Richmond News Roundup Hosts Moves And Honors
Richmond notices report residents moving homes on Front Grant and Gardner streets, visits by Mrs Wren and Mrs Lord in Bath, and club gatherings at Pleasant View Farm with high score by Mrs Libby. Bowdoin student Oscar Smith wins Stanwood Scholarship for Richmond youths. Phi Beta Kappa election for Mary Ann Tibbetts at Wheaton College noted with peers joining later.
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Mary Ann Tibbetts
Bethel
Phi Beta Kappa
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Jean Cummings
Douglaston
L. I
Janet Hoffman
West Hartford
Conn
Miss Tibbetts
Marjorie Hope Nicolson
Smith College
Sagadahoc Probate Court Hears March Term Actions
Sagadahoc probate court at its March term second session, Judge Walter S. Qudden presiding, granted administrations and filed petitions for wills. Estates from Bath Richmond Bowdoin Topsham and Redlands see appointments guardians bonds and distributions. several accounts and guardians named.
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Walter S. Qudden
Sagadahoc
Mary E. Hathorne
Richmond
Silas S. Lemon
C.t.a
Flora C. Blanchard
Bath
Allan Spear
George L. Coombs
Bowdoin
Robert G. Coombs
Merion M. Olver
Dorothy M. Oliver
Jeremiah Millay
Bowdoinham
Lida M. Baker
Eugene B. Webster
Edward W. Bridgham
Merton M. Oliver
Mary I. Durand
Edwin E. Durand
Rose A. Hodgdon
George A. Yeauton
Ravnmond Osier
Lewis 1
Naiman
Taventones
Alvah C. Beal
Topsham
Marthe Beal
Sally Hyde
Eleanor B Hyde
Mabel A. Thwing
Jane Hyde
Eleanor B. Hyde
Mabel A Thwing
Nancy Hyde
Juun A Varney
Corrie H. Varney
Amanda V. Coleman
Irwin McDowell McIntire
Sarah F. Carlton
Frank W. Carlton
Woolwich
Julian T. Clason
Azelle H. Huntington Rogers
Richmonds
William B. Massenden
Charles H Cahill
Horace W. Swett
Depositors Trust Co
Edward A. Mansir
Edwin B. Dunn
Eliza J. Hughes
Charlotte C Day
Edward H Cook
Charles C. Low
Abbie L. Gage
Emily J. Morgan
Helen M. Potter
Julia A. Varney
Guardian
Samuel Sewall
Local Georgetown Social Notes Hit Bath and Brunswick Visits
Georgetown residents and visitors fill a busy social week with calls on relatives and friends in Bath Brunswick and Worcester. Generous guest lists include Mrs Harold Hunt Mrs Harry Heald Rev Walter Schoepfer and family as well as Mrs Thomas Hagan Jr of Norwich. Local workers like Walter Powers and T M Havan reported lumber and canal activity while funeral services marked the passing of Jackson F Harford at Cedar Hill Washington.
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John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Blackie
Harold Hunt
Brunswick
Harry Heald
Clayton
Pelle Heald
Walter Schoepfer
Donald
Bath
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Woolwich
Water
Powers
Woodrow Gray
Five Islands
T. M Havan
McFarlene
Arrowsic
Seguinland
Fleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Melvin Cunningham
Newman
Walter Newdick
W. A. Todd Durin
Joseph Wo Lane
Tane
Edward B. Manning
Melrose
Mass
Indian Point
Roy M. Newman
Visi
Boston
Walter Powers
Perry Beals
Robinhood
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alfred J. Rows
John Grindell
Oak Cemetery
Creorgetown
Rowe
Jackson F. Hrrford
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, D.C
Harford
Washington
Cedar Hill Chapel
Joseph Lane
Roy Newman
William A. Todd
Stes Cunningham
Walter E. Reid
Emmons
I of Selectmen
Georgetown
Edward Emmons
Man's Body Identified as a Flood Victim
The body of a 29 year old man found in the Kennebec River marsh near Lee's Island was identified by his wife at Curtis funeral home. Identification rested on a leather elbow pad on his sweater and a distinctive belt buckle. He was one of three men swept to their deaths during a freshet on March 20, 1936.
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Lee's Island
Kennebec River
Charles W. Messenger
Loring D. Small
Curtis Funeral Home
Robert Maxwell Coolen
Green Street
Topsham
Coolen
Richmond
Thomas Coolen
Pejepscot Paper Co
Andraseogein
Topsiam
Donald McKay
Simpson Island
Androscogein River
Trueworthy
Brunswick Road
Eand Bourassa
Coplen
Lisbon Falls
Bathauld
Fire in Georgetown blueberry pasture blazes 25 acres
Elbridge Powers of Robin Hood Georgetown reports burning about 15 acres of a blueberry patch at Flying Point on Monday morning. The fire spread to junipers and scrub trees over 25 to 30 acres but was contained by afternoon with help from bystanders. The smoke was visible from Bath Woolwich and Popham Beach coast guard station.
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Elbridge Powers
Robinhowl
Georgetown
Flying Point
Powers
Bath
Woolwich
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Famous City of Bangor Steamer Nears End in Boston Harbor
In East Boston the City of Bangor, last relic of the Boston to Bangor steamship line, awaits disposal. The owner considers towing her out to sea to scuttle, or wrecking funds may be allocated, as decades of service fade. Built 1893 she carried 425 passengers and 69 in the dining saloon, once a symbol of a bustling era on the Boston Maine route.
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Boston
Donald MacKay
Boston-o-Bangor
WPA
Bangor
Eastern Steamship Lines
East Boston
Wiliam McKie
Federal Dock
Boston Harbor
Otis Ingram
Prince Albert
Calvin Austin
Maine
Queen City
Penobscot
Portland
Legislator
Connecticut
Boston & Bangor Steamship Company
New York
America
Fastern Steamship
Christian Science Monitor
Ducheu Offenders Ducked in Ohio River in Early Days
In Cincinnati’s early days, men who broke the law were often subjected to vigilante action. They would ceremoniously duck offenders in the Ohio River, reflecting rough frontier justice and local social enforcement of order.
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Cincinnell
Ohio River
Five Islands News Roundup of Local Visits and Puzzles
Mrs Lettle Harford returned from Quincy with her son Branwell and Mrs Harford, her niece Evelyn Magro joined them for the weekend. Bath visitors included Mrs William Belanger and daughter Nola, and Bath residents J G Stevens, Iva and Rudolph Pinkham. A pheasant visits homes daily and Boy Scouts meet next Saturday at 9:30. A heavy gale Sunday caused dust and rattling windows before calming at sunset.
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Lettle Harford
Quincy
Mass
Branwell
Grove
T'S
Iva
Rudolph Pinkham
Bath
George Laskey
Robinhood
Five Islands
J. Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Alonzo MacMahan
Mr. MacMahan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Horace Fo Wade
Wiscasset
Raymond Belanger
James T. MacMahan
BE. B. Knight
Leonor Knight
Stevens
Cambridge
Everett Reid
Sherman Campbell
Ioan Pinkham
Frank Potter
Alonzo Tolbodeanu
Seavnnland
Camarincotta
Fred Potter
Velma Parson
Bay Point
Ambrose Thibodeau
Seguinland
Obituary: Almon L. Johnson dies at 73 in Portland
Word has been received of the death on February 21 of Almon L. Johnson of Portland eldest son of the late Capt Abner Johnson and Lorana Wallace. Born June 6 1848 at Phippsburg he attended business college in Portland and later worked for his father in a lobster business. He later ran a brokerage in Dusides until retirement after a shock confined him to home with his daughter Mrs Fred Spring of Woodfords. A 32nd degree Mason he held many offices in Atlantic Lodge and the DeMolay. Survived by brother Abner C Johnson of Bath two daughters Mrs Faith Sprite and Mrs Repe Sherman, two sons Edward and Amery Bail, and two stalwarts with many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at his Woodfords home conducted by Rev CG Hazel of Congress Street ME Church. Evergreen cemetery, Woodfords.
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Ethel Rankins
Mabelle Crillen
North Front Street
Gardner Street
George Wren
Marjorie Lord
Bath
Chester Foster
Mansir House
Chestnut Street
North End
Foster
Fred Pecci
Janice Martha
Wren
Rebecca Rogers
Elizabeth Kelley
Pleasant View Farm
Raymond Libby
Oscar Smith
Bowdoin College
John McCormick
Stanwood
Richmond
Lyte Lint
Mabel Price
Gardiner
T. J. Southard
Edward Jack
Paul Jack
Portland
Edward Hall
Laura Stilphen
Main Street
Cedar Grove
Nettle Randlette
Herbert Edgecomb
Edith Edgecomb
Goerhem
Carrie McKenney
Marion McKenney
Brunswick
Front
George Thompson
Lexington
Mass
Charles Thompson
A.D. Page
Masonic Lodge
Augusta
Farm Bureau
Progressive Grange Hall
F. D Meacham
Ruth Lane
E. O. Tarr
Dorothea Lammers
Finchburg
L. H. Lamoreau
Sportsmen's Association
Paul Roberts
James Carr
Frank Sherman
Rifle Club
Wesley Webber
Clyde McFee
Treaster
Norms Sidelinger
Tris Little
Leutenant
Charles Alexander
Richard Grindle
South Berwick
Darrell Badger
Bridgeport
Attieboro
Alice Given
Marie Given
Bowdoinham
Grace Ellis
Auburnn
John A. Spittell
Linwood Castner
Arthur Adams
Joseph Perry
Suncook
N. H
Charles Deehan
Daugher Mary
Amesbury
Perry
Deehan
Elizabeth Hurley
Harland McCobb
Dresden
Willis Lane
Bates College
Carlton MecCook
Leoshe Watson
Chicago
Frank Stetson
Edna Lane
Litchfield
George E. Ames
Courtneys Flinn
Beverly Hill
Calif
Ames
Fitchburg
California
Mr Ames
James and
Courtneys
Sparks! Ames
Brighton
Falmouth Paper Co
Luella (Thayer) Ames
John Flinn
Melville Ames
Newton
Charles Ames
Dover
Beverly Hills
Chiartes Ames
N.H
Whitingsville
Mr. Ames
Cworge Ames
Courtney ‘Sparks! Ames
Rose (Savage) Ames
Jennie
Pen
Dover, N. Hy
Newton, Mass
Almon L. Johnson
Abner
Lorana Wallace
Phippesburg
Phippsbuys
Dusides
Dua
Fred Spring
Woodfords
Johnson
Maofey
Athantic Lodge
Tle
Ladeils
Greetent
Chaypier Royal Arch
St Alban
Couvnandery
Knights Templar
Braumawil
Killehite
Pythiae
Canagress Street
M. EO
Porthod
Adair I. Marston
Lynn
Wirte
Margaret FE Masterton
Porthland
Abner Co Johnson
Eaith Sprite
Repe Sherman
Edward Ff
Amery Bail
Odus
Waoodfords
CG. Hazeldiv Osbourne
The
Congress
Athantit Lodae Po
A Mo
Willard Kraight
Thomas Doushins
Arthur Manchester
Towell Woodbury
Herman Das Insermient
Evergreen Cemetery
Hog Bristle Trade Term Chu Chang In Hotu China
In Hotu China natives call hog bristle chu chang as bristles are scraped from hogs and beaten with sticks to knock out the 10 Ulin, a detail from local brush-making practices.
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Hotu
China
Wife of Elmer McFarland Dies At 32 In Bath
Dorice Bennett McFarland 32 wife of Elmer F McFarland died Friday at 5 20 pm at their Bath home after a brain operation in Boston City Hospital on Jan 4 She was born Sept 14 1904 in Sanford daughter of Myron E Bennett and Florence Bennett She was a popular figure in Bath known for House of Chang Kennels and Maine sport circles as an outboard motor boat racer She taught school in Salon and West Paris before marriage on Sept 2 1933 Survived by husband two sons Roy and Frank Dresden and Herbert Tily Woolwich daughter Mrs Herbert Delon Woolwich three brothers Joe R Bath Herman P Dresden Harley S Lilly Dresden one sister Miss Edith Lilly Dresden
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Dorice Bennett McFarland
Elmer F. McFarland
Mechanic Street
Boston City Hospital
Bath
Sanford
Myron E. Bennett
Florence Bennett
Boston
Madison
Wis
Miss Bennett
Maine
Salon
Paris
Masonic Lodge of
Dresden
Modern Woodmen of Americaie
Roy and
Frank
Herbert Tily
Woolwich
Herbert Delon
Joe R
Herman ‘P
Harley S. Lilly
Edith Tilly
Albert A. St. Pierre Dies in Lewiston Hospital
Albert A. St. Pierre a 62 year old music teacher long known in the city died Sunday morning at St. Marie's General hospital Lewiston after being moved there Saturday night ill with pneumonia He was born in Brunswick on May 4 1884 a son of Louis and Josephine Luwarra St. Pierre He closed his Quality Shop opinewears proprietorship a year ago Surviving are his widow Maude his mother a daughter Camille a brother Alexis and a sister Mrs Clayburn C Rich all of Brunswick A son Leo died March 15 1935 from wounds received in a Harpsvil camp when a rifle discharged in a companion's hands
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Alber
Alfred St. Pierre
St. Marie's General Hospital
Lewiston
Brunswick
Louis
Josephine Luwarra
St. Pierre
Alexis
Clayburn C Rich
Auburn
Leo
Mrs Mary E Oliver dies after short illness at daughter’s home
Mrs Mary E Oliver age 80 widow of John H Oliver of Bath died Thursday afternoon at the Portland home of her daughter Mrs William Poertner after a long illness. She was born in Topsham and had lived in Bull for many years. She leaves several sons and daughters and many grandchildren.
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Mary E. Oliver
John H. Oliver
Bath
William Poertner
Forest Avenue
Portland
Oliver
Topsham
Bull
Forum
Peeriner
New McFiudden
George Kilgore
Rumford
Harold Oliver
Brookis
P Row
Hiratferd Cann
Maurice Oliver
Bash
Obituary Notice for John B. Olilly of Woolwich
John B. Olilly died Thursday. Born in Dresden, he was the son of Joseph and Margaret Lally. He lived in Woolwich after moving from his native town, and his family residence was listed in Sagadahoc County records.
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Bapitie
Marian
Sagadahoc Ferry
Dresden
Joseph
Margaret Lally
Wil Wisite
Anlsts Reges den
Woolwich
Resident of Hamilton Dies in City at Daughter's Home
Jessie J Margadant 63 wife of Capt A W Margadant of Hamilton Ohio died Tuesday afternoon at her daughter's home Mrs George H Thorburn Jr 1083 Washington Street while visiting since New Year’s Eve She was a descendant of early Holyoke Mass settlers and a lifelong Universalist She sang as soloist in Cincinnati and Hamilton churches Survived by daughter sister five grandchildren funeral set Saturday afternoon at 29 Milkin Street with Rev George H Thorburn officiating assisted by Rev H Nea Kerst D D
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Jessie J. Margadant
A.W. Margadant
Hamilton
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Washington Street
First Universalist Church
Jess
Murgadant
Holyoke
Mass
Welles
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Universalist Ii
Margadant
Free Synagogue
Unity Universalist Church
Funeral held for Charles W. Pratt at Greenwood Mountain
Funeral services were held for Charles W. Pratt who died Friday at home on Gobb Road. Rev. Harley A. Shattuck officiated at Beacon Street church. Bearers from T W Hyde camp Sons of Union Veterans included George Melzaid Seth Stewart and others. Burial followed at Woodland Cemetery in Freeport.
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John A. Spittell
Attleboro. Mass
Roberts Funeral Rooms
Richmond
Rev. C. Leavens Eldridge
Harvey Spittel Pranz Hutchins
John Parker
Joseph Bragg
Charles W. Pratt
Western Maine
Greenwood Mountain
Gobb Road
Harley
Beacon Street
T W Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veto
Mr. Pratt
George Mele Zaid
Seth Stewart
Lloyd L. Hooker
Joseph Dax
Vernon W. Miller
Charome
Miss Meaveland's Funeral Rites Noted In Parish Records
Fragmented obituary item lists a funeral service for Mrs Dorien Beenie and names several individuals and addresses, including Wis Mondas and Vecchi Street, with unclear roles. The readable fragments suggest a local church ceremony and attendance by family members.
Community Service Aide Laid To Rest In New Brunswick
A local obituary notes the service for Robert M. Cugten at Priv Pistiew cemetery after a funeral in Brunswick. The service was conducted by Reverend Bacon Christian of the Universand.
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Robert M. Cugten
Lee's Island
Arth i Priv Pistiew
Brunswick Rey Bacon Christian
The
Universand
Brunswick
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EO. Tarr
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Hallowell
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Elmer McFarland
Albert A. ST. Pierre
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