Richmond Summers Busy with Visitors and News
Richmond columns detail a summer season of visitors from Detroit Ann Arbor and Boston. The town notes engagements births travels retirements and deaths plus local movements including cottage stays at Camp Ground Tacoma Lake and Pleasant View Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick 8. Howard
Detroit
Mich
Mary Booth
Claude V. Ware
Ann Arbor
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit Boat Club
Miss Howard
Jane I. Howard
Raymond Northey
Lewiston
Robert Liggett
Braintree
Mass
Ray Verrill
Buffalo
N. Y
Gladys Bennett
Worcester
Richmond
Dogs Witham
Ridge Road
Owen McGarty
Roland Grant
Boothbay Harbor
L. A. Rideout
New Jersey
Eugene Edgecomb
Bar Mills
Charles Thompson
Brunswick Road
Herbert Lamoreau
Presque Isle
A. B. Kelley
Lloyd Kelley
Kelley
Fairfield
Merte Merrill
North Front Street
Lawrence Merle Merrill
Alton Cooper
Bridge Street
Pitts Road
Frank Reynolds
Edgewood
R. I
Genevieve Lynch
Pleasant View Farm
Boston
Enoch Tomlinson
Waltham
Perley Wedge
Center Street
Tomlinson
Silas Lamont
Portland
Charles Swat
Auburn
Gertrude Baker
E. C. Andrews
Paul Corbin
Newark
N. J
Corbin
Camp Ground
Andrew
Mr. Corbin
R. A. L. Colby
Walter Wakefield
Gardiner
Richmond Camp Ground
Marilla B. Tarr
Dorothy Stuart
Ethel Robinson
Tacoma Lake
Theresa McCarthy
Edith Taunton
Ruth Swanson
Edith Orde
Virginia Orde
Weston
Pleasant Pond
Emma Young
Somerville
Clyde McFee
Margaret Peabody
New Meadows Inn
Thelma Doyon
Thelma Ranger
Augusta
Early Breakfast By Witch Spring Enjoyed By Miss Sims Party
Miss M Helen Sims and classmates rose before dawn to hike to Witch Spring. They built a camp fire and cooked breakfast at sunrise while Indian campers slept. The girls held a school session after breakfast as the sun climbed the eastern hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Helen Sims
Witch Spring
Moultons Visit Bath and Gloucester Then Lowell
Rogers I Moulton of Portland Conn traveled with his family to Bath and surrounding towns visiting Hamilton and Gloucester before staying with Harry Parker in Lowell and Ralph Maling in Dorchester. He noted rain from Boston as Saizo streets turned to rivers during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers I. Moulton
Mechanic Street
Parker N. Moulton
Moulton
Nash
Portland
Georgetown town notes and summer visitors
Local residents and visitors populate Georgetown for the season with cottage openings at Kennebec Point Sagadahoc Bay and Five Islands. A funeral for Captain William Farnsworth and a Togus guard anecdote highlight community life alongside roadwork and broadcasts from WEEI.
Mrs Warren Celebrates Ninety Years At Day's Ferry
Mrs. Ellen R. Warren marked her ninety fifth birthday with friends and relatives at Day's Ferry. She was born in the family home and, after marriage to Captain Ed Warren, lived in Baltimore before returning to Day's Ferry where she has served as organist and church clerk for nearly 50 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground
Pearl
Mabel Moore
Orange
N. J
Lena Polly
New York City
Polly
Swan Island
Ralph Hinkley
Boston
Charles Morang
Minnie Cromwell
Gardiner
Roger Gibbs
Robert Stewart
Haines Landing
Joseph Nelson
Alfred Tarr
Gloucester
Mass
Edward Lewis
Henry Ciccarelli
Everett
Pleasant View Farm
Susie Howard
George Howard
Homer Howard
Annabel Howard
Attleboro
Church Street
Thomas Allen
Waltham
Allen
Ocean Point
Mary Searles
Charles J. Fletcher
T. Albert Coyle
Beatrice
Greenwood
R. I
Carroll Clark
Lewiston
Louise Tamelline
Providence
Charles O. Howard
Shirley Lang
Clarence Lang
Central Maine General Hospital
Verne Beckwith
Shirley
Earle
West Gardiner
Clyde McFee
Alvin A. Totman
Rockland
South Lancaster
Sanford and Bangor
Walter Haskins
Olive King
Elmer King
Main Street
Elizabeth Alexander
Capt
Charles Blair
Samuel Chapman
Malden
Ann
George Theobald
Pleasant Street
Henry Tarr
Joys
Warren B. Joy
Albion
Elmer E. Joy
Arthur Weeks
Linwood
Augusta
Charles Frost
Alonzo Curtis
Sadie Beals
Plummer Road
Mr. Curtis
Richmond
John A
Mary Metcalf Curtis
Beals
Robert
R. W. Hovey
Plummer Cemetery
Effie White
Elizabeth Watson
Lake Charles
Seth Watson
Donald Brann
Bath
Henry A. Groves
Esther C. Groves
Woolwich
Frank Brown
Riverside
Hillcrest
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Sagadahoc Bay
James MacFadden
Staten Island
N. Y
Walter B. Hill
Emma Hill
Pottsville
Kennebec Point
Jane McGregor
New Cannan
Walter Schoepfer
Oak Cemetery
Elizabeth Stone
Andover
Helen Albers
West Georgetown
L. Earle Hagan
First Baptist Vestry
Dorothy W.oliver
Mere Point
Brunswick
Marion Clark
WEEI
Ellen R. Warren
Day’s Ferry
Warren
Carolyn Sheldon
Baltimore
Reginald Leonard
Sailors Snug Harbor
Five Islands debuts Liberty Theatre with weekly talkies
Howard hall at Five Islands has become Liberty theatre offering live talk ing pictures three nights weekly Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays followed by dancing The site is electrified by a six cylinder automobile engine with strong lights A movable stage screen and footlights accommodate plays and radio music provides dancing The first film shown was Car 99 operated by Eliot Bold and Perley Day of Bath with seats from a Freeport cinema
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hall
Five Islands
Liberty Theatre
Liberty
Freeport
Eliot Bold
Perley Day
Bath
Northern New England Championship Tennis at Squirrel Island
The Squirrel Island Athletic Association hosts the Northern New England Championship Tennis Aug 12–17 with men and women singles and doubles. Entry fees: 2 dollars for singles 3 dollars per doubles team. Junior singles added Aug 15 for boys under 18. Entries due by Aug 10 for regular events and Aug 14 for juniors. The island lies three miles from Boothbay Harbor with hourly boat service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Squirrel Island
Squirrel Island Athletic Association
United States Lawn Tennis Association
John D. Seymour
Boothbay Harbor
Five Islands Grange to Hold August Sale and Supper
Grange Circle votes to stage annual sale at the grange hall on Aug. 8 with sale start at 3 p.m. D. S. T. and supper at 5 30. Donations to the Grange Library include several noted titles by Annie Read and others. Nearby residents and visitors are listed with cottage visits and weekend stays at local points. The remodeled Liberty Theatre opened with the film Car 99 and regular showings scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Circle
Grange Hall
Grange Library
Annie Read
Kennebec Point
Henry A. Shute
Frederic Pennington
Basil King
Wyke Bond
W. K. Maxwell
Paul Darnell
Marjorie
Jean
Ocean Point
Ruth Oliver
Bath
Ruth Pratt
Briggs’ Cottage
Frank Blake
Philip Blake
Somerville
Mass
Blake Cottage
South Orange
N. J
John B. Horton
Sedgemere Road
Darnell
E. C. Boynton
Scarsdale
N. Y
Malden Island
Burt Hall
Elizabeth Hall
West Acton
Miss Hall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Leonard Gould
Mina Wilson
Proctor Hagan
Claire Linton
Quincy
Alan Chadwick
Lundquist
Eugenia LaBlanc
Helen
Regina LeBlanc
Mary Robitaille
Lowell
Percy Savage
Hillman
Belmont
Farbher Davis
Danforth
Libby
Gardiner
Mary Norton
Joselyn
Cambridge
Cove
Ella MacMahan
Oakland
Albert Marr
Fred Southard
Clearwater
George Southard
Portland
Eldridge Southard
Beatrice Cuming
New York
Hazel Gage
Fred Eldregde
Dixon
Medford Hillside
William Farr
Rockcrest Cottage
Charles Clifford
Gladys Clifford
Damariscotta
Clifford
Joseph Rowe
Roger Thompson
Roger, Jr
Danvers
Thompson
Lincoln Campbell
Everett Cromwell
Gene Stevens
Forest Hanna
Norman
John
West Roxbury
Lundquist Cottage
Ralph Kenney
Lester Lewis
Arthur Dowling
Dorothy
Candy’s Harbor
Horace Rittall
Marie
Betty
Beverley
Lloyd Pinkham
Reginald
Franz Stevens
David
Charles Kenney
Donald
Warren
Sandy Cove
Sedgemere
Orrin White
Winthrop
White Cottage
Everett Stevens
Clayton
Robinhood
Stevens
D. R. Stevens
J. E. Blaisdell
Five Islands Improvement Association
Percy Allen
Charles Jones
Frank MacMahan
Carl O. Pearson
Pearson
Doris MacMahan
Herbert R. Whitelock
Chelsea
Son Junior
Everett
Marr
Christine Carey
Hallowell
Madge O'Brien
Burton Lewis
Auburndale
B. F. Fellows
D. L. Howard
Liberty Theatre
Stamps News From Abroad and Local Collectors
European stamps face benzine watermark issues as cheaper inks affect several nations including Britain and Germany. The National Plate Block Society forms to unite U S collectors of plate numbers led by Clyde Suttle. A Pakistan piano ad aside reveals a pre paid postage meter with a baby grand image. A 14 year old collects junk two and three cent U S stamps before discovering real collections. New foreign issues listed include Austria India Colombia Costa Rica Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua and El Salvador with overprints for the Third Central American Olympic Games. Canada’s Eastern Arctic mail noted with July 13 marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Edison Club Bulletin
Great Britain
Graf Zeppelin
Saar
Germany
Nuremburg
Holberg
Norway
National
United States
Austria
Colombia
Costa Rica
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Salvador
Canada
Arctic
Remembrance of the early collectors and outposts
The speaker recalls sending a gem to the Receiver General of Canada and praises the old timers collection as a romance of history. They fear few such outposts will remain to stir lifelong interest in the past.
Romania stamps tied to fruit campaign in Bucharest exhibit
Two stamps 1 leu dark green and 2 leu brown violet issued by Roumania support the fruit farmer during the eat more fruit campaign linked to a special fruit exhibition in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Roumania
Bucharest
Wilson Campbell Wedding Planned at Home of Parents
Miss Doris Margaret Campbell married Donald Burns Wilson Wednesday at 3 30 pm in the Campbell home at 894 High Street. Rev Doctor David L Wilson officiated. No attendants. The couple, Morse High School graduates, will reside at 894 High Street after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Margaret Campbell
Donald Burns Wilson
Elmer F. Campbell
High Street
David L. Wilson
Wilson
Morse High School
Colby College
University of Maine
Sinc
Colby
Cherryfield Academy
Carlton Bridge
Campbell
Bertram F. Packard
Augusta
Tri-Delta Sorority
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Colonial Club
The
Masons
Clancy Tops Pye in Boothbay Preliminary Bout
Eddie Clancy of Bath defeated Clarence Pye of Bath in four rounds in a preliminary at Boothbay Center with two knockdowns. Kisto Deschaines of Brunswick stopped K O Bernier in the third round. Farmer Wheeler and Fred Davis drew in four. Percy Kingsbury and Young Pierce drew in four as curtain raiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Clancy
Clarence Pye
Bath
Boothbay Center
Clancy
Pye
Kisto Deschaines
Brunswick
K. O. Bernier
Lisbon Falls
Farmer Wheeler
Richmond
Fred Davis
Boothbay
Percy Kingsbury
Young Pierce
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Fred Sartis
Thomas R. Huston
Levy Ibalance
R. Bath
Georgetown
William Mains
John Thibodeau
Togus
John Francis Drake
Mary
Groton
Conn
South Harpswell
Or Bates
Groton High School
Union City High School
Union City
Mrs. Warren
Talkies
Dancing Follows Pictures
Bates
Old Orchard
Ernestine Merrill
Old Orchard House
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
Maine
J. Lord Stowell
Bath Savings Institution
Clancey
D. M. Humphreys & Co
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