Richmond area library adds varied titles to collection
The Isaacc F. Amberline Library expands with Up Front Mauldin Im mortal Wife Irving Stone Nine Mile Bridge Helen Hamlin Yankee Woman Eric Baume The Red House George Cham berlain Reprieve Warwick Deeping Patrick Henry and the Frigate Keel St Fast Commodore Hornblower Forrester Stallion Road Longstreet The Murderer Is a Fox Ellery Queen You Are the One B Buck Image of Josephine Booth Tarkington Wine of San Lorenzo German Now That Aprils Here Neuman Case of the Curious Bride E S Gardiner The Substitute Guest G L Hill When Hearts Are Light Again Loring Silver Moon Cottage S W Bassett The Red Haired Lady Elizabeth Corbett plus a strong children’s book selection loaned by the State library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaacc F. Amberline
Mauldin
Irving Stone
Helen Hamlin
Eric Baume
Red House
George Chamberlain
Warwick Deeping
Patrick Henry
Keel
St. Fast
Commodore Hornblower
Forrester
Longstreet
A’ Fox
Ellery Queen
One
B. Buck
Josephine
Booth Tarkington
San Lorenzo
Neuman
E. S. Gardiner
G. L. Hill
Loring
Silver Moon Cottage
S. W. Bassett
Elizabeth Corbett
State Library
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Passings
Local residents share visits with relatives across Presque Isle and Leeds. Servicemen and veterans, including Sgt. Earl W. Dickinson, earn honors and overseas duty ahead. Relatives attend funerals, graduations, and a baptism as family ties and community life unfold in Maine.
Dresden Grange Day and Crusade Day Observed at Church
Dresden Mills Methodist church held Grange day and Crusade day with Dr. Alexander Cairn delivering The Farmer's Partner and Almost in Jail sermons. Mrs. Clayton Mayers sang. at South Dresden Dr. Cairns and Miss Carolyn Sheldon visited, plus a well attended vestry supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Mills
Alexander Cairn
Clayton Mayers
South Dresden
Dr. Cairns
Carolyn Sheldon
Harold Rollins
Myrna Nash of
Gardiner
Horace Gilpatrick
Roland Hammond
Grange Hall
Rice Table at Hotel des Indes Batavia Described
The Rice Table or Rijstaffel gained fame as a special feast at Hotel des Indes in Batavia. Over 40 items were served by about 20 waiters, including multiple meats and fish, bananas, stews, chutneys, nuts and a huge rice mound, usually with a gallon of cold beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Des Indes
Batavia
Netherlands Indies
First Baptist speaker guests in Georgetown
Rev Lester Norton of Waterbury spoke at Georgetown First Baptist Church on Sunday amid bad weather and a small crowd. Norton and wife were hosted by Howard Heald, while Robinhood residents watched a fishhawk nest survive threats, including a near demolition by government workers who only painted up to the nest. Many locals and visitors appear in this community roundup of weekend visits, illnesses, travel, and petty incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Norton
Waterbury
First Baptist Church
Roland Peterson
Cherokee boundary in NC reclassified as reservation
Federal court decisions treat the Cherokee boundary area in North Carolina as a reservation similar to lands granted to western tribes, though it is organized as a private corporation chartered by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Travelers annex another victory in no hit contest
The BIW Travelers defeated the State Guard aggregation 9 to 0 in a no hit game at Kelley field. Edgren pitched for the Guards and drew praise, but the Travelers supported Fud Clements with sharp defense and timely hitting including doubles by Jenks and Alexander. Crocker snared a shoestring catch and Allie scored on a triple as Traveler batters kept the pressure, setting up a key showdown with the EW Raiders Thursday at Kimball field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIW Travelers
State Guard
U.S.C
Kelley Field
Edgren
B. I. W. Transportation Employe
B.I.W. Travelers
Jenks
Alexander
Jewett
Savage
Allie
Scrappy
Bucky
EW Raiders
Kimball Field
Hyde Park Terrace Items of the Week
Hyde Park Terrace social notes list residents and visitors. Families from Bath, Belfast, Ellsworth and Bangor are mentioned with brief updates on military, travel, and furloughs. Several locals including the Colangelos and St. Peters are noted, alongside visits to Boston and Lisbon Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Sprouting Onions Add Color To Spring Dishes
The USDA notes tender green onion sprouts brighten spring salads and meals. Chop sprouts into small pieces to mix with greens, deviled eggs, white sauce, cooked vegetables, or stews. Damaged tops may be trimmed while the rest remains usable. Loyally. Sewall travels to New York City for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Five Islands social pages show clubs and visits
Five Islands Fire Fighters held a monthly meeting at the fire station. The Community club opened its year with a late week gathering at Howards hall, planning a covered dish supper with a committee. The library and ice cream parlor activity notes include guests, guests’ arrivals, and several local visits from residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Howard’s Hall
Luke Roy
Orville ,Rowe
Lermond Davis
Franz Stevens
Mr. Norton
John MacGillivary
Chester MacGillivary
Beulah Harding
West Boothbay Harbor
Laura ‘Harding
Orville Rowe
Richard Steele
Raphael Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Bessie Quimby
Ernest
Malden
Mass
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Kathleen Rittall
Quincy
George Yeo
Ted Yeo
U S.N.R
Yeo
Pacific
Frank Blake
Melrose Highlands Mass
Orrin White
Wizza
White Cottage
Army
South Pacific
Orrin
Boston
Woodrow Gray
Searsport
George Imanna
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clarence Preble
Day’s Ferry
Wool Wich
Norman iToward
Johnny Chuck Fastest Mile Of Year In Maine Circuit
Johnny Chuck driven by Frank Butler achieved a 2.09 mile for the fastest time in Maine this year at Old Orchard Beach on the Grand Circuit program. Eight entries competed in a 2.10 trot with Russell Tranover and Wendall Wathen advancing. most participants were Maine horses. Dale Bumpus, owned by William Knight of East Greenwich, won two of three heats in the 13 pace event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Johnny Chuck
Wien
Maine
Frank Butler
Lewiston
Chuck
Russell Tranover
Wendall Wathen
Fort Fairfield
Dale Bumpus
William Knight
East Greenwich
Ed Rowe
Providence
R. J
Heals
How to hem a dress with edge guide and stitches
A guide describes straightening the hem by using the edge as a hip guide and pinning a line around the hips. It instructs measuring from pins to the floor, calculating the desired length, turning and pressing, trimming an even allowance, folding bulky fabric, machine stitching, and invisibly hand stitching the edge.
Sunday Evening Wedding at Day's Ferry Church
Private Richard Brown of the U S A and Miss Yvonne Nickerson wed at Day's Ferry Congregational Church in a double ring ceremony conducted by Pastor Lowell Milliken. The couple planned a North Carolina honeymoon as Brown awaited reassignment, with out of town guests from Brunswick, Waltham, and New York City attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Ferry Congregational Church
Richard Brawn
U.S.A
Yvonne Nickerson
Lowell Milliken
Henry Dubar
Howard Whittum
Miss Nickerson
Margaret Brown
Brunswick
Marilyn Nickerson
Harlan McCobb
Cedar Grove
Leo Chaput
Winifred Brown
Noreen Pratt
Bradford Nickerson
Sanford
Theodore Molson
Edmund Hayward
Archie Brown
Donna Potter
Fred Brown
Gladys Nickerson
North Carolina
Brown
Donald Potter
Donna
Edna Bartlett
Waltham, Mass
Axford Buck
New York City
Johnson Stevens wedding at Bangor First Methodist Church
Mr and Mrs Arthur P Johnson of Dummerstreet attended the marriage of Herman L Johnson to Marion Stevens at the First Methodist church in Bangor Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The Rev L L Boobar and Rev Alton E Maxell officiated with organist Mrs Eleanor C Snow and soloist Mrs Alice Doucette. The bride wore aqua crepe with silver beads, carried a white Bible and an orchid. Maid of honor Ruth Libbey wore dusty rose. ushers included Milton Whechester John Johnson Harold Hardy and Kenneth Hardy. An informal reception followed. guests included Rev L S Staples Gardiner and Captain Mrs Byron Rogers Bangor. Mrs Johnson, a trained nurse, is matron at the Women for Aged Women in Bangor. Mr Johnson, born in Otis, is a Bangor resident and World War I veteran. He is a former city councilman and member of several fraternal orders. Out-of-town guests and many locals attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P Johnson
Dummerstreet
Bangor
Alice Doucette
Cadman
de Koven
L. S. Staples
Gardiner
Ruth Libbey
Arthur P. Johnson
Bath
Milton W.nehester
John Johnson
Harold Hardy
Kenneth Hardy
Revo
L. S Staples
Byron Rogers
Bandor
Brdal
Jean Craig
Faith
Hleten Canty
The
Baptist Church
Jones
Banber
Leland T Hodgkins Dies At 58 In Bath
Leland Thomas Hodgkins 58 dies from drowning after body recovered from the Kennebec river near the North End. Services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Mayo funeral residence. Survived by father Elmer D Hodgkins two daughters Ellen Hodgkins and Mrs Linwood Russell and half sister Madelyn P Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Leland Thomas Hodgkins
Kennebec River
North End
Mr. Hodgkins
Bath
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Middle Street
Mary E. Coombs Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Bartlett O. Smith
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Smith
Ray E. Parker
Cummings Street
Harvard
Joseph I. Smith
Ellen B. Hodgkins
Linwood Russell
Los Angeles
Sport equipment for service men in great quantity
Rome based officers outline why civilian sports goods are scarce. In the Mediterranean theater last year troops received millions of baseballs and softball items along with thousands of bats gloves and uniforms. Major R Earl Curley Jones, back from Army service planning, notes GI equipment for 1946 has been bought and distributed, with heavy allocations to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mediterranean
Frank Eckap
New York
R. Earl (Curley) Jones
Oklahoma City
Army
Jones
Special Service Division
Curley
ETO
The
Pacific
Arkansas University
Europe
Major Jones
Frances Ellen Hobson Peaslee obituary notes long service
Mrs Frances Ellen Hobson Peaslee widow of Dr Clarence A Peaslee died at her home after a two week illness. Born August 3 1864 in Wiscasset she lived on Middle Street and supported Central church and its Ladies Aid. There were no children and her kin include cousins and nieces Mrs Willis Roberts Everett MA Mrs W D Hobson Portland ME C A Peaslee Dorchester MA and Beatrice Lang Seattle WA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ellen (Hobson) Peaslee
Clarence A. Peaslee
Central Church
Mrs. Peaslee
Wiscasset
Mrs Frank E Page Dies. Rites Held in Chicago
News arrives of Mrs. Frank E Page of Garden City Long Island New York. She was sister to the late Albert G Page and Fred A Page of this city. Funeral services were held at Graceland Cemetery Chicago on Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Hanson
Arlington
Mass
Nonie Unger
Long Island
N. Y
Frank E. Page
Garden City
Longsland
Page
Albert G. Page
Fred A. Page
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago
Mrs Jenni Chaplin Funeral Service Held
Funeral service for Mrs Jenni Chaplin was held at the Mayo Funeral Residence on Thursday at 2 PM. Rev Dr David L Wilson officiated with bearers Thomas Allegrin Frank Allegrin Bernard Comeau and Clif ford White. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Chaplin
Mayo
David L. Wilson
Thomas Allegrin
Frank Allegrin
Bernard Comeau
Clifford White
Oak Grove
Funeral Held for Leland T Hodgkins at Mayo Funeral Residence
The funeral of Leland Thomas Hodgkins was held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Mayo Funeral Residence. Rev. C. B. Oliver conducted the service and burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Thomas Hodgkins
Mayo
C. B. Oliver
Oak Grove
Mrs Frances H Peaslees Funeral Service
Funeral held at her home on Middle Street Sunday afternoon at two o'clock Rev. Dr. David L Wilson conducted the service. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances H. Peaslee
Middle Street
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
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Richmond
Russell Perry
Cyrus M. Kendrick
Perry
Skowhegan
Bingham High School
Farmington Normal School
Bates
Methodist Church
the Grange
Methodist Parish House
Jean Hanson
Mary Subtivan
Mary Muise
Mildred Wheeler
Itelen Packard
Joyce Foster
Bessie Sedgley
Clowes Guiou
Archer Terrell
Lillian Haynes
John Parker
Arther Terrell
Melvin Curtis
Wesley Webber
Priscilla Chapman
Everett Douglass
Carl Anderson
Loie Addison
Central Street
Florence "Young
Jerold Eugene Foss
USN
James MacKillop
Richmond Free Baptist Church
Addison
John S. Young
Belfast
Basil Foss
Wallace W. Gardiner
Patricia Duren
Arthur James Lynch
Ilinois
Hazel Aucoin
Dean
Leighton Gardiner
Rosemary
Alice
Wilmer J. McBurnie
A.M.M. 1
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
England
Fleet Air Wing Seven
Ernest Hodgkins
Center Street
Berry Home
Howard Farwell
Barbara
Sara
Farwell
Frank Preble
Main Street
Flora , Denham
Old Orchard
Frank Carver
Weston Carver
Preston Carver
Richard Parent
Leeds
Walter House
George D. Harford
Harford
Philadelphia
Charles A. Heim
15Th Air Force Service Command
Boothbay Harbor
Harold Wade
Cairns Rogge
Paterson
N. J
New Jersey State Teachers College
Alexander Cairns
Rogge
Grace Rogge
University of Maine
International Relations Club
Square Dance Club
Maine Christian Association
Alpha Kappa Chapter
Delta Delta
Cairns
Orono
William Morris Cairns
Alexander William
Dresden Mills Methodist Church
Dresden
Pittsford Valley
Brandon
Sylvert
New England
Bias H. Page
North Street
Georgetown
Clarence Colby
Topsham
Charles Caldwell
John Blackie
Philip Stebbins
Howard Trafton
Howard Heald Home
Roy Newman
W. A. Todd
George Laskey, Jr
A. S. Cunningham
Philip Stebbins, Jr
Marion Hamilton
Portland
Morris Levine
Gilbert Gunnell
Belgrade
George Nagle
New Haven
Parker Moulton
Wareham
West Georgetown
Vincent MacMahan
James Dunton
Frank Heald
Clarence Hill
Willard Oliver
George Oliver
Philip Eaton
Richard Hohenberg
Robinhood
Travelers
Yeoman
Martin Wike
Kansas City
Lark Street
Dewey
Veteran Hospital
Edward Vose
Wilbur Clark
Brewer
Drayton Road
Urban Harding
Ralph Aran
Central Avenue
East Sullivan
William Haskell
Hartford
Edmund St. Pierre
Bernard
Carrie Charlesworth
Lisbon Center
Thelma Knight
Sewall
Washington Street
John Stacey
Charles O'Brien
Washington, D. C
Madge O'Brien
Rose Wilkins
Vincent Strout
North Jay
William Marr
Marr
Warner Eustis
Sedgemere Point
Francis Bagon
Peter
Waltham
Wakefield
Harold A. Rowe
Kittery
Day's Ferry Church
Johnson-Stevens
G. Thomas Murphe
Bronxville, N. Y
Linden Street
Leland T. Hodgkins
Mrs
Frances Peaslee
Homite
Frank FE. Page
Chaplin
L. T. Hodgkins’ Funeral
Evelyn Bachelor
Pocatello
Idaho
Okinawa
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington St
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