Richmond Club Notes and Community Happenings
Dorcas society met with Mrs Guy Farley and a birthday party honored Mrs Addie Saunders on her 82nd birthday at home Saturday. Paula Adams celebrated her eighth birthday with a Saturday party and gifts. Phyllis Strout helped serve as guests listed. The third annual Hobby Show comes to Methodist parish house Thursday and Friday with awards for best children's and adult hobbies. Mt Carmel chapter OES will meet Thursday. Richmond Lions host Ladies Night at M E church dining hall with King Lions presenting travel bell. Guests include Philip Densmore Senator George Brown and Rep Joseph McGillicuddy. April 14 invites Augusta and Brunswick clubs. Past Noble Grands night held with Beulah Rebekah lodge. carnations and flowers presented. Richmond Sportsmen's Association banquet featured Sagadahoc Rod and Gun club guests. Gerry Wade spoke with pictures. Enterprise Orange Ladies aid met with refreshments served. Clothing drives urged for Britain with locations listed. Savoie and Gomier left for Portland with Sagadahoc county selective service quota. farewell party and gifts given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas Society
Guy Farley
Addie F. Saunders
Paula Adams
Phyllis Strout
Janet Sidelinger
Priscilla Mewley
Helen Jewett
Shirley McKennon
Raymond Bouditch
Donald McKennon
Ralph and
Dickey Strout
Mt. Carmel
O.E.S
Richmond Lions Club
M. E. Church
King Lions
Brunswick Club
Philip Densmore
Richmond
George V. Brown
Caribou
Joseph H. McGillicuddy
Houston
Augusta
Brunswick
McGillicuddy
Lion Samuel F. Dorrance
Senator Brown
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Hazel Gardner
Frances White
Goldie Williams
Lillian Johnson
Cora Conley
Minnie Foster
Cora Osborne
Margaret Nelson
Maude Young
Mina Floyd
Ethel Pinkham
Lake Card
Viola Douglass
Italy Mansir
Viola James
Flora Denham
Beatrice Webber
Pauline Gilpatrick
Lara Douglass
R. R. Capen
John Perkins
Topsham
Walter Harris
Gardiner
Charles Head
Newcastle
Gerry Wade
William Donnell
Bath
Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of
Maine
Library sale to aid Red Cross sewing machine fund
Five Islands Library panel hosts a two to four afternoon sale of home cooked foods candy and cornballs at the library hall with proceeds supporting a sewing machine for Red Cross work. Friday’s hall meeting drew many volunteers and a covered dish meal was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Fire Department
Good Neighbor Club
Furber Davis
Roland Wilkins
Miss Alice Wilkins
North Jay
William Marr
Rose Wilkins
Roland
Alice
Francis Bacon
South Sudbury
Mass
Boston
William L. Berry
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Bath
Westport Town Meeting Praised as Democracy at Work
A Bath Independent letter defends the Westport Town Meeting as democratic despite claims of party sponsorship. It credits Amos Knight and Ordway Lewis for their work, notes petitions and voter action, and affirms the power of the ballot and the enduring phrase government of the people by the people for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Westport
Republican Party
Amos Knight
Dem
Ordway Lewis
United States
United States of America
Perfect Attendance Named At South Street School
Miss Eleanor M. Ferguson reports perfect attendance for the Winter term at South Street School. Pupils listed include Jean Anderson Charles Andre Ramona Haines John Henderson John Lewis and Ellen Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor M. Ferguson
South Street
Jean Anderson
Charles Andre Ramona Haines
John Henderson
John Lewis
Ellen Wilson
Machinist Melvin Comeau Returns to Hyde Windlass Co
Melvin L. Comeau aged 77 of 77 Academy Street resumed work as a machinist at the Hyde Windlass Company on Friday after a period of home confinement due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin L. Comeau
Academy Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Georgetown Obituary and Local Notices From Bath Area
Georgetown updates report the death of Guy C. G. Low at 74 in the Robinsjwong district with burial planned in Oak cemetery. Other items note civil service postmaster exam in Bath, several home changes, visitors, and social visits across Georgetown Bath Robinhood and surrounding towns.
Civil service exam for postmastership announced
The U S Civil Service Commission will hold an exam at Bath to fill a fourth class postmaster vacancy in Georgetown Maine and other vacancies. Receipt of applications closes April 4 and exams may lead to certification. Postmaster compensation was 632 dollars last fiscal year. Applicants must be 21 to 64 and reside in the local post office district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Guy C. G. Low
Charles Farrow
Robinsjwong
Mr. Low
Herbert and
Margaret Low
Guy C. Goss
Bath
Guy
Old Eastern Steamboat Co
Sheepscot River
Boothbay Harbor
Farrow
Oak Cemetery
Todd
Civil Service Commission
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Mr. Todd
W. C. Todd
Byron M. Rowe
A.K. P. Oliver
Benjamin H. Riggs
Portland
Robinhood
Carroll P. Powers
Marylee
Smith College
Winchester
Mass
Koehlwetter
Charles Andre
Charles, Jr
Virginia
Ernest Heal
Walter Cunningham
Kennebec Point Road
Maine General Hospital
Harry L. Tarr
Richmond
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Edward C. Clary
Billings
Stuart
Shirley Cunningham
Boothbay
Alexander S. Cunningham
United States Civil Service Commission
United States
Day's Ferry Community card party and local notices
The Day's Ferry area hosts a bridge prize at the Community club, while the Willing Workers of Montsweag and Wiscasset aid Red Cross and quilt for an upcoming fair. Residents attend meetings, visit relatives, and manage home repairs and illnesses, with several trips to York Beach, Orono, and Boston noted among residents today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day
Superintendent Parker Recaps Washington Trip
Superintendent of Schools John Parker spoke to the Citizens' Committee in City Hall about a recent Washington trip. The Bath delegation sought relief for a local school problem under the Lanham Bill, meeting Sen Ralph Brewster and White Jr and Rep James C. Oliver, plus officials from the Federal Education Bureau. The group left confident groundwork was laid and federal aid may be possible. the meeting adjourned after questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Citizens’ Committee
Council Chamber
City Hall
Washington
Lanham
House of Representatives
Bath
Maine
Ralph ©. Brewster
Wallace H. White, Jr
James C. Oliver
John Studebaker
F.G. Alvez
Mrs Thers Robbins Returns to Augusta Nurses Staff
Mrs Thers Robbins RN has returned from Boston after visiting her husband Pvt Robbins at Fort Devens. A graduate of Augusta General Hospital this year she will rejoin Augusta hospital staff on Monday as a staff nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thers Robbins
Popham Beach Cottages Targeted By Break-Ins Again
Break-ins resume at Popham Beach affecting the Pfeiffer and Buchanan cottages as winter quiet allows. little appears stolen though property left in disarray provokes disappointment among summer visitors. frost and road conditions worsen travel toward Parker Head as locals report a slow week. Meanwhile residents and visitors share routine notices of travel, hospital stays, and social calls across Bath, Spruceville, and Boothbay Harbor communities.
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Pfeiffer
Buchanan
Parker Head
Stephen Etnier
New York
Gilbert Head
Socony
Irving Dobbin
Fred Spinney
Blanch Crowley
Dobbin
Clarence Perkins
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Arthur Delano
Ollie Spinney
Bath
Dora Bridges
Guy Crowley
Frances Bridges
Floyd Bridges
Stuart Walton
Newburyport
Mass
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Arthur W. Brown
Harry Spencer
Elisha Bridges
Marion
Frances Robie
Page Wyman
Lawrence
Ellison Moody
Blanchard Crowley
Melville Sproul
U.S. Coast Guard
Boothbay Harbor
Clarence Scholfield
Seguin Island
Brunswick
Senator Bishop Speaks to Morse High Pupils
Senator Neil S. Bishop of Bowdoinham addressed more than 500 Morse High School students on citizenship, government structure, and state issues. He opposed liquor traffic, cited an Augusta accident as linked to drinking, and noted future talks at local schools and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil S. Bishop
Bowdoinham
Morse High School
Bishop
House
Senate
Augusta
Horace P. Herrick
Coomiss High
Richmond High School
Capital Orange
Readfield
Sagadahoc Pomona
Richmond Corner
Cobbesseccontee
Orange
Maine Farm Bureau honors four locals for service
University of Maine awards certificates to Edith B Grace Harrington Paul R Russell Kennebunk Frank W Hussey Presque Isle and Bessie P Hardy for outstanding community service. Honors reflect 4-H Grange farm bureau work, with speakers including Herbert Sontoff and remarks on Aroostook seed potato farming and Guernsey cattle ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
University of Maine
Edith B Grace
Harrington
Paul R. Russell
Kennebunk
Frank W. Hussey
Presque Isle
Bessie P Hardy
Arthur A Hauck
Maine Farm Bureau Federation
Frank B. Day
Federation
Herbert G. Sontoff
Germany
Grace
KNOW YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT COLUMN UPDATE
In this column I report new developments from the Maine Legislature with emphasis on tax bills and hearings. The eugenics and teacher tenure hearings drew attention while the Carlton bridge toll issue encounters delays. I discuss youth education on state government and the harms of liquor, urging reader feedback and continued coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Independent
Carlton
Theta Chapter Holds Its First Meeting
The Theta chapter held its first meeting as a new sorority group, with officers elected and reports read on installation. Membership has grown to 1150 chapters across the Union, and plans include a convention in Augusta on May 10 with meetings every other Tuesday, starting April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Chapter
Soronty
Wawa
Canada
Iota Sigma Phi
Augusta
Bath
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Frank Anderson
Arnold Lamoreau
Wren Nursing Home
Marilyn Ada
Roland Hanson
Roland George
Leslie Burnell
Littleton, N. H
Edna Burnell
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
Martha Bowen
Everett Douglass
Ethel Rankin
Britain
IGA
Russell Ring
Purinton’s
Curtis Bakery
J. Adolph Savoie
Arthur Gomier
Sagadahoc County
Gonier
Ernest Gonier
Savoie
Ames Worsted
Madeline Shaw
Warren C. Munsey
Ernest E. Russell
John Gilmore
Harold Gilmores
York Beach
Edith Wright
Orono
Farm Bureau
Lindsey Cooper
Fairfield
Mr. Cooper
Cyrus Gilmore
Evelyn Roberts
Roland Raynes
Day's Ferry
Carl Longfellow
Haggett
Wiscasset
James Thorpe
Day’s Ferry
Melville Miller
David Reed
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Gilbert Hathorn
Spinning Wheel Club
St. Patrick's
Albert Temple
Frances Hathorne Booby
Harry Tabor
Doris
Everett
Isaac Howard
C. L. Buck
Buddy Reed
Carlton Day Reed
Aes Ferry
Bangor
Evelyn Hathorn Roberts
R.N
Marion Skinner
Hartley Hathorn
C. J. DePerri
Ellsworth Wright
Percy Bailey
Sarah E. Hathorn
Ralph Rice
Carrie Hobbart
Rufus Savage
Parker
Popham Beach
Senator Bishop
Central Church
Alfred E. Rowe
Albion Corliss
Washington County
Hardy
Grange School
Mr .Hussey
Charles E. Hussey & Sons
Aroostook County
Mr. Hussey
Aroostook
Russell
Guernsey
Supreme Judicial Court
State of Maine
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