Richmond Wedding Rites Mark Gardiner Residents
Mary Rogers daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Rogers of Gardiner and Carroll Curtis son of Mr and Mrs Erland Curtis Ridge road were married at Highland Avenue Methodist Church Gardiner Rev Royal Brown officiated The reception followed at the Rogers home Brunswick Avenue The couple will reside at 49 Pleasant Street Richmond and Curtis plans to attend University of Maine in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rogers
Harold Rogers
Gardiner
Carroll E. Curtis
Erland Curtis
Ridge Road
Highland Avenue Methodist Church
Royal Brown
Llewellyn Collomy
John Goodale
Shirley Rogers
Richard Houdlette
Gordon Curtis
Sumner Leathers
Jean Guiou
Richmond
Joyce Boulay
Bowdeinham
Brenda Rogers
Randolph
Wayne Rogers
South Gardiner
William Rogers
Brunswick Avenue
Curtis
Gardiner High School
James Acheson
Augusta
Richmond High School
Theu. S. Naval Reserve
Orumbo Woolen Mills
Lisbon Falls
Pleasant Street
Charles Guiou
Gardiner Street
Jean
Kendon Curtis
Miss Guiou
Office of Maine Automobile Registration
Navy
University of Maine
Pushard-Guiou Post
V.F.W
Eva Douglass
Old Ferry Road
Arlene Ruth Berry
Frederick Berry
West Dresden
Theodore Atchell
Dorish
Chestnut Street
Nazarene Parsonage
Harland Joyce
Everett Lord
North Front Street
Mitchell
Eaton Shoe Co
Ideal Home Corner Club
William Meserve
Water Street
Jeff Coates
Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Audrey Dewitt
Marion Babb
Lewiston
Esther Foss
Bertha Curtis
Flying Mist Dominates Narrow West Wins First New Meadows Race
In a windy Basin course race at Winnegannee Bay the Flying Mist led Pat Todd of Brightwater to victory over Leeward and Coffee Pot. Coffee Pot broke its mast after finishing and had to be towed home. Two other boats withdrew with gear troubles as plans for a larger next race began. Harold P. Small served as starter and official timer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Foster's Point
L. A. Frick
Sheep Island
Wyatt Albertson
Sebasco
James Adams
Candy’s Harbor
Eddie True, Jr
Harold P. Small
Cosmopolitan Club Directors Plan August Picnic
Cosmopolitan Club directors met with chair Mrs. Carville Douglas presiding. During summer recess they conduct club business and voted to accept Mrs. Joseph I. Smiths invitation for a picnic at Foster Point on Aug 2. A special meeting will review several membership applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Carville Douglas
Joseph I. Smith
Foster Point
Karachi's Population Boom Since 1947 Independence
Karachi grew from about 300000 residents before 1947 to roughly a million people today. The city, once small by regional standards, expanded rapidly after Pakistan's founding amid migration and urban growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
Sermon on Vision At Georgetown First Baptist
Warren Harris delivers Sunday sermon at Georgetown Center First Baptist on three kinds of vision backward toward mistakes upward toward God and forward for growth. The event notes welcome for Clayton H Heald back from Japan and a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Ray Higgins for Mrs. James Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Russia
Mr. Harris
Clayton H. Heald
Japan
Ray Higgins
James Harper
Fayelene Rowe
Alfred Rowe
Georgetown Center
Dinah
Harry Horne
Will Entertain For Sister Mary Alfred
Mrs. Robert Moore of Weeks street held an open house for Sister Mary Alfred of Haverhill Mass who leaves for service in Chile. Sister Alfred one of seven Maryknoll nuns honored with a departure ceremony at Maryknoll Mother House New York. She is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Lambert of Georgetown Mass and a Groveland High convent graduate formerly employed in Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wagurak
Aliquippa
Wagurak
John T. Witham
Rachael Varney
Darrah Street
Witham
Varney
Bernard Moore
Auburn
Pennsylvania
Earl McPhee
Robert
Belfast
Percy Huntington
Bruce
John
Cherry Babb
Dwight Anderson
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Edna Emmons
Brunswick Hospital
Eva Beauchemin
Lewiston
Oscar Douglass
Old Ferry Road
Edward Alexander
Winchester
Richard Derby
South Pleasant Street
M. W. Douglass
Earle Hackett
Grange
Wiscasset
Douglass
Ceres
Roger Berry
Mr. Berry
Massachusetts
Richard Howard
Connecticut
Earle Lewis
A. E. McMaster
Gardiner
Arthur Long
Mrs
Robert Moore
Weeks Street
Mary Alfred
Haverhill
Chile
Alfred
Greater Boston
Maryknoll
Marykknoll
N.Y
Marie E. Lambert
Albert Lambert
Georgetown
Groveland High Convent
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Elmer Stark
Comeau
Harry Peterson
Margaret Quinlan
Wilbur W. Higgins
Paris
Garrett Gilman
Day’s Ferry
William McGrath
Brookline
McGrath
Edith Davis
Quincy Wales
John Eustis
Janet
Grant
Wales Cottage
Malden Island
Warren Lane
Parson's Paradise
Boothbay
Thomas Watson
Charles Shain
Five Islands
Pettit
Amherst
Robert Titterington
Bridgewater
Chester Hobart
Quincy
Woolwich
Herman Kuch
Rockmere
Canada
Edgar Osborn
Springfield
Thomas Hanna
Irving Hanna
Lula Hanna
Lincoln Ryther
Wollaston
Branwell Harford
Rockmere Lodge
Cook
Mullen
Wagner
Philadelphia
Arthur Cole
Mr. Cole
Standish
Kuch
Miss Lippincott
Harriet Worrell
New Road
State Park
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Georgia Watson
Alma Pinkham
Rose Pinkham
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Marilyn
Marcia
Kennebec Point
Stanley Karril
Bliss
Karril
Warner’ Eustis
Frederick Butts
Hopewell Underhill
Sasanoa
Eustis
Gloria Clark
June Clark
Bobby Clark
Ray Gilpatrick
Lloyd Clark
Franklin Pinkham
George Gray
MacMahan Island
Fred Carr
Portland
Farmers resist killing skunks for their insect control
Farmers cite the skunk’s usefulness in pest control, arguing that skunks help reduce crop pests and avoid chemical use, leading to reluctance to trap or kill them. The stance reflects a balance between natural pest management and livestock or farm safety concerns.
Five Islands Church Hosts Busy Weekend Activities
Five Islands Sunday services drew good crowds at the First Baptist church led by Warren Harris. A morning quartet and evening duet featured local singers while a Daily Vacation Bible School is planned Aug 9 to 20 with two New England Fellowship directors and many local teachers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
James Stevens
Lava Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Edith Marr
Five Islands Church
New England Fellowship
Georgetown
Harold Pinkham
Harold Rowe
John Blasi
Blasi
Reginald Pinkham
Coast Guard
Uesaucer G
Cape May
N. J
Nightingale Club Enjoys A Meeting At Mary Perry Home
The Nightingale Club met Thursday evening at the home of Edward Perry on Center Street with Miss Mary Perry of Boston hosting. Supper followed a floral candle centerpiece and a brief business session announced completion of a Memorial hospital project an electrical fan installation in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nightingale Club
Edward Perry
Center Street
Mary Perry
Boston
Arthur King
Memorial Hospital
Dresden News Roundup Highlights Cast, Contests, and Visitors
Miss Nancy Bourgois sails to Camp Wyonegoni Denmark for summer work while her brother Thomas visits grandmother in South Paris. Miss Rose Beverage eyes queen role at Pleasant Pond regatta July 24 25 with coronation ball. Rev Frank Fellows resigns as pastor after three years. Community notes observe bids, visits, and summer guests across Dresden Center Mid dle Bridge Portland Boothbay Harbor and Richmond with several names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Bourgois
Donald Bourgois
Camp Wyonegoni
Denmark
Thomas Bourgois
George Kenniston
Paris
Stephen Powell
Raymond Perry
Peggy McCoy
Benjamin Wentworth
Ray Getchell
Lynn
Mass
Oliver Getchell
Getchell
West Dresden
Rose Beverage
Pleasant Pond
Miss Beverage
Albion Beverage
Beverage
Bridge Academy
Gould Academy
Bethel
Emerson Lane
Gardiner and
Hallowell
Marilyn McCobb
Donna Souviney
Glendon Souviney
Washington, D. C
Frank Fellows
Pownalboro Hall
Dresden Center
A. Henry Thurston
Middle Bridge
C. E. Longfellow
Day’s Ferry
Alice Corliss
Portland
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Canada
Lawrence Gahan
Fred Cate
Cape Porpoise
Leonard Gahan
Richmond
N. B. Corthell
Saugus
Bath junior drum corps takes first in Madison parade
Bath's American Legion Post junior drum and bugle corps won first place in the Madison sesqui centennial parade contest, earning $150 and a 27 inch trophy. The 47 member unit, led by William Milliken, impressed spectators with a 15 minute drill and a 20 minute exhibition before Gov. Burton N Cross and judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Legion Post
Madison
Bath Corps
William Milliken
Burton N Cross
Raymond Cote
Fullerton
Legion
Moses, Ford
Champeon
Rockland
Maine
Pine Tree
Viruses as Living and Nonliving: A Complex View
The question of whether viruses are living remains debated as they share some life traits like reproduction and evolution yet lack independent metabolism and cellular structure. Researchers argue they occupy a gray area between living biology and nonliving chemistry.
Davis named naval architect for Sample firm
Frank L. Sample Jr of M. L. Sample Inc announces Richard Ordway Davis of City Island and Waldoboro will be naval architect. Davis comes from Henry B Nevins Inc with 14 years as naval architect and 15 years at William H Hand Jr office. He will supervise design for four Flagship minesweepers and yacht work for Boothbay Harbor builders. Davis will live near Waldoboro with his family. He contributed to the Bolero Bermuda race winner design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Sample Jr
M. L. Sample, Inc
Richard Ordway Davis
City Island
Waldoboro
Mr. Davis
Henry B. Nevins
Hand Motor Sailors
Frank L. Sample, Inc
Davis
U. S. Navy
Boothbay Harbor
Obituary Grace P Payne 67 longtime Bath resident dies
Grace P Payne aged 67 of Bath died Monday at Memorial hospital after a period of ill health. Born January 4 1887 in Phil she married Henry Lermond of Bath and later Edgar C Payne. She taught sewing in Bailey Evening school and Rumford schools and was active in Dromore Grange and D of P Bath. Survived by son Herbert Lermond sister and other relatives. Funeral Thursday at Mayo funeral residence with burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace P. Payne
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Phil
Charles
Elizabeth (Fletcher) Malcolm
Henry Lermond
Rumford
Edgar C. Payne
Jean Moynihan
Portland
Michael Alan Moynihan
Mayo Funeral
Oak Grove
Bath Man Joseph G Kelly Dies at 64
Joseph George Kelly 64 of Bath died at Memorial hospital last week. A Boston native born December 27 1889 he served in World War I and spent 17 years as a guard in Bath. He is survived by wife Lucy two sons Clifford and William daughter Doris and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph George Kelly
Memorial Hospital
High Street
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Boston
John and
Mary (Murphy) Kelly
U. S. Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Lucy (Lewis) Kelly
Doris E. Kelly
Clifford Kelly
William Kelly
Cincinnati, O
Harold A. Purington dies after long illness in Salem
Harold A. Purington 49 of Newburyport Massachusetts former Portland resident died in a Salem hospital after a long illness. A silversmith for 20 years in Newburyport he was born in Portland son of Marshall H. and Angie M. Dunton Purington and educated at Portland High and the University of Maine. He leaves his widow his mother a sister Mrs. Doris Howerton and two uncles Judge Arthur J. Dunton Bath and Charles P. Purington Lexington. Funeral was at 2 pm Tuesday at 37 High Street Newburyport with interment at Oak Grove Bath at 5 pm Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Purington
Newburyport
Mass
Portland
Salem
Mr. Purington
Marshall H
Angie M. Dunton Purington
Portland High School
University of Maine
Doris Howerton
Kentucky
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
Charles P. Purington
Lexington
High Street
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Joseph G Kelley held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Joseph George Kelley were Saturday at two in Grace Episcopal Church. Rev. Fr. James L. Grant officiated. Bearers included George O. Melzard Arthur Stonier Harold M. Simmons Irving R. Johnson Walter S. Simonton and Frank E. Garon. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph George Kelley
Curtis
Lome
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
George O. Melzard
Arthur Stonier
Harold M. Simmons
Irving R. Johnson
Walter S. Simonton
Frank E. Garon
Oak Grove
French Metric System Origins
The metric system was first established in France more than a century and a half ago, introducing units such as the meter gram and litre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
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Togus Veterans Hospital
Pan Ae and Departmentations
V.A.V.S
Togus
Peacock's
Mansir’s
Legion Hall
Harris Hutchins
William Emmons
Spencer Lake
Alton Curtis
Central Maine General Hospital
Dorothy Patten
Melvin Ferris
Carl
Abington
Frank Anderson
Main Street
Rosebel Paine
Ethel Bailey
Niagara Falls
ACARI
Evinkude Sales & Service
Pierce
Marine Service
New Meadows Yacht Club
Winneganee Bay
John Flynn
Nancy
Sunnyside
L. I
N. Y
South Paris
Robinhood
Carroll Powers
Lauretta M. Jones
Roscoe P. Todd
Stanley Kosalka
Sagadahoc Bay
Ricky
Bloomfield
Alice Green
Linda
Everett Graves
Germantown
Harbor Home
Mr. Graves
Bertha Graves
Bertha Treat
Warren Todd
William
Moatsweag
Ossian Dodge
Marguerite Zorach
Dahlev Spear
Walker Art Gallery
Brunswick
Jayson Schoener
Talbot Rogers
Chevy Chase
MacMahan
Gage Bailey
Cambridge
Charles Fox
Ardmore
Lillian Wheeler
Walter Sly
Weston
Joseph F. Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
Sasanoa Inn
Elmer Palmer
Everett, Mass
William Zorach
Rockport
Ellsworth
Newman
William A. Todd
Harry L. Horne
Petry
Ballantine
Bedford
West Georgetown
Whitinsville
George Alderman
Alderman
J. Robert Blackie
John Gilmore
Montclair
New Jersey
John Holt
Eugene Gilmore
Roy M. Newman
Louise Treat
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Bisseth
Priscilla
Donna Lee Carlstrom
Carlstrom
Waltham
William Bisseth
Belle Heald
Warren S Todd
Reid Park
Dorothy W. Stuart
Martha Bowen
Bowen
Arrowsie
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Charles Crosby
Helen Peacock
West George Town
Anne Peacock
Lee Shea
Homer D. Kenerson
Harry Grover
Philip Gardiner
Carl Gardner
Westbrook
Antiques Sale
Helen W. Peacock
West
Georgetown, Maine
Harry Miller
Melrose
Kathleen Rittall
Ida Pinkham
Kenneth Pinkham
Southport
Marion Watson
Freemont Rowe
Charles Rugg
F. Marcena Butts
Major Butts
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Addie Moulton
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Lowell
Melvin Comeau
Mr. Comeau
James Comeau
Cochrane
Myricks
Arthur Cochrane
Nova Scotia
Joseph Creedon
Roslin
Ray Russeau
Gilpatrick
Mansfield Moore
Charles Alfred
Stinson Davis
Lloyd Pinkham, Jr
Tom Watson
Bill Stewart
Howard Thomas
Maynard Thibodeau
Richard Barter
William Watson
Hope Rousse
Michael Rousse
Albert Wong
Sebago Lake
Melvin
William Grady
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Sedgemere Road
Gilbert Standish
Miss Mary Perry
John Freeman
J. Arhur Burgess
J. Emery Footer
Edward Footer
Arlene Footer
James B. Lemont
Joseph Cyr
J. Arthur Burgress
Dresden
Junior Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Smith-Tobey Post
Monmouth Park
Blind Path
Nick Jemas
Bootheay
Phippsburg
J. G. Kelly
M. H. Page
North St
Oerx Kenneber Green
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