Richmond High School Opens With Noted Ceremony
Richmond unveils a new three story red brick high school with Dunham heating and Univent ventilation. Principal Ivan M. Richardson and a staff of teachers assume roles as rooms, library, assembly hall and laboratories are described in detail. Fire drills, local notices and weddings follow in the town chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rishmond High School
Aoray
Augustus O
New High School
R. H
Dunham
Parent-Teacher Association
Amy Bradley
Ivan M. Richardson
Arabella L. Allen
Cora Chaplin
Caroline F. Coleson
Local Visitors Share News and Weekend Callers
Edward Libby buys a new Chevrolet truck and visits Hallowell with Charlie Knight. Wallace Baker, in South Gardiner, weekends at his mother Vera Merserve's. Harry Tarr returns from Gardiner hospital for a Sunday at home. Clyde Starbird of Bowdoin visits sister Leila Gilbert. Ida Oliver of Portland visits sister Mrs. Tarr. Giles Manwaring of Litchfield visits town. John Church of Augusta calls at Charlie Cobb's. Willard Lane visits Lewiston Friday. Frederick Douglas of Bowdoinham visits Charlie Cobb's. Elmer Purinton attends Litchfield grange Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Soodane
George Wrenc
Alexander Road
William R. Fairclough
Leon Ladd
Gulf Island
Roscoe Given
Augusta
Given
Georgia Wakefield
Horace Gilpatrick
Fort McKinley
L. W. Grundy
New York
Springfield
Mass
Richard Derby
Winchester
Joseph Alexander
G. B. M. Soule
Leighton Gardner
Center Street
Margaret Peabody
Albert Jordan
Auburn
Adelbert Danforth
Gardiner
John A. Spittell
Franz S. Hutchins
Newton
Walter Burns
Portland
Doris Mosher Rowe
Lannie B. Rowe
Commonwealth Avenue
Sibly Allen Freeman
Leverett N. Freeman
Newton Center
West Indies
Chiswick Park Manor
Brookline
Frank Bishop
Everett Ringcade
Earl Preble
Dresden Mills
Gladys Baker
Front Street
Robert A. Blake
Temple
Harold Stanley
Skowhegan
Richmond Realty Corporation
Harry L. Tarr
Wallace W. Gardner
Margaret B. Peabody
Henry E. Houdlette
John M. Jordan
Richmond
Charles B. Day
Lewiston
Ray Merrifield
Zoe Tyler
Archer Terrill
Edith Blodgett
Frank E. Preble
Edward Libby
Charlie Knight
Hallowell
Libby
Wallace Baker
South Gardiner
Vera Merserve
Harry Tarr
Gardiner Hospital
Clyde Starbird
Bowdoin
Leila Gilbert
Ida Oliver
Giles Manwaring
Litchfield
John Church
Charlie Cobb
Willard Lane
Frederick Douglas
Bowdoinham
Elmer Purinton
Litchfield Grange
Sagadahoc Probate Court in March Session Actions
Judge Walter S. Glidden ruled on wills and executors Tuesday in Sagadahoc probate court second session. Charles S. Given of Topsham proved and allowed his will with Hattie C. Given appointed executrix without bond. Petitions for probate included Eliza W. Lancaster of Bowdoinham with Otis Gray as executor and Augusta A. Simpson of Bath with Herbert L. Simpson. Affidavit of witness to the will filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Charles 5S
Topsham
Hattie C
Eliza W. Lancaster
Bowdeinham
Otis Gray
Augusta A. Simpson
Bath
Herbert L. Simpson
Georgetown News Roundup From Boston To Bath
Georgetown residents learn $2000 road work will start to Little River and Indian Point this spring. Visitors from Portland in a plane circled Bay Point and Sheepcot Bay then returned east. The Christian Endeavor society held a social. sermons focus on Sabbath delight and baptism. The Working League met. Walter Colby may return Easter Sunday. Clam diggers protest nonresidents taking Georgetown flats. Phippsburg may act. Arrowsic bridge news anticipated. local residents returning from hospital and work crews active on wood and sawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Heald
Boston
B. H. Woodside
Bath
Georgetown
Little River
Indian Point
Herman Spinney
Portland
Bay Point
Sheepscot Bay
George Smith
Brunswick Hospital
William O. Oliver
Trafton Knight
Edna Delano
Elbridge Cunningham
Harold Hunt, Jr
Harold Brown
Cumberland
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Baptist Church
Working League
Ferris Leonard
Walter M. Colby
Edgar Warren
Sumner Mains
W. O. Oliver
W. A. Todd
Walter Newdick
Phippsburg
Augusta
Arrowsic Bridge
John E. Oliver
D. L. Pettingill
Frye
Elks Indoor Charity Circus Delights Bath Crowd
The Elks Indoor Charity Circus opened Monday at the Armory for a week drawing a large Bath audience. Clowns, acrobats, wire walkers, and sensational acts led by Great Racine and Mile Marie thrilled spectators with candy, balloons, and ornate booths enhancing the gala event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Armory
Bath
Racine
Flexo
Frog Man
Jim
Jolly Tars
Mile. Marie
Venita
Cortez
Stevens
Estates Filed and Admin Actions for Maine Lands
A series of probate notices listing estates for administration inventories bond filings and accounts across Bath Richmond Topsham Phippsburg and Mill towns. Included are estates of Susan E Wright Jun iata Gardiner Mason Lemont and others with executors administrators and trustees named and petitions and accounts filed or granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 5S
Topsham
William B. Staples
Susan E. Wright
Bath
Blanche E. Dodge
Maggie A. Blackington
William R. Staples
Mason M. Lemont
M. Edith Lemont
Mary E. Kilby
Richmond
William M. Dingley
Frank 8. Bowker
Phippsburg
Walter H. Bowker
Frank M. Bowker
Sarah H. Percy
Joseph B. McCutcheon
Lillian M. Marshall
Etta M. Tedford
George R. Tedford
Clinton C. Gardiner
Juniata M. Gardiner
Lona C. Trott
Howard O. Cunningham
Nellie A. Lundrigan
John Lundrigan
William T. Hall
Lillie M. Leonard
Five Islands Community Notes and Visits
Twenty seven books were given to the grange library by Mr and Mrs T J Hanna with additional donations from Miss Louise Bray and Mrs Arthur Brown. Residents and visitors from Bath Cambridge Hallowell Robinhood and Seguinsland are mentioned along with meetings canceled due to storms and a Y M C A event attended by George and Woodrow Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
T. J. Hanna
Louise Bray
Cambridge
Mass
Arthur Brown
Hallowell
Woodrow Gray
Bath
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
Philip Campbell
Mark Hanna
Forest Hanna
Bay Point
Charles Hanna
A. P. Reed
George Gray
Woodrow
Obituary of Ernest C. Davis of Bath at 69
Ernest C. Davis, 69, of Bath died in Lynn Massachusetts after a long illness while visiting family. Born June 12 1860 in Harpswell he worked at Torrey Reller Bushing Works since 1887 for nearly 42 years. He leaves wife Jennie A. Davis two sons Clare Lynn and Carroll E. Davis Bath a daughter Mrs Plummer Albee Lynn a granddaughter Freda Tyler Bath and brother Irving Davis Garnet. The body will return to Bath Wednesday morning with funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at Curtis funeral parlors Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest C. Davis
Bath
Lynn
Mass
Torrey Reller Bushing Works
Harpswell
Charles
Mary Davis
Jennie A. Davis
Clare
Carroll E. Davis
Plummer Aljbee
Freda Tyler
Irving Davis
Garnet
Curtis Funeral
Center Street
Elizabeth Morse 65 died after long illness in Parker Head
Elizabeth E Morse wife of Elbridge W Morse died early Tuesday at home in Parker Head after a long illness. Born in Bath to Thomas and Rachel Small she lived in Parker Head over 20 years. A Baptist church member and member of Pownal and Bodwell granges she leaves her husband a daughter Mrs Elmer Tibbetts of Beachmont Mass a brother Charles T Small and a sister Mrs Joshua Tibbetts of Bath. Funeral Thursday at one at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Emma J. Spear
Boynton Street
Spear
Cotton’s Cemetery
Artell A. Spear
William Sullivan
Jennie Whale
Elizabeth E. Morse
Elbridge W. Morse
Parker Head
Bath
Thomas
Rachel M. Small
North Yarmouth
Baptist Church
Winnegance
Pownal and
Bodwell
Elmer Tibbetts
Beachmont
Mass
Charles T. Small
Joshua Tibbetts
A J Dobson Funeral Held Privately at Home
The funeral of Andrew J. Dobson was held private Tuesday afternoon at his parents home 1202 Washington street officiated by Rev Edwin D Hardin of Winter Street church Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Dobson
Harry E. Dobson
Washington Street
Edwin D. Hardin
Winter Street
Oak Grove
Church League Governing Board Sets Championship Dates
The Governing Committee approved Bea con vs Central for March 13 16 with a potential third game March 20 at 8 p m. Preliminaries start by 7 p m to finish before the final. Edwin E Pinson presided in the president's absence. Mrs Lucy Pike ends 15 years with Senter store Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
Central
Edwin E. Pinson
League
Lucy Pike
Turner Court
Brunswick
Bridge Proposal Tells Richmond Dresden Need For State Toll Span
About 100 residents from Richmond and Dresden urged the Ways and Bridges committee to build a state owned toll bridge over the Kennebec River linking the towns. Proponents argued the $260000 project would pay for itself in about 26 years and improve shipping, tourism, and emergency access amid ferries and limited crossing windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Richmond
Dresden
Ways and Bridges
Senate Chamber
Canada
White Mountains
Poland Springs
Wiscasset
Rockland
Islands
George A. Hawkes
State Highway Department
Hawkes
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath
Victor Carey
John Mayers
Harold Houdlette
Bond
Lincoln County
Ways and Bridges Committee
State Highway Commission
Youngest Maine member earns fifth degree at Woolwich Grange
Woolwich grange met Wednesday with a Longfellow program and celebrated two birthdays. Miss Ruth Hodgdon was cited as the youngest Maine member to take the sixth degree and possibly the state’s youngest lady assistant steward. Gifts, cake, and coffee followed, with songs, a Longfellow sketch, piano solo, reading from Excelsior, and “Jingle Bells.” A white elephant sale proceeds fund new singing books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ruth Hodgdon
Wilmer Sutter
Hodgdon
Fred Soule
Maine
Louise Grover
Henry W. Longfellow
John Carter
Longfellow
Rachel Hodgdon
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeks Meeting on Sewing Screens
Nequasset Farm Bureau met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Joseph Bigeins tea room near the Woolwich end of the bridge. Committee members served a dinner. Thirty one attended including ten visitors. Next meeting April 6 at Mrs Costello P Hall Woolwich with Miss Hortense Welsh in charge. Father and Son banquets at Bath Y M C A show rising attendance from 227 in 1926 to 275 in 1928. Leviathan docks in Cherbourg twelve hours late after storm. four passengers slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Joseph Bigein
Woolwich
Bridge
Lincoln Houdlette
Wilson Wright
J. W. Brown
Hortense Welsh
Costello P. Hall
Rachel Gilmore
Bath Y. M. C. A
Cherbourg
France
Leviathan
Maine Represented In States Festival In Florida
Maine will be represented at the Festival of the States in St. Petersburg Florida next Monday. A recent card party cleared over 85 dollars toward a float for the parade. Nearly all Bath residents in St. Petersburg attended the event with Hon John H Stacey and Mrs Stacey. The Staceys and Mr and Mrs Harry B Sawyer also spent an evening at Lake Wales during a Florida motor trip with Mr and Mrs Newell of Massachusetts. They plan to return by April 9 reaching Popham Beach late April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bath
John H. Stacey
Popham
Stacey
Harry B. Sawyer
Lake Wales
Florida
Morse Team Loses to Brunswick High in Close Relay
The Morse high fliers dropped a tight relay to Brunswick high at Bowdoin interscholastics on Saturday afternoon, losing by about two yards. Captain Barker of Morse would have sealed victory if not sidelined by a bad ankle. Paul Hart led off for Morse, with Arthur MacDonald recovering from a deficit to overtake, but Hibbert Norton and Merritt Trott could not hold Brunswick's Hill, who nosed ahead at the final handoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Brunswick High
Bowdoin
Hibbert Norton
Norton
Merritt Trott
Hill
Brunswick
Capt. Barker
Nichols and family sail to Bermuda for month trip
F B Nichols of The Times and Independent left Thursday to stay with his daughter Mrs Paul K Niven in Belmont Massachusetts. He joined Mrs Nichols who left Bath Monday and together they sailed from New York Saturday for a month's trip to Bermuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nichols
The
Times and Independent
Paul K. Niven
Belmont
Mass
Nichols
Bath
New York
Bermuda
Ind-Tech Bath Firm Reports Liabilities and Surplus
D M Humphreys and Co agents in Bath Maine announce total liabilities and surplus totaling 7 546 766 76 dollars in a financial notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Humphreys & CO
Bath
Maine
U. Vu
Norwich Union
Pacer Ees
Tees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Prebie
Stanely Marr
Waterville
Joseph Houdlette
Frank A. Beedle
Mayford Morris
North Front Street
Ellen Eastman
Richmond Corner
Glidden
Portland School of Beauty Culture
Congress Street
Forest
Portland, Maine
Elks’ Charity
L. H. Rowe
Arthur Berry
Five Islands
F. W. Hovey
F. P. Carr
Hartley Harley
A. L. Berry
Donald Stevens
Char
Hanna
Everett Stevens
Walter Powers
Everett Higgins
Mr. Oliver
J. G. Stevens
A. J. Dobson Funeral
Church League Governing Board
L. F
Atwood
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Chevrolei
Bedan
Flint, Mich
Atlantic Motor Co., Inc
Damariscotta
O. M. McKown
Boothbay Harbor
Turner & Gilpatrick
Richmond-Dresden
State House
Nequasset Farm
Breau
MORSE
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