Richmond officers nominated at town meeting and community notes
At Richmond town meeting the selectmen and town officers were nominated for three year terms including Carleton H. Curtis Wilbur Emerson Bernard Smith and Gordon Lemont for selectmen Dorothea Scott Charles Leon and Ernest Purington for budget committee Clifford Lothridge and Myrtle Chambers for school board Alberta Randlette fire ward Cleveland Marriner Charles Leon and Harris Hutchins were named for town offices Earl McFee served as moderator Fort Richmond D A R announced Sandra Stuber earned the Good Citizenship Award a Richmond High senior who plans to attend the University of Maine in fall engagements include Gretchen Hodgkins to A A Handren a San Diego native stationed at Lowry Air Force Base and a summer wedding planned plus local Civil Defense checks and various club meetings and human-interest items
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton H. Curtis
Wilbur T. Emerson
Bernard Smith
Gordon Lemont
Dorothea Scott
Charles Leon
Ernest Purington
Clifford Lothridge
Myrtle Chambers
Alberta Randlette
Cleveland Marriner
Harris Hutchins
Earl McFee
Fort Richmond
Sandra Stuber
Ferris L. Stuber
River Road
Miss Stuber
Richmond High School
University of Maine
Western Maine
Red Cross
Garnet
Gretchen Hodgkins
Reginald Emmons
Ernest L. Hodgkins
Neil A. Handren
Stanley G. Handren
Otomi Avenue
San Diego
Calif
Hodgkins
Airman
Handren
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Richmond Lodge
I.O.C.F
Gardiner Odd Fellows
Norway Lodge
Lawrence A. Bond, Jr
Bond
Gardiner General Hospital
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Harold Brown
Hugh Briggs, Jr
Turner
Gerald Pickard
Vassalboro
Twin County
Paul Dow
Ray Stinson
Pushard-Guiou V. F. W
Lions Club
Llewellyn Colomy
Hallowell
Maine State Fish and Game Association
Fred Lewis
Charles Lewis
Carl Dixon
Maynard Dixon
Gail
Portland
Irving Lewis
Deborah
Diane
Clarence Choate
Lewis
Richmond Industrial and Development Organization
Arthur Wood
Maine
Debut of Kit Taylor in CinemaScope Adventure Long John Silver
The Opera House will show Long John Silver starting Thursday through Saturday. Australian teen Kit Taylor makes his debut as Jim Hawkins opposite Robert Newton and Connie Gilchrist in a new CinemaScope tale of pirates and buried treasure near Porto Bello. Taylor, nicknamed one take Taylor, is praised for poise and quick line recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long John Silver
Opera House
Jim Hawkins
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kit Taylor
Jackie Cooper
Melbourne
Kit
Byron Haskin
Taylor
West Bath Grange hosts officers night
West Bath Grange held an officers night Monday with Mrs. Viola Riske guest Ceres and Mrs. Gwendolyn Douglass master for the evening. Roger Berry was a business visitor in Gardiner Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sive Grange
West Bath Grange
Viola Riske
Ceres
Gwendolyn Douglass
Roger Berry
Gardiner
Georgetown Mourns Thomas Williams Grand Old Man
Thomas Williams of West Georgetown dies February 14 in Waltham Mass hospital at about 86. A lifelong worker he farmed, built, fished, and helped move Georgetown Church. Survived by sons Carl Ralph Walter and daughter Ida with later wife Frances Jones. notable for integrity and public service as selectman and road official. Funeral held at local church with Williams family members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Norman Williams
West Georgetown
Waltham Mass
Georgetown
William B
Martha Williams
Williams
William Hinckley
Ephraim Hinckley
Jake Stevens
Back River
Mr. Williams
Rosentwist
Hulbert
Ida
Howard G. Heald
Tom” Williams
Boston Post
Hagan and Atwood to Wed at Georgetown First Baptist
Georgetown residents will attend the marriage of Miss Joan Hagan daughter of Mr and Mrs L Earle Hagan and Lt Ronald Atwood of Goodfellow AFB San Angelo Texas The ceremony is set for March 1 at 8 pm at Georgetown Center First Baptist Church. Georgetown P T A will
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Joan Hagan
L. Earle Hagan
Ronald Atwood
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Texas
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Georgetown P. T. A. Will
Pony League Officials Meet At City Hall
A meeting of all Pony League officials is set for 7 p.m. Thursday in City Hall announced by President James Comeau. All coaches managers and officials are urged to attend. Retirement incomes should equal at least 50 percent of pre retirement income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony League
City Hall
James Comeau
Five Islands Community News and Coast Guard Aid
Last Friday the Coast Guard aided the Fields family at Robinhood island after a two day storm. The group picked up supplies at Gray's store. A Baptist church sponsored bean supper served about 100 residents of Five Islands and Seguine land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Donald Fields
Robinhood
Coast
Community Fellowship
The
Baptist Church
Five Islands
Seguinland
Warren Harris
William Marr
George Gray
Thomas Watson
Lloyd Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Vernon Gray
Orland Moore
Victor Pinkham
Francis Pierce
Orville Rowe
Alton Reed
Miss Susan Briggs Passes Away in Winter Hill Mass
Word was received Monday of the death of Miss Susan Briggs at her home in Winter Hill Massachusetts. Miss Briggs and her sister Miss Winifred Briggs, with whom she resided, have spent the Summers at their cottage on Sedgemere road in Five Islands for many years. Funeral services were held in Winter Hill Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Briggs
Winter Hill
Mass
Miss Briggs
Winifred Briggs
Sedgemere Road
Five Islands
Bay Point Suffers Severe Snow Storm With Travel Disruptions
Bay Point section endured the season’s worst snow storm, the chill extended from Tuesday into Saturday, leaving 28 to 40 inches of snow and slush, halting school two days, and delaying maritime activity as Destroyer Leader 1016 tested trips between Bath and the Kennebec River mouth. Personal item notes Bay Point residents George Renaud and Joseph Pond visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath
George Renaud
Bay Point
Joseph Pond
Boothbay
Frances A Hathorn 84 widow of Samuel Hathorn Woolwich
Frances A Day Hathorn died at Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born February 25, 1871 in China Maine to Philip W Day and Adeline B Hodges she was a member of the Woolwich Center Baptist church Ladies Aid. Survived by son Gilbert Hathorn Woolwich daughters Harriet Blanch Mechanic Falls Merle Jameson Woolwich brother Joseph Day Brunswick three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 1 30 PM from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Stephan H Sidebotham officiating. Entombment in Riverside cemetery Woolwich until spring.
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China
Maine
Philip W
Adeline B. (Hodges) Day
Ladies Aid
Woolwich
Arthur F. Mayo
Mrs Miriam Davis Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Miriam Caroline Davis 85 wife of Archie Davis of Sebasco died Sunday at Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born in Bath July 8 1869 she was a daughter of Daniel and Frances Spinney. She lived in Sebasco 50 years and in California earlier. She attended Bath schools and was a Nazarene church member. Surviving besides her husband are her brother Harry Spinney of Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Caroline Davis
Archie Davis
Sebasco
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Daniel
Frances Lowell Spinney
California
Wilfred W. Chaney Dies at 70 in Bath
Wilfred W. Chaney 70 of 377 Middle Street Bath died at Memorial Hospital after a period as a patient. Born October 13 1884 in Bath he lived here his entire life and worked at Bath Iron Works and Maine Central Railroad yards. Survived by wife Lizzie Bell Card Chaney two daughters a sister and five grandchildren. funeral at Corliss Street Baptist Church with Rev Harold L. Allen. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred W. Chaney
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Albion
Ida
Martin) Chaney
Bath Iron Works
Cleveland
Georgia
Chaney
Texas Steamship Company
North End
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ferdinando Gorges
Woolwich Shores
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Hardings
Maine World War I hero Thomas L. Pierce dies in Arizona
Thomas Lewis Pierce 177 a former Birch Point Summer resident and Maine’s distinguished World War I veteran died in Tucson Arizona February 16 after a short illness. Bowdoin graduate 1898 Psi Upsilon member he earned the Distinguished Service Cross the French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre. Wounded five times in a single day during the Argonne offensive he later led in banking becoming president of the Providence National Bank. Funeral services set for Friday at the Arizona Mortuary in Tucson.
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Thomas Lewis Pierce
Birch Point
Maine
Tucson
Ariz
Portland
Lewis Pierce
Bowdoin College
Psi Upsilon
France
Argonne
Providence, R. I., National Bank
Pierce
Arizona
Mary L Gallant 63 Bath resident dies after long illness
Mrs. Mary Louise Gallant wife of Manuel V Gallant of 26 Pleasant Street Bath dies at Memorial hospital after a long illness Born in Topsham April 18 1891 she was the daughter of James L and Julia Hyde She lived in Bath 44 years was a member of St Marys Roman Catholic Church Survived by husband son William E Lundrigan Topsham two sisters Mildred Cornish Portland and Lucy Berquist Newcastle six brothers Jude Percy John and James Hyde Topsham Robert Hyde Brunswick and Lewis Hyde Saxonville Mass two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral from St Marys Church Friday morning with entombment at Oak Grove pending burial at Calvary Cemetery next spring Friends invited to visit at the funeral home of Leslie C Shumway 638 High Street Wednesday and Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Gallant
Manuel V. Gallant
Pleasant Street
Memorial Hospital
Topsham
James L
Julia Small Hyde
St. Mary's Church
Oak Grove
Calvary Cemetery
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Discrimination By Lake Huron Fed Canadian Fish
Associate Prof. John C Ayers of Cornell reported results from Michigan's Great Lakes Research Institute study, the first comprehensive survey of the lakes. He cited currents that feed Canadian fish more than those near Michigan shores, reflecting environmental inequality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Ann Arbor
Mich
Cornell University
Lake Huron
Michigan Shore
John C Ayers
Cornell
University of Michigan
Great Lakes Research Institute
Great Lakes
Ayers
Canadian
Michigan
Detroit Teachers Challenge Spanking Policy
Detroit public school teachers question if corporal punishment is allowed. The Detroit Teachers Association joined the AFL Detroit Federation of Teachers in protesting weak discipline enforcement. School Superintendent Arthur Dond inval said the district has a definite policy and discourages corporal punishment, though not formally prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit Teachers Assn
AFL
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Arthur Dondinval
Sun does not appear on at least one day yearly near poles
The passage states that from latitude 66 degrees 33 minutes to the respective pole there exists in every calendar year at least one day when the sun does not appear. It highlights polar regions where polar night occurs due to tilt and geometry of Earth.
Honey Content Typically Falls Under Twenty Percent Water
The article notes that honey commonly contains less than 20 percent water, highlighting its dense sugar solution and natural preservation qualities.
Death of Mabelle Tracey of Bangor reported by Woolwich friends
Mrs Mabelle S Tracey wife of the late William Tracey of Bangor passed away in a Bangor nursing home after a long illness. She was born in Maine daughter of Edwitt Webster and Udavilla Webster and spent much of her life in Woolwich where she sang in the church choir and taught music in the public schools. Survived by two daughters a son and several grandchildren with other relatives and mourners in various states. Funeral arrangements were to be announced in Greenvale and Brunswick communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabelle S. Tracey
Las Tracey
Bangor
Woolwich
Baptist Oj
Cieties
Maine
Edwitt Son
Webster
Udavilla ( Ney) Webster
Dallas T Man
William A Daugt
Wilder F Hagan obituary from Georgetown resident dies at home
Wilder Farley Hagary a Georgetown native died Friday afternoon at his son Miles B Hagan 12 Cobb Road after a brief illness He was born July 28 1864 in Georgetown son of Richard and Susan Blagdon Hagan a life long resident farmer and coastwise seaman He was a Methodist and survived by daughter Kathryn E Hagag Quincy Mass a son Miles Bath a granddaughter Clifford Babcock Gardiner a great grandson Peter Babcock Gardiner and cousins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilder Farley Hagary
Georgetown
Miles B. Hagan
Cobb Road
Richard
Susan Blagdon Hagan
Hagan
Arrowsie
Methodist Church
Kathryn EB
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Mat tie C Bachelder
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 1 30 from Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home 638 High Street with the Rev Forest L Littlefield of Edgecomb officiating. The body was entombed for burial in the family lot at Oak Grove next Spring with out of town visitors including Mrs Lloyd Thompson Harpswell Mrs Hazel Gillespie Bert Cobb Gardiner and Miss Catherine Hamilton Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie C. Bachelder
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Forest L. Littlefield
Edgecomb
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Ralph T. Higgins conducted
Funeral services for Ralph T. Higgins were held Thursday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. Bearers were Herbert Cavanaugh Harold Freeman John Hamilton and Stanley Peterson. Body entombed at Oak Grove for burial in Burr Cemetery Freeport next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Higgins
Curtis Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Herbert Cavanaugh
Harold Freeman
John Hamilton
Stanley Peterson
Oak Grove
Burr Cemetery
Freeport
Funeral Services for Miriam Davis Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Miriam Davis were held Tuesday noon at Curtis Funeral Home 942 W ington street with Rev Janae Alexander officiating. Bearers were Calvin Adel er Richard Dunning A Murphy and John Murphy. Burial followed in the Spring cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Davis
Curtis Funeral Home
Wington Street
Janae Alexander
Calvin Aleder
Richard Dunning
A Murphy
John Murphy
Farmers expected to see economy dip in 1955 versus 1954
The report suggests farmers face a subdued economy in 1955 with pressures continuing from the prior year. It notes that income and prices are likely to run near 1954 levels, shaping planning for crops and credit.
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Richmond
Stanley Morrill
Lillian Johnson
Darrah Street
Alfred Furlong
County Road
New England Deaconness Hospital
Brookline
Frederick Douglass, Jr
Rebecca Ellen
Brunswick Hospital
Brunswick
Noreen White
Joshua White
Maine Medical Center
Charles Moroney
Dayne Leslie
Naval Hospital
Key West
Fla
Moroney
Leslie Dewitt
Marjorie Ingalls
Boston
Progres
Spit
South Portland
Capers
Heal
Wood
Sprague
Brown
Buty
Plante
Greenleaf
Bath Jr
Wilson
Bradway
Burnham
Douglas
King
Cooper
Legard
Kingsbury
Comeau
Costain
Portland Jr High
Skillins
Totman
Murphy
Faulker
Meserve
McGoulrich
Dumont
Bourget Bath Jr. High
Pinkham
Farrell
Avery
Kingsburg
Robinson
C. Stinson
T. Stinson
Portland Jr. High
Carpenter
Worthing
Henderson
Swanson
Donnelly
Tanguary
Banister
Marsh
Jones
Cross
McCullam
the Opera House
Oak Cemetery
Franklin Koehlwetter
South Gorham
Joseph Adshade
Waltham
Frank
Harry Heald
Joseph Higgins
Kennebec River
Popham Beach
Donald Field
Field
Webber Road
Walter Powers
William Bisseth
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Donna
Bisseth
John Calabrese
Brighton
Roland Peterson
John D. Williams
Heart Fund
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Joseph F. Higgins
Horace Lee
MacMahan
Gerald M. York
Framingham
Mr. York
Peterson
Harold J. Brown
Martha Bowen
Wiscasset
Daisy Hinckley
Clarence B. Hill
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Leon Williams
Olive
Leon Williams, Jr
Harold Ward
Pony League Meeting
Good Neighbor Club
Carr Cottage
Florence Watson
Dennis Moore
Erland Moore
Woodrow Gray
Philip Pinkham
Stevens
Georgetown Central School
Air Corps
Juanita Pinkham
A. P. Hackett
Fairfield
Warner Eustis
West Newton
Evelyn Black
Lawrence Peron
Brenton
Charles Kelley
David
Elaine
Rockland
Valley OF Death
TWA
Sanida
Manzano Mountain Range
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
International
Miss Susan Briggs
Frances A. Hathorn
Samuel Hathorn
Mrs
Thomas L. Pierce
Mary L. Gallant
Shumway Funeral Service
Mabelle S
TRAI
MES
Hart Street
Macowell
Augu Ter
Once Pinkham, Worth
Florence Mace Hartley Carleton
Owen Moody
Arthur Jace Worth
Portland Hillsboro
N. H
Beatrice McCurdynington
Sever
Wilder F. Hag
Bachelder Service
Ralph Higgins
Mariam Davis
M. H. Page
North
Dial
Kennebec Enhouses
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