Richmond Community Notices and Local Honors
Sunshine box for Ernest Pinkham at Maine Medical Center Portland follows a November fire that destroyed his home and claimed his father and brother. Richmond couples celebrate 50th anniversary with open house. Baptist church leads Vacation Bible School plans and a baccalaureate at Richmond High School. Various local social items, visits, and family news from Richmond and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pinkham
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Charles Wheeler
Main Street
Dorothy
Barbara
Nancy Wheeler
James Welner
James Welner, Jr
Nelson Soule
Topsham
Maurice C. Wheeler
Robert Wheeler
Wheeler
Richmond
William P. Carr
R. A. Rich
Massachusetts
Ralph E
Maurice C
Robert S. Wheeler
Richard
Mothers, Friends and Teachers Club
Carl Anderson
Leslie Gardner
Frederick Lyons
Veterans Administration
Chicago
United Baptist Church
Evelyn Cromwell
Alice Seigars
Inez Douglass
Barbara Griffin
Marion Dickey
Mabel Young
Alice Nichols
Laura Lothridge
Jessie Griffin
Eunice King
Gertrude Smith
Joan Tate
Dallas Gillespie
Beedle
Richmond High School
Eugene Crommett
Hallowell
Gerald Brown
South Lancaster Academy
South Lancaster
Mass
Atlantic Union College
Emerson Grammar School
Adventist Church School
Progressive
Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Enterprise
Merry Meeting
Don Shoff
Stephen
Brunswick
Fred Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Lowell Savage
Nashua
N. H
Savage
Russell A. Ring
Gertrude Thomas
Norridgewock
Mattie Roberts
Elizabeth Thomas
Paul Jack
Laura Jack
Framingham
Della Grondin
Raymond Bolgier
Lillian Bolgier
Saugus
Arthur Turner
Sandra Hinkley
Pownal
Dresden Notes on Weddings Deaths and Flag Ceremony
Miss Thelma Pushard’s pre nuptial shower was hosted by the Varnums in South Dresden for her upcoming marriage to William Varnum. A Dresden resident, Mrs. John Cate, died June 1 in Damariscotta after longtime work for the poor. services were in Damariscotta and interment at Dresden Mills cemetery. A May 20 flag-raising at the Dresden post office featured a full program with students and local officials. Bridges Academy plans graduation June 9 at the Masonic auditorium following a baccalaureate and a May 30 rededication near the Old Court House cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Boston
Thelma Pushard
Robert Varnum
South Dresden
Miss Pushard
Grover Pushard
William Varnum
Varnum
Edward Magoon
Augusta
Robert Varnum, Jr
Melvin Pushard
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Sheldon
John Cate
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Dresden Mills
Dresden
Newcastle
Lincoln Academy
Christal Chapter
H. C. Schieveland
Ruth Hall
Dresden Post Office
First
George Brown
Eleanor Fitch
Linda Preble
Jeanie Fitch
Carol Lemarr
John James
Carol Louveney
Horace Gilpatrick
Evelyn Robbins
Benjamin Wentworth
Milo
James Cameron
Gardiner General Hospital
Bridge Academy
Masonic Auditorium
Old Court House
Mildred Burrage
Lincoln County Historical Society
Court House
Boothbay Harbor
Whitefield
Yarmouth
Waldoboro
N. B. T. Barker
Burton Cross
May. Goodwin
Cross
Power Interruption Scheduled Next Saturday
Cen tral Maine Power Co. announces a 1 am to 4 am electricity outage Saturday in Woolwich Georgetown Popham Beach and Arrowsic for transmission line repairs. If weather delays occur the outage will move to Sunday during the same hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Colbeth, Jr
Central Maine Power Co
Woolwich
Georgetown
Popham Beach
Arrowsie
Weekend Guests and Graduates Highlight Local Notes
Weekend visitors included Glenn B. Lamoreau on Fuller Street and Leo LaChance with daughter Boston visiting Leonard Bishop and family. Edward Seamon Jr and daughter from Hartford stayed with sister Helen Foss. Glendon Wahue and family of Waco Texas, formerly Richmond, visit two weeks. Leslie Seekins and Aruba tourists stay with Robert Cutter on Spruce Street. Rodney Little, son of Percy and Mrs. Little, graduated from Springfield College with a B.S. in Physical Education. he wrestled for the varsity team and placed in New England championships as a freshman and sophomore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo LaChance
Boston
Leonard Bishop
Edward Seamons, Jr
Hartford
Georgetown Pastor Warren Harris speaks at First Baptist and Bacaccalaureate
Georgetown reports on Sunday services led by Pastor Warren Harris of First Baptist Church with a sermon on The Abiding Life from John 15.1 to 10 and a Bacculaureate address at Central School advising graduates with Proverbs 1 5 7 and 10. Music by First and Second Baptist choirs accompanied the events.
Woman Taken to Hospital After Fall in East Brunswick
Mrs. Sadie Chase of Old Bath road East Brunswick was found on her home floor by a bakery truck driver and rushed to Brunswick hospital Monday noon. Dr Maurice J Dionne treated her at home then she was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Police said she appeared to have suffered a shock and fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Sadie Chase
Old Bath Road
East Brunswick
Brunswick Hospital
Joel Lebel
Maurice J. Dionne
Dionne
Two teams leaped from seventh place to pennant glory
Historical note cites only two instances of rapid rise. The Yankees finished seventh in 1925 and won the pennant in 1926. The Red Sox followed the same pattern, finishing seventh in 1945 and claiming the pennant in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
Red Sox
Five Islands Community Notes Include Choir, Visits, Birth
There was no church choir rehearsal last Sunday due to the baccalaureate service at Georgetown Central School. Vacation Bible School is set for Aug 8 to 13 with Mrs Alton Moody and Miss Betty Rasmussen of Portland to conduct. A variety of town residents and visitors are noted, including plaque unveiling for Jack Ryder at Boston College, and family visits from Richmond, Kittery, Bath, and other towns. Wil liam F Plum mer IV born at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Christ
Central School
First
Second Baptist
Walter Beane
Georgetown
State Road
Schoener Place
Church
Kennebec Point
Brown Property
Bay Point
Lippard
Working League
Cathy Brown
Harold J. Brown Jr
Warren Hawley, Jr
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath
Cleo Allen Hibbs
Central Maine Power Co
Robinhood
Webber Road
Waldo Brown
Cambridge
Mass
John Olsen
Joan
Everett Stevens
Seguinland
Olsens
Walter Powers
St. George
Lawrence Kimball
Bedford
Sagadahoc Bay
William Plummer
William
Bath Memorial Hospital
A. E. Riley
Portland
Frederick Wilson
Ruth Patterson
Ethel Patterson
West Georgetown
Boston
Raphael Higgins
Holly
Francis Pierce
Marjorie
Five Islands
Charlie Spear
Harold Brown
Joseph Higgins
Georgetown Central School
Alton Moody
Betty Rasmussen
Town
State Baptist Convention
Richard Hasenfus
Alumni Field
Boston College
Holy Cross
Jack Ryder
Joseph Maxwell
S. J
Lilla Lewis
Lawrence
Richmond
Arthur Nelson
Arthur, Jr
Georgia
Nelson
Ransom Sawyer
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
Woodrow Gray
Jerry
Pamela
Gray
Alec Cunningham
New Vineyard
Cunningham
Harry Newell
Welchville
Ray Gilpatrick
Russell Pinkham
Medford
Frank Blake
Roy Hyde
Topsham
Robert Snow
Roy Higgins
Stanley Kasalka
Walter E Reid
George Lee
Onset
Stanley Lewis
Harry Beals
Wiscasset
Lawrence Vail
Vail
Marilyn MacGillivary
Thomas McCorr
Bert Alexander
Lyman Alexander
West Point
George Gray
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Arthur Hunt
Dorchester
Helen Galvin
Quincy
William Dunbar
George Smith
Gertrude
William F. Plummer
William F., IV
Teen Age 4 H Club Hosts Progressive Dinner
The Teen Age 4 H Club held a June 2 progressive dinner with leader Mrs Ianville Colby receiving a silver bracelet for her work. Hosts included Mr and Mrs Albert Robinson in Milan street for the first course, Mr and Mrs Stanley Commeau on Summer Street for the main course, and Mr and Mrs Percy Low at Birch Point Cottage for dessert. Judging ribbons were awarded to Joyce Scanlin and Ellen Low for room improvement and to Joyce Scanlin, Frances Butcher, and Judie Commeau for menu judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ianville Colby
Wits
Albert Robinson
Milan — Street
Joan
Frances Butcher
Summer Street
Stanley Commeau
Judie
Donna Crocker
Toinette Lakin
Birch Point
Percy Low
Ellen
Betsy Bertrand
Joyce Scanlin
Ellen Low
Judie Commeau
Mrs Colby
Juvenile Delinquency Up In New York Courts
Youth crime reporting shows a 15 percent rise in delinquent cases under 16 in New York's Domestic Relations Court from 1953 to 1954 while 16 to 21 year olds in other courts surged about 53 percent in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rev J Lesley Stuart Elected President of Maine Baptist Ministers Conference
The Rev J Lesley Stuart of Washburn was elected president of the Maine Baptist Ministers Conference during the Ministers Association meeting tied to the 41st annual meeting of the United Baptist Convention of Maine. Also named were Rev Charles R Sims Bath as vice president and Rev Martin Storms Yarmouth as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lesley Stuart
Washburn
Maine Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Ministers’ Association
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Charles R. Sims
Bath
Martin Storms
Yarmouth
Charles A. Carman
Ministers’ Council
The
American Baptist Convention
Corliss Street
First Baptist Church
John Quigg
Houston
Women's Missionary Society
Maurice ,B. Hodge
Portland
Ore
National Council of American Baptist Women
Eric Ruden
Morse High Class Day Program Delights Large Audience
A large Morse High School crowd attended the Class Day program Monday night. Seniors presented humorous skits outlining four years at Morse and future hopes. Prophesy and history roles were read by named students, with band selections and a quartet performance ending in the school song The Blue and the White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Morse High School
Morse
Joan Hawkes
Eugene Hawkes
Washington Street
Neil West
Gay Bonney
Dean Bonney
Park Street
Edna King
Marc King
Bedford Street
David Rush
Marjorie Rush Haab
Jerry Doyle
Jerome Doyle
Russell Street
Morse High Band
Cecil V. Rowland
Sue Hagerthy
Judy Holbrook
Pauline Kelley
Peggy Hanson
Jackson and Prawer Earn Boston University Degrees
Richard A. Jackson and Gilbert Prawer of Bath were among 2400 graduates at Boston University. They received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the College of Business Administration. Commencement speaker was Abba S. Eban, Israel's UN ambassador since 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Jackson and
Gilbert Prawer
Boston University
Richard A. Jackson
Bath
University Field
Boston
Jackson
Arthur H. Jackson
Blut Road
Prawer
Solomon Prawer
Oliver Street
College of Business Administration
Abba S. Eban
Israel
United Nations
Huse School Second Grade Entertains Parents With Tea
Second grade students at Huse Memorial school presented a program for parents featuring rhythm band selections recitations and songs under the direction of Mrs Helen Canales and Mrs Morton H Young. Performances included Old Folks At Home Old Black Joe a French folk tune and several solo and chorus numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Helen Canales
Morton H. Young
Casses
Judith Purnham
Thomas Brown
Robert L. Stevenson
Linda
Maury Carter
Bethe McCale
Alice Cunningham
Kathryn Shores
Vind Priscila Taggart
Batterfles
Willan Dinlap
Candice Jones
First National Bank Expands Quarters In Town Renovation
First National Bank plans a major enlargement of its quarters with renovations on the block including the former Edna Mace Shoppe. Daniel Williams says a door will be raised to align with the bank’s first floor to create a new directors room and cashiers office on the first level while the second floor will add bookkeeping and storage space. The project is not time bound but could be completed in two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Edna Mac Shappe
Daniel Williams
Edna Mace
Willams
Force Recruiter Station at Bath Post Office
The age force recruiter for this need will be at the Bath Post Office each Monday and Wednesday from 10 am until 5 pm to interview anyone interested in becoming a member of the U S Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Beardsley
Bath
Inter Sedan
U.S. Air Force
Schoolboy Patrol Honored At Special Assembly
Bath honors 130 members of the Schoolboy Patrol at City Hall Auditorium with certificates for an accident free year. Speakers include Loring Addison, Edward Gaudreau, Stanley Judkins, and Herman Boudreau. Patrols from Washington Street Primary, North Grammar, Dike, Huse Memorial, Fisher, and Mitchell Schools. Picnic set for June 23 at Thomas Point East Brunswick with rain date noted. Ice cream served at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Loring R. Addison
Edward L. Gaudreau
Stanley R. Judkins
Herman Boudreau
Washington Street
North Grammar
Dike
Huse Memorial
Fisher
Mitchell
Addison
Gaudreau
Thomas’ Point
East Brunswick
Christian Democrats Win Big in Sicily Regional Vote
In Palermo Sicily the Christian Democrats hailed a regional election victory claiming a boost for all Italy. They gained seven seats for 37 total in the 90-seat Regional Assembly, with Monarchists aiding post election governance while remaining short of an outright majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palermo
Sicily
Christian Democrats
Italy
Scelba
MSI
Italian Social Movement
Flower Baskets Brighten Bath Business District
The Bath Garden Club restores lamp post baskets along the business district and at Carlton Bridge ends for summer. Geraniums petunias lobelia fill the boxes with green German ivy backing. Mrs G Thomas Murphy notes similar civic projects nationwide through Garden clubs federations. Local merchants support maintenance through annual contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Community Betterment Department
The
Bath Garden Club
G. Thomas Murphy
United States
Federations of
Maine Hospital Group Meeting in Rockland
Dana S Thompson president of Maine Hospital Assn and executive director of Central Maine General Hospital told the annual meeting in Rockland that progress was made educating legislators about hospital finances. He urged focus on public education and passing favorable legislation. the convention runs through tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland Dpi
Maine Hospital Assn
Maine
Dana S Thompson
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Association
Thompson
Boy Benny Heiskell Breaks Arms In Knoxville Crash
A 7 year old boy Benny Heiskell fractured his left arm after a fall and later was struck by a car in Knoxville Tennessee. He exited with a minor shoulder scrape and did not require hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Benny Heiskell
Six heavyweight world title bouts on Fourth of July history
The record notes six world heavyweight championship bouts held on July Fourth across boxing history. It highlights the tradition of major fights on Independence Day and points to notable matchups and outcomes across eras.
Funeral Services for Walter E. Reid Thursday
Walter E. Reid 86 died in a Portland hospital May 30. Funeral services were held at 1 p m in Bath at his Georgetown home with Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell officiating. Honorary bearers included Maj. Gen. Frank E. Lowe and former Gov. Sumner Sewell of Bath. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery Waterville with Knights of Pythias committal rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Reid
Portland
Georgetown
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Frank E. Lowe
Harrison
Sumner Sewell
Daniel Williams
W. C. Kershner
Nathan W. Thompson
Edward I. Bernstein
Philip S. Milliken
Myron A. Lamb
Stanley C. Boynton
Pine Grove Cemetery
Waterville
Grand Lodge of Maine
Knights of Pythias
Obituary of Florence S. Mace Bath leader in nursing homes
Florence S. Mace 56 wife of Bryan Jennings Mace and operator of the Mace Convalescent Home Bath died suddenly at her home 348 Washington Street Born August 26 1896 in Augusta daughter of Charles and Lena Moody She had run nursing homes in Augusta Gardiner Hartland and Bath and attended Wesley Methodist Church Survived by husband two daughters Gerry K Mace and two daughters Mrs Joseph Moore and Mrs Herbert Day a sister Mrs Hartley Carlton a brother Owen Moody three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services 2 P M Tuesday from her home with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery Hartland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence S. Mace
Bryan Jennings Mace
Mace
Washington Street
Augusta
Charles
Lena Worth Moody
Hartland
Hartland Academy
Gardiner
Wesley Methodist Church
Joseph Moore
Herbert Day
Bangor
Gerry K. Mace
Bath
Hartley Carlton
Owen Moody
Pine Grove Cemetery
George W Merrill 85 retired Hyde Windlass employee dies
George W Merrill 85 of 122 Oak Street died Friday morning. Born Bath January 21 1870 he worked 40 years at Hyde Windlass Co retiring as purchasing agent. He was a Mason and O E S member with a widow Annette a daughter Della Randall Auburn a sister Mary Leonard and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Merrill
Hyde Windlass Co
Oak Street
Bath
John and
Elizabeth Shaw Merrill
Merrill
Polar Star Lodge of Masons and Dunlap Commandery
Lewiston
Genesta Chapter
Annette
Della Randall
Auburn
Mary Leonard
Cynthia Morgan
South Portland
John Merrill
Philadelphia
William Rogers
Oliver Randall
Funeral for Archibald G Lemoine in Waterville
Archibald G Lemoine 56 a Maine Central Railroad employee died May 23 in a Portland hospital after four weeks illness. Former Bath resident, he lived in Waterville and was foreman of the machine shop since 1938. Burial at Pine Grove cemetery. Survivors include widow Mary E Lemoine a daughter C Philip Lape a son George M sisters and brothers and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald G. Lemoine
Bath
Bath Golf Redington Co
Waterville
Pine Grove
Mr. Lemoine
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Napoleon A
Laura Valaquey Lemoine
Lemoine
Charles Cummings
Livermore Falls
Alma M. Ham
Springfield
Mass
Bruce and
Albert
California
Andrew
Phoebe Lemoine
New York City
Arthur D. Lemoine
New York
Funeral for George W Merrill Conducted at A F Mayo & Son
Funeral services for George W Merrill were held Sunday afternoon at one at A F Mayo & Son Funeral Home with Rev Harold L. Allen of the Corliss Street Baptist Church officiating. Honorary bearers included Rod ney E Ross Jo John F Cooke Andrew Butterfield W Clyde Lake Samuel Morse William W Dennison Edwin F Ramsey Ralph Gay Cecil Payne John Parker and Luther Thompson. Active bearers were John Mc Cole Edwin R Andrews William Besaw Daniel Lord Jr Walter Day and Oscar Marsh. Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Merrill
George W Merrill
A. F Mayo & Son
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Rodney E Ross
John F. Cooke
Andrew Butterfield
W. Clyde Lake
Samuel Morse
William W. Dennison
Edwin F Ramsey
Ralph Gay
Cecil Payne
John Parker
Luther Thompson
John McCole
Edwin R. Andrews
William Besaw
Daniel Lord, Jr
Walter Day
Oscar Marsh
Oak Grove
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Glenn B. Lamoreau
Fuller Street
Maine Baptist Ministers Conference
Baptist Union of Sweden
Billie Hinchman
Japan
Baptist Mission
Tokyo
Maurice B Hodge
Richard Holland
Board of Education and Publication
Corliss Street Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Jordan Holt
Holland
Hinchman
Ruden
Robert Towner
Huse School
Suzanne King
Howard Lartaber
Trevi Hare
Mike Footer
Timmie Weston
Linda Skillin
Dale Skillin
Janice
Judy Smart
Gary Orr
Janice Candage
Nickie Sylvester
Jackie Tarbox
Peggy Hahnel
Jo Ann Collins
Faye
Ronnie Bailey
Alan Hanna
Jeff Harris
Melvina Moore
Dorothy Weston
Pearl Skillin
June Smart
Eleanor Orr
Amanda Candage
Jackie Sylvester
Peggy Tarbox
Irene Hahnel
Roxie Collins
June Bailey
Miatilyn Hanna
Barbara Harris
Freeman Oliver
Roberta Oliver
Donald E. Back
Donald Ernest Back
Ernest Back
Hill Road
Hig
Schoolboy Patrol
Maine Hospital
Shumway Funeral Service
M. H. Page
North St
Dial