Nighttime throttling murder shakes Brunswick dining scene
Konstantine A. Gurgiotis, 47, proprietor of Crystal Lunch, was slain by throttling in his Center Street room after May 2. Catherine Krikales, 3, kneels at the grave to pray for Uncle Charlie as Nick Krikales, cousin, and Mrs. Krikales stand nearby. Mike Mergatta, 65, found the body and faces grand larceny charges for $125 taken from the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konstantine A. Gurgiotis
Catherine Krikales
Spring Street
Brunswick
Charlie
Catherine
Crystal Lunch
Center Street
Nick Krikales
Krikales
Buffalo
Mr. Krikales
Mike Mergatta
Dead Man
Gurgiotis
Mergatta
Liberty
Maiy
Konstantine Gurgiotis
Craft
Mergatte
Dean R. Bonney
Gorgiotis
Megatta
Brunswick Cafe
Karras
Mr. Karras
Arthur Ehlers
Arthur
Front Street
Miss Faith Reyher to Wed Gardner Cook at Robinhood
Mrs. Hourwich Reyher of New York City and Robinhood Maine invites guests to the Robinhood church for a July 3 wedding of Miss Faith Hourwich Reyher to Gardner Forscutt Cook. The reception follows at the Hourwich-Reyher home with a weekend of festivities, including a clambake.
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Hourwich Reyher
Brevoort
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
New York City
Robinhood
Maine
Faith Hourwich Reyher
Gardner Forscutt Cook
Raymond Parker Cook
U.S. Army
M Hourwich-Reyher
Mystery Throttling Death Of Greek Cafe Owner In Lewiston
State pathologists report death by throttling with neck tissue changes while no external neck marks exist. The owner of Crystal Lunch, Giorgios Gurgiotis, 46, was found early May 2 with cash and checks in his room. Last seen by Louis Karras, Gurgiotis was a prosperous figure with Greek roots and family in Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Gottlieb
Lewiston
Sherwood Aldrich
Arch Morrell
Timothy Leary
Boston
Maine
Aldrich
Death of Ralph E. Carlisle at Lakeland Florida
Obituary notes Ralph E. Carlisle of Winchester Massachusetts died June 5 in Morrell hospital Lakeland Florida after pneumonia following a long illness and prior operation. Survived by wife Katherine daughter Ralph Jr sister Mrs John B. Stetson and three grandchildren plus a San Francisco cousin. Services and burial held in Florida. The piece also records local visits, weddings, and births among Georgetown residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Carlisle
Winchester
Mass
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
Lakeland
Fla
Carlisle
Eumonia
Morrell Hospital
Jake
Rotarians hear Brunswick Bicentennial plans
Rotary club members heard Brunswick’s bicentennial schedule from John T. Gould of the Brunswick Record at a Sedgwick luncheon. Activities July 2 3 and 4 include a Sabbath opening service, monument dedication, outdoor concerts, a parade featuring Dennison Manufacturing Bath Iron Works floats, a St. John’s band Mall concert, and an Edward Wheeler oration at First Parish church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgw
Brunswick
John T. Gould
Brunswick Record
College Town
Co. K
Orchestral Society
Memorial Hall
Choral Society
Bath“ople
St. John’s Band
Dennison Mfg. Co
Framingham
Bath Iron Works
Edward W. Wheeler
Maine State Hand Engine League
Gould
Aron Hinkley
Joseph Gould
Maine
Fred D. Hill
Hill
Norman Smith
Samuel Ladd
Dr. Wood
Dental
State Department of Health
Five Islands Library hall ready for graduation event
Trustees and Summer visitors complete improvements to Five Islands Library hall including cleaned and painted ceiling, shingled porch roof, new lighting fixtures, and a renamed Library hall now ready for Friday graduation. Community support from Dorchester and Short Hills donors boosted book acquisitions and gifts.
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Library Association
Grange Hall
Library Hall
Five Islands Grant
Five Islands Library
Lester Davis
Gertrude Smith
Dorchester
Mars
The
Bath Boy Graduates From Salvation Army Training Institute
Hartwell Flemming of this city graduated Monday night from the Salvation Army Training Institute in New York and will pursue work in Bantene. He is the son of Mrs. John F. Flemming of 18 Drummond Street and formerly led the local post's young people's work. Sharon June is named a daughter born recently to Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Ferguson of this city.
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Miss Reyher
Bennington College
Lincoln School of New York
South
Portugese
Crimea
Isaac A. Hourwich
Hourwich
Washington Place
East
New York
Reyher
Latin America
Federal Works Progress Administration
Max Reyher
Smithsonian Institute
Philadelphia
Belmar
N. J
Cook
Pennsylvania State College
Major Cook
Alpha Tau Omega
Columbia University
New York School of Social Work
School of Social Administration
University of Louisville
Louisville
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Dan Parker
United States
Cato
N. Y
Mayflower Society
Harold Lewis Cook
Guggenheim
United States Infantry
Atlanta University
Georgia School of Technology
University of Honolulu
Salvation Army
Hartwell Flemming
Bantene
Flemming
John F. Flemming
Drummond Street
Sharon June
Harold A. Ferguson
Gaudet Pleads Guilty in Sagadahoc Assault Case
John A. Gaudet, 26, of Maxwell Street, pleaded guilty in Sagadahoc Superior Court to assault and battery on Dr. Herbert T. Caverly. Judge Powers continued the case pending filings from Edward W. Bridsham. Gaudet agreed to restitution for property damage at the Caverly home at 29 Corliss Street, where the assault allegedly occurred on January 26, 1939. Further proceedings included potential adjustments to an indictment against Richard H. Wainford Jr. and a separate case involving Salvadore McKinney and Ernest Woodsum with suspended sentence in a related matter.
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John A. Gaudet
Maxwell Street
Sagadahoc
Herbert T. Caverly
Herbert T. Powers
Edward W. Bridsham
Gaudet
Caverly
Corliss Street
Richard H. Wainford, Jr
Trenton
N. J
Ernest Woodsum
Superior Court
Daniel Page
Front Street
Page
Woodsum
Sherwod Aldrich
Kennebec
Augusta
Traverse
Bath
Allen M. Irish
William A. Brown
Rebecca Burnham
Nellie Hodgdon
Bowdoinham
Walter L. Malon
Georgetown
Jonathan Thibodeau
Richmond
Byron Ludwig
Fred Naylor
Ruse L. Curtis
Topsham
Ernest Atkins
Amy C. Dolloff
Edward W. Jordan
Mr. Irish
Frank C. Given
Winfield W. Morse
Phippsburg
William H. Woodward
Arrowsic
Mabel L. Curtis
Walter C. Rogers
Milton H. Small
Bowdoin
Ladies of G A R open 35th annual convention
The Ladies of the G A R opened their 35th convention with a morning business session at the American Legion hall led by Bangor president Lucille Bowlby. Reports from Circles were read. Theo Redfern welcomed. memorials for 18 members who died last year were observed.
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American Legion Hall
Lucille Bowlby
Bangor
Theo Redfern
American Legion Auxiliary
Thomas Marshall
Belfast
Portland
Rockland
Waterville
Augusta
Madison
Camden
Vinalhaven
Norridgewock
Sawyer uses smudge kettles to ward frost on blueberry patch
Harold D. Sawyer, a Warren grower, reports frost defense on a 12 acre blueberry patch using 35 smudge kettles set from 12:30 to 6 AM. He deployed kerosene and added hay and wood to increase smoke volume, employing discarded dye cans as containers.
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Harold D. Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer
Richmond Recital by Miss Graves Pupils at Main Street Church
Miss Blanche Graves of Brunswick presented a piano recital Monday evening at the Main Street Baptist church featuring Richmond pupils and students from Topsham and Bowdoinham. Participants include Russell Ring Jr., Lorraine Jewett, Marjorie Rice, Helen Herbert and others. notes mention young ages and varying lengths of study. Emerson school graduation is set for Thursday at the Methodist church, with the class trip to Portland and Old Orchard Saturday. Carl Routheir and wife welcomed daughter Dorothea Anne born Saturday at their County road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Rowe
Harold and
Carl
Kittery
Maine Central Institute
Sandy Cove
Sedgemere
D. W. Staffeld
Betty
Quincy
Mass
Good Neighbor Club
Lloyd Pinkham
Clayton Rowe
Bath
Five Islands
William Gage
Augusta
Ledgemere Road
Fred J. Tyler
Boston
G. H. Smith
Gertrude Smith
Paul Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Roy Clark
Donald Stevens
Eugene Baker
Jean
Theodore Campbell
Orville Rowe
P. D. Wilkins
Lewiston
G. A. Cunningham
Gardiner
Wilkins
Sedgemere Road
Clyde Caton and Son
Isabel
Carrie Stevens
John Huskins
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Leon Williams
Bath Memorial Hospital
Leo Carey
Pittsfield
Lester Davis
Nancy Barter
W. E. Gray
Clifford Landry
Gloria
Bobby
Newton
Malden Island
D. L. Howard
F. P. Carr
Vincent Davis
T. F. Cromwell
Harold Pinkham
Earland Moore
Merton Pinkham
George McKinnon
Malden
Herman Barter
Richard
Barter
Vernon Gray
Frank MacMahan
Somerville
Leslie Ainey
Cambridge
McKinnon
Rose
Helen Cunningham
Cunningham Cottage
E. M. Horton
J. G Stevens
Wiscasset
Blanche Graves
Brunswick
Richmond
Main Street Baptist Church
Elizabeth Bean
Shirley Bishop
Jean Morris
George Umberhind
Barbara Heenie
Carleton Ring
Lois Weisber
Robert Sidelinger
Glenn White
Jacqueline Metcalfe
Colleen Hinzk‘ey
Esher Ring
Marguerite Vermete
Lawrence Thompson
Mildred Morris
Evelyn Tondreau
Emerson School
Methodist Church
Portland
Old Orchard
Carl Routheir
Dorothea Anne
County Road
Morse High Class Day Program Highlights Students and Courses
The record lists graduates and participants from Morse High School with sections for General Commercial and Manual Arts courses. Names include Alkazin Armstrong Atwood Bennett Campbell Carey Curran and many others with honors noted.
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Morse High
David Joseph Alkazin, Jr
Doris Elinor Armstrong
Clarence Gilbert Atwood
William Leo Bennett, Jr
Lincoln Eugene Campbell
J. Robert Carey
Frank A. Curran
Arthur Perry Curtis
Mary Ellen Cyr
Phyllis Louise Darrah Henrietta Elizabeth French
Edward Blakley Hamblett, Jr
Virginia Katherine Ingalls
Lawrence Smalley Kenderdine
June McCall
Leah Louise Merrill
Maurice Hoffman Owen
Martha Page
Doris Elesworth Pettengill
Reid Pitman
David Elmer Rich, Jr
Bearice
James McGuiggan
Revert
Winfield Morse Arthur Ray Perry
Charles Herbert White
Oakhurst Dairy Employee Returns Home After Surgery
W. Percy Marks of the Oakhurst Dairy local branch has recovered from mastoid surgery at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston and returned to his York Street home.
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W. Percy Marks
Oakhurst Dairy
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
York Street
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Faith Reyher
Louis J. Karras
Olympia Cafe
Gurgious
Crystal Cafe
First National Bank of Brunswick
Greece
Chris
George
John
Helen
Bessie
Stewart Dalrymple
Newton Center
University of Maine
Joan R. Blazkie
Harold T. Hunt
E. B. Hunt
Water Powers
Woodrow Gray
Gardner Hanson
Donis Trafton
Howard M. Trafton
King
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Adirondacks
Lut
Montpelier
Clarence B. Hill
Patty
Center
Harry L. Horne
Chester
Coast Guard
Algonquin
John R. Blackie
Andover
Henry Albers
Marion Albers
Brown
Zephie Fickett
Oak Cemetery
Fickett
Eliphlet Rowe
Maud Thayer
Massachusetts
Haverhill
Bradford
Taunton
Gardner Forscutt
Roudvinkocd
John D. Williams
Percival Safford
Rochester
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Thomas Marshal
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston