Richmond Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid Meeting and July Plans
The Richmond Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid met at Sidney and Mia Mank's home for sewing and a 25 serving supper. A mystery package went to Walter Knight and plans were made for a Grange picnic. Upcoming events include a July Fourth parade and a bicycle race at Lane Field with cash prizes, plus a baseball game between the local Junior Legion and Augusta Junior Legion. Community activities feature a fire department extinguisher demonstration and no fireworks due to new state law. Additional notes cover W S C S meeting, library closure, parade participation, 4-H club donation to a community pool, and Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary plans for the Fourth of July celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid
Sidney Mank
Beedle Road
Walter Knight
Grange
Mia
Harlan Harrington
County Road
Lane Field
Junior Legion
Augusta Junior Legion
Legion Flag Committee
Wilbur Emerson
Leslie Dewitt
George McMaster
Gllenn Lamoreau
Charles Guiou
Frank M. Fellows
Marilla Tarr
Isaac F. Umberhind
Emerson Grammar School
Richmond High School
American Legion
Pleasant Street
Richmond Corner
Lions Club
Ideal Home Corner Club
Della Grondin
Pearl Perry
Lillian Damon
Lisbon
Irving Tripp
George Sanford
West Dresden
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Legion
Ida Lloyd
State Legion
Bertha Curtis
Rockland
Chestnut Street
Laura H Gilpatrick dies. Richmond widow in Brunswick
Mrs Laura H Gilpatrick 63 formerly of Richmond widow of Wilbur A Gilpatrick died suddenly June 24 at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles St Pierre in Brunswick where she has resided the last five years. Born in Boston July 29 1889 she was a daughter of Charles and Catherine Harvey and is survived by a son Albion Y Shaw of St Johnsville NY two daughters Mrs Charles St Pierre and Mrs J Norris Side linger Jr of Richmond two stepsons Nathaniel A Gilpatrick of Richmond Lewis A Gilpatrick of Bowdoinham and a stepdaughter Mrs Arlene Krisolos of Portland two sisters Mrs Edna Rose of Topsham and Mrs Alice Dixon of North Quincy MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura H. Gilpatrick
Richmond
Wilbur A. Gilpatrick
Charles St. Pierre
Brunswick
Boston
Charles
Catherine Harvey
Albion Y. Shaw
St. Johnsville
N. Y
Bay Point Social Notes Mention Visits and Births
Bay Point residents and visitors are listed in a community roundup. Mr. Iha the Weoon B Stone and families arrived June 26 for two weeks at Green Pastures. Birth announcements include a daughter Donna Linda to Mr. and Mrs Hubert Gillis born June 20 weighing 7 pounds 4% ounces. Local boating activity features Sherman Campbell and Maurice Burns delivering a 24 foot boat named Rosie for fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iha
Weoon B. Stone
Bailey
Green Pastures
Stone
WRGB
General Electric
Schenectady
J. R. Dyer
Somerville
Mass
Madison Moore
Dyer
Thomas Hagan
Ginger
Sumner Mains
Bath
Hubert Gillis
Nina Hinckley
Clyde Whittaker
John
Patricia
Harry Stone
Donna Linda
Ralph Spinney
David
Larry
N. Y
Bay Point
A. M. Butterfield
Eleanor Coombs
Pittsfield
Edward Butterfield
Augustus Perow
James Townsend
Sharon
Boothbay
J. P. Townsend
P. Lewis
North Edgecomb
Harold Drake
Kenneth Drake
Bonita
Paulette
East Sullivan
Harold
Drake
Raymond Gilpatrick
Portland
Islands
Clarence Townsend
Edgecomb
Mercy Hospital
Michael Jordan
Frank Burnham
Arthur Tibbetts
Nancy Tibbetts
Swansea Burns
Point Ear
Lincoln Campbell
L. Spinney
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Five Islands
Obituary note mentions family and funeral details
The obituary lists eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services were Saturday at 9 a.m. from the daughter’s home at 16 White Street with Rev. Frank M. Fellows officiating. Burial was in South Bowdoin Cemetery. Bearers were Nathaniel A. Gilpatrick, Lewis A. Gilpatrick, Roy Gilpatrick, and Albert Silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Street
Frank M. Fellows
South Bowdoin Cemetery
Nathaniel A. Gilpatrick
Lewis A. Gilpatrick
Roy Gilpatrick
Albert Silver
Sewall Chapter Guest Tuesday Highlights
Sewall Chapter entertained Tuesday with guest remarks and a shore hike enjoyed by several attendees. Mrs Main received a rising vote of thanks for her gracious hosting, while Miss Sadie Armstrong of the Edna Mae Shoppe takes a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Armstrong
Edna Mae
Georgetown Town Meeting Debates State Aid Road No 2
A spirited town meeting at Georgetown Central school discussed financing up to six units for State Aid Road No 2, with cost estimates of 18 000 to 20 000 dollars and worries over taxes and debt. Residents debated state aid removal and the Robinhood road’s hazards from Clarey Turn to Guideboard Hill, plus impacts on school transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Central School
Marjorie Hagan
John Reedy
Harold Brown
Robinhood Road
Islands
Robinhood
Clarey
Joseph F. Higgins
Thomas Watson
Stork Shower Honors Walter Cunningham Jr at Overlook
An enjoyable and well attended stork shower was tendered Walter Cunningham Jr at Overlook at Kennebec Point hosted by Mrs Harold Brown, Mrs Harold Brown Jr., and Mrs James Oliver. Overlook, which is always beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cunningham, Jr
Overlook
Kennebec Point
Harold Brown
Harold Brown, Jr
James Oliver
Robinhood notices and seaside visitors fill July week
The Robinhood community reports a festive gathering with forty guests and frilled gift bassinets. Dozens of visitors arrive at Georgetown Center and MacMahan for cottages, services, and meals as Pfc. Clayton Stevens departs for Cherry Point.
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Hold Last Meeting of Season
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters closed their season with two invitations accepted. A reception for Grand Chief Sarah Morse and Grand Chancellor Edward Foss in Machias on June 27 was planned, and Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies invited them to view Japanese slides at G.A.R. hall. Two cooked food sales were approved for July 18 and August, with August date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple Pythian
Sarah Morse
Edward Foss
Machias
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
G.A.R. Hall
Five Islands community notes and gatherings update
A lobster salad supper at Library hall hosted by Five Islands church women accompanied a Bowdoinham Baptist Laymen's Association meeting with Rev. Hammond I. Peterson of Portland representing the Bible Society of Maine. Vacation Bible school July 12-24 at Five Islands. Numerous visits, guests, and shorter reports detail local families' travels, cottage stays, and community events across Boothbay Harbor, Bath, Woolwich, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Five Islands
Bowdeinham
Korea
England
Five Islands Church
Oriental Missionary Society
Howard's Hall
Mel Howe
Woolwich
Viking
Hyde
Bath
Death of Mrs. Fred Dodge Ward in Kittery
Mrs. Fred Dodge Ward died Thursday in Kittery. The deceased was Victoria Lynette, native of Five Islands, and a former resident of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dodge Ward
Fred Dodge
Kittery
Victoria Lynette
Five Islands
Patrick Nugent Tells Legion Bugles Public Tag Days Planned
Patrick Nugent tells the legion the bugles were funded fully and plans to raise money for summer fall musical lessons via tag days Friday July 10 and Saturday July 11. The corps will parade publicly July 10 at 7 pm and July 11 at 10 am. Parent volunteers urged to contribute 15 toward uniforms. legion to cover rest through a fund drive. Next meeting Sept 1 to form committees and plan Oct 18 Marine Band Concert at Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Marine Band
Morse High School
Attendance climbs at City Playgrounds softball signups
Attendance at the City Playgrounds rose to 633 for Thursday excluding the boys program after a Tuesday record of 474 and a Wednesday rise to 496. Miss Germaine Bonney, girls supervisor, announced the Girls Softball league for girls 10 and up starts next week with signups Monday. Practices follow and games begin the week of July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germaine Bonney
Mrs G A Carter Visits Sister In Washburn Street
Mrs G A Carter of Rockland has arrived to spend the summer with her sister Mrs Harry Ring, who lives on Washburn street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Carter
Rockland
Harry Ring
Washburn Street
Isabelle C Aderton 67 dies in North Berwick residence
Isabelle C. Aderton aged 67 died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Billings in North Berwick where she had lived four years She was born in Bath and lived mainly on Bedford Street before moving to North Berwick A graduate of Morse High she was active in Baptist churches She leaves an uncle Chester C Aderton a former Sagadahoc deputy sheriff and Bath police member and three cousins including Minnie Aderton Funeral will be Thursday at 1 PM from the Billings home on Oak Ridge Road North Berwick with burial in Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle C. Aderton
Clarence Billings
North Berwick
Bath
Bedford Street
Morse High
Miss Aderton
Peoples Baptist Church
Chester C. Aderton
Sagadahoc
Minnie Aderton
Arthur L Williams Dies at 77 in Woolwich Memorial Hospital
Arthur L Williams age 77 died Sunday at the Memorial Hospital after a two week stay. Born in Massachusetts he worked as a painter and came to Woolwich 31 years ago living at the Garrett home in Montsweag for the last two years. He leaves one sister and two brothers Ralph H Williams of Plymouth Massachusetts among the survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Williams
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Williams
Massachusetts
Woolwich
Wits
Garrett
Montsweag
Ralph H. Williams
Plymouth
Mass
Funeral services for Mrs Myra Dean at Mayo residence
Mrs Myra Dean died recently with funeral held Friday at two from A F Mayo Son Funeral home. Reverend Richard J Schaper of Winter Street Congregational church officiated. Honorary bearers included W S Newell John R Newell Dr Harry F Morin Allan S Horace G Morse and Donald N Small. Burial in family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Dean
A. F. Mayo & Son
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
Funeral services held for Judith Ann Cobb
Funeral services for Judith Ann Cobb were held Thursday at 2 p m at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street. Pallbearers were Robert Perry Allan Elwell Edward Cobb and William Cobb. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ann Cobb
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Robert Perry
Allan Elwell
Edward Cobb
William Cobb
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Arthur S. Williams held Tuesday
Funeral services for Arthur S. Williams were held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock with Evelyn Young of the Christian Science church officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Murphy's Corner cemetery in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Williams
Evelyn Young
The
Christian Science Church
Murphy’s Corner Cemetery
Woolwich
Central Church Choir Hosts Lawn Party at Bonnie Brook
Mrs Carlton Andrews organist of Central Congregational church entertained the choir at her East Brunswick home Bonnie Brook Thursday night. Members shared picnic lunches with dessert and coffee, played croquet, adjourned to choir rehearsal, then watched television reception. Rev and Mrs Laforest Hodgkins attended as special guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Andrews
Central Congregational Church
Bonnie Brook
East Brunswick
Carlton
Laforest Hodgkins
Southern Methodist and Duke to resume relations in 1956
Southern Methodist and Duke, who met for the first time in football at Dallas in 1952, will resume relations in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Methodist
Duke
Dallas
Wil
Card of Thanks from the Old Folks Home network
Trustees and residents of the Old Folks Home express gratitude to Bath Memorial Hospital nurses and doctors, neighbors and friends for kindness during Mrs Mary Dita Gallants illness and after her death. Various families and clubs sign the note of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Mary Dita Gallant
Old Folks Home
Albertha Williams
Arthur H McMann
Edward J. McMann
John L. McMann
George F. McMann
Armand J. le Tendre
Albert J. McMann
Mrs Myra Spear Dean of Bath Dies at 85
Mrs. Myra S. Dean, 85, widow of Fred R. E. Dean, longtime Bath civic leader and descendant of Mayflower colonists, died after a long illness. She served in Republican women’s circles, sat on the Old Ladies’ Home board, led Bath Red Cross, and helped Patten Free Library since 1936. Survived by daughter Marion Dean Shaw and grandson Robert P. Shaw Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra S. Dean
Fred R. E Dean
Bodance
George and
Elmira
Howard
Dean
Bath Schools
Old Bath School
Alumni Association
Republican Women’s Affairs
Old Ladies’ Home
Bath
American Red Cross
Patten Free Library
Salvation Army Council
Fred R. E. Dean
Armstrong Railroad
New England
Marion Dean Shaw
Robert P. Shaw, Jr
W Arthur McCullum 77 Ship Carpenter Dies in Bath
W Arthur McCullum 77 died at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born in Portland in 1876 he moved to Bath young and lived there. Survived by nephew Harold J Footer, he worked in Bath shipyards and a Portsmouth boat shop. An Odd Fellows member and famed duck hunter he crafted handmade gun stocks and duck hunting floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Arthur McCullum
Memorial Hospital
Portland
Andrew Marie
Bundy) McCullam
Bath
Harold J. Footer
North Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
McCullum
Miss Evangeline Haynes 94 Funeral Held in Binghamton
Evangeline M Haynes 94 died in Binghamton N Y June 19. Funeral in Binghamton June 22 at First Universalist Church with Rev Russell W Lockwood. Burial Floral Park Cemetery. She belonged to First Universalist church and West Side Literary Club. Survived by brother Rev Harold W Haynes of Goffstown NH and nephew Stephen Haynes of Goffstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline M
Binghamton
N. Y
Russell W. Lockwood
First Uni Church
Ing
Floral Park
Miss Haynes
First Universalist Church
West Side Literary Club
Harold W. Haynes
Binghamton First Universalist
Goffstown
N. H
Stephen Haynes
Miss Elizabeth C. Moore Dies After Long Illness
Elizabeth O Moore 78 of 312 High Street died Friday night at Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born September 22, 1875 in Phippsburg, she was daughter of Thomas F and Margaret Scott Moore. No living relatives. Active in First Baptist Church societies. Funeral Monday at 10 from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Harold L Allen of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiating. Burial in family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth O’ Moore
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Thomas F
Margaret (Scott)Moore
Miss Moore
First Baptist Church
Arthur F. Mayo
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Mrs Mabel B Southard funeral held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel B. Southard were held Thursday afternoon at three from the A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral residence with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. Honorary bearers named were Frank B. Nichols, Daniel Williams, Harry L. Day, Ralph G. Stetson, Dwight W. Pierce and Paul K. Niven. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel B. Southard
A. F. Mayo & Son
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
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Sewall
Mrs. Main
Connecticut
Georgetown
Ida Tate
Hull
Gordon College
Maine
Reid State Park
Riggs
Parviz Chahbazi
Ponteauh Mitchel and Braun
Maryland
Cherry Point
N. C
Seguinland
Charles Gould
Deerfield
Gould
Richard Holt
California
Helen
Marie O’connor
Walker Cottage
MacMaan
Robert Evans
Auburn
MacMahan
George Flynn
Harbor Home
Gertrude Hunt
Georgetown Center
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Freda Cunningham
Parkway
George Dodge
Needham
Irving F. Hunt
Robert Meserve
Waltham
Ralph Carlisle
Waldo Brown
Cambridge
Robert Wallers
Eugenia Bradshaw
Newton Center
C. T. Brewster and
Yankton
S. C
John D. Williams
Inlaw
Carroll P. Powers
George Oliver
Willard
Dixie
Florence Woodside
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Joseph Higgins
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Warren S. Todd
Roscoe P. Todd
Peterson
Kirsis
Latvia
Uldis
Northeastern University
Kaps
Grace Fullerton
Lowell Temple
Dren
Vic- Saly Pinkham
Tara Boothbay Harbor
George Young
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Blaine Hanna
Donald Nichols
Arthur Cochrane
Laura Cochrane
Myricks
Anna Worrell
Sara Wetherill
Pennsylvania
Rockmere Ge
Winfield Scott
Duane
Berry
Pamela
South Portland
O. F. Rowe
Fred White
Winthrop
Russell Harford
Stanley Lewis
Boothbay Harbor
Norman Howard
Gerald Pierce
Hiram Pierce
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edward Talbot
Camden Tuesay
Ida Hinckley
Albert Moore
Bath Memorial Peneral
Dennis Moore
Denise
Ernest Quimby
Belmont
Branwell Harford
Keith MacGillivary
William Marr
Kay
Ernest Snow
Freeport
Robert
David Rutherford
Victor Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Margaret MacMahan
Koretz
Odell
Nelson
Blake
J. Clifton Little
Vernon Gray
Nehemiah Boyntond
Paul Thompson
J. G. Stevens
Howard Chase
Millie Pinkham
Herbert Hunt
Belfast
Russell Pinkham
Pinkham
A. E. Reynolds
Reynolds
Richard B. Carey
Tacoma Park
Alton Reid
Harold Pinkham
Percy Savage
Savage
Walter
George Lee
Onset
Beulah Miller
Malden
Alfred Proctor
Warner Eustis
Newton
Ledgewood
Pierce
Harry Miller
Melrose
Beulah
Irving Hanna
Marjorie Bourget
Lulu Hanna
Handa
Helen Huskins
Blue Hill
Millbridge
Arthur Nelson
Georgia
Charles Kelley
Melvin
Presque Isle
Harold Cranshaw
West Newton
Malden Island
George Burritt
Lois and
Flora Hansen
Bristol
Vernice Norris
Glen Norris
Beverly
Robert Titterington
Alfred Douglas
Cataumet
Florence Douglas
New York City
Chafe
Robert Libby
York
Charles Davis
Patrick Nugent
Arthur L Williams
Mrs
Myra Spear Dean
W. Arthur M’cullam
Evangeline M. Haynes
Binghamton, N. Y
Elizabeth C. Moore
North St
Kennebec
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