Richmond Notes of Town Life and Local Visits
Richmond news highlights many town visits and social events. Marital intentions filed for two residents from Augusta and Portland with the City Clerk. Community activities include Girl Scouts fundraising, junior declamations at the new high school May 24, and a Lions club gathering at Rumford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Miss Welch
J. R. Clifford
Grange Hall
Bowdeinham
Earl Trott
Dorothy
Phyllis
Joyce
Portland
Ora E. Yeaton
Alfred Mayers
Brookline
Mass
Richard Derby
Winchester
Joseph Alexander
Margaret B. Peabody
Viola Douglass
Frank Anderson Jr
Gardiner General Hospital
Marie Alexander
Ruth Curran
Genevieve Joy
Augusta
Lions Club
Maine
Lions, International
Mansion House
Poland
Bangor
Auburn
Rumford
Georgetown People Gather for Weekend Visits and Church Services
North Edgecomb state road supervisor GE Haggett visited Georgetown on Saturday. Residents and visitors, including patrolman Williams and Walter Williams of Boston, spent time with family across West Georgetown and Robinhood. A funeral for Joseph Coleman was held in Bath with local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Haggett
North Edgecomb
Williams
Haggett
Clayton We
Bath
Walter Williams
Boston
West Georgetown
T. N. Williams
Theodore Thibodeau
Portland
Hartley Harley
Boothbay
Thibodeau
Joyce
William Williams
Brunswick
Raphael Higgins
Oakhurst
Charles Lewis
Five Islands
Martha Rich Bowen
Emma Billings
Robinhood
Arthur L. Todd
Louise
Lisbon
Jennie Todd
Ralph Dunton
Harold J. Brown
Harold, Jr
Cumberland
Percy McGilvery
Gilbert Lewis
Jennie Swett
Maine State Hospital
Augusta
Riggs’ Burying Ground
William Chadbourne
Miss Swett
Arrowsie
Edwin
Jane Mary Swett
California
Harry Swett
Elson Field
Edgar Warren
Edward Grant
York Village
Lewis Trafton
Frank Heald
Lord & Burnham Co
Irvington
N. Y
Massachusetts
H. G. Heald
Heald
Bath City Hospital
North Whitefield
Clyde Pinkham
Abbie Reynolds
Henry
Alvah
Agnes Powers
First Baptist Church
F. W.hovey
Georgetown
Georgetown Cove
Baptist Church
E. C. Higgins
John E. Oliver
Sumner Mains
Elizabeth Hunt
Georgia M. R. Walker
Maxine Walker
Woolwich
Bowen
Camp Overlook
Leon E. Oliver
Newburyport
Mass
Alberteen Oliver
Durenda Blaisdell
High Street
Center School
Pathfinder
Linwood Stevens
Scott Cressey
Maude Thayer
Westbrook
William Oliver
Gladys Oliver
F. W. Hovey
Joseph Coleman
Five Islands Social Notes and Local Visitors
W E Reid of Portland opened his Seguinland summer home. C H Minchen of Boston spent the weekend at his cottage. D L Howard of Bath vacationed at Ocean View. Roland Oliver and Gray visited Center Harbor guests. Various Bath and Five Islands residents hosted and traveled, with church suppers and grange activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Reid
Portland
Seguinland
C. H. Minchen
Boston
D. L. Howard
Bath
Ocean View
Roland Oliver
Center Harbor
N. H
and Gray
Miss Luce
Hershel Dickey
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
D. R. Stevens
Earle Hagan
Fred Gray
V.E. Gray
Joseph Coleman
Nancy Russell
Georgetown
Five Islands
Chester MacMahan
Walter Powers
Richmond
Herman McFadden
John Carter
Woolwich
J. T. MacMahan
Frank Southard
T. J. Hanna
Guy Crosby
Ida Hinckley
F. P. Carr
L. H. Rowe
F. W. Carleton
Wilder Hagan
Arrowsic
Edward Boynton
Sky Pilot
George Hanna
Eugene Rowe
Percy Savage
Alton Reed
Winneyance
Ida H. Rowe
Grange
Grange Hall
Izetta Pinkham
Harry Heald
Trosser and Sons
John Hinds
Pejepscot
T. D. Reid
Community Notes From Richmond Corner
Mrs. Carrie Adams and Mrs. Abbie Dodge visited Bowdoinham Boothbay and Litchfield residents. The Joneses of Sabattus traveled for sister Mrs. Margaret Mariner's illness and death. May 12 Mother's Day services at the church featured special music and decorative flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Adams
Bowdoinham
Abbie Dodge
Boothbay
Ella Batchelder
Gertrude Jack
Maude Purinton
Litchfield
Everett Jones
Sabattus
Jones
Margaret Mariner
Blanche Springer
Avis Hamilton
Elizabeth Hamilton
Charles James
Bowdeinham
Dow Place
State Road
Ernest Purinton
Brunswick
Herbert Higgins
Russell
Higgin
Westport Activities Include Ship Scrapping and Local News
Westport workers continue organizing harbor craft for winter service led by Colin Dunn of West Side, including a vessel owned by Gov. Gardiner. Marion Jewett reports a strong radio signal from Sidney Australia via KDKA. A woods fire near Mount Pelee by Heal upper mill pond was quickly contained, with William Whitten injured but improving. Woolwich officials note joint school boards meeting—John H. Carter reelected district superintendent with $2600 raise as District No. 48 expands to include Harpswell and 13 more schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Dunn
West Side
Wm. T. Gardiner
Phipps’ Point
Woolwich
Marion L. Jewett
Sidney
Australia
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Mount Pelee
Heal Upper Mill Pond
William A. Whitten
Henry M. Sanford
Bailey
Wiscasset
E. V. Lewis
Harry A. Swanton
John H. Carter
Georgetown
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Westport
Harpswell
Boothbay Harbor Social Notes Return Home for Summer
Mrs. Charles F. Dodge returns from Boston to her Boothbay Harbor home for the summer. Miss Carrie C. Adams of Bowdoinham will visit her sister Mrs. Dodge for a few weeks. Mrs. Edwin Dodge Hardin hosted her Sunday school class and teachers with tea at the manse. tea poured by Mrs. Charles E. Plaisted and Miss Clare Coombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll L. Thibodeau
Gannett Publishing Co
Augusta
Mary Beckwith
Portland
Ruth Eileen Conrad
Mabel Garvin
Ivan Richardson
State House
Margaret Grover
Gardiner
George Kimball
Frank Connor
M. A. Cox
Blaine
Baptist Church
Ella Odiorne
Norway
Eugene Smith
Joseph Mansir
Paris
Herbert Mansir
Albert Lint
Fairfield
Lyte Lint
Don Cate
Ora Reed
Charles F. Dodge
Boston
Carrie C. Adams
Bowdeinham
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Charles E. Plaisted
Clare Coombs
Visit to Bath Hyde Windlass plant during Boys Week
Joseph Preney of the Dike school details a Hyde Windlass Co visit during Boys Week. Guide Mr Alkazin explains safety and processes from iron foundry to bronze molding, drills and grinders, mold loft, pattern loft, blacksmith shop, and the crane derrick. He notes a Kaiser Krupp factory anecdote and ends by praising the plant's interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Joseph Preney
Dike School
Hyde Windlass Co
Hyde Windlass
Scott
Alkazin
Marine Service
Gouddie
Visit to Bath Iron Works by Dike School Students
Joseph Robinson of grade 5 writes of a Boys Week trip to Bath Iron Works. Students toured the Machine Shop where a 138 foot yacht Paragon is under construction, the Mould Loft, Plate Shed, rivet counter sinking, river driving, and Blacksmith Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Robinson
Bath Iron Works
Iron Works
Paragon
Black Smith Shop
Dike School
Religious Education Conference at Topsham Draws Nine Churches
Sagadahoc County Religious Education meeting at First Baptist church Topsham reports from 19 more. Prof Herbert R Purington Bates College outlined state approved Bible study course similar to high school four year plan. Program included devotions reports committees address by Mr Ingraham and group discussions led by Rev Manning and Rev Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
First Baptist Church
Topsham
Herbert R. Purington
D.D
Bates College
Augustus A. Thomas
Andrew Young
Herbert
Ingraham
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Louise Perry
Waterville
Stanley Manning
Vacation Church School and Related Sessions at Conference
The schedule lists group conferences Devotions and Bible study afternoon sessions with Rev E D Gahani and Rev Mildred Huffman Auburn East Winthrop and Miss Perry Isabel Chute, then reports, special music, offerings and an evening address by Prof Herbert R. Purington Bates College on home and church school cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gahani
Oul
CMN
Mildred — B. Huffman
East Winthrop
Mrs. Huffman
Miss Perry
Isabel Chute
Auburn
Peters
Charles Peters
Herbert R. Purington
D. D
Bates College
Gaudreau Brothers to Open Music Schools in Maine
Two Bath brothers Edward L. Gaudreau and Joseph L. Gaudreau, prominent Portland and Lewiston orchestra leaders, join to open music schools across Maine. Schools already operate in Portland and will expand to Bath Richmond Bowdoinham Wiscasset Gardiner and other towns. they will teach violin clarinet trombone and saxophone and form local symphony orchestras. H A Huse will handle appointments and rooms will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Keith’s
Portland
Joseph L
Empire
Lewiston
Maine
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Wiscasset
Gardiner
H. A. Huse
Collier Jones Expected Next Week to Norfolk
Stephen R. Jones is slated to arrive from Norfolk next week carrying upwards of 7,000 tons of bituminous for the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen R. Jones
Norfolk
Kennebec Wharf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe
Hoover
the Monroe Stores, Inc
Front Street
Richmond High School
L. F. Roberts
Victor R. BE. Carey
Rumford Lion's Club
Portland Club
Richmond Corner
Boothbay Harbor
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Kohos
Chevrolet
Gevoline
Fisher
Ternstedt
Washington Street
Atlantic Motor Co., Inc
Damariscotta
O. M. McKown
Turner & Gilpatrick
Bath Industries
Gaudreau Brothers
Bath Boys
Irter
USA
Carter
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