Richmond Weekly Notes and Local Highlights
John Blake receives Boston Post Gold headed cane as Richmond’s oldest man turns 93 in June. Civil War wound and 33 days in hospital mark his only doctor visit. Rich town updates include tax bills at 65 mills, fire department chimney fire, several family visits, weddings, and community events across Richmond and nearby towns.
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Boston Post
John Blake
Mr. Blake
Blake
D. A. Pinkham
Harry Duren
Greenfield
Mass
Duren
Fred Duren
Hartley Ranger
Thomaston
Ladies’ Aid of Enterprise Grange
Ann Spofford
Mary P. Reed
Ethel Foster
Charles Newell
Charles, Jr
Nancy
Rumford
Zelma M. Dwinal
Barbara
Lucile
Camden
Cora Newell
Frank Rollins
Ghester
Dover
N. H
Charles Hackett
Maine Central Railroad
Bowdoinham
George Gilbert
County Road
Arthur Lancaster
Gardiner
Richmond
Joseph Dillon
Mabel LeBaron
St. Ambrose2
Charles P. Biglin
Evelyn McKenney
Denman Bergeron
Dillon
Charles LeBaron
Patrick
Elizabeth Dillon
Spruce Street
Roy Leet
Charles B. Day
Portland
Arthur Paine
Hallowell
Ruie Curtis
Denver
Col
Raymond Libby
Pleasant Street
Leila Anderson
Hawaii
St. Matthews Church
Fred Pecci
Bath
Frederick Harold Pecci
Earl Cronk
Front Street
Main Street
Linwood Grindle
Learport
Lawrence Bond
Fredericine Fellows
Ora Reed
Fellows
Frances Blenkhorn
Byron Gould
Rufus Trott
Beedle Road
Farmingdale
Contract Club
E. F. Pratt
Former Bathman Awarded Prize for Life Insurance Sales
David E. Sprague of Auburndale Massachusetts a Bath native and associate state manager of an insurance company won the first prize for writing the largest volume of new life insurance business during National Insurance week. He received a white gold 20 jewel watch valued at 200 dollars at a luncheon at the Boston Chamber of Commerce hosted by the General Agents and Managers Life Insurance Association. About 100 life insurance officials attended. Sprague previously served as president of the Boston Life Insurance Underwriters Association.
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David E. Sprague
Auburndale
Mass
Bath
Boston Chamber of Commerce
General Agents’ and Managers’ Life Insurance Association
Sprague
Boston Life Insurance Underwriters’ Association
Western Maine School Music Festival Concludes in Lewiston
The second annual festival drew over 2000 youths from Kittery to Corinth to Lewiston for a daylong event ending with the concert ensemble at the Lewiston Armory. Participants included Cony High Waterville Mechanic Falls Leavitt Institute Strong Madison Jay Livermore Falls Traip Academy Mitchell grammar School Kittery Wells Thornton Academy Monmouth Webster Junior High Auburn Porter South Portland Deering Wells Windham Greene Lewiston Edward Little Auburn high schools.
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Deering
Wells
Windham
Greene
Lewiston
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Georgetown social notes and visits at Kennebec Point
Mr and Mrs Harold J Brown and son Harold Jr visited Mrs Brown's relatives near Edward Wren. Rev Arthur E Holt of Chicago Summer resident at Kennebec Point will preach May 26 at First Baptist. Many locals and visitors from Melrose Boston Portland and Augusta are noted at Sagadahoc Bay Five Islands Indian Point and Topsham with parish events and social gatherings.
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Harold J. Brown
Harold, Jr
Kennebec Point
Agnes Powers
Harry L. Horne
Bath and Son
Chester
Wiscasset
Jane McGregor
Newton
Mass
Helen Noyes
Sagadahoc Bay
Arthur E. Holt
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Rose Smith
Lexington
Virginia Harford
Gladys Mills
Portland
Fred Cardan
John R. Blackie
Blackie
Topsham
Grace Ward Stevens
Brookings
E. C. Higgins
Joseph W. Lane
Mel
William A. Todd
Georgetown
Addie Moulton
Grange Circle
Five Islands
R. P. Waller
Nellie Gray
Candy's Harbor
William Hatch
Bath
Robinhood
Sewall S. Webster
Augusta
Indian Point
Arthur Todd
Lisbon
Jennie Todd
Thomas Williams
Charles Soule
Edwin Pinson
Sui
Walter V. Cummings
Laura Boyd
Islington
Dorothy Stuart
Richmond
Stuart
Emma Billings
Carrie Heald
North Edgecomb
Thomas Hagan
Ann Kimball
Lawrence
Richard Kimball
Medford
Methodist Chaplains to be Abolished by Maine Conference
At the Maine Annual Conference in Houston the Methodist Episcopal Church voted 84 to 54 to urge the General Conference not to appoint chaplains to the Army and Navy. Rev. Ernest Heywood argued against elimination, citing Army service and a wartime perspective. A memorial request will go to next year’s General Conference. Also announced a Maine institute of world affairs at the University of Maine Orono July 9–10 with speakers from Foreign Policy Association and Harvard.
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Maine
Methodist Episcopal Church
Houston
Committee On World Peace
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Army
Navy
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Church
Bath
Heywood
United States
Maine Institute of World Affairs
University of Maine
Orono
Te L. Bue
Foreign Policy Association
James P. Baxter
Harvard University
Ernest M. Patterson
University of Pennsylvania
William R. Pattangall
Wilfred J. Hinton
Institute of Bankers
London
England
Bicycles Seen as Greater Menace Than Cars in Florence
In Florence, Italy, April 1935 letters describe traffic chaos with cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians. The author notes bicycles as a greater danger than automobiles amid narrow streets, praising Ponte Santa Trinita and local sights while detailing rising living costs for Americans.
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the Independent
Leghorn
Levorro
America
Orient
Florence
Firenze
Italy
Pisa
Santa Maria del Fiore
Grottes Campanile
Piccioli
Arno
Ponte Santa Trinita
Bartolomeo Amminnati
Dante
Beatrice
Gattai
San Miniato
Michel Angelo
David
States
Paris
New York Herald
Five Islands social notes and visits brighten week
Residents and visitors from Bath Georgetown Georgetown Center Lewiston and Melrose frequented Five Islands this week. Edward Lewis and sister Almon Marr hosted and guests included Madelyn Berry Fred Pratt and others. Community events featured a Cottage prayer meeting, grange circle, and a piano duet by Rev Shoepfer and his wife.
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Edward Lewis
Augusta
Five Islands
Lewis
Almon Marr
Madelyn Berry
Bath
T. M. Hagan
Georgetown
William Belanger
J. T. MacMahan
Paul Mason
Gay
McKay
Orville Rowe
Walter Thomas
Lowell
Mass
Malden Island
L. H. Rowe
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Marr
Horace Rittall
Victor Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Raphael Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Virginia Harford
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
Drummond Stevens
Fred Pratt
Carrie Stevens
D. L. Howard
Charles Kenney
Warren
Mansfield Boucher
Oscar Snowman
Walter Shoepfer
Addie Moulton
Working League
Georgetown Center
Donald Stevens
Franz Stevens
Lumm Cottage
Raymond Belanger
James T. MacMahan
Leslie Beebe
Melrose
Ellery Southard
Frank Southard
Lewiston
E. C. Clary
Percy Allen
Portland
Cecil Stevens
Gertrude Carr
Eddie Carr
Herbert Campbell
Audrey
Helen Pinkham
P. D. Wilkins
Islands
S. M. Cubbage
Daytona Beach
Fla
E. M. Horton
Ada MacGillivary
Percy
MacGillivary
Percy MacGillivary
John
Ida
Chester MacMahan
Everett Cromwell
Donald Kenney
Harland, Burleigh
Ivan
Rudolph Pinkham
Philip Campbell
Fred M. Reid
Seguinland
Mr. Reid
Florence Life Described by J Henry McLellan
McLellan notes Florence features busy with ten oared boats in pairs, river traffic, sand hauling by long sloops, and fishermen waiting for bites. He sees constant movement, museums, galleries, churches, walks, and drives, all interesting and inspirational with no commonplace sights.
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Florence
J. Henry McLellan
Swan's Island Salutes Retiring Fish Warden B E Rowe
B E Rowe returns to Swan's Island after a Rockland visit with daughter Mrs Lucius York and son W Scott Rowe. The 84 year old veteran served as fish warden truant officer and constable at Swan's Island and has resigned from public service.
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B. E. Rowe
Swan's Island
Rockland
Lucius York
W. Scott Rowe
Mr. Rowe
William F Pond Dies After Six Months Illness
William F Pond aged 65 died Friday morning at his Bath home after a long illness. A former post office employee for 40 years he earlier ran Pond Bros confectionery and a restaurant with his brother Fred E Pond. A Bath native he moved from the South to the North End last September and leaves a wife and relatives in Taunton Massachusetts.
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William F. Pond
Milan Street
Pond
Fred E. Pond
Pond Bros
Colonial Club
Old
Bill” Pond
Charles Marble
Raymond, Palmer
Clifford Marble
Taunton
Mass
Mrs Ella Thayer Dies From Fall Injuries At Bath
Mrs Ella Thayer 72 widow of Archibald Thayer died Thursday morning at Bath Memorial hospital from injuries after a fall at her home 99 Court street three weeks ago. Survived by son John Walter Thayer Bath. daughters Mrs Howard Norwood Warren and Mrs William Anderson Bath. nine grandchildren. sister Miss Mary Stapleton New York. brothers John Stapleton Nova Scotia and William Stapleton Bath. brother in law William Thayer Bath. Member of St Marys church.
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Ella Thayer
Archibald Thayer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Court Street
Prince Edward Island
Bath
Thayer
John Walter Thayer
Howard Norwood
Warren
William Anderson
Mary Stapleton
New York
John Stapleton
Nova Scotia
William Stapleton
William Thayer
St. Mary's Church
Miss Anna E. Gibson Rites Held for Bath Native
The body of Miss Anna E. Gibson 80 arrived from Boston where she died. Funeral service was held Sunday at one at the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street with Roland J. Sawyer of Brunswick conducting the Christian Science service. She was born in Bath daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Gibson and lived here all her life until moving to Boston about a year ago. Survived by brother William Gibson of Boston and niece Mrs. Charles S. Brown of Augusta.
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Anna E. Gibson
Boston
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Roland J. Sawyer
Brunswick
Christian Science Service
Miss Gibson
Bath
Charles and
Elizabeth Gibson
Willow Street
William Gibson
Charles S. Brown
Augusta
Funeral for Mrs Ella Thayer in St Marys Church
The funeral for Mrs Ella Thayer widow of Archibald Thayer was held Saturday at eight in St. Marys Church with Rev Ludger Melancon officiating. Bearers were Alexander Burgess Freeman Crosby J Edward Pomeroy and Just Wold. Burial followed at Maple Grove cemetery.
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Ella Thayer
Archibald Thayer
St. Mary's Church
Ludger Melancon
Alexander Burgess
Freeman Crosby
J. Edward Pomeroy
Just Wold
Maple Grove
Mrs Lulu D Atkins Dies Sudden in Bath Area
Mrs Lulu D Atkins 57 widow of Capt Elsha Atkins of Bath died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs Ardeen Snowdon 10 Andrews raid after a distressing indigestion while shopping in City Hall square Arthur A Gilley assisted and arranged transport to the Snowdon home Dr James O Lincoln summoned she expired about 15 minutes after arrival Born in Woolwich daughter of John and Alice Palmer most of life in Bath first husband Frank M Deering later Gardiner Deering and Capt Atkins survive three sons Frank in Farmington Gardiner in Bath Harold in Woolwich and two daughters Mrs Reginald Stacy Woolwich and Mrs Snowdon Bath funeral Friday at Central church at two
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Lulu D. Atkins
Elsha Atkins
Bath
Ardeen Snowdon
Andrews Raid
Woolwich
Atkins
Gardiner R. Deering
Turner Court
City Hall Square
Post Office Square
Arthur A. Gilley
Gardiner
Snowdon
James O. Lincoln
Mr. Atkins
John
Alice (Fisher) Palmer
Frank M. Deering
Gardiner G. Deering
Capt. Atkins
Farmington
Harold D. Deering
Reginald Stacy
Central Church
Bettis, Susan Jackson 71, Dies After Pneumonia Complications
Susan Jackson Bettis 71 widow of James D. Bettis died Wednesday morning at Memorial hospital from complications after pneumonia about seven weeks earlier. A native of Munroe Virginia she moved to Bath five months ago from Maryland to live with her son William D. Bettis in North Bath. Survivors include three daughters Ida Conner Cora Nicholson and Jennie Bickly six grandchildren and two sisters Kate Gray and Mrs James Bettis. The body will be sent to Washington for burial in Addison's chapel cemetery Seat Pleasant Maryland.
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Susan Jackson Bettis
James D. Bettis
Memorial Hospital
Munroe
Bath
Maryland
William D. Bettis
North Bath
Ida Conner
Cora Nicholson
Washington, D. C
Jennie Bickly
Tampa
Fla
Kate Gray
Middlebury
James Bettis
Virginia
Washington
Bural
Addison's Chapel Cemetery
Seat Pleasant
Funeral for infant Bowdoin held at Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl M. Bowdoin of 8 Water Street Court. Death occurred March 2 and the infant was entombed. Rev. Chare R. Sims officiated, with interment in Oak Grove cemetery. Survived by parents and a brother, Henry M. Bowdoin.
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Pearl M. Bowdoin
Water Street Court
Chare
R. Sims
Oak Grove Cemetery
Henry M. Bowdoin
Infant James C. Ledyard Dies at Three Months
James Crommett Ledyard aged three months died Wednesday morning from complications. Funeral is private Thursday at 2 PM at the family home 26 Lincoln Street.
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James Crommett Ledyard
James C
Christine (Campbell) Ledyard
Lincoln Street
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