Deaths and town notices highlight Richmond scene
Funeral services were held for Frank Eugene Dickey and Mrs Emma K. Nelson, with survivors listed. The town discussed officers elections for March 6 1933, and nomination processes. Local social notices include anniversaries moves and guests, with residents visiting Gardiner and Auburn and a report on street light cuts in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eugene Dickey
County Road
Mr. Dickey
Clinton
Oliver
Caroline Webber Dickey
California
Richmond
Minnie Johnson
Bowdoinham
Dickey
Annie Briery
Ethel Silver
Doris Briery
Robert Silver
Arthur Dickey
Richmond Shoe Co. moves to Auburn factory
The Richmond unit of the Somerset system of shoe factories has moved into the new Somerset factory in Auburn. The Richmond Shoe Co. has operated for 20 years, formed by Beil Brothers H. E. Patch and W. W. Gardner of Salem Mass. The factory built in early Summer 1912 was sold to Somerset Shoe Co. with William F. O By Rne of Lynn Mass. as general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond Rogers
Marguerite
Wellesley
Mass
Fred Rogers
Charles Randall
East Lynn
Patrice Randall Little
Randall
Richmond
Lynn
Elizabeth
Front Street
Auburn
Albert D. Wing
Bucksport
Elwin Silver
Edward Coughlin
Malden
Katherine
Mary
Betty Coughlin
Sarah Coughlin
Norman Call
Central Maine Power Co
Augusta
Mr. Call
Wing
Lewiston
William R. Fairclough
Fairclough
T. J. Southard
E. I. Jack
Paul
Leon Ladd
Leon, Jr
William W. Fairclough
White Plains
N. Y
New York
Lena M. Harlow
Harvey Goodwin
Skowhegan
Caroll
Goodwin
Bertelle Skinner
Frances Preble
Waterville
Fred Preble
Walter Robinson
Allen Robinson
Colby Robinson
Bingham
Edgar Murphy
Portland
Freda Mariner
Nassau Institute
G. C. Mariner
Hazel Gardner
Lesley School
Cambridge
Wallace Gardner
Alice Mansir
Walpole
Rachel Mansir
Lyde Lint
W. N. Deina
Mardinaw
Gindan
Mond
Harold B. Wade
Gwan Teland
Wade
Pleasant Street
Louise Gilpatrick
Gardiner
Fryeburg
Roy Gilpatrick
Donald Mullen
Somerset System of
Somerset
Harold Castner
H. D. Lancaster
Gwendolyn Tarr
A. E. McMaster
Josephine James
Charles H. James
Brunswick Road
Mabel Lancaster
Hallowell
Dorothy Grant
Beeston
Progressive Grange
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Enterprise Grange
Carrie E. Hall
Erma Cooper
Henry Tarr
Boston
Raymond Worthey
Leesburg
Fla
Howard Knight
Leslie Seekins
U. of M
Nettie Stewart
Thomaston
A. G. Baker
E. E. Purington
Sanford
Carl Bolton
Houlton
Bolton
Raymond Lozier
W. H. Maxwell
North Litchfield
E. O. Tarr
Arthur Skillins
Leroy Cleveland
K. J. Knowlton
Carroll Greenleaf
Horace Purington
Cora Searles
Bridgton
W. F. Dunham
Alice Fletcher
Homer Fletcher
New Maine booklet invites tourism with 100 pages
The Maine Publicity Bureau plans a 100 page publication titled Maine Invites You for 1933 with a 35 000 copy circulation. Advertising will come from hotels transportation lines and others supporting the bureau which operates on private subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine Development Commission
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Harry C. Webber
The
Independent
Board extends 10 percent salary cut for teachers
The Board of Education voted to extend the ten percent salary reduction from February 1 through the end of the school year July 1. They also ordered payment of Roll of Accounts No. 11 for $1,319.19. All members attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Georgetown Social and Religious Notices Roundup
Miss Elizabeth Hunt remains bedridden at W. C. Todds store. Mrs. Gilbert Standish visits Five Islands, and Working League resumes Jan 17 at Mrs. Martha Rich Bowen’s home with election of officers. Many visits, travel, and social engagements noted along with obituaries and church activities. The death of William O. Oliver is reported, with funeral at First Baptist and a Masonic service. Sermon topics for Sunday at First Baptist and Christian Endeavor service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hunt
W. C. Todd
Gilbert Standish
Five Islands
Harry H. Heald
Working League
Martha Rich Bowen
Frank W. Hovey
Amy Hovey
B. H
Carrie Oliver
Gladys Oliver
Nellie Mains
Lizzie Oliver
Waltham
Mass
Emma Deering
Huntington
W. Va
First Baptist Church
Frank W. Hevey
Bath
Roy M. Newman
Howard G. Heald
Everett C. Higgins
L. Earle Hagan
Thomas N. Williams
Oak Cemetery
Nellie Oliver Mains
Charles Clark
Popham
Melvin Drummond
Arrowsic
Norman Drummond
Arrowsie
Everett Trafton
George F. Oliver
Carol Deering
Lela Oliver
Jesus
Christian Endeavor
Servc2
William O Oliver of Georgetown Dies at 72
William O Oliver 72 of Georgetown died Tuesday January 3 at Bath City hospital. A longtime resident and deacon of Georgetown Baptist Church he lived in town except for a brief Boston period. Known for rugged New England virtues industry honesty and friendliness he will be remembered by townspeople and summer residents alike as a good man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Oliver
Georgetown
Bath City Hospital
William Oliver
Georgeown
Boston
New England
Oliver
Georgetown Baptist Church
Flu Strikes Bath Schools Amid Sudden Absences
An illness wave hits Bath schools with high absence rates on Tuesday morning. Bath High School shows 98 of 550 pupils absent, Center Street School reports around half missing, while other schools run near normal absentee levels as substitute staffing is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wilson
Center Street
Brann to attend Charity Ball at Augusta City Hall
Gov Louis Jefferson Brann and Mrs Brann will greet guests in the receiving line at Augusta City Hall during the Charity Ball on Wednesday evening Jan 11 marking their first Augusta civic appearance. Also in line are Mayor Robert A Cony and Mrs Cony Mrs Leroy Fogg Hussey Hospital Aid vice president Rep Hussey Frank E Mace Augusta General Hospital board president Mrs Mace and Miss Susan K Gillin superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Jefferson Brann
Receipts for Kennebec Bridge Show Decrease
The ledger records for 1932 show receipts for the Kennebec Bridge at 167,398.20 dollars, down to 136,231.60 dollars. Over the year, about one third of a million vehicles and roughly three fourths of a million people crossed the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Atlantic Highway
Kennebec
Cee Ctie
Aiitare
Wa Oiery
Rotary Luncheon Discusses Cost of Medical Care
Members of the Rotary club heard Dr Francis A Winchenbach outline the new movement to define and fund medical care. The talk covered rural access, community health taxes, and efforts to boost prevention while noting gaps such as nurse and physician shortages in schools. Justice William H Fisher of Augusta attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Francis A. Winchenbach
West
Clinton D. Wilson
Kershner
Liam A. Furber
Coolidge
William H. Fisher
Augusta
Charter Committee Postpones Action
The Rockland city charter committee reviewed eight sections as a model for a new municipal charter. Due to the size and complexity, they will abandon pushing the proposal through the Legislature this session and seek a refer end um at the next municipal election in March. The committee adjourned to reconvene January 23 with Major Charles D. Bartlett invited as a local advisor and later added as the 16th member, joining chairman N Gratz Jackson Mayor Harold P Small and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Bath
Mawyer
Charles D. Bartlett
N. Gratz Jackson
E. D. Hardin
John J. Keegan
Timothy C Maney
Frank B. Nichols
George C. Quicksall
Arthur Sewall
Harold P. Small
Singing Club Plans Supper After Winter Break
At an informal meeting in the Cosmopolitan club house last week the Singing Club arranged a supper for six on Thursday night January 12 when regular meetings resume for the year. Mrs. Carl F. Pierce chairs the supper committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singing Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Carl F. Pierce
Five Islands Grange Installs Officers
Grange officers at Five Islands were installed by Harry Rackley with Mrs. Rackley and others assisting. New officers include Master W. E. Gray Overseer W. L. Berry Steward F. H. Rittall Treasurer Mattie B. MacMahan Secretary Fred Carr Lecturer Addie Gray Asst. Steward Harold Pinkham Lady Asst. Steward Christiana Pinkham Gate Keeper Horace Rittall Ceres Margaret MacMahan Pomona Lena MacMahan Flora Barbara Gray. Chaplain Amanda Blaisdell is still away and to be installed later. A lunch of clam stew, crackers, pickles, doughnuts and coffee followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Grange
Harry Rackley
J. Topsham
Rackley
Edith Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Thomas Hanna
W. E. Gray
W. L. Berry
F. H. Rittall
Mattie B. MacMahan
Fred Carr
Addie Gray
Harold Pinkham
Christiana Pinkham
Horace Rittall
Ceres
Margaret MacMahan
Pomona
Lena MacMahan
Flora
Barbara Gray
Amanda Blaisdell
Bath
Blaisdell
Mattie MacMahan
Bath National Bank Directors Elected At Annual Meeting
Bath National Bank stockholders met Tuesday afternoon and elected Sumner S. Sewall as director to fill the vacancy from John R. Houghton’s death. Sewall is the president’s brother and Mrs. William D. Sewall’s son. No changes occurred at other Bath banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Bath National
Bath National Bank
Sumner S. Sewall
William D. Sewall
John R. Houghton
Directors reelect Sewall as president and Hill as vice president
The board of directors reelects Arthur Sewall as president and Fred D. Hill as vice president and cashier. Harry A. Walters and Dunlap A. Hatch are re elected as assistant cashiers, with Sumner 8S Sewall John G. Morse Frank B. Nichols and Dr Langdon T. Snipe named among the directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Fred D. Hill
Sumner
Directors Reelect Moses and Shorey to Key Posts
The directors organized the reelection of Oliver Moses 2nd as president William S Shorey as vice president and cashier Harry L Day and Daniel Williams were reelected assistant cashiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses
William S. Shorey
Frederick E. Drake
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
Walter E. Plummer
Charles V. Minott
Harry E. Stetson
Moses
Mr. Shorey
Harry L Day
Daniel Williams
University of Maine Freshmen Freed From Freshman Rules
The document lists re elected university directors and officers including Baxter Ross White Thebeau and Smith along with treasurer Mussenden and assistants Hughes Skelton Thebeau as secretary and Smith as trust officer The piece then notes a Christmas gift to freshmen at the University of Maine lifting all freshman rules imposed since opening week raising rules against smoking talking to women and wearing green bow ties blue hats coats and carrying lighters with Owls enforcing penalties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles H. Cahill
Charles W. Clifford
Daniel T. Dougherty
Harvey P. Hathorne
Dora L. Howard
Allen M. Irish
Charles V. Minott
J. Houghton McLellan
James L. Morse
William S. Newell
Samuel R. Percy
Rodney E. Ross
Calvin W. Rogers
Harry B. Sawyer
Edward Sewall
Alden G. Smith
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bruce H. M. White
University of Maine
Skulls
Isle of Islesford Dog Jack-a-dog Finds Forever Home
A resident of Islesford dies and is remembered as the friendly dog Jack-a-dog who drifted ashore after a wreck seven years ago. He aided by keeping company with fishermen as the wrecked schooner MASCOE ATOVE allegedly broke up, and the coal from the ship warmed many homes while the crew returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islesford
Jack
Gardiner Heads to Woolwich Farm Then Mediterranean Cruise
Governor Gardiner and his wife depart Augusta for Woolwich Farm for a few days before sailing from New York with their two youngest children aboard the Conte de Savoia for a two month voyage. They will visit Italy and Egypt including King Tut's tomb and the Second Cataract. The trip follows a farewell address at the statehouse where Gardiner spoke of a meaningful, busy term and plans to spend more time with their children upon returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur K. Purington
Gardiner
Woolwich
New York
Conte de Savoia
Italy
Egypt
King Tut
Representative Hall
Radio Singing Master Visits Bath During Town Stop
Pierre Harrower known as the Singing Master of WCSH radio spoke to Bath listeners who sent in letters. The former WEAF veteran discussed shifting from jazz to more varied music and recalled his Peter the Great days with the Roxy gang. He recently gave a recital at Chestnut Street Church in Portland and plans appearances in Brunswick Topsham Lewiston and Livermore, accompanied by Ernest Murrell of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Harrower
WCSH
Harrower
Reoxy
WEAF
New York
Roxy
Peter the Great
Mr. Harrower
Pete
Bath
Chestnut Street
Portland
Brunswick
Topsham
Lewiston
Livermore
Ernest Murrell
Maine Electors Cast Ballots In Usual Ceremony
Maine electors gathered to vote for Hoover and Curtis, with Governor Cobb as chairman. Five electors—Hamlin, Blanchard, Porter, Cleve land, and Cosbetuckland—received instructions, counted ballots, and faced modest pay and expenses for the ceremony lasting about 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crier
Laepe
Eich Guy Matt
Hirreery Hosver
California
Amd Cine
Ciuruns
Kansas
Nh Warnes
Senate
Tas Corertans
Uni
Jide Sittin
Jory
Veremont
Steele
William T. Cosbetuckland
Co. Orm Vy
Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Ellswoth
New England
Cyrus Blanchard
Wilton
Congress
Heber H. Cleveland
Porthusd
Beedy
Georgia Porter
Old Town
Republican State Committee
Jude Smith
Cobb
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hamlin
Porter
Blanchard
Hoover
Curtis
Smith
United States
George Leadbetter
Cleveland
John A. Peters
United States Distinst Court
Portland
Lauriston H. Vinal
Winnegance Winner Over Eagles 3 to 1
The article reports Winnegance defeating the Eagles by 3 to 1 in a bridge or card game context with names like Whitehouse Purington Martin Preble and Swan notes. It references players and scores such as Winnegance 1459 Braules 1270 and Eagles 1326 1299, plus a brief historical line about early January fishing near Biddeford Pool.
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Batheerie
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Earl Cronk
Carroll Young
Richmond Lodge
Masonic Hall
Emma K. Nelson
William L. Nelson
East Pittston
Gilman
Ellen Huntington Moody
Grace Hodgkins
New Gloucester
Ina Hinkley
Cotton Cemetery
Citizens’ Caucus
Esauels Weatussiei
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Kennebec Bridge
Charter Committee
GB. F. Perry
George Smith
Gertrude
Orange Library
Pieres
Avnulon Twelland
Vershil Digkey
Madelyn Berry
Edgar Warren
Bay Point
Seeniniand Road
Burton Radley
J. M. Stevens
E. M. Horton
J. G
Ellsworth Pinkham
Harold Rowe
J. G. Stevens
J. P. Davis
Ada MacGilvrey
Percy McGibbrey
Earle MacMahan
Roy Boucher
Bath Bankers
First National Bank
Bath Trust CO
Mutual Savings Bank
Bath Savings Institution
Woolwich Farm
Winnegance
Eagles
Biddeford Pool
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