Richmond Notes On Local Clubs And Engagements
Richmond lodge past masters night included Master Mason work. Ideal Home Corner club elected officers and accepted two membership applications. Brownie Troop held last meeting until fall with a treasure hunt. Engagement announced for Mary Elizabeth Goodall to George Follett with details on families and backgrounds. Carrier Extension Association held outdoor picnic at Pleasant Pond with know your neighbor theme. Emerson Lane Post auxiliary accepted invitation to reception for Hazel Libby. Beulah Rebekah Lodge joined Richmond Odd Fellows in memorial service. VFW auxiliary planned fall sale and summer meeting schedule. Annual Methodist Vacation Bible school to run two weeks ending July 1. Personal items cover Rodney Little’s Springfield College degree and sports, plus local visits and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Lodge F. & A. M
Ideal Home Corner Club
Jeff Coates
Coates
Alice Hinckley
Vivian Tripp
Fern Perry
Belle Meserve
Brownie Troop
Girl Scouts
James L. Goodall
River Road
Mary Elizabeth
George Follett
Cooper’s Mills
Belle Follett
Portsmouth
N. H
Ernest Follett
Legion
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows
Pushard-Guiou
Addie Lemieux
Methodist Vacation Bible School
Elizabeth Haynes
Lillian Haynes
Thomas Borjesson
Robert Wheeler
Wilson Chetley
Wilbur Cooper
Albion Haynes
Edwin Pratt
United Nations gang forms in Cleveland with renamed clubs
International gangs in Cleveland Ohio once calling themselves the Royal Dragons Mighty Dragons and Young Dragons merged into The United Nations. Patrolman Benjamin Monroe of the Police Juvenile Bureau notes the shift while sports news reports Orioles shortstop Willie Miranda made 11 errors in his first 24 games, far ahead of peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Cleveland
Ohio
Royal Dragons
Mighty Dragons
Young Dragons
United Nations
Benjamin Monroe
The
Police Juvenile Bureau
Willie Miranda
Orioles
Detroit golfer nets two aces in 10 days at Bedford course
Danny Dinoff of Detroit scored two holes in one within ten days at Bedford Municipal Golf Course. The two aces came on different holes. The note contrasts with a separate line about sea fish species confined to restricted areas.
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Danny Dinoff
Detroit
Bedford Municipal
Bay Point Vacationers Spend Week at Rockledge Cottages
Bay Point residents and visitors fill cottages for the season with Alfred Perow, Carl Kiessling Jr and family, Butterfield, Stone, Taylor, Pearl, and other guests renewing seaside stays. Friends from Bath Dedham Auburn Lewiston and Bath join in weekend and Sunday visits as cottages open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Kiessling
Bunny
Bobby
Debbie
Billy Hartney
Dedham
Mass
Rockledge
Alfred Perow
Bath
Bay Point
Carl Kiessling, Jr
Clayton Taylor
Albert Pearl
Auburn
Taylor Cottage
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewiston
Fred P. Taylor
Richard Hagan
Andrew M. Butterfield
Merle Niles
Charles Swearingen
Eleanor Coombs
Pittsburgh
Butterfield
Edward Johnson
Sherman Campbell
Clyde Whittaker
Perow Cottage
Eugene Butterfield
Anchor Island
Frank Ludeman
New Haven
N. Y
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Paul Laughlin
Officers Training School
U. S. Coast Guard
Portland
Kennebec Point
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Just Wold in Woolwich
Mrs Just Wold of Woolwich was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Richard Crocker and Mrs Edmund Hagan at Mrs Wold’s mother Mrs John Leonard’s Woolwich home on June 16. Guests included numerous Wold family and local friends. gifts were presented in a decorated basket and refreshments served as cut flowers festooned the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Wold
Woolwich
Richard Crocker
Edmund Hagan
New Eastern River Bridge Set to Open July Fourth
A new 257 foot steel and concrete bridge over the Eastern River at Dresden will open on Monday July 4 with a program and Richmond band. The $154000 structure replaces the old wooden bridge condemned as unsafe twelve years ago, improving a scenic drive from Woolwich to Richmond along the Kennebec river past Merrymeeting Bay and Swan Island Game Preserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Richmond
Maine
Kennebec River
Woolwich
Merrymeeting Bay
Swan Island Game Preserve
Judge Fines Driver After Faulty Speedometer Reading
Russell Graham appeared in Municipal Court on a speeding charge and presented an instrument survey showing his speedometer read 36 mph while the gauge showed 27. Traffic Judge Philip Bagley fined Graham $14 and warned about faulty speedometers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Russell Graham
Philip Bagley
Graham
Hoernschemeyer Tosses Three TD Passes in Opening Week
In the first eight games of the season Detroit Lions halfback Bob Hoernschemeyer completed three of six passes. All three completions were touchdowns, marking a rare scoring efficiency for a running back in early league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Lion
Bob Hoernschemeyer
Georgetown Center notices and deaths in June town update
Georgetown cent er church talk on fatherhood by Warren Harris cites Gen 18 and Ephesians. Death of Lester L Powers of Georgetown Center June 14 shocks the town. POWERS served in WWI with the 76th Division and later worked with Powers Bros. Funeral at First Baptist Georgetown Center with burial at Oak Cemetery. Community notices include family visits, summer compares at MacMahon, and local property transfers including the Watson house to Carl Delano and Middle Dyke Farm sale to the Channing Penleys.
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Ers
Chure
Warren Harris
Lester L. Powers
Georgetown Center
Mr. Powers
Levi
Hattie Powers
Riggsville
Robinhood
Burnside
Powers Bros
Lester
Carroll
Camp Devens
Mass
France
Powers
Army Hospital
States
Ruth Stewart Wardwell
Medford
John Riggs
Zorach
Robinhood Feldspar Co
MacMahan
Henry Tarbox
Sinbad
First Baptist Church
Everett and
Linwood Stevens
John D. Williams
Elmer Tibbetts
Oak Cemetery
Bath
George Laskey
Anne Hersom
Elbridge L. Powers
Earle Richardson
Pauline Ouellette
Woolwich
Ralph M. Reynolds
Georgetown
Lodge
Dorothy W. Stuart
Charles Kelley
Alfred I. Rowe
Alfred
Sherry
Mary Lee
L Earle Hagan
Nancy
Harold J. Brown
Buddie
Cathy
Holly
Harry H. Heald
Clayton
Louise Powers
Linda Gordon
Calvin
Brenda
Walter Beane
Everett Wallace
Ransom Kelley
Bowdoinham
Ernest Zapf
Brunswick
Edward Balestereri
Freeport
Pelham Howe
Reynolds Grover
Five Islands
Thomas Watson
Carl Delano
Arrowsic
Middle Dyke Farm
Sidney Dalrymple
Channing Penleys
Delanos
Watson
Talent Parade Prize Awarded At Wesley Church Event
Mrs. Oliver W. Bell won the largest reported amount from the Tuesday Talent Parade at Wesley Church. She turned over 55.75 to tellers Miss Carolyn Rogers and William Hanson, earned by candy sales begun with a one dollar gift two months ago. John Coombs reported 801 as the two month total from 100 Wesley workers. Other gifts included support from Mrs. Bertha Davis and various church projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Church
Carolyn Rogers
William Hanson
John Coombs
Wesley
Bertha Davis
Eisenhower
Bell
Barbara Small
Edward Butterfield
Rodney Upham
Mr. Morse
Eight magicians to perform at Maine show jubilee
Nelson F Foss of 31 Getchell Street will be among eight performers at the Maine Magicians Society tenth jubilee show Saturday night at Ocean Point casino Old Orchard Beach. Ralph Greenwood of Portland will be master of ceremonies for the two hour program with Mystery as the theme. The convention is expected to draw magician artists from across the state and some from Massachusetts. On Sunday the annual meeting will elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson F. Foss
Getchell Street
Maine Magicians’ Society
Ocean Point Casino
Old Orchard Beach
Ralph Greewood
Portland
Massachusetts
Five Islands Summer Notes Include Pulpit Change and Visits
The Five Islands column reports Selby Gration filling the Baptist pulpit during Warren Harris’s vacation, with Dr. Jose A. Fernandez addressing a large crowd. It notes improvements at Five Islands cemetery, a revised summer mail schedule, and coast guard inspections. Numerous visits from Massachusetts and other states mark the Season with many families arriving at cottages on Malden Island and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Selby Gration
Gordon Divinity School
Beverly Farms
Mass
Warren Harris
Harris
Peter
Jose A. Fernandez
Philadelphia
Five Islands
Tom Watson
Billy Plummer
Maynard Thibodeau
Ray Grover
First Aid
Barbara
North Jay
William Marr
Felix Solomoni
Saugus
Solomoni
Clark
Rosalyn Pinkham
Roslyn Higgins
Sagadahoe Bay
Southport
Lauretta Pinkham
Evelyn Pinkham
Herbert Hunt
Brooks
Mae O'Connor
Port Washington
N. Y
O’conner
William Grady
Grady
Almon Marr
Beverly
Malden
Marr Cottage
Carl I. Rowe
Carl
Kittery
Harold Rowe
MacPherson
Hingham
Boynton
Malden Island
Lawrence Richardson
Scottsdale, Ariz
William Stewart
Richard Landry
Burlington
Miss
Pearson Cottage
Norman Howard
Bath
Gilbert
Perth
Howard Bacon
Waltham, Mass
Wilkins Camp
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Jacob Kunz
Washington, D.C
Fallout makes aging rocks timing tricky in Michigan
Scientists at the University of Michigan Phoenix Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory report fallout from atomic bomb tests disrupted radiocarbon readings by thousands of years. They now burn samples in closed containers and extract carbon dioxide for radiometric measurement, noting a needed adjustment.
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Ann Arbor
Michel
H. R. Crane
Phoenix
University of Michigan
Mary Cunningham's 1955 Dance Recital At Bath Opera House
Mary Cunningham presented her pupils in a 1955 dance recital at Bath Opera House. The program showcased multi scene sets including Flower Shop and The Wedding In Swing with performances by young dancers ages three to five and a full ensemble audience. High level lighting, stage design, and skilled piano and drum accompaniment accompanied the varied acts and a European tour was announced after the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cunningham
Modern School of Dancing
Bath Opera House
T.V
Paris
Miss Cunningham
Doris George
Lillian Donaco
Joe Avery
Cecil Fullerton
Grant
Margie Pottle
Karen Thompson
Nancy MelInnes
Jennifer Reed
Nancy Senecal
Jean Fitzgerald
Marilyn Ray
Barbara Orr
Vivian Coggeshall
Marjorie York
Nancy Ellen McInnes
Elaine Medeiros
Laurel Packard
Diane Lewis
Jacqueline Hederman
Patricia Breeding
Anita’ Cyr
Linda Abottoni
Denise Waltz
Miss Cleaner Upper
Bonnie Chase
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Carol Orr
Doris Crosby
Sheila McNettrose
Ora Fournier
Poinsettia
Betty Anderson
Marion DeMascio
Armenia DeMascio
Carol Doyle
Sandra Daigle
Christine Coombs
Elinor Coombs
Yellow Jongguil
Linda Foster
Orchid
Julips
Iris
Elizabeth Hodgdon
Beatrice Ho
Three Candidates Join Bath Rainbow Assembly
Three candidates Ellen Blair Sally Frazer and Erma Gilman were initiated into the Bath Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic Temple Monday evening. Past Grand Worthy Advisor Miss Jane Ledyard attended the meeting conducted by Worthy Advisor Diane Bailey. Strawberry shortcake was served at the close of the session.
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Bath Assembly Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Ellen Blair
Sally Frazer
Erma Gilman
Jane Ledyard
Diane Bailey
Obituary of Clyde Wesley Shaw of Portland
Ward has been received here of the sudden death of Clyde Wesley Shaw 70 of Portland formerly of Bath He was born at Hodgdon June 15 1885 son of Shepherd and Sylvia Shaw He served as a corporal in the U S Army overseas in World War I and later became an ad salesman He lived in Portland in recent years Surviving are two sons George Lee U S Maritime Service and Edward F Worcester Mass two grandchildren one brother Herbert of Montreal and several nieces and nephews Funeral will be at 3 p m Thursday at 749 Congress street Portland with interment in Forest City cemetery
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Ward
Clyde Wesley Shaw
Portland
Bath
Hodgdon
Shepherd
Sylvia Shaw
U. S. Army
George Lee
U.S. Maritime Service
Edward F
Worcester
Mass
Funeral for Harry W. Berry Held in Bath
Harry W. Berry 74 of 88 Middle Street drowned in Hall Bay Arrowsic. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday at Advent Christian Church Bath. Berry born Richmond lived in Bath. retired from BIW after 13 years. He was a deacon and Loyal Order of Moose member. Survived by widow Frances, son Frederick, Dresden. seven grandchildren, 10 step grandchildren, one great granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Berry
Middle Street
Hall Bay
Arrowsic
Advent Christian Church
Mr. Berry
Richmond
Bath
BIW
Hyde Windlass
Christian Advent Church
Loyal Order of Moose
Berry
Frances Springer Berry
Frederick M. Berry
Dresden
Funeral of Mrs Annie Ware Held at A F Mayo Home
Funeral service for Mrs Annie Ware was held Tuesday afternoon at three from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Home with Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiating. Bearers were Percy Low Floyd Carter John Wallice and Ralph Blakeney. Burial was in the family lot at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Ware
A. F. Mayo & Son
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Percy Low
Floyd Carter
John Wallice
Ralph Blakeney
Greenlawn Cemetery
Wiscasset
Funeral for Lester L Powers Held at First Baptist Georgetown
Funeral service for Lester L Powers was conducted Thursday afternoon at two at First Baptist Church Georgetown with Rev Warren Harris officiating. Bearers were Elmer Tibbetts Everett Stevens Linwood Stevens and John Williams. Burial followed in the Powers family lot at Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Powers
Lester L. Powers
First Baptist Church
Georgetown
Warren Harris
Elmer Tibbetts
Everett Stevens
Linwood Stevens
John Williams
Oak Cemetery
Welder William R. Kingsbury Dies at 37 in Bath
William R. Kingsbury 37 of 89 Bluff Road Bath died Tuesday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born November 20 1917 in Bath he was a welder at Bath Iron Works for 20 years. Survived by widow Alberta Martin Kingsbury daughter Cheryl two brothers Harley and Joseph two sisters Betty Reed and Dorothy Theriault and several aunts and uncles. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Charles R Sims officiating burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Kingsbury
Bluff Road
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Ralph
Lillian Sprague Kingsbury
Alberta Martin Kingsbury
Cheryl
Harley
Brunswick
Joseph
Betty Reed
Scituate
Mass
Dorothy Theriault
Eastport
A. F. Mayo & Son
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Albert E. Cook 72 Boston man native of Phippsburg dies
Albert E. Cook 72 of 311 Huntington Avenue Boston a native of Phippsburg died Monday night at Boston City Hospital He was a Brookline Awning Co salesman Survived by two nieces Mrs Danford McDonald Bath and Mrs Raymond McIntire Small Point and nephew Owen Wallace Windham Committal at Oak Grove family lot Thursday at two Friends may call Curtis Funeral Home Wednesday evening
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Albert E. Cook
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Phippsburg
Boston City Hospital
John
Elnora Cook Wallace
Helen Totman
Cook
Brookline Awning Co
Danford McDonald
Bath
Raymond McIntire
Small Point
Owen Wallace
Windham
Oak Grove
Curtis Funeral Home
Committal services announced for William A Staples
William A Staples 64 former Bath resident died June 16 in Miami Springs Florida. Services set Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Oak Grove with Rev Charles R Sims officiating. Born Lowell Massachusetts December 25 1890 son of Edward and Sarah Poor Staples. He worked at Bath Iron Works and later lived with a son Rev Alfred A Staples in Miami Springs. Surviving sons Edward M William R Hiram K and James A of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
William A. Staples
Bath
Miami Springs
Fla
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Lowell
Mass
Edward
Sarah Poor Staples
Bath Iron Works Corp
Staples
Alfred A. Staples
Solar Lodge of Masons
Edward M
William R
Hiram K
James A
William M. Lee Dies After Long Illness in Melrose
William M. Lee, 64, died early Monday in Melrose hospital after a long illness. Born in Livermore Falls he lived most of his life in Springfield Vermont and Massachusetts. He was active in many Masonic orders including Springfield commandery and Melrose Waverly Chapter. Survived by widow Isabelle C. Lee of Melrose son William C. Lee of Springfield and daughter Mrs. Leon E. Buck of Bath plus five grandchildren.
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William M. Lee
Melrose Hospital
Melrose
Mass
Livermore Falls
Springfield
Massachusetts
Waverly
Fidelity Lodge
St. John
Boston
Aleppo Shrine of
Melrose Council
Isabelle C. Lee
William C. Lee
Leon E. Buck
Bath
Mrs Annie Ware 81, Widow and Retired Matron Dies
Mrs. Annie Ware aged 81, widow of James Ware and former matron at the Old Ladies Home, died Saturday night at Memorial hospital after a month as a patient. Born May 16, 1874 in Wiscasset, she retired in 1944 after 11 years in the Home and lived there as a resident from 1953. She leaves a half sister, Mrs. Zonie Harkness of Hampton, New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Ware
James Ware
Old Ladies Home
Memorial Hospital
Wiscasset
Robert
Abbie Cheney Dow
Ware
First Baptist Church
Zonie Harkness
Hampton, N. H
Death of William A Staples in Florida services held
Word arrived of William A Staples death on June 16 at the home of his son the Rev Alfred A Staples in Miami Springs Florida. Staples longtime resident of Bath and East Brunswick. Services were held Saturday at Miami Springs and burial took place in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Staples
Alfred A. Staples
Miami Springs
Fla
Staples
Bath
East Brunswick
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Truman F Roberts Held in Falmouth
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 130 from A. F. Mayo & Son for Truman F. Roberts. Rev H Macy White officiated. Bearers were Maurice Pye, Charles Pye, Winthrop Blair and Guy Allenwood. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery in Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Roberts
Truman F. Roberts
A. F. Mayo & Son
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Maurice Pye
Charles Pye
Winthrop Blair
Guy Allenwood
Pine Grove Cemetery
Falmouth
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Rodney W. Little
Percy Little
Springfield College
New England
Blair Academy
Blairstown
N. J
Rockland
Neal Powers
Leonard Bishop
Russell Ring
Charles Gray
George Clark
Harry Prout
James Jones
Tristram Little
Cora
Jane Little
Rodney Little
Stanley Griffin
Raymond
White Mountains
Otis Douglass
Gerald
Oscar Douglass
Ellen Chase
Elizabeth Holman
Miss Chase
Elizabeth Palmer
Edna Richards
Mrs. Just Wold
Eastern River
West
W. Clinton Allen
Anc Mahan
Rye
Arene
Clarence
Melvin Jackson
South Miami
George Hewitt
New York City
Betty Chapman
Hewitt Cottage
Edinburg
Scotland
Daniel Levine
Levine
University of Edinburg
William MacDonald
Bath Iron Works
James Adriance
Lowe's Point
William Mackaye
Castine
Lillian Wheeler
Wheeler Cottage
Villars de Seymour
Short Hills
Allen Brown
Sebasco Estates
Carroll Powers
Carlton Brown
Brown
Stanley Flewelling
Marilyn
Oakdale
Calif
Flewelling
Skowhegan
F. N. Cunningham and
Lauretta Jones
Cunningham
William Brown
John Kemper
Andover
Fessender Wilder
North Andover
Island
Miles Hagan
Clifford Babcock
Gardiner
Hagan
Bay Point Road
Martha Bowen
Bowen
Joseph F. Higgins
George Kahrl
Frederick
Elmira
Maine Magicians Society
Opera House
Interflora
South America
Holland
Anita Cyr
Ireland
Nanes Merchant
Nacissus
Virginia McDaniels
Blue Bells of
Lorraine Hatch
Stephanie Wilton
Irma Genthner
Rose Marie Abottoni
Beatrice Hodgdon
Sylvia Lane
Paula Weeks
Kitty Harding
Pamela Rines
Donna Dowling
Anita Light
Sandra Meserve
Kingdom of Flowers
Christy Johnson
Suzanne Clark
Pavane
Mademoiselle Coquette
the Militaire
Princess Royal
England
Flowers
London Palladium
Donna Blanchard
Martha Hederman
Sharon Wing
Roberta McLeod
Jane Dowling
Ast
Junie Savoie
Nancy Gamage
Stephanie Hilton
Nancy Merchant
Julia Badore
Nancy Ellen McInn
Bath Rainbow Assembly
Clyde W. Shaw
Mrs
Shumway Funeral Service
M. H. Page
North St. Dial
Kennebec
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