Richmond Activities Highlight Local Club Meetings and Notices
A Richmond page records a Wednesday gathering with readings by Doug and Marilyn Hinckley and a poem by Viola James. Members shared games and refreshments after school and church events, with ongoing plans for February 27 when Dresden YAYF will join for a covered dish supper and a Washington program. Funeral services were held for Georgia Allen Bickford, 78, of Gardiner. Survivors include her daughter, son, and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Doug
Marilyn Hinckley
Viola James
Carlerson
A of Dimes
Dresden Y.A.Y
Della Grondin
E Baker
H Mn
Lillian Haynes
Ernest Hodgkins
Ppt
Pera House
Donald McKenna
Wallace R. Bickford
Gardiner
Fred D. Allen
Dresden
Local notices and bird feeding tale from Robinhood tearoom
A community page notes town events including a town warrant posted at Todd's store, PTA lunch plans at First Baptist Vestry on March 1, and a long narrative from the Robinhood tearoom about winter birds. It covers feeding setups, pest concerns, and a flying squirrel death, plus a long Personal Items section detailing residents visiting, traveling, and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rettie Gray
Newman
Todd
Lester Powers
Thomas Watson
Russell Pinkham
P.T.A
First Baptist Church
Robinhood
Renee
Mara
West Bath Grange to Present Irish Minstrels
West Bath Grange will present the Irish Minstrels at the grange hall on March 12. Edward Waters will coach the show and rehearsals begin soon. The program features youth talents, followed by a dance, with committees announced at the last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Fat from blood battled virus threats in brain studies
Research at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research indicates that blood fat could be developed as a chemical weapon to fight infantile paralysis and other viruses attacking the brain and nervous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Town floating move planned at Georgetown wharf
Mason Carter of Day's Ferry arrives with pile driving crew to relocate the town float to the north side of the new wharf. Town meeting set for Monday at 10 a.m. at the Georgetown Town House with noon lunches. Various church and community notices follow, including prayer meeting, Baptist association events, and local visits. Weather notes report ice melted and wells refilled after rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seon
Mason Carter
Day's Ferry
Eee En House
Georgetown
Five Islands
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
A. Natino
West Harpswell
Lloyd Pinkham
Alfred Rowe
A. Anderson
Corliss Street Church
Bath
William Marr
Victor Pinkham
George Gray
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Mass
Alice Cromwell
Bowdoinham Association of Baptist Churches
Belle Heald
Harry Heald
Dorothy Stuart
Spemeres
Elson Harford
Richmond
Branwell
Harford
Buelah Miller
Franz Stevens
Jack Gibson
Edith Pinkham
C. E. Pinkham
Harold A. Rowe
Kittery
Etta Higgins
Philadelphia
E. Pinkham
Chester Pinkham
Woodfords
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Victor Pink
Barbara Pinkham
North Yarmouth Academy
Washington, D C
Bobby Hasenfus
West Roxae Mass
Saturpreo L. Hanna
USN
Mrs. Berry
Portland
Mr. Berry
Franz
Augusta
Summer Visitors and Local Personal News
Kenneth Florence arrives with relatives to summer in town while Everett Ford recovers at home after a Boston hospital stay. The Ryan family welcome a daughter, Carol Louise, with ties to the Hasenfus family. Local notes reference Boston College athletics, Nat Hasenfus book, and visitor Jim Doyle.
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Kenneth Florence
Felix Solomons
Navy
Everett Ford
Hasenfus
Seguinland
Faulkner Hospital
Boston
Hyde Park
Fred Ryan
Mildred Hasenfus
Albert Hasenfus
Carol Louise
Boston College
Nat Hasenfus
Jim Doyle
Democritus Proposes Atoms in Perpetual Motion
Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus around 0 B C proposed the atomic theory of matter asserting atoms move continually and are indivisible.
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Democritus
B. C
Bay Point Residents and Visitors Noted in Weekend Recreation
Cold weather and pockets of ice along Bay Point slow travel. Mr. and Mrs. Renaud and Bath friends spent the weekend at their cottage. Mrs. Dwight Furbish visited Bath friends Sunday. Arthur Delano moved into Duck-Inn Sunday. Mrs. R. E. Wright of Bath stopped by their cot Sunday. Belle Heald of Georgetown called on the Navajo Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Babkirk-Scribner Wedding Held February 20
Doris Catherine Scribner daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Scribner Sr Ellsworth married Andrew Babkirk son of Mr and Mrs Hanard Babkirk of Stockholm in a double ring ceremony at the bride’s home attended by immediate family. The couple's relatives and teachers note she will continue teaching at the North End primary school and he works at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Scribner
Ellsworth
Doris Catherine
Andrew Babirk
Hanard Babkirk
Stockholm
Rogers Hill
Babkirk
Ellsworth High School
Washington State Ee College
Farmington
Washington Street
North End
Farmington State Teacher’s College
University of Maine
Bath Teachers Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Bath Iron Works
Fire Control Topic At Tuesday Meeting In Georgetown
The Fire Control and Prevention meeting was held Tuesday night at the new Georgetown school building. Organized by Fire Chief Fred P. Carr with State Extension Service, the session featured speakers C P Pendleton from the State Forestry Department A G Gammage from Damariscotta and Bath Chief Richard Frates. Frates emphasized locating fire holes and using tank trucks for rural fires and urged inspection of chimneys wiring and storage spaces to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Fred P. Carr
State Extension Service
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
C. L. Eastman
Lewiston
C. P. Pendleton
State Forestry Department
A. G. Gammage
Damariscotta
Richard Frates
Bath Fire Department
Frates
No Man's Land Claims Clash Over Christmas Island
The United States and Britain contest ownership of Christmas Island 1,200 miles south of Hawaii. The vast atoll spans 60,000 acres and serves as a strategic air base. Each sunrise sees both nations raise flags on their respective ends as ownership is decided.
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United States
Britain
Christmas Island
Hawaii
Atoll
Pacific
Obituary of Walterer Many Shocks Bath Community
Walterer Many died January 26 after a sudden illness. He was a draftsman at Bath Iron Works and later worked for Ford in Detroit during World War II building Eagle boats. He and his wife and son Randolph lived at 28 York Street Bath, and he was a popular member of the Colonial club.
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Many
Randolph
Rere
York Street
Ge Yeeng
Guieee Pepking
Bathron Works
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Eagle Boats
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Colonial Club
Mrs Carrie Larrabee Dies. Bath Native Fostered in Portland
Mrs Carrie Larrabee wife of Earl Larrabee died Tuesday afternoon at the home of her foster daughter Mrs Carlyle Horne of Portland. She was born in Groton Connecticut September 27 1894 to Nelson P Doughty and Alzoma Wallace Doughty. She lived in Bath many years before moving to Bailey Island four years ago. Surviving are her husband two sons J Walter and Seth N Snipe of this city one foster daughter and four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at two from Arthur F Mayo Home 619 High Street with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Larrabee
Earl Larrabee
Carlyle Horne
Portland
Groton
Conn
Nelson P
Alzoma (Wallace) Doughty
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Oak Grove
Larrabee
Bath
Addie E. Bean Rites Set After Long Illness
Addie E. Bean of Cottage Park died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born May 12, 1862 in Kingfield she was daughter of Seward and Laura McKenney. She is survived by a grandson Charles F. Blunt, a great granddaughter Marlene Blunt of Boston, a sister Mrs. Mabel Hoyte of Phillips and many nephews and nieces. Funeral services Saturday at 2 PM from Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Laforest Hodgkins officiating.
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Addie E. Bean
Charles A. Bean
Cottage Park
Memorial Hospital
Kingfield
Seward
Laura
Thompson) McKenney
Bean
Danville Junction
Boston
Mabel Hoyte
Phillips
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Church
Roy A Donnell Dies at Memorial Hospital
Roy A. Donnell of upper Washington street died at Memorial Hospital Wednesday noon. He was born in Bath Oct. 12 1883, son of Alvin and Dorcas Kilby Donnell.
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Roy A. Donnell
Upper Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Alvin and
Dorcas
Kilby) Donnell
Sunbury Becomes First City Lighted by Electricity
Sunbury Pennsylvania claims the distinction of the first city to be lit by electric illumination. The achievement marks a landmark in urban electrification and technological progress.
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Sunbury
Pennsylvania
Sailor’s Rope Names Prove Vital for Ship Safety
A Columbian Rope report notes that every line on an old sailing ship has a name and sailors must know each location by heart. Safety hinges on quick accurate actions when a line is let go in darkness, as a wrong choice can cause significant damage.
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Columbian Rope Company
Ard Syde Dies in Carmel After Bath Birth
Ard Syde born in Bath in July 1066 to Mr and Mrs Lewis Syde. He worked as a fish dealer in Bath and Bangor before moving to Carmel to live with his son. Funeral services were held at Harvey Funeral Home in Carmel with interment planned for spring in Bangor’s cemetery.
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Bath
Lewis Syde
Central Railroad
Syde
Woowich
Bangor
Carmel
Harvey
Mrs Lulu Syde Dies After Long Illness at 80
Mrs Lulu Syde 80 wife of Ed ward Syde of Carmel died Tuesday after five years of illness. Born Lulu Boynton in Bangor she and husband ran Byde Fish Market on Kross Street. They lived in Bath and Bangor before moving to noon in recent years. She is survived by her husband and family.
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Lulu Syde
Edward Syde
Carmel
Bangor
Lulu Boynton
Syde
Fears
Byde Fish Market
Kross Street
Bath
Jaren Syde
Funeral services for M. Frank Biggins
Funeral services for M. Frank Biggins were held Thursday at St. Catholic church. Rev. Othy C. oeiy ers officiated and burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Frank Biggins
St. Catholic Church
Othy C
John Edward Hartnett
Oak Grove
Unknown World War II Soldier to Lie in Arlington
The United States Army states 17,000 unknown World War II dead exist. The Navy has yet to determine its unknown dead number after heavy sea losses. The Unknown Soldier of World War II will be returned from overseas late in 1949 to rest in Arlington National Cemetery beside the Unknown Soldier of World War I.
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United States Army
Navy
Arlington, National Cemetery
Joe Miller and His Jests From 18th Century Joke Book
Joe Miller, famed for a joke book, was an actor whose humor status was debated by an elopaedia Britannica. After his death in 1738, John Mottley published a work titled Joe Miller and a Jests or Wits Wade Mecame. The collection includes only three jests attributed to Miller.
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Joe Miller
Elopaedia Britannica
Miller
John
Inventor Patents Radio That Plays Music Only
A South African inventor received a patent for a radio device that plays music only and automatically tunes to a different station when a speaking voice interrupts the program for more than a minute.
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Fort Richmond Ter
D.A.R
Huesington
D.C
C.A
Aline Meserve
Gardiner Funeral Hospital
John Simpson
Frank Reynolds
Gertrude Baker
Kimball Street
Dorothy McMaster
Augusta General Tar
Gardiner Gene Hospital
Ann Gilbert
Veterans Administration
Togus
Donald Higgins
Swan Island
Easton
Phyllis Choate
Evelyn Gooch
Bar Harbor
New York City
Cornell Medical Center
Madeline Clouture
Jeanette Bellevance
Fred Voight
Pearl Perry
Augusta General Hospital
Jean Vright
Miss Voight
G. I
William Sullivan
Dana
Wallace Nichols
Veterans Hospital
Esther King
Harmony High School
Massachusetts
Herbert Rankins
Preperty Rankins
Old Or
Wits Hanson
Peldley
Roger Pierce
Dorchester
Richard Niquest
Winchester
George Tousey
Melrose
Pierce
Carl
Earl Cronk
Carl Anderson
Russell Ring
Beverley Cadenelli
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Jeanette Millett
Georgia Allen Bickford
Bickford
Elbridge G. Allen
Amanda M. Houdlette
Saucy City-Slickers
Rienee
Ferris Leonard
Everett Leonard
Joan Marr
Frankloyd
Hillsboro
N. H
Dorothy W. Stuart Albert Humphrey
Florida
Vincent MacMahan
Maud P. Thayer
Northwest Harbor
West Georgetown
Basil Bryant
Maple Grove
Maude Trafton
Springvale
Howard G. Heald
Vira Trafton
J. R. Blackie
Maureen Davis
Yarmouth Academy
Harold
J. Brown
Martha Bowen
Roland E. Peterson
William Strang
Gladys Weeman
Weeman
Danforth
Clarence
Ralph Davis
J. F. Higgins
Wilder Hagan
Arrowsie
Robert Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Lauretta M. Jones
Harry L. Horne
C. L. Hinckley
E. J. Stewart
Needham
Kennebec Point
Harold J. Brown
Sidney Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Brookline
Grace Fullerton
Robhood
Dorothy W. Stuart
Harry Bedford l
Whitsinville
Harald J. Brown
Mr. Brown
West Bath Grange
Mer Yen
Teachers’ Club
Queen Esther Lodge
No-Man’s Land
Walterer
Los Angeles
California
Mrs
Charlies A. Bean
Cooper
Marius H
North Street
Kennebec
Ard Syde
Frank Biggins
Eee
Fred S. Curtis & CC Co
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