Richmond News Sketches Local Grange and Town Events
Cecil Richards substitutes at Maine Central Station while Charles Hackett is ill. Augusta hosts a large Enterprise Grange meeting with 1300 members, two teams from Grange Mutual Liability Fire Insurance ran the degrees, and a Keene musical program followed. Numerous town residents and visitors are noted, including health, social, and sporting items along with a daylight time adjustment for Richmond businesses.
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Cecil Richards
Maine Central
Charles Hackett
Enterprise Grange
City Hall
Augusta
Enter*prise
York
Washington Counties
The
Grange Mutual Liability Fire Insurance Co
Keene, N. H
Grange
Gerald Grondin
Sanford
Thompson
Frank Reynolds
Florida
Charles Dickinson
Florence Weeks
Morris Glaser
Gardiner
Addie Merry
Georgia Lilly
Wiscasset
Ernest Harriman
Ruth
Thomas Glinn
Thomas, Jr
Hallowell
Town
Virginia Stilphen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carl Beedy
Dover- Foxcroft
Beedy
Mary Lancaster
Ross Kelley
Auburn
Rebekah
Queen Esther
Bath
Evening Star
Brunswick
Pine Cone
Vesper
Round Pond
Beulah
Richmond
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Masonichal
Elizabeth Joy
Roberta Parris
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Pauline Cronk
Marie
Frank Connor
Darrah Street
George Kimball
Portland
Laurence Kimball
Jesse Haley
Jennie Broderick
Lee Haley
Arthur Cheatham
Wayne
Theresa Brown
Weisberger
Paul Alexander
Veterans Administration
Eddie Perry
Laura Stilphen
Chester Drinkwine
High Street
Ralph Brown
Chester Bennett
Ann Johnson
Yarmouth Welcomes Knapp Family Registered Drugists
Westport visitors Mr. John Pierce and his wife Mrs. M G Pierce arrive with Mr Pierce's mother to open their Maine cottage for summer. Archie F. Knapp and Minnie E C Knapp are the states sole husband and wife registered druggists in Yarmouth. Mrs Knapp earned an assistant certificate in 1923 and passed the pharmacist exams in Augusta. Mr Knapp has run a Yarmouth business for 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pierce
New York
Mr. Pierce
M. G. Pierce
South Portland
Yarmouth
State of
Maine
Archie F. Knapp
Minnie E. C. Knapp
Wilton Youth Wins RPI Paper Prize From ASME
Harold T. Sawyer of Wilton, member of this year's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduating class, Troy New York, receives first prize of 50 dollars for the outstanding technical paper presented to the students division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Harold T. Sawyer
Wilton
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Stera-Kleen Denture Cleaner Won’t Require Brushing
A new denture cleaning product endorsed by 15 000 dentists and Good Housekeeping promises daily use to remove stains tartar and film without brushing or handling dentures. It claims reach where brushing cannot and offers 30c and 60c sizes at A Hallet Co The Rexall Store Bath with a money-back guarantee.
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Good Housekeeping
A. Hallet & Co
Rexall
Bath
Georgetown Social Notes and Local Visits
Georgetown area residents mention guests and visitors throughout the week. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. James McFarland of Arrowsie visiting the Wrens, and Mrs. Grace Ward Stevens of Tops ham seriously ill at Bath Memorial Hospital.
Morse High Students Rehearse Keep Smiling Musical
A dress rehearsal of Keep Smiling by Morse high student cast left director John H. Grindell pleased. The show debuts at the high school Thursday for grade pupils and Friday night for the public at 8 15. The plot follows a Princess and companion's American vacation and a swapped identity amid a smallpox scare and romance, with six Parke Grindel lyrics and a forty-voice chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Athletic Association
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
We thank relatives friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy during our bereavement and for the flowers. Thanks also to the K of P merrymeeting grange Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary and Rev Palmer. Mr and Mrs Levi Leathers and Family Mr and Mrs Lewis B Leathers Mr and Mrs J R Whiting and Family. Clarence Getchell Sagadahoc Ferry will close their home and move to Popham Beach this summer as usual.
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K. of P
Merrymeeting Grange
Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary
Palmer
Levi Leathers
Lewis B. Leathers
J. R. Whiting
Clarence Getchell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Popham Beach
Centennial Service of Sacred Music at Central Church
A large audience attended Central church Centennial Week service led by Choirmaster John Shaw and organist Mrs. Harriet Shaw. Isabelle Jones of Portland starred in solos with the choir performing Handel Marston Gounod and McLellan works to a joyful, reverent finale.
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Central Church
John Shaw
Harriet Shaw
Dudley Buck
David L. Wilson
George W. Marston
Ethel Parks
Ernest Wood
Stainer
Jairus
Mrs. Parks
Mr. Wood
Handel
Gounod
Miss Jones
Dvorak
Jerusalem
Gallia
Brewer Smith couple wed in Grace rectory ceremony
Howard J. Brewer of Malden and Dorothy M. Smith of Bath married at Grace rectory by Rev. C. M. Tubbs using the single ring ritual. Bride wore navy and white with attendant Ella M. Comeau. best man was Donald M. Brewer. Brewer, an engineer on the ship Berwindglen, is son of Murray Brewer. Dorothy Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hiy, graduated Morse High 1928 salutatorian and attended Colby 1932. They will reside at 500 Middle Street Caldwell Phillips Melrose. Melrose High lands host Supt Clinton D. Wilson of High street.
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Martello
Waltz
Alexander
Marriner
Savoie
Mosher
Sidelinger
Carr
H. Herbert
Randall
Webber
Merrill
Hanson
Lord
Bennett
Watson
Edith Knight
Alvina Knight
Center Street
Bangor
Arthur
Leslie Roberts
Edwin Pratt
Harry Curran
Charles Day
Laurence Bond
Rebecca Rogers
Raymond Libby
Laura Stilphen
Norma Jean Hodgkins
Millinocket
George Wren
Ernest Hodgkins
Grace Smith
Boston
Arthur Smith
Carroll E. Farrington
Hackensack
N. J
Richmond
Round Pond
Clarence Lang
George Gibbs
Norris Sidelinger
Lawrence Coughlin
Charles Pushard
Edward Coughlin
Clifford Seekins
Harold Harford
John Witham
Auburn
Doris McKennie
Passaic
John Tarr
Carl Bolton
Norman E. Curtis
Bowdeirham
Henry Floyd
Augusta
Vernon Little
Portland
John Dailey
Maine Central
Joseph W. Randlette
Cora Osborne
Josiah White
City Hall
Everett Morrill
Everett
Mass
Charles Howes
N. Paul Tutino
Gardiner
James McFarland
Arrowsie
Edward Wren
Ralph Dunton
Bath
Robinhood
Howard M. Trafton
Vira Trafton
Lincoln Street
Grace Ward Stevens
Topsham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
West Georgetown
Walter Powers
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
William Farnsworth
E. C. Higgins
Arthur S. Rowe
Augusta Rowe
Rowe
Ford Motor Co
Somerville
Bay Point Village Corp
Melvin Cunningham
Stephen M. Etnier
Long Island
Marilla Tarr
Dorothy Stuart
Ida Oliver
Best
Emma B. Billings
Harry L. Horne
Wiscasset
Charles Blaisdell
H. M. Trafton
Rev. Schoepfer
Mae Hagan
Howard J. Brewer
Malden
Dorothy M. Smith
Grace Rectory
C. M. Tubbs
Ella M. Comeau
Donald M. Brewer
Brewer
Berwindglen
Murray Brewer
Death of George E Hennan noted at Cambridge Home
Five Islands community mourns the death of George E Hennan at his Cambridge Massachusetts home. Tributes flow from friends and visiting relatives while neighbors extend sympathy to Mrs Hennan and family and early reports describe ongoing summer visits and friendships in Five Islands.
Miss Phoebe Levva Guest of Portland Kin at Turner Court
Miss Phoebe Levva of Portland was a guest on Monday of her brother and sister in law Mr George Levva and Mrs Levva at Turner court.
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Phoebe Levva
Portland
George Levva
Turner Court
Centenary review of Central Congregational Church history
The article chronicles Central Congregational Church milestones from its founding to 1935, detailing parsonage purchases, organ changes, and major committees. It notes the 1900 chapel, 1923 parish house dedication, charity gifts after 1906 disasters, and ongoing deacon service and organizational leadership. It also discusses highway projects near Brunswick and Bath affecting traffic and grade crossings.
New Route Suggestion Aims To Straighten Highway One
Leon B. Strout proposes a straightened Bath to Brunswick segment to avoid Brunswick’s business district. The plan routes Highway One via the King Turnpike then bends left near Bryant’s to reach Brunswick. Brunswick photographer noted in report.
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Brunswick
State Highway Commission
Leon B. Strout
Strout
Bath
King Turnpike
Bryant's
Goodwin Faces Possible Resignation Over Conflicting Roles
George J. Goodwin began duties as Overseers of the Poor superintendent and may resign if duties conflict with the tax assessor role. J Horace McClure announced his candidacy for assessor to succeed him, arguing multi job holdings risk neglect of duties. Mayor Sewall defended three city jobs while Goodwin prepared to take over with clerk Mrs. Watson remaining.
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George J. Goodwin
Overseers of
J. Horace McClure
Mr. McClure
Goodwin
Sidney L. Eaton
Bath Iron Works Corp
Poor Department
McClure
Fire Department
Sewall
John W. Gilmore
Harry Watson
Eaton
Bunny Wins Prize At Boston Children's Museum
Miss Constance Worden of Bath and Jamaica Plain Massachusetts at Agassiz School in Boston wins a blue ribbon for her trained bunny Cottontail raised to a collar and leash awarded by the Boston children's museum.
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Constance Worden
Bath
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Agassiz School
Boston
Cottontail
Children’s Museum
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Thomas R. Huston
R Bath
Westport
Georgetown
Morse High
MT Central Church
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Brewer-Smith
Caldwell Phillips
Melrose Highlands, Mass
Clinton D. Wilson
George E. Hennan
Cambridge
Hennan
Five Islands
Bert Richardson
Wyoming
Nettie Snowman
Boston Museum of Natural History
Earl S. MacMahan
Mr. MacMahan
Smith
Harris
Bent
Museum
MacMahan
Maine Woods
Ralph Davis
Moreen
MacMahan Island
Davis
Addie Moulton
E. M. Horton
Five Islands Road
Fred Carr
Pierce
Seguinland
Walter E. Reid
Paul Mason
Gay
Lottie Wyman
Ida Hinckley
Beulah Miller
Orville Rowe
Ruth Stermer
Arrowsic
R. D. Stevens
Harpswell
Walter Moore
Sedgemere Road
Thomas M. Hagan
Helen Mulligan
Plummer Cottage
Vernon Gray
Charles Davis
Elliott Lumm
Rhode Island
Nocton Place
Ferris Leonard
Maurice Pinkham
Rudolph
Harlan
Burleigh
Merton Pinkham
Beth
Paul Stevens
Linwood Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Alec Cunningham
Fred M. Rich
Fred Pratt
Grange Circle
Carrie
Isabel Stevens
Gertrude Smith
H. B. Cranshaw
Newton
Quincy Wales
Malden Island
Ada MacGillivary
Percy
MacGillivary
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
Edward Lewis
D. L. Howard
Vernon E. Gray
Eva Campbell
Roy Newman
Woolwich
John H. Carter
Susie Snipe
Monhegan Island
Percy Savage
Kittery
Savage
Walter Savage
Marion L. Stevens
South Danville
N. H
A. L. Huntington
Richard Dickinson
Danville
J. G. Stevens
Fred M. Reid
L. FE
L. F
Atwood
Bath Savings Institution
Central Congregational Church
Larrabee
Middle Street
John O. Patten
A. Frederic Duniels
Patten
William R. Richards
John R. Houghton
General Conference of Congregational Churches
the Missionary Society
Jesse Donnell
Charles T. Jackson
William R. Kimball
J. H. McLellan
Santa Rosa
San Francisco
Red Cross
William W. Robinson
Luther S. Thompson
Everett Lord
Ladies Aid
John Wishart
Warren M. Stilphen
M. B. Hodgdon
League
Marius H. Page
Arthur W. King
William H. Small
George W. Dean
Karcher S. Jackson
Harold E. Brown
Edward J. McMann
Karcher 5S Jackson
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bowdoin College
Deepcut
Cook's
Roosevelt
Highway Commission
Mr. Streat
Cook's Wednesday
George Aubert
Blind Crossing
Cook's Corner
Pleasant Street
Maine Street
Brunswick Village
Bunny
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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