Richmond community notes and summer gatherings span town
Richmond hosts include a Ladies' Aid silver tea and a fire relief benefit event. A large turnout for the American Legion convention in Houston is noted with trophies on display. Many residents and visitors from Augusta, Roslindale, Medford, Boston, and beyond share summer cottages and travels, with local road outings, camp visits, and social visits reported throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Lanefield
Richmond
Charles White
Augusta
George Dumas
Frances Watson
Charles Tallman
Roslindale
Mass
Frank Waltz
Walter James
Irving Waltz
Boston
Alton B. Fowler
Medford
Fowler
Francis Bowers
Portland
Bowers
Nellie M. Bowers
Charles Grondin
Bertha Debois
Mechanic Falls
Cecil E. Stilphen
Stilphen
H. L. Stilphen
Davis
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Houston
Frye Jewelry
Kennebec
Maine
Paul Stilphen
Abbott
Detroit
Hudson Motor Co
Morris Blair
Blair Cottage
Viola’Daren
Robert Ordway
Skowhegan
William Wager
Malden
Carol Clark
James Alfred
Norma McDonald
Roxbury
Samuel Blake
Emma McDonald
Archana Morrison
New York
A. Blake
S. A. Wilson
Long Island
N.Y
Watson Cottage
T. Neville Wilson
Thomas Neville, Jr
Patricia
Forest Hills
N. Y
Mae Watson
Dexter Weld Gaston
Allston
J. Weston Walsh
Thomas Hinkley
Dover
N. H
Howard Randlette
Edward Thorp
Charles Grant
Hyde Park
Eric Grant
Marietta Lowell
Hallowell
John Lander
Somerville
Lander Cottage
Alice Sherwood
Attleboro
J. W. Randlette
Maine Water Utilities Association
Harry Hobbs
Vincent Reed
Pittsfield
Albion Raynes
Blanch Smith
Gardiner
John Tarr
Doris McKenney
New Jersey
Raymond Northey
Annie Grant
Milton
Herman Blake
Massachusetts
Poultry Expert Dr. Norris to Address Orono Farmers
Dr. L. C. Norris, Cornell poultry nutrition professor, will speak at the Orono poultry school on August 15 and 16 in three talks on protein mineral and vitamin requirements. A round table discussion will follow each talk and programs are being mailed to Maine poultrymen. Silk hose originated in France in 1560.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Norris
Cornell University
Orono
J. R. Smyth
H. L. Richardson
College of Agriculture
C. C. Clements
Winterport
Maine Poultry Improvement Association
Norris
Georgetown Social Roundup Traces Bath Visitors in Town
Georgetown residents and visitors populate a busy social schedule with plenty of travel, family visits, and church activities. Ambrose McFadden, Horatio Drake, Eleanor Cunningham, and many others are noted among camps, travels to Augusta and Bath, weddings, hospital visits, and a church program preview for Sunday services.
Bath Engineer Charles W. Brown Dies at 74
Charles W. Brown 74, lifelong Bath resident and former chief night shift engineer at the Washington street power plant, died Tuesday after a week of illness at his home 492 Middle Street. Born in Newcastle, he moved to Bath at 14 and served 21 years as chief engineer. Survived by wife of 60 years, three daughters Ethel Webster Emma Brown Esther Brown, son George L. Brown, six grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. at 492 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Dore House
Richmond Lion's Club
Peacock Tavern
State Road
Charles Bowden
Jenkintown
Elizabeth Kelley
Pleasant View Farm
Howard Moody
Bath
Melvin L. Hunter
Margaret Herfel
Manchester
N. H
Alton Shaw
Milboro
Cadillac Mountain
Guy Farnham
Portland
Charles Howes
Nellie Corey
Leon Dunklee
Corey
Frank Woodrow
Frank Patten
Ann Spofford
Winnifred Anne Goud
LeForest Goud
Dresden Mills
J. L. Pinkerton
Forest Hill Cemetery
West Dresden
Maine Central
William Crocker
A. L. Colesworthy
Falmouth
Lena Harlow
T. Neville Wilson
Forest Hills
Long Island
N. Y
M. Preble
Harvey Goodwin
Lakewood
Fred Libby
Alice Libby
E. V. Spooner
North Bridgton
Fred
Washington, D. C
Laurence A. Bond
Barbara
Laurence, Jr
Raymond Libby
Harry Duren
Greenfield
Mass
Charles W. Brown
Washington Street
Central Maine Power Co
Middle Street
Newcastle
Charles S
Emeline Brown
Power Company
Sagadahoc Light and Power Co
Royal Arcanum
Ethel M. Webster
Emma G
Esther L. Brown
George L. Brawn
Eleanor N
Ruth C
Jeanette
Edmund
Patricia J. _ e funery
Mrs Annie McNeal Passes Away In Woolwich
Mrs Annie McNeal died last week in Woolwich where she was a guest of Mrs Ella Lincoln and Mrs Hattie Potter. Her passing is reported by local society records with attention to her connection to these hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McNeal
Woolwich
Ella Lincoln
Hattie Potter
Summer Visitors and Local Socials Fill Bath Cottages
In the 1931 Missionary Herald entry, numerous families and visitors are listed as guests at cottages in Bath and neighboring towns. Notable names include the McMahan, Pinkham, Hunt, Stanley, Hinckley, and Belanger families, with multiple trips to Boston, Cambridge, and East Boothbay, and a birth announced for Mrs. William Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Herald
Libr
N Winslow
Poll Fi
Columbus
F. P. Bartlett
Marjorie Bartlett
Richmond
Cr. H. Minchen
Boston
Frank Perkins
Bath
M. F. Biggins
Webster Blanchard
West Acton
Blanchard
Carl Pearson
Marilyn
Quincy
Frank McMahan
Minnie Eisenhauer
Cambridge
Charles O’brien
Washington, D. C
O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
Madge O’brien
A. R. Bennett
West Medford
Ida Hinckley
Pleasant Villa
A. W. Walker
Malden Island
D. L. Howard
J. G. Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Paul Thompson
Jean
Dorothy
East Boothbay
James Perkins
Ey Harley
Milford
Soath
Seguinlaw
Arthur Went
Arthur W. Hunt, Jr
Dorchester
Mass
George H. Smith
Sedgemere Road
Harry Greenlaw
F. O. Robinson
William Chafe
Edith Snell
Snell
Somerville
Galbraith
New Haven
Pine Cliff
Southport
Carrie
Katharine Pendergast
T. D. Ried
Seguinland
Percy Allen
Oakland
Farm Life Rewards Beyond the Money Values
Dr C S Smith says farming offers life rewards beyond wealth including home grown food, family growth, hospitality, and personal growth. He foresees a future of larger one family farms with tractor power, higher income, and increased home conveniences aided by capable heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. 3. Smith
The
Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Maine
Orono
United States
Pruning Pine Knot Study Supports Select Pruning Rules
Historical notes claim pruning pine trees correctly prevents loose knots while improper pruning causes defects. A 40 year old Holderness example shows tightly healed knots where pruning followed six inch diameter limit, tight removal, thin growth, limited branch whorls, and dormant-season work. This log was showcased at Farmers Week and Twin County events to illustrate the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Holderness
New Hampshire
Farmers
Orono
Twin County Farm Bureau
Topsham
C. L. Eastman
Pruning Dangers for Timber Quality in Pine
A discussion notes that pruning with an axe creates pitch pockets and loose knots, with limbs left close to the tree causing defects. Pruning trees over six inches thick typically yields poor lumber, a point sawmill workers affirm when evaluating timber pruned by the described methods.
Bath slot machine losses prompt police interest
Bath nickel slot machine owners report poor business and losses. A grocer says $22 from his cash drawer and $7.50 from a slot machine were taken Monday night. A theft of a machine at another business was reported two weeks earlier. Police detain a possible suspect but release him. two youths are believed to be connected to the Monday break. Also, Hon Rupert H Baxter visited Topsham for his birthday at Rock Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
Aramede S. Tarbox
Topsham
Rock Gardens
Ernest A. Allen
Topsnam
Baxter
Small Point Church to Open Sunday Services
The Small Point Baptist church announces Sunday services starting next Sunday and continuing each week. Rev. G H Pye, former missionary to the West Indies and South America, will speak and discuss starting a Sunday school and church officers. Mrs Pye will lead the music. Sunday school at 10, service at 11, evening service at 7 30 with the topic The World's Greatest Earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Baptist Church
G. H. Pye
Small Point
Pye
West Indies
South America
United States
Canada
Lake Winnegance Emerges as Flooded Waterway
The Winnegance Creek section south of the new causeway is to be renamed Lake Winnegance when the sluiceway opens and water is allowed to flood to its full height. Authorities expect the change to occur immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Creek
Lake Winnegance
Caribou Sets State Record for Farm Bureau Enrollment
Caribou reports 216 Farm Bureau members, the highest single community tally in the state. George E. Lord, county agent leader, disclosed the figure as part of the annual state membership report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Caribou
George E. Lord
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France
Arthur F. Mayo
Bath, Maine
Georgetown
Ambrose McFadden
Capt
Horatio Drake
Indian Point
Hunt
Doryas
Tisabe Hunt
Eleanor Cunningham
E. B. Billings
Robinhood
William Steadman
Ferris Leonard
Winfield F. Rowe
Waltham and Popham
Augusta Rowe
Cunningham
William Farnsworth
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
Todd
Chester B. Horne
Fort Ethan Allen
Frank W. Hovey
Bath City Hospital
Velma Harford
Earle Payson
Littlefield
Wesley Church
Bay Point
John Nelson
John
Eleanor Nelson
Faith Nelson
W. A. Bibber
Azuba
Holland
Harry L. Horne
Working League
First Baptist Vestry
Martha Rich Bowen
Edgar Warren
Bath City
Howard
Fletcher
Jamada Plain
Annie M. Adams
North Edgecomb
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Alfred Rowe
Frank Heald
Sarah McKenney
Alonzo Hunt
West Georgetown
Walter B. Hill
Pottsville
Emma Lou Hill
George
Walter, Jr
Hill
Kennebec Point
Beatrice Abbott
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington
D. C
Frank Wren
Wren
Tufts College
First Baptist Church
Charles W. Brawn
Arthur-Allen
Optometrist
Centés
George H. Pye
Bowdoinham
Pleasant Drive
River Road
Richmond R. F. D
Metropolitan Theatre
Royal Blue Line
Hotel Brunswick
Lenox Boylston
Brunswick
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