Richmond Town Activities Reported Across Agencies
Richmond hosts meetings on school crowding and fish planting in streams from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. The Richmond fire department plans a lightweight two to three adult skiff for rescues while Lions Club hosts state senator Foster Tabb as guest. May Day and Mother’s Day observed at Enterprise grange. Seventh Day Adventist church holds rededication services with visiting speakers from Northern New England and Atlantic Union Conferences. Yacht club selects officers and prepares cleanup plans. D A R chapter on elected officers and memorial services. local notes include deer deaths by bobcats and dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teenata
Albert Wing
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Richmond Group
Abagadasset
Clark Brook
Mill K
White Brook
Bow‘dinham’s
Temple Meadow Brook
Meloon Brook
Denham Brook
Segdley Brook
Maine
Fish and Game
Richmond
Charles Leon
Harris Hutchins
George Douglass
Richmond Lions Club
Foster Tabb
Gardiner
Enterprise Grange Hall
Tabb
Socialibert May
Ideal Home Corner Club
Jeff Coats
Anna Harrington
Edith Hodgdon
Horace Hinkley
Calla Johnson
Anna Kovaly
Vernon Little
George McMaster
Barbara Witham
Clara ‘Ines
Martha Skillins
Allen Pridham
Fern Perry
William Meserve
Irving Tripp
Ina Smith
Margaret Albin
George Loughlin
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Roscoe W. Moore
Portland
Northern New England
L. E. Lenheim
Atlantic Union Conference
South Lancaster
Mass
Enterprise Grange
Emerson Grammar School
Cleveland Marriner
William Whitney
Annie Dunbar
Mildred Gilpatrick
Vivian Tripp
Yacht Club
Fred Lyons
Wesley Webber
Albert Fossett
Ralph Dickinson
Russell A. Ring
Russell H. Ring
Carl Anderson
Raymond Call
Clowes Guiou
Mauds
Auburn
S. Poll Roberts
Rand of
Marjorie B
Lodge event and community notices recount evenings and deaths
A local event schedule describes a double session with presentations by Pine Lodge and the Assembly Warden, a memorial service, and a residents project. The Lions auction seeks glassware and dishes for community projects. Personal items note residents returning home, hospital discharges, and visits, plus James Jones attending a Northeast conference in Boston.
Cosmo Garden Club Holds Annual Meeting
The Cosmo Garden Club met for its annual gathering with officers named and a roll call. No formal program was planned. poems were read for Mother's Day and Spring, and vice president Mrs MacDonald spoke, presenting a gift to Douglas for her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmore Gilman
Frederick Moffatt
Carroll Deering
Mildred G. Nichols
Nelly Goodrich
Emerton Gross
Bernard MacDonald
Albert Whitney
MacDonald
Douglas
The Ideal Mother and Community Events Highlight Local News
Sunday sermons at First Baptist centered on Hannah and virtues of prayer faith and vow keeping. A PTA square dance honored Clayton Stevens before U S Marine service. lavish cake and cake art described. out of town guests attended. May storms disrupted coastal life with wind and rain. Robins nest updates noted. Shakespeare in the Modern World program featured Dr Hasenfus. Fulbright for Charles Shain to study in England. Library Association cleanup with lobster stew supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Reedy
Hannah
Samuel
Otis Baker
Herman's Harbor
Central School
P.T.A
Clayton Stevens
Seguinland
U. S. Marine Corps
Stevens
Beatrice Bouton
Virginia Whitney
Worcester
Roy Clark
U. S
Ibra Lawrence
Norman Drummond
Arrowsie
C. Bruce Wright
Bath
Jerry Creamer
Tommy
Wiscasset
Barbara Muse
Mel Howe
Woolwich
Virgil Stevens
Alvah Reynolds
Portland
Eastland
Frank Lowe
Korea
Truman
Payne
Robinhood
West Roxbury
Obituary Mrs Rachel F Thomson Sewall 84 Widow of Mark Sewall
Mrs Rachel F Thomson Sewall aged 84 widow of Mark W Sewall died early Wednesday at 1127 Washington Street after a year of ill health. Born December 6 1867 in Richmond she lived in Bath most of life. Survived by three sons Joseph and Edward of Bath and Joseph Thomson Sewall Jr serving in Army. four grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from Washington Street home Canon Charles M Tubbs officiating. Burial Oak Grove. Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel F. Thomson Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
Washington Street
Richmond
Joseph A
Rachel Hathorn Thomson
Bath
Miss Morgan
Portsmouth
N. H
Joseph A. Thomson
Thomson
Cape Horn
Mr. Sewall
Joseph
Boothbay Harbor
Edward Sewall
Patricia Pillsbury
Hanson
Mass
Edward Sewall, Jr
South Weymouth
Mark Warren Sewall
Winchester
Joseph Thomson Sewall, Jr
U.S. Army
Charles M. Tubbs
Oak Grove
Local Events Highlight May Outreach and Community News
A film show at the local church on May 23 led by Rev. Jesse Starr of the Richmond Bible Conference Grounds with music by Mrs. W. C. Meloon and Rev. Me loon. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. George Young bought the Branwell Harford home. Numerous locals shared visits, family news, and weather impacts with winds and high tides affecting small craft.
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Fd Buck
Jesse Starr
Richmond Bible Conference Grounds, Inc
W. C. Meloon
Meloon
George Young
Branwell Harford
Central School
William Marr
John Reedy
James Stevens
Woodrow Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Arthur Cochrane
Arthur Nelson
Arthur, Jr
Georgia
Nelson
Livermore Falls
Rose Wilkins
L. H. Rowe
Sudbury
Mass
Stinson
Davis
Bath Memorial Hospital
Yarmouth
Russell Boynton
Malden Island
Victor Pinkham
Kenneth Smith
Kittery
Warner Eustis
Lermond Davis
Hinman Construction Co
Arrowsh Road
Carl Rowe
Carl, Jr
Harold Rowe
Lawrence Perow
Martha and
Brenton
Herman Barter
Bath
Vernon Gray
Norman Norton
Patricia
Harold Pinkham
Lewiston
Kathleen Rittall
Hiram Pierce
Gardiner Hospital
Pierce
Mrs. Pierce
Randolph
William Grady
Roxbury
Sedgemere Road
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Vernon E
Memorial Rites For Francis S. McPherson Bath Man
Francis S. McPherson 51 died at Memorial hospital after a six week illness. Born in Bath September 6 1900 to Sidney A and Katherine F (Hennessy) McPherson he lived here all his life. He was a trained musician organist pianist and harpist who played at numerous weddings and served 11 years as organist at Corliss Street Baptist church. He also played at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence and later worked in Bath Iron Works blue print room. He toured on the steamer Santa Paula orchestra cruises to the Panama Canal and Caribbean. He was a devout member of St Marys Catholic church and is survived by his father and nine cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis S. McPherson
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Sidney A
Katherine F. (Hennessy) McPherson
Mr. McPherson
Morse High
Felix Fox
Boston
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Bath Iron Works
Blue Print
Santa Paula
Panama Canal
Carrbbean
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sidney McPherson
Bath Independent May 15 1952 highlights and local notes
The Bath Independent from Bath Maine dated May 15 1952 reports local notices and community items. Readers see brief community updates, announcements and short notices from area organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Community notices show visitors and gatherings across Seguinland
Families host and visit across Georgetown Center Robinhood and Seguinland with Memorial Day prep, cottage repairs, and weekend guests. Residents include Mrs. Mae Hagan, Mrs. Beatrice Ale, Mr. Joseph Higins, Miss Dorothy Stuart, Mr. J Sonenberg, and many others from Bath Portland Wiscasset and Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Higins
Memorial Be
Beatrice Ale
Harry Carlisle
Harry Beals
Wiscasset
Mae Hagan
Georgetown Center
Mrs Ralph D Warren Visits Portland From Washington Street
Mrs Ralph D Warren of Washington street visited Portland on Monday. She toured local sites and met with friends during her short trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph D. Warren
Washington Street
Portland
Mrs Beatrice Aline Abbott Dies at 79 in Bath
Mrs Beatrice Aline Abbott 79 died Thursday morning at Memorial hospital after living with her sister Martha Fielding Bath for 25 years and previously in Farmington. She was born April 21 1873 Georgetown daughter of George C and Martha Oliver Higgins widow of Daniel W Abbott. Survived by sisters Martha Fielding Bath Annie Ireland Freeport plus nieces and nephews. Curtis Funeral Home to host service Saturday at 10 30 burial in Strong family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Aline Abbott
Memorial Hospital
Martha Fielding
Spring Street
Bath
Georgetown
George C
Martha Oliver Higgins
Abbott
Farmington
Annie Ireland
Freeport
Curtis Funeral Home
Strong
Mrs. Mary F. Ingham dies at 88 in Bath
Mrs. Mary Frances Ingham widow of Fred Ingham dies at her home 106 Court Street Tuesday night aged 88. Born August 22 1863 in Bath she was a daughter of David and Emma Warner. She was educated in Bath and belonged to First Baptist Church. Surviving are sister Emma Spinney granddaughter Mrs. George Melzard and a great granddaughter. Services Friday at two and burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Ingham
Fred Ingham
Court Street
Bath
David I. Warner
Ingham
City School of
First Baptist Church
Emma Spinney
George Melzard
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Morse Seniors Prepare for Graduation Day
Morse High seniors are one month from graduation with schedules set and rehearsals under way. Speeches, class parts, and memories shape the final days as options close on yearbook proofs and class trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Golden Plover Migrations Span Atlantic Crossing
The golden plover migrates south each winter flying non-stop from Nova Scotia across the Atlantic to Argentina, illustrating remarkable endurance in avian long-distance travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Argentina
Eleanor Norton Bradway dies at 64 in Maine infirmary
Eleanor Norton Bradway 64 of Fryeburg widow of Homer W. Bradway died April 28 at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland. Born in Bath she taught school before marriage and lived in Monson Mass before moving to Fryeburg four years ago. Survived by husband two sons William Rockville Conn and Lawrence Fryeburg one brother Herbert Norton Roxbury Mass and nine grandchildren. Funeral April 30 Fryeburg and May 1 Monson Mass with interment in Monson hillside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Norton Bradway
Homer W. Bradway
Fryeburg
Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary
Portland
Bath
Herbert
Fanny
Shea) Norton
Bradway
New London
Conn
Gouther College
Maryland
Monson
Mass
Universalist
Church of the New Jerusalem
Women’s Republican Club
Women’s Literary
William Bradway
Rockville
Roxbury
Hillside Cemetery
Arthur Cressey Norton Dies at 64 in Bath
Arthur Cressey Norton age 64 a Bath Iron Works stock clerk and prominent Mason died Monday morning at Memorial hospital He lived at 89 Oliver Street born in Phippsburg May 20 1887 son of Charles and Jennie Larrabee Norton He spent nine years 1919 to 1928 in Arizona and returned to Bath Norton an accomplished musician and vocalist attended Bath schools and Old Bath High School He belonged to Polar Star lodge Montgomery St Bernard Royal Arch chapter Dunlap
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cressey Norton
Bath Iron Works
Memorial Hospital
Grace Gilbert Norton
Oliver Street
Phippsburg
Charles
Jennie Larrabee Norton
Bath
Arizona
Norton
Eugene E Ingalls Orders and Survivors Noted
Eugene E. Ingalls' obituary notes his wife Elma Jennings as survivor. The text mentions a residence at 819 High and a service scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 1 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma (Jennings
U & Residence
Death of Miss Sara Durgin in Maiden Massachusetts
Word arrived Thursday of the death of Miss Sara Durgin in Maiden Massachusetts after an illness. She was born in Bath August 23 1870, daughter of Isaac H and Lydia Flint Durgin, and in the 1890s worked as a news compositor on the Bath Enterprise. Services were at the family lot in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Maiden
Mass
Bath
Isaac H
Lydia (Flint) Durgin
Oak Grove
Durgin
Flora A. Hathorne Commital Services Held
Committal services were conducted at the pay lot in Riverside Woolwich for Flora A. Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Woolwich
Honorary lieutenant colonels named at Maine ROTC units
Miss Gladys Armstrong of Woolwich and two other coeds at the University of Maine were named honorary lieutenant colonels of the three ROTC battalions. Arthur C. Norton is noted in the report as part of the student body connected to the ROTC honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Armstrong
Woolwich
University of Maine
University
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Lawrie Hodlines
Northeast Harbor
Gene Letourneau
Er Cobb
R, Cay
Wedge
Gean
Eatident
Bernice Terrill
Merilna Coughlin
Fort Fairfield
Methodist Church
Margaret Borjesson
Bertha Curtis
Elizabeth Haynes
Margaret Nelson
Viola Douglas
Queen Esther
Rebekah
Jackalena Fearce
Eva Douglass
Josiah White
Emerson-Lane Post Auxiliary
Legion Home
Hazel Libby
Old Post Office
Harry Curran
Daytona Beach
Fla
Main Street
Carol Ann Emmons
Augusta General Hospital
Lincoln Street
Donald Mosher
North Front Street
Frederick Groves
Gardiner General Hospital
River Road
Edward W. Hall
Dresden
Seth D. Ridlon
Russell ‘Ring
Ruth Stilphen
Hall
Fred Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Plymouth
Brunswick
Clarice Shoff
J. Norris Sidelinger
Vincent Jones
Belfast
Gerald Watson
Rhoda Douglass
Derry
Seth Watson
Beech Street
James Jones
Supreme Lodge, N. E. C. ‘P
Cosmo Garden Club
The
Library Association
Richards Library
Harold
Rachel T. Sewall
Priscilla Ann
Portsmouth, N. H
Smith
Mary Louise Pinkham
Francis
McPherson
J. Brown
Martha. J. Bowen
Harold J. Brown
Leonard Flint
Nancy
Kennebec Point
Howard Deacon
Ethelyn I. Davis
Augusta
Philip Campbell
Hunter
Dorothy W. Stuart
Roland E. Peterson
George Laskey
Laskey
Donald Penley
Paris Hill
Riggs House
Benjamin Riggs
Winthrop
Penley
Ralph Dunton
Edward St. Martin
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Calhoun
Littleriver
William Bisseth
Carroll Powers
West
Columbia River
White Mountains
Pas Carlstrom
Donna Lee
Harry L. Horne
Chester
Joseph Lane
Indian Point
Aubrey Fullerton
John Richards
Richards
Walter Reid
West Buxton
Ralph Davis
William Todd
Olaf Hansen
Waltham
Grace Fullerton
Belmont
Peterson Place
Massachusetts
Edward C. Clarey
Belle Heald
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. Sonenberg
New York City
Cottege
Cressey Place
Clarina Michelson
Roy Moulton
Blanche Scammon
Moulton
Oakley Thibadeau
Weymouth
Robert Graffam
Beatrice A. Abbott
Mary F. Ingham
MORSE
Phere
America
Marius H. Page
Donald T. Page
North Street
Kennebec
Eleanor N. Bradway
Eugene E. Ingalls
North Bath
MES
Flora A. Hathorne
Arthur C. Norton
Our American Legion
American Legion
High Street
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