Richmond News Notes From Local Groups And Fire Incident
Richmond and nearby communities report meetings of the Mt Carmel Chapter CBS with new officers and a memory charter for Mrs Cora Conley and Charles Day, Bible study and social activities, Farm Bureau program on cake making, and Enterprise Ladies Aid quilting. Fire crews respond to a Galush farm blaze destroying a two story home and outbuildings. no injuries reported. Personal items note furloughs, promotions, and weekend visits among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Cbs
Cora Conley
Charles B. Day
Courtney Hinckley
Ruth
Clare Ames
Alice Gilpatrick
Melita Leavitt
Gwendolyn Douglass
Priscilla Chipman
William Bennett
Ladies Farm Bureau
Fred Duren
Kimball Street
Chester Foster
Enterprise Orange Ladies Aid
Della Grondin
Main Street
Howard Edmunds
Reed Road
Baptist Fellowship
Bowdoinham Young Peoples Society
A. Allen Brough
Marion Dickey
Raymond Kelley
Mildred Wheeler
Clarence Dunbar
Swan Island
Paul McKinnon
New Road
Galush
Felix Small
Litchfield
Small
Richmond
Morse High seniors plan Washington trip itinerary
The Morse High School senior class presents a detailed itinerary for their Washington D C trip. The schedule includes departures from Boston on April 16 by chartered bus, visits to New York landmarks, Baltimore Fort McHenry, Smithsonian Institution, Mount Vernon, Capitol and White House, plus a Annapolis Naval Academy stop and return to Boston. Funds come from a paper drive and 49er’s fair to offset student expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Washington, D. C
South Station
Boston
New York
Fifth Avenue
Radio City
National Broadcasting Co
Music Hall Theater
Baltimore
Stafford Hotel
Fort McHenry
Washington
Franciscan Monastery
Famous Smithsonian Institute
New National Museum
Washington Monument
Mellon Art Gallery
Arlington National Cemetery
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Congressional Library
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Pan American Union
Zoo
Capitol
Supreme Court
White House
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Bath
Winter Street Auxiliary Meeting Highlights Talks and Plans
The Winter Street Auxiliary of Winter Street Church met with large attendance. Rev Joseph O Purdue and Robert Shaw showed Hawaii movies from United Air Lines. Dr Virginia C Hamilton spoke on sex education and field progress. Committees were named for Easter and Children’s Day flowers. A public baked bean supper is set for March 5. Lenten talks begin March 8 and next meeting hostesses will be announced. Social hour donations followed. Panama hats origin noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street
Raymond Chubbuck
Joseph O. Purdue
Robert Shaw
Hawaii
United Air Lines
Thelma Sylvester
Mildred Mélrose
Evelyne Percy
Beatrice Leavitt
Chubbuck
Herbert Anderson
Annie Colby
Partridge
John Gillespie
Stewart McAllister
Elizabeth Young
Harold Haggcott
Donald Freeman
Kenneth Tice
Clinton Wilson
Catherine Leonard
Georgetown PTA Founders Day Party and Local News
The Working League met with Mrs. L Earle Hagan and hosted a founders day shower for Mrs. Victor Hagan. A PT A party at Central School drew 40 to 50 guests with games prizes and a cake won by Mrs. George Lee. Dr John F Thompson of Brooklyn was elected president of International Nickel Company. Career notes, library meeting, a new baby Karen Sue, and Farm Bureau plans follow. Selectmen announce re election, tax collector race seen. First Baptist church had no service due to travel hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Earle Hagan
Victor Hagan
Wiliam Todd
Mac Hagan
Harold Brown
Valentine
P.T.A
Thhe Central School
Harold J. Brown
George Lee
James Oliver
Treasury
John F. Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
International Icke] Company, Inc
Thompson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Karen Sue
Farm Bureau
Robinhood
Reuben
Rachel
Jet Solomon
Solomon
Jacob
Board of Selectmen
Roland Peterson
Lloyd Pinkham
Harry Heald
First Baptist Church
Portland to Bath social notes span region’s visitors
A lengthy local society list details visits and greetings across Bath West Georgetown Vassalboro and surrounding towns. Names include Miss Louisa Howard Vincent MacMahan and Mrs J R Blackie among numerous Bath and Portland residents visiting relatives shops and cottages from last week to Sunday.
Community notices and personal visits in Five Islands
Five Islands community notes record a canceled Good Neighbor meeting due to ice, a Ladies Bible class, youth quiz night, missionary meeting plans for March, and various visits by residents to Bath, Georgetown, and neighboring towns. The Red Cross drive runs through March with local solicitor Mrs. Orville Rowe. The oldest citizen honor contenders include Thomas Blaisdell and Fred H. Rittall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Harlan Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Jesus
Cleves Henderson
Good Shepherd
Young People's Society
Beacons Street Women's Society Social Recap
The Women's Society of Beacon Street Church held a vestry social with strong turnout. Highlights included humorous readings on Husbands, Deacon's Courtship, a harmonica duet, guitar accompaniment, band playing, and multiple piano solos with a late Me and Jim reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of
Beacon Street
Everett Lemont
Carolyn St. Martin
Deacon
Edward St. Martin
Charlie E. Savage
Melvin Mitchell
Howard Leavitt
Ada Chaney
Fifteen Scouts Pass Tests in North Bath Troop
Fifteen members of Boy Scout Troop 55 at Winter Street church completed tests at Henderson's farm in North Bath. Tests included stalking firebuilding cooking judging and related skills with Scouts War ren Trask Davis McAllister Shaw Lang behn Wyman Newton Lorentsen earning recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop
Winter Street
Esay Henderson
North
Bath
Jack Warren
Ronald Trask
Irving Davis
Stewart McAllister
Robert P. Shaw
George Langbehn
George Wyman
David Newton
Peter Lorentsen
Committees Named for Dixie Varieties Show at Morse High
Morse High School prepares Dixie Varieties for March 1 under Cosmopolitan Club sponsorship. Director Cecil V. Rowland leads as general chairman with Madelyn Small and Granville Colby coordinating program, talent, makeup, advertising, ticketing, costumes, properties, treasurers and scenery. Proceeds aid Morse Senior Class trip to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Cosmopolitan Club
Cecil V. Rowland
Cecil Rowland
Granville Colby
Charles T. Small
Madelyn Small
Arthur Eseley
Albert Redlon
Bernard Plummer
Paul Marchant
Carl F. Pierce
Edward Brown
Dolly Horne
Daniel Matter
Charles W. Messenger
Lyman Betts
William Bruce
Abbot Redson
Ada Greenblatt
Loring Addison
Maurice Hutchins
Clifford Russell
Cecil Fullerton
Mr. Rowland
Mr. Russell
Bath
Boston
Morse
Washington
Sample Fair Friday at Odd Fellows Hall
The Sample Fair at I O O F hall Friday 2 to 4 pm coincides with the 49ers fair. Attendees can receive free samples of chips cereal coffee measures candy toothpaste pencils shampoo perfume and more. Over 20 door prizes on display at A D Stetson & Son furniture store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. O. O. F. Hall
A. D. Stetson & Son
Emerton Gross
Roy Lutz
Cyrus Longley
Willard Sprague
Albert Kilgore
Joseph Pecci
Emery LaChance
Topsham
Washington
Former Bath Girl Joyce Werner Engaged to Al Bert Melman
Joyce Werner of Brookline Massachusetts daughter of Mr and Mrs S Werner is engaged to Albert Melman son of Mr and Mrs H N Melman of East St Louis Indiana The couple plan a June wedding Joyce Werner graduated Morse High School 1943 Emerson College 1946 Melman is a 1948 graduate of Washington University served three years in the U S Army The engagement announced by both families reflects plans for a summer wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S . Werner
Brookline
Mass
Bath
Joyce
Albert Melman
H. N. Melman
East St Louis
Miss Werner
Morse High School
Emerson College
Boston
St. Louis
Central Institute For the Deaf
Mr. Melman
U.S. Army
Washington University
Sigma Alpha Mu
Obituary George P. Larrabee of Bath Dies at 72
George P. Larrabee 72 lifelong Bath resident and co–partner of New England Supply Co. printers died Saturday at his Bath home after six months illness. He was born Sept 8 1876 in Bath son of William and Abbie Pinkham Larrabee. Surviving are his widow Annie Webster Larrabee two sons George W. Larrabee of Phippsburg Edward L. Larrabee of Bath a daughter Mrs Neil J. Smith and three grandchildren. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery following funeral Monday at 2 PM from his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Larrabee
North Street
Bath
New England Supply Co
William and
Abbie Pinkham Larrabee
The
Times Publishing Co
Times Co
Clifton W. Tedford
Front Street
Larrabee
Polar Star Lodge
Montgomery & St Bernard Royal Arch
Bath Board of Trade
Beacon Street Church
Annie Webster Larrabee
Neil J. Smith
George W. Larrabee
Phippsburg
Edward L. Larrabee
George W., Jr
Edward L., Jr
Barbara Larrabee
Alfred H. Ives
Oak Grove Cemetery
George Kennerson 82 Arrowsic Resident Dies
George Kennerson 82 of Arrowsic died at Bath Memorial Hospital last Wednesday morning born December 5 1867 in Bath son of Newman and Adriana Fogg Kennerson member of New England Order of Protection. Survived by daughter Mildred Phinney Arrowsie two brothers Walter and Horace Bath one sister Olive Corliss Woolwich one granddaughter and two great grandsons. Funeral services were Friday at 2 PM at A F Mayo Sons funeral parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kennerson
Arrowsic
Bath Memorial Hospital
Kennerson
Bath
Newman and
Adriana Fogg Kennerson
New England Order of Protection
Mildred Phinney
Arrowsie
Walter
Horace
Olive Corliss
Woolwich
A. F. Mayo & Son
Alma F. Shepard dies in Cooper's Mills residence
Alma Florence Shepard died Thursday at Cooper's Mills where she had lived three years. Born Bath May 1883, daughter of John Shepard, she leaves brother Charles E Shepard, three nephews Charles A Herman S Ernest E, and niece Mrs Clifton Morang of Cape Elizabeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Florence Shepard
Cooper's Mills
Miss Shepard
Corliss Street
Bath
John Shepard
Charles E. Shepard
Charles A
Herman S
Ernest E
Fairfield
Clifton Morang
Cape Elizabeth
Susan M. Towers Dies After Long Illness at Memorial Hospital
Susan M. Towers died at Memorial Hospital Monday evening after a long illness. Born July 14, 1871, in Grand Falls New Brunswick she was the daughter of John and Catherine McCallan. Survived by son William of Waterville brother Patrick McCallan Limestone and three grandchildren. She belonged to St Marys Church and Royal Neighbors of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan M. Towers
Memorial Hospital
Towers
John
Catherine Carroll McCallan
Grand Falls
New Brunswick
William
Waterville
Patrick McCallan
Limestone
St Mary's Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Michigan State College Sponsorship for Intercollegiate Sports
Michigan State College sponsors 12 intercollegiate sports. Last year the school drew a total of 1,553 candidates for its teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Rev Charles E Brooks longtime Maine pastor dies at 62
The Rev Charles E Brooks 62 longtime pastor in Maine Methodist churches died suddenly Feb 13 at his Old Orchard Beach home. Born June 27 1886 in Bryant Pond he served 40 years in the Maine Methodist Conference leading churches in North Anson Mechanic Falls Farmington Saco Rumford Rockland South Portland and Bath. Survived by his widow Alice D Gammons of Norway and two brothers, missioning clerics Dalphon S Brooks Mechanic Falls and Paul Q Brooks Middleboro Mass. Funeral held Feb 15 at Washington Avenue Methodist Church with Rev Lester L Boobar officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Brooks
Old Orchard Beach
Wesley Methodist Church of
Bath
Brooks
Bryant Pond
Charles A. Brooks
Eva Lucy Leech Brooks
North Yarmouth Academy
Bates College
Maine Methodist Conference
North Anson
Mechanic Falls
Farmington
Saco
Rumford
Rockland
South Portland
Wesley Church
Alice D. Gammon
Norway
Dalphon S. Brooks
J Frank Jones Dies at Home in Bath
J Frank Jones aged 66 died suddenly at his Bath home on Russell Street early Tuesday. Born June 8 1899 in Bath he was an assistant foreman in the welding department at Bath Iron Works for 15 years. He is survived by his widow Louise Footer Jones a son Edward two daughters Jane and Mrs J Fred Serrot three brothers Arthur George William E a sister Mrs George Preston a niece Mrs Ralph Carter and three granddaughters. Funeral will be Friday at 2 pm from A F Mayo Son Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Jones
Russell Street
Mr. Jones
Bath
William
Ellen King Jones
Bath Iron Works
Louise Footer Jones
Edward
Jane
J. Fred Serrot
Burlington
Arthur
George
East Boothbay
William E
St. Petersburg
Fla
George Preston
Ralph Carter
Kensington, Conn
A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Home
Funeral services for George P. Larrabee held at home
Funeral services for George P. Larrabee were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at 168 North Street with Rev. Alfred H. Ives officiating. Bearers were Edwin H. P. Lowell Daniel Williams Alex Burden Fred Osgood Harold Cutting and Donald Young. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Larrabee
North Street
Alfred H. Ives
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Daniel Williams
Alex. Burden
Fred Osgood
Harold Cutting
Donald Young
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Alma Florence Shepard
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 pm from Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street with Rev C Clifford Sargent of Wesley Church officiating. Bearers included Whitney Craige Charles A Shepard Herman Shepard and Charles A Shepard Jr Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Florence Shepard
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
C. Clifford Sargent
Wesley Church
Whitney Craige
Charles A. Shepard
Herman Shepard
Charles A. Shepard, Jr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Guy Jerome Dunlap held at Curtié
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two for Guy Jerome Dunlap from the Curtié Funeral Home. Ministers were Rev. Sarah Caden and Rev. E. B. Wright. Bearers were Carlton Murphy, Alvah Brooks, Raymond W. Farley and Ernest McKay. Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Jerome Dunlap
Curtié
Massive Rhododendrons Reach 30 to 60 Feet High
The article notes rhododendron plants growing extraordinarily tall, with specimens reaching heights between 30 and 60 feet. It highlights the exceptional size and potential rarity of such remarkable specimens.
Rats Destroy or Damage Billions of Bushels of Grain
Rats destroy or damage about 200 million bushels of grain annually, impacting supply and prices. The assertion highlights pest losses affecting farmers, grain storage, and regional markets.
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Enterprise Grange
Annie Dunbar
Reading
Lincoln
Lillian Chadbourne
Freda Sullivan
Whispering Hope
Ladies Aid
the Grange
Merry Makers 4-H Club
Twin County
Earl Leet
Fifth Battalion
Second Armored Division
Camp Hood
Texas
Roy Leet
White Street
Glenwood Crosby
Luther Crosby
Post Road
Japan
Jimmacahi
11Th Airborne
States
Carroll Farrington
Brunswick Road
Russell Ring
Melvin Swift
Robert Weeks
Arthur Gibbs
James Lothridge
Elwyn Mullen
Norris Thompson
Maurice Robinson
Dorothy Pridham
Melrose
Charles Kennedy
Wallace Gardner
Hazen Ancoin
Portland
Lowell Savage
Livingston
N. J
Roger Pierce Jr
Roger Shaughnessy
Carl Curtis
Elizabeth Bishop
Worster
Hallow
Neil Bishop
Casco
Leonard Bishop
Lela LaRochelle
John J. Gallant
Gerard Bonneau
Marlboro
Jack Chambers
Paul Roberts
Thomas Borjesson
Wakefield
Leslie
Augusta
C. B. Kennedy
George Kennedy
Hollis Kennedy
Barbara Weeks
Sally Champney
Pleasant Street
Denham Sutcliffe
Gambier, C
Home Corner Club
Fred Witham
Panama
Ecuador
Georgetown
Bowdeinham and Androscoggin Association
Lawrence Gowen
Rebecca Weeks
Powers Home
Stanley Kosalka
Lexington
Kosalka
Noa
Richard Steele
Louisa Howard
Bay Point
Center
Vincent MacMahan
Johnl Smith
Five Islands
J. R. Blackie
Stanley Lewis
Frank Brown
Walter W. Cummings
Edwin Adams
Auburn
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
West Georgetown
Ernest Heal
Francis Johnson
MacMahan
Yarmouth
Ralph Devis
William Bisseth
West Orange
Canute Tromsland
Benjamin Riggs
Vassalboro
Oak Grove
Louise
Peterson
Ziward Rowe
Malden
Heal
Parker Moulton
Alfred Rowe
John Williams
Christine Williams
Grace Fullerton
George Allen Bean
Lowe
George Laskey
Sidney Dalrymple
Middle Dyke Farm
Carl C. Harris
Orange
Elizabeth Morris
Beatrice Bouton
Everett Stevens
Prince Girolamo Rospigliosi
Mr. Rospigliosi
Thomas Blaisdell
Boston Post
Fred H. Rittall
William Marr
Red Cross
Jeanette Pinkham
Mary Stevens
Paul Stevens
Walter Reed
Alton Reed
Orrin White
Brewer
Branwell Harford
Eton
Harford
U. G. Pierce
Randolph
Francis
Arthur O'Hare
Maynard
Lincoln Campbell
Massachusetts
Almon Marr
Edith L. Davis
Natalie MacMahan
Morse High
Robert
Onset
George Gray
James Stevens
Candy’s Harbor
Daniel Harley
Edith Davis
Herman Barter
Louis A. Dole
Vincent Rot
Conn
ODD Fellows Hall
Clark
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
Alma F. Shepard
G. P. Larrabee
Guy J. Dunlap
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