Richmond News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Medford residents Mr and Mrs William Wagner and Miss Nettie Wagner visited relatives in town this week. Gardiner and Augusta trips, birthday celebrations, and society meetings fill the community calendar as 150 attend the Kennebec Valley Evangelical Young People gathering. Charles Welch and Maude Billings wed, and local clubs report outings, civic notices, and farm telephones expanding across Richmond area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wagner
Medford
Mass
Wagner
Nettie Wagner
Schenectady
N. Y
Carroll Clark
Lawrence Knight
Perley Wedge
Gardiner
Lewis
Gaubert
Ruth Chew
Richmond
Old Orchard
Lewis Gaubert, Jr
Excambion
Italy
Egypt
France
Harry Curran, Jr
Rangeley Lake House
Ideal Home Corner Club
Gertrude Duke
Pitts Center Road
Esther Groves
Lester Woodward
Dresden
Vernon Little
George Gilbert
County Road
John Grant
Richmond Corner
Kennebec Valley
Kennebec Valley Evangelical Young People’s Society
Bath
Litchfield
John Skillen
Augusta
Willis H. Johnson
Frank Beedle
Lillian Johnson
Bertelle Skinner
Ivy Woodrow
Brattleboro
Worcester, Mass
Mary Murphy
Reading
Machias
Ann Spofford
Seattle
Wash
el Paso
Texas
Charles H. Welch
Maude M. Billings
South Pleasant Street
Gilbert Edgett
Welch
California
George S. Shaw
Rockland
George Shaw
Stanley Hannebury
Ida Hibbard
W. D. Robinson
Boston
Hibbard
Swan Island
Grace Maxwell
Alice Maxwell
New York
Brown's Point Road
Mt. Carmel
Norman H. Trafton
Trafton
Marion
Madelyn Barnard
Ruth
Mount Carmel
Star Club
Shepard Cottage
Dearborn's Point
Pleasant Pond
Blanch L. Dickerman
Charles Biglin
Carl Gibbs
Thaddeus Card
Paul Donovan
Ernest Paiment
Clarence Lang
Cotton Cemetery
John Trask
Bath Democrats Form Governor Brann Club in Richmond
Bath men aiming for statewide office attended a Richmond gathering Friday to form a Louis J. Brann for governor club. Officers include CO. H. Bryant as president and Dr. E. F. Pratt as vice president with several Bath figures named among the attendees. The report also notes the new concrete approach on Vine Street to the bridge is open to Water Street with only the north lane pending completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richmond
Louis J. Brann
John P. Carey, Jr
Charles H. Cahill
Harry M. Huse
Harry A. Plummer
Edward N. Hartnett
Ernest R. Avery
Roy W. Shackford
Ralph C. Covel
CO. H. Bryant
E. F. Pratt
Mary Shaw
Carl Anderson
Marcia Baker
Don O. Cate
Vine Street
Water Street
Georgetown summer notes show cottages, visitors, and plans
A Bangor area column lists guests at Kennebec Point and Robinhood cottages including Mrs. Anne Read of Medford and Prof Roy Campbell. It notes the new George town Arrowsic bridge opening planned for July, campers and dances led by Snipe Brothers, and various visitors from Bath Boston and Melrose. Old friends Mary McDougal’s death is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee Cene Dare Weer Tees
Pactan Point
West Georgetown
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Clifton Matthews
Bath
Edward Wren
Anne L. Read
Medford
Mass
Kennebec Point
A. A. Laurier
Clarence B. Hill
Snipe Brothers Orchestra
Ada Crockett
the Red Cross
C. P. Fiske
New York
Walter W. Cummings
W. A. Todd
Scott Curtis
Ernest Curtis
Salem
Georgetown-Arrowsic
Cunningham
Boston
Selectmen
Town Hall
Keene
Bay Point
S. W. Brown
Northwood Ridge
N. H
Brown
First Baptist Church
Old Rugged Cross
Bowen
Billings
Five Islands
Howard M. Trafton
Rudolph Trafton and
Frye
D. L. Pettengill
R. P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
Sydney Dalrymple
Newton
Sumner Mains
Seward E. Emmons
Waldo Brown
Wellesley Hills
Gilbert Gunnell
John Gilbert
Waltham
T. N. Williams
Marilla Tarr
Dorothy Stuart
Richmond
Ida B. Oliver
Portland
Paul Seidle
Wilton Campbell
Sabattus
Billings House
Duncan Rogers
Gordon Bible School
Roy Campbell
Winston- Salem
N. C
Campbell
Edwin Adams
Rutland
J. W. Rodman
Alice
Amy
Bowdoin President Frames Duty To Common Good
President Sills told Bowdoin graduates that Americans preserve ancestral spirit and will resist regimented rule. He urged a social responsibility rooted in individual duty rather than rugged individualism, to serve the common good at the baccalaureate service.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Sills
Bowdoin
Higgins Relieved Prom forker Duties
Wilbur F P Higgins former foreman of the Cemetery and Park crew has been relieved from further duty by the Board and compelled to serve Friday. Superintendent Horace Ward praises his service dating to 1926 with duties as truck driver and assistant superintendent. The Board, including Raymond Haley, had eyed an understudy. Higgins was made assistant in 1930, reduced to laborer in 1931, and discharged this week amid ongoing Cemetery and Park Board disagreements. The municipal committee tasked with resolving the dispute is expected to report July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur FP. Higgins
Park Rd
Horace W. Ward
Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Harold L. Troop
Marius H. Page
Raymond M. H.ley
Higgins
Raymond Haley
Stanley M. Brown Installed Exalted Ruler of Bath Elks
Stanley M. Brown was Thursday evening installed as exalted ruler of Bath Lodge of Elks marking a third time in this honor. Past Exalted Ruler Harold V. Fielding led the ceremony with a large turnout of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Brown
Bath Lodge of Elks
Mr. Brown
Lodge
Harold V. Fielding
Edward N. Hartnett
Edward J. McMann
D. Joseph Doyle
Roscoe H. Shaw
Dora L. Howard
Peter E. Reno
Tyler
Walter L. Whitney
Arthur Sprague
Leslie Plant
Alexander Robinson
Andrew J. Flaherty
Silver Tea For Girl Scouts Sets At Mrs Ferrell Home
A Friday afternoon tea at 619 High Street hosted by the Community Council of Girl Scouts raised funds but fell short of supporting four troop captains to send scouts to summer camp. Donations to treasurer Mrs. John C. Fitzgerald are welcome. Volunteers pouring included Mrs. William D. Sewall, Mrs. J. R. Andrews, Mrs. Mark W. Sewall, and Miss Jane Murphy. Mrs. William S. Newell led the scout work exhibit. Prizes from the Council went to Geraldine Nickerson, Patricia Sewall, and Margaret Ferrell for a blouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Ferrell
High Street
Community Council of
Girl Scouts
John C. Fitzgerald
William D. Sewall
J. R. Andrews
Mark W. Sewall
Jane Murphy
Co-Workers Class Opens July Meeting at Word Street Home
The First Baptist Church Co-Workers class held its monthly business meeting at Mrs. Herbert E. Wortey’s home on Washington Street. President Cora Sotheard led committee appointments for July including refreshments calling and entertainment. Mrs. Larrabee invited members to her New Meadows cottage for the July session. A bas-relief portrait of the late Henry W. Lord, a Bangor luminary, was placed in the Bangor Public Library lobby, donated by Charles Tefft, the New York sculptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Res Griffin
Elizabeth Alexander
School Street
J. Nelson
Amy Bradley
U. V
C. W
Department
Augusta
Margaret Grover
Ethel Rankins
Margaret Peabody
Courtney Hinkley
Mildred Skinner
Vanessa Beedle
Viola Waltz
Edith Edgecomb
Ida Watson
Della
Glen White
Attleboro
Mass
Florence Maxwell
Dresden
Alfred Trott
Dexter Fowles
Randolph
George Gibbs
Haines Landing
Mr. Gibbs
Ruth Naylor
Lowell
Fred Naylor
Randall Young
Winthrop
Percy Cothron
Bridgton
Frank Lint
Number Five
Sewing Club
D. A. Pinkham
Beedle Road
Charles Weymouth
Emerson School
Old Orchard
Portland
Ladies’ Aid of
Enterprise Grange
Fredericine Fellows
Della Grondin
Alice Hannebury
Hugh
John Riley
Louise Riley
Boston
Harold Shaw
Freeport
Shaw
Carl S. Savage
Herbert Stinson
Clayton
Amesbury
Stinson
William Stinson
Robert Stanley
Elmer King
Ernest Rice
National Livestock and Meat Board
Boston Post
Mattie Siegars
Florida
First Baptist Church
Herbert E. Wortey
Washington Street
Cora Sotheard
Edward Cooke
Lotta Card
Lilius Larrabee
Annie Smith
Annie Oliver
Lila Grace
Lizzie Haggett
Julia Worrey
Larrabee
New Meadows
Henry W. Lord
Bangor
Bangor Historical Society
Charles Tefft
New York
Bangor Public Library
Five Islands Grange notes and fire relief efforts
The Grange Circle held an all day session at the grange hall with a covered dish luncheon and a white elephant sale. Residents discuss rebuilding after a recent fire and Red Cross relief funds are organized with Ada Crockett and Lermond H. Rowe handling contributions for Five Island families.
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Grange Circle
Grange Hall
Donald Stevens
John Reid
California
Fred M. Reid
Reid
Seguinland
J. P. Lewis
Watertown
Mass
Frank Bartlett
Marjorie
Storrs
Conn
E. M. Horton
J. G. Stevens
Bath
Franz Stevens
T. W. Blaisdell
Proctor Hagan
George Yeo
Bob
Winchester
Theo Blen
Billy Blen
Daytona Beach
Fla
George Blen
Nancy Blen
Grange Library
Corinne Smith
Cambridge
Hartley Harley
Paul A. Thompson
Robert
Martha
Jean
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Thompson
Joseph G. Stevens
R. G. Frost
Fremont
N. H
Stevens
Anne
Edith Marr
Alice Cromwell
J. C. Briggs
Winnifred
Malcolm Libby
Somerville
Fred Carr
Lewiston
George O'Donnell
George
Janet
Chestnut Hill
Proctor Hagan Cottage
M. F. Biggins
Arlington
American Red Cross
Georgetown Center
Red Cross
Ada Crockett
Lermond H. Rowe
D. L. Howard
Herbert Moore
Herbert
Belmont
Howard Cottage
Moore
Lawrence Shea
Joanne
Malden
Lincoln Campbell
J. A. Lundquist
Roslindale
William Belanger
S. W. Brown
Northwood Ridge
Waterville
Colby
Aileen Thompson
Rudy Vallee Secretary Visits His Mother in Bath
Elmer Dow secretary to Rudy Vallee and Mrs Dow spend a few days in Bath with Mrs Elizabeth Dow of 12 Cherry Street Former automobile salesman Dow joined Vallee years ago and later served Rubinoff the radio violinist He plans to drive to Old Orchard Saturday night to join the Vallee entourage and the Connecticut Yankees at the shore town venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dow
Rudy Valley
Prospective brides feted at Dike P T A party
Dike P T A hosted a party in Summer Street rooms for two brides to be Miss Celia M McElman and Miss Leona Huestis. Guests included Mrs Herman W Crocker Mrs Scott Golder and other school staff. A silver lemon fork gift and an evening program followed a dinner and entertainment.
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Dike P. T. A
Summer Street
Celia M. McElman
Leona Huestis
Herman W. Crocker
Dike P.T.A
Scott Golder
Daniell. Perry
Fred J. Hoffman
Daniel J. Perry
Seven Keys
Joyce Cook
Helen Tabor
Alma Swanton
Constance Gilmore
Gabriel Vigne
Shirley Higgins
Florence Robinson
Marcia Hoffman
Bartlett Swanton
Hawley
Miss Brown
Ralph P. Dunbar
Clifford B. Wilband
Scott M. Golder
Flossie Sidelinger
Alter W. Smith
Alfred Bucknam
D. Leroy Lord
Charles T. Henderson
Everett G. Lemont
E. Mason Wright
John W. Gilmore
Dunbar
John Conley
Fred B. Kittridge
Former Bath Boy an Army Aviator
Lieut. George Acheson, a former Bath man now an Army flier, visited Maine with the 9th observation group to review the state for emergency landing fields. He flew across Maine from the Canadian border to the coast and into New Hampshire, then departed for Fort Ethan Allen Vermont. Acheson, born in Lewiston and educated at Morse high school, joined the Army Air Corps after early work with the American Woolen Co. and trained at Brooks Field, San Antonio, beginning to fly in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Acheson
Maine
9Th
Mitchelfield
New York
99Th Aero Squadron
Quoddy
New Hampshire
Ortland Municipal
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Eut
Acheson
Lewiston
Bath
Morse High School
University of Maine
Lawrence
Mass
American Woolen Co
Bath Riders to Feature at Lewiston Auburn Show
Plans for the Third Annual Lewiston Auburn Horse Show, sponsored by Kiwanis, proceed for Saturday at 1 p.m. With a new ring at the Maine State Fair grounds the event funds crippled children. Twenty one classes include three and five gaited horses, jumpers, harness, ponies and horsemanship. Participants include Alderman Gillies and Duntons horses and Miss Jane Hyde who will ride in hurdles and doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston-Auburn Horse Show Association
Kiwanis Club
Maine State Fair Grounds
James A. Gillies, Jr
Arthur J. Dunton
Jane Hyde
John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
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