Minstrel Show and Local News Highlight Richmond Activities
A bustling Richmond week features the eleventh annual Emerson Lane Post minstrel show and dance at the opera house, with a Plantation Holiday revue and Blue R representatives providing music. Community notes report visits, club meetings, baptist and Methodist services, and multiple social gatherings across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Emerson Lane Post
A. L
Blue Romancers
Richmond
Harry Sykes
Wisevurger of
Togus
Eddie Cantor
al Jolson
Melville Brown
Roy Dickinson
Don Cate
Mina Floyd
Herman —Muise
Lois Small
Carlene ‘Terrell
Cecil Richards
Florence Finnigan
Philip Densmore
Howard Small
Olive Stilphen
Esther Bertha
Beatrice Parker
Hazel Dunklee
Victor R. E. Carey
Austin Blair
George Kimball
Kenneth Specht
Shirley
Mass
South Front Street
Jane Harvard
Pleasant Street
Paul Jack
Portland
Frank Anderson
Main Street
Marion Jack
Thomaston
Beatrice
Bertha Parker
Evelyn Stewart
Florence Finnegan
Donald Mosher
Willis Lane
Lowell Terrell
Gordon Curran
Franklyn McKenney
Harold Jack
George Shaw
Blaine Gilley
Melrose
Charles Donnell
Jackson Quinnam
Northeastern University
Boston
Eugene Edgecomb
Francis Meisner
Edgecomb
Elwood Edgecomb
Hallowell
Fannie Wilson
Bath
Elmer Wade
Helen
Pittsfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriotic Exercises Highlighted
Patrol Leader Cohen opened with the Boy Scouts oath and knot tying while Mrs. Evelyn Snow and Rev. Charles R. Sims addressed the Auxiliary. Battery H, 240th Coast Artillery demonstrated machine gun disassembly and reassembly blindfolded under Sergeant George Burns. Hu bert T. McCarty provided piano, benediction by Mr. Sims, and lunch was served. Mr. Joseph T. Sewall and family were guests of Mrs. Mark W. Sewall in Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Boy Scouts
Evelyn Snow
Auxiliary
Charles R. Sims
Sims
Battery
240Th Coast Artillery Corps
George Burns
Hubert T. McCarty
Mr. Sims
Community Notes From West Georgetown and Vicinity
A compiled update of local visits and events includes West Georgetown summer homes of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Williams Waterville and cottages on Bay Point road. Residents and visitors frequent Bath Five Islands Wiscasset and Augusta with church activities and town projects noted including roadwork and town hall painting efforts. The body of Everett L. Trafton was buried in Oak cemetery after January death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Williams
Waterville
West Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
Alex Cunningham
Thomaston
Sewall Webster
Augusta
Indian Point
Burton Radley
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter Newdick
Bath
Harry Horne
Orville Rowe
Henry Moore
Five Islands
T. M. Hagan
Alvah Reynolds
Carroll Powers
Everett Stevens
Robinhood
Cunningham
Wiscasset
Thomas Hagan
Clifton Matthews
Bay Point Road
First Baptist Church
Edward Wren
Jennie Todd
Vira Trafton
First Selectman
L. Earle Hagan
Dorothy Stewart
Richmond
Emma B. Billings
Howard M. Trafton
Carrie L. Oliver
John Thibodeau
Henry Albers
Andover
Mass
Town Hall
Hulbert
Chicago University
Christ
God
Christian Endeavor
Miles H. Hagan
Andrews’ Road
Westport Island Residents Gather For Visits And Repairs
Community notes show Florence Boothby visiting friends in Westport Island while Rev. Titus led services in Wiscasset. Families including Cromwells and McFarlands hosted guests and caregivers. A ferry repair completed, Dana Rines and Raymond Robinson visit relatives, and Mrs. Solomon Higgins improves with Dr. DiPerri attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Boothby
Charles E. Titus
Wiscasset
North
C. E. Cromwell
Luther
Bath
C. J. DiPerri
T. McLaughlin
Harland McFarland
Woolwich
Herbert Cromwell
Alice Whitten
Horace Jones
Charles Sawyer
C. L. Cromwell
Bernice Buckley
Stewart Little
Solomon Higgins
DiPerri
Charles Hanley
Esther
Belmont
Mass
Divorce Libels Filed in Cumberland Court
At the May term opening in Cumberland Superior Court in Portland Madelyn F. McCabe of Freeport sues Norman J. McCabe of Bath for divorce seeking custody of a child and alimony. Also Owen S. Armstrong of Brunswick vs Sadie D. Armstrong with custody sought. both marriages in 1929 and 1925 respectively. Doris Wing starts as cashier and bookkeeper at Steeves Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Superior Court
Portland
Madelyn F. McCabe
Freeport
Norman J. McCabe
Bath
Topsham
NN Vita Herb and Iron Tonic Ad Circulation Offer
An advert promotes NN VITA HERB AND IRON TONIC claiming it cleanses and purifies the system, improves appetite and digestion, and boosts strength. It invites purchase for $1 or free descriptive circular from Freed Mananaes Co. in Stonington, Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedmenanaes Co
Stonington, Me
Ellingwood Brothers Return to Otter Cliff Hotel
A busy week at Otter Cliff hotel ends as owners the Ellingwood Brothers return to South Paris. Local visitors include Mrs. Fred H. Rittall and Miss Madelyn Berry with Miss Marion Parker. Grange social, church circle meetings, and various visits to Bath, Portland, and Five Islands mark a lively period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellingwood Brothers
Otter Cliff
Paris
Fred H. Rittall
Frank Hall
Saco
Percy Savage
Bath
Madelyn Berry
Salem
Mass
Marion Parker
E. M. Horton
J. G. Stevens
Portland
Paul Stevens
Groton
D. R. Stevens
Kittery
Walter Savage
Harold Pinkham
Marjorie Berry
L. H. Rowe
W. E. Gray
Grange
Forest Hanna
Vernon Gray
Mansfield Boucher
Oscar Snowman
Arletta Harford
Lloyd Pinkham
D. L. Howard
Hugh J. Eissenhauer
Cambridge
Seguinland
Alice Cromwell
William Marr
Roger Thompson
Danvers
Thompson
Son Junior
Lincoln Campbell
Nettie Gray
Earle Hagan
Georgetown
Wallace Freeman
Philip Campbell
Grange Circle
Mabel Dickey
Fred M. Reid
Percy Allen
Oakland
Clinton McFadden
Five Islands
Farber Davis
Mr. Davis
Fred Carr
Alice Carr
Otis Baker
Norwood
John Thibodeau
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Harry Jones
Gardiner
Charles E. Davis
Augusta
Moore-Davis
Sedgemere
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Raymond Belanger
Allie Carr
H. C. Barrowes
Boothbay
Donald Stevens
Clarence MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Clinton Allen
New York
Sheepscot Island Co
Morse Family and the Rise of Kennebec Towage
The article traces Capt. Benjamin Wyman Morse’s rise in Kennebec towing from 1840s master of multiple boats to founder of the Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co. and patriarch of a regional maritime fleet. It notes his leadership, frugal yet fair nature, and expansion into ice storage, banking, and shipbuilding, with successors like Charles Wyman Morse continuing the legacy. It lists vessels built or acquired, key dates from 1844 to 1874, and mentions family ties to Morse cousins and partners across Bath, Woolwich, and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingham
Hannibal Longfellow
Woolwich
James C. Tallman
Bath
Benjamin W. Morse
John B. Glass
James Bailey, Jr
Gilbert Soule
Kennebec
Charles W. Morse
Charles
Kennebec Towing
Morse
Charles Wyman Morse
Benjamin Wyman Morse
Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co
Ben
Bellingham
Ella Morse
J. Parker Morse
Maine
B. W. Morse
Fearless
Popham
Capt. Morse
MacMahan Island
The
Resolute
American Union
Benjamin W
Charles H. Morse
James P
Samuel P. Hitchcock
Zina H. Blair
George F. Manson
George M. Adams
T. J
C. H. T. J. Southard
Richmond
Ira D. Sturgis
J. Manchester Haynes
Augusta
Joshua Gray
Nathan O. Mitchell
Arthur Bevery
Gardiner
Alden
John G. Morse
Phippsburg
John
Richard Morse
Winneganee
Benjamin
Hitchcocks
Southards
Sturgis
Haynes
James T. Morse
William P. Blanchard
City of
Lynn
Mass
Knickerbocker
Blanchard
Sprague
Neafie & Levy
Philadelphia
Memorial fund ball raises eighty dollars in Arcade hall
Bath Firemen's Memorial Association expected to net about $80 from the May ball in Arcade hall. The event drew more than 300 dancers and spectators, filling the large hall before 10. Grand march led by Scott Morse and Mrs Morse with 75 couples. Ken Trask and Colonial Club orchestra supplied music for both modern and old style dancing late into the night. Visitors from Freeport included Mrs George Dennison and Mrs Norman J McCabe with infant Norman Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Firemen’s Memorial Association
Arcade Hall
Asst
Scott Morse
Morse
Ken Trask
Colonial Club
North Center PTA plans establishment of a dental clinic
The North Center PTA voted to pursue a dental clinic and named Mrs. Arthur S. Crockett in charge of progress. They also agreed to join with two other city P T A s for a June banquet hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Grace Church Parish
Arthur
S. Crockett
T Veterans of Foreign Wars
Child Safety Committee
North Street
Arthur B. Scott
Charles M. Tubbs
Carl. Anderson
John C. Fitzgerald
Association
Helen L. Varney
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Spain
Seville
Miss Varney
Alice N Magoun
Milton C. Trott
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S&s
George O. O. F
Rebekah
Partland
Clarence Lang
Lewiston
Water Street
Annie Knight
Damariscotta
Alvina Knight
Frank
Hen
Leon Dunklee
Percival Little
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Belle Whitney
Lillian Soule
Edith Preble
Lillian Haynes
Ida Watson
Hazel Libby
Ruie Curtis
Meda Hinkley
Georgia Donnell
Lillian Hill
Addie Bragg
Pauline Preble
Baptist Church
John Hurley
Patricia
Carol
Romeo Bellevance
Collette
Jeanette
Charles Dore
Oliver
Billa
Avis Johnson
Russell
Harry
Ralph Small
Rowena
Beulah
Clinton Hinkley
Marilyn
Charles and Gilman
Rachel Strout
Paula
Beverly Butler
Beulah Naylor
Patricia Duren
Mildred Morris
Jean Morris
Leona Lemont
Colleen Hinkley
Phyllis Lemont
Robert Knight
Albert Fickett
Warren Joy
Kenneth Chetley
Wilson Chetley
Helen Herbert
Ralph Strout
Arthur Partridge
Fred Strout
Jane Harward
Detroit
Mich
Frederick T. Harward
G. B. M. Soule
North Front Street
Walter Higgins
Robert
Joanna Smith
Winthrop High School
Florence Young
Wallace W
Dirigo Grange
Harpswell
Ora Reed
Lytle Lint
Lion's Club
Ladies’ Aid
Marion Mealey
Hazel Gardner
Bertha Sencabaugh
Auburn
Celia Robinson
Hazel Mealey
Iresponse
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Joseph T. Sewall
Joseph Thompson Sewall, Jr
Mark W. Sewall
Washington Street
Westport
Cumberland Court
Doris Wing
Steeves’ Market
Ladies' Sewing Circle
Freeman Crosby
Richardson Street
George McLellan
Nella Stover
Elsie Crosby
Cedric A. Martin
Clifford Harrington
Ada Larrabee
Harriet Wright
Lotta Card
Society
Union Street
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Kennebec River
Navy Department
Naval Service
Chester
Longfellow
George Dennison
P.T.A
Edward Cook
Bellevue
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Boston Common
Public Gardens
Bowdoin and
Beacon Streets
Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Robinson C. Tobey
Secretary of State
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