Richmond Notes and Local Recitals Highlight Week
Pupils of Winnifred Foster Roberts gave a piano recital at the Baptist Church with prizes for perfect attendance awarded to Gerald Reynolds David Williams Shirley Young Carlton Merrill and honorable mention for Norene White and Ann James. State Game Warden Donald Higgins and family moved to Gardner Street. many community members attended church events and grange meetings. a woods fire burned four acres near the Langdon road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnifred Foster Roberts
Baptist Church
Roberts
Richard Strout
Theupils
Ms. Roberts
Gerald Reynolds
David Williams
Shirley Young
Carlton Merrill
Joyce Gilpatrick
Norene White
Ann James
Donald Higgins
Swan Island
John Wallace
Gardner Street
Edna Lockhart
Gardiner
Gardiner General Hospital
Fred Farley
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Church
Cleveland Marriner
William Sullivan, Jr
James Meserve
Helen Bishop
Ethel Foster
Chester Foster
Joseph Randlette
Enterprise Grange
James Jones
Progressive Grange
Sagadahoc County
Topsham Grange
Marriner
Woolwich P T A Spring Revue At Huse School
The Woolwich P T A staged a Spring revue and dance Tuesday at Huse School auditorium with a cast of 40. The program featured choral numbers solos instrumental acts tap dance and comedy. A fire incident briefly halted power as smoke from wind driven flames drew a crowd and three foxes were seen fleeing toward the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
Woolwich P. T. A
Huse Memorial P. T. A
Brian M. Jewett
Patricia Baker
Glee Club
Joe
Patricia Crocker
Clifton Estes
Carla Chase
Alice Dow
Melvin Tukey
Wanderin
Robert Sharkey
Maine College
Woolwich P. T. A. Glee Club
Martha Allen
Janet Thorpe
Jean Blake
Jeanette Sharkey
Kathleen Watson
Hero
Warren Raynes
Vera Fogg
Bernice Bailey
Alice Baker
Beulah Crocker
Alice Down
Rose Kelly
Doris Haley
Stella Callan
Jeanette Bennett
Ethel Blake
Gladys Hathorne
Clarence Tanner
James Callan
Edward Page
Roy Stewart
William Fogg
Paul Crocker
Bertram Crocker
Merle Jameson
James Hay
Forrest Baker
Mrs Elizabeth Kelley Dies in Gardiner Rest Home
Mrs Elizabeth G Kelley died Sunday at Dresden Rest Home in Gardiner after a six week stay. A Richmond resident for many years she was born April 3 1865 in Richmond to Patrick Con ley and Margaret McAuliffe Con ley. Survived by two nieces Warrington B Mc Colough Jr Philadelphia and Elizabeth B Shugg New York City a nephew Benjamin Bowden New York City and two cousins Martha Mc Auliffe Bath and Margaret Sanford Brooklyn NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kelley
Elizabeth G. Kelley
Dresden
Gardiner
Richmond
Patrick Conley
Margaret McAuliffe Conley
Warrington B. McColough, Jr
Philadelphia
Elizabeth B. Shugg
New York City
Benjamin Bowden
Miss Anna Trott to Wed Rev Canon Tubbs
Engagement announced for Miss Anna McCobb Trott of Providence and Small Point to Rev Canon Charles M. Tubbs rector of Grace Episcopal Bath. Trott daughter of late Mr and Mrs Joseph M Trott graduate of Smith College taught at Morse High School. Canon Tubbs Dartmouth alum and Seabury Divinity School graduate. Chocolate note separate fact no relation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Trott
Providence
R. I
Small Point
Trott
Anna McCobb Trott
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Bath
Miss Trott
Joseph M. Trott
Smith College
Middlebury College
McGill University
Columbia University
Morse High School
Canon Tubbs
Dartmouth College
Seabury Divinity School
P T A Plans May Meeting and Social Updates
Georgetown notes show the P T A agenda includes canceling a Friday card party and scheduling its annual meeting for May 31 at 7 30 p m with officer election and installation. A Belle Heald birthday party at the parsonage drew about forty guests. Oak Grove Junior class enjoyed a picnic at Peterson place with a boat trip to Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Cleves Henderson
Alfred Rowe
Belle Heald
Miss Heald
Joseph Higgins
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
Peterson Place
Margaret Paton
Edith Brown
Mildred Hinckley
Hinckley
Maine
Mary Ellen Chase
Boothbay Harbor
MacMillan
Bowdoin
Georgetown Farm Bureau
Library Hall
Five Islands
Miss Barton
Sheepscot
Sequinland
First Baptist Church
Chester G. Kelsea
J. Willibeck LeMair
M. Willibeck LeMair
Mac Hogan
North Edgecomb
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Bath
Dorothy W. Stuart
MacMahan
Miss Stuart
Peterson
Harold Goss
Augusta
J. H. Brown
West Newton
Mass
Rudolf Trafton
Donald
Portland
Howard
Rockland area visitors and moving plans noted
A long list of local residents and visitors arrives from Bath MacMahan Robinhood and Portland. Mrs Marjorie Rockwell moves into a year round Rockland home while Mrs Ada McGillivary and Dr. Ralph Hunter visit with friends in Bath and Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Rockland
Marjorie Rockwell
Rockwell
Westport
Rockland House
Joseph F. Higgins
Alfred, Rowe
John Grindell
Lena Donnell
Benjamin Woodside
Ada McGillivary
Bath
Gilbert Lewis
Francis Johnson
MacMahan
Edwin Adams
Auburn
Adams
Florida
Cleaves Henderson
New Bedford
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Memorial Hospital
Ralph Hunter
Lobetz
Hanover
N. H
Hunter Cottage
Little Sheepscot
Mae Hogan
Ferris Leonard
Linn Playse
Indian Point
St. Petersburg
Giles
Boothbay Harbor
W. Clinton Allen
MacMahon
Allens
Lind
Dricka
Daniel Wierowski
Waterville
Peterson Place
Colby College
Wierowski
Poland
Jerusalem
Richard Dyer Bennett
Dyer-Bennett
Adolph Spear
Dyer- Bennett
Bennett
Alfred Woods
Portland
Morse High Splits Its Golf Matches
Morse High opened with a 14 to 3 victory over Norway at Riverside Country Club then fell 11 to 7 to host Deering in a three team round robin caused by a scheduling mix up. Deering’s Bob Estes led with 80 for 18 holes and Morse’s Bob Footer totals 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Riverside Country Club
Norway
Deering
Bob Estes
Ken Dulles
Morse
Bob Footer
Sumamies
Estes
Torrey
Carrier
Howard
Stanley
Bowie
Blanchard
Shaw
Haines
Lee Husen
Footer
Backer
Dullea
N. Tracy
T. Tracy
LeBroke
Husen
D. Tracy
Bradken
Pearl River Boat Dwellers Seen as River City Folk
The city is described as the world capital of river folk with thousands living afloat on the Pearl river mainly in sampans. Many residents, especially women, rarely set foot on urban streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl River
Five Islands Seining Boat Grounded Off Sedgemere Beach
A 40 foot seining boat owned by Lawrence Lowell was grounded on a ledge opposite Sedgemere beach Friday. Coast Guard auxiliary rescued the vessel with minor damage reported as the harbor remains busy with herring catches and sardine carriers from Bath Southwest Harbor and Prospect Harbor operate nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lowell
Sedgemere Beach
Coast Guard
Bath
Southwest Harbor
Prospect Harbor
Everett Stevens
Bath Canning Co
Baptist Church
Stairs
Gardiner Baptist Church
Library Hall
Beulah Miller
Kathleen Rittall
Franz Stevens
Five Islands
Robert Graffam
Earl Hagan
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Young People’s Fellowship
Marilyn MacGillivary
Roselyn Pinkham
Constance Gray
Sylvia Pinkham
Elaine Stevens
Harlan Pinkham
Dorothy MacGillivary
Reginald Pinkham
David Stevens
Cleaves Henderson
Jesse Starr
Richmond
Indian Island
Old Town
Providence Bible Institute
Lou Ann
Harbor
Farm Bureau
Beryl Barton
Morse Stays On Top With Two Other Teams In League
Morse High defeated St Dom's 6 to 5 at Lewiston athletic park, aided by a Doc Smith triple with two on and a Dick Jackson homer with one on. Lewiston crushed the Dragons 12 to 7, and Edward Little toppled Stephens 7 to 2 in a three-way first place tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
St. Dom's
Lewiston
St. Doms
Sonny Munsey
Dickie Johnson
Smith
Munsey
Johnson
Roger Paquette
Morin
Valle
Ray Dube
Dumont
Martin
Paquette
Doug Champeon
Henry Henrikson
Dick Jackson
Brad Stover
Champion
St. Donis
Jackson
Cloutier Fanning
St. Dems
Jerry Soucy
Limestone Deposits Across New York Regions
Limestone deposits are found in New York's Adirondack mountains the Hudson and Champlain valleys and in a belt extending from Albany west to Buffalo. The most important use of limestone is in the manufacture of cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Hudson
Champlain
Albany
Buffalo
Missionary clergyman Roy A. Welker dies in Hadlyme Conn
Reverend Roy A. Welker former wartime counsel at Bath Iron Works and later director of a medical mission for the Congregational Christian Service Committee died last week. He served in World War I with YWCA in POW camps and in relief work in France. He is survived by his wife Irene Pray Welker, son Ralf van Welker of Oberlin Ohio, and daughter Mary Irene Cangliosi of East Hampton Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadlyme
Conn
Roy A. Welker
Bath Iron Works
Congregational Christian Service Committee
Mr. Welker
Italy
Union City
Allegheny College
Union Theological Seminary
YWCA
Austria
France
Bayshore
L. I
Rockland
Welker
Remington Rand Corporation
Naples
Irene Pray Welker
Ralf van Welker
Oberlin
Mary Irene Cangliosi
East Hampton
Poultry farm layout eyed to save steps and labor
Poultry specialists say changing the order of work can cut steps and save time. Inspecting the poultry house layout may reveal dozens of efficient routes and placements to boost productivity.
Mrs Gertrude Simmons Dies at 70 in Friendship
Mrs Gertrude M Simmons 70 widow of Charles A Simmons died after a long illness at her daughter’s home 52 South Street Friendship Born May 14 1880 in Friendship she lived there most of her life She leaves daughter Mrs Amy Stebbins sister Mrs Owen Simmons granddaughter Mrs Ronald Smith and great granddaughter Jacqueline A Smith Funeral was held at the Advent Christian church Friendship with Rev Everett E Pender officiating Burial followed at Roadside Cemetery Friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude M. Simmons
Charles A. Simmons
Amy Stebbins
South Street
Edwin C
Annie P. Simmons Bramhall
Friendship
Advent Christian Church
Stebbins
Owen Simmons
Ronald Smith
Portland
Jacqueline A. Smith
Everett E. Pender
Salem Woman Julia Malcolm Hood Dies at Sun Day
Mrs Julia Malcolm Hood of Salem Massachusetts wife of Ernest N Hood died Sunday She was born in Phippsburg daughter of Charles R Hood and Mary Cushing Malcolm A Cromley Street Congregational Church member she once worked as secretary at Monomac Spinning Co Boston and Parker Brothers Salem Surviving are a brother and sister and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Wednesday at 230 in Salem Memorial gifts to the Salem Hospital Permanent Fund were requested Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Malcolm Hood
Salem
Mass
Ernest N. Hood
Phippsburg
Charles R. Hood
Mary Cushing Malcolm
Hood
Cromley Street
Monomac Spinning Co
Boston
Parker Brothers
Herbert S. Malcolm
New London
Grace T. Payne
Wiscasset
Salem Hospital Permanent Fund
Albert C Wright Rites Planned For Court Street Resident
Albert C Wright 40 died suddenly at 98 Court Street Tuesday afternoon. Born December 28 1909 in Ellicot New York he was a World War II veteran husband of Sally Munsey and father of five. Survivors include two sons three daughters four brothers three sisters and numerous relatives. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Wright
Court Street
Ellicot
N. Y
Frank S
Lillian Hall Wright
Sally Munsey
Warren
Albert Frank
Sally S. Wright
Rita J. Wright
Mary Forbes
Robert
Edwin
Charles
James
Florence Swanson
Bernice Fox
Alex Dexter
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Canon Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Lois J. Palmer held Tuesday
The funeral for Lois J. Palmer took place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock at A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral residence 819 High Street with Rev. Russell L. Stanley of the Nazarene church officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois J. Palmer
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Russell L. Stanley
the Nazarene Church
Oak Grove
Maine professor to speak at Bath meeting on May 31
Professor Thomas King of the University of Maine Education Department will address an open Sagadahoc County legislative group meeting at Bath City Hall on Wednesday night May 31. The session continues on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas King
Department of Education
University of Maine
Bath City
Sagadahoc County
Bath Man Dies After Illness At Home 6 Oliver Street
Russell L. Phinney 59 a Bath resident since World War I died at his home after a lengthy illness Born in Centerville Mass April 8 1891 he worked at Texas Steamship Co yard later ran a motor transport business and was an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works A U S Navy veteran he was a Grace Episcopal church member Polar Star lodge Masons former North End Community club president Survived by wife Maude Seymour Phinney a sister Mrs Lincoln Sibley of Melrose Mass a niece and several cousins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Phinney
Bath
Oliver Street
Mr. Phinney
Texas Steamship Company
Bath Iron Works
United States Navy
Centerville
Mass
Frank G
Mary Lovell Phinney
Grace Episcopal Church
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
North End
Maude Seymour Phinney
Lincoln Sibley
Melrose
Death notices Mrs Elizabeth A Oliver 77 Bath widow of Capt Leonard Oliver
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Oliver 77 of 50 Elm street died Sunday at Memorial hospital. Born July 29, 1873 in Melburn Quebec daughter of David and Eliza Cascadden she lived in Bath 20 years previously in Vineyard Haven and Malden Massachusetts. Funeral Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev M A Gordon. Survived by daughter Florence Foster Woolwich son Osborne Oliver Malden sister Cascadden Richmond brothers Nelson and John Cascadden Canada and nieces and nephewes including Virginia Dauphinee Edgecomb Mildred Adams Ethel Willis Topsham Harold Willis Topsham and son-in-law Edward Foster Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Oliver
Elm Street
Leonard Oliver
Memorial Hospital
Melburn
Richmond
Quebec
David and
Eliza Crawford Cascadden
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
M. A. Gordon
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Malden
Mass
Canada
Beacon Street
Florence Foster
Woolwich
Osborne O. Oliver
Cascadden
Nelson D
John Cascadden
Virginia Dauphinee
Edgecomb
Mildred Adams
Lois J Palmer Dies. Bath Native and Nazarene Church Member
Lois J. Palmer of 704 High Street died Sunday at Memorial hospital. Born in Bath to Asa C. Palmer and Annie Cushman Palmer, she leaves brother Henry F. Palmer of Brookline Massachusetts and two nieces Dorothy P. Budlar of Honolulu Hawaii and Lillian H. Jameson of Brookline Massachusetts. She was a Nazarene Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois J. Palmer
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Asa C. Palmer
Annie Cushman Palmer
Henry F. Palmer
Brookline
Mass
Dorothy P. Budlar
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lillian H. Jameson
The
Nazarene Church
Death of Charles W. Heath Mentioned in Cheshire Conn
Charles W. Heath of Cheshire Connecticut died Saturday afternoon in Hanover Massachusetts. He managed the F. W. Woolworth store in the city in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was a member of Bath lodge of Elks. Funeral services were held in Cheshire Tuesday at two o'clock with burial in Brockton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Heath
Cheshire
Funeral held for Russell L Phinney at Curtis Funeral Home
Russell L Phinney funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs officiating. Bearers were Edward St Martin Everett Lemont Charles Henderson David Henderson Roger Pierce and Fred Hayward. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Phinney
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Edward St. Martin
Everett Lemont
Charles Henderson
David Henderson
Roger Pierce
Fred Hayward
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virgil Poland
Richmond Corner
Emmett Furlong
Williams Streets
Jennie Seekins
Farmingdale
Robert Cutler
Marion Watson
New Jersey
Fred Watson
Joseph Wade
Boothbay
Harold Wade
Pleasant Street
Patricia Hurley
Farmington Teachers College
Warren E. Joy
Perley Joy
New Haven
Conservative Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Convention
Donald Robbins
Donna Ellen
Front Street
Edward Chapman
Sharon Lee
Ferry Road
Edward Coughlin
Alberta McLaughlin
South Gardiner
Belle Trott
Beedle Road
Wiited
South Gardiner Thursay
Ralph Fossett
Arthur D. Fossett
Key West
Fla
Fossett
Frank Beedle
Darrah Street
Joe Martell
Skowhegan
Langdon Road
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Ien
A. P. Denham, Jr
Seral Contractor
Corliss Street
Bath, Maine
Riverside Club
Lloyd Pinkham
Russell Pinkham
Everett Hennen
Watertown
Ralph Gay
Alton Reid
Leo Carey
Dover
Richard Carey
Edith M. Pinkham
Marion Stevens
Exeter
Frank Allard
South Danville
Clayton Doyle
Gorham
Victor Pinkham
Carl Welling
Weymouth
Woodrow Gray
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Harry F. Morin
John Powell and Son
Massachusetts
Lincoln Campbell
St. Doms of
Limestone
Connecticut
Marius H. Page
Kennebec
U. of M
Fred S. Curtis & CO. Funeral Service
Elizabeth A. Oliver
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