting Held at Central Church
The Dirigo Court Order of Amaranth held its regular monthly meeting February 10 at Central church parish house at 7:30. Royal Maestro Dorothy Wood of Portsmouth NH and Royal Patron Hubert Swett of Damariscotta filled their stations. Secretary Ruth Fuller and Treasurer Lawrence Lord reported and were approved. Plans were made for a card party after the March 12 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirigo Court
Order of Amaranth
Central Church
Dorothy Wood
Portsmouth
N. H
Hubert Swett
Damariscotta
Ruth Fuller
Lawrence Lord
Ways and Means Committee
Cost Accountants to Meet Thursday in Auburn
Vincent J. McDermott executive vice president of C. F. Hathaway Co. Waterville and former NY CPA will speak at the Southern Maine Chapter NACA meeting in the Elm Hotel Auburn. Topic: Analyzing Costs of Medium Sized Manufacturing Units. He has held multiple NACA roles and expects large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent J. McDermott
C. F. Hathaway Co
Waterville
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Elm Hotel
Auburn
McDermott
Chaplain and Wife Attend Wesley Youth Fellowship
Rev. Robert E. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson attended a Sunday dinner at Wesley Methodist church youth group. Wilson spoke, service led by Robert Legard with helpers, five new members joined, about 50 people present including Rev. Dr. Oliver Bell and advisors Carlyle Taber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Wilson
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Carlyle Taber
Central Church League Schemes Rummage Sale Plan
At the Central Church League meeting in the parish house plans were made for a rummage sale on March 5. The February activities committee will lead with help from Mrs Pere Ater Mrs William Peavey Mrs Arthur M MacDonald and Mrs Clyde Ambrose. A covered dish supper is set for February 28 before the meeting. Art talk by Arthur Perry will highlight the evening. Next week’s meeting will be at Mrs Clyde Ambrose’s High Street home with Mrs Horace Morse and Mrs Reginald Parker assisting as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Children’s
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Citizens Caucus
Walter James
Katherine Pratt
Cynthia Anderson
Virgil Hinckley
Elizabeth Berry
Patricia Leibowtz
Harry Simmons
Barbara Wheeler
Ronald Leon
Jane Poland
Maurice Sullivan
Virginia Wade
Billy Wells
Dolores Kennedy
Lula Alexander
Lorraine Bennett
Phyllis Hurley
Deborah Bates
Charlotte Hinkley
Ann James
Judy Reynolds
Judy Wells
Mary Carr
Camille Cloutier
Arthur Harvey
Roland Foster
James Gould
Claudia Guiou
Ronald Leibowitz
Sandra Stuber
James Sullivan
Nancy Wade
Dorothy Wheeler
David Williams
Gary Williams
Lillian Johnson
Darrah Street
Guy and
Eleanor Farley
Central Church League
Pere Ater
William Peavey
Arthur M. MacDonald
Clyde Ambrose
Arthur Perry
Bailey Evening School
High Street
Ambrose
Horace G Morse
Reginald Parker
Cub Scouts Pack 57 Attend Beacon Street Church Service in Uniform
Pack 57 and leaders are asked to assemble at the Beacon Street church vestry Sunday at 11 for a church service in a body with Boy Scouts of Troop 57. Cubs and leaders should wear their uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scouts
Pack 57
Beacon Street
Boys Scouts
Troop 57
Crosby 82 dies at home in Bath after long career
Guy F Hamlin Crosby 82 retired lumber dealer died Friday at his Shenandoah Road home. Born October 1 in Arrowsie he was son of Charles C and Clara Erskin Crosby. Survived by widow Emma E. Crosby two sons John P. Crosby and Donald H. Crosby of Bath and E Douglas Crosby of East Hartford Conn two daughters Martha C. Davis of New York City and Madelyn C. Rowe of West Bath a brother Charles L. Crosby of Arrowall plus seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy F Hamlin Crosby
Shenandoah Road
Arrowsie
Charles. c. Clara Erskin Crosby
Emma E. Crosby
John P
Donald H
Bath
E. Douglas
East Hartford
Charles L. Crosby
Arrowall
Matcie C. Bachelder 88 Dies After Long Illness in Gardiner
Mat tie Catherine Bachelder 88 widow of Edward Bachelder died after a long illness at a Gardiner nursing home. Born November 11, 1866 in Gardiner, she lived in Bath before moving to the home. She was active in Beacon Street Methodist Church and OES Genestia Chapter. Survived by two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 from Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home with entombment at Oak Grove in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Catherine Bachelder
Edward Bachelder
Gardiner
Mosey Ey
Mercy (Libby) McCausand
Charles Bach¢elder
Bath
Bachelder
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Woman’s Society For Christian Service
Genestia Chapter
John E. Thompson
May E. Martin
Malden
Mass
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Oak Grove
Death of Ralph T. Higgins of East Brunswick
Ralph Thornton Higgins 66 died at his East Brunswick home Monday night born January 30 1889 in East Brunswick son of Alfred B and Marion Higgins educated in Brunswick schools farmed for 40 years survived by daughter Margaret Raymond of South Portland son Ralph T Higgins Jr of East Brunswick sister Mrs Sarah Carlton of Woolwich niece Mrs Marion Kelley of Woolwich nephew William Getchell of St Petersburg Fla two granddaughters Funeral service Thursday at 2 pm from Curtis Funeral Home 94 Washington Street entombment in Freeport family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Thornton Higgins
East Brunswick
Alfred B
Marion (Hallet) Higgins
Brunswick
Ig St Brunswick
Margaret Raymond
South Portland
Ralph T. Higgins, Jr
Sarah Carlton
Requiem Mass for Joseph S. Gallant Held at St Marys
A high Mass of Requiem for Joseph S. Gallant was sung at 8 a m Thursday at St Marys Church with Rev Father John Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers were E N Hartnett Ralph Boardman Joseph Wilson Edward Cummings Haviland Harper and Haviland Torrey. entombment followed in the Oak Grove family lot in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Gallant
St. Mary's Church
John Bellefontaine
E. N. Hartnett
Ralph Boardman
Joseph Wilson
Edward Cummings
Haviland Harper
Haviland Torrey
Funeral services for John Henry Blaisdell held in Phippsburg
Funeral services for John Henry Blaisdell of Phippsburg were held Friday afternoon at 1 30 o clock from the Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence 819 High street with Rev Macey Whitehead officiating The bearers were his grandsons Eugene Morse Donald Morse Albert Cummings and William Cummings The body was entombed unnamed details incomplete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Blaisdell
Phippsbur
Arthur F. Mayo
Crosby Rites Held for Guy E Crosby at Mayo Funeral Home
Funeral services for Guy E Crosby were held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 from Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating Bearers included Gardiner Frank Reinord Suphen Biette Stanley Peterson Philip Estoy and Ibra K Lawrence. The body was entombed for burial in the family lot in Oak Grove Cemetery in the spring season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Crosby
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
David L. Wilson
Gardiner
Frank Reinord
Suphen Biette
Stanley Peterson
Philip Estoy
Ibra K. Lawrence
Oak Grove
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Richmond
Red Cross
Harold Bates
Emerson Zeitler
Burton Whitman, Jr
Bates
Russell Ring
Cochairman
Wilbur Emerson
Gerald Witham
Leslie Gardner
John Thrower
Home Service
Leonard Bishop
Fred Farley
Pauline Hutchinson
Edwin Pratt
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Glenn Lamereau
Gardiner Civil Defense
Thomas Brigham
Civil Defense and Public Safety
Norman Merrill
Litchfield
Merrill
Augusta- Gardiner
Civil Air Patrol
C. A P
Irvin Smith
Granville Small
Fireman's Association
Bowdoinham Fire Department
George Hoyt
Fort Richmond
Chereea R
Margaret Derby
South Pleasant Street
Mina Clark
Washington
Alice Hall
Poris
Dorothy Row
Pauline Cronk
Erland Rand
Ruie Curtis
Nes Hall
Polly Powell
Emerson-Lane American Legion Auxiliary
Theodore Mitchell
Chestnut Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Theodore Darrow
Elmyra
N. Y
Gerald
David Wilson
Sampson Air Base
Geneva
River Road
Frances White
Marcia Byker
Clare Ames
Lah Rebekah Lodge
Eureka Rebekah Lin Gardiner
Elwood Moulton
Edwin Millett
Jeanette
William Gott
Mabel C. Gott
Beverly
Valerie Millett
Raymond Millett
Front Street
Harland Harrington
Ervine Tripp
Albert Hanson
New Portland
Norma Packard
Merton Todd
Dover-Foxcroft
Anna Harrington
County Road
Annie Moody
Madison
Frank Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Roger Berry
Dorothea Scott
Florence Cunningham
Orman Douglass Wiscasset
Ivan Douglass
Alfred Tarr
Colby College
Henry Tarr
Daniel Danforth
Franklin
Guilford
Vincent Marchese
Old Ferry Road
BOY Scouts
Glen
A.W. ‘Brault
Roland Cyr Ard
Susanne
Donald E. Field
Teenage Valentine
Valentine
Huse School
Harry Deering
Jane Footer
Judy Ashe
David Abbott
Melvin Comeau
Winter Street
Health Report
Sen. Chapman
Bowdeinham
Arthur P Curtis
Stanley R. Hunter
Herbert Harris
John Gillespie
LeRoy Lord
Alice Nowell
Cost Accountants
Shumway Funeral Service
Guy H. Crosby
Ralph T. Higgins
Joseph
J. H. Blaisdell
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhoy
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