Richmond Leaders Organize Baseball Team and March of Dimes Drive
Richmond leaders elected officers including Rich mond ttle as president and Charles Guiou as vice president. They plan to form a local baseball team and join a regional league. A 1953 March of Dimes children’s march will be led by Miss Marjorie E. Redding with schoolchildren collecting dimes, plus related fundraisers at local stores, churches, and a public supper and bake sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ttle
Arles Guiou
Linwood Pushard
Maurice McKenna
James Burney
Chiter Foster
Wilbur Emerson
Ba Brunsany Town
Dues Runninag
Soving
Marjorie E. Redding
Richmond
Iwin Mullen
Goshen Road
Little
Tension Association
Methodist
Utah Rebekkah Lodge
Cumberland
Richmond High School
Portland
Crystal Bottling Co
Biddeford
Methodist Church
Frank M. Fellows
W.s.cs
Pauline Hutchinson
Persis Bates
Iver Ring
Lara Mansir
Margaret Borjesson
Borjesson
Pushard-Guiou
Department of Maine
Virginia Crawford
Dover- Foxcroft
Viola Douglass
Ruth Stilphen
William Meserve
Albert Fossett
Raymond Libby
George Sanford
Fred Stilphen
Hazel K. Libby
Mt. Carmel
O. E
Lewiston
Booster Club
Richmond Opens New Grade School to Ease Overcrowding
A new 131 by 60 foot elementary building on an 18 acre site near Emerson Grammar school began Monday, funded by a 70 000 bond, with 70 000 for construction, 2 000 for equipment, and 500 for the site. Architect Stanley Merrill of Auburn designed the brick and cinder block facility heating is oil fired, with six classrooms and a multipurpose room. Open house drew nearly 500 residents as four grades will use the building this year with meals served in the adjoining cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Emerson Grammar School
High Street
Emerson School
Maine
All- Lony
Stanley Merrill
Auburn
Stewart & Williams
Augusta
Maxwell Marriner
Dewey Fisher
Mary Smith
Board of Selectmen
Buig
Arlene Gardner
Emerson Grammar
Russell W. Perry
Beacon Street Church Marks Centennial in June Events
Beacon Street Methodist church plans a centennial celebration with a June 21 service featuring Dr. Allen Knight Chalmers, former Broadway Tabernacle pastor, and a 26 June Bishop John Wesley Lord event. The week includes a June 23 social, an historical pageant on June 24, and a communion service with former pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
Street Methodist Church
Clifton Tedford
Milan Street
Saated
Allen Knight Chalmers
Broadway Tabernacle
New York City
Boston University School of Theology
Howard F. Cramer
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Methodist Church
Howard Larrabee
Marion Dain
Adelbert Hall
Cramer
Tedford
William
Marton Dain
Bath P T A Council Meeting at Huse Memorial School
The Bath P T A Council met at Huse Memorial School with Mrs Edgar Drake presiding. New delegates attended and Moody Flint joined the executive. Morse Hist faculty members Sigg Wilson and Nathan son led an informal Q&A clarifying guidance services for those benefiting from the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath P. T. A
Huse Memorial School
Huse P. T. A
Edgar Drake
Moody Flint
Executive. Co
Hilly
Re. Sigg Wilson
Nathanson
Morse Hist School
Morse
Guid
Bae Service
Carl] Dearborn
Refresiment
Vin Come
First Church Sermon Highlights Word of God
Georgetown notes report a sermon at First Church titled The Word of God stressing four reasons for belief, followed by offertory singing. Community news cover Working League officers, March of Dimes drive visits, P T A social, and a citizen ceremony for Ludmila LeMair in Portland. Also included are local school attendance and honor roll lists as well as a playful weekly note on a battle of wits between two Georgetown residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neers
Katharine Blackie
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Working League
William A. Todd
Joseph Higgins
L. Earle Hagan
Clarence B. Hill
Melvin Cunningham
Belle Heald
Marion Watson
Georgetown P. T. A
Central School
Charles Kelley
Georgetown Central School
Clara Kelley
Elaine Stevens
Richard Harrison
Cleon Mains
Kelley
Carolen Clark
Virginia Moore
Suie Thibadeau
Clmer Bbetts
Harold Brown
Janice Pinkham
Evelyn Pinkham
Lee Stevens
Jane Oliver
Brenda Peney
James Clark
Marilyn Cunningham
Robert Jocar
Robert Powers
Melvyn Kelley
Ann Rowe
Rich Stevens
Marcia Dan
Donald Charles Spear
Arry Davis
Battle of Wits
Martha Bowen
Georgetown Center
A Gray
Squirrel Outwits Bird Feeders in Georgetown Chronicle
A long-running battle between Mrs. Bowen and a clever gray squirrel ends in a third defeat for the feeder thwarting device. The acrobat repeatedly tested lines and homemade cages, finally failing as the cooler roof toppled and blocked access to the chickadee offerings. Mrs. Daisy Mains reports blue jay like birds with blue and white plumage, while local residents share health and visiting news from Georgetown and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mains
Marshall Trafton
Georgetown
Cyrus Oliver
Riggsville
Memorial Hospital
Trafton
Brunswick
Norman Trafton
Gardiner
Reverend Staffeld Visits Bath for Week of Pulpit Duty
Rev Daniel W Staffeld of Five Island and Woolwich Baptist churches visited Bath on Tuesday and will fill pulpits for weeks starting Sunday. He and Mrs Staffeld visited relatives in Naperville Illinois, his former home. He is a member of the Bath Ministers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rogers
Rockland
Eereciea Center
Grace Church
Lewiston
Edgar Fehlou
Fehlou
Peterson
Robinhood
Victor Gray
Sandy Point
Georgetown Center
Charles Mains
Daisy Mains
Bath
Mary Stevens
Everett
Linwood
Stevens
Daniel Harley
Candy’s Harbor
Lauretta M. Jones
Harold J. Brown
Martha Bowen
Cathy Brown
Walter V. Cummings
Frank Youngflesh
Pottsville
Penn
Youngflesh
John Cummings
Roland Peterson
John Reedy
First Baptist Church
Harold Shaw
Woolwich
Harry Watson
Edward C. Clarey
Morris Hinckley
Bay Point Road
Addie Loveitt
Daniel W. Staffeld
Five Island
Naperville
Staffeld
Bath Ministers Association
Five Islands Bible Study and Community Notes
This week's Bible Study class meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Victor Pinkham. Residents note mild January weather with budding forsythia and little frost. A dirt road to the North End from Harlan Pinkham’s home was impassable and closed Sunday. Several local residents, including the Pinkhams and Barnwell Harford, share gatherings, visits, and travel plans. Cleon Pinkham departs for Marine basic training in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Stanley Lewis
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Marr
Billy Collins
Marr
Marines
Arthur Berry
Bath
Helen Huskins
Bernard Plummer
William Plummer
John Brown
Maynard Thibodeau
Sample
Boothbay Harbor
Ronald
Stephen
Florida
John Thibodeau
Branwell Harford
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mothers Drive Set For Thursday Across Districts
A community Mothers Drive scheduled Thursday lists dozens of coordinators and workers across outlying districts including Phippsburg West Point and Woolwich with chairmen captains and helpers. The Georgetown P T A president Mrs Marion Watson leads local efforts. A December birth in Victoria B C adds the name Philip Lieyd to the Jermain family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Alice Lowell
Parker Head
Marguerite Blair
Small Point
Esther Alexander
West Point
Philip Jacob
Sebasco
William Blaisdell
Dromore
Arlene Hamel
Ashdale
Anita Totman
Phippsburg Center
Emma Taylor
Popham
West Bath
Harry Larrabee
Kenneth Francisco
Albert White
Henry Donnell
Foster's Point Road
Arthur Cormier
Trufant’s Crossing
Ralph King
Trufant's Crossing
Brunswick Road
Warren Babbidge
Elaine Renshaw
Sanford's Crossing
Edward Kenney
Eula Coombs
Rene Roy
State Road
Wilbert Small
Leon Belanger
Forrest Barter
Berry's Mill Road
Alton Mitchell
Campbell's Pond
Woolwich
Dwight Hale
Sagadahoc Ferry
William Phillips
John Robbins
James Mallard
Kenneth Sylvester
Lawrence Edwards
John DeWitt
Clyde Bailey
Edward Orr
Alex St. Pierre
Vera Dexter
Anthony Dodge
William Fogg
Earle Cooper
Paul Wagstaff
J. Vinal Hunnewell
Chester Grover
Middle Road
Union Bridge
Clarence Tanner
T. T. Schulten
Ralph Wright
Day's Ferry
River Road
Sherwood Francis
George Clough
Clayton Stinson
Howard Kirkpatrick
John Leonard
Moatsweag Road
Murphy's Corner
Gerald Creamer
Herbert McIntire
Marjorie DeWick
Barley Neck
Stony Hill Roads
Chester Leeman
Loring Edgerly
F. Hilton Soule
Joseph McGillicuddy
Georgetown
Marion Watson
Watson
Georgetown P. T. A
Lloyd Jermain
Victoria, B. C
Philip Lieyd
Dole Couple Passing Few Days in Wilmington Delaware
Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole of Middle Street are spending a few days visiting Wilmington Delaware with a brief stay noted in this society notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Middle Street
Wilmington, del
Changes in No School Signaling for Storm Days
The district updates no school signals due to later start times for afternoon classes. Elementary signals will sound at 11 40, high school at 11 45 with radio announcements on WCSH at 6 45 7 15 7 45 and 12 13, plus whistles at 7 15 7 20 and 11 40 11 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCSH
Portland
New Lillian F. Fisher School to Open February Ninth
The new Lillian F. Fisher school at the south end is expected to open for classes February 9. Furnishings and equipment arrive this week with window shades. A public dedication is planned for Wednesday night February 25 with Dr Herbert Espy Maine’s Education Commissioner and other state and city officials in attendance. Definite dates and a full program will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian F. Fisher
Maine
Herbert Espy
State Department of Education
Board of Education
Truck rolls onto Maine Central freight train
A parked rollaway truck rolled a short distance after the emergency brake released and struck the ninth car of a Maine Central freight train near Center Street. Howard Trott of Woolwich had left the truck in Craft's Battery Shop yard. No one was in the vehicle. minor damage reported to the truck and three freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Center Street
Howard Trott
Woolwich
Craft
Light Pickerel Catches At Nequasset Baffle Fishermen
Pickerel fishermen report poor luck at Nequasset as many fish contain alewives in their stomachs. They believe a late alewife run this fall left thousands behind to feed the pickerel through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Brunswick Topsham Water District Gets 365000 Bond Approval
The Brunswick and Topsham Water District was authorized to issue 365000 in bonds to refund 226600 in debts and fund plant improvements. The Public Utilities Commission also approved Maine Central Railroad to discontinue passenger service at Monmouth noting Leeds Junction can handle traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Brunswick and Topsham Water District
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Maine Central Railroad Co
Monmouth
Tion
Leeds Junction
Obituary of Howard P Hill of Saco and Bath ties
Howard P Hill 53 of Saco formerly Bath died Jan 23 at Webber Memorial hospital Biddeford after a brief illness. He was a retired salesman who visited Bath weekly, married Margaret Reed in Bath in 1924, born Feb 14 1899 in Danville Quebec. He was a deacon at First Parish Congregational church and member of Masons. He leaves Margaret Reed twin sons David E Hill Honolulu and Donald E Hill Lewiston his father Dunton T Hill Providence R I and brother Seldon Hill Providence. Funeral was at First Parish Congregational church Saco with burial Laurel Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Hill
Saco
Bath
Webber Memorial Hospital
Biddeford
Mr. Hill
Margaret Reed
Frank Reed
Mr. Reed
Mechanic Street
Miss Reed
Danville
Quebec
Dunton T
Winnifred (Pevear) Hill
States
Hill
First Parish Congregational Church
Universalist Church Men's Club
Saco Lodge of Masons
David E
Honolulu
Donald E. Hill
Lewiston
Dunton T. Hill
Providence
R. Ir
Seldon Hill
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Aco
Mrs. Bessie M. Goodwin dies at 79 in Brunswick
Mrs. Bessie M. Goodwin 79 widow of Thomas W. Goodwin died Sunday at Brunswick hospital after years of failing health. Born October 12 1873 in Brunswick she taught local schools and was a member of Brunswick Congregational church. Survived by four daughters two sons a USN officer overseas two sisters and several grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Laws Funeral Home Brunswick with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie M. Goodwin
Thomas W. Goodwin
Brunswick Hospital
Brunswick
Joseph Getchell
Goodwin
Brunswick Congregational Church
Milan Street
Donald A. Goodwin
Iva K. Hall
Portland
Russell Plummer
Lisbon Falls
Verna M. Ringler
San Bernadino
Calif
Robert Sherman
Portsmouth
N. H
Florence Morton
Lewiston
E. Holt
Katherine Oliver
Bath
Laws Funeral Home
Federal Street
Riverside Cemetery
Earl Grenier Funeral Held in Augusta
Earl Grenier member of the State Insurance Commission and former Bath resident died Friday at Togus. Funeral services were conducted Monday in Augusta with attendees including Mrs. Ellen Merrill and Mrs. Florence Goodwin of Bath. He came to Bath in 1921 after marrying Margaret Callahan of Houston and lived on Page Street. During World War II the Greniers worked at the Harding Plant. He fell ill last July at his Pleasant Lake summer home near Houston and was moved to Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Earl Grenier
State Insurance Commission
Bath
Togus
Ellen Merrill
Florence Goodwin
Grenier
Margaret Callahan
Houston
Texas Co
Page Street
Funeral for Mrs Mabel Richards Held at Mayo Home
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two for Mrs. Mabel Richards at Mayo Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. Bearers were nephews Erving Burnham Lawrence Burnham Robert Burnham and George Burnham. She was entombed in Oak Grove Cemetery in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Richards
Mayo Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Erving Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
Robert Burnham
George Burnham
Oak Grove
Youth Temperance Group Presents Richmond Program
Bath youths from the Youth Temperance Council staged a Richmond program led by George Lawrence. The lineup included songs Alma Mater and Here's How, a reading Remembering, a flannel graph on Frances E. Willard, a piano solo by Margo Parks, a playlet with several performers, a recitation Who's a Sissy, and a film strip narrated by Buzzy Hanscom. Carolyn Fraser was the pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Youth Temperance Council
Richmond
George Lawrence
Jacqueline Frost
Philip Farley
Frances E. Willard
Daniel Westermeyer
Margo Parks
Sondra Leonard
Gloria Swearingen
Who's A Sissy
Carolyn Fraser
Errol McGreggor
Buzzy Hanscom
Musician Ernest Stanwood of Brunswick dies in Portland
Ernest Treat Stanwood 53 of Church Road Brunswick died Friday at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland where he had been a patient. A Brunswick High graduate and charter Brunswick Rotary member he was organist at First Universalist Church and pianist at Pleasant Street Methodist Church. He led Sunday concerts at Eagle Hotel for over 15 years and was beloved as Bunny to many. He married Emily Adams of Bath and survived by her, a brother Arthur Stanwood of St Petersburg and an aunt Mrs Scott Allen of Harpswell with several cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Treat Stanwood
Church Road
Brunswick
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Brunewith
John
Nellie
Merriman) Stanwood
Atte Brunswick High
Brunswick Rotary Club
Ths
The
Lions
First Universalist
Pleasant Street
Eagle Hotel
Stanwood
Emily Adams
Bath
Charles Adams
Arthur Stanwood
St. Petersburg, Fla
Scott Allen
Harpswell
Bertha C. Dean Dies at 74 in Bath Home
Bertha C. Dean 74 widow of George Dean died at her 3 Pearl street home Thursday. Born in Anna August 30 1878 she was daughter of Eben and Clara Chaney. She leaves a sister Alice Bowman a stepson Allen Loyall three nephews three nieces one grandchild and two great grandchildren. She was a Central Congregational member and honorary deaconess with Masonic leads. librarian at Patten Free Library from 1936 regular librarian 1938, retired 1951 due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha C. Dean
George Dean
Pearl Street
Anna
Eben and
Clara
Cobb) Chaney
Alice C. Bowman
Dean
Allen Loyall
Wiscasset
Mrs. Mabel Richards Dies in Lewiston Hospital
Bath resident Mrs. Mabel Richards, 65, died Thursday night at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston after a period of illness. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, she was the daughter of Stephen W. and Amelia Travis. Survived by her only daughter Mrs. Irving L. Burnham of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Richards
Bath
Central Maine
Lewiston
Frank Richards
Windsor
N. S
Stephen W
Amelia Travis
Funeral services for Mrs Clara L Steward
Funeral for Mrs Clara L Steward was held Wednesday afternoon at two at her home 24 Russell Street with Rev Richard J Schaper officiating. Bearers were Thomas Tracy Myron Ellis Raymond Gosselin and Edward Ellis. Body entombed in the family lot at South Side Cemetery Skowhegan in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara L. Steward
Russell Street
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Thomas Tracy
Myron Ellis
Raymond Gosselin
Edward Ellis
South Side
Skowhegan
Funeral for Mrs Bertha C Dean Held at Central Congregational
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at one oclock at Central Congregational Church with Rev Laforest E Hodgkins officiating. Bearers were Charles Bartlett Edward D True Myron Heenie and Herbert Douglas. Burial is planned at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha C. Dean
Central Congregational Church
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Charles Bartlett
Edward D. True
Myron Heenie
Herbert Douglas
Oak Grove
Clarence L. White dies in Erie after Topsham life
Clarence L. White a former Topsham resident died Saturday in Erie Pennsylvania He had many friends in Bath Surviving are his widow Charlotte L White one brother and four sisters and one cousin Mrs Olney C Perry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. White
Topsham
Erie
Bath
Charlotte L. White
Olney C. Perry
Ernest T Stanwood Funeral Held at Brunswick
Funeral services for Ernest T Stanwood of Brunswick were held at Pleasant Street Methodist Church. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Church of the Nazarene
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy
Mass
Fort Richmond
Alrt Wing
South Front Street
Founding Fathers
NEW Grade School
Beacon Street Church
Bath P. T. A. Council
Ludmila LeMair
J. Willebeek LeMair
Seguinland
U. S. District Court
LeMairs
Netherlands
America
Jacques
Jacob
U. S
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Mila Winters
West Germany
Ludmila
Mila
Germany
Washington
Foreign Service
Seguinslend
Oak Grove School
Pownal
Pownal State School
Maine Highway Commission
Yarmouth Academy
Brunswick-Topsham Water
Mrs
E. T. Stanwood Funeral
Ernest T Stanwood
Buncay
Alternion
Pleasant Street Methods
Riverside
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