Richmond News Highlights From Local Social Roundup
Richmond and nearby towns see a flurry of visits and gatherings with relatives travelers from Lewiston Augusta and Bangor. Births include Barbara Ann Farwell and a 94 pound son born December 28 in Wren Nursing Home Richmond. Engaged Grace Meserve to Arthur Faulkner of Portland. Community events feature Progressive Orange meeting a kitchen shower for fire loss victims and a penny beano night at the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Cardenilli
Portland
Harold Wade
Newark
N. J
Leon Ladd
Leon, Jr
Lewiston
Perley F. Joy
Genevieve
Warren
Henry Skelton
R. P. Sturtevant
John Dixon
Richmond
William Skelton
Plymouth
Ernest Stewart
Sherman Ricker
Betty Jane
Bangor
Ricker
Leighton Gardner
John Hurley
Wren
Katherine Soule
Auburn
Edward
Lawrence Coughlin
Murry Crowell
Brunswick
Howard P. Farwell, Jr
el Paso
Texas
Barbara Ann Farwell
Farwell
Frances Preble
Dingley
Dorothea Temple
University of Maine
B. R. Temple
John Skillen
Augusta
Fort Richmond
E. F. Pratt
Everett Pollard
Esporto
Calif
Nettie Leavitt
Mark Pollard
Solon
Hartley Ranger
Ernest Moore
Monmouth
West Gardiner
Litchfield Corner
Kendrick
H. J. Chase
American Legion Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Bert Skinner
Augusia
Skinner
Frank
Arthur Skillen
Town
Ernest H. Stewart
Front Street
Watches For It Friday Subcription Note From Bath Native
Fred Gauden a former Bath boy now of White Plains NY renews his subscription to the Independent and says he enjoys the weekly paper plans to stay in Friday night to read the week’s most interesting news. He mentions setting aside everything else to read the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gauden
White Plains
N. Y
The
Independent
Former Bath man renews Independent subscription
Ernest F. Couture, former Bath resident and superintendent of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co in Troy, N Y, renews his subscription to The Bath Independent. He writes that Mrs Couture and he would not be deprived of the news each week for many times the subscription amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ernest F. Couture
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Troy
N. Y
the Independent
Old Friend Subscription Note From Mrs Blinn
Mrs Eliza P Blinn of West Somerville Massachusetts writes to renew her Independent subscription saying her copy was lost in Christmas week mail and that the Independent feels like an old friend after many years of reading it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza P. Blinn
West Somerville
Mass
the Independent
The
Independent
Town News Roundup From Five Islands And Nearby
Local notes report Gilbert Standish visiting H G Heald and Mrs Alex Cunningham travelling to Augusta. Officers to be elected at Sunday school. Maude Thayer returns to Portland after Christmas at West Georgetown. Rev Walter Schoepfer visit Bath Memorial hospital. Dorothy Oliver returns from Kingston visit. Hagan family updates and Robinhood trips noted. Elaine Hagan congratulated on birth. Roland Harford aided after a clamming accident. Deputy sheriff Edward Clarsy appointed. snow plow clears roads. large dam crew works for Alex Cunningham. Representative L J Harle Hagan drives to Augusta weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Standish
Five Islands
H. G. Heald
Alex Cunningham
Augusta
First Baptist Church
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Portland
West Georgetown
Walter Schoepfer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Thomas M. Hagan, Jr
Thomas M. Hagan
Burnside Powers
Mr. Trombly
Robinhood
Nancy Russell
Roy Moore
Barbara Pinkham
Rowley
Clarence Kneeland
Donald
Ferris Leonard
Representative
L. Eaic Hagan
Roland Harford
Joseph Harford
Madelyn Berry
R. N
Islands
Edward J. Clarsy
Albert Henderson
Chester MacMahan
Harle Hagan
Colby family and local visits populate Westport scene
Westport residents and visitors fill a busy week with trips to Togus and Portland, a Wiscasset lumber delivery, and multiple family gatherings. A RFD mail route driver appointment一年 local travels include Copnwell, Cromwell, Knight, and Higgins families alongside hospital training plans for Dorothy Higgins in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Colby
Royden Colby
Togus
Bath
Samuel Stover
Amos Knight
F. Higgins
C. E. A. Cromwell
Luther Cromwell
Portland
Brian Jewett
Fort Kent
Mechanic Falls
Herbert Cromwell
Massachusetts
Sarah J. Welch
Wakefield
Mass
Lafayette Greenleaf
Boston
Annie R. Colby
Robert Higgins
Dorothy
Higgins
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Jennie Cromwell
Alyn Jewett
Wiscasset
Nellie Davis
Friendship
Lester Spinney
Robert Brackley
Robert
Archie Higgins
Earl Hodgdon
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mabel Esner
Mabel Heald
Two Parisha Fire Burns House and Injures Men
Milford Herrick and William Gibbs suffered facial burns on Sunday while saving furniture from Herrick’s North Paris home consumed by fire thought to start from a defective chimney. The five room house and outbuildings were a total loss with no insurance. residents were unaware until roof was ablaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Herrick
William Gibbs
North Paris
Mr. Gibbs
Mr. Herrick
West Paris
Bath Couple Reports Thrilling Experience
Mr and Mrs Edwin E Pinson of 81 Washington Street describe a stormy trip from Detroit to Bath via Rochester Springfield and Portland The couple crossed ice laden Canada roads and noted downed poles and wires The trip lengthened to two and a half hours from Portland to Bath They visited Grosse Ile Detroit area and attended a Messiah performance with 3000 students They also saw Wright Brothers aviation events a Detroit Municipal Airport celebration and a skywriting display spelling Chevrolet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Pinson
Washington Street
Springfield
Mass
Detroit
Boston
Portsmouth
Portland
Bath
Grosse Ile
James Pinson
Detroit River
New York
Chevrolet
Miss Dearing Pupils Give Delightful Year Recital
Thelma W. Dearing presented five piano pupils at her 23 Bath Street home in Rockland. Each pupil demonstrated relaxed weight technique and rich tones in a varied program, praised by parents and friends. A later item notes John Taylor leading a New Year assembly at Rockland High School with inventive choral effects. Capt. Harry Jones marked anniversaries of notable flights and post deliveries, now overseeing ME ER A projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma W. Dearing
Bath Street
Miss Dearing
Mendelssohn
Esther Drummond
Tssueo
Edna Besaw
March of the Pumpkins
Copeland Edward Cogan
Rockland High
John Taylor
Y.M.C.A
Camden
Dinah
Taylor
Harry Jones
Augusta
Boston Common
Jones
Boston
New York
Maine
Five Islands Sunday School Elects Officers
The annual meeting at the church elected Edith Marr as Superintendent and Alice Cromwell as Assistant Superintendent among others. Winter term began, churchgoers attended the Midnight Revue in Bath, and local residents shared New Year visits, cold conditions, and moose-affected wood piles in Morse's Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Marr
Alice Cromwell
Percy MacGillivary
Woodrow Gray
Shirley Moore
Lura Gray
Carrie Stevens
George Gray
Shoepfer
Lloyd Pinkham
Lava Gray
William Marr
Lester Lewis
Bath
Lermond H. Rowe
Gilbert Standish
Basil MacMahan
Boston
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
Drummond Stevens
Islands
Bath Opera House
J. G. Stevens
Marion Frost
Isabel Stevens
Everett Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Fred Carr
Theo McNeil
Chester MacMahan
Grange
Mr. Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Grange Circle
Harold Pinkham
Savage's
Betty Carr
Charles Carr
Thelma Davis
Hope Berry
Groton
Mass
Walter Shoepfer
Donald
Percy Savage
Russell Pinkham
Joseph G. Stevens
Basketball Proving Popular As Ever In Local Leagues
Local winter season gains momentum as Morse High boys fall 32 23 to Lewiston and Bath Shipbuilders win their fourth straight, beating Oxford 55 36. Morse girls lose 29 8 to Deering then beat Rockland 31 28. Y M C A church league standings list tight race with several 1 0 1.000 records. Saturday results include Beacon 26 Winnegance 22 and St Marys 50 People 10. New reader note thanks long time contributor Mrs Tda M Hebpard of Roxbury, Ill., recalling 47 years of support.
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Y. M. C. A. Church League
Morse High
Bath Shipbuilders
Pine Tree League
Morse
Lewiston
Bates
Bath
Rockland
Morse Girls
Deering
Portland
Rockland Lassies
Oxford
Y.M.C.A. Church
P.C
Dr. Marys Gases
Etic Ilieis
Beacon
Winnegance
St. Mary's
People's
Wesley
Central
Grace
St. Mary’s
Church Loop
Sacred Heart Circle Plans For January Activities
Sacred Heart circle No. 551 Daughters of Isabella held its January business meeting with 30 attendees in Knights of Columbus hall. Plans include a beano party January 10 chaired by Hayes, Allens, Clou tier, Nugent. support for James W. Temple fund to aid Bath youth. formation of a study club with a January 20 meeting at 3 30 to discuss topics on church history and liturgy. bowling team organization under Miss Allen. a card party January 18 chaired by Mrs Perry. and the third annual banquet in February led by Mrs McLaughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus Hall
John E. Hayes
Margaret M. Allen
A. Barbara Allen
Delia M. Cloutier
George J. Nugent
James W. Temple
Bath
Secred Heart
Mexico
Daniel S. Perry
James E. McLaughlin
Free Will Workers Elect Officers at New Year Meeting
Free Will Workers of Corliss street church held their annual meeting and New Year’s tree at Mrs. John Hun’s home with 20 in attendance. Mrs. Chester A. Plant became president succeeding Mrs. Hunt, and Mrs. Warren H. McIntire was elected secretary. Mrs. Emma Knowlton and Mrs. Frank Bowker were reelected first and second vice presidents, and Mrs. Harold S. Walker remained treasurer. Mrs. Hunt received a gift from Mrs. Walker as thanks for years of service. Welsh rarebit, cookies and tea were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
John Hun
Middle Street
Chester A. Plant
Hunt
Warren H. McIntire
Fred May
Emma Knowlton
Frank Bowker
Harold S. Walker
Genesta Chapter Elects Its Officers
Genesta chapter O E S held its annual meeting at Masonic Temple to elect officers for the coming year. Installation set for Friday Jan 25 with Mrs Gladyse Rotgers Walker of Auburn as installing officer. New officers include Miss Mabelle S Fuller ton as worthy matron and Miss Annie E Cox treasurer for 17th term.
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Genesta
Masonic Temple
Gladyse Rotgers Walker
Auburn
Grand Chapter
Maine
Mabelle S. Fullerton
Cecil L. Fullerton
William Tgit
Eugene McGrath
Luther S. Thompson
Annie E. Cox
Catherine E. Leonard
David Y. Alkazin
George W. Merrill
Maine Masque to Stage Shaw Drama Joan of Arc
The Maine Masque announced its next offering Joan of Arc a historical drama by George Bernard Shaw. The play traces Joan of Arc from her vision to her execution by the English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maine Masque
Joan of Arc
George Bernard Shaw
Belgian cement quota sparks Maine firm protest
The Lawrence Portland Cement Company of Thomaston Maine protests a proposed 50 percent duty cut on a Belgian cement quota of 700000 barrels arguing the move could flood nearby markets and threaten local units. The issue highlights how tariff policy interacts with regional distribution and transport costs in the cement industry. One out of eight Americans being employed in auto related work is noted in census context.
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Boston Transcript
Lawrence Portland Cement Company
Thomaston
Francis B. Sayre
United States
Tho Company
Wallace H. White
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