Summer visitors fill Richmond area pages
Richmont and surrounding towns welcomed numerous guests and seasonal residents this week. Families from Ashmont Boston Augusta and Gorham visited relatives in town while locals hosted visitors from New York Philadelphia and Portsmouth. Several births and civic activities were noted along with library hours and 4 H club rehearsals.
Sebasco Colonists Sail To Monhegan
Sebasco Lodge reports a record flow of Summer visitors with Rock Gardens Inn and nearby cottages near capacity. A Sebasco group toured Monhegan last Saturday by the lodge cruiser and spotted two whales. Tuna fishing draws guests as sailing parties thrive and daily swimming remains a major resort draw, expanded since last year.
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Sebasco
Sebasco Lodge
Rock Gardens
Monhegan
Obituary for Mrs Sarah Lavinia Kingsbury widow of Dr Onslow Kingsbury
Mrs Sarah Lavinia Kingsbury widow of Dr Onslow Kingsbury died Sunday at her sister Mrs Everett Trafton’s home 30 Lincoln Street after a several week illness. She had been an invalid for eight years after a fall and could not walk since. Born in China Maine to Benjamin and Elvira Webber, she lived in Boston briefly, then Georgetown where Kingsbury practiced over 30 years, later Bath with her sister. Survived by her sister four nephews Merton Webber Bath Robert Webber Saugus and one niece Miss Maud Weltet Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Murphy
Katherine
Ashmont
Mass
Densmore House
Lillian Hanson
Boston
Hanson
Gus Stieger
Chicago
Mr Stieger
New York
Maurice Peary
Strong
John Skiller
Augusta
Boyd Boston
Augusta State Hospital
North Front Street
Lewis Leon Jr
Searsport
Newport News
Lawrence Call
Wren Nursing Home
Roland Sylvester Call
Howard Farwell
E. M. Sproul
Langdon Parnell
Rochester
N. Y
Howard Farwell Jr
Melvina Borjesson
E. L. Hunt
Sarasota
Pla
A. E. Small
George Pushard
Lewiston
George Pashard
Center Street
Esther Parker
John Parker
E. H. Stevens
Ring Cottage
Pleasant Pond
Drummond Rogers
Marguerite
Wellesley Hills
Rogers
Carl Praltsek
Southport
Marietta Lowell
Hallowell
Richmond Camp Grounds
Edward Favor
William Oakes
New York City
Old Town
Paul Corbin
John Thibodeau
Pairfield
Don O. Cate
Thibodeau
Albert Lint
Junior
Cate
Hall Craddock
Marcia
Mada
Stoneham
Raymond Libby
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
Sanford
Libby
Dorothea Temple
Richmond Corner
Ernest Morrill
Westfield
Morrill
Clarence B. Morrill
Albert Ray Meserve
Brockton
Albert Meserve
Baptist Church
Harold Miss Gertrude Hodges
Minnie Swasey
Canton
Albert Possett
Umberhind
Sarah Lavinia Kingsbury
Onslow Kingsbury
Everett Trafton
Lincoln Street
Miss Maud Weltet
Vaneinon
Dorothy Ter
Robinhood
William Farrow
James, McFadden
Long Island
Alvah Reynolds
Harry Heald
Bath
Lester Powers
Ann
Portland
Elizabeth Hunt
Melvin Cunningham
Avgusta Rowe
William Mains
Thomas Hagan
Natt
F. Howe
Bath Memorial Hospital
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Woolwich
Howe
Roy M. Newman
New Hampshire
Howard
Fletcher
Belmont
Catherine McFarland
Arrowsic
Edward Wren
Joan Harrison
James Dunton
W. G. Frost
East Poland
Woodbury G. Oliver
Oliver
Georgetown
Cyrus
Philena Oliver
R. P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Robert West
Thomas
Middle Bay
Abbie Reynolds
Carroll Watson
W. B. McGrath
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Thompson
Merton Jones
Milwaukee
Wis
Thomas Williams
West Georgetown
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Dorothy Hagan
L. Earl Hagan
Edgecomb
Augusta Rowe
Wells Beach
Miss Nason
Schoepfer
W. Patten
Malden Island
Russell Boynton
Thompson
John F. Thompson
Europe
Ruby Willis
Gardiner
Bay Point
Maria
Quincy
Noyes Cottage
Whitehouse
Auburn
Roy Campbell
Isabel Ferguson
Waynesville
N. C
Julia Preston
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Bahnson
Winston-Salem
N.C
Mary Thomas
Knoxville
Tenn
Haley
Chester McCabe
Martha Rich Bowen
Roland Stuart
Jackie
Eugene F. Hayes
Hamilton
Ohio
Stuart
Emma B. Billings
Frances M Skinner 78 dies after illness at Bath city home
Frances M Skinner aged 78 wife of Charles C Skinner died Saturday night at her 46 Winter Street Bath home after years of arthritis illness. She a Bath native born February 22 1458 and lifelong resident known for kindness. Survived by Norma Jean Hill and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Skinner
Frances M. Skinner
Winter Street
Bath
Charles M
Lucy A
Georgetown Social Roundup Includes Visitors And Church Notice
Georgetown residents report a flurry of visits and social stops across Robinhood, Bath, and Wells Beach. Notable names include Mrs. Alvah Reynolds, Miss Dorothy ter, Capt. Woodbury Oliver, Rev. Schoepfer, and many local hosts. The piece notes church vacation scheduling and ends with the death of Mrs. Sarah L. Kingsbury, longtime resident.
Bricks salvaged for new Bath commercial building
Contractor Roscoe G Bailey estimates 90000 to 100000 salvaged bricks from Bath city hall walls. Bricks trucked to his North street yard for cleaning and reuse in a new 20000 dollar one story fireproof building planned on the old site to house a chain store. Excavation for the basement to begin soon with a steam shovel arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bath
Bath People Dine at Se guin Lodge Five Islands
Over the weekend, Bath residents including Mr. and Mrs. Owen J. Led yard Mrs. Seth S. Mullin Mrs. Byron F. Barker Miss Helen V. Downing Mr. and Mrs. Levi W. Steward Mrs. Jennie P. Brown and Thomas R. Huston were among diners at Se guin Lodge on Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Seguin Lodge
Five Islands
Owen J. Ledyard
Seth S. Mullin
Byron F. Barker
Helen V. Downing
Levi W. Steward
Jennie P. Brown
Thomas R. Huston
Prominent Bath business man dies suddenly at noon
Harry W. Tucker 65 a Bath veteran merchant died of a heart attack at his home 934 Middle street shortly before 12 10 Monday. He had been ill at home three weeks missing two days former City official and Rotary member with long service to J A Winslow & Son. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 at 935 Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Tucker
Bath
Middle Street
Mr. Tucker
Mrs. Tucker
Boston
Henry S
Ellen Winslow Tucker
J. A. Winslow
Rochester Business College
Rochester
N. Y
Broad Street
J. A. Winslow & Son
Albert Winslow
Tucker
Samuel R. Percy
Edward W. Hyde
Hyde
Rotary Club
Bath Club
Los Angeles
Ostend
Belgium
Soldiers Monument
Sedgwick Circle
Center Street
Poland
Lillian P. Welch
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Henry S. Tucker
George B. Tucker
Arthur R. Tucker
New York City
Charles W. Marston
Vermont
Fred C. Marston
Ray G. Marston
Augusta
Jamez P. Marston
Derethea Marston
Montclair
N. J
City Council Plans Its Annual Outing
The city council organizes a mid summer outing at Miller's Inn Harpswell on Sunday August 2 with two-branch members and invited department heads. A baseball game and sports program end with a shore dinner. Transportation, tickets priced at $2, payments due by July 30 to Treasurer Donald D. Young or a committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Inn
Harpswell
Arthur W. Gediman
Robert H. Haskell
William T. Donnell
Earl P. Cahoon
Harold P. Small
C Committee
Donald D. Young
Five Islands community eyes electric lights project
At Howard's hall on a Thursday night Central Maine Power Co. officials outlined steps to bring electric lights to Five Islands. Local volunteers led by W. C. Allen MacMahan Island group and B. F. Perry worked to guarantee the necessary quota. The evening featured church talks by Rev J. L. Cross and others, with community plans including Vacation Bible school and a Grange quilt event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard's Hall
Central Maine Power Co
W. C. Allen
MacMahan Island
Mr. Cranshaw
Malden Island
B. F. Perry
Miss
Kennebec Point
Five Islands Church
Mississippi
W. W. Patton
Glen Ridge
N. J
Russel Boynton
Newton
Mass
Grange Circle
Grange Hall
Five Islands Improvement Association
D. L. Howard
J. A. Folsom
Earl and Chester MacMahan
Herbert Munsey
Lindsay Cooper
Otis Morse
Walter Morse
Harold McElman
Morris Petlock
Ronald Smith
Bath
Walter Leavitt
Wiscasset
Harold Wetherbee
Boston
Z. Higgins
Rock Crest Cottage
Five Island
Aarph Cannon
Lynn
Concord
N. H
Alonzo Thibodeau
Addie Moulton
Will Ried
Portland
Harbor
Walter Prosser
Joan of
Pejepscot
White
Ida Pinkham
George Hanna
The
Sky Pilot
Bath Memorial Hospital
Albert Rasmussen
Fred
Medford
Rasmussen
Higgins
Buckley
Doris
Rose
Augusta
Herman Barter
Richard
Nany
Vernon Gray
Wesley Hall
Samuel
Ruth
Hazelton
Penn
Hall Cottage
Thomas Buckley
John
Patricia
Pleasant Villa
Abbie Cunningham
Edward Dow
Cunningham Cottage
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
Anna Lally
Madge O’brien
Washington, D. C
Betty Jackson
Auburndale
Burt Lewis
S. B. Cubbage
Virginia
Raymond Hall
Newtown
Conn
Arthur Pratt
Ruth Pratt
George Smith
Gertrude Smith
Sedgemere Road
Albion Carr
Manchester
Lawrence Bailey
Richard D. Walker
Dexter Walker
Malden
Frank Currie
Cambridge
John Murray
Newton Centre
George Hennan
Farber Davis
Walter
Carl Pearson
Quincy
Pearson
Robinson Cottage
Gertrude Carr
Walter Savage
Kittery
Percy Savage
Herbert Moore
Herbert
Belmont
Seasonal Cottage Guests and Local Notables Sightings
A long list of visitors and residents with cottages in the area. Names include Mrs. Frank Bartlett, Mrs. Percy Allen, Frank McMahan, Master Edward Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Powers, C. H. Minchen, Earl and Chester MacMahan, Clarence McMahan, Otis Baker, Miss Austin Upley, Walter Moore, Conaxis and daughter Evelyn, Edwin Powers and baby, and many others from Bath, Cambridge, Medford, Woburn, Lynn, Boston, and beyond. Notable activity at Seguin Lodge and local cottages, plus recent wharf improvements and trips to nearby sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Berry
Roy Berry
Litchfield Corner
Myrtle Gordon Edgewood
R. J
Banks
Gertrude Baker
Frank Reynolds
Florence Johnston
Bangor
Cora Conley
Augusta
A. D. Baker
J. Weston Walds
Portland
Leslie FP. Roberts
Romeo Bellevance
Roy Nichols
Hallowell
Arthur Skillen
Augusta State Hospital
Town
Margaret Peabody
Bowdeinham
Frank Beedle
W. H. Johnson
South Dresden
Marion McFarland
Lyndal D. Gould
Dresden Mills
Frank Allen
Skowhegan
Homer Alexander
Gardiner
Frank Bartlett
Vermont
Percy Allen
Sisters Hospital
Waterville
Frank McMahan
Somerville
Mass
Harmon's Harbor
Edward Carr
Orean Swett
Southport
Martin Powers
Bath
Mary Norton
Mount Hope
C. H. Minchen
Boston
Sedgemere
Earl
Chester MacMahan
Casco Bay
Clarence McMahan
Kittery
Otis Baker
Norwood
Austin Upley
Woburn
Rock Crest Cottage
Walter Moore
Mount Hope Cottage
Orville Rowe
Basil MacMahan
MacMahan
Stoughton
Mr. MacMahan
George Philips and Son
Medford
I. P. Quimby
North Cottage
Barbara
Malden
Parker
Marr
Charles Needham
Lynn
F. O. Robinson
Nellie Burke
Quincy
Carl Pearson
Miss Virginia Reno Birthday Party in West Bath
Miss Virginia Reno celebrated her 16th birthday at her West Bath home on a Saturday evening. Guests included Martha Reno of Marblehead, Vachon family of Gardiner, George Renaud of Boothbay Harbor, and many Bath residents. Refreshments were served and games were played until late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Reno
Albert J. Reno
West Bath
Martha Reno
Marblehead
Mass
Vachon
Gardiner
George Renaud
Boothbay Harbor
Mildred Simpson
Phyllis Simpson
Orland
Charles Reno
Chester Clement
Ernest Boulard
Eugene
Clyde Stilphen
William and Clyde
Rebecca Smith
Thelma Carr
Franklin Melville
Ellsworth Darling
Bath
Stanley Rose
Erwin Wharff
Albert, Jr
Philip
Arthur
Demmorise
Mrs Skinner's Funeral Held At Winter Street Home
Funeral services for Frances M. Skinner wife of Charles C. Skinner were held Tuesday afternoon at two in her Winter street residence Rev Joseph O Purdue pastor of Winter Street Congregational church officiated Pall bearers were Edward Burch Gardiner Cleveland Benjamin Lewiston Harold J Carter and George H Pratt Bath Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Skinner
Charles C. Skinner
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Edward Burch
Gardiner
Cleveland Benjamin
Lewiston
Harold J. Carter
George H. Pratt
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Richmond
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Sarah L. Kingsbury
Frances M Skinner
Marjorie
Harold
Ernest Shepard
Upper High Street
MacParland
Leslie Whitten
Union, N. J
Mr. Whitten
L. Arthur Whitten
High Street
City Council
Miller’s Inn
William Belanger
James T. MaMahan
Bath Savings Institution
Fred Johnson
Billy Blenn
Richard Fellows
Plainfield
Mrs. Levesque
H. F. Watters
Swampscott
A. W. Walker
Fred Eldridge
Eldridge
Joseph G. Stevens
Paul A. Thompson
Dorothy
Wyman Dam
Bingham
Kingfield
Belgrade Lakes
Clarence Nealley
Richard Nealley
Haverhill
Proctor Hagan
Garfield Rackliff
Ellery Hawes
Industry
Forrest Hanna
Victor Genco
Paul Maloney
Adirondacks
William E. Strouse
Linwood
Linwood Haller, Mary O'Shea
Camden
Sallie Beisel
Gloucester
New Jersey
White Mountains
Scott Bailey
Clinton Bailey
George H. Vose
Herbert Vose
Beverly
William Stanley
Worcester
Franklin Hatch
Roxbury
P. Durham
Gastonia
Edward B. Thornton
Arlington
E. B. Thornton
Fred S. Curtis & CO