Richmond Community Notes Reflect Club Activity and Weddings
The booster club plans dance classes for youth through April. Walter Anderson repaired the trophy cabinet now enshrined in the high school. A Beale Rebekah Lodge visit and a double ring wedding at St Ambrose highlighted social life. A 1955 March of Dimes drive totaled 741.92 from various sources. Local groups prepared Lenten services and school board open meetings continue monthly.
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Walter Anderson
Cyrus M. Kendrick, Jr
Boy Scout Finance Campaign
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Edna Hagan
Portland
Rebekah
Elwyn Mullin
Beedle Road
Cyrus Kendrick, Jr
Josiah White
Reginald Emmons
Veneranda Sanford
Ethel Pinkham
Chester Foster
Everett Douglass
Harold Dunn
Iooal
Richmond Water Works
Ideal Home Corner Club
Della Grandin
Eva Gonier
Water Street
Intermediate Church
The
Baptist Church
Sagadahoc
ODD FELLOWS LODGE EVENTS AND APPOINTMENTS
The Maine Odd Fellows calendar lists the Beulah Rebekah Lodge delayed Triple Lodge meeting rescheduled to April 1 in Richmond. Brig. Gen. Percy M. Wallace of Portland to be installed in Augusta March 12 with staff, following a banquet and district events in Portland, Bath, and Old Orchard.
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Richmond
Maine
Augusta
I.0.c.f. Hall
Percy M. Wallace
Portland
Wallace
Grand Lodge of Maine
Carolyn Thompson
Canton King
Bath
Canton Ridgley
C.F. Hall
Forest Avenue
Ridgley
Henry T. B. Leeman
Nellie Leeman
Rebekah Assembly of
Carnation Lodge
Woodbine Lodge
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Ruth Rand
Old Orchard
Ivy Rebekary
The General Sherman Tree’s Ancient Size Revealed
The General Sherman tree in California is 3 500 years old and stands 272 feet high with a base girth over 101 feet. The ancient giant remains a landmark of Sequoia National Park drawing visitors worldwide.
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Etna: Europe's tallest active volcano at 10,636 feet
A readout notes Mt Etna in Sicily rising to 10 636 feet making it Europe s tallest active volcano. The summit height underscores Etna s continuing volcanic prominence in the region.
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Mt. Etna
Sicily
Europe
Various Georgetown Notices and Community Activities
Sunday morning at First Baptist Church Wren Harris preached on The Various Ways of Finding Christ using John I 35 46 as the foundation. The Georgetown Center Youth group plans a March 9 supper at the parsonage and a March 8 meeting at Central School urges citizen attendance. A Ground Force Observation Post proposal is presented by the U S Air Force with Major Sheibles of Auburn speaking. transport to the meeting is provided from Five Islands Ice Cream Parlor. The recreation committee reports three weekly programs including a 4 H Club organized last week as Islanders with thirty local youths. Chaplain John Clifton Little, now in Alaska, is highlighted for his service to servicemen across the Arctic, with wife Mary and children at Elmendorf Air Force Base and details about his radius and duties. A Robin Hood Tea Room owner corrects a miscredit about raccoon feeding, noting several dozen over multiple years and current winter dormancy. Saturday Town Meeting features Eighth Grade central school lunch and Tag Day for a White Mountains trip. Community notes cover meetings, subscriptions, travel, and visits among local families and personnel.
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First Baptist Church
Wren Harris
Christ
John I
Young People’s Group
Georgetown Center
Central School
U. S. Air Force
Civil Defense Corps
Georgetown
Sheibles
Auburn
Five Islands
Recreation Committee
John Clifton Little
Alaska
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Little
Webb Air Force Base
Texas
Barter Island
Arctic
Adak
Attu
Aleutian Island
Donald K. Snyder
Mary
Mary Clarke
John Jr
Robinhood Tea Room For Wildlife
White Mountains
Working League
Joseph F. Higgins
Clarence B. Hill
Melvin Cunningham
Alfred Rowe
Roy Newman
Belle Heald
National Geographic
Laskey and Bath Visitors Share Weekend Calls
Elbridge of Bath spent hours at the Laskey home as Mr and Mrs Lawrence Du Pont and family of Farmingdale were Sunday callers at Mrs Du Ponts parents Melvin Cunningham. Walter Cunningham now resides at Watson cottage Indian Point road. Harold J Brown and family visited Portland Thursday. Nathaniel Hasenfus of West Roxbury Mass stayed at Seguinland briefly. George Flynn of Georgetown Center visited Harpswell Sunday afternoon. George Laskey of Bath and Robinhood and son Arthur returned from a Hawaiian Islands trip visiting Honolulu Pearl Harbor and Calif brother Clifford in Berkeley.
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Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
Portland
Lewiston
Charles Kelley
Bangor
Melvyn
Higgins Classical Institute
S. A
Brian Davis
Norfolk
Ralph Davis
Walter
Vincent MacMahan
Edwin Hatstat
Robinhood
Henry Moore
Dennis
Five Islands
Vincent
Dorothy W. Oliver
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Bath
Miss Oliver
Joseph F. Higgins
Carroll Powers
Lauretta M Jones
Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley
Beacon Street
Elmer Palmer
Everett
Palmer
L. Earle Hagan
George Laskey
Jackie
Edith
Edith Powers
Elbridge
Laskey
Lawrence DuPont
Famly
Farmingdale
DuPont
Melvin Cunningham
Walter Cunningham
Bay Point Road
Watson Cottage
Indian Point Road
Harold J. Brown
Brown Jr
Buddy
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Seguinland
George Flynn
Georgetown Center
Harpswell
Bath and Robinhood
Arthur
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Peral Harbor
California
Mr. Laskey
Clifford
Berkeley
Betty Jane
Margery Pierce
South Gardiner
Paul Skidmore Dickie
Jimmy Davis
Lester Davis
Herman Barter
Emery Holt
Donald Hopkins
Erland Moore
Orville Rowe
Branwell Harford
Susan Briggs
Winter Hill
Topsham
Woodrow Gray
George Gras
Lloyd Pinkham
Willian Marr Rey
Franklin 5S Kechlwetter
Stanley
South Gorham
George Gray
Reginald Pinkham
USCG
William Farr
Augusta
David Rutherford
Victes Pinkham
Irving Lavion
Artur Cochrane
Shirley Pinkham
Pinkham
Henrys Moore
Vincent McMahan
Arrowsic
Bay Point
Y.M.C.A
Maurice Burns
Boston
L. M. Spinney
Campbells
William Leeman
Woolwich
Leeman
Sherman Campbell
McDonald
Madison Moore
Madison Moore, Jr
Crean House Road
Cape Elizabeth
Sherman F. Rogers
Cape Cottage
Central League Covered Dish Supper At Parish House
The Central League and Central church held a covered dish supper at six o clock with 30 seats set in the parish house. Mrs A Lincoln Anderson presided over a business session planning a March 5 rummage sale and the March 7 Men s Club supper with hostesses named. Beatrice Adams of Topsham spoke on ceramics with samples and demonstrations.
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League of Central Church
A. Lincoln Anderson
Donald Preble
Phyllis Neal
J. Haviland Torrey
John Haggett
Clyde Ambrose
William Peavey
Alfred Carpenter
Perley Ater
Arthur MacDonald
Hiram Stevens
Beatrice Adams
Topsham
Personal Notes Highlight Local Social Calls
John Voorhees of Texas Co. returns to Bath on 30 days leave to his wife and family at 3 Page Street. William Staples attends William Hennessey's 90th birthday in Brunswick hosted by Ellis Aldrich and family at Park Row. Harvey Henderson of Portland visits with daughter Mrs. John Shaffer and Ione James and John of South Portland for a day with his son family at Foster's Point.
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John Voorhees
The
Texas Co
Bath
Page Street
William Staples
William Hennessey
Brunswick
Ellis S. Aldrich
Park Row
Harvey Henderson
Portland
High Street
John Shaffer
Ione James
John
South Portland
Mr. Henderson
Harvey Henderson, Jr
Foster's Point
Slightly Beaten Eggs Mix Yolks and Whites
When a recipe calls for slightly beaten eggs the yolks and whites should be whisked just until combined. This gentle motion ensures a light, uniform mixture without over aerating the eggs.
Five Islands Town Meeting and Islander 4-H Club Formed
The Five Islands annual town meeting was set for Saturday at Georgetown Central School. A Wednesday evening gathering at Library Hall formed the Islanders 4-H Club with 26 youths. Members elected officers later and distributed project cards to be returned to Mr. Spear within a week.
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Library Hall
Spear
Islanders
Georgie Pinkham
Maynard Thibodeau
James Oliver
Harold Brown, Jr
Phyllis Campbell
Ray Grover
Woodrow Gray
Phillip Pinkham
Robert Snow
Branwell Harford
William Farr
Eugene Reynolds
Harold Pinkham
Charles Kelley
Mother Daughter Brownie Banquet Set For Next Tuesday
In observance of Brownies 20th anniversary the Mother and Daughter Banquet will be at Huse Memorial School next Tuesday at six with chicken salad dinner. Reservations due Thursday. Mrs Paul Graustuck chairs the event with committee members and a Juliette Low presentation planned. Gary Meister and his troupe will perform with community singing led by Mrs W Percy Marks.
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Huse Memorial School
South End
Paul Graustuck
Frank Gallagher
Frank Harvie
Henry Marsh
William A. Niss
John J. Keegan, Jr
Juliette Low
Gary Meister
W. Percy Marks
James A. Gillies, Jr
Roger D. Skillings
Wilmer I. Voorhers
Milton Trott
Sumner Sewall
Edward Reed
The
Bath Garden Club
Early U S Navy destroyers armed with breech loaders and Gatling guns
The first U S Navy destroyers carried three rapid dive breech loading rifles and two or three Gatling guns, illustrating their mixed armament approach for fleet combat in the era.
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U. S Navy
Destroyer 1016 heads to Boston Navy yard for transfer
At 815 a.m. on Friday the destroyer leader 1016 made its final trip through the Kennebec river mouth en route to the Boston Navy yard to be turned over to the Navy. After a week’s vacation Central Georgetown Grammar School resumed studies on Monday. Bay Point residents and families, including the Hasenfus, Burns, Spinney, Leeman, Campbell, Moore, and Rogers households, were listed in recent community visits and gatherings.
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Kennebec River
Boston Navy Yard
Navy
Central
Junior Hospital League Coffee plans outlined for Memorial Hospital
The Junior Hospital League discussed the annual Coffee to benefit Memorial Hospital at its Tuesday meeting. Mrs. Dean Shaw chairs the event set for March 30 at York Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ticket chair is Mrs. Lynn M. Bussey. Social chair Mrs. William F. Musesnden. Kitchen supervisor Mrs. S Theodore Bertocci. Dessert and coffee served by hostesses. Next meeting at Mrs. William D. Hill Jr.’s home on March 15.
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Junior Hospital League
Memorial Hospital
Dean Shaw
York Hall
Lynn M. Bussey
William F. Musesnden
S. Theodore Bertocci
Donald N. Small
Washington Street
Douglas Dearborn
William D. Hill, Jr
Pine Street
William A Ities
Mass
Eleanor Wilson
Leslie C. Shumway
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
George E. Barker, Jr
Omar R. King
Frederick M. Haggett
Edward Sewall, Jr
Eugene P. Eberhard
Frederick W. Robie, Jr
Mizpah Class Hears Easter Flower Fund Plans
The Mizpah Class of First Baptist met at 108 High Street with Cora Blakeney. Dorothy Thayer was named to collect for the Easter Flower fund. Easter seal work supported Pine Tree Society. Next meeting will be with Margaret King at 531 High Street.
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First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
High Street
Dorothy Thayer
God
Roselyn Carey
Miriam House
Pine Tree Society of Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Nancy Roy
Adeline Black
Grace Mitchell
Margaret King
Burnita Graves
Lila Place
Marilyn House
Little Point Sable Lighthouse Goes Automatic
Automatic lighting arrives on Michigan shores as Little Point Sable becomes fully automatic. Keeper Henry Vavrina moves to Big Point Sable in Ludington while the 100 foot tower built in 1874 gains a modern electric system replacing the kerosene mantle beacon that warned ships up to 17 miles offshore.
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Hart
Mich
Michigan
Great Lakes
Little Point Sable
Lake Michigan
Henry Vavrina
Big Point Sable
Ludington
Henderson Given 18 Months Burglary Sentence Suspended in High Point
Judge Allen H Gwyn sentences Neil Henderson to 18 months for burglary but suspends the term for five years. Bond set at 1000 dollars with 10 dollars weekly payments, continuing for the full suspension. If no violation occurs, Henderson may withdraw 2600 dollars at the end of the period.
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High Point
N.C
Allen H. Gwyn
Neil Henderson
Henderson
Doughnut Mileage Claims Put Bakery Pilot to Test
Max Stilger of Harrison New Jersey says he fired 100 million doughnuts and estimates that many laid end to end would span about 4,762 miles to Chile. Stilger co manages a bakery supplying 25 restaurants.
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Harrison
Max Stilger
Chile
Well Known Former Dies Monday in Bath
Bernard E. Hutchins age 71 of Brunswick and Bath died Monday in a Portland hospital after a period of illness. He was a former golf pro at Bath and other clubs and worked at Bath Iron Works since 1941 in the time keeping department. Survived by wife Josephine Fraser, mother Elizabeth Hutchins, and other relatives. Funeral from Stetson Funeral Home Brunswick Thursday at nine, entombment in Bath in spring.
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Bernard E. Hutchin
Brunswick
H. Hospital
Portland
Bath
Bath Country Club
Augusta
Everett E
Elizabeth (Sheehan) Hutchins
Brunswick High School
Tufts College
Elizabeth S. Hutchins
Stetson Funeral Home
Federal Street
Ethel S Glidden Dies at 71 in Local Nursing Home
Ethel Sellers Glidden 71 died Tuesday morning at Presley Nursing Home. Born February 1884 in Bath, she was related to Lena and Sarah Lakin and brother Frank Sellers of West Miami. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday Curtis Funeral Home Washington Street. burial Oak Grove.
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Ethel Sellers Glidden
Presley
Bath
Seetivine
Lena
Sarah Lakin
Frank 4Gellers
West Miami
Fla
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oak Grove
Chaney Rites Held At Corliss Street Baptist Church
Funeral service for Wilfred W. Chaney was held Wednesday at 2 PM at Corliss Street Baptist Church with Rev. Harold L. Allen officiating. Honorary bearers included Howard Nash Lucian Taylor Howard Norton and Frank Forte. Active bearers listed James Apt Jamie yard John Clark Jr and others. Body entombed in the family lot at Oak Spring.
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Wilfred W.chaney
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harold L. Allen
Howard Nash
Lucian Taylor
Howard Norton
Frank Forte
Ove Bruce
Francis Bruce
White
James Apt
Jamied Yard
John Clark, Jr
Funeral for Frances Hathorn Held at Woolf Baptist
Funeral services for Frances Hathorn were held Friday at 1 30 PM at the Arthur F Mayo residence with Rev Stephen H Side ham of Woolf Baptist churches officiating. Bearers were Fred Hathorn Ernest Stilphen William Wrng Farnham Rice. The body entombed until Spring for burial in Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
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Frances Hathorn
Arthur F. Mayo
Funeral for Mrs Mary L Grant Held at St Mary's
Funeral services for Mrs Mary L Grant were held Friday morning at St Marys Roman Catholic Church with Rev Fr John E Bellefine officiating. Bearers included Edward J McMann William Smallert Boulay Nathan Watson all of Bath and Andrew Hyde Percy Hyde Jr of Brunswick. Body entombed at Oak Grove for spring burial.
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Mary L. Grant
St. Mary’s Rom
John E. Bellefine
Edward J. McMann
William Smallert Boulay
Nathan Watson
Bath
Andrew Hyde
Percy Hyde, Jr
Brunswick
Oak Grove
Funeral services held for Wilder F. Hagan
Funeral services for Wilder F. Hagan were conducted February 23 at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street with Rev. Oliver Bell officiating. Bearers included Ralph Wrigh Otty Steen Norman Drummon and Raymond Hart. Burial is planned in the family lot at Oak Cemetery in the spring.
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Wilder F. Hagan
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Oliver Bell
Ralph Wrigh Otty Steen
Norman Drummon
Raymond Hart
Oak Grove
Bachelor Delivers Baby Despite Odds
A bachelor volunteer, Edwin Midt, stayed to deliver Ray Marion and Schmidt after three men left. Doctors praised the capable delivery and reported both mother and baby doing fine after the emergency.
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Bachelor Trolman
Edwin Midt
Ray Marion
Schmidt
Bees Leave Texas in Search of Pollen Prospects
State Entomologist C. J. Ain reports 20076 eoloni moved from the state in apparent search of sweeter pollen prospects, leaving 288,000 colonic behind in Texas Dallas.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
C. Jain
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