Richmond Notes and Social Roundup at Bowdoin Event
Richmond community updates with commencements at Bowdoin College and Emerson Rural schools. Notices of surgeries at St Barnabas Portland, numerous visitors and travels to Portland Dresden Gardiner and Bailey's Island. Local births, deaths, and community events frame a week of family, church, and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Esto Elizabeth Haynes
St. Barnabas Hospital
Portland
Ora Reed
A. A. Ring
Nettie Umberhind
Lyte Lint
Vanessa Beedle
Lillian Johnson
Mildred Beedle
W. H. Johnson
Dresden
Pred Lewis
Alice Th
Reading
Mass
Lawrence Oddy
Frances Preble
Bailey's Island
Lara LeSure
New York City
Lorette Parks
Gardiner
N. Paul Tutino
Henry Winters
Waterville
Fred Lewis
Front Street
Homer Alexander
Emerson and Rural
Opera House
Marion Blair
Graham Normal School
Willis Blair
Russell Ring
Carlton
Esther King
Gorham
Hollis Priest
Boston
Swan Island
Louise Trott
Franklin Roads
Norman Call
Cobbosee
Blair's Market
Edward Favor
Charles Alexander
Bernard A. Estey
Marjorie McLaughlin
Harmony
Richmond
Blaisdell
Russell Maloy
E. P. Curtis
Ellen Goodwin
Tressa Leydecker
Samuel B. Leydecker
Stoneham
St. John
N. B
Reed
James Mersereau
Somerville
Advent Church
Brown Cemetery
Margaret Herfel
Lewiston
E. C. Merriman
Providence
R. I
Henry Tarr
George H. Theobald
Bowdoin Community Activities Highlight Summer Events
Lewiston visitors Samuel Enman family and others are noted. Bowdoin 4 H club plans an entertainment at Bowdoin Center grange hall with leaders guiding rehearsal. Ladies Aid met with 16 attendees and presented readings and Bible verses. A Southern Cinderella is set for Bowdoin Center Orange hall with a large cast. Sunday services announced at East Bowdoin chapel with Rev. Wood as speaker. Sagadahoc grange hosts program by children and memorial services with songs and hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Enman
Richard
Lewiston
L. C. Starbird
Richmond
Fred Balcomb
Grant Woods
George Rogers
Bowdoin Center
Grange Hall
Bowdoin Center Orange Hall
Madam Charteris
Jane Woods
Enid Bellamy
Elizabeth McAfee
Rosie Winterberry
Mae Skelton
Johnnie Bell Randolph
Emma, Rogers Katherine Hawke
Mildred Carr
Caroline Hawke
Esther Rogers
Mammy
Judy Johnson
Hattie Babb
East Bowdoin
Wiliam R. Wood
the Penny
Memorial ‘Church of
Roberts
Lisbon Falls
Wilbur Skelton
W. D. Rogers
C. A. Babb
Brother Roberts
Local Teens Shine at Bowdoin Gente Track Meet
The annual school track meet at Bowdoin Gente drew strong attendance with the Judah School claiming the tournament. Prizes went to Carl Routhier Edith Sheene and August Wenzel as area students, including Merwin Jasper Frances Chamberlain Mamie Jasper and Donald Jasper, attended graduation at Litchfield academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Sheene
Upper Gloucester
Danville Junction
Oscar Hatch
Bowdoin Center
Bowdoin Gente
Judah
Carl Routhier
Edith Sheene
August Wenzel
Oscar Douglas
Jittie Phyllis
East Wilton
Litchfield Academy
Merwin Jasper
Frances Chamberlain
Mamie Jasper
Donald Jasper
Otis L. Douglas and
Oscar
Marjory Chapman
P. O. West and Son
Frances
Eva Baker
Merton Libby
Paris
Bear Pond
Ruth McNally
Ellen Miller
Georgetown social and summer plans noted at Robinhood
The piece recalls a Georgetown Union Hall entertainment with Edith Wilkins Bessie Cumbes and Ruth Powers, and a short address by John E. Carter of Woolwich. Rev F W Hovey speaks on community work benefits. ice cream and cake follow. Numerous summer residents arrive or visit, weddings invited, road work begins, and church services scheduled with Rev Hovey and parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Edith Wilkins
Bessie Cumbes
Ruth Powers
John E. Carter
Woolwich
F. W. Hovey
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester
Mass
Kennebec Point
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
Brunswick
Newman
Bowdoin College
Austin Rattleff
Marrtown
Ruth Todd Curtis
Harold Borden Miller
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Salem
John Thompson
Europe
Philip Dalyrmple
Newton Center
Ida Hooker
Arlington
Katherine Rand
Stuart Rand, Jr
Martha Washburn
Tyron
N. C
Hooker
Arthur Todd
Lisbon
Jennie Todd
A. A. Laurier
Medford
Edward Wren
Laurier
Webster Harley
Milford
N. H
Seguinland
Norman Trafton
Mary of
Gardiner
First Baptist Church
Seward Emmons
Portland
Town House Hill
Walter V. Cummings
Bath
W. C. Todd
T. N. Williams
Carrol Powers
Robinhood
Eugene Modlin
Boston University
Methodist Church
Bessie Cummings
Gray
Roscoe P. Todd
Son Warren
Melrose
Ralph Scott
Warren
Carroll Powers
Ellsworth Leavitt
Lyda Mains
Ida Lewis
Belle Heald
Estelle Martin
Newcastle
Wilton Campbell
Sabattus
J. J. Patterson
Bath City Hospital
Hovey
Five Islands Children’s Concert at the church
A Sunday evening program featured opening hymn scripture and prayer. Students and guests performed recitations and songs including If A Little Bird Wake Up and The Prisoner Who Sang in the Night. Pastor Miss Edith Wilkins and Miss Alice Cromwell led the event with many local families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Hovey
Lilla Gray
Marie Rittall
Herbert Belanger
Marjorie Berry
Ela Lloyd Pinkham
Cora May Hanna
Carr
Hope Berry
Helen Rowe
Raymond Belanger
God
Richard Boucher
Junior Campbell
Raymond Bel- Hanna
Arlene Hunt
Gertrude Carr
Junior Gray
Phyllis Harford
Gertrude Erne
Reece
Cora
Barbara Gray
Mona Campbell
Alice
Amy
Grace Hovey
Ethelyn Gray
Christania
Edith Pinkham
Margaret Norton
Cate
Amy Hovey
Alice Cromwell
Edith Wilkins
Harringtons Lead Phippsburg School Attendance Note
Phippsburg reports students with perfect attendance for the spring term including Irving Harrington Jr Mark Harrington and Wesley Harrington. Arthur Harrington missed only a half day. Mr and Mrs W R Bowker spent Sunday in Richmond with Mr and Mrs Ernest Meserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Harrington, Jr
Mark Harrington
Wesley Harrington
Arthur Harrington
W. R. Bowker
Richmond
Ernest Meserve
McFadden Family Guests Dine After Sunday Travels
Mr and Mrs Roscoe P McFadden with Mrs R Clinton McFadden Mrs Addie P McFadden and Miss Frances Dunning were Sunday motorists visiting Rockland Searsport and Waterville and were supper guests of Mrs Clara Lassard, sister of R Clinton McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. McFadden
R. Clinton McFadden
Addie P. McFadden
Frances Dunning
Rockland
Searsport
Waterville
Clara Lassard
Sagadahoc Probate Court Holds Busy June Session
Sagadahoc probate court on Tuesday and last week’s second session granted and filed numerous wills and administrations. Wills were allowed for Albion Staples and Theodore Getchell. appointments and bonds noted. inventories and accounts approved for several estates. petitions for adoption and guardian roles granted. real estate sales, allowances, and inheritance tax filings recorded for Bath West Bath Richmond Topsham and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Sagadahoc
Albion C. Staples
Bath
Annie J. Staples
Theodore M. Getchel
Woolwich
Asbury G. Bailey
Florence B. Cressey
Bridgewater
Mass
Florence W. Gilpatrick
Richmond
Wilbur A. Gilpa
Elwell
Crosby
Theodore M. Getchell
Arthur J. Dunton
Horace W. Gilpatrick
Lilla M. Larrabee
Clara FE. Gilpatrick
Ernest A. Ricker
Mary J. Waters
Alice B. Fulton
Andreas F. Fredericksen
Carlotta F. Kittridge
Joseph M. Lemont
West Bath
James B. Lemont
John H. McSorley
Maud W. Millay
William F. Simpson
Herbert L. Simpson
Fred W. Hartnett
Edward N. Hartnett
Augusta A. Simpson
Harry G. Swett
Jennie W. Swett
Frederick B
Alice M. Crafts
Topsham
Nellie Frances Smith
Alice Frances Crafts
Pearl M. Bowdoin
Edna A. Bowdoin
Nelson Veine, Jr
Henry Manley Bowdoin
Guardian
Florence B. Lynch
James F. Lynch
Herbert W. Cutting
Phippsburg
Annie B. Cutting
Brim Jewett Joins Grindell Orchestra For Summer Tour
Brian Bria Jewett a Keith Vaudeville artist has joined John Grindell s Colonial Club orchestra for the summer. He will play banjo sing and act as master of ceremonies. The eight piece group will perform nightly from July 1 at venues including Southport casino Lotus club East Boothbay Casino Strand theatre Boothbay Harbor Cumberland theatre Brunswick and Southport casino. Jewett will remain with the orchestra for ten weeks before returning to the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian “Bria” Jewett
Keith
John Grindell
Colonial Club
Mr. Jewett
Southport Casino
Lotus Club
East Boothbay
Casino
New Strand Theatre
Boothbay Harbor
Cumberland Theatre
Brunswick
Jewett
Mr. Grindell
Francis McPherson
Reginald Stacy
John Stacy
Mr. Peterson
Ernest George
George Fields
Freeman Trott Family Visited Deamariscotta On Sunday
Mr and Mrs Freeman Trott and their two daughters spent Sunday as visitors in Deamariscotta enjoying a family outing and seaside scenes with local acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Trott
Deamariscotta
Bath girl earns BU degree in 56th commencement
Grace Belle Spaulding of Bath received a bachelor of business administration as part of Boston University's 56th annual commencement held at the Boston Arena. More than 1,000 degrees were conferred as Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick spoke and 13,000 attendees gathered for the diploma ceremony led by Dr. Daniel L. Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Belle Spaulding
Washington Street
Bath
Jessie Spaulding
John K., Southard
Wiscasset
Boston University
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Spaulding
Boston Arena
Daniel L. Marsh
Oliver and Bliss Wed in Bath Alliance of Longstanding Couple
William S Oliver a Bath merchant aged 72 and Olivia J Bliss aged 65 were married Monday evening at eight by Rev. Thompson E. Ashby of the First Parish church Brunswick. The ceremony was witnessed by Oliver’s son Silas M Oliver and Bliss’s daughter Mrs Isaac C Coombs and her son Burton Pierce. The couple returned to Bath to live on North street after the ceremony marking his second marriage and her third name change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Honaker
Vermont
George Gilpatrick
Lisbon Falls
Denny Champney
Bruffswick Hospital
William Wager
Jennie Johnson
Ramona
Malden
Clinton Gardiner
Aderson Teed
Randolph
Mass
Morris Glaser
Main Street
Morris Wheeler
Lewiston
Raymond James
Frank Andrews
Woodville
James
John James
Boston
Northeastern University
Jackson Quinnam
Hattie Quinnam
Annie Allard
Eleanor of
Damariscotta
J. P. Quizg
Baptist Church
Richmond
Paul Jack
Bernice Chase
Madelyn Umberhind
Ervine Waltz
Richardson
Kenneth James
Theresa Brown
Madelyn White
Miss Allen
Ruth Curran
Genevieve Joy
Marie Alexander
William S Oliver
North Street
Olivia J. Bliss
Cherry Street
Bath
Thompson E. Ashby
Brunswick
Silas M. Oliver
Isaac C. Coombs
Burton Pierce
Hathorne Funeral for Civil Engineer Drowned in Fish River Falls
The body of Philip R. Hathorne 31 a civil engineer who drowned June 4 in Fish River Falls Fort Kent was brought to his parents home North Woolwich for funeral services conducted Wednesday morning at 10 30 standard time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip R. Hathorne
Fish River Falls
Fort Kent
David E. Hathorne
North Woolwich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laura Grondin
Carolyn Ar Aid Bara
Ives Richardson
Ivan
Nellie Pinkham
Bailey’s Island
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
de Gordon
Pauline
Robert —_ Nira
John’ Glidden
Thomas Shennan
Aioe
Richard Starkey
Ariscotta
eTtle Gordon
Charles Hatch
Nevanie Otrts
Legion Hall
Ethel Rankins
Kad
Tonwar Medicine Co
Norway
Bie
Bowdoin
North Bowdoin
Harold Brown
Perry Thompson
Elm Street
University of Maine
Squirrel Island
Ruth Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Oyster Bay
L. I
H. C. Wheolley
Mentsweag Farm
Wiscasset, Me
Georgetown
Annie Dale
George Dale
South
Center St
Tel
Wm. J. Craft
Prop
Radio and Automobile
Battery Sales and Service
I. W. Wales
H. B. Cranshaw
Newton
Malden Island
Ellen Hagan
Lincoln Campbell
Percy McGilvery
Charles Pinkham
Hagan’s Cove
George Aingley
Marion
Cambridge
Edgar Rowe
Waltham
J. G. Stevens
Farmington
Five Island School
Sedgemere
Madelyn Berry
R.N
Hershel Dickey
W. L. Berry
Preston
F. K. Preston
F. M. Yuill
Billerica
T. W. Blaisdell
Kenneth Pinkham
Southport
Pinkham
Chevrolet
Body
Fisher
Tern
U.K
Atlantic Motor Co., Inc
O. M. McKown
Turner & Gilpatrick
Sagadahoc Probate Court
John H. Hyde
Joseph M. Trott
John S. Hyde
Rosa
Icarters Ie
Carter
Brim Jewett
Grindell
Saco
Oliver
P. RE. Hathorne Funeral
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadabock Block
Bath, Ma
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