Richmond News Briefs Highlight War News and Local Events
Sgt. Ernest Gonier Jr mails a Japan call to his mother, priced at four dollars per minute, while Sgt. Glenwood Crosby nears home from Japan after serving at Jimmachi. Community notices cover DAR card party, grange meetings, farm bureau talks on Better Meals for Less Money, and student council cheerleader fund drive. Personal items list visitors, travels, and social events across Richmond, Gardiner, and nearby towns with Flower Show attendance and local post duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gonier Jr
Korea
Japan
Ernest Gonier
Water Street
Gonier
Sgt. Gonier
Augusta
Glenwood Crosby
Luther Crosby
Honolulu
11Th Airborne
Jimmachi
Amy Bradley
D. of A.V
C.W
Ethel Rankins
Annie Hamlin
Fort Richmond
Dar
Harold Bates
North Front Street
Harold Ames
Romeo Bellevance
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Legion Home
Richmond Farm Bureau
Methodist Church Parish House
Bery Barton
RHS
Sadie Hawkins
Foster Beach
Enterprise Grange
Harold Jones
Roy Chadbourne
Harland Harrington
Grange
Ladies Aid
Skowhegan
Sagadahoc
Death Notices for Mrs. Julia Houdlette in Gardiner
Mrs Julia Houdlette died Saturday at Leighton Rest Home Gardiner widow of Henry H Houdlette born Dresden February 15 1862 daughter of Sewall and Joanna Houdlette Richmond has been her home for fifty years Several cousins survive Funeral services were Monday afternoon from Roberts Funeral Rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Houdlette
Pleasant Street
Leighton Rest Home
Gardiner
Henry H. Houdlette
Dresden
Sewall
Joanna Houdlette
Richmond
Roberts Funeral Rooms
Mrs Clara M Alexander Dies at Home in Richmond
Mrs Clara M Alexander wife of Llewellyn M Alexander died Wednesday at her Chestnut Street home after weeks of illness. Private funeral Thursday. bearers were George Yeaton Cleveland Marriner Mayford Morris and Jay Alexander. Burial in Richmond cemetery. Born April 16 1867 in town she lived there lifelong and was a Baptist. Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Mattie E Roberts and cousin Mrs Ora Yeaton of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara M. Alexander
Llewellyn M. Alexander
Chestnnut Street
George Yeaton
Cleveland Marriner
Mayford Morris
Jay Alexander
Richmond Cemetery
Alexander
Orin
Minerva Curtis Shepard
of the Baptist Church
Mattie E Roberts
Richmond
Ora Yeaton
Bowdoinham
Cocaine Plant Cultivation Echoes Tea Farming in South America
A report notes that the cocaine plant is grown and harvested in a manner similar to tea farming across South American regions, highlighting agricultural parallels and regional practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Measles Disrupt Local Meetings and Spring News
The town reports an epidemic of measles and mumps halting Working League meetings until further notice. Spring arrives with snow squalls and robins. election of firemen officers at Five Islands includes Elmer Tibbetts and others. School spring vacation set for March 25 to April 4 due to illness. Fire department responds to a chimney fire at Allan Bean. A Long list of local residents attend events, visits, and gatherings at Five Islands, Robinhood, and nearby homes, with notes on old Riggs store and local coin discoveries during renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
Robins
Five Islands
Elmer Tibbetts
Harry Heald
Joseph Higgins
Roy Clark
John Blackie
John Williams
Robinhood
Rachel
Little Nell
Allan Bean
Farm Bureau
Russell Pinkham
Riggs
Benjamin Riggs
Riggsville
Ralph Reynolds
Woolwich
Roland Peterson
Portland
Miss Liberty
Former teacher and coach makes an enviable record
John E Madden of Plattsburg New York a former Morse High School teacher coach completed his first season as head basketball coach at Champlain College in 1946 posting a strong early record. He built a wide intramural program and guided a freshman sophomore squad to steady improvement including wins over Middlebury Norwich Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Madden also plans to assist with spring baseball duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Madden
Plattsburg
John E Madden
Bath
Morse High School
Champlain College
Providence College
Madden
Morse
Maine
New York
Champlain
Bluejay Cagers
Middlebury
Vermont
Norwich
Clarkson
St. Lawrence
Morse Students Win Speaking Honors
Morse high seniors Richard Hersom Agnes Hall and Joan Parsons won top three places in the Second Annual Junior Senior Speaking Contest sponsored by the Lions Wheel of Bath. Hersom earned 25 dollars for The Tell Tale Heart while Hall received 15 dollars for The Highwayman and Parsons 10 dollars for Mr Parcher and Love. Judges were Supt Leon Spinney Mrs Harold Littlefield and Stanwood Gilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hersom
Morse
Agnes Hall
Joan Parsons
Lungr Wheel of Bath
Hersom
Sia
Miss Hall
Miss Parsons
Parcher
Love
Jinorr Wheel
Charles T Small
Scho
Leon P Spinney
Brunswick
Harold T. Littlefield
Topsham
Stanwood
Funeral for George Alfred Nelson Held at Curtis Home
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for George Alfred Nelson from the Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Joseph O. Purdue officiating. Bear ers were Karcher Jackson, Edwin Lowell, Bert Lonn and Cyril Varney. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alfred Nelson
Curtis Funeral Home
Joseph O. Purdue
Karcher Jackson
Edwin Lowell
Bert Lonn
Cyril Varney
Oak Grove Cemetery
Five Islands Club Meeting Notes And Local Updates
At the Good Neighbor club weekly gathering eleven members attended with reports of supplies for Red Cross dressings and plans for a summer sale. Birthdays, local fishing, measles precautions, fire department elections, siren readiness, church services, and community visits fill a busy local bulletin.
Fire Destroys Home on Pleasant Avenue
A fire at 4 Pleasant Avenue heavily damaged the two story wood dwelling of Stanley F. Cothran and family. Harold Cothran said burning oil from a flooded heater in the living room ignited the room, prompting an alarm at 10:25. Firemen prevented spread to upstairs, caused smoke damage, insured furniture, no building coverage. two dogs rescued and revived after smoke inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Avenue
Stanley F. Cothran
Famiry
Harold Cothran
Stanley
Richard Frates
Box 218
Middle
Washbur Street
Reacms
Frates
Cothran
Past Presidents of Cosmo Club Honored at Meeting
Past presidents were honored at the Cosmopolitan club annual meeting with a special table at the banquet. Attendees included Mrs. Paul G. Bagdikian, Mrs. Bond Chubbuck, Mrs. Carl F. Pierce, Mrs. Wallace Ham, Mrs. Granville Colby, and Miss Margaret Foote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Paul G. Bagdikian
Bond Chubbuck
Carl F. Pierce
Wallace Ham
Granville Colby
Margaret Foote
Ernest Avery
William Dennison
Ira Nadine
Bath
Franz Schubert
Bert MacKenzie
Orono
The
Order of Eastern Star
Orono Women’s Club
Norumbega Club
Bangor
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Maine and General Federation of Women’s Club
General Federation
MacKenzie
Portland
Oregon
Alaska
Unon
Frederick Moffatt
Charles T Small, Jr
Edward Brown
Harold V. Fish
Ada Greenblatt
Alice Ramsay
Arthur Burgess
Lyman Betts
Arthur Eseley
Recent Real Estate Transfers Across Sagadahoc County
List of recent deeds recorded by Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds shows transfers of land and buildings in Bath Bowdoin Bathwick Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham and Bowdoinham. Names include Spicer Williams Wy man McIntosh Spinney Taylor Rollins and Garland among others with transfers on multiple streets and properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds
H. T. Stevens
Bath
Thomas E. Spicer
Laurel A. Williams
Edward Street
Rosario J. Tardif
Russell Street
Lawrence W. Wyman
Phillip E. Wyman
High Street
Bowdoin
John H. Sweeney
Abner B. L. McIntosh
Herbert Higgins, Jr
Russell D. Higgins
Bowdoinham
Evelyn F. Mce-Ewen
Ruth L. McEwen
Georgetown
Fred P. Taylor
Evelyn Taylor Hagan
Ethel H. Robbins
Herman A. Spinney
Fred P Taylor
Donald L. Avery
Phippsburg
Clarence E. Wallace
Obituary of Warren S. Rines 75 of Bath
Warren S. Rines 75 died Saturday at his Bath home after years of illness. Born October 16, 1873 in Bath, he was the son of John and Amanda Wall Rines. A Bath Iron Works employee, he lost a leg in a plant accident about 40 years ago and was homebound since. Survived by wife Katie, two daughters Mrs. William Morrell Gardiner and Mrs. John Pagurko Bath, two brothers John Rines Bath and Albert Amesbury, Mass., four sisters Mrs. Edwin Russell Whitefield, Mrs. Fred Glidden North Weymouth Mass, Mrs. Lester Munsey and Mrs. Maurice Oliver Bath. three grandsons, nine granddaughters, and several great-grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren S. Rines
High Street
Bath
John and
Amanda Wall Rines
Rines
Bath Iron Works
Katie Rines
William Morrell
Gardiner
John Pagurko
John Rines
Albert
Amesbury
Mass
Edwin Russell
Whitefield
Fred Glidden
North Weymouth
Lester Munsey
Maurice Oliver
Printer Leroy L. Marsh Dies After Local Fall in Maine
Leroy L. Marsh aged 65 died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a fall at a local hotel broke his neck. A printer by profession, he worked on Maine newspapers and recently with the Times. Residing in Bath eight years, he is survived by his wife of Lewiston, daughter Mary, and son Donald L. Marsh. Mass was held Tuesday at St. Mary's Church and burial followed in Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy L. Marsh
Memorial Hospital
Marsh
Maine
The
Times
Bath
Bowdeinham
Lewiston
Mary
Donald L. Marsh
St. Mary's Church
Bowdoinham
Francis M. Murray Dies After Ill Health in City
Francis M. Murray of this city died Wednesday morning after years of ill health. Born in Bath on June 30, 1919, he was the son of Mrs. Morris W. Potter and the late John J. Murray. He attended Bath public schools and belonged to Beacon Street Methodist church. Survived by his mother and one brother, Prof. John J. Murray of Indiana University. Funeral from Curtis Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Murray
Bath
Morris W. Potter
John J. Murray
Murray
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Warren S. Rines Funeral Service Held This Afternoon
The funeral for Warren S. Rines was held this afternoon at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Arvid Anderson of Corliss Street Church officiating. Members bearing the casket were William Morrell Linwood Boardman John Pagurko Steve Pagurko Joseph Rines and Frank Pagurko. Burial follows in the family plot at Rummeil Cemetery in Wiscasset. The article notes a historical note about soap factories dating to ancient Pompeii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren S. Rines
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Arvid Anderson
Corliss Street Church
William Morrell
Linwood Boardman
John Pagurko
Steve Pagurko
Joseph Rines
Frank Pagurko
Rummeil
Wiscasset
Italian wallpaper origins traced to early 1500s
Researchers link wallpaper development to Italy in the early 16th century, noting stylistic and production techniques that influenced later European interior decor. The finding situates wallpaper's emergence amid Renaissance artistic innovation and trade across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
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Enterprise
Ladies Aid of Enterprise Grange
Dora Marriner
Darrah Street
Lawrence Bond
Raymond Curtis
Maurice Sullivan
John Hurley
Paul Roberts
Girl Scout Committee
Edith Harwood
Stanley Frost
North Richfield
Wash
Jane Whalen
Roy Spear
Hallowell
Roy Nichols
Charles F. Lewis
Wellesley
Lewis
Fred Lewis
Front Street
Boston
Philip Dinsmore
South Gardiner
Chestnut Street
Maude Mooney
River Road
George Hoyt
Nellie Thomas
Vincent Dunning
Randolph
Florence Watson
C. B. Kennedy
Jack Chambers
Thornton Heights
Georgia Doddridge
James Coty
Belgrade
John Thrower
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Earl Vannah
Litchfield
Horace Huntington
George Wren
Harold Richardton
Thomaston
Jesse Haley
Will Necaire
Auburn
Jennie Broderick
Russell Perry
Gerry
Ernest Williams
Robert Sommer
Rodney Little
Bingham
Mabel Mott
Millinocket
Ernest Hodgkins
Center Street
Harland C. Joyce
Mechanics Building
Norma Hodgkins
Telephone Company
Ise
SEPCO
Uapcc
Gantees
CO Ns
Central Waine Powerompany
CMP
Alonzo Thibodeau
Florida
Seguinland
Lynn
J. R. Blackie
Stanley Lewis
Thomas Watson
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Woodrow Gray
Rebecca Weeks
Howard Heald
Belle Heald
Walter Cummings
William A. Todd
Harry L. Horne
J. H. Brown
West Newton
Addie Moulton
Ralph Davis
Dorothy W. Stuart
Nettie Gray
Langdon Green
Hugh Rockwell
Clarina Michelson
Harold J Brown
Outland
Ralph. Davis
Davis
Vernon FE. Gray
Faith Powers
George Powers
Mark Hanna
Harold J. Brown
William Bisseth
Barbara Peart
Roy Finch
New York City
Marjorie Rockwell
Rockwell
Florence MaGee
Everett
Peterson
MaGee
Louise Peterson
Oak Grove School
Edward Clarey
Gray Home
Inner Wheel
George Nelson
Good Neighbor Club
Red Cross
Arthur Nelson, Jr
William S. Farr
Georgetown Center
Bean Hamp
Dennis Moore
USAAF
Germany
Moore
Irving Hanna
U.S.N
Cuba
Philadelphia
Penn
Accie Moulton
Dorothy Lewis
Maurice Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Howard W. Chase
Howard, Jr
Freeport
Franklin Koehlwetter
Helen
Bryant Pond
Leo Carey
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
North Street
Cosmo Club
Progressive Union
Stanley B. Martin
Edmond Bernier
Calixe J. Bernier
Charles E. Colby
George A. Sprague
Blaise E. Gamache
John D. Smith
West Bath
Herbert T. Whitlam
Samuel L. Armstrong
Georgie M. R. Walker
John G. Morse
Forrest B. Potter
Robert J. Warren
Warren E. Rines
Pompeii
Christ
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Washington Street
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