Miss Richmond Queen Chosen at Opera House Event
Miss Courtney Emma Hinkley daughter of Mr and Mrs Horace C Hinkley of Main street was chosen Miss Richmond by a large crowd at the opera house Tuesday night Proceeds from the entertainment go to furnish a room in the Auburn Odd Fellows home in memory of Dr Frederick B Peabody The Beulah Rebekah lodge presented His Uncles Niece with a cast including Richard Tate Merle L Thompson and others and a Grange orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtney Emma Hinkley
Richmond
Opera House
Horace C. Hinkley
Main Street
Miss Hinkley
Durant Shoe Co
Odd Fellows Home
Auburn
Frederick B. Peabody
Richmond High School
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
O. BF
Richard Tate
RcPeprey
Merle L. Thompson
Francis Felton
Francis Sherman
Dora Hale
Luc Eth
Alice Malcom
Dora Seeeene
e.eTtaly Hatch
Sarah Ann Mullen
Happy Valley
Scena
Mina Floyd Simon F. Felton
Frank
Tarr Philander Filmore
Edward D. Baker
Timothy Hale
Happy Valley Junction
Arthur G. Hayes
Silas Sicklemore
H. Lamoreau
Grange Orchestra
Georgetown area notes and church events in brief
Fenwick C Wright D D of Portland preached at First Baptist. Local socials and meetings ran through the week with visitors, illness, and travel among townspeople. Edgar B Hunt funeral drew a large crowd. Mrs. Gilbert Standish improving in Bath hospital. townsfolk endured bad roads and winter travel as several residents returned from visits and various engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick C. Wright
Portland
First Baptist Church
Fenwick C. Wright D.D
First Baptist
H. G. Heald
John PV. Blackie
Working League
T. M. Hagan
Georgia Walker
Center School
Tewiston
Androscoggin County
Lisbon
Roland Oliver
New Hampshire
C. J. Hinckley
Everett Campbell
Newell Campbell
Robinhood
Arrowsie
Edgar B. Hunt
E.P. Kimball
God
Frank Heald
W. C. Todd
Melvin Cunningham
John Thibodeau
William Todd
Thomas Hagan
Durial
Oak Cemetery
BE B. Billings
Herman Hallet
Roland Harford
Say Point
Trving FL Hunt
Moston
Althea Loveitt
Bath
Catherine Oliver
TM. Hagan
I. HH
Woodside
Gilbert Standish
Bath City Hospital
H. J. Brown
Raphael Rowe
Morse Light
Er. C. Higgins
Carrie Baker
South Ortland
Yarmouth
Newport
I. T
Hh. J. Trown
S.C. Clarey
Ralph Reynolds
Lewis Trafton
Hortense Tillotson
John RR. Blackie
W. T. Newdick
William Farnsworth
E. C. Higgins
Card of Thanks and local social notes from Georgetown Me
Card of thanks from the family of the late Edgar D B Georgetown Me Feb 24 1927. Names of friends and visitors in town, with mentions of Charles Welch in Oakland and the Kimball family in Waltham Mass. Local events include a Washington supper at Baptist church, Amy Bradley Tent D of US Vo meeting, and Washington's birthday program. Doings of residents from Dresden Andover Medford Rockland Gardiner Brunswick Portland and Gardiner streets. A Richmond court basketball game 24 18 with the Legion team vs Masser prep of Stanford Conn noted. Continuous notes of visitors births moves illnesses and visits in Georgetown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Harford
Manley Hlarford
Gardiner
Bert Hassen
West Dresden
Agnes Christine
George Wallace Gaubert
Richmond
Douglass
Dowdoinham
Leighton Gardner
Ida Oliver
Porthind
Harry Tarr
Freda Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Russell Ring
Ring
Gladys Lowell
Gorham Normal School
Lewis Lowell
Alice Mansir
Walpole
Mass
Charles Mansir
Chestnut Street
Agnes Hassen
Lewiston
George Merifield
Wortland
Frank Waine
Marie Alexander
Mildred Beedle
Cora Roberts
Lisbon Falls
A. J. Niles
Ruth Curran
Bowdoinham
Genevieve Joy
Dorothea Temple
Front Street
Geraldine Stone
Vivridge Academy
Harry Whitney
Carolyn Sheldon
Dresden Center
Gertrude Longfellow
Standall Young
Bates College
Frank Preble
Kimball Street
Joseph Kelley
Wallace N. Price
Emily Lilly
South Dresden
Ralph
Wiscasset
Sagadahoc Pomona
Charles Welch
Oakland
Calif
George Kimball
Waltham
Kimball
Byron Ludwig
Washington
The
Baptist Church
Amy Bradley
Ore Robinson
Rockland
Brunswick
Russell Maloy
Gardihee
Maloy
Adel Pharford
Russell Parford Maloy
George Dunn
Alfred
Marion
Hernan Muise
Myrtle Bell
Elizabeth Scott
Richmond Court
American Legion
Masser
Stanford
School Street
John Young
Ethel James
Ella Foster
Maine donors back Near East relief efforts praised
Maine officials report the Near East Relief has saved millions of lives over ten years and expanded aid in Russian Armenia where Joseph Beach of Bangor leads emergency work. The record highlights bread plants, nurse graduates, and thousands of orphans supported in homes and institutions with future plans to phase withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William Mort Jessop
Portland
Russian
Armenia
Joseph W. Beach
Bangor
Lininakan
Near East Relief
Near East
Palestine
Near Hast
Syra
Syria
Greece
Athens
Near East League
Buenos Aires
Bowdoin President Regrets Attacks on Washington
Bowdoin College president Sills spoke at Bath Rotary Club stating liberty means law and order, praising Morse High School orchestra, urging minority rights, and criticizing sensationalism around Washington's life and public figures. He contrasted freedoms in the US with Britain, France, and Germany and warned against legislating evolution. The event included introductions by Dr. Fuller and a planned social after the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sills
Bowdoin College
Bath Rotary Club
Iotel Phoenix
Bath
Portland
Brunswick
BE. M. Fuller
Bowdoin
Morse High School
Bath Club
George Washington
Washington
Great Britain
France
Germany
Browning
Aimee Mclherson
Augusta
Mater Upem
Keonerd Bh
Bishop Toent
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Rotary
N. Gratz Jackson
Neen
Thetel Phoenix
James Jackson
Chester
Kingsley
A. J. Scott
Five Islands Grange Dance and Community News
A well attended Valentine party at Grange Hall featured music and games such as broken hearts heart hunt and heavy throw. Winners received prizes including a bathing cap nail file and napkin ring. Several residents returned home from travels and updates note hospital stays and social visits. The report also mentions fishing, hunting, and boat building activity plus preparations for the March 7 town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Consumers’ League
St. Valentine's Post Office
Dorothy Reid
John Williams
Chester McMahan
Lloyd Pinkham
Charles Davis
Aurelia Pinkham
Geneva Rowe
Minnie McMahan
Alice MacMahan
Alice Pinkham
Central League Enjoys Washington Birthday Party
Central church league held a Mr. Washington birthday supper and social at the Central parish house with flags flowers and an American flag. Mrs Laura Appleton dressed as Martha Washington and Mrs Horace Morse as George Washington welcomed guests. A speaking contest and a spelling match followed with costumes and prizes. Thirty eight attended and a menu of scalloped clams veal loaf chop suey fruit salad cake and coffee was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Washington
Central Parish House
Laura Appleton
League
Martha Washington
Horace DP. Morse
George Washington
Margaret Gile
Martha Loote
Belle Welch
H. Dorman Perkins
Howard Parks
Parks
George Dean
Margaret Foote
William Hi. Small
Clyde Keery
Owen J. Ledyard
Edmund L. Griggs
O. M. Redlon
Mars. H. Dorman Perkins
Lula Turner
Smouldering Cigarette Ignites Fire at Tondreau Bros Store
A smouldering cigarette discarded on a sawdust floor started a fire at Tondreau Bros on Center Street Tuesday morning. Fred Gervish found the store filled with smoke and a brisk blaze in the floor. City Marshal Whitney and Engine 4 battled the flames, a small floor hole about two by four feet remaining as damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tondreau Bros
Center Street
Fred Gervish
Whitney
Engine 4
Florida land company offers 40000 acres at 50 to 200 per acre
A Florida land company advertises 40 000 acres for sale with prices from 50 to 200 dollars per acre. Statistical claims note that 85 percent of business failures in 1025 involved non advertisers, highlighting the value of advertising for ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
State Teachers Exams In Bath Friday for Certs
An examination for state teachers certificates for elementary and secondary grades will take place in Bath Friday. Candidates should present themselves promptly at the time appointed. Application blanks must be filed prior to the examination and may be secured from the state commissioner of education, Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Commissioner of Education
Augusta
Nicaragua Names Alexandre Cesar as New U.S. Minister
Alexandre Cesar becomes Nicaragua's new minister to the United States, representing the Central American nation at the capital. The appointment marks a diplomatic shift as Cesar arrives to establish bilateral ties and engage on regional matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandre Cesar
Nicaragua
United States
Hooper Family Leaves for Boston Treatment
Samuel D. Hooper travels to Boston for treatment with his two daughters Mildred and Catharine. Mrs. Hooper stays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J Bradford Sargent in Newtonville, while the daughters reside with their aunt Mrs. Silved Miner in Newtonville for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Hooper
Mildred
Catharine
Boston
Hooper
Oldest Republic Visited by Woman continues tale
Continuation describes a multi story dwelling with animals on the lower floor and a household on the second, the top floor used as a storeroom for grain. Diet noted as black bread and a dish of corn meal and goat's cheese.
Times Leads Park alley league as final round looms
Times holds a 12 percent game lead in the Park alley league with Hired Sox in second, Cubs and DPirates close behind. The scene shifts to a girls club living room where a fat girl’s calories centric comedy unfolds with Cupid misadventures and a twist from Spud at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Alley
Times
Sox
Cubs
Red Sox
Gackenbach
Ruth Field
Thelma Dearing
Dorothy Smith
Marjorie Troup
Carolyn Turner
Mary Gott
Heith Gott
Eleanor Danforth
Lettie Woodworth
Margaret Walz
Cupid
Spud
Grace church girls prepare three act play Cupid and Cateries
The Girls' Friendly Society of Grace church has staged a bright three act play titled Cupid and Cateries. It will be presented Thursday at eight in Grace parish house on Oak Street. Cast includes Dorothy Welch and Wilhelmina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Friendly Society of Grace Church
Cupid
Grace Parish House
Oak Street
Dorothy Welch
Wilhelmina
Washington Birthday Program at Grange in West Bath
A large attendance at West Bath grange heard a Washington’s Birthday program Monday night. The event opened with a bugle call by Master David Henderson, followed by orchestral selections by young grange members. Fred Cary and William H. White spoke on Washington, a tableau “Colonial Ladies” was presented by local members, and musical numbers by David Tenders on cornet and Vincent Tenderson with piano accompanied by Elizabeth Taggett. EB Haggett spoke on Mr. Vernon, and a vocal duet by Mrs. Cary and Mrs. Brown closed the program. Colonial ladies served Washington pie while punch was provided by Mrs. Hazel MacDonald and Miss Milly Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Oliver
Vernon Gray
Chester MacMahan
Woolwich
MacMahan
Henry Moore
Bath
Mrs. Moore
J. G. Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Bath Hospital
J. G. Lewis
Esther Worthing
Seguinkind
Damiariscotta
T. W. Blaisdell
Grange Library
J. J. Gibson
Th. G. Lewis
Portland
Linwood Stevens
A. A. McMahiam
Grange
Eleanor Davis
J.T. McMahan
T. M. Hagan
Fox Hanting
Scott
The
Porthand
Harmons Harbor
Grange Orchestra
A. A. MacMahan
Grange Frolics
Lloyd
West Georgetown
Stevens
Hantred Newdick
Washington
West Bath Grange
David Henderson
Fred Cary
William IL. White
Humphrey Owen
Annie White
Mabel Brown
Weston Jb. Bouney
Dkavid Tenderson
Son Vincent
Elizabeth Taggett
Vernon
George Washington
EB. W. Haggett
Cary
Brown
Washington Pie
Hazel MacDonald
Milly Ward
Democrats Organize City Committee Meeting Adopts Campaign Plan
Alderman Ralph C. Covel was elected chairman of the Democratic City Committee at its organization meeting. Jobin P. Cavey was elected secretary and treasurer. A large attendance approved an energetic campaign for the March 7 election and planned a further meeting to align ward candidates in the ten days before voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Covel
Democratic City Committee
Jobin PL Cavey
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Edgar DB. Uot
Orville E
North St
Rotary Club
Clinton Hanna
Secretary of the Treasury
Carl T. Schuneman
St. Paul, Minn
the Treasury
McKenzie Moss
Internal Revenue
Department
Central League
Paramount Pictures
Harold Lloyd
Anita Stewart
Geo. Sidney
the Prince OF
Pilsen
Richard Barthelmess In
Poli Negri
Hotel Imperial
Poli
Constance Talmadge In
the Duchess OF
Buffalo
Rudolph Valentino
Four Horsemen
Reynolds
Plant
Pirates
Ewe
Das
Senators
Dodgers
Yankees
Au -Awnt Giants
White
Ve Reynolds
Lothrop
Mrates
Yiankees
Vlant
Lufo
Dow
Erie
Oliver
McMath
Chase
Warnhaim
Sir ColVill Pew
Lowell
Stover Peter Pe
Cediman Ory
Blakeney Bose
DuMas Sewer
Serena
Girls’ Friendly
Democrats
D. M. Humphreys & Co
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