Richmond Socials and Obituary Notes Highlight Local Life
Rich mond area news recounts weekend visitors and long-term residents like Alvah B Kelley 25 who died July 11 after a year illness. Funeral held with Elder R A L Colby officiating and burial at Ridge cemetery. The period notes numerous calls on relatives visitors and community events including Swarthmore Chautauqua dates September 24-26 and a fire alarm system update with detailed signal codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Whitman
Frank Stevens
Bethel
P. E. Wedge
Catherine Wedge
Alvah B. Kelley
Ridge Road
Kelley
Presque Isle
Progressive Grange
R. A. L. Colby
Gardiner
Ridge Cemetery
John Hartford
Bath
A. G. Baker
Henry Maxwell
Boston
Rufus Maxwell
Caroline Averill
Dorothea Temple
Emma Harmon
Ora Morrill
Winslow
J. E. Purinton
Thomas’ Point
L. A. Rideout
Greene
Edna
Dorothy Tarr
Massachusetts
Oscar Hatch
Reginald Gray
Gardiner General Hospital
Leslie Reed
Pittsfield
Mass
Albion Raynes
John Rines
Henry Pluff
Canada
Emily Rideout
Bowdoinham
Howard Randlette
Newton W. Bean
Brockton
Amy Bradley
A. V
Legion Hall
Annie Grant
Mildred Beedle
Ernest Grant
Samuel Blake
Charles Blake
Edna Lane
Willis Lane
Olive Stilphen
Eric Grant
Paul Stilphen
Charlie Grant
Island Park
North End
West End
Harriette Patch
George Riley
Beverly
Morris Glaser
Milton
Mr. Glaser
Swarthmore Chautauana
Opera House
Sanford M. Lewis
Boston City Hospital
Mr. Lewis
Boothbay
Seaside Lodge
Boothbay Harbor
Mabel F
Sewall's Long Flight Proves Inexpensive
A Boston Transcript writer notes Sumner Sewall flew from Davenport Iowa to Boston costing 16.40 for gasoline and oil. He details air mail service to Hartford or Hadley Field for 35 and 23 cents a pound, with mail rates and passenger options, comparing charter costs per mile and cabin rental to travel times and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Sumner Sewall
Boston
Davenport
Iowa
Hartford
Hadley Field
New York
Read's annual sale to aid Georgetown Working League
Mrs Read hosts the Working League benefit sale on Tuesday July 24 from two to four pm at Anslem A Lawriat's Kennebec Point residence. If stormy Tuesday the sale shifts to the first pleasant day. Numerous local and visiting residents from Bath West Georgetown Woolwich and nearby towns enjoy weekends and motor trips with friends and family at Kennebec Point and Robinhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read
A. Lawriat
Kennebec Point
J. W. MacLeod
Everett
Mass
Barbour Cottage
Melrose Highlands
Ralph Scott
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Cora Searle
A. A. Lawriat
Medford
Ruth Curtis
Scott
Salem
Ernest Curtis
Harold Miller
Boston
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
William Oliver
Gladys Oliver
Hazel Treat
Bath
Ernest Graves
Arthur L. Todd
Lisbon
Jennie Todd
Edith Striker
East Orange
N. J
Elizabeth Thompson
Arthur Crockett
Arthur Timmins
Auburn
Harry Horne
Little River
Harold Peacock
Bay Point
Louise Howard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Doris Trafton
Melrose
George F. Oliver
Ralph A. Scott
West Georgetown
Camp Overlook
Eugene Burns
Brunswick
Anna G. Senter
Wellesley
Rockridge
Robinhood
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
Ralph Reynolds
Elsie R. Clapp
New York City
Blakely
Roy Campbell
William Winkley
MacMahon Island
Edith Treat
Hazel
Louise Treat
Annie Jones
Carroll Powers
L. G. March
Lisbon Falls
Rockland District
Little Sheepscot
J. O. Lincoln
Osgood Weymouth
Seguinland Obituary for Mrs. John E. Wilson
Mr and Mrs John E Wilson of Hallowell mourn the passing of Mrs Wilson formerly Miss Josephine Hooker of Georgetown and Arlington Massachusetts, over the Seguinland during a recent two day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Wilson
Hallowell
Seguinland
Wilson
Josephine Hooker
Georgetown
Arlington, Mass
Refuse To Pay Tolls On Arrowsic Bridge
Georgetown residents refuse tolls at Arrowsic Bridge claiming charter violations and unconstitutional charges. Walter Reid leads protest. warrants issued for his arrest and that of Arrowsic secretary. Locals urge state takeover while noting Carlton bridge tolls differ.
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Arrowsic Bridge
Arrowsie Bridge
Georgetown
Bill Day
Arrowsie
Walter Reid
Seauinland
Sagadahoc
Arrowsic
Carlton
Drawspan Collapse at Georgetown Endangers Car
The drawspan of the Georgetown bridge over western Robinhood cove near Georgetown Center collapsed Thursday afternoon as Mr and Mrs Benedict Sullivan and daughter Zita of Auburn crossed in a Chevrolet sedan. They reached shore safely before the gap formed. The 20 foot span had stood for about 25 years with parts possibly 100 years old, and its failure surprised residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinhood Cove
Georgetown Center
Benedict Sullivan
Zita
Auburn
Todd's
Chasey Couple Arrives in Bath for Summer Visit
Mr and Mrs Raymond Chasey of Bloomfield New Jersey have reached Bath to spend vacation with Mrs Chaseys parents Mr and Mrs Harry Foote at their Summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Chasey
Bloomfield, N. J
Bath
Five Islands Grange library receives Kendall donation
W B Kendall of Long Branch sheep farms donated 26 Kellogg children's books to the Five Islands Grange library. The gift followed Kendall’s June Pomona meeting visit and was welcomed as the library’s continued growth.
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Grange
W. B. Kendall
Long Branch
Bowdoin
Pomona
Five Islands
Kendall
Assembly Hall
Kellogg
Thousands of Roses Bloom at Kennebec Rose Gardens
The Kennebec Rose Gardens along River road between Bowdoinham and Richmond boast more than 10 000 roses in full bloom with many more arriving. Victor de Bree, proprietor, notes peak display will last three weeks and roses will bloom all summer. Visitors welcomed. he grows Maine stock from seed and offers guidance on rose culture.
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Kennebec
Bowdeinham
Richmond
Victor de Bree
Maine
Bath Gardens
High Tribute to Harold Steele MacKaye in New York Times
New York writer George Grey Bernard pays tribute to Harold Steele MacKaye a prolific author actor and patent attorney who died June 22 1928 at age 62. Born in Paris he practiced law in New York and led L Alliance Francaise in Yonkers. He authored The Panchronicon and The Winged Helmet and was a Columbia and Georgetown alumnus. Survived by his widow Helen Lane son William Payson MacKaye and grandsons. brothers and sister also noted as prominent writers and figures.
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Ernest Bennet
Warren Farrin Bennet
Charles A. Watson
Marie Hager
Germantown
Lena Harlow
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Emmett Bryson
High Street
Helen Votour
Charles B. Randall
Bow
George Chase
Belfast
Norris Sidelinger
Chester Lord
Orrin Sidelinger
Thomaston
C. E. Bryant
Mary Nelson
Bangor
C. H. Bryant
South Street
James H. Field
Richmond
Thomaston State Prison
Joseph Perry
Alice
Suncook
N. H
P. H. Harley
William Meader
William, Jr
Joseph Bragg
William Runnells
West Somerville
Mass
Charles Alexander
Eva Pratt
Boston
Arthur Allen
Raymond
Medford
Allen
S. Reed Allen
Gardiner Street
George Ames
Fitchburg
Boothbay Harbor
R. K. Hyde
Louise
Manhaffer
L. I
Elmer King
Main Street
Olive King
New York
Connecticut
Frank Beedle
Richmond and Dresden
Carrol Clark
Donald Emmons
Alice Johnson
Farmington
Mariina Sidelinger
Hazel Bennett
Herbert Carr
Walpole
Viola Duren
R. M. Ordway
Skowhegan
Jeniviere Joy
Ruth Curran
Waterville
William Carr
P. F. Joy
Augusta
Bunker & Savage
Ralph Hodges
Newark
N. J
Mary P. Reed
Charles Hodges
Bath
Harold 8. MacKaye
Lichen Lodge
Harold Steele MacKaye
New York Times
Steele MacKaye
Hamlet
Paris
Conservatoire
Harold Steele
L’alliance Francaise
Park Hill
Yonkers
Edwin Howland Blashfield
Winged Helmet
Harold MacKaye
Columbia
Georgetown University
D.C
United States Patent Office
Westinghouse
New York City
Jonkheer Lodge of Free Masons
Helen Lyle Lane
Cincinnati
William Payson MacKaye
Arthur
James
Percy
Benton
Hazel
Percy MacKaye
Harold
World of Letters
George Grey Barnard
Bath Ladies Return From Trip Abroad
Mrs. Leonice B. Morse and Miss Mary F. Gibbons completed a seven month absence traveling through Italy and the Italian lakes to Paris, England, and Scotland. They met Bath friends in Venice and sailed on the Cunarder Scythia, docking in Boston where relatives met them. The trip included visits with John Kennedy the Irish Free State chief justice, and E J Darlington of Madison New Jersey.
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Leonice B. Morse
Mary F. Gibbons
Italy
Paris
England
Venice
James F. Murphy
Jane S. Murphy
Bath
Liverpool
Boston
Thomas S. Gibbons
Bates Family Returns From Sabino Cottage Stay
Mr and Mrs Delmar Bates and children Mary and Howard came back Friday after a week at their Sabino cottage returning refreshed from the vacation.
Fine travel talk given Rotary Club in Bath
Bath Rotarians heard Ross H. Skinner of Pittsburgh describe Round the World trips with Thomas Cook & Son. The program mixed travel narrative with music by the Pennsylvania Four Quartette as part of the luncheon at Hotel Phoenix. Next week Charles J. Donnell, a Bath native long-resident in Shanghai, will speak.
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Bath
Hotel Phoenix
Ross H. Skinner
Pittsburgh
Thomas Cook & Son
Skinner
Squirrel Island
Bath Club
New York
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algiers
Suez
Cairo
India
Agra
Ceylon
Singapore
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Manila
Java
Mauritius
South Africa
Durban
Victoria Falls
Zambesi
Zambesi_ river
Kimberly
Great Diamond Center
Johannesberg
Cape Town
South America
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Coffee Center
Pennsylvania Four Quartette
Opera House
Powell
Dixie
Swannee River
Maurice L. Reilly
Augusta
Gordon G. Holbrook
Newark
N. J
Thomas C. Pears, Jr
William B. Kendall
Bowdoinham
Percy R. Low
Charles J. Donnell
Charles R. Donnell
Boston to Georgetown in less than seven hours
Ralph A. Scott and his mother Alice S. Scott arrived at West Georgetown for the Summer. Scott, an authorized dealer for Chris Craft boats and Westinghouse lighting, traveled from Boston by Chris Craft runabout in six and three quarters hours. Mrs. Scott traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Roger Rand and their children from Melrose Highlands.
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Ralph A. Scott
Alice S. Scott
West Georgetown
Scott
Westinghouse
Rosa M. Smith
Lynn
Boston
Mrs Ralph Conforth Visits Old Bath Friend
Mrs Ralph Conforth of Biddeford, formerly of Bath, is visiting Mrs Edward Hawley at 780 High street, continuing a local social visit.
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Ralph Conforth
Biddeford
Bath
Edward Hawley
High Street
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Merriam Webster
Credit
Union
Cather
Sandburg
Stalin
Latvia
Webster’s New International Dictionary
Supreme Authority
G. & C. Merriam Company
Springfield, Mass
Sewall
Kennebec Rose Gardens
Emerson
Wiscasset
R. R. Bonyard
E. Hara
Toronto
James E. Gray
Cambridge
A. J. Shaffer
W. W. Collins
Watertown
Warren Pierce
Dorothy
Belmont
Charles H. Houlahan
Seguinland Hotel
Hotel Seguinland
Paul Strand
Ruth Jonas
Sarola Ghose
Calcutta
Norman Gay
R. Wood and Son
Eleanor McComormack
J. F. Comormack
A. C. Lane
Wollaston
Murphy
THE
Robin Hood Cove
C. R. Betts
Elbridge Mains
Malden
Henry Rowe
Marjorie
Irene
Old Town
J. E. Blaisdell
Christine Carey
Dorothy Murphy
Elizabeth Carey
Inchigeola
Thomas Blaisdell
Ida Oliver
Paul Mason
Lewis Cottage
George McGill
Arthur Bishop
Vernon Gray
Charlotte Jean
B. F. Perry
Columbus
Ohio
Smith
Briggs Cottage
S. W. Brown
George Gray
I. P. Quimby
Bessie Quimby
Paul Thompson
Martha
Marion Stevens
Eugene Hall
West Acton
Wesley
Hall Cottage
W. F. Delano
Edward
R. A. D. Edwards
Burton
Bob Yeo
Yeo
Mr. Edwards
W. L. Berry
A. A. Pierce
Dorchester
Florence Pierce
George Smith
Gertrude Smith
Roy L. Minnick
Roy, Jr
DeWitt
Arthur Walker
Malden Island
E. C. Clarey
Memoriam
Daniel M. ‘Olby
M’kaye
M’mahan
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Rotary Club
Max Kutz
Elm Street
D.s.curtiss
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