Richmond Social News Reflects Summer Visits and Local Events
Richmond locals list visiting relatives in Augusta Bath Bath and Kennebunkport attend music club meeting and plan a July public musicale. notes on births welcomes and Legion plans. several families from out of town visit Richmond camps and river road homes with summer guests and local gatherings.
Bowdoin Community Notes Highlight Services and Local Happenings
A Bowdoin service featured a Serer text and a Purinton duet from Richmond. Dr. William R. Wood of Augusta to speak at 3 PM. Sagadahoc Grange met with Thorn’s Corner team presenting degrees. Harvest supper drew 178 attendees. Bridge project planned on Bowdoin Center road. Visits include John Carter of Springfield and Carol Williams of Livermore Falls. Ladies Aid met at Hattie Purinton’s Richmond home with 20 present. next meeting July 10 at A. E. Purinton’s.
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Vernon
Horace Purinton
Stella Purinton
Richmond
William R. Wood
Augusta
Sagadahoc Grange
Usi
Bowdoin
Thorn’s
Bowdoin Center Road
John Carter
Springfield
Mass
A. E. Purinton
Personal Notes of Local Residents
Mrs. Fred Williams of Revere Mass visits her mother Mrs. Philip Kingsbury on Middle Street. Charles I Madden employed in Essex Mass to vacation with Mrs. Madden on Mechanic Street arriving Thursday. William Ryan sails from Boston aboard yacht Placida to visit Thomas P Craven in New York. Miss Dorothy Crooker returns to Boston after two weeks with her parents Herman and Mrs. Crooker of High Street. Mr and Mrs William H White and Mr and Mrs Olney Perry of Bedford Street spend weekend at Summer home in South Harpswell.
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E. F. Pratt
St John’s
Skowhegan
Lakewood
Edward Coughlin
Hilda Savage
Kennebunkport
William Runnells
Somerville
Mass
Charles A. Alexander
Daniel Clark
Milton
River Road
Mary Reed
Cook
Richmond Camp Ground
Lot Call
Dresden
Cecil Stilphen
Portland
H. L. Stilphen
Ernest Brown
Togus
Arthur Hutchins
Roger
Horace Manwarring
Roland Hinxman
Boston
Marguerite Manwarring
Samuel Blake
Paul Stilphen
C. H. Bryant
Elizabeth Thompson
Joseph Bragg
Bath
Ellsworth Reed
Lawrence W. Oddy
Alice
Harry L. Pond
Charles Jewett
Loraine Eleanor Jewett
American Legion
Lanefield
Opera House
Miss Varney
Augusta
Lillian
C. A. Howes
W.W. M. Lancaster
Fred H. Duren
Freeman F. Wood
J. H. Gallagher
H. E. Houdlette
M. W. Hanson
H. N. Libby
Richard Trott
Haynes Landing
Hollis Trott
Genevieve Joy
Hallowell
Denver, Colo
Fred Williams
Revere
Philip Kingsbury
Middle Street
Charles I. Madden
Essex
Madden
Mechanic Street
William Ryan
New York
Thomas P. Craven
Dorothy Crooker
Herman Crooker
High Street
William H. White
Olney Perry
Bedford Street
South Harpswell
Georgetown Bath and Kennebec Point Summer Visitors noted
Town residents host visitors from Bath Brunswick Boston and New York at Kennebec Point MacMahan Island and West Georgetown. Families like Hunt Todd Mains Hovey and Pollard gather for summer weeks while the Working League plans an August sale and two quilts.
Summer travels and family departures across Maine and New York
Miss Marjory Dearborn heads to Camp Maqua Poland for summer work then returns to attend Colby College as a senior. Senator F W Carlton and family depart for Moosehead Lake fishing trip. Yacht engineer Harry Pinson to spend summer with his parents. Prof David Percy Gilmore and Mrs Gilmore visit from Brooklyn at Birch Island. Mr and Mrs Thomas Perkins travel to Machias and Rogue Bluffs for a week with Miss Emily Bradbury. Mrs Edward St Martin and family return from Robinhood to Portland. Mrs Albert Austin and family go to East Peru camp for the season. Barbara Austin studies nursing at Yale and spent June with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory Dearborn
Camp Maqua
Poland
Colby College
F. W. Carlton
Frank Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Carlton
Moosehead Lake
Harry Pinson
Edwin Pinson
Washington Street
Ruth
Earl Clark
New York
David Percy Gilmore
Emily Gilmore
Brooklyn
N. Y
Birch Island
Mere Point
Thomas F. Perkins
West Bath
Machias
Rogue Bluffs
Emily Bradbury
Edward St. Martin
Carolyn
John
Robinhood
St. Martin
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Mr. Dunton
Albert Austin
Barbara
Margaret
Albert Austin, Jr
Bedford Street
East Peru
Barbara Austin
Yale
Five Islands Grange hosts annual Pomona week gathering
Five Islands notes a large attendance at a weekly Grange event. George Yeo and sons open their Winchester cottage for the season. Mrs Ellen Hagan, longtime town resident and organizer, dies and funeral held at Baptist church with interment at Oak Grove. Community updates include seasonal hotel openings, visits, and library donations from Miss Gertrude Smith.
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Five Islands
Sythy
Oak Grove Cemetery
H. E. Bean
Waltham
Seguinland
Sherman Campbell
Rutledge Frost
Fremont
N. H
Joseph Stevens
Almon Marr
Grange
Gertrude Smith
Paul A. Thompson
Jean
Dorothy
Marion Stevens
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Joseph G. Stevens
Lewis Minford
Allenhurst
N. J
Seguinland Hotel
C. W. Noeton
Avalon
Amanda Blaisdell
Bath
Alfred Rowe
Fred Johnson
Pierce Cottage
Harry Ried
Concord
Charles Jordan
J. J. Gibson
California
Florida
Nettie Snowman
Fred Ried
Isabel Stevens
Leroy Moulton
Shaw
Levis Minford
Portland
Old Orchard
Elbridge Southard
Helen Rowe
Waterville
Frank Bartlett
Marjorie
Milton
Mass
Ida Rowe
Dow
Frances Knowlton
Frank MacMahan
Arlington
Alton Reed
Winnegance
Ellsworth Pinkham
Scofield
D. L. Howard
Genesta
The
Eastern Star
Ocean View
John L. Frost
Gray Road Inn Park Attracts Many Visitors This Summer
Gray Road Inn Park near Portland and Lewiston draws crowds with an aviary zoo and swings. Daily music from two to four, Sundays 1 30 to 7, delivered by a large cone speaker twenty feet up. Herman A Spinney manages the park aiming for a big Fourth gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Road Inn Park
Portland
Lewiston
United States
Maine
Herman A. Spinney
Georgetown
Robinhood and Arrowsic Services on Sunday
W Arthur Falls, pastor, leads Robinhood and Arrowsic worship with sermons titled Vocation and Vacation. Arrowsic church service at 2 pm, evening at Arrowsic schoolhouse on Lost and Found. Prayer meetings set for Thursday 7:30 pm and Friday evening. Bible biography focuses on the prophet Elijah.
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W. Arthur Falls
Robinhood
Arrowsic
Colummm
Arrowsic Schoolhouse
Elijah
Marriage in Shifts as Old Time Law Was Unpopular
In June, readers learn of the historic practice of marriage by shifts, where a groom inherited a bride’s debts if she arrived fully clothed. The ritual, begun around 1770 with Gen. William Lithgow, is documented in Wiscasset court records. A 1852 law freed husbands from assuming their brides’ obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lithgow
Wiscasset
Agricultural Attache Bill set to aid farming reach abroad
The agricultural attache bill won overwhelming approval in Congress and will create ten foreign centers under the Federal Farm Board and the Agriculture Department to expand markets for American farm products. It aims to reduce surpluses by placing top agricultural experts in Europe, South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Orient. The Grange backs the measure, noting sponsor John C. Ketcham is a longtime Grange member and former lecturer.
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Grange Organization
Congress
Agricultural Attache
John C. Ketcham
Grange
Europe
South America
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Orient
Federal Farm Board
United States Department of Agriculture
The
Congressman Ketcham
National Grange
Michigan State Grange
Brunswick Bride Weds Portland Doctor in Simple Garden Ceremony
Miss Helen E. Douglas of Brunswick and Dr. Donald H. Daniels of Portland were married at the Douglas home on the Durham road with Rev. Alfred Ware officiating. The couple plan to Detroit for Daniels internship at Henry Ford hospital. The bride, a University of Maine graduate and former Frehold NJ English teacher, wore pale green chiffon and roses. The groom, from Portland, is a 1924 Harvard medical graduate and Army Medical Corps officer.
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Helen E. Douglas
Brunswick
Donald Howard Daniels
Portland
Isaiah Douglas
Durham Road
Alfred Ware
The
Friends Church
Adelbert P. Daniels
Deering High School
University of Maine
Boston University
Harvard University
Tau Beta Pi
Alpha Chi Mu
Phi Eta Kappa
Phi Chi
United States Army
Auction At Mrs Beals Home Attracts Club Members
Miss Flossie Beals hosted two tables of auction for the Monday Evening club at her Park street home. Wellington A. Moore presided. Refreshments were served. Attending were Mrs. William P. Hatch, Mrs. Florence Hagan, Mrs. Carlton W. Lowell, Mrs. Charles I. Madden, Mrs. Wellington A. Moore, Mrs. Nathan E. Coffin and Mrs. G. Clifford Madden of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Beals
Monday Evening Club
Park Street
Wellington A. Moore
William P. Hatch
Florence Hagan
Carlton W. Lowell
Charles I. Madden
Nathan E. Coffin
G. Clifford Madden
Portland
Morse High Class of 1926 Reunites in Augusta Event
The Morse High School class of 1926 held a reunion Friday with a picnic at Pleasant Pond after leaving the YMCA in cars. Activities included tennis swimming and golf followed by a dance at Island Park and a show in Augusta. organizers cited Edward Gediman as in charge and several alumni attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Y.M.C.A
Pleasant Pond
Shirley Mank
Gladys Comeau
Priscilla Hodge
Evelyn Burgess
Lawrence Palmer
Mark Jackson
Hurley Grant
Guest
Milton Slepoff
New York City
Dean Bonney
Emery Rogers
Edward Gediman
Gordon Harrington
Reunion of the class of 1928 Held at Morse High
The 1928 class reunion gathered Friday with four cars leaving Morse High School at 6:15 and meeting members at the YMCA before going to Hallowell for a dinner at Worster House. In the evening they attended a dance at Island Park with the 1926 class, and the event was praised as very enjoyable by attendees. Notables included Margaret Lord Dorothy Thompson Dorothy Smith Helen Conley Dorothy Conley Natalie Smith Marion Whitten Marie Ayer Marjorie Troop Maron Genthner Clarence Eaton John Allain Howard Bates Edward Staples Linwood Russell and Merritt Mitchell who led the reunion.
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G. C.mariner
Piera Shepard
Freda Mariner
Bar
Harbor
Bea. Loraine
Malinda Gilbert
Gilbert
Adria Rivere Sears
C. Sylvester
Brunswick Road
JeNne Margaret White
W. H. Johnson
Augusta
Augusta Sun- Ties Marion Méeserve
Dorothy Hamilton
Richmond Corner
Mary Page
Charles Joice
Lisbon Falls
James Proctor
Capital Island
Leslie Reed
Pittsfield
Mass
Albian Raynes
County Road
Mabel
Irene Millay
Bailey's Island
J. F. Skillins
Westbrook
E. O. Tarr
J. G. Hamilton
Frank Lowell
Walpole
A. B. Kelley
Kelley
Len Lamoreau
New York
John Fitz
Arabel Allen
Carmen
Daisy Wilson
Ivor Ring
Meliina Sidelinger
Italy Hatch
Winnefred Roberts
Juanita Baker
Morse High School
Hallowell
Worster House
Sland Park
Margaret Lord
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Smith
Helen
Dorothy Conley
Natalie Smith
Marion Whitten
Marie Ayer
Marjorie Troop
Maron Genthner
Clarence Eaton
John Allain
Howard Bates
Edward Staples
Linwood Russell
Merritt Mitchell
Wiscasset Prisoner Lodged in Bath After Arrest
Patrick Buller of Methuen Massachusetts was lodged in Bath municipal jail Friday evening for intoxication and held for safe keeping by Deputy Sheriff Dan Page. He returned to Wiscasset Saturday to answer the charge and claimed robbers took 87 dollars from him in Bangor en route home. He said he spent the money on rubbing alcohol and became intoxicated, then traveled on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Buller
Methuen
Mass
Bath
Dan Page
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Maine Woods
Bangor
Mystery Boy Appears Wandering in Bowdoin
A 14 year old boy named David L. Spencer was found wandering Bowdoin late Thursday. Deputy Norman E. Curtis took custody as Sheriff Henderson’s department sought information on his birthplace and background. The boy wore a shirt overalls and old shoes and relied on locals for food while authorities contacted agencies across Aroostook county. The state welfare department is assisting with the case.
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Henderson
Bowdoin
Norman E. Curtis
David L. Spencer
Houston
Ludlow
Congress
Aroostook County
State Welfare Department
Wiscasset Halts Bath in 2 1 Victory
Wiscasset defeats Bath 2 to 1 as Bill Carlton and Al Bonney hold the visitors to four hits each. Gove scores Bath’s run after a fourth inning infield hit and steals, while Red Perkins makes a highlight one hand catch robbing Sonia. Bath’s lineup includes Gilmoress Meister Stovers Oliver Bonney Gove Lothrop MacDonald Sonia.
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Bath
Wiscasset
Bill Carlton
Bathites
al Bonney
Sweet
Gove
Red Perkins
Ben Sonia
Gilmoress
Meister
Stovers
Oliver
Bonney
Lothrop
MacDonald
Sonia
Whistle of Lighter Breaks on Tug Tow to Bucksport
The steam whistle on Senator F. W. Cardon's lighter broke off Saturday afternoon after striking a bridge while being towed to Bucksport for a wharf contract. The motorboat failed, tide drifted the tow after the draw lowered, steam erupted, then the engine restarted and the tow resumed through the Sasanoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Cardon
Bucksport
Sasanoa
Morse High Coach Takes Post At Kennebec Toll House
Cecit J. Cutts, Morse high school's athletics coach, began duties Wednesday at the Kennebec bridge toll house and will serve until after Labor Day. He and his wife and daughter Ann returned Tuesday from a two week visit with her parents, Melville A. and Mrs. Drisko in Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecit J. Cutts
Morse High School
Kennebec Bridge Toll House
Farewell Party For Draftsmen Leaving Bath Iron Works
Joseph A. Milligan and Brown, draftsmen at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, were honored at a farewell banquet at Hotel Phoenix. President William S. Newell presented pens and pencils. Milligan plans a fall return after a visit to Scotland and Ireland, while Brown stays in California.
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Joseph A. Milligan
Brown
Bath
Ireland
Los Angeles
Hotel Phoenix Co ‘Sie
Iroh
Seiad
Williams. Newell
Plant
Mr. Brown
California
Wally Marshall
Vice
Archibald M. Main
Atlantic
Main
Iron Works
Fordham
Corsair
Bidou
Black Douglas
Placida
Althea
Sylvia
Hans Rithamer
Gus Hendel
Kitchen Corps
Hayward Murphy
Detroit
Mich
Murphy
Mr. Milligan
Isle of Wight
Portland
del Bates
Stan Brown
Freddie Cook
Sandy Clark
al Chaplin
Six Footer
Dutch Henry
Hendel
Archie Main
Jock McKellar
Frankie McDonald
Ray Mitchell
Normie Mackinnon
Pete Newell
Howie Nash
Tommie Pinkham
Potter
Feet Rithamer
Peene
Art Tracey
Jawn Taylor
Gene Thebeau
Harry Theebau
Truss
Professor Towne
Johnny Wishart
Donald
Big Bill Thompson
Lewis
Eggerton
Doggie Hopkins
Slingiy
Governor urged to clear derelict from river channel
The Sam oset Steamboat Co. asks Governor Gardiner for aid to remove a derelict ship snag known as the Darge 500 feet off Sasanoa Bluff. The lighter lies fully submerged at high tide and threatens boating during the approaching yachting season as debris drifts ashore. Governor Gardiner will confer with U S Senator Hale immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Samoset Steamboat Co
Sasanoa Bluff
Gardiner
U. S
Fred Hale
Womanless Wedding Draws Full Boothbay Center Crowd
Roland Smith post A L reported that The Womanless Wedding drew a packed audience at Boothbay Center Friday evening with standing room only. The same Columbia Theatre cast performed, adding nearly 50 dollars to the building fund, followed by a large post show dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Boothbay Center
Town Hall
Columbia Theatre
the Center
Five Weddings Reported in Brunswick
Belanger and Bertram Belanger, both residents at home, tied the knot in Brunswick. Belanger works in the cloth room at Cabot Cotton mill after years with the Maine Central railroad. A church service was followed by a reception at the Belanger home on Union Street, with many relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belanger
Bertram Belanger
Cabot Cotton Mill
Maine Central Railroad
Union Street
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