Richmond and Gardiner News Roundup Highlights
Richmond residents cheer Sherman Roberts elected Glee Club manager at Hebron academy. Illnesses and hospital visits span Dr W N Price in Gardiner to Robert Wyman in Waltham. Northeastern engineering students Jackson Quinnam and Raymond James head to Boston. Community events include theatre, Ladies aid activities, Clara Barton tent installation, and a Beulah Rebekah lodge birthday program. Fire at Charles Hall chimney prompts care during windy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Roberts
Hebron Academy
Richmond
W. N. Price
Gardiner
Jackson Quinnam
Raymond James
Boston
Northeastern University
Henry Q. Millett
Reading
Mass
Litchfield
Georgia Wakefield
Brunswick Hospital
Robert Wyman
Waltham Hospital
Florence Lynch
Orris Larrabee
Ethel Bailey
Carl Jean Johnson
Humphrey Randall
Portland
Nettie Umberhind
New York
Africa
Muriel White
Gardiner Hospital
Gardiner and Richmond Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Town Hall
William Meader
J. F. Harris
William Jr
Ladies Aid
Melita Leavitt
Marcia Baker
Waldoboro
Elizabeth McFee
Emerson Grade School
Baker
Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Quinn Knight
Center Street
Clara Thompson
Brunswick Road
Accott
Leslie W. Grundy
Charles Fairbrothers
Augusta
Femima Brookings
Pleasant View Farm
Milton Douglas
Leon Dunkley
Brunswick
Clifford Seckins
Charles Wheeler
Augusta Hospital
Elmer Knight
Eugene A. Call
Clyde McFece
Joseph Seigars
South Dresden
Dover Southard
Kennebunk
Epworth League
Methodist
Stella Powers
League
New York City
Barbara Douglas
Bowler
Georgia Patten
Helene
Marie Patterson
Jewel
Margaret Peabody
Mildréd Beedle
Aid of Enterprise Grange
Robert Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Edward Hall
Cedar Grove
Harry Stilphen
John Dunn
Spruce Street
Frank Call
Main Street
Lyte Lint
Darrah Street
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Thomas Wildey
Effie White
Alberta Haynes
Edward Heath
Odd Fellowship
Nettie Leavitt
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Margaret Nelson
George Thayer
Lynn
Elmer King
James Lynch
Pleasant Street
Charles Hall
Portand Business Trips and Community News
Ernest Purinton traveled to Portland on business. Several local residents, including Miss Mary Ridley and Mrs. Bertha Gray, are ill with bronchitis or recovering. Aroostook potatoes from Caribou's Business and Professional Women's Club were sent to Idaho, drawing Maine publicity. Miss Margaret Coombs returned to work at Central Maine Power after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Purinton
Portland
Harry Tarr
E. E. Purinton
Boston
Mary Ridley
Bertha Gray
Bowdeinham
Harold Lancaster
Alice Lancaster
Charlie Cobb, Jr
Paulina Rideout
Gladys Rideout
Maude James
Nellie Cobb
C. E. Richardson
Brunswick
Aroostook
Business and Professional Women's Club
Caribou
Martha Hunnewell
Idaho State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club
Maine
Ellen Libby Fastman
Idaho
Margaret Coombs
Central Maine Power Co
Winter Bay area notes and community glimpses
Maurice Pinkham digs clams at Sagadahoc Bay while T M Hagan hauls them to Five Islands and Walter Newdick hauls wood. Neighbors travel to Ive Islands for a Baptist meeting. Evangelist Colby preaches at the Center. Venus and Jupiter with the Moon adorn winter skies as geese linger, gulls are tame, and local chores, visits, and church activities fill Robinhood and Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Pinkham
Five Islands
Sagadahoc Bay
T. M. Hagan
Walter Newdick
John Thibodeau
Bath
Robinhood Cove
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
William Mains
Levi W. Powers
Cromwell Wood
Gen. Berry Place
Walter M. Colby
The
Baptist Church
O. K. Marr
Marrtown
Colby
Bowen
Alfred Rowe
W. T. Rawleigh & Co
Freeport
Robinhood
Warren Smallwood
Frank Heald
Bay Point
North Bowdoin Notes Bruised by Illness and Visits
North Bowdoin brief notes record Oscar Hatch visiting Brunswick and several locals improving from illness. Ben Miller and Thelma Sheene called on friends, while Raymond Sheene recovers. Mrs Perley Gowell returns from Lewiston surgery, and Maplehurst Farm visitors included Mrs John Reid and Edith Sheene. Christian Endeavor social postponed due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hatch
Brunswick
Ben Miller
Thelma Sheene
Bowdoin Center
Clifford McNally
No. 9
Alonzo Freeman
Clarabel West
Richmond
Perley Gowell
Lewiston
Nadeau
Litchfield
Raymond Sheene
Maplehurst Farm
John S. Reid
Edith Sheene
Christian Endeavor Social
Obituary of Mrs Mary Ferguson of Bath and Auburn
The obituary notes Mrs Mary A Ferguson widow of Alexander Ferguson died in Auburn from pneumonia after a brief illness. Born April 15 1856 in Bath she taught in Bath public schools before her marriage on January 3 1883 to Alexander Ferguson. She leaves three daughters Eleanor Ferguson Mrs Harold Litchfield Newport Vt and Mrs Shirley Allen Auburn, four grandchildren and one brother John H Frazier Marblehead Mass. Funeral was private at Central Congregational Church Lewiston and entombment at Mount Auburn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Ferguson
Lower Middle Street
Alexander Ferguson
Auburn
Ferguson
Bath
John
Jessie Forbes Frazier
Shirley B. Allen
George F. Finnie
Lewiston
Eleanor M. Ferguson
City
Harold G. Litchfield
Newport
George F. Allen
Hazel
Mary
Mark Litchfield
Mrs Edith M Mitchell Dies After Long Illness in New London
Edith M Thompson Mitchell 79 wife of LeRoy S Mitchell died Christmas morning at her daughter Mrs Cyrus Pembroke home 7 Coleman street New London Conn after a year long illness She was a generous neighbor and member of Katahdin commandery UOGC and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge She is survived by LeRoy S Mitchell Annie M Pembroke Forrest L Mitchell Susie Hoyt and Fred B Oliver nephews and nieces from Detroit Woodfords Bath and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Mitchell
LeRoy S. Mitchell
Cyrus S. Pembroke
Coleman Street
New London
Conn
Katahdin Commandery
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Bowdoinham
Salmon H
Amy Wilson Thompson
Pembroke
Charles Spaulding
D.D
Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary: J Abner McFadden Dies in Melrose Age 71
J Abner McFadden died Saturday in Melrose at age 71. He arrived in Bath Tuesday and was taken to Oak Grove for a committal service. Born in Bath to John and Rachel McFadden, he worked for photographer Augustus Hatch, moved away over 30 years ago, lived in Melrose 20 years, and was in the Boston shade business. He is survived by his wife Bertha McFadden and cousins Mr and Mrs Harry Foote and Fred L McFadden of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Abner McFadden
Melrose
Mays
Bath
Oak Grove
Mr. McFadden
John and
Rachel McFadden
Augustus Hatch
Boston
Bertha McFadden
Harry Foote
Fred L. McFadden
Rockland schooner Lucia P Dowd reports to Norfolk in distress
Short of water and provisions, the Rockland built four masted schooner Lucia P Dowd put into Norfolk. She was bound from Venezuela to Baltimore with fertilizer and has suffered severe wear from heavy seas. Crew report near exhaustion of supplies and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Lucia P. Dowd
Norfolk
Wales
Venezuela
Baltimore
Lucian
Crowell- Thurlow
Boston
Loesehe
Death of Mrs. Sarah Bucknam in Brooklyn
Mrs. Sarah Bucknam aged 90 died in Brooklyn New York on Monday. She spent summers in Bath where she was well known. Survived by son Alfred Bucknam and daughters Lois Buecknaim and Mrs. M. Clark, all of Brooklyn. Body brought to Bath for funeral at 10 30 at the home of Mrs. Charles L. Robinson 1326 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sarah Bucknam
Bucknam
Bath
Alfred Bucknam
Lois Buecknaim
Fr. M. Clark
Charles L. Robinson
Washington Street
Olive Annie Burnell Buried In Oak Grove
The two and a half year old Olive Annie Burnell was buried Tuesday morning at Oak Grove from her grandparents home. Father Harris officiated with her parents Francis A. Burnell and Mrs. Burnell, two brothers William T and Francis A Jr, two aunts Annie B and Elizabeth Deojay, and uncle Thomas A Deojay present. Also noted is Bangor city council approving $3820 in salary increases for subordinate city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Annie Burnell
Francis A. Burnell
Alexander Dee- Jay
Harris
William T
Francis A., Jr
Annie B
Elizabeth Deojay
Thomas A. Deojay
Oak Grove
Five Islands Grange Library Receives Five Books
Last week five books were donated to the Grange library by Judge E P Pierce of Brookline Massachusetts who summers at Seguinland. Summer residents and friends contribute gifts of books and support the library. Collected items include notices of community visits, meetings, juries, and evangelist Colby meetings with strong attendance and ongoing events through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
E. P. Pierce
Brookline
Mass
Seguinland
Ellsworth Pinkham
Forest Hanna
Bay Pointy
A. L. Berry
Marjory
Bath
Hollis
N. Y
Paul A. Thompson
Dorothy
Thompson
J. G. Stevens
T. M. Hagan
Robinhood
E. B. Billings
Martha Bowen
Georgetown
Isabel Stevens
Alton Reed
Mother Home
Heaven
Colld
Bath’s Fine Old Resident Georgianna Drake Dies at 84
Mrs Georgianna Lincoln Drake 84 widow of James B Drake of Bath died Monday night at her home 972 Washington street from complications after a fall two years ago. Born in Wiscasset December 16 1844 she moved to Bath in infancy and lived there all her life. She married James B Drake in 1866 a leading Bath business man prominent in shipping and insurance. Survived by daughter Mrs James O Lincoln and two sons Hon J Edward Drake and Frederick E Drake all of Bath. Funeral at her home Thursday at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna Lincoln Drake
James B. Drake
Bath
Washington Street
Wiscasset
Capt. Foster Lincoln
Martha Rogers Lincoln
Mr. Drake
New England
Drake
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Eastern Steamboat Co
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath Trust Co
Lincoln National Bank
First National Bank
Samoa
Islands
Pacific
Ladies Aid of Winter Street
Association of Bowdoin Women
James G. Drake & Sons
Drake Holding Co
James O. Lincoln
J. Edward Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Medora C Purington 82 Widow of Charles F Purington
Medora C Purington 82 widow of Charles F Purington long time Phippsburg resident died Monday at her daughter Mrs Elisa Bradshaws home 322 Washington Bath She born Tren ton daughter of Peter Ayers Haynes survived by four daughters and a son brother and sister Funeral held Wednesday afternoon at 1 at Mrs Bradshaws home burial Hillside Cemetery Parker Head
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medora C. Purington
Charles F. Purington
Phippsburg
Elisa Bradshaw
Washington Street
Trenton
Peter Ayers Haynes
Parker Head
Baptist Churc
Samuel McElroy
Bourne
Texas
Charles Rollins
John Murphy
Eliza Bradshaw
Bath
John F. Haynes
Great Pond
Minnie T. Brooks
Berwick
Bradshaw
Hillside Cemetery
Annie Getchell dies at 77 in city home
Mrs. Annie Getchell widow of Byron Getchell dies suddenly from heart trouble at 6 30 as she rose at City Home. Born in Dresden to Washington and Nancy Myers she leaves sons Levi of Bath and Benjamin unknown and daughter Ida of Portland. Funeral Thursday at 10 30 at City Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Getchell
Byron Getchell
Dunning Estate Seeks Probate Letters in Bath Maine
Ella Frances Dunning of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court for Letters Testamentary as executrix for the estate of William Dunning who died January 9 1929. The will names two daughters Bia Prances Dinning and Bernier D Staples as heirs and requests letters without bond. Public notices to appear February 5 1929 in Bath are ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sagadahoc
Ella Frances Dunning
Bath
William Dunning
Lestate
Bernier D. Staples
Frances Dunning
A. D
Samaduhor
G. Allan Howe
the Perce
PNT OF
Sagadehoe
Guth Judenrudent
Walter S. Glidden
State OF Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
William 5
Shorey
J. Edward Drake
George P. Davenport
Sagond
Ustate
Bath Independent
Walter
Leonard
Charles R.farnham
Ellen A. Farnham
Charlotte Faxon
New York City
Charles R. Farnham
Sagadinhoe
Bain Independent
Said
County
Fueucen
al Wil
Wn. D. Sewall
Melville H. Blackwell
Amos K. Butler
Albert H. Shaw
McFadden Rites Held for Bath Native in Melrose Death
The com mittal service for J Abner McFadden took place Tuesday afternoon at Oak Grove with Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church officiating. McFadden, a Bath native, died Saturday in Melrose Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
J. Abner McFadden
Bath
Melrose
Mass
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George Tibbetts
Clara Barton
Daughters of Union Veterans
Margaret. Peabody
Mildred Beedle
Belle
BY Brown
Richmond Corner
North Bowdoin
Maine News Notes
Arthur Packard
Gillen Cove
Mr. Packard
Oscar Carroll
Rockville
Bear Hill
Celf
Bay of Fundy
Gordon Calder
Prince Cline
Cline
Eastport
Olive Annie Gurnell
Zanjers
Bangor
People's
Sagadahocg Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Losee
George H. Hackett
Berry
Medora
C. Purington
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Featuring Jack Mulhall
Chadwick
Arthur F. Wahlquist
Wabash Ave. M. E. Church
Chicago
A. L. Duncan
Westminster Pres. Church
Geo. B. Drake
Thomas Memorial Cong. Church
M. E. Beveholm
William I. Dunham
William F. Dunham
J. A. McFadden
Glidden
William F. Dunstam
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