Richmond 4-H Field Day Cattle Show Ends With Ribbons
The Richmond annual 4-H club field day at Bear Pond honored cattle entries across Ayershires Guernseys and Holsteins with junior calf senior yearling and other classes all receiving praise. Archery club hosted its first big meet since reorganization at West Dresden with roving course trials and prizes awarded to divers clubs and individuals. A Saturday outdoor wedding tied Miss Shirley Ruth Coughlin to John King Willard with a double ring ceremony and a reception. Community groups planned a Reid State Park picnic with the Ideal Home Corner club and other local activities including a lawn party at St Ambrose and a Youth for Christ Camp opening at the Richmond Bible Conference grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Pond
Erland Curtis
Harold Brown
Ayershires
Carol Yeaton
Norman Curtis
Lip Dow
Carole Brown
Wayne Lewis
Fulton Curtis
Bradley Tinson
Frederick Raynes
Clayton Waltz
Bradley Stinson
Erick Raynes
Ramagin Archery Club
West Dresden
Rockland
Kittery
Portsmouth
N. H
Portland
South Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Skowhegan
Shirley Ruth Coughlin
Ralph Groves
River Road
John King Willard
John C. Willard
Plummer Road
Jesse J. Starr
United Baptist Church
Barbara Groves
George Umberhind
Willard
Richmond
Eaton Shoe Co
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Proctor’s
Richmond Corner
Ideal Home Corner Club
Jeff D. Coates
Kimball Street
Reid State Park
Georgetown
Main
Pleasant Streets
Vernon Little
Bowdoinham River Road
W. S
Youth For Christ
Richmond Bible Conference
James Wiegand
Harold Duff
New Brunswick Bible Institute
Medley Wry
Shantymen's Mission
Carl Gough
Paul Ferrin
Enterprise Grange
G. Cleveland Marriner
Grange
George Richter Ward Dies at 66 in Seymour Conn
George Richter Ward, age 66, died July 20 in Seymour Connecticut. The obituary notes his passing and references his birth and family details as recorded in the local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Richter
Seymour
Conn
Pine Haven Camp Completes Its Season
Pine Haven Day Camp in Sewall’s Woods Whiskeay concluded a highly successful season with an overnight program for older girls. A large group of parents and friends attended Wednesday night skits and songs. Volunteer guards and numerous volunteers assisted with tents and equipment removal on Friday and Saturday. Local firms Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Co and Wilbur Loveitt provided trucks for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Haven
Sewall’s Woods
John Blackie
Wilbur Cristina Eaton
Leonard Frank
Lionel Lessard
Sherman Mitchell
Walter Staples
George Young
Frank Butcher
Cyrus Ashe
Robert Besaw
Richard Carter
Wilvur Crist
Oliver Foster
Nicholas Johnson
Judson Luro
Ray McGaffey
Elmer Norton
Waldo Potter
Frank Reay
Maurice Trottier
David Vachon
John Witham
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
Wilbur Loveitt
Kitchen Shower for Mrs Charles R Christiansen Jr
Mrs Charles R Christiansen entertained at her Bath home with a kitchen shower for her daughter in law Mrs Charles R Christiansen Jr of Wisccset. Guests enjoyed sandwiches cake and coffee as gifts were opened. Other attendees included Doris Lutz Safford Gowell and Thayer families among others from Bath and Wiscasset. Born in Oberzell Germany on March 17 1887 he came to America at four. He lived in Richmond 21 years and was a foreman at Ames Worsted Co retiring after 51 years. He and Adele Kasulat Richter later moved back to Seymour. Survived by wife and two sons George and Frederick of New York. Services were held July 23 at Immanuel Lutheran church and interment followed in Trinity cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Christiansen
Drayton Road
Charles R. Christiansen, Jr
Wiscasset
Doris Lutz
Marion Safford
Peggy Safford
Claire Lutz
Gladys Page
Oberzell
Germany
America
Richmond
Ames Worsted Co
Richter
Adele Kasulat
Seymour
George
Frederick
New York
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Trinity Cemetery
Aubrey Fullerton
Bobbie
Tony
Jackie
George Laskey
Fred Laskey
Pamela
Bath
Gladys Wilson
Carol
Brunswick
Laskey
Stevie
L. Earle Hagan
Nancy
Candy’s Harbor
Columbus
Ohio
Robinhood
Edward C Clarey
Harrington
Burnside A. Powers
Mrs Rosenwald to entertain Thimble club at Indian Rest
Mrs Karl Rosenwald of Cambridge Massachusetts will entertain the Thimble club Wednesday evening while spending the summer at her home Indian Rest in Arrowsic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Rosenwald
Cambridge
Mass
Indian Rest
Arrowsic
Thimble Club
Georgetown Nets Hit by Severe Thunderstorm
A major thunder storm battered Georgetown Center on Monday with lightning, heavy rain, hail and winds toppling trees and disrupting utilities. Seguin Yacht Club reports two handicap races at Kennebec Point led by Judson Cross and Joe Hill. Debbet skippered by John Brewster won both races. A revival of community events includes a Working League sale set for August eleventh and other local activities, reunions, and hospitalities across Georgetown Center and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Center
Kennebec Point
Judson Cross
Joe Hill
Seguin Yacht Club
John Brewster
Debbet
Red Rover
Hardalee
Bob Leefman
John Bliss
Ernest Heal
Charles MacMahan
Reid Park
Irving Lord
Watertown
Mass
Eugene Herman
Plainfield
N. J
Charles Andre
Wendell Heal
Bath
Edwin Pinson
Nancy
Edgecomb
Walter Beane
MatMahan
Georgetown
Dodge Inn
Everett Lord
Miss Grace
Heal
Stanley Jewett
Flint
Mich
McKenzie
Archer Rogers
Wollaston
John Radford
Melrose
Five Islands Daily Vacation Bible School closes with awards
The Five Islands church wrapped up the Daily Vacation Bible School with 69 enrollees and 48 average attendance. Patricia Clark received an award for bringing the most new pupils, while Clinton Pinkham Sonia Graffami and Patricia Clark earned best handwork. The program featured songs prayers and memory verses, then work on display at Library Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Vacation Bible School
Patricia Clark
Clinton Pinkham
Sonia Graffami
America
Reedy
Christ
Library Hall
William S. Farr
Five Islands
Fire Department
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Maine State Federation of Firefighters
Bath
Charles Swearingen
Charles Dutton
Daniel Staffeld
Scarborough
McDuffy
Maine Baptists
Alfred Rowe
Georgetown
Herman Barter
Stanley Lewis
Donald Duprey
Vincent Davis
Leominster
Mass
Patricia Diane
Davis
Lester Davis
Kenneth Deitle
Dunlo
Leon Kelley
Woolwich
Heald to visit sister amid hospital X ray progress
Harry H. Heald plans a visit to sister Miss Lauretta M. Jones at Maine General Hospital where he learns she is making good progress through a series of X ray treatments. Nearby, Mrs. Aubrey Fullerton of Wis casset and her sons called on Mrs. George Laskey, with other relatives visiting over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Heald
Lauretta M. Jones
Maine General Hospital
Social Visit Notes and Weekend Guests in Town
A wide list of visitors and residents are reported staying at cottages and homes around town. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bacon, Mrs. Geneva Rowe, Howard Chase, the Gilfrick, the Pinkham family, Rev. Koehlwetter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson, Mrs. H. S. Moor, Elbridge Mains, and many others from Belmont, Nashville, Bath, Gardiner, and Portland. Several weddings, births, and moves are noted along with vacations at Rockcrest, Pleasant Villa, and Beechmere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Chase
Freeport
Millie Pinkham
William Sherman
Gardiner
Gilfrick’s
Blake Camp
Harry Newell
Welchville
William Marsh
Norway
Irving Hanna
Boston
Vincent Strout
Livermore Alls
Rose Wilkins
Livermore Falls
Daniel Wilkins
New Britain
Five Islands
Georgetown
Scarborough Baptist Church
Keelwhetter
Alice Cromwell
Richard Anderson
Caroline
Laura
Malden
Mass
George Young
Philip Pinkham
Arthur Cochrane
Havertown
Helen
De,Kalb
Beechmere
Jean Whittemore
Toronto
Elbridge Mains
Mains
Ohio
William Chafe
William 3d
Cambridge
Delbert Page
Rockcrest Cottage
William Budge
John McClelland
Norwalk
Conn
Harlan Fossett, Jr
Fossett
San Francisco
Calif
Navy
Barbara Jean Pratt
Portland
Francis Pierce
Kenneth Pinkham, Jr
Southport
Russell Alexander
Bath
Lulu Hanna
Frank T. Aitken
Bridgeport
N. J
Marion Crowther
Chester
Orrin White
Belfast
Fred White
Robert Snow
Elaine
Hyde
Topsham
Elson Harford
Richmond
Titterington Cottage
Izetta Pinkham
Bruce
Robert Kellman
Donna Pinkham
John Brown
Dunton House
Hiram Pierce
Hansen
Starksboro
F. Arthur Berry
Albert Berry
Kathleen Rittall
Beverly
Richard Barter
Herman Barter
Fred Lewis
Virginia
Nelson
John Callaway
Princeton
Callaway
O'Connor
George Nichols
Barbara Lewis
Stanley Lewis
Davis Stilphen Wedding Wednesday Evening at Eight
Miss Winnifred Stilphen wed Donald Davis in a July 22 ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church manse. The couple, both graduates of Morse High, reside at 16 North Street Court. he served in Korea and now works at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnifred E. Stilphen
Harry Stilphen
Court Street
Donald W. Davis
Walter Davis
Hartford, Conn
Louis W. Hagan
Libby Court
Winter Street Congregational Church
Richard J. Schaper
Douglas Cossaboom
Philadelphia
Patricia Brewer
Bath
Myrtle Elkins
Freeport
Eamund Hagan
Davis
Morse High School
Korea
Bath Iron Works
North Street Court
Maine Firefighters Field Day in West Bath Sunday
The Maine State Federation of Fire Fighters plans a field day at Rock Hill Inn West Bath on Sunday with a 11 30 a m business session and a 1 30 p m clambake. Wet and dry hose and ladder contests are featured with Bath Engine Three already entered and prizes from Mack Company American LaFrance and Blanchard Associates. Ticket sales at Engine Three or Central Station before Wednesday. Directors present included Harry Marshall Sorinetala Charles Ross Cornelius Conley John Mack and Charles Swearingen with Chief Stanley Turner also in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Federation of Fire Fighters
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Federation
Bath Engine Three
Mack Company
American LaFrance
Blanchard Associates
Engine Three
Central Station
Harry Marshall
Sorinetala
Charles Ross
Portland
Cornelius Conley
Lewiston
John Mack
Saco
Charles Swearingen
Bath
Stanley Turner
Bath Iron Works
Bay Point Village Corp Holds Annual Meeting
Bay Point Village Corp. held its annual meeting with Ton Clerk Mrs. Evelyn Hagan presiding. Kenneth McIvor chosen moderator and officers elected include Treasurer Mrs. George White Town Clerk Mrs. Evelyn Hagan and Overseers Francis Dube Arthur Colby Martin Powers Kenneth Crafts and Thomas Hagen. Neighbors noted road work funded by overseers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Palo Alto
Calif
Kennebec Point
Adams
Louisa Howard
Hill
John P. Townsend
Boothbay
James
St. Andrews Hospital
Harold Drake
Deborah
Joan Taylor
Auburn
Merl Niles
Bath
Andrew Butterfield
Jerry Cartney
Clyde
Mina Hinckley
Audrey Pinkham
Edward Butterfield
Union Services at Wesley Church Start Sunday
The South End Summer Union moves to Wesley Methodist Church with services at 10 a m on Aug 2 and Aug 9 led by Rev Robert Anderson of Boston who previously preached at Wesley in June. Rev Howard D Hull will resume pulpit duties Aug 16 for the remainder of the union services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Wesley Methodist Church
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Robert Anderson
Boston
Wesley
Corliss Street
Wesley Methodist
Anderson
Howard D. Hull
Wesley Church
Georgetown and Bath Fire Departments Host Joint Event
The Bath and Georgetown fire departments join with Charles Dutton Reynolds Grover Victor Pinkham of Georgetown to host a coordinated firefighting event. Local crews from Bath assist in hosting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dutton
Bath
William Farr
Reynolds Grover
Victor Pinkham
Georgetown Fire Department
Bath Department
Bath visitors host weekend guests in New Vineyard
Donald Huff and Dean Cook of Bath were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ouellette at their New Vineyard home. Mr. Ouellette is a former Bath resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Huff
Dean Cook
Bath
Paul Ouellette
New Vineyard
Mr. Ouellette
Obituary John Calvin French 1878 1952 Bath Resident
John Calvin French 74 of Bath died Friday at home after living in Bath 14 years. Born November 4, 1878 in Kingfield to Charles and Polly Lane French, he worked as a plumber and previously lived in Brunswick. He attended Beacon Street Methodist Church and is survived by wife Lillian M. Smith Trench, four daughters Beulah Light Georgetown Isa belle French Bath Wilbur Higgins Bath and Alfred Robbins Farmington, three sons Stanley Georgetown Roger Colorado Springs Fred Kingfield, a sister Mrs Eugene Corson Kingfield, a brother George French Strong, and grandchildren with two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 1:30 pm Curtis funeral home, Rev Howard F. Cramer officiating, burial at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin French
Bath
Dummer
Kingfield
Charles
Polly Lane French
French
Brunswick
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Lillian M. Smith Trench
Beulah Light
Georgetown
Isabelle French
Wilbur Higgins
Alfred Robbins
Farmington
Stanley
Roger
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fred
Eugene Corson
George French
Strong
Curtis Funeral Home
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Church
Oak Grove
Mrs Marguerite Glidden Rites Held In Bath
Mrs Marguerite A Glidden born Newcastle July 21 1890 died Sunday at home 8 Tarbox Bath widow of Harry W Glidden survived by two sons Harry Terrence and Sidney Emery of Bath a center Genevieve Colby Bath five brothers Edmund of Kittery Point Ray of Kittery Sidney of Portsmouth funeral Tuesday 1 pm A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence Rev Ranceford Webb Harpswell burial Oak Grove family lot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite A. Glidden
Tarbox Street
Harry W. Glidden
Newcastle
N. H
Oliver C
Susan Trussell Littlefield
Bath
Nazarene Church
Harpswell
Portsmouth
Aaereirine
Harry Terrence
Sidney Emery
Genevieve Colby
Edmund
Kittery Point
Ray
Kittery
Sidney
A. F. Mayo & Son
Ranceford Webb
Oak Grove
Memorial service for Miss Dorothy Griffin at Camp
Miss Dorothy Griffin of Norwood Ohio died after emergency surgery and was remembered at a memorial service led by Rev Richard J Schaper at Camp Tuesday morning. A camper and long time staff member at the camp she was born January 6 1912 in Cincinnati daughter of William and Sarah Myers Griffin. The body was moved to Spring Grove cemetery in Cincinnati for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
William and
Sarah (Myers) Ee
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati
Funeral for Mrs. Glidden Held at Harpswell Nazarenes
Funeral services were held at 1 30 PM at A F Ne and Son Funeral Residence with Rev Ranceford Webb of Harpswell Nazarene Church officiating. Bearers included Leo Babine Earl Legard Joseph Robinson and Ralph Richardson. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee A. Glidden
A. F. Ne & Son
Ranceford Webb
Harpswell Nazarene Church
Leo Babine
Earl Legard
Joseph Robinson
Ralph Richardson
Oak Grove
Funeral for John Calvin French Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Howard F Cr mer of Beacon Street Church officiating. Bearers were Alvah Morse Wilbur Higgins George Carson and Charles Merry. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin French
Curtis Funeral Home
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Church
Alvah Morse
Wilbur Higgins
George Carson
Charles Merry
Oak Grove
Courtesy traffic tags win favor with summer visitors
Lewiston police issue courtesy tags to out of state motorists for minor traffic violations. The tags note the infringement and request voluntary cooperation rather than summoning drivers to pay 50 cent fines. The approach is well received by visitors to the Spindle City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Spindle City
Worker at State Liquor Store Adjusts New Green Awning
An employee at the State Liquor Store was seen tending a bar not for drinking but as an iron tool used to adjust a newly hung green awning over the shop front.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dresden
Abbie Barker
Europe
Nat B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Cedar Grove
May Groves
Juanita
Framingham
Robert Foye
Lot
Dresden Mills
Robert Wilkinson
Central Maine Power Co
Bingham
James H. Cameron
Alfred Houdlette
Audrey
Charles Maroney
Dover-Foxcroft
Pemaquid
Serge Iwanonesky
Blinn’s Hill
June Bailey
R. C. Titus
Dexter
C. E. Sheldon
Harold Rollins
Bowdeinham
Richard Holt
California
Bethea
Arthur Holt
Sea Meadow
Robert Meserves
Waltham
Buddie Brown
Harold J. Brown, Jr
First Baptist Church
John E. Reedy
Indiana
Clayton H. Heald
Elizabeth Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jessie Addams
Walter Parker
Roscoe P. Todd
Carroll P. Powers
Francis Bacon and Son
Sudbury
Geneva Rowe
Waltham, Mass
George Lee
Onset
Lawrence Perow
Rudolph Pinkham
Henry Middleton
Chicago
Ill
Harvey Kingsbury
Abraham Shocker
George Middleton
Glen Shorey
Edward Dulena
Kenneth Pinkham
Richard B. Carey
Tacoma Park
Alton Reed
Martha Perow
New Jersey
M. K. Kristofferson
Kent
West Hartford
Russell Harford
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Russell Pinkham
P. B. Savage
PTA
Maine
Rogers
The
State Health and Welfare Department
Mrs
Marguerite Glidden
Newcastle, N. H
Long
Dorothy Griffin
John C. French
M. H. Page
North St. Tel
Kennebec
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