Richmond Emerson School Holds Graduation Ceremony
Emerson grammar school graduated 29 students in an evening ceremony at Odd Fellows hall with a mothers covered dish supper. Highlights included glee club performances, awards for D A R and American Legion citizenship, diplomas by Principal Cov eney, and a class will and prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Grammar _ school
Odd Fellows Hall
Emerson School Girls Glee Club
Persis Bates
Virginia Wade
Ronald Leon
Jake Poland
Harry Simmons
Elizabeth Berry
Billie Wills
Grace Hatfield
Patricia Lubowitz
Cleo Fickett
Edwin Wentworth
Prin
Charles Coveney, Jr
Norman Flagg
James Babb
George Sanford
West Dresden
Margaret Derby
Mina Clark
Polly Powell
Ruth Curtis
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Bernice Terrell
Margaret Borjesson
Veneranda Sanford
Ethel Pinkham
Richmond High Alum Mr Hinckley 1953 Graduation Mention
A parade of local residents share weekend and summer plans from Richmond and surrounding towns. Notables include Mr Hinckley a 1953 Richmond High graduate now with Eaton Shoe Co. and several family visits and travels to Bruns wick Bowdoinham New York and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Richmond High School
Hinckley
Richmond High
Eaton Shoe Co
Richmond
Nellie Cobb
Brunswick High School
Hazel Douglass
Bowdoinham
Jean Lemieux
Colby College
Addie Lemieux
Main Street
Harry Curran
New Hampshire
Calif
le Chance-Bishop
Kittery
Ann Hodgkins
Joyce Gilpatrick
Georgia Moeller
Jeannette
Merte Viericce
Mary Sullivan
Douglass Marriner
Olin McKinnon
Neil la Rochelle
Successful comedy at Lakewood Theater next week
Buy Me Blue Ribbons by Sumner Locke Elliott will be the Lakewood Players third offer in the current season. Michael Livy stars as the youth Jordan Sable with Nancy Cushman and Louis Girard in key roles. Performances begin Monday at 8 pm with a Saturday matinee June 26. Marriage Is for Two continues this week. Cornelia Otis Skinner set to visit July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cross
Richmond
Bowdeinham Peel
Peacock Beach
Pleasant Pond
Wilbur Emerson
Pleasant Street
Methodist Church
R. E. Chapman Co
Oakdale
Mass
West Dresden
Richard Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Richmond Water Works
Berry
Kennebec
Wyman & Simpson Co
Augusta
Swan Island
Pushard-Guiou
Eva Douglass
Patriot
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Clayton Waltz
Alexander Road
Sumner Locke Elliott
New York
Lakewood Players
Michael Livy
Lakewood
Jordan Sable
Nancy Cushman
Louis Girard
Patricia Quinn O'Hara
Frances Waller
Eugene Stuckmann
Willard Giles
Ruth Holden
Hollywood
Martha Randall
Henry Richards
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Dresden grand ball shines with dignity and music
Dresden hosted a grand ball Friday praised for its dignity and poise. Music was provided by Joseph Korda and Augusta students, delighting the audience with refined performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Korda
Augusta
Georgetown Notes Cover Sermon and School Farewells
Georgetown Center reports Warren Harris delivering a Sunday sermon on Nicodemus and the Sanhedrin, while eighth grade graduation at Central School featured a strong program and flowers. A White Mountains trip, local league sales, Robinhood post office move, and various community events fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Nicodemus
St. John
Central School
Mel Howe
Woolwich
Richard Harrison
Byron Cer
Constance
Woodrow Gray
Sherry Rowe
Norris Johns
Alfred Rowe
Alfred A. Rowe
William Mzz
Donald Valedictory
Melvyn Kelley
Social Roundup at Robinhood and Nearby Areas
A long list of weekend visitors and residents enjoying cottages and gatherings along Robinhood, MacMahan, and Kennebec Point. Notable attendees include Donald Rockwell of Mexico City on a Maine trip, professors, and families from Woolwich, Brunswick, Lewiston, New York, and Cambridge. Several from Five Islands, Richmond, Gardiner, and Augusta are noted visiting friends and relatives, with multiple cottage stays and short trips across the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinhood
Peterson Ferry
Alvah C. Reynolds
Marjorie Rockwell
Roy M. Finch
New York
Donald
Geophysical Service, Inc
Edward C. Clarey
George Gray
Five Islands
Richmond
Gardiner
Albert Humphrey
Woolwich
Dean Bonney
Brunswick
Mr. Bonney
Lewiston
Bonney Cottage
Little Sheepscot
Herbert Laskey
Greenwood
West Medford
Mass
James Storer
Knubble
Storer
Bowdoin College
Linda Gordon
Sagadahoc Bay
Morse High
Gordon
Carroll Denbow
W. Clinton Allen
Rye
N.Y
MacMahan
Parviz Cha
Alfred Rowe
James Harper
Mary Lee
Belfast
Bailey
Dupont
Melvin Cunningham
Daniel Bliss
Greenwich
Conn
Kennebec Point
Carleton Snow
Auburn
Helen Peacock
West
Georgetown
George Kahrl
Belmont
Waldo Brown
Cambridge
John D. Williams
Georgetown Center
William Plummer
John Calhoun
Ted Davis
Bridgeport
Perfect Attendance Record By Pupils
A list of students achieving perfect attendance includes Marilyn Cotton Malcolm Hamilton Robert Arsenault Thomas Bishop Carl Black Arthur Burns Patricia Chubbuck Florence Fullerton Alfred Goodwin Ellen James Robert King Jr Marilyn Kittredge Carol Loeschner Arthur Mayo Roberta Morse Guy Reed Walter Snipe Hazel Warner Donald White Thomas Wing Shirley Baker Donald House George Langbehn Janice Lebel Patsy Morse David Rush Barbara Stewart Richard Thompson Frances Vaillancourt Frederick Watts Neil West Jane Homan Richard Marsh Stanley Piper Judith Robinson Diane Sparks Phyllis Warner Judy Watts Harry Wilson Gary Worden William Elfring Peter Owen Francis Perkins Shirley Ricker.
Dances at Small Point Casino Open Friday
Summer season opens at Small Point casino with modern and old-time dancing from 8 to 12 Friday. Snipe's orchestra led by J Walter Snipe on violin and Walter G Snipe on guitar plus Florence White on piano and Sam Jeffrey on drums will provide music under Nicholas Sewall's supervision.
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Small Point E Firs Ance
Small Point Casino
Snipe
J. Walter Snipe
Walter G Snipe
Florence White
Sam Jeffrey
Nicholas Sewall
Five Islands Bow Lutheran Laymen Look Back on Meeting
Five Islands Baptist Laymen Association held its monthly gathering at the Five Islands church with 54 men from Woolwich Freeport Topsham West Harpswell Georgetown Bath and Five Islands attending Rev Sidebotham of Woolwich Moatsweag preached. The event included supper served by local women and committees for kitchen and dining room. Proceeds go to the Cemetery Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
William Marr
Woodrow Gray
Robert Snow
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Beulah Miller
Lulu Hanna
Thomas Watson
Vernon Gray
Harlan Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Erland Moore
Reginald Church
Kathleen Rittall
George Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Philip Pinkham
Library Hall
Reid State Park
Warren Harris
Calvin
Evelyn Campbell
Marilyn Cunningham
Marilyn MacGillivary
Richard Hanna
Bruce MacGillivary
Dorothy McCor
Mansfield Moore
Carol Steward
Everett Mitchell
Bath
Paul Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
J. G. Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Illinois
Cuba
William Grady
Roxbury
Mass
Sedgemere Road
David Rutherford
Victor Pinkham
Lawrence Perow
Andrew Black
New York
Reginald Spinney
Spinney
Kittery
Roger Ayer
Augusta
Reginald Pinkham
Morse High School
U. S. Coast Guard
Cape May
N. J
Harold Rowe
Ogunquit
Obituary for Lizzie Aitken 86 of Meadowbrook and Bath
Lizzie Aitken 86 widow of Horace W. Aitken died at Memorial hospital after two days as a patient. Born January 29 1868 to Elijah and Almira Clifford she grew up in Phippsburg and spent summers at Sabine Maine. Survived by daughters Mrs. Walter Hill Bath and Mrs. Russell E. Folsom Shrewsbury Mass and son Clifford C. Aitken Roslindale Mass. 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Arthur F. Mayo & Son.
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Lizzie Aitken
Horace W. Aitken
Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Elijah and
Almira (Bowker) Clifford
Sabine
Beachmont
James J McKay dies in Valparaiso at 66
Funeral services were held in Valparaiso Indiana for James J McKay 66 formerly of Bath who died June 8 after a lingering illness. He was born November 3 1887 in Bath and married Leda Barnes June 17 1914. He led John A Hertel Publishing Co Chicago and served on the Valparaiso school board. Surviving are his widow a daughter Helen Louise Ott a son Dr Robert McKay five grandchildren two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. McKay
Bath
Valparaiso
Ind
Mr. McKay
Leda Barnes
Mansfield
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Mathesis Club
John A. Hertel Publishing Co
Chicago
Helen Louise Ott
Kankakee
Robert McKay
Vevay
Ray Kelly
Ross Taggert
Richard
Binghampton
N. Y
Mrs Dorothy D Plummer 50 Bath educator dies at home
Dorothy Davis Plummer 50 wife of Bernard Plummer died at 61 Granite Street after a long illness. Born Bath March 30 1904 to William and Bertha Davis she taught Bath schools 28 years after Morse High graduate 1923 Gorham Teachers College 1925. Survived by husband mother sister in Florida and Bath, plus nieces and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Davis Plummer
Bernard Plummer
Granite Street
Bath
William and
Bertha (Murray) Davis
Plummer
Morse High School
Gorham State Teachers College
University of Maine
Bath Teachers Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Delta Cappa Gamma
Wesley Methodist Church
Bertha Davis
Donald Hodgkins
St. Petersburg
Fla
Funeral services for Irving P Bailey in Waldoboro
Irving P Bailey 80 died Saturday at his daughter Mrs Gladys Chases Bath home. Born March 14 1874 in Monroe he was son of Francis and Marsha Palmer Bailey. Survived by son I Stanley Bailey Evanston Ill and brother Chester Bailey Belfast. The Waldoboro service will be at Waltz Funeral Home with Rev Harold Carpenter officiating and burial in German Lutheran cemetery Waldoboro.
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Irving P. Bailey
Waltz
Waldoboro
Bailey
Gladys Chase
Bath
Monroe
Francis and
Marsha Palmer Bailey
Dixfield Lodge
Chase
I. Stanley Bailey
Evanston, Ill
Chester Bailey
Belfast
Harold Carpenter
Waldoboro Baptist Church
Andrew Bremner Funeral Rites Held Thursday
Funeral services for Andrew Bremner were conducted Thursday afternoon at two from Curtis Fu street with Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist Church officiating. Bearers were Karcher Jackson Charles Burgess Carl Rideout and Frank Carlton. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove near his mother Mrs. Lulu Hanna. Judy MacMahan visits the MacNeil family in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bremner
Curtis Fu Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Karcher Jackson
Charles Burgess
Carl Rideout
Frank Carlton
Oak Grove
Lulu Hanna
Judy MacMahan
MacNeil
Bath
Obituary Willard L. Harwood 72 of Bath
Willard L. Harwood 72 of Green Street Bath died Wednesday morning at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Troy on September 26 1882 he worked at Somers Hotels Boston as assistant manager before moving to Bath in 1939. He later joined Harding Fabrication Plant retiring in 1949. He is survived by his wife Alice Marks. Funeral Friday at 10 from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev James L Grant. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard L. Harwood
Green Street
Troy
Milton An Lydia
Pratt) Harwood
Harwood
Bath
Hardings Fabrication
Alice Marks
Arthur F Mayo & Son
High Street
Jame L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Fred B Rand dies after long illness in Kennebunk
Fred B Rand of Sanford formerly Bath resident dies June 3 in a Kennebunk nursing home after a long illness. He was a high ranking Mason active in Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch, past Grand King of Maine Grand Chapter, member of York Rites of Sanford, and attended Grand Session annually. Funeral was June 5 at Carl's Funeral Home Springvale conducted by Buxton Lodge 115.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Rand
Sanford
Bath
Kennebunk
Mr. Rand
Montgomery & St. Bernard Royal Arch
Maine
York
Torrey Roller
Carl
Springvale
Buxton Lodge 115
Paul C. Thomas dies in Bath convalescent home
Paul C. Thomas, 44, died Friday morning at a Bath convalescent home after extended illness. Born in Waterville on November 3, 1910, he lived in Bath since childhood, worked as a welder at the Iron Works and South Portland Shipyard during the war, and is survived by his mother Mrs. Mee Afférine Ayer of Upper High Street and a half brother William Ayer of Canton. Burial will be in the family lot.
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Paul C. Thomas
Bath
Waterville
Iron Works
South Portland
Mee
Afférine Ayer
Upper High Street
William By
Ayer
Canton
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Lizzie Aitken
Funeral services for Mrs Lizzie Aitken will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock from the Beachmont Congregational Church Beachmont Massachusetts Burial will be in the family lot at Puritan Lawn Cemetery Peabody Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Aitken
Beachmonth Congregational Church
Beachmont
Mass
Puritan Lawn Cemetery
Peabody
Funeral service for Mrs Dorothy Davis Plummer
Funeral was held Tuesday at a local funeral home with Rev. Oliver W. Bell of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Bearers were Stanley Wallace, Willard McLean, William Plummer Sr., and Herbert Douglas. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Davis Plummer
Curtis Funeral Home
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Stanley Wallace
Willard McLean
William Plummer
Herbert Douglas
Oak Grove
Television Station Atop Mt Washington Bypasses Winter Hazards
Announcement describes a new television station to be built at Poland Spring with a 36 foot tower on Mt Washington. Nine men work in three-man relays for 20 days then rest 10, and all food must be stored for the May to November operation due to inaccessibility. Expected telecasting by August 15 to cover 20 plus cities and 500 towns in Mt Washington Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland Spring
New England
Mt. Washington
Meyer
Raymond Farnham
Mt. Washington Land
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Progressive Grange
Gwendolyn Douglass
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Enterprise Grange
Sagadahoc and
Merry Meeting Granges
Almon Risko
Doris Temple
Bowdeinham
Raymond Holman
Ruth Siegars
Robert Lambert
Cundy’s Harbor
Richmond Nazarene Church
Harland Joyce
Sylvia Harley
Hallowell
Mildred Siegars
Ellen Chase
Lois Siegars
Aubrey Alexander
Charles Rittall
Dresden
Herbert Siegars
Baptist Church
Lillian Wilson
Topsham
Edmund Merrill
Margaret Darling
Dexter Siegars
Ebster Harley
Cundy's Harbor
Harpswell
U. S. Navy
Jay Brush Co
Warren Avenue
Neal Brown
Gardiner Hospital
Errol McKechnie
Howland
McKechnie
Robert Shannissy
Robert
Dorchester
Carleton Curtis
Earle Cronk
Horace Millay
George Millay
Kathryn Sucre
Urran
Edward Hendshee
Gardiner General Hospital
Priscilla Slack
Bridge Street
Edith McGarty
Wallace Carr
Bowdoinham River Road
Mary Frances
Clyde Hinckley
Horace Hinckley
Parks Road
Vinrude
Pierce
Marine Service
Lakewood Theater
Jerry Gray
Pytsay
Stanwood
Gilman Benediction
Fayelene Harper
Frank Burnham
Pauline Gaudreau
Elaine Hanna
William MacDonald
Edith Powers
Nancy Hagan
Byron Campbell
Keith MacGillivary
Cleon Mains
White Mountains
Charles Kelley
William Zorach
Harry L. Horne
Victor Hagan
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Brian Davis
Coast Guard
Hillowell
Grace Lutheran Church of
Edgar Fehlau
Paul
Peterson's Point
Rogers Hardware Store
Giles
Boothbay
Island
William Collins
Madison
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Lawrence Cloutier
Addie Moulton
Irving Hanna
James J. M’kay
Dorothy D. Plummer
Agites
Fheston Hotel
M.,h. Page
North St
Fen
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