Richmond Delights and Departures in a Summer Weekend
Richmond residents host and visit across town and beyond with weddings, family gatherings, and travel notes. Notable items include the marriage of Erva R. Cooper and Chester S. Bennett at the Methodist parsonage, a range of summer visitors from Seattle to Boston, a disinfecting tree-spraying crew, and local officials updating suburban life as townsfolk share news of meetings, church events, and school staff appointments.
Mrs Elmira E Stinson Dies At 95 In Bath
Mrs Elmira E Stinson aged 95 widow of John M Stinson died of heart weakness at home 476 Middle Street Bath after recovering from pneumonia She lived in Bath since age five and in the same house 85 years oldest Corliss Street Baptist church member sister of shipbuilder Gardiner G Deering Survived by daughter Mrs Leland R Mitchell son Charles E Stinson three granddaughters three great grandchildren three nieces and a nephew Funeral Friday at two at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira E. Stinson
John M. Stinson
Middle Street
Bath
Corliss Street
Charles E. Stinson
Robert Fulton
Portland
Donald Hopkins
Henry Weyland
Holyoke
Mass
Betty Mae Hopkins
Carroll A. Deering
George Wilson Manchester respect ed citizen dies after long illness
George Wilson of Manchester New Hampshire father to George Wilson Jr dies Tuesday afternoon shortly after his brother Dr David L Wilson of Central church Bath reached his bedside following a late Monday departure. He survived by one son and had lost his sister Elizabeth in New York a week earlier. Funeral planned for Manchester Thursday at two with Dr Wilson returning to Bath Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
Manchester
N. H
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Bath
Wilson
Elizabeth
New York
George Wilson, Jr
Dr Wilson
Fred H Cary Funeral Held in East Brunswick
The funeral for Fred H Cary a known farmer and antique dealer was held Wednesday at his home in East Brunswick. Two former Beacon Street Methodist ministers Rev Weston P Holman and Rev Harley A Shattuck officiated. Bearers were five brothers in law Arthur L Charles W Chester A Wallace and Stephen Plant of Brookline Mass. Burial followed at Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Cary
East Brunswick
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Weston P. Holman
Camden
Harley A. Shattuck
Rumford
Arthur L
Charles W
Chester A
Wallace
Stephen Plant
Brookline
Mass
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs. Emma J. Knight at Pleasant Street home
Mrs Emma J Knight widow of Sidney B Knight died recently and was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon at two in the home at 9 Pleasant Street Rev Ernest Heywood of Wesley Methodist church officiated Bearers were Harry W Crosman and Lery E Whittemore Burial followed at Oak Grove Mr and Mrs Paul Tiemer and two children Paul Jr and Jane arrived Friday night from Summit NJ to visit her parents Mr and Mrs William S Newell at Washington Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Knight
Sidney B. Knight
Pleasant Street
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Methodist Church
Harry W. Crosman
Lery E. Whittemore
Oak Grove
Paul Tiemer
Paul, Jr
Jane
Summit
N. J
William S. Newell
Washington Street
Georgetown and Robinhood social season notices
Georgetown residents host visiting relatives and plan summer events while Working League closes its season. Guests include Newman, Hagan, Trafton, and Billings families with extended visits from Richmond, Boston, Portland, and Bath. A July supper, August sale, and a July 11 wedding are announced amid cottage gatherings and local tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Newman
Memphis
Tenn
H. G. Newman
St. Louis
Roy Newman
Curtis
Wendell Todd
Emma B. Billings
Working League
Dorothy Stuart
Marilla Tarr
Richmond
Doris Trafton
Melrose
William Weir
Pawtucket
Charles Blaisdell
Bath
Rudolf Trafton
Portland
L. Earle Hagan
Nettie Gray
Harold F. Hunt
White Mountains
Walter Powers
Woodrow Gray
Eleanor Cunningham
Lester Horne
Street
Florida
Harry Horne
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Laura Boyd
Boston
E. B. Billings
Harry Carlisle
T. M. Hagan
Edward Wren
Norman E. Treat
Germantown
W. A. Todd
Howard Fletcher
Belmont
Professor Wren
Massachusetts
Cousens
Tufts College
William Mitchell
Otto Schoepfer
James and
Leonard
R. I
Schaupfer
Helen Sims
Vaughn Overman
Bath Elm Street
Leila Campbell
Irving
Flora Campbell
Edgecomb
Campbell
Elsie Jordan
Morse Cottage
Robinhood
Parker
Providence
Blanche Westall
Frank Heald
Belle Heald
Georgetown
P. C. Stebbins
Maynard Files
Arthur L. Todd
Lisbon
Louise Tedd
Cora A. Williams
Dorothy Files
Oscar Williams
Robert Jordan
Brookline
H. G. Heald
Harry Heald
Summer social notes from Westport and nearby towns
Westport and coastal Maine residents share a busy holiday scene with visitors from Everett, Boston, Bath, Portland and Portland area towns. Families are at cottages and summer homes on Montsweag bay, Squam Creek, Boothbay Harbor, and nearby locations, while dances draw record Fourth of July crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McTish
Everett
Mass
Colby Farm
Montsweag Bay
Ross Beaton
Bath
Robert Greenleaf
A. H. Perkins
Town Hall
Ernest Anderson
Martin
South Portland
Evelyn Haggeett
Nona Mains
Arrowsic
Frank Grafon
Cook's Corner
Brunswick
James Harper
Squam Creek
R. L. Towle
Arche Cunningham
Boothbay Harbor
Wesley Green
Charles Boothby
Malcolm
Portland
Owen Boothby
Barbara Jean
Willis Colby
Squam Creek Road
Margaret Webber
Maude
Joseph Hodgdon
Wiscasset
Maitland Wideman Wedding On Mac Mahon Island
Eleanor Rogers Wideman marries Albert George Conway Maitland at St. Cuthbert's Chapel on MacMahan Island. Bishop of Hotchkiss School and Bryn Mawr guests help, 70 attendees, with local residents and extended family present. The couple plan summer at The Locusts New Suffolk and winter in Lakeville Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Rogers Wideman
Albert George Conway Maitland
St. Cuthbert's Chapel
Mac Mahan Island
James S. Rogers
Haverford
Mr. Maitland
George Arthur Maitland
Sussex
England
Oxford University
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Conn
Wallace Soule
Falmouth
Eleanor Painter
MacMahan
George van Santvoord
Noree Wideman
Martha Soule
Andrew Mutch
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Bryn Mawr
Arthur N. Taft
Andover
Mass
Mary M. Rogers
Talbot M. Rogers
George K. Rogers
Sally Masters
George S. Pine
Katurah Pine
Theodore S. Lazell
Kimball
Louise
Mabel Searle
J. Clifford Woodhull
George Rathbun
Mary May Rathbun
Judith Logan
Helen’rey
Lillian Wheeler
Bowden Greggson
Sara Allen
Charles F. Painter
Brookline
Charles F. Griffith
Philadelphia
Miriam Stowers
Searsport
Palm Beach
Fla
William Nealley
Bangor
Richard Carney
J. K. Bodell
Harry C. Edgar
H. S. Lovejoy
Allan Lovejoy
Jonesville
Wis
George E. Gray
William Marr
EdWard Clarey
Vernon Gray
Osborn Brewer
George Laskey
Albee
Bath
Bath, Played the Organ. After A Short Trip Mr. and Mrs. Millland
POPHAM NOTES Beach activities and cottage visits noted
Bathing and picnics filled the beaches as fireworks lit the evening. Capt Edgar N Drake of Georgetown visited his son Seaman Drake while families from Auburn Portland and Montreal occupied local cottages for the weekend and summer, including Mr and Mrs Fred Scribner and the Webber cottage occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar N. Drake
Georgetown
Seaman Drake
Charles Small
Norma
Arlene
Beverley
Charles
Richard
Auburn
Albert Pennell
Portland
Fred Scribner
Hubell
Johnston
Montreal
Canada
Webber
Arrest of Lucien Ehe on child support charges in city court
Lucien Ehe was arrested in Municipal court Wednesday morning on non-support of his minor children. Annette Lancaster, the children's guardian, was the complainant. Judge Arthur J. Dunton continued the case until afternoon. Earlier, five intoxication cases were arraigned from the prior day. two pleaded guilty, one of them fined $3 plus $5.30 costs, another as a stranger given leave to depart town, while the three not guilty pleas were continued to afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Ehe
Annette Lancaster
Arthur J. Dunton
Personal notes of holiday visits and returns in New England
Mr and Mrs Kenneth London and son Brice of Claremont NH visited Mechanic street hosts and have returned. Mr and Mrs John C Mercer and son Wilfred with Miss Dorothy Dauphin and Miss Gladys Brimigion drove to Millinocket to visit friends over the holiday. Mrs William Daley of Middlestreet CO spends two weeks in Ipswich MA with sister in law Mrs Donald Wishart. Miss Betty Walter of Lakewood OH, guest of Miss Betty Rice and Mr and Mrs Carlton Rice Turner Court, has returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth London
Brice
Claremont
N. H
Omar Fullerton
Mechanic Street
John C. Mercer
Wilfred
Dorothy Dauphin
Gladys Brimigion
William Daley
Middlestreet, Co
Ipswich
Mass
Donald Wishart
Betty Walter
Lakewood
Ohio
Betty Rice
Carlton Rice
Turner Court
Five Islands season fills with cottage openings and visitors
A long string of visitors and seasonal openings mark the Five Islands scene as cottages on Sedgemere road Malden Island and Malden Island see new occupants and extended stays. Residents from Bath Boston Cambridge and Providence join locals for the Fourth weekend with Rockcrest Harbor View and Harbor Home hosting guests. Utilities expand as electricity comes to more homes while locals like Captain Hanna repaint the Sky Pilot for summer cruising and mail routes continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Rockcrest
Harbor View
Harbor Home
George Hanna
Fred Johnson
Arthur
Anne
Waltham
Mass
Sedgemere Road
Johnson
Malden Island
Aubrey Steen
Bath
Coombs
Nat Hassenfus
Boston
Seguinland
Harriet Worrell
Ralph Worrell
Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill
Davis-Moore
Sedgemere
Everett Stevens
Robinhood
Percy Savage
Ada MacGillivary
Portland
Maud Jones
Brookline
Ida Readel
Norwood
Otis Baker
Little Good Harbor
H. B. Cranshaw
Newton
Ruth Pierce
Mina
Grace
Southport
Howard Bacon
Francis and
Donald
Sudbury
Lightbody
Vernal Chaney
Kittery
Franz Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Arrowsic
Victor Pinkham
W. Jd. Stout
Walter E. Reid
Stout
American Telephone Co
New York
Bar Harbor
Cameron Hinckley
Medford Hillside
Alex Marr, Jr
Everett, Mass
J. G. Rowe
Bert Lewis
Auburndale
C. A. Rasmussen
Frederick
Susan Briggs
Somerville
West
Elizabeth Vickerson
Milton
Cleveland Rowe
Mabel Dickey
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Miulden Tish
J. A. Folsom
Augusta
Horace Fa Wade
Woolwich
Visorry
Russell Boynton
Lester Davis
Maurice Pinkham
Charles Burgess
Russell Pinkham
Edsworth Pinkham
Howard
Charles Ruggs
Worcester
John Grindell
Harry Greenlaw
Stoneham
Carrie Young
Medford
Sass
Briges
Fred Pratt
Bath visitors and holiday gatherings fill week
Walter E Reid visited Bath on Thursday while Miss Mary Louise and Miss Barbara Pinkham stayed with their grandmother Mrs D R Stevens of Arrow Sit. Families from Dorchester Waltham Georgetown Kittery Cambridge Plainfield and Gardiner mixed with cottage weekends. Five Islands firefighters bought 500 feet more hose and use of a fire truck. Cary is survived by his wife Caroline Plant with no nearer relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Reid
Bath
Mary Louise
Barbara Pinkham
D. R. Stevens
Arrowsit
Arthur Hunt
Dorchester
Mass
Hunt
G. H. Smith
Gertrude Smith
Sedgemere Road
Leon Williams
Waltham
Walter Newdick
Georgetown
Five Islands
Will Reid
Eugene Baker
Kittery
John Hinds
Pejepscot
Seguinland
Walter Prosser
Joan
Walter Hinds
Walter, Jr
Marilyn
Leslie Ainley
Virginia
Cambridge
Theodore Campbell
Campbell
Pratt
Bowdeinham
Maynard Hinckley
Martha
Joyce
Gardiner
Mr. Cary
Caroline B. Plant
Fred H Cary Dies From Injuries Sustained In Horse Kick
Fred H Cary a 638 East Brunswick farmer and antiques dealer died at Bath Memorial Hospital from internal complications after being kicked by his horse on June 16. He specialized in strawberry culture, ran famous beds, and was active in Topsham Grange and later West Bath Grange, with ties to Bath Rotary and Beacon Street Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ho Cary
East Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Cary
Samuel and
Mary Curtis Cary
Topsham Grange
West Bath Grange
Bath Rotary Club
Beacon Street Methodist
Andrew Cascadden Found Dead In Bed In Auburn
Andrew Cascadden of Knight street Auburn once chef at Jimmy's Diner Lewiston area and longtime restaurant operator with his wife, was found dead in bed Thursday morning last week. He appeared in good health Wednesday night. Surviving are a son Percy Cascadden and daughter Mrs Roy Pugh, plus grandsons, a granddaughter, two sisters and four brothers. Mrs Oliver and Mrs Gilkerson are among nieces and relatives in Bath Windsor Mills Quebec Sherbrooke Quebec Woolwich. Mrs Oliver visits Mrs Gilkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Jack Cascadden
Knight Street
Auburn
Leonard W. Oliver
Washington Street
Canada
Mr. Cascadden
Lewiston
Jimmy
Minot Avenue
Percy F. Cascadden
Roy Pugh
Fort Munroe
Kenneth
Blynn Cascadden
Andrew Pugh
Virginia
Velicia Cascadden
Oliver
Bath
Jennie Gilkerson
Windsor Mills
Que
Nelson Cascadden
Sherbrooke
John
Gilkerson
Edward T. Foster
Woolwich
Florence Oliver
Andrew Cascadden
Emma J Knight dies. Bath resident widow of Sid Knight
Emma J. Knight 86 widow of Sidney B Knight died Monday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a week as patient. A Bath native, she leaves son James L Knight chairman of the cemetery and park board, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a Portsmouth grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from her home 9 Pleasant Street with Rev Ernest Heywood officiating. she was a member of Wesley United Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Knight
Sidney B. Knight
James S. Knight
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
James
Dorothy Walker
Edwin
Sidney Knight
Portsmouth
Pleasant Street
Ernest Heywood
Wesley M. Fo Church
Knight
Wiscasset Social Notes From River Road Season Arrivals
Continued from Pause Bewun details daily visits and seasonal stays. Residents Mrs Frea W Blasdon Miss Edna Joes and Mr and Mrs Wester C Day enjoy Cottage on River road North Edrecomb for the season. Mrs Charles No Sisson and Miss Katherine Pankhimn improve after illness. Niece Mrs Katherine Muncer of New York with aunt Miss Eva Rowe and Mrs Twemada Allen who returns to Bangor. Mrs Anne Dickson and son Earl of Alfred visit relatives. The Harada FE Armes family members at the city with Miss Ward and Mrs Ward motoring to Sullivan and Bar Harbor to visit Mrs Doris Ach and Mrs Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea W. Blasdon
Edna Joes
Wester C. Day
Thei Cottage
River Road
North Edrecomb
Charles No Sisson
Katherine Pankhimn
Katherine Muncer
New York
Eva Rowe
Twemada Allen
Bangor
Anne Dickson
Earl
Alfred
Harada FE Armes
Harold and
Rachard
Patisy and
Merthyne Ward
Hartford
Larmery
Bath
Surrento
Sullivan
Bar Harbor
Doris Ach
Ra, Black
Roa Blick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Calvin R. Meisner
Eleanor
Calvin, Jr
Waltham, Mass
Eugene Edgecomb
Marion McKenney
Front Street
Fred Elliott
Stewart
Alvah Nickerson
Lois
Damariscotta
Raymond Libby
Erva R. Cooper
Alton Cooper
Chester S. Bennett
Mary Carr
Methodist
Gilbert Edgett
Hazel Bennett
Wilbur Cooper
Bennett
Gardiner High School
Richmond High School
Richmond-Dresden
Pray
New Road
Waterville
Randolph
Dresden
Methodist Church
Mae Williams
Lettie Blair
Edward P. Favor
Evelyn Orrs
Ruby Orrs
Herman Easler
Gardiner Street
William Bishop
Vivian
Alice
Seattle
Wash
Bishop
Lela Douglass
Lewis Loon
Louis Leon
Gertrude Curtis
Cincinnati
Harold Wade
Nancy
Capitol Island
Bertha Raymond
Ruth Robinson
Theresa McCarthy
Wellesley
G. B. N. Soule
Fred E. Southard
Sailors Long Harbor
N. Y
Joseph
Mary Luella (Chamberlain) Southard
T. J. Southard
Lillian Wade
Elmer Wade
Pittsfield
Harold Dummont
Lois Small
Skowhegan
Howard Small
Lions Club
Annie Johnson
Bert Skinner
Frank Beedle
Charles R. Campbell
Paul R. Given
Thersa B. Given
Elsie Adams
Fairfield
Gor
Edward Corran
Annabel
Edward
Lloyd Kelley
Carl Bishop
Earl Keirstead
Neil Bishop
Glen Lamoreau
Philip Bishop
Cotton Cemetery
Charles Thompson
Togus
Seth Watson
Florence
E. D. Marsh
Rutland
Annabelle Hovey
Alice Hovey
Farmington Normal School
Ann Spofford
Grace Stubbs
Frank Preble
M. Preble
Ida Hosmer
Cherryfield
Ralph Putnam
Holden Priest
Swan Island
Marion Baker
Monmouth
Samuel Furbish
George Thompson
Bedford
Hattie Knight
Hattie Trufant
Edward Small
E. L. White
Robert Wallace
Clifford Gray
Elson
Edwin Lamoreau
Lou Lamoreu
Charlotte White
Marjoris Curtis
Miss Knight
Wallace Baker
Gates Russell
County Road
Roland Grant
Charles Savage
H. A. Tarr
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Mrs. Knight
Westport
Ralph G. Pennuyer
Roger Nickerson
Pondville Tedder
U.S. S. Drayton
Coa
PBS
Isabel Murphy
Join J. Murphy
Chapel Street
Prank M Wilson
Upper High Street
Maitland-Wideman
M’mahan Island
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Popham
Billy Blen
Bley Cottage
Ledpemere
Elliot Lum
Stiniaier
Bath Savings Institution
Fred H. Carey
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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