Richmond Area Graduation and Community Notices Richly Packed
Graduation exercises dominated the Richmond area with seniors at Richmond High School receiving diplomas in the theater and eighth graders at Emerson Grammar School also graduating. Numerous local groups met including Fort Richmond Chapter D A R and Richmond Lodge I O O F planning events, while private and public notices covered transfers, visits, and seasonal plans across Richmond and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Chase
Fort Richmond
George Sanford
West Dresden
Alice Rogers Parsons
York
Continental Congress
Gilbert Maxwell
Hallowell
Lee Hall
Grange Hall
Ernelle
Evelyn Small
Richmond Lodge
Donald Mosher
Ernest Pinkham
David Ames
United Baptist Church
Beverly Knight
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Turner
Windsor
Lawrence A. Bond, Jr
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Nelson McIntire
James Burney
George McMaster
Maurice Pushard
John Thrower
Wilbur Emerson
Norman Gomier
Kennebec
Richmond High School
Richmond Theater
Gerald Brown
Bradley Locke
Ernest Harvey
Arthur Harvey
Camille Cloutier
James Gould
Gary Williams
David Williams
Will
Florence Hodgkins
Dorothy Wheeler
Emerson Grammar School
Charles Coveney, Jr
Joyce Umberhind
Sandra Mullin
Donna Hodgkins
Jacqueline Skinner
Bradley Stinson
Sandra Terrill
Dwain
Marie Thibodeau
Janet
Richard Withee
Lavern Young
Harland Joyce
Bay Point social and summer events in Cape Elizabeth
The Rockmere Garden club hosted its annual Bay Point outing at Mrs. Madison Moore’s home with a lobster dinner. Guests included Mrs. Reta Heighe of Portland and Mrs. Claude Dyer of Bath. Madison Moore and family attended the Moran Tugboat Co. annual outing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockmere Garden Club
Cape Elizabeth
Bay Point
Madison Moore
Theodore Hewey
Thomas Prentice
Ines Parker
Charles Anderson
William Downs
Milton Stover
Reta Heighe
Portland
Claude Dyer
Bath
Madison, Jr
Mary Ruth Field
Dalton Academy
New York
L. W. Dietrich
First Beach
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
N. Y
Sonny Shants
Chicago
Sherman Campbell
Dukes
Raymond
M. Conley
Somerville
Mass
Balavance
White Cottage
River Road
Maurice Burns
Fanny Young
Woolwich
H. Martin Powers
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Harry Knight
Women’s Society of Wesley Church Holds Year-End Meeting
Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Wesley Methodist Church met Tuesday at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick for dinner before returning to Wesley for the final meeting of the season. Officer installations followed with Mrs. Upham named president and 13 others given roles, each receiving a white carnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Harriet Beecher
Oliver W. Bell
Drucilla Fielding
Upham
Rodney S. Upham
George J. Hopkins
Andrew M. Butterfield
Jennie Walker
John Swearingen
Charles F. Marble
Wilfred C. Trott
Stanley R. Hunter
Robert B. Savage
Nan E. Brown
Carolyn Rogers
Marc N. King
Status of Women
Elnora D. Oliver
Good Cheer
Merle C. Niles
Tail Regrowth in Lizards Shows Regenerative Ability
A study notes that many lizard species can regrow tails after they are removed. This regeneration involves multiple tissue types and is linked to specific genetic pathways. Researchers aim to understand mechanisms for potential medical insights.
Children observe Church Day with songs and gifts
Georgetown Sunday at First Baptist features a 16 child Sunday School program with plants given to each child. Warren Harris led scripture and a short sermon while the Lighthouse paper was introduced. A Penny Drive raised about fifty dollars for the church furnace as plans include a Five Islands sail and a Reid Park picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Alfred Rowe
Harold J. Brown
St. Mark
Mr. Harris
Jesus
Alfred A. Rowe
Louise Powers
Sherry Rowe
Clayton Heald
Five Islands
Reid Park
Central School
Charles Kelley
Alex Cunningham
Walter Beane
Marcia Cunningham
Channing Penley
Georgia Watson
Gerry Gray
Terrence Davis
Gerald Gray
James MacDonald
Norman Pierce
Kenneth Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Ronald Pinkham
Victor Pinkham, Jr
Carol Tibbetts
Woodrow Gray
Will Norman Pierce
S. C. Gilman
Harris
Summer guests and residences noted around Georgetown and Kennebec
Social notes report friends and families visiting summer homes in Georgetown Center MacMahan and Robinhood. Hosts include the Newmans Newman and Todd. visitors from Amherst Dover Bath Cambridge and Wellesley Hills. Mosquito control reports laudable progress in the area and several homes are listed as summer or for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Stuart
Joseph F. Higgins
Newman
Roscoe P. Todd
George Alderman
Amherst
Mass
West Georgetown
J. Robert Blackie
Gerald York
Robinhood
George Laskey
Jack Calabrese
Brighton
Peterson
J. Clifford Woodhull
Dover
N. J
MacMahan
Beatrice Bouton
Roy M. Newman
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Donna
William Bisseth
Bisseth
Chester Dalrymple
Wellesley Hills
Paul Wren
Kennebec Point
Alfred I. Rowe
Georgetown Center
Clayton E. Stevens
Jeffery Michael
Edenton
N. C
Stevens
Everett Stevens
Seguinland
John K. Lee
Bath
Louise B. Searle
Haverford
Harry Bedford
Whitinsville
Waldo Brown
Cambridge
Velma Bean
Berlin
Walter Cunningham
Philip Dalrymple
Bath Garden Club lists flowers to conserve in New England plan
Mrs. Frank M Reinoehl heads Bath Garden Club as the New England Wild Flower Preservation Society bans picking certain Maine flowers. The list warns against uprooting Lady's Slippers Jack-in-the-pulpit columbine arbutus aze lea blazing star cardinal flower Dutchman's breeches flowering dogwood fringed gentian mountain laurel rhododendron trillium wood lily yellow violet. Some may be picked in moderation others freely, and guidance urges picking from protected plants sparingly to allow seeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Reinoehl
Bath Garden Club
New England Wild Flower Preservation Society of
Boston
Maine
Society
Reinoehl
Attend Class Reunion At Gorham Saturday
Mr and Mrs Granville M Colby visited Gorham on Saturday where they met Mr and Mrs Albion LeFleur from Peterborough NH for the Teachers College class reunion. A resolution for a Harold Woodward scholarship fund was introduced at the college banquet with contributions collected. The portrait painting of Woodward already funded will hang in the men’s dormitory named for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Quimby Street
Gorham
Albion LeFleur
Peterborough
Teachers’ College
Colby
LaFleur
la Fleurs
Bath
Colbys
Sam Brocato
Harold Woodward
Public and private debt per capita in the United States
The United States bears about 4300 dollars of combined public and private debt for every resident. This figure reflects total national indebtedness across government and personal liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Average 66 591 Cans Opened per Minute in US
A national estimate shows about 66 591 cans are opened each minute across the United States indicating high consumption activity. No further context or breakdown is provided in the source text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Five Islands Neighbors Observe Summer Quiet and Forthcoming Vacations
Local group Five Islands Good Neighbor club halted meetings until fall after a picnic at Reid Park. Georgetown Central School closed for summer vacation. Firefighters contained a woods fire on State road to Bath with no damage. Various residents attended church events, baptisms, and conventions in Bath and nearby towns. Families from Westbrook, Bath, Topsham, and Boston area visited cottages, with several moving or traveling for summer activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Reid Park
Georgetown Central School
Bath
Seguinland
David Arthur Berry
Arthur Berry
Westbrook
Junior High Pupils Bid Farewell With Outdoor Program
Bath Junior High held a brief farewell program Friday morning under Principal Moody W. Flint. Students from grades five through eight gathered outdoors for the flag salute and patriotic songs led by Genevieve Breton with Evelyn Stairs at the piano. Rank cards were handed out as the 1954-55 school year ended. ninth graders were dismissed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Moody W. Flint
Genevieve Breton
Evelyn Stairs
Public School Enrollment Rises in 1949
Enrollment in American public schools increased from 23 9 million in June 1949 to 25 1 million by September 1949, indicating rapid growth during the summer to early fall period.
Late Walter E Reid of Georgetown Remembered for Park Gift
Funeral services for Walter E Reid Georgetown financier and Reid State Park donor recalled his varied career. He built Seguinland Realty Co. owned Harmons Harbor home and Kilcare lodge. Reid backed toll free Arrowsic bridge efforts and funded land for a state park drawing visitors nationwide. He served Georgetown as selectman in 1930 and died after long illness aided by nurse Mary Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Powers
Walter E. Reid
Georgetown
Reid State Park
Reid
Waterville
Wilson House
Five Islands
Harmon's Harbor
Cape Cod
Gov. Hildreth
Butler
Maude
Seguinland Realty Co
Seguinland Hotel
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Seguinland
Will
Philip Campbell
Mr. Reid
Philip
Phil
Seth Mullen
Higgins Farm
Georgetown Center
Portland
Howard G Heald
Mr Reid
Harmon’s Harbor
Maine General Hospital
Mary Crosby
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Obituary Truman F Roberts of Phippsburg Dies at 53
Truman F Roberts 53 of Phippsburg died at Bath Memorial Hospital after a two day admission He was born October 9 1901 in Belfast son of Walter and Nettie Brown Roberts He worked at Bath Iron Works since 1945 and was active in multiple IOOF and related groups He is survived by his widow Wilma Sylvester Roberts three sons two daughters a brother and twelve grandchildren Funeral service will be held Friday at 1 30 PM from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev H Macy White officiating Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery Falmouth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman F. Roberts
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
Belfast
Walter
Nettie Brown Roberts
Roberts
Portland
Bath Iron Works Corp
Haddah Lodge
Una
Canton Ridgley
Bedwell Grange
Wilma Sylvester Roberts
Everett T
Scarborough
Truman F., Jr
Stanley
Ruth L. Nelson
Bernice W. Lemmon
Dunellen
N. J
Ralph W
California
A. F. Mayo & Son
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Falmouth
Brunswick grocer Edwin J Farr dies after brief illness
Edwin J Farr 57 a Brunswick grocer died Monday at a Portland hospital after a brief illness. Born June 13 1898 in Manchester NH he was a Cabot Manufacturing and Bath Iron Works veteran and for 10 years ran Farrs Market Brunswick. He leaves widow Gladys LaBeau Farr a daughter Mrs Alexander J King two sons Earlon C and Howard D eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at Berean Baptist church with burial in Riverside Cemetery Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. Farr
Brunswick
Portland
Manchester
N. H
Edwin T
Abbie M. Rancourt Farr
Farr
Maine Grocers’ Association
Pejepscot Lodge
Berean Baptist Church
Gladys LaBeau Farr
Alexander J. King
Earlon C
Howard D
Bath
Harold D. Wheeler
Riverside Cemetery
Georgetown Veteran Lester L Powers Dies at 60
Lester L Powers 60 of Georgetown a World War I veteran died at Bath Memorial Hospital after a two day stay He was born January 31 1895 in Georgetown Survivors include daughter Ann Hersom Bath brother Walter Powers Georgetown and three sisters Mrs John Williams Mrs Alvah Reynolds Georgetown and Mrs Everett Stevens of Five Islands Funeral services will be at First Baptist Church Georgetown Thursday at two with viewing at A F until noon Burial in Oak Cemetery Georgetown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester L. Powers
Georgetown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Levi
Hattie Webber Powers
Ann P. Hersom
Bath
Walter Powers
John Williams
Alvah Reynolds
Everett Stevens
Five Islands
First Baptist Church
A. F. Mayo & Son
Oak Cemetery
Bath Junior High Awards For Skill As Projectionists
Bath Junior High awarded certificates pins and billfold cards to Bruce Bartels David Brown Donald Sweeney James Robinson John Frederick Johnson Duane Fraser and Daniel Griffeths for their skill as projectionists They learned to operate projectors record players and related equipment and pass a satisfactory exam after eight hours of service in the ginate visual field
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Bruce Bartels
David Brown
Donald Sweeney
James Robinson
John Frederick Johnson
Duane Fraser
Daniel Griffeths
Bath Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Roscoe P Higgins of 79 York Street marked their 50th anniversary on June 10 at their South Freeport cottage. The couple wed June 10, 1904 at Corliss Street Baptist Church. Their family includes son R Forrest Higgins and wife, Warren Higgins and wife, and daughter Mrs Frank A Hinds with eight grandchildren. Higgins retired from M W Sewall Company after 47 years as bookkeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. Higgins
York Street
South Freeport
Higggins
R. Forrest Higgins
Higgins
Bangor
Warren EF. Higgins
Bath
Frank A. Hinds, Draso
Corliss Street Baptist Church
M. W. Sewall Company
Miss Margaret Foote 88 Former Bath Librarian Dies
Miss Margaret Foote 88 longtime librarian at Patten Free Library in Bath died Saturday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. Born in Bath April 12 1867 she served Bath public library from 1894 to 1938 and initiated Bath Campfire Girls in 1913. She held D A R roles regent 1931 1933 was a Cosmopolitan club charter member and active at Central Congregational Church. She lived at the Old Ladies Home since 1949 funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Foote
Patten Free Library
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Benjamin Foote
Cosmopolitan Club
Central Congregational Church
Central Church League
Old Ladies
High Street
Bath Man Donald A Duncan 65 Dies at Home
Donald A Duncan 65 a veteran Bath electric car motorman died Thursday evening at his home 17 Cummings Street He was born February 3 1890 in Bath son of George H and Mary Faxon Duncan He served eight years in the U S Navy and worked as a motorman in Bath for many years Last employed as a janitor at Bath Memorial Hospital He is survived by his widow Mary Adams Duncan two daughters Mrs Henry Preble of Brunswick and Mrs Lloyd Harrison of Fredericton NB two sons Ralph G of Forest Hills MA and Donald A of Bath a sister Mrs Ralph Bragg of Bath and three grandchildren Ralph A Linda Elaine and John Edwin Duncan of Forest Hills MA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Duncan
Donald Atkin Duncan
Cummings Street
Bath
George H
Mary Faxon Duncan
U. S. Navy
Duncan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mary Adams Duncan
Henry Preble
Brunswick
Lloyd Harrison
Fredericton
N. B
Ralph G
Forest Hills
Mass
Donald A
Ralph Bragg
Ralph A
Linda Elaine
John Edwin Duncan
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell at 85 in Dover-Foxcroft
Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell 85 of Dover-Foxcroft died Thursday night after a long illness. She was widow of Charles W. Mitchell and born in Ottawa Canada. She leaves daughters Mrs. Ernest J. Bailey Bath, Mrs. Andrew R. Cahill Bath, Mrs. Avilda I. Warren Dover-Foxcroft, and Mrs. Hazel A. Blodgett Bucksport. Funeral was Saturday at 2 PM from Larry Funeral Home Dover-Foxcroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Mitchell
Dover-Foxcroft
Mitchell
Charles W. Mitchell
Ottawa
Can
Bath
Ernest J. Bailey
Oliver Street
Andrew R. Cahill
South Street
Bailey
Cahill
Avilda I. Warren
Hazel A. Blodgett
Bucksport
Larry
Annie M Colby of Westport Dies at 89
Annie M Colby known as Gram, Westport’s oldest citizen, died Saturday night at her home where she lived 72 years. Widow of Charles E Colby born May 3 1866 Parker Head daughter of Benjamin and Tamsen Perkins survived by four sons two daughters twenty two grandchildren forty one great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Colby
Westport
Royden G. Colby
Mansfield, Mass
Jeanette N. Fowle
Verlie M. Greenleaf
Mrs Mary A Long Dies At 93 In Bath Nursing Home
Mrs. Mary A. Long aged 93 widow of John D. Long died Sunday after a long illness at a Bath nursing home. Born February 14 1862 in Queens New York she was daughter of Joan Po and Mary Gallagher McCaffery. She lived in Portsmouth NH before moving to Bath in 1940 to be with her son Joseph A. Long. She was a member of St Marys RC Church and longtime member of the Lady Foresters of Portsmouth. Survived by son Joseph A. Long of Bath a half brother Thomas F. McCaffery of Newcastle NH and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludmilla LeMair
Rhode Island
J. Willebeek LeMair
Little Good Harbor
Ludmills Winters
Colby College
Lillian Wheeler
New York City
MacMahan
Seymour
Gertrude Hunt
Topsham
Florence Hunt
Georgetown Center
Henry Tarbox
Woolwich
Robinhood
Sadie Armstrong
Bath
Roy M. Newman
Newman
Edmund Douglas
Lewiston
Maude P. Thayer
Oak Grove School
West Georgetown
William A. Todd
Harold J. Brown
Richmond
Thomas Blaisdell
Five Islands
Mary A. Long
John D. Long
Queens
N. Y
Joan Po
Mary Gallagher McCaffery
Joseph A. Long
Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas F. McCaffery
Newcastle
Funeral services for Donald A Duncan conducted Monday
Funeral services for Donald A Duncan were held at 2 PM Monday at Fred S Curtis funeral home with Rev Richard Arnold officiating Bearers were Thomas McKay Millard Green John Green and Forrest Staples Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery Also notes a recipe instruction mix for a Linger snap crumb crust and serving directions with vanilla ice cream for a Minch pie plate topping served with onion flavored applesauce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A Duncan
Fred S. Curtis
Richard Arnold
Thomas McKay
Millard Green
John Green
Forrest Staples
Oak Grove Cemetery
Japan survey finds half of adults abstain from alcohol
A government study in Japan shows 50 percent of the 50 million adults do not drink intoxicating beverages. The finding highlights widespread abstention across the population and could influence public health and cultural norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman L. Reynolds
Clyde Reynolds
Fort Belvoir
Hawaii
Korea
Mina Clark
Pleasant Street
Europe
Alfred Tarr
Almon Riske
Central Maine General Hospital
Priscilla Riske
Rockland
A. R. Palmer
Gardiner
Edna Small
White Road
Adelaide Johnson
Margaret
Dwight Johnson
Miami
Fla
Charles Trott
Kevin
Maude Trott
James Meserve
Charles Wilson
The
Forks
Frances Libby
Women’s Society of Wesley Church
Frederick Crow
Marilyn Crow
John Wadleigh
White Mountains
Sonie Thibadeau
Thibadeau
North Conway
Twin Mountain
Franconia Notch
Old Man of the Mountains
Indian Head Tower
Lake Winnepesaukee
Cleaves Henderson
Easton
William Marr
Beulah Miller
Massachusetts
George Lee
Onset
Lee
Stanley Lewis
Reginald Church
Alice Shackford
Morse High School
Paul Thompson
John Brown
Jamestown
Brown
New Hampshire
Roy Hyde
Robert Snow
Cora Murche
State Road
Georgetown Grammar School
Victor Pinkham
Jerry Gray
Betsy Greene
Carl Wilkin
Hartford
Walter Moore
Clayton Stevens
North Carolina
U. S. Marine Corps
Herman Barter
Emma Blenn
Harry Miller
Hilda Larkin
Mabel Patterson
Melrose Mass
Marr
Roger Ayers
Augusta
Lawrence Vail
Paul Gaudreau
Bethel
Erland Moore
Henry Moore
Albert
Robert
Moore
Leon Swett
Mr. Moore
Effie Aver
Southport
Shumway Funeral Service
D. A. Duncan Funeral
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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