Richmond Notes Reflect Spring Community Life
Richmond area notes show residents moving and visiting kin, with Horace Hinkley family relocation, Miss Thompson and Miss Knight visiting, and Swett of Skowhegan speaking to the Lion's Club. social events include Enterprise Orange Ladies' aid meeting, minstrel show by Emerson Lane Post, and Richmond Building & Loan dividend declarations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Hinkley
Nellie Cobb
County Road
Margaret Thompson
Augusta
Edith Knight
Bangor
Alvena Knight
Herbert L. Swett
Skowhegan
Maine Publicity Bureau
Lion's Club
Methodist Parish Hall
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
Ethel Foster
Abbie McKennie
Bridge Street
Albertine Morrell
George Morrell
Haverhill
Mass
Sidney Dee
Richmond Hotel
Main Street
Harold Wade
J. E. Alexander
Harland H. Ryder
Dresden
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Pearl Perry
Gardiner
William Skelton
Plymouth
N. H
N. H. Skelton
Langdon Road
Carolyn Marr
Malden
Alfred Rand
Lewiston
Lillian Wade
William H. Dolley
Jacksonville
Fla
Adelaide Dolley
George Clarke
River Road
Emerson Lane Post No. 132
A. L
Enterprise Grange Hall
Raymond Call
Portland
C.C.C
Princeton
Elizabeth Alexander
Gardner Street
Charles A. Blair
Bath
Pleasant Pond
Delina Gilbert
Alfred and
Adrian
Auburn
Olympe Gaillardet
Lynn
E. Woodman
H. Herbert
Alexander
C. McFee
Mosher
Wing
Dorrence
Webber
Lord
Beedle
Merrill
Sherman
Watson
Hanson
E. McFee
Grondin
Bennett
Foster
Carr
Woodman
Eugene Edgecomb
Water Street
Arthur Northey
Hampden Highlands
Ira B. Northey
John Withiam
Raymond Northey
Fred Seaman
California
Progressive club holds annual meeting in Lisbon
In Lisbon at Mrs. Cora Chapman home the Progressive club elected officers including President Alice Ricker and Vice President Norma Smith. The year ends with Henrik Ibsen's A Dolls House to be staged May 9 and 10 at Bates Little Theatre with Mary Abramson coaching under Professor Grosvenor Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Progressive Grange Hall
Carl Fellows
Augusta
Fred Moore
Portland
Frank Elliott
Island Park
James Garnett
Harry Sykes
Richmond
Harold Averill
Carolyn Averill
Dorothy Averill
John Marriner
Richmond High School
Elva Purington
Madelyn Yeaton
Richard Thompson
The
Nifty News
Margaret Little
Hazel Brown
Carl Watts
Florence Curtis
Raymond Curtis
Ida Lloyd
Lister Umberhind
Howard Dickey
Blue Romancers
Norris S. Lord
Bridge Academy
Richard Burrill
Litchfield Academy
Leslie Bailey
Dresden
Alta Fitzherbert
Elva Purinton
Hilda Toothaker
Velma Longley
Gordon Curran
Paul Dyer
Esther Parker
Freda Marriner
Brunswick
Frank Stetson
Robert
Litchfield
Edna Lane
M. B. Cothell
Cliftondale
Mass
Cothell
Capt
Charles Foster
Leslie F. Roberts
Joseph W. Randlette
Henry E. Houdlette
Ruth Howe
Perley F. Joy
Harold N. Libby
James L. Roberts
Ernest Williams
Ernest Dale Williams
Gardiner General Hospital
Emma Cooper
Doris Putnam
Randolph
Elizabeth Alexander
Pleasant Street
Mabel Lancaster
William Dingley
Gardiner
Allen Waddell
Flagstaff
Freeman Waddell
Eva Libby
E. O. Tarr
Kate Smith
Bowdoinham
Eva Call
Ernest Sylvester
Harry Delong
L. A. Rideout
Presque Isle
Progressive Grange
Topsham Grange
Leon Dunklee
Percy Little
George Hackett
Greenfield
John Sturtevant
Linden Little
Leo Hennessey
Gloucester
Hennessey
Louise Deehan
Progressive Club
Lisbon
Cora Chapman
Julia Miller
Elizabeth G. Ricker
Helen Rand
Marianna Clason
Alice Ricker
Norma Smith
Eloise Jordan
Annie Day
Henrik Ibsen
Little Theatre
Bates
Ibsen
Mary Abramson
Lewister
4-A
Grosvenor Robinson
Georgetown News Roundup of Social Visits and Local Updates
Town residents hosted and traveled for visits in Bath Rawley North Yarmouth and Boston. Local improvements include a cement floor and hallway entrance at W A Todds home and gravel on Lane Hill. Community social at town hall drew a large turnout with games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bliss
Boston
Kennebec Point
William A. Todd
L. Earle Hagan
Walter Newdick
Bath
William Farnsworth
Edward Wren
Ruth Hinckley
C. L. Hinckley
Alex Cunningham
Rawley
Mass
Dorothy Hagan
North Yarmouth Academy
Harry L. Horne
Chester
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
West Georgetown
N. F. Howe
Eleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Melvin Cunningham
Bertha Scott
Augusta Rowe
J. H. Brown
West Newton
Ruth Lyman
North Adams
Center School
Robinhood
Bay Point
Clifton Matthews
Town Hall
Clarence B. Hill
Patty
Daniel H. Day
Lewiston
Seward E. Emmons
H. M. Trafton
Ernest Heald
Orville Rowe
Five Islands
Bath Memorial Hospital
Anna Cummings
Frank E. Hollis
Eleanor Hollis
Ethel R. Beane
Clyde Jordan
Portland
John Wilson
Hallowell
Hawkes Rouillard unite in St. Marys Church ceremony
Eleanor Mae Hawkes of this city married Ernest Rouillard of St Justine Langeun Quebec in St Marys Church with Rev Ludger Melancon officiating. Attendants were Evelyn Gallant and Francis Fortier. After a wedding breakfast at Hotel Phoenix, a reception will follow at American Legion hall. They plan a New York wedding trip and travel in a navy suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Mae Hawkes
Ernest Rouillard
St.Justine Langeun
Quebec
St. Mary's Church
Ludger Melancon
Evelyn Gallant
Francis Fortier
Hotel Phoenix
American Legion Hall
New York
Rouisard
Alma Squires
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Hawkes
Amsterdam
Morse High School
Portland
Madeline Marie
Rouillard
Leon Rouillard
St. Justine Langeun
Stera-Kleen Denture Cleaner Ad
Stera-Kleen offers a new denture cleaning method with lab approval and easy use. No brushing or handling denture risk, cleans where brushing fails, available in 20c and 60c sizes at A. Hallet & Co Rexall Bath with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hallet & Co
Rexall
Bath
W C T U Meeting at Nellie Browns Hosts Talks and Plans
A W C T U gathering at 31 Deering Street led by Mrs. Nella Stover discussed the physiological effects of ethyl alcohol. Sagadahoc County Convention is set for June 12 at West Bowdoin Baptist church with Lily Grace Matheson as guest speaker, followed by Lisbon Falls address. An Institute for Brunswick Union planned for May 10 at Berean Baptist church, with devotional participants listed. A letter from Frederick W. Smith cited rising drunken driving arrests nationwide and Maine's 1934 100 percent increase. Refreshments concluded the meeting, next slated for May 14 with Mrs. Nellie Brown leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Brown
Deering Street
Nella Stover
Sagadahoc
West Bowdoin Baptist Church
Lily Grace Matheson
Wisconsin
Lisbon Falls
Lizzie Chaney
Brunswick Union
Berean Baptist Church
Alma Reid
Mary P. Sims
Alice May Douglas
Frederick W. Smith
Christian Civic League of Maine
Rhode Island
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Maine
Secretary of State
Miss Reid
Frances Rand
Westport Social Roundup: Local residents travel and visit
Mrs Mabel Eisner returns from Boston. Ralph Brooks winters in Florida. numerous Bath Wiscasset and Belmont visitors throughout the week. Miss Esther Hanley and Charles Hanley visit Miss Hanley’s Center cottage. neighborhood shingle work and boat shop activity noted. several families entertain and host guests across Boothbay Harbor, Sanford, and South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Eisner
Boston
Ralph Brooks
Florida
Colin Dunn
Frances Jewett
James Apt
John Harrison
Bath
Esther Hanley
Charles Hanley
Belmont
Mass
Miss Hanley
M. L. Brooks
Ernest Colby
Miss Austin
Charles Sawyer
Reed
Wiscasset
S. J. Welch
Adams Bros
Eva Beaudet
Etta May
Evelyn Colby
Francena Cromwell
Nequasset
Fred Greenleaf
Lester Hodgdon
R. T. Beaton
Gilbert
Robert Greenleaf
Tilton
Belle Tilton
South Portland
Mr. Trefethen
E. E. Colby and Son
Ellsworth
Horace Jones, Jr
James Bailey
Miss Wallace
Archie Higgins
Morse Golf Team Falls to Brunswick in Season Opener
Morse high opened the season at Brunswick Golf Club with a 4-2 loss to Brunswick high. Larry Ross earned Morse's lone individual win with partner John Morse in best ball. Scores: Girard 3 and 2 over Chaney, Baxter 6 and 5 over Owen, Ridley defeated by Ross 5 3, Wilson defeated Morse's Morse 6 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Brunswick Golf Club
Brunswick High
Larry Ross
Massachussetts
Morse
John Morse
Wilfred Chaney
Bill Owen
Bath
Wilfred Girard
John Baxter
Chaney
Brunswick
L. Ross
A. Ridley
A. Wilson
J. Morse
Five Islands church hosts repeat religious play and community notices
The Five Islands church repeated the pastor Walter Schoepfer written play to a good audience. Services schedule shifts to 2 30 and 7 30 daylight time with Wednesday prayer at 8. The Grange holds monthly meetings May through September. Local residents and visitors are listed with recent travel, visits, and health updates. The Junior Exhibition trials at Sites College merit a May 12 or 13 date with prizes for top essays. Attendance at a Philharmonic Rossini club reciprocity night drew many, with performances by local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schoepfer
Georgetown
Five Islands
Donald Stevens
Grange
Ida Hinckley
New York
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Havana
Canal Zone
Kenneth Pinkham
Kenneth, Jr
Paul
Southport
Pinkham
Charles Pinkham
Grange Circle
J. G. Stevens
Carrie
Isabel Stevens
Addie Moulton
Bath
Edward Lewis
Augusta
Percy Allen
Oakland
J. Horace McClure
James T. MacMahan
William Belanger
William H. Davis
Medford
Mass
Almon Marr
Everett Stevens
Clayton
Robinhood
Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Chester MacMahan
Portland
Leo Carey
Pittsfield
Carey Cottage
Orville Rowe
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Sedgemere Road
Daniel Williams
Percy Savage
Kittery
Walter Savage
Savage
E. M. Horton
Charles M. Bigelow
Leonora Knight
Dorothy Crawford
Waterbury
Sites College
Little Theatre
Gordon Jones
Park Ridge
N. J
Thomas Vernon
Bowery Ball Delights Junior Hospital League Crowd
The Bowery ball in the Arcade ballroom, hosted by the Junior Hospital League, drew about 100 couples with spectators. Decor features included balloons, crepe paper outfits, wax figures, and old fashioned Bowery costumes. Prizes honored best ladies and gentlemen costumes, with Mike Zoomie selling treats and Nate Gold’s orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcade
Junior Hospital League
Marcia Moulton
Charles T. Jackson
League
Kennebec Greenhouses
Margaret M. S. Mackinnon
Robert C. Feero
A. D. Stetson & Son
Mike” Zoomie
Oakhurst Dairy
Bowery
Nate Gold
Orchestra
Portland
Paul Jones
Jackson
J. R. Andrews
Arthur Sewall 2Nd
E. Motley Fuller
Charles H. Cahill
Arthur Sewall
Donald N. Small
Royal A. Johnson
Carrie E. Shaw
Anna M. Trott
Francis W. Hill
Ruth F. Skillings
Shaw
Mary Newell
William R. Freeman
Two Barns Burned Friday Afternoon in West Bath
West Bath selectmen called the Bath Fire Department to the Lin wood S Leavitt place Foster's Point road where two barns were burned flat and the house was threatened. Ex Boston officer Leavitt was burning over grass when the blaze spread but wind was favorable and the house remained safe. Loss about 1000 dollars, partially insured. Chief Parks warned residents to obtain permits and take precautions when burning grass brush or rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bath Fire Department
Linwood S. Leavitt Place
Foster's Point Road
Leavitt
Boston
Charles E. Parks
Bath Department
Mr. Leavitt
Rosedale Farm
Hiram C. Brown
W. Fraser
Washington Street
Parks
Bates College Third Annual Concert Delights Music Lovers
Bates College musical groups presented their third annual concert in the college chapel under Selden T Crafts. The Macfarlane club event drew a large audience and upheld the high standard set by the preceding concerts, regarded as the standout musical affair of the year at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates College
Macfarlane Club
College Chapel
Selden T. Crafts
Rotary meeting hears talk on medical service Act
The Bath Rotary club met with 100 percent attendance at Hotel Phoenix Tuesday. Dr W E Kershner spoke on the medical phase of the proposed National Security Act while Dr Francis A Winchenbach noted PTA interest in playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
W. E. Kershner
Chester Plant
Edward Sewall
Marius Page
Francis A. Winchenbach
Goddard
Whiskeay
Wagner
Epstein
Congress
Germany
Austria
England
Funeral Services for Dr William R Chapman
The funeral for Dr William R Chapman was held Sunday at the Congregational church in Bethel with Rev Herb Wallace Rev P J Clifford Rev Hilda Ives and Rev Howard Hough presiding A mixed quartet performed two Chapman pieces Ave Maria and Memories Prof Seldon Crafts played the organ A May 12 memorial at the Waldorf Astoria in New York will feature Rubenstein club and chorus with Mrs Chapman to attend and return to Bethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Chapman
Congregational
Bethel
Herbert T. Wallace
P. J. Clifford
Hilda L. Ives
Howard O. Hough
Portland
Gladys Russell Cook
Martha H. Hill
Howard A. Stevens
Herbert S. Kennedy
Dr. Chapman
Seldon T. Crafts
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Rubenstein Club
Rubenstein Chorus
Civil War Vet Seeks Divorce Over Domestic Strife
Hial J. Spicer of Sidney 88 filed for divorce from Frances 75 in Kennebec superior court. He alleged he slept with his pants on to save money after claiming his wife knocked him from a step ladder and struck him with a curtain rod. Justice William H. Fisher reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hial J. Spicer
Sidney
Frances
Kennebec Superior Court
North
South
William H. Fisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Brown
Danvers
Mae Williams
Lillian Haynes
Benjamin Spaulding
Melrose
Mr. Brown
John Conley
Charles Bowden
Elizabeth Kelley
Pleasant View Farm
Katherine Tyler
Margaret Boyton
Fred S. Curtis & Co
Rouillard-Hawkes
Province of Quebec
St. Mary’s Church
Dentists
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Whee
West Bowdoin
Westport
Philharmonic Club
Rossini Club of
Rossini Club
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s && Edicine
Bath Savings Institution
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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