Richmond High Prom Brings Spring Decor to Gym
Richmond notes show the annual prom held at the high school gym Friday evening with decoration by the junior class led by Norman Walker. The grand march included Mrs. Walker, Principal C. H. Archer, Miss Margaret Lewin and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Alfred Ives
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Lester Norton
Abbie Saunderson
South Berwick
China
Wyman & Simpson
Colby
Searsport
Gardiner
Gardiner-Randolph Bridge
Baptist
Main Street
Alfred Darrah
Litchfield
Richmond
Getchell
Terrell
Women's Service Club
St. Ambrose
William Miller
Emerson School
Ray Stimson
Wren Nursing Home
Bradley
Harry Duren
Greenfield
Mass
Charles B. Day
Capitol Island
Charles Hewitt
Kittery
William Haynes
Rachel Slack Mansir
Walpole
Bowdoin Community Notes From Center Sandwich to Bath
Mrs C M Hutchinson of Center Sandwich N H is passing May at the home of Mrs Hattie Babb. Mrs Harry Purinton of Bowdoinham called at Mrs Addie Williams home. East Bowdoin Ladies aid meets Thursday with Mrs Herbert Adams. Lawrence Adams injured in Lisbon Falls truck overturn case shows signs of recovery. Miss Marion Curtis spent weekend in Boston. Brunswick visitors include Mrs Ernest Carr and daughter Mrs Calvin Stewart. Harold Curtis of Bangor visited his father N E Curtis. Miss Elizabeth M Rivinus of Chestnut Hill Pa becomes engaged to Ensign John Koenig Leydon of Germantown Pa. Leydon, son of Prof and Mrs John W Leydon, is a 1938 Naval Academy graduate now with the U S S Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Hutchinson
Center Sandwich
N. H
Hattie Babb
Harry Purinton
Bowdoinham
Addie Williams
East Bowdoin
Calvin Stewart
Brunswick
Harold Curtis
Bangor
N. E. Curtis
Elizabeth M. Rivinus
Florens Rivinus
Chestnut Hill
John Koenig Leydon
John W. Leydon
Germantown
Ensign Leydon
Bath
William Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
U.S. 8S
Honolulu
Mrs. MacKnight Returns to West Medford After Visit
Mrs. R. G. MacKnight returns to West Medford Massachusetts following a visit of several days with her mother Mrs. Eunice Pert at 1220 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. MacKnight
West Medford
Mass
Eunice Pert
High Street
Westport Visitors See Cottage Preparations and Local Guests
The Trefethens from South Port, Mr. and Mrs. D M Baker of Hingham Massachusetts, and Miss Maude Webber in Wiscasset served on a local scene of cottage prep. Others include Brian M Jewett, Mabel Eisner, Edith Campbell, Robert Boothby, James Williams and Roger, Morgan Blake, Amos Knight, Stodder family, and Colin Dunn visiting in town and at homes over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trefethen
South Portland
D.M. Baker
Hingham
Mass
Maude Webber
Wiscasset
Brian M. Jewett
Mabel Eisner
New York
Edith Campbell
Westport
Benton
Robert Boothby
Portland
James Williams
Roger
Mechanic Falls
Morgan Blake
Saugus
Menikuk
Amos Knight
Russell Stodder
Bath
Colin Dunn
Brian Jewett
Morse High School Speaks at Assembly Contest
Public speaking class at Morse High School held a prize contest in the assembly Friday morning with three pupils reading prepared selections and four delivering extemporaneous talks on the 1940 election. John Coombs won first in extemp. Dorothy Mulcahy and Donald McKellar tied for second. Marjorie Achorn won prepared first with Norma Steassy second and Elizabeth Williams tied for third with Stanley Cressey. Prizes of 4 2 1 dollars came from the Plummer Fund. Superintendent John Parker presented awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
John Coombs
Dorothy Mulcahy
Donald McKellar
Marjorie Achorn
Norma Steassy
Elizabeth Williams
Stanley Cressey
Plummer Fund
John Parker
Stephen Leacock
Mr. Cressey
America
William Pitt
Nathan W. Watson
E. Sheldon Wright
Mother's Day Program at Enterprise Grange Meets
At a Richmond meeting of Enterprise Grange about 60 attended. Special guests were great grandmothers grandmothers and mothers. A Mother's Day program opened the session with flowers given to the honorees and a series of songs tableaux prayers and tributes honoring mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
the Grange
Joyce Foster
Flora Shepard
Hattie Purinton
Shirley Bishop
Glenn White
Ethel Rankin
Sagadahoc Grange Delights Bowdoin With Evening Program
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin held a Saturday evening meeting with fair attendance. Margaret Adams led a varied program including piano solos by Louise Goodridge, recitations by Sadie Garland and Kenneth Bickford, sketches by Thelma Cornish and Dwight Adams, and readings and vocal numbers by Anna Whitney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Margaret Adams
Little Skipper
Louise Goodridge
Sadie Garland
Betty
Thelma Cornish
Grover Whalen
Kenneth Bickford
The
Rockies
Anna Whitney
Dwight
Gerald Adams
Mary Burns
Love
Llewellyn Freeman
Progressive Grange Meeting Highlights and Social
An Arbor day program at Progressive Grange in Richmond Friday included songs tableaux readings and performances by Bernice Farnum Richard Thompson Thelma Farnum Edward Rideout and others A social is planned for June 26 Dr Langdon T Thaxter head of the X ray department at Maine General Hospital was elected president of the New England Society of Roentgenologists at the Boston meeting Mrs Thaxter formerly Priscilla Kimball of High street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progessive Grange
Richmond
Grange
Bernice Farnum
Richard Thompson
Thelma Farnum
Edward Rideout
Langdon T. Thaxter
Maine General Hospital
New England Society of Roentgenologists
Boston
Thaxter
Priscilla Kimball
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Georgetown residents update on estates and summer plans
Roland E. Peterson of Portland visits the Neff estate in Robinhood, formerly Riggs property, with unknown future use. The community notes summer relocations, court juries, cottage openings at Indian Point, and local social events including weddings and church renovations amid Memorial Day preparations.
Tin Canned Luncheon Served by West Bath Red Cross
A tin canned luncheon was served at the last meeting of West Bath Red Cross held in the grange hall. In June a picnic is planned at Mrs. Hugo Sandelin’s home in Durham. Attendees included numerous West Bath Bath area members and visitors from Bath East Brunswick and Washington Street, with Miss Mary F. Gibbons visiting Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Mary F. Gibbons
Washington Street
Boston
Palmer Cobb
Larrabee Announces Candidacy for Sagadahoc Senate Seat
Joseph W. Larrabee of West Bath, long-time representative from Arrowsic Phippsburg Tops ham West Bath and Woolwich, launches bid to succeed Sumner Sewall as Sagadahoc senator. A farmer and former agriculture committee member, he highlights rural and county-wide farming ties and public service roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Larrabee
Sumner Sewalla
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Maine
Arrowsic
Phippsburg
Topsham
Woolwich
Sumner Grewall
Larrabee
Philbrick
West
Board of Selectmen
T. W. Hyde
Fred W. Larrabee
Walter W. Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York
Edward J. McMann
Bath
Senator Sewall
Sagadahoc County
Christening Party Attends Over Two Hundred Guests
Mr and Mrs Kostas Liakopoulos hosted more than 200 relatives and friends at Casco Inn Garnet to celebrate their six month old son Peter Kostas Liakopoulos. Attendees included about 100 Bath residents and guests from Portland Lewis ton Augusta Rockland Brunswick Biddeford Boothbay Harbor and other states. Reverend Arthur Aloupis officiated with godfather Louis Liakopoulos giving a layette. A roast lamb Greek dinner followed with chef Thomas Cancuris preparing the meal. Pres Sumner Sewall of the Maine Senate attended and was introduced by master of ceremonies Charles Mandamas. The after dinner program featured Greek dancing with out of state guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kostas Liakopoulos
High Street
Casco Inn
Garnet
Peter Kostas Liakopoulos
Bath
Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Rockland
Brunswick
Biddeford
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Aloupis
Louis Liakopoulos
Springfield
Mass
Thomas Cancuris
Pres
Sumner Sewall
Maine Senate
Charles Mandamas
Boston
S. Economopoulos
Dora
Aphrodite
Nashua
N. H
George Cevera
Medford
Peter Liakopoulos
Arthur Soterson
Chicopee Falls
Five Islands Special Meeting and Summer Cottage News
A church special meeting will be held at Five Islands Sunday evening with Rev Frederick Smith delivering a message for all Georgetown residents. The piece notes numerous seasonal cottage openings, visits, and community activities including library cleanup, auxiliary meetings, and residents’ weekend arrivals from Bath, Lincoln, New York, and Groton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Smith
Georgetown
Albertina Perkins
Lincoln
Mass
Quincy Wales
Newton
Malden Island
Adam MacGillivary
Bath
Percy
MacGillivary
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Wendall Stevens
George Tobey
Alfred Rowe
Five Islands
Isabel
Carrie Stevens
Ralph Davis
Norman Dubois
Stoughton
Mary Norton
George Floyd
Carl Tosier
Groton
Fleyd Cottage
Floyd
Tosier
S. M. Cubbage
New York
Blanchette
Ralph Pinkham
Maurice
J. G. Stevens
Mr. Thurlow
Gardiner
Library Association
Orville Rowe
Ambrose Thibodeau
Maurice Pinkham
Schools to close for extra day holiday
The Board of Education decreed Monday May 29 a holiday for public schools. Schools will close from Friday afternoon until Wednesday morning to accommodate families planning weekend trips and the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
White Cross Meeting of Missionary Society
Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney presided the Far and Near Missionary Society gathering at Corliss Street church in the small vestry. Members used a missionary reading, offered prayers, then discussed the coming year and read communications. A picnic lunch was voted for June 16 at Mrs. Frank Purington’s home with coffee served and guests invited. Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt delivered a paper on The Art of Tithing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred W. Chaney
Far and Near Missionary Society
Corliss Street
Missionry
Frank Purington
Frederick P. Moffatt
Mrs LeRoy Lord Returns From Portland Visit
Mrs LeRoy Lord of upper Washington street returned Saturday after a week in Portland with her husband employed by Leavitt and Parris and with her brother and sister in law Mr Albion K Parris and Mrs Parris of the Marlborough Apartments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Lord
Upper
Washington Street
Portland
Leavitt & Parris
Albion K. Parris
Marlborough Apartments
Trapped Squalus crew links reach Woolwich and Bath
Harold C. Preble naval architect and Day's Ferry boyhood friend of Woolwich. Armand Letendre formerly Minnie McMann visits Bath and knows Lawrence Gainor, chief electrician on the Squalus. Letendre's late husband John Gibson perished in the S-51 disaster off Block Island. Letendre plans to return to Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Preble
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Edward Carlton
Carl Longfellow
Mr. Preble
Merrimac
Mass
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Cora
George Preble
Armand Letendre
Minnie McMann
Bath
John Gibson
Block Island
Lawrence James Gainor
Squalas
Letendre
Gainor
Honolulu
Pago Pago
Samoa
Gibson
Albertha Williams
High Street
Charlotte Pupils Shine In School Of Dancing Recital
The annual recital of Charlotte's School of Dancing was held Tuesday night at Morse High Auditorium before a large audience. The program featured solo and group numbers with notable performances by Emma Bennett, Hubert McCarty, Helen Gallagher, Madelyn Oliver, Helen Tabor, and Carmen Huse. Guest artist Eugene Hovey performed The Whirling Dervish, and the finale depicted The Spirit of the World's Fair with Stroblite accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
School of Dancing
Morse High School
Jack
Emma Bennett
Hubert McCarty
Helen Gallagher
Madelyn Oliver
Helen Tabor
Carmen Huse
Erma
Isobel Kingsbury
Eugene Hovey
Ted Shawn
Carlton Andrews
Myrna Avery
Andrews
Miss Avery
George Field
Frances Ginty
Theresa Dutton
John Gallagher, Jr
Cecil Rowland
Elot Bo'd
Perley Day
Robert Varney Charlotte
Miss Jane S Murphy Injured In Warren Auto Crash
Miss Jane S Murphy of Bath sustained injuries when Mrs Sumner Sewall wife of the Maine Senate president was shaken up in an auto accident at Warren. Sewall is seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1940. Mrs Sewall’s car collided with a truck driven by Myron E Mak of Rockland on a hill. The car was badly damaged and she was shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane S. Murphy
Bath
Sumner Sewall
Maine Senate
Warren
Senator Sewall
Collision injures two drivers in town traffic mix
Miss Murphy was taken to Memorial hospital for X rays after a collision with a truck. Mrs Gowall said heavy traffic prevented pulling clear, leaving her no option but to slow and brace for impact. She believed the crash a near miss that could have sent either vehicle through the windshield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Murphy
Harry F. Morin
Memorial Hospital
Obituary of Flora M. Risteen 69 Longtime Bath Milliner
Flora M. Risteen 69 longtime Bath millinery worker for the Misses Loach died Thursday in Memorial hospital after ten days there. Born in Prince William New Brunswick she lived in Bath fifty years and in Phippsburg several years. She was a member of St Marys guild Grace church Cosmopolitan club and past member of Dromore grange Farm Bureau and Welfare club of Phippsburg. Survived by brother Edward L. Risteen Thomaston and sister Mrs Fred S. Sawyer who lived with her at 1141 Washington St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora M. Risteen
Cosmopolitan Club
Phippsburg
Dromore Grange
Dromore Farm Bureau
Welfare Club of
Miss Risteen
Edward L. Risteen
Thomaston
Maine Central Railroad
Fred S. Sawyer
Washington Street
Birthday tribute ends in death of Bath Iron Works worker
Joshua N. Tibbetts 69 died at Memorial hospital after an illness of three months. Born in Rockport, he lived in Bath more than 40 years and worked in the tin shop at Bath Iron Works. He leaves a daughter Mrs. John Burgess son Ralph Tibbetts a stepdaughter Mrs. Forest Drake a brother Ralph Tibbetts and a nephew Huse Tibbetts. He was a member of Acadia lodge K of P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Bath Iron Works Corp
Colonial
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Tibbetts
Rockport
Horace
Maria Norwood Tibbetts
Bath
Acadia Lodge
John Burgess
Ralph Tibbetts
Phippsburg
Forest Drake
Rockland
Huse Tibbetts
Houlton
Frank F. Jack dies suddenly in New York
Frank F. Jack, 51, a former Bath resident and World War veteran, died suddenly Monday in New York where he worked at the Munroe hotel. Born in Salem, Mass, he was a son of the late William A. and Jennie 8S Jack and survived by a nephew, Stanley F. Jack of Woolwich. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Fred B. Curtis funeral home in Bath, with Rev. George B. Wolstenholme officiating, burial in Maple Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Jack
Bath
William A
Jennie
Jack
New York
Munroe
Salem
Mass
Bath Lodge of Elks
Stanley F. Jack
Woolwich
Fred
Curtis
Center Street
Funeral for Alfred J. Nason in Lisbon
The funeral for Alfred J. Nason who died in an automobile accident in Lisbon was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence. Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiated. Bearers were Alexander Burgess Jr Charles H Ansert Peter O. McVicar and C Carleton Varney. Burial followed in Hillside Cemetery in Lisbon Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Nason
Lisbon
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley M. E. Church
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Charles H. Ansert
Peter O. McVicar
C. Carleton Varney
Hillside Cemetery
Lisbon Falls
Funeral for Mrs Frances J Cavanaugh Held at Mayo Residence
The funeral for Mrs Frances J widow of J Allan Cavanaugh took place Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street with Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Church officiating. Pallbearers were Capt William S Blair William J Craft Milton H Douglas and Earl E Wing. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances J
J. Allan Cavanaugh
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
William S. Blair
William J. Craft
Milton H. Douglas
Earl E. Wing
Oak Grove
Funeral for Joshua N Tibbetts Held in Pythian Hall
The funeral service for Joshua N. Tibbetts took place Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock in Pythian hall with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue of Winter Street church officiating. Bearers were Acadia lodge past chancellor commanders Harry Williams Harry Watson Loring Roberts and Russell Kenney. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery Winnegance. Mrs Helen Shaughnessy of Washington Street returned from Boston after visiting her daughter Frances Shaughnessy. Mrs Shaughnessy was joined by Mrs Samuel D Hooper visiting sister Mrs Alfred J Miner of Newtonville Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Pythian Hall
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Acadia Lodge
Harry Williams
Harry Watson
Loring Roberts
Russell Kenney
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Helen Shaughnessy
Washington Street
Boston
Frances Shaughnessy
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Progressive Grange
Brunswick Business School
Roland E. Peterson
Robinhood
Neff
Riggs
Margaret Zorach
Zorach
John Thibodeau
Joe Lane
Massachusetts
Indian Point
Elizabeth Nagle
Indian Point Road
Emma Deering
Melvin Deering
Moses
Emeline
Trafton) Oliver
Deering
Leslie Deering
Huntington
West Va
Daisy Smith
Valley Stream
Long Island
N. Y
Nellie Oliver Mains
Lizzie Oliver
Waltham
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Grand Canyon
John R. Blackie
Harold Hunt
W. T. Kilborn Co
Ardene Pinkham
Episcopal Church
Rutland
Charlotte Collady Stetson, Jr
Charlotte Collady Chaffee
Stetson
Belmont
Emma Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Harry L. Tarr
Frederick W. Smith
Maine Civic League
Smith
Walter Newdick
A. E. Rowe
B. H. Woodside
Hattie Rowe Farrar
Farrar
Rowe
Clayton
Sun Oil Co
RED Cross
West Bath Branch
Senate
Mrs. Kostas Liakopoulos
William T. Doyle, Jr
Squalus
New England
Thomas
Baltimore
White Cross Meeting OF Missionary Society
Belfast
A. J. Nason
J. N. Tibbetts
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Ambulance Service
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