Richmond community notices and local church moves update
Community clubs held meetings including Hom club with Mr and Mrs Earl Perry and new members Mrs Joseph Tripp and son Joseph. Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows worked first degree with Brunswick assistance and refreshments served. A public barbecue plans and Nazarene church pastor changes are announced along with weddings and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Hom
Ak Club
Earl Perry
Vane Road
Joseph Tripp
Joseph
William Meserve
Water Street
Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows
Brunswick Odd Fellows
Charles Trott
Chester Foster
Edward Rankins
Methodist Church
Lanefield
Waldo Chick
Thomas Borjesson
Albert Darrah
James Burney
Wesley Webber
Archer Terrell
Curtis’ Bakery
Harland C. Joyce
Richmond Church of the Nazarene
Bow
Reginald Emmons
Ernest Hodgkins
Neil A. Handren
Stanley Handren
San Diego
Calif
Owry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Millinocket
Richmond High School
Lynn
Mass
San
Emerson Lane Auxiliary
American Legion
Leslie Dewitt
Chestnut Street
Public Supper for Benefit Orr's Island Fire Dept
A public lobster stew supper will be served from 5 30 until 8 30 Thursday evening at the Red Men s hall at Orr s Island. Proceeds go to a fund for purchasing a new pump and hose. An auction on July 30 at the school house will raise additional funds with Brice Booker of Brunswick as auctioneer offering household goods furniture and bric a brac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Men’s Hall
Orr's Island
Sugar measurement quick reference for bakers
Handy facts about sugar measures. A pound of granulated sugar yields 2 cups. A pound of firmly packed brown sugar yields 2 cups. A pound of sifted confectioners sugar yields 4 cups. In parts of the country confectioners sugar is called powdered sugar.
Americans Take In About 40000 Patents Annually
A report notes that the United States issues roughly 40 000 new patents each year. It highlights continued innovation across sectors and underscores patent offices processing volume and trend data.
Georgetown Community Notes and Visiting Guests
Georgetown residents report church activities and a busy social season. Rev William Harris preached at First Baptist while touring Maine. a Working League sale and parsonage repairs were approved. families and visitors from Bath Waltham and New York joined coffeebrake gatherings in Georgetown Center and West Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harris
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
East Putnam
Central School
Lyman Owen
Natick
Mass
Owens
Georgetown Center
Sherry Rowe
Alfred Rowe
Baptist School of Christian Training
Mapleton
Rowe
Georgetown
Baptist Laymen’s Association
Theodore Campbell
Mary
Eugenia Cromwell
Phippsburg
Campbell
Myrtle Scott
Allston
Webster Scott
Weston
John D. Williams
Portland
Oakley Thibodeau
Topsfield
Seguinland
George Floyd
Charles MacMahan
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
Stevie Lasky
George Laskey, Jr
Bun+gane
George Laskey
Robinhood
Warren S. Todd
Elaine
Stoneham
William
Harry L. Horne
Bath
Charles
Saugus
Edward Rowe
Riverside
N. J
Mr. Rowe
Ernest Heal
Heal
Marr
MacMahan
South Bristol
Earle Dow
Woolwich
Charles Gould
Waltham
Albion Flemming
George Marshall
Janice Powers
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Donna
Audrey Culaski
John F. Thompson
New Canaan
West Georgetown
Walter Slye
Robert Maybee
William A. Todd
Joseph Higgins
Chester Long
Roscoe P. Todd
Miss Denny Todd’s 16th Birthday Party at Wynburg
Miss Denny Todd daughter of Mr and Mrs M P Todd of New York City celebrated her sixteenth birthday on July 13 with a party at the Todd cottage in Wynburg on the New Meadows river. Attendees included Mrs P H Winston grandmother and Miss Judy Winston cousin both of Chapel Hill NC plus Katherine Berry and Mr and Mrs Horace Holton Wynburg Mr and Mrs Dudley Leavitt Meadowbrook and several Brightwater residents. Mr Todd could not attend but plans to join later this week in Wynburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Bradshaw
Friancis Sherman
Sona
Gladys Weeman
Portland
George Allen
Stratford, Conn
Roland Peterson
MacMahan
Charles Fox
Ardmore
Lillian Wheeler
Bonney
Bonney Cottage
Little Sheepscot
Edgar Hunter
Hanover
N. H
Anna Jackson
New York City
Melvin Jackson
Jackson
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
West Georgetown
Boston
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
University of Maine
William Brown
Thatcher
Darien
Donald Field
Webber Farm
Denny Todd
M. P. Todd
Todd
Wynburg
New Meadows River
P. H. Winston
Judy Winston
Chapel Hill
N. C
Katherine Berry
Horace Holton
Dudley Leavitt
Meadowbrook
Fred Blackley
Georgia Ewing
Jerome Davis
William Price
James
Wendell
Charles
Brightwater
Ladies Field Day At Tripp Lake On Wednesday
The United Order of Independent Odd Ladies governing Maine held its annual field day at Tripp Lake. Members from Myrtle Lodge Bath attended and rode a chartered bus from the Woolworth store at 9 am. Merrymeeting Lodge Brunswick also shared the bus. Refreshments will be available or attendees may bring a picnic lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Government of
Maine
Tripp Lake
Myrtle Lodge
Bath
Woolworth
Merrymeeting Lodge
Brunswick
Air Force Officer Records Hole-in-One at Bath Course
A 24-year-old Air Force officer aced the 164-yard fourth hole at Bath Golf Club on Saturday for a rare hole-in-one. Lt. Cecil H. Ramsay, stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station and resident of Brunswick, achieved the feat while playing with Everett Wirta of Bath and Ed Evans of New Bedford, Mass. He said he had never done it before and did not expect to again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Bath Golf Club
Cecil H. Ramsay
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Everett Wirta
Bath
Ed Evans
New Bedford
Mass
Ramsay
Fire at Edward M. Butterfield residence on High Street
Bath firemen answered a still alarm at 8 45 pm Monday after neighbors saw flames in the kitchen of the Edward M Butterfield home at 1033 High Street. Firemen found a pot holder ablaze on an electric stove with considerable smoke but no damage and no one present when discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward M. Butterfield
High Street
Cosmopolitan Drama Club to Attend Hamlet at Rangeley Lakes
Members of the Cosmopolitan Drama club will attend the July 27 production of Hamlet at the Rangeley Lakes Summer theater. Local club members will be overnight guests of Miss Isabelle Bryant of Bath at her summer home at Wilson's Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Drama Club
Rangeley Lakes
Isabelle Bryant
Bath
Wilson's Mills
Card of Thanks from Georgetown Maine
I wish to thank all my friends especially the people of Georgetown for kindness during my illness. Master Mike MacDonald Georgetown Maine July 21 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Mike MacDonald
Maine
Five Islands church and arts events announce summer plans
Construction on the Baptist church addition continues with forms built for the cellar and furnace room and concrete poured. The library auxiliary schedules a Summer sale for Aug 6 at Library hall. The annual art show runs Aug 20–23 10 am to 10 pm with paintings drawings sculpture and ceramics. entries due Aug 10 to Dr. Nathaniel J. Hasenfus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Library Hall
Baptist
Nathaniel J. Hasenfus
Five Islands
Saddle Trade Chicago (A) Outdoor theater adds stalls for horses
Outdoor theater management installs stalls and feeding enclosures for horses and provides a parking area for motorcycles as part of the saddle trade in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Trade
Chicago
Marrtown Notes Celebrate Summer Visitors and Meetings
Marrtown residents report a social week with Prof. and Mrs. Johannes Nabholz and Douglas Nabholz, Carleton W. Rideout, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lantz at a Kennebec shore cookout. Harold I. Goss, secretary of state, and Mrs. Goss hosted a July weekend at Gray Gulls, and Goss Day featured gifts after attendance at the Motor Vehicles Administrators conference. Rain revived wells, gardens, and water containers, while new arrivals settled into summer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Johannes Nabholz
Douglas
Carleton W. Rideout
Percy Lantz
Hanus Hicks
Newton
Johannes Nachholz
New Brunswick
N. J
Marrtown
Goss
Gray Gulls
American Association of Motor Vehicles Administrators
North America
Eastern Conference of Motor Vehicles Administrators
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Conference of Special Interest
Harold I. Goss
Rev and Mrs Allen Expected Home From Lisbon Falls Visit
The Rev Harold L Allen pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church and Mrs Allen plan to return to Corliss Street this week after two weeks with Mrs Allen’s parents in Lisbon Falls. They cared for the Clark farm while Mr and Mrs Clark recover from injuries from a July 3 automobile crash. Grandparents were in the car with their three grandchildren Jimmie Priscilla and Patricia who escaped injury aside from minor cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Leslie Roberts
Emily Chase
Ellen
Portland
George Richter
Frederick
Seymour
Conn
Donald Young
Highland
N. Y
Emil Kleemann
Seagirt
N. J
Pearl Perry
County Road
Dallas Gillespie
Milford
Walter Trott
Maude Trott
James Meserve
Ralph Trott
West Haven
Fred Naylor
California
England
Warren
Harry Wagarak
Aliquippa
John Witham
Rachel Carney
Frank Morse
Kathy Jean
Arlington
Mass
John Thrower
Fred Witham
Presque Isle
Kenneth Gilmore
Leonard Hart
Eva Pratt
Malden
Arthur Pratt
Bath
Elizabeth
Florence Watson
Beech Street
Clarence Bearce
Somerville
Sadie Waltz
Alton Curtis
Sherman Mills
Wesley Webber
Curtis
University of Maine
Webber
Messena
Carlton Hughes
Bowdoinham
Emerson
Pleasant Street
Olin G. MacKinnon
Paul MacKinnon
Pepperal Air Force Base
St. John’s
Nld
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Richard Herring
Herman Herring
Richard
Gardiner General Hospital
Daniel Danforth
Franklin
Guilford
Vincent Marchese
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Allen
William Clark
Lisbon Falls
Corliss Street
Allens
Clark
Jimmie
Priscilla
Patricia
Central Maine General Hospital
Clements Misses Free Steak After Nail Accident
Richmond Virginia E L Clements safety chairman of the public works department faced a broken chain of luck. He had a standing promise of a steak dinner if the department enjoyed an accident free month. A worker stepped on a rusty nail in the final days, ending his streak and the dinner plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
E. L. Clements
Clements
Department of Public Works
Flying Car Over Barrier Ends in Mud Hole
Constable Ezra Bilbo reports a car struck a road repair barrier, cleared a six foot fence and landed radiator first in a mud hole near Orange Texas. Both occupants escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Machine
Orange
Tex
Ezra Bilbo
Funeral for Miles Marble 13 in Canada avalanche tragedy
Funeral services were held for Miles Marble 13 son of Grace Douglas and William Marble Collegeville Pa one of seven teenagers killed in a Canadian Rocky Mountains avalanche on July 11 The service at Leslie C Shumway funeral home in Collegeville Pa featured Rev Dr Oliver W Bell Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery Committal at the family lot with surviving grandparents and relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Marble
Grace Douglas
William Marble
Collegeville
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Oliver W. Bell
Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill
Charles Marble
Buckfield
Charles F. Marble
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bay Point residents host and vacation guests visit area
A sequence of Bay Point and nearby visits highlights summer activity. Auburn visitors Mr. and Mrs. Dube spend days here as relatives join for weekends, while families from Dedham Bath Woolwich and Schenectady return or arrive. Several cottages host guests from Maine and beyond during vacations and brief calls.
Turn On the Heat West Point Bridge Tieup Described
A traffic delay on the Pamunkey River bridge heated up as 90 degree heat expanded the drawbridge beams. Crews used blow torches to shave off the expanded sections, resuming traffic after about an hour. Driver temperatures cooled as jams cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Pamunkey River
D River
Local money solves autograph shortage in Bryan
William Bendix, in town for a radio show, faced a crowd asking for autographs but no paper. Brazos Varisco produced a roll of bills, Bendix signed each note, and handed them out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
William Bendix
Brazos Varisco
Bendix
Electric Blender Tip for Fruity Milk Drinks
The text advises using an electric blender for fruit and milk drinks for children. Blend for about 10 seconds, chill an hour to 80 minutes before serving, and use ingredients like milk ripe bananas and sugar to make a delicious drink.
1954 Gas Fired Water Heaters Sold in U S
In 1954 the United States sold 2 285 000 gas fired water heaters. The figure reflects a high demand for gas appliances during the period and marks a notable sales total for that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charles C Nelson 91 Bath resident dies at Memorial Hospital
Charles Oscar Nelson 91 retired Hyde Windlass brass molder died Sunday morning at Memorial hospital. Born January 1 1864 in Stockholm Sweden he emigrated to Bath where he lived 55 years retiring 10 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs William Rowe Lewiston a son Carl Nelson Gulfport Fla grandson Ensign Kirk Rowe US Navy and niece Mrs Carl Severin South Portland. He was a member of Winter Street Congregational church Bath Aerie of Eagles and the Modern Woodmen of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Nelson
Charles Oscar Nelson
Hyde Windlass Co
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Stockholm
Sweden
Oscar Nelson
Nelson
Bath
Hyde Windlass
Winter Street
Bath Aerie of
Eagles
Modern Woodmen of America
William Rowe
Lewiston
Carl Nelson
Gulfport
Fla
Ensign Kirk Rowe
U. S. Navy
Carl Severin
South Portland
Mrs Mabel Rumrill dies at 73 in Gorham home
Mrs Mabel Rumrill 73 widow of George Rumrill died Saturday at the home of her niece Mrs Clarence Watson in Gorham where she lived. A Richmond native born June 26 1882 she leaves three nieces Elizabeth Florence and Mrs Watson and a nephew Charles Watson all of Richmond. She belonged to Amy Bradley Tent D A V C W Methodist church and the IOOF of Brunswick. Funeral Monday at 2 p m from 12 Federal street Brunswick with burial in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Rumrill
George Rumrill
Clarence Watson
Gorham
Rumrill
Richmond
Clarence
Annie Gray Ingraham
Watson
Elizabeth
Florence Watson
Charles Watson
Amy Bradley
C. W
Methodist Church of
Independent Order of Odd Ladies of Brunswick
Federal Street
Brunswick
Topsham
Mrs Annie Smith 86 dies in Augusta nursing home
Annie Smith, 86, died Thursday afternoon at a local nursing home. Born Clifton July 11, 1869, daughter of Charles and Louise Jacobs. She married Edelbert M. Perry in 1885, lived in Emden and North Anson 38 years, widowed, then married Elmer E. Smith in 1931. Survived by three daughters Eda Moody, Maude Harding, Mildred Bryant, a son Kleber J. Perry, and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Smith
Clifton
Charles
Louise Tibbetts Jacobs
Edelbert M. Perry
Sherman
Emden
North Anson
Elmer E. Smith
Augusta
Eda Moody
Bath
Maude Harding
Anson
Mildred Bryant
Madison
Kleber J. Perry
Green Acres
Fla
Bertha Stone Funeral Held in Fairfield
Funeral services for Bertha Stone former Bath resident who died Monday at Fairfield were held at 11 am Wednesday at Lawry Funeral Home in Fairfield. Mrs Stone of 109 Center Street had worked at the Bath Canning Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Stone
Bath
Fairfield
Lawry Funeral Home
Stone
Center Street
Bath Canning Company
Driveway Collapse Sinks Into City Sewer Interceptor
Mrs. Jesse J. Brewer of St Clair Shores backed her car into a driveway that vanished into the city sewer interceptor. It sank slowly and dropped a 20 by 10 foot section about six feet, a cave-in revealing the sewer line beneath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jesse J. Brewer
St. Clair Shores
Gray Day at Sea: Gray Family Involved in Coast Guard Message
W R Gray fell ill at Ocracoke North Carolina and a radio operator Arthur D Gray conveyed the report to Coast Guard headquarters. Chief Boatswain Cyrus Gray received the message and a helicopter piloted by Lt Commander W C Gray flew toward Ocracoke. The Grays are not related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
W.R. Gray
Ocracoke
N. C
Arthur D. Gray
Coast Guard
Cyrus Gray
W. C. Gray
Grays
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harold Bates
Glenn Lamoreau
Ida Lloyd
Earl Lamoreau
Geneva
Florida
Leonard Lamoreau
Orr’s Island Fire Dept
William F. Heimrlich
RIAS
U.S
Berlin
Senate
Internal Security
Washington
Reds
Charles Lewis
Lewis
International
Judson Cross
Kennebec Point
Martha Bowen
Bath Country Club
Cosmopolitan
John Thibodeau
Clearwater
Maynard
John Faresse
Wilson House
Mina Swift
G. Ronald Smith
Warren Horticks
Providence
R. I
Herricks
Pauline Rassmussin
James Hyde
Robert Snow
James, Stevens and
Derby Line
Nelson Cottage
Robert Hoffman
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Paul A. Thompson
Harris McIntire
Marblehead
Paul Thompson
Marion Stevens
Exeter
Frank Allard
South Danville
Vail
Laura Doten
Davis
Elwood Tyoothaker
Melvin Comeau
George Tyther
Quincy
Branwell Harford
Herbert Moore, Jr
Kathryn Hoover
Francis Bacon
Peter
Sudbury
Bacon
Geneva Rowe
Chester Pinkham
Gerald Carr
Richard Barter
Marie Moore
Carr Pearson
Franz Steven
Maine Medical Center
Etta Moore
Mary Stevens
Victor Pinkham
Norman Adams
Ray Grover
Alfred
Marrtown Notes
Mrs. Allen
Peress
John L. McClellan
Permanent
Maj
Irving M. Peress
Pentagon
Army
Canada
Dube
Auburn
Earl Hagan
Grey
Nancy Hagan
Hagan
Greenstreet
Bogart
Dwight Furbish
Bay Point
Armand Miller
Jane Niles
Andrew Butterfield
Butterfield Cottage
Harold White
Dedham
First Beach
Nina Cummings
Clyde Whittaker
Alfred Perow
Clarence Oliver
Perow Cottage
Harry Knight
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth Moffatt
Merle Niles
Butterfield
John Sampson
Eleanor Oliver
Donald Hodgdon
St. Petersburg
Drusilla Fielding
New London
Sherman Campbell
Fred P. Taylor
Thomas Hagan
Hagans
Taylor
Robert Stone
Pamela
Bayley
Schenectady
R. Foster Stevens
Winwood
James C. Warren
Wilmington
Del
Berry Cottage
Walker Flynn
Bayside
Long Island
Theodore Stewart
Thomas Hagans
Shumway Funeral Service
Mrs
Road To
Gray Day
Jack Rosevear
San Francisco
Superb
Queen's Royal Marine Light Infantry
Torquay
Devon
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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