Richmond couple honored at surprise engagement party
Miss Blanche L Durand and Robert E Dickerman received a large surprise party at Mrs William A Meader residence on Main Street. The Durand Shoe Co crew presented a 100 piece dish set, with remarks by foreman John Sullivan and musical numbers from Ruth Durand and Mr Sullivan. Guests helped celebrate with cake ice cream and fruit punch, while a pink and white decor adorned the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche L. Durand
Robert E. Dickerman
William A. Meader
Main Street
Durand Shoe Co
Electric Wash Day on the Farm
Washday on the farm has long meant hard drudgery for farm wives. Electricity now eases the task with lights, powered pumps, a washing machine, wringer, and electric iron. The electric setup delivers water, pressurizes it, and runs appliances, reducing toil while keeping essential chores.
West Bath Notes Weekend Visitors At Cottages And Homes
West Bath scene centers on a family gathering at the Noyes cottage Sabino with Er nest Williams and relatives from Campbell's Pond Bath. Dennis Clark hosts guests including John N Taylor Clara Cameron W Dayton Hill and Billy plus distant kin from Dennisville Ohio and Mass at their New Meadows cottage. Charles Kenney works on a new bungalow for Dr. E S Stackpole while Bath visitors from Arlington Mass West Somerville Miass Ohio join at Sabine and Sabino cottages. Merton Wright buys a new Essex coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest KE. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Dennis Clark
John N. Taylor
Clara Cameron
W. Dayton Hill
Billy
Bath
New Meadows
Charles Kenney
Ralph Kenney
E. S. Stackpole
Eby
Dennisville
Ind
Little
Monroe
Mary Butler
Portland
John Pooler
Sabine
Merton Wright
Essex
Quaker Point Guests and Camp Occupancy Report
Miss Katherine Liddell visits sister Mrs Clarence Tuttle while Mr and Mrs Fulton Mitchell stay at the Foster cottage. Francis and Kenneth Liddell play tennis on the new court beside the Tuttle cottage. Dr and Mrs Thomas Baxter of Woonsocket RI visit Camp Marabel hosted by Mrs Flavel Shurtleff. Miss Euphenia Keay and Ralph and Ida Keay open their camp the Little Brown Thrush. All cottages at Happy Nook are occupied for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Liddell
Clarence EK. Tuttle
Fulton Mitchell
Foster Cottage
Masters Francis
Kenneth Liddell
Tuttle
Thomas Baxter
Woonsocket
R. I
Flavel Shurtleff
Camp Marabel
Euphenia Keay
Ralph
Ida Keay
Happy Nook
Card of thanks for birthday wishes and illness recovery
Leora Stinson extends gratitude to many friends for support during a recent illness. Richard Hall, cashier of the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, was a guest of Warren D. Oliver and passed a Tuesday here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hall
Copley Plaza
Boston
Warren D. Oliver
Pleasing Musical Program at First Baptist Church Georgetown
A large Georgetown congregation enjoyed a Sunday service at First Baptist Church where Camp Overlook girls presented a musical program. Rev. Ambler Garnett of Greenfield Mass delivered the sermon and was praised by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Camp Overlook
Ambler Garnett
Greenfield
Mass
Anne L. Reade
Boston
Emma Gould
Lewiston
Harold Hunt
David Oliver
George B. Oliver
Marrtown
Arthur Wyman
Sabattus
Francis Harrison
Irvington
N. J
Morrell
Deborah Webster
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Sagadahoe Bay
Bath City Hospital
Stott
Morin
Working
Florence Knapp
Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Nichols
W. T. Boyd
Howard G. Heald
William O. Oliver
B. H. Woodside
Eugene Coleman
Boon Island Light
Frank Heald
Leo Renzetti
East Dedham
Joseph Harford
Edgar Warren
Kennebec Point
Mannings
Reade's Point
Vernona Oliver
Massachusetts
Mark Marr
Harriet Deering
Joseph Bearse
Sanford
Sagadahoc House
Sydney Wrightington
Rodger Greeley
Waldo Glidden
Frederick Lovejoy
West Roxsbury
Kenneth Dunlap
Winchester
Dunlap
Henry Albers
Andover
Muass
West Georgetown
Anna Senter
Robinhood
Ward Tillotson
Topsham
John Blackie
Five Islands Grange Supper Nets $30.55
A parish finance committee hosted a successful supper at the grange hall on Thursday night, clearing $30.55. The report lists numerous residents and visitors from Bath Malden Hallowell Cambridge Providence Dexter and Boston as guests and summer visitors at local cottages and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Treasury
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Nettie Snowman
Bertram Lewis
Malden
Fred Carr
Dunwoody
George Carey
Bath
Elizabeth Carey
Robert Coombs
Natick
Mass
Roderick Douglass
Boston
C. A. MacMohan
Marion Ainley
Cambridge
George Ainley
John KB. Mooney
Providence
R. 1
Fred Reid
Cleveland Rowe
Flv. Doland
Leo KE. Dutton
Milford
N.ul
Hartley Harley
Stanley Hall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bert Hall
West Acton
Eugene Hall
Mlizabeth Cook
Elizabeth Stevens
James Stevens
Elbridge Southard
Junior
Southard
L. H. Rowe
Carrie Stevens
Paul Thompson
Jean
Merton E. Davis
Priscilla
Dorothy
Davis Homestead
B.S. Hagg
Henry Rowe
Quimby Cottage
Hazel Down
Bessie M. Dougherty
Avalon
Virginia Rogers
Lloyd
Corinne Dougherty
Charles Nocton
Joseph Stevens
Marion Stevens
Portland
Mabel Thibodeau
Charles Campbell
Robinhood
Clara Davis
A. T. Henderson
Arlington
Thomas Hughes
Savannah
M. F. Biggins
Harold Rowe
Son Junior
Alh
Ellsworth Pinkham
Gertrude Bradley
Westhore
Frank Biggins
President Coolidge Hears Evolution Sermon in Salem Church
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge attended a Sabbath sermon at Tabernacle Congregational Church in Salem Massachusetts. Rev Charles H Beale of Milwaukee preached that Christians should seek unity and peace in place of sectarian splits, arguing science aids faith and urging righteous leadership. Frank W Stearns sat behind the President as the service proceeded with Coolidge listening intently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Dayton
Tenn
Tabernacle Congregational Church
Salem
Mass
Charles H. Beale
D.D
Milwaukee
West Boothbay Harbor
United States
Dr. Beale
Oll
Christ
Congress
Beale
Eaith
Coolidge
Camp Overlook Notes On A Week Of Activities
Overlook Campers enjoyed a sail to Five Islands aboard Mr Spinney s motor boat with songs and cheers applauded by yachtsmen and townspeople. They hiked to the camp farm, engaged in water and land sports, and a postponed picnic due to weather was replaced with other activities. The camp choir led church services and several visitors were noted. Betty Stone and Edith Millett are among guests and staff, with Agnes Tier recovering from a leg injury after treatment by Dr Morin. A costume party crowned Faith Dews queen of the clown costume. Mr Brown supplied a flashlight of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spinney
Carrie Stone
Fitchburg
Mass
McCobb House Move Owner Dines at Webster House
Donald D. Dodge of Philadelphia, owner of the McCobb house slated for removal from Whippsburg to Rockport, dined at Webster House Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Dodge
Philadelphia
McCobb
Whippsburg
Rockport
Webster House
Vickery Held by Portland Court on DUI Charge
Fred C. Vickery a traveling salesman living at 175 High Street Portland was held in Portland court on $2000 bail until July 24 for driving under the influence and reckless driving. Authorities link him to Bath court pleas on two similar charges. bail posted by a merchant and barber, with October Sagadahoc supreme court term set. A separate accident injured 16 month old Gloria Hatcher in Cumberland Center as Vickery’s alleged route included Nasen's Corner and a collision near Pine Street. Deputy Sheriff Henry Burnell arrested Vickery and jailed him in Cumberland County. Bath arrest followed a fast pursuit on the state highway near New Meadows river bridge led by Edward Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Vickery
High Street
Portland
Bath
Vickery
Sagadahoc Supreme Court
Gloria Hatcher
Everett Hatcher
Cumberland Center
Stevens Avenue
Nasen’s Corner
Hatcher
John Morrill
Pine Street
Morrill
Henry Burnell
Cumberland County
Green
Keene
New Meadows River Bridge
Edward Brown
Court House Fence May Be Removed
The iron fence surrounding the court house lot, broken when a car damaged it, may be removed before summer. The obsolete design would cost about $200 to recast, prompting county commissioners to consider removing the entire structure. Miss Althea Scott of Holbrook, Mass., visits Brunswick Road residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Toas
County Commissioners
Bath
Althea Scott
Holbrook
Mass
Charles Foose
Mae Foose
Brunswick Road
Robinhood notes and visitors at Dunton cottage and area
A stream of summer visitors arrives at Robinhood with Mrs Charles Wilbur and Mrs Arthur Kishpaugh from East Orange New Jersey staying at Dunton cottage. Families from Sabattus Methuen and Ashland join local residents for weekend activities. Church events include a Ladies Aid ice cream sale and social, plus the Epworth League and Fellowship meetings scheduled in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilbur
Arthur Kishpaugh
Robinhood
Dunton Cottage
East Orange
New Jersey
Wilton Campbell
Roy
Elmer
Sadie
Sabattus
William Wardwell
Methuen
Mass
Ralph Reynolds
Ruth Powers
Wardwell
Walter Berg
Ashland
Boothbay
Lester
Carroll Powers
Perry C. Beals
Marion Jewett
Portland
Jewett Place
Ella Jewett
Eugene
Alex F. Marr
Five Islands
H. N. Pratt
Weymouth
Miss Mason
Miss Hill
Winchester
Kentville
Nova Scotia
Demon of Fear
Epworth League
History of the Constitution and its famed battles
Lieutenant J A Lord recounts the rise of the ship Constitution from its 1784 Hart's Shipyard keel laying to the 1812 victory over the Guerriere. Built with heavy New England woods, she withstood British fire, earned Hull’s leadership, and inspired pride in Boston and the nation for naval prowess and freedom of the seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Hart’s
Constitution Boharf
Boston
Mass
Bainbridge
Java
Stewart
Pictou
Cyane
Levant
New York
Guerriere
Dacres
Rodgers
New York Bay
President
Sandy Hook
Great Britaan
Chesapeake Bay
Jersey
Constitution
Hull
Mediterranean
Hall
Congress
London Times
Great Britain
United States Navy
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richmond
EB. FE. Durand
Ruth Durand
John Sullivan
Clarence Morrill
Thadeus Card
Thomas O'Neil
Earl Frost
Albert Mayhew
Henry Ploutt
Harold Richardson
Mearl Thompson
Lucille Utter
Esther Thailey
Furiel Merrifield
Morris Glaxer
Milton
Richmond Cemetery Association
Smith Cemetery
Gladys Lowell
Ruth
West Dresden
Gardiner
Arthur Whelan
Freda Marriner
Mildred Beedle
Miss Beedle
W. H. Johnson
South Dresden
Thomas G. Stone
New
Ingland Tel, & Tel. Co
Augusta
Gerald Watson
C. A. Grondin
W. OW. Densmore
Margaret Grover
Freeport
Laura Grondin
Mildred Keedle
Ursula Sirois
Bowdoinham
William White
William
Mary White
Bert Libby
Dresden
Marion Messenger
Harold Houdlette
Lillian Johnson
Vanessa Beedle
Portsmouth
N. H
Charles Grondin
G. C. Marriner
Frank
Waterville
Nan
Hatch
Boynton
Ann
David
Soule
Damariscotta
R. J. Garrett
Blaine
Doris Gilley
Charles Donpells
Mt. Carmel
O. EB
Swan Island
Ida KB. Hibbard
I. M. Cowan
Guy C. Colby
Dwight Moody
Danforth
Arthur St. Todd
Hilda Veera
I. F. Lowell
M.S. Castner
Hazel Adams
Earl B. Preble
Leon P. Shepard
Brewster
Arthur H. Field
Herbert Mansir
Arthur
Freeman Wood
Peake's Island
Lyda Lint
Richmond High School Alumni Association
Carl Bolton
Bolton
Norman Pauling
Neil Bishop
Bowdeinham
Karl Cronk
Harry LL. Stilphen
John LL. Libby
Helen
Stephen G. Curley
Margarite Callahan
Everett
Pleasant View
Hattie Quinnam
Jackson
Seth Groves
Wellesley Hills
Blanche Scott
Cleveland
Ohio
G. B. M. Soule
Bangor
Edith Howard
Dexter
Frank Beedle
West Bath
Quaker Point
Leora Stinson
Georgetown
Salem Church
Portland Court
Madras
Bates Street
John J. Desmond
Lieut
J. A. Lord
Halifax
Guerriero
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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