Richmond residents mix business and community notices
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickerman of Richmond, now Auburn, are featured with shoe industry ties and a Boston trip. Leslie Roberts returns from Boston as Richmond eyes new factory sites. Betsey Ross club, Rebekahs, American Legion Auxiliary, and Baptist groups hold Valentine themed events. Community anglers, veterans night, church events, and local deaths complete the regional update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dickerman
Richmond
Dickerman
Super Shoe Co
Auburn
Boston
Leslie Roberts
Betsey Ross Club
Elizabeth Joy
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Rebekahs
Sagadahoc
J. E. Purington
Modern Woodmen of America
Gardiner
Willard Lane
Brunswick
Baptist Sunday School
Reds
Blues
Fred Naylor
Baptist
Effie White
Libby House
Alvena Knight
Frances Preble
Waterville
Front Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Annie Sykes
Hazel Libby
Florence Finnegan
Beatrice
Bertha Parker
Philip Dinsmore
William Finnegan
Paul Roberts
Pauline’ Preble
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Dresden
Richmond Sargent
Victor Carey
Augusta
James Lowell
James Gibbs
Gibbs
Mr. Lowell
Wiscasset
Elizabeth Lowe
Roberts
NU-VITA HERB IRON TONIC advertised by Sconni Co.
An old advertisement from Stoneington Maine promotes NU-VITA HERB IRON TONIC as a system cleanser purifier and tonic. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product, noting price may be shown and referencing a company in Stonington, Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Natine Co
Stonington
Community News Highlights From Georgetown
Local residents listed include Mrs L Earle Hagan and Mrs T M Gilbert Lewis on a motor trip with William Collins. Bath weekend visitors, church events, and school notes appear along with town meetings, W C A projects ending, and a note about Miss Maude Thayer's forthcoming wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Gray Road Inn
Amy Hovey
Carrie Heald
Stearns W. Scott
Walter Newdick
Bath
Marjorie Hinckley
R.N
C. L. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Emma B. Billings
Alex Cunningham
Portland
First Selectman
L. Earle Hagan
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
West George
Washington
H. J. Brown
Seward E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Merrill
Strand Theatre
Elizabeth Nagle
Edward Wren
Ruth Hinckley
Howard M. Trafton
Belle M. Heald
Massachusetts
Bath couple surprised on their silver anniversary
A Bath couple, Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson, were honored Friday night with a surprise party by about 40 friends for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Highlights included refreshments, music, games, and an original poem by Robert Oliver recounting their courtship from Schoolhouse No. 1 to Bath’s Hockomock ferry and Page’s Jewelry store. The audience wished them many more happy years together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Henderson
Mrs. Henderson
Robert Oliver
Bath writer recalls old Bath memories and winter tales
The piece notes a frozen river view from Sebasco and old maps showing Russell street, recalls horses and ships on the Kennebec, and lists Bath shipyards and notable figures like Oscar F. Williams and Charles Harrington. It recounts circuses, a famed elephant story, and a 1600s Parker Point settlement with a $1950 price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Dyer & Williams
Oscar F. Williams
Oscar
Perkins & Blaisdell
Arrowsic
Preble
Bath Box Co
River
Arrowsie
Kennebec
Georgetown
Kennebec Point
Parker's Point
Parker
Robin‘hood
Sewall Farm
North Street
High Street
Five Islands Grange notes meetings and local events
The Five Islands Grange reports a pleasant Friday gathering with Mrs. Mabel Dickey and plans for a next meeting with Mrs. Media Nocton. House prayers, visits by Everett Stevens, Helen Rowe and other locals fill a busy week. hints of weather, mail routes, and community tales accompany the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Circle
Mabel Dickey
Media Nocton
George E. Gray
Everett Stevens
Robinhood
Drummond Stevens
Helen Rowe
Yarmouth Academy
Lermond H. Rowe
H. H. Richardson
Stoneham
Mass
Grange Library
Islands
Stanley Lewis
Rutledge G. Frost
Fremont
N. H
Will
Joseph G. Stevens
Percy MacGillivary
Portland
D.L. Howard
Bath
Esther Worthing
Seguinland
Floyd W. Goodell
Woolwich
Georgetown Center
Popham
Grange
J. T. Jackson
Wiscasset Grain Co
B. F. Perry
Linwood Stevens
Everett Cromwell
William J. Craft
Battery
Five Islands
L. H. Rowe
William Belanger
Georgetown-Arrowsic Bridge
Ellsworth Pinkham
Edith Pinkham
James Stevens
Derby Line
Chester Pinkham
Brunswick Club Drubs Colonials in Dual Tournament
The Brunswick club overwhelmed the Colonial Club 14 to 6 in the first of their two annual tournaments. Brunswick swept wins in contract duplicate contract bowling and billiards, while Bath teammates won in cribbage, pinocle, pool, bowling, and contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial
Brunswick
Brunswickians
Bath
Harry Day
Royal Johnson
Horace Morse
Haines A. Jewett
Kley H. Morse
Naugler Andews Jackson Adams
Brunswick Colonial Cmb
Duplicate Stract
Brunswick Colonial Club
Poems by Kipling Recited at Rotary Club
Bath Rotary members enjoyed a literary surprise after lunch at Hotel Phoenix. Instead of a travel talk, Kipling poems were recited by a guest, adding charm to the Tuesday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Rotary
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Drifting Snow Disrupts Bath Transit and Streets
A northeast storm paralyzed Bath during Tuesday morning with heavy drifting, cutting Bath area service and delaying trains and buses. Cars struggled to move, street plows cleared districts by noon, and postal deliveries and schools faced disruption as the day progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally
Bath
Fiic
Electric Road
Maine Central
Portland
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Ykelvis
North Front Street
Carrie Carlton
Louise Pratt
Brunswick Hospital
Leroy Cleveland
Emerson Schoool
New York City
Mr. Weymouth
Leon Sout
Foster’s Hill
Young People’s Society of the Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Leah Littlefield
Stanley Card
Ladies’ Aid of Enterprise Grange
Fred Lewis
Belle Call
Ideal Home Corner Club
Main Street
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Charles Alexander
Kimball
Seth Watson
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Harry Clukey
Carroll Clark
Frank Beedle
Roland Grant
Katie
Reading
Amanda
Richard Thompson
Pizzah Ann
Courting
Kentucky
Witham
Sadie
Valentine
Granges
Ivy Woodrow
Worcester
Memorial Hospital
Leon Dunklee
E. O. Tarr
Farm Bureau
Edith Steele
Leslie Douglass
Florence Wheeler
Addie Hartford
Hazel Lancaster
Florence Weeks
Charles Eastman
Ernest Sylvester
Lillian Hill
William Sargent
Bar Harbor
George
Emily Sargent
Sargent’s Inn
America
Dover-Foxcroft
Eagle Scouts
Arthur York
Leon Palmer
Aaron Kinney
Perry Kinney
Colby College
Irving Palmer
Boston University
Percy York
Edgar C. Smith
Columbia Street
State House
Secretary of State
R. Huston
Ment Assisant
R. Bath
Mrs
Page
David
Page's
Dave
New Meadows
Sebasco
William N. Beal
Cornelius Pond Ice Co
Horse Island Harbor
Cundy’s Harbor
Russell Street
Russell Farm
Lincoln Street
High
Washington Streets
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Maine
M. A. Haggett
The
Colonial Club
Annapolis
Burma
Philadelphia
Ernest Williams
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
Williams
Aeari
Arthur Sewall
Arthur W. Sewall
Maurer
N. J
South End
Beacon Hill
Beacon Street
Boston, Mass
Bath Savings Institution
Colonials
Brunswick Club
College Town
Brunswic
Dan Dougherty
Walter
Glidden
Wais
Passmore
Rotary International
Bath Club
Mr Las
Walter S. Glidden
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