Richmond Pioneer Frank G Connor Dies at 79
Funeral services were held at his home on Darrah street for Frank G Connor of Richmond aged 79 death caused by heart trouble. A lifelong resident he was in the livery business for years and later lived with his daughter in Portland. Survived by wife Julia Blair Connor a daughter Florence Kimball and grandson Laurence Kimball of Portland. Burial in Evergreen cemetery. Bearers named Frank Beedle Cleveland Mariner Harry Douglass and Frank Preble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Connor
Gilbert
Darrah Street
Richmond
John W. and
Angenette (Parks) Connor
Portland
Connor
Julia Blair Connor
Florerice Kimball
Laurrnce Kimball
Evergreen Cemetery
Frank Beedle
Cleveland Mariner
Harry Douglass
Frank Preble
Carroll Bryant
Sadie
Livermore Falls
Frank Carver
William Allard
Litchfield
Frank Stetson
Ruie Curtis
Mabel Clifford
Gardiner
Flora Shepard
G. C. Mariner
Freda Mariner
Waterville
Lawrence Bond
Ora Reid
Alice G. Baker
Kimball Street
Warren Ransford
Ida Oliver
Pasquel Cardinelli
Augusta
Harold Harford
Fred Duren
William Champney
Miami
Fla
Lillian McKenney
S. M. Preble
Mary Murphy
Ansel Marshall
Marston Road
Roland Grand
Cooper's Mills
Clifton Cate
Durand Shoe Co
Wright Shoe Makers Inc
Robert Dickerman
S. G. Bocholtz
William Dagnais
Richard Coal
Jefferson
Beacon Street Ladies' Aid Elects Officers at Final Meeting
Mrs Irving C Varney was re elected president of the Ladies aid of Beacon Street Methodist church at the final meeting of the conference year in the church parlor. Officers elected include Myrs Leland Plummer first vice president Susan Leeman second vice president Raymond Clark secretary Herbert Huggard treasurer Charles T Henderson flower fund treasurer. The society will hold a social in the parlor on the afternoon of the 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving C. Varney
Ladies’ Aid
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Varney
Fred Richardson
Weston P. Holman
Felows
Myrs- Leland” S. Plummer
Susan Leeman
Raymond Clark
Herbert Huggard
Charles T. Henderson
Flower Fund
Bath social notes reveal local visits and events
The column lists visits and arrivals in Bath including Miss Belle M Heald hosting the ie League, Mrs Walter V Cummings from Bath visiting family, Miss Eleanor Cunningham at Morse high school Bath weekend with her parents, and Drs J H Brown from West Newton Mass with Ruth Lyman as guest at their summer home. It notes a Maybasket for Rev F W Hovey, various Bath residents visiting and hosting, the burial of Miss Mary B Powers, Mothers Day plans at First Baptist, church services on daylight time, and local teens attending Morse High School. Also mentions Roosevelt tariff stance mockingly from Springfield Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Naylor
Elva Purinton
Young People’s Society
Belle M. Heald
Ie League
Walter V. Cummings
Bath
Joseph F. Higgins
Erlon L. Newdick
Department of Agriculture
Augusta
Eleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Melvin Cunningham
J. H. Brown
West Newton
Mass
Ruth Lyman
F. W. Hovey
Five Islands
Robinhood
George E. Smith
Sagadahoc Bay
Lexington
Elizabeth Hunt
T. M. Hagan
Marion Hunt
Ernest Curtis
Scott
Salem
Howard M. Trafton
Addie Moulton
H. F. Hunt
Clifton Matthews
Ernest Heald
Thomas Hagan
Miss Mills
Center School
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
Annie Jones
Carroll P. Powers
Harold Peacock
Massachusetts
Bay Point
A. S. Cunningham
Peggy
Milo
New Bridge
E. C. Higgins
Grace Hovey
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Waltham
Vira Trafton
George F. Oliver
Mary B. Powers
Oak Cemetery
Miss Powers
Burnside
Levi Powers
Christian Endeavor
First Baptist
Carrie L. Oliver
H. M. Trafton
Dorothy Sturmer
Arrowsic
Oliver
E. D. Marsh
Rutland
Mrs. Hovey
Amy
Frank Decker
Newcastle
Rudolph Trafton
Doris Trafton
Medford
Willard Oliver
Mr. Trafton
Earl MacMahan
Grangers
Grange Hall
Ellingwood Bros
South Paris
Ottercliff
Edith Davis
Albion Carr
Raymond Belanger
Vernon Gray
Charles Setzler
William McLeod Raine
Grace Hill Lutz
Faith Baldwin
Mulberry Square
Lida
Ferris Leonard
the Nazarene Church
Forrest Hanna
Boston
Ada McGilvary
Portland
Percy
Fred Reid
Seguinland
Five Islands Marriage Unites Basil MacMahan and Edith Pinkham
Basil MacMahan son of Mr and Mrs Charles A MacMahan of Five Islands and Boston wed Miss Edith Pinkham daughter of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Pinkham of Five Islands on Tuesday May 1 at Georgetown Center parsonage. Rev Frank N Hovey officiated. They will reside at Five Islands after a brief honeymoon. The item also notes community notices about Grange meetings and local visits, with many residents mentioned in routine social and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Varney
Rachel Witham
Leroy Cleveland
Baptist Parsonage
John T. Witham
Richmond
Maud Varney
Portsmouth
N. H
C. M. Reynolds
Varney
Progressive Grange
Grange
Maynard Brown
Basil MacMahan
Charles A. MacMahan
Five Islands
Boston
Edith Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Georgetown Center
Frank N. Hovey
MacMahan
Grange Circle
Media Nocton
Lila Belanger
Edward Clary
Robinhood
Ethelyn Barter
Richard
Nancy
Bath
Vernon Gray
Barter
Edward Nealey
MacMahan’s Island
Russell Harford
Douglass
Charles Campbell
Howard's Wharf
Vernon E. Gray
Gray
Helen Mulligan
Alice
Helen Clough
Plummer Cottage
Charles Davis
Memorial Hospital
Percy Allen
Oakland
Grange Hall
Forrest Hanna
Barbara Gray
Hope Berry
Girl Scouts Meet in Lewiston Event Ends With Taps
Bath scouts arrived in cars driven by Mrs. Milton C. Trott, Mrs. Joseph W. Cyr, Miss Mabel A. Thwing, Mrs. Norman W. Howard, Mrs. Edward Sewall, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, and Mrs. Carr. Hands joined, bugles sounded across the armory marking an impressive finale to a day of activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Milton C. Trott
Joseph W. Cyr
Mabel A. Thwing
Norman W. Howard
Edward Sewall
George Hopkins
Carr
Westport Social Roundup and Local Visitors
Westport hosts a weekend of visits from Foxboro Mass and Weymouth and Bath to Boothbay Harbor. Residents attend boxing in Brunswick while the town Democratic social club holds its first event led by Frank Houdlette of Dresden. Various locals and visitors from Maine and Massachusetts are listed with brief activity notes.
Les Camarades Plan Maine Music Federation Appearance
Les Camarades Musicaux send Mrs. Fred H Cary to sing at the Maine Music Federation convention in Augusta on May 18 with Francis S McPherson as accompanist Allan H Ramsay appoints Mrs Robert Hatch as delegate and Mrs Carl Albee as alternate Many members will attend Miss Margaret Melcher attends for Organist Guild as it joins the Federation Mrs Guy P Gannett invited the group to perform at Memorial night Danish Village Flower Show but several members were unavailable due to the holiday and others declined
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Fred H. Cary
Maine Music Federation
Augusta
Francis S. McPherson
Allan H. Ramsay
Musical
Robert 8. Hatch
Carl E. Albee
Margaret Melcher
Organist Guild
Music Federation
Guy P. Gannett
Les Camarades
Danish Village
Mny
In Vita Herb and Iron Tonic advertised by Freed man Medicine Co
An old advertisement promotes IN-VITA HERB AND IRON TONIC as a system cleanser purifier and tonic. It claims to improve appetite aid digestion and help correct constipation. The price is $1.25 with an offer to write for a free descriptive circular. The company is Freed man Medicine Co of Stonington Maine and lists member N.B.R.A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman Medicine Co
Stonington, Me
N. BR. A
Junk dealers seek Coriolanus for scrap at Maine rail dock
A syndicate of junk dealers has inquired about buying the Coriolanus for scrap iron from the Maine Central railroad dock in Bath. The 58 year old ship, once celebrated, sits idle in bankruptcy court and may head to the junk pile after 1932 summer plans were thwarted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Massachusetts
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Boston
Kennebec River
C. Nelson Rogers
Shelbourne
N. S
Africa
Prospect Harbor
New England and West Trading Shipping Association
New England
Morgan Yacht Corsair
Coriolanus
A. McMillan
Dumbarton
Scotland
Stewart Line
London
Winter Street Girls' Class Presents Two One Act Plays
The Senior girls' class of Winter Street Sunday school with Miss Barbara Scott and Carl Earlbach will stage two one act plays in the chapel Thursday at eight. The cast for Local and Long Distance includes George Davis home from college with a broken leg Carl Earlbach Miss Brown Mary Jones Frances Montgomery Barbara Scott Mrs. Davis and more neighbors Shirley Minott Kathaleen Scott even Minott. The Sardines cast features Mattie Eaton Lizzie Pike Elizabeth Colby Lucy Watkins Betty Rice Alfreda Blanche Moody Peetens Lydia Atwood Anne Carroll and guests from New Wolks Stein and Mary McClure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Barbara Scott
Carl Earlbach
George Davis
Miss Brown
Mary Jones
Frances Montgomery
Davis
George
Joe Roberta Erwin
White
Miss Slade
Kitty Parsons
Shirley Minott
Kathaleen Scott
Even Minott
Mattie Eaton
Lizzie Pike
Elizabeth Colby
Lucy Watkins
Betty Rice Alfreda
Mattie
Blanche Moody Peetens
Lydia Atwood
Anne Carroll
New Wolks
Stein Cemimin
Mary McClure
Knights of Dunlap at Grand Conclave in Maine
Dunlap commandery members led at the Grand Conclave of Maine in Portland with Edwin H. P. Lowell as eminent commander and Arthur B. Stilphen as past commander. Rev. David L. Wilson attended Grand Lodge sessions. a Temple degree team from Maine commanderies performed Thursday night. A son was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dorsey of 13 Hinckley Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
K. T
Grand Commandery of
Maine
Portland
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Arthur B. Stilphen
Lloyd L. Hooker
Oscar F. Williams
David L. Wilson
United States of America
Order of the Temple
Scottish Rite Hall of
Masonic Temple
Lowell
Williams
Charles Dorsey
Hinckley Street
Bath Iron Works Men Attend Trial Near Province Town
Three Bath Iron Works officials aboard the destroyer Farragut for a high speed trial run off Provincetown Massachusetts. The ship recently launched by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp at Quincy and a sister to the Dewey under construction at Bath Iron Works. Navy officials said the Farragut performed beyond all expectations with speed records likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Farragut
Provincetown
Mass
United States Naval
Archibald M. Main
Henry O. Trowbridge
Roland F. Hill
Bath Plant
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Quinsy
Navy Department
Auxiliary to Post Receives Inspection in Bath
The Auxiliary of Dyer Flaherty Post VFW in Bath was inspected by Hazel Cramp Portland chief of staff and Emma Smith department treasurer. Cramp praised the auxiliary as flourishing with active members prepping for the June 8 and 9 State Encampment. Nora Morse Myrtie Wilson Mattie Young and Bertha Hagan lead the encampment committee. A supper for officers featured clam chowder pickles crackers cake and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Hazel M. Cramp
Portland
Emma R. Smith
Cramp
Bath
Nora Morse
Myrtie Wilson
Mattie Young
Bertha Hagan
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Walter Smith
John Tarr
Rebecca Rogers
Main Street
Frank Bishop
Lincoln Street
A. P. Cain
River Road
Louise Shepard
Melvin Leavitt
George Dennett
Dayton
Claremont
Elsie M. Bassett
Emerson School
Parent-Teacher Association
Charles B. Day
Copley Plaza
Arthur L. Race
Maine Hotel Association
Dave
Mary P. Reed
Gardner Street
Jane Little R. N
Star Club
Masonic Banquet Hall
Edith Knight
Bangor
Alvina Knight
Center Street
Charles Soule
Dresden
Weymouth
WRDO
Fort Western
Blaine Memorial
Museum
Senate
Chamber
House of Representatives
State Library
State House
Louis J. Brann
Blaine
Paul Holmes
New York
Philadelphia
Frank Reynolds
Gertrude Baker
Fred S Curtis &Funeral Service
Thomas R. Huston
R Bath
Beacon Street Ladies’ Aid
Georgetown
Roosevelt
Springfield
Breck
E. G. Hill—Hadley
Etoile de France
Rowina Thom—Briarcliff Roselyn
E. P. Thom
Herbert Hoover
Talisman
Frau
Karl Druschki
Mme Edouard Herriot
Beauty Gardenia
Paul’s
Scarlet Dorothy Perkins
van Fleet
Allen
Troop’s Hardware Store
GIRL
Lewiston
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Westport
Dexter Mahar
Foxboro
Thomas Cromwell
M. C. Cromwell
Will Dodge
Wiscasset
Thomas McLaughlin
Raymond Robinson
Annie R. Colby
South Portland
Robert Greenleaf
Amos
James
Robert, Jr
Brunswick
Charles P. Dow
Winchester
Eva Beaudet
Lizzie Brooks
Genevieve Hodgdon
Dorothea Hodgdon
Flora Jewett
St. Cloud
Florence Newman
M. A. Cromwell
Russell Stoddard
Anna Louise Jewett
Hylan Jewett
Charles Tilton
Bell
Sarah Welch
Bristol
Jonas Knight
Boothbay Harbor
Lida Gilmore
Florence
Woburn
John Swanton
Louise Rahal
George Stuart
Brooks
Sanford
Mr. Swanton
Hary A. Swanton
Wilson
Thomas Woodbridge
Whitinsville
Democratic Social Club
Town Hall
Frank M. Houdlette
Democratic County Committee
Mary Greenleaf
Florence Boothby
Helena Hodgdon
Violet Colby
Albertine Knight
Jack Harrison
Violet Apt
Laurence Colby
James Apt
James Tarbox
Annie
Miss Tarbox
Burns Express
Reynolds
Henry
Mr. Reed
Thomas Brewer
R. T. Beaton
Walter Leavitt
Amos Greenleaf
Brian Jewett
Capt. T. McLaughlin
C. J. DiPerri
Longfellow
Bath Savings Institution
Knights OF Dunlap
Bath Iron Works
V.F.W
Bellevue
Rey li
Beacon Street
Tdeal
Beacon Hill
Boston Common
Public Gardens
Bowdoin and
Beacon Streets
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