Fire destroys Knickerbocker road house in Richmond
A one and a half story vacant house owned by Carl Robinson on Knickerbocker road was destroyed by a Sunday fire with unknown origin. The ell barn and small buildings were saved, and the loss was about 1000 dollars with minimal insurance. The article also notes a busy local scene with club meetings, graduations, sports, visits, and community events in Richmond.
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Knickerbocker Road
Carl Robinson
Stephen Killam
Betsey Ross Club
P. F. Joy
Kimball Street
Richmond High
Bridge Academy
Dresden
Evelyn Lovejoy
Augusta
Arthur Lovejoy
Eva Cooper
Hazel Bennett
Mary Bennett
Chester Bennett
Gardiner
Dawson Fulcher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Stanley Card
Thomas Glynn
Thomas, Jr
Hallowell
Richmond Firemen’s Relief Association
Ludwig's Casino
F. Gilbert Pond
Portland
Richmond
Eastport
Passamaquoddy Bay
Herbert Mansir
Arthur Mansir
Joseph Mansir
Mechanic Falls
American Legion
J. W. Ranciette
Firemen’s Relief Association
Main Street
Richmond Athletic Association
Victor R. E. Carey
Chester L. Foster
Harry B. Curran
Harold Houdlette
Charles S. Alexander
Charles Blake
Leslie Gardner
Percy Little
Helen Haskell
Fred Groves
River Road
Thersa Brown
Enterprise Grange
Henry Rackley
Topsham
Star of Midnight headlining Bath Opera House Memorial Day
Memorial Day shows at Bath Opera House feature Star of Midnight with William Powell and Ginger Rogers. Matinee at 2 15, evening 6 45 to 8 45. Also Friday's One More Spring with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. Saturday kiddies show at ten with Shirley Temple in Little Miss Market and Popeye Betty Boop cartoons. Prices ten cents children under 12, 25 cents adults. Mae West Goin to Town set for June 10 11 12.
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Bath Opera House
William Powell
Ginger Rogers
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Shirley Temple
Popeye
Betty Boop
Dick Powell
Gloria Stuart
Adolphe Menjou
Evelyn Venable
Robert Young
Mae West
Peavey Cant-Dog Inventor Joseph Peavey of Stillwater
A logging tool named the cant-dog was invented by Joseph Peavey of Stillwater after he observed a river driving crew struggle with a jam. He directed his son to craft a clasp with lips and holes for bolts and a hook. The first cant-dog appeared about 1860, with later improvements and a Bangor patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Peavey
Stillwater
Georgetown Residents See Friends and Family Gatherings
Georgetown notes list J. W. Lane of Indian Point driving to Wiscasset with the Mannings, Dorothy Hagan visiting from North Yarmouth Academy, and Henry Reynolds family in Bath. Several others, including Miss Dorothy W. Oliver and Roscoe Todd, visit relatives in Melrose Highlands and Kingston. University athlete Norman Cahners earns Harvard Yale team selection for international meet against Oxford and Cambridge.
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J. W. Lane
Indian Point
Wiscasset
E. B. Manning
Dorothy Hagan
North Yarmouth Academy
L. Earle Hagan
Henry Reynolds
Abbie Reynolds
Bath
Edward Wren
Boston
Walter W. Cummings
Alice Wilkins
Farmington
Emma B. Billings
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Roy M. Newman
Working League
Joseph W. Lane
Melrose
Schoepfer
Carroll P. Powers
Robinhood
Dorothy Stuart
Ethel Robinson
Richmond
Miss Stuart
Oscar Thornton
Thornton
Rideout
Martha Rich Bowen
Overlook
Kennebec Point
Center School
Ruth W. Powers
Town Hall
Bertha W. Scott
Augusta E. Bowe
Portland
H. M. Trafton
Ernest Heald
Mr. Heald
Flora Campbell
Charles Campbell
Arrowsic
Edward J. Stewart
Theodore
Brookline
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Mr. Gunnell
Thomas N. Williams
West Georgetown
Norman Cahners
Bangor
Harvard University
Harvard- Yale
Oxford
Cambridge
White City
Cahners
Crimson
U. S
James A. Cahners
Center Street
Starvard-Yale
Special Prices On Suits Knickers Shirts and Shoes
Local retailer advertises suits from 3.95, lined knickers at 0.98 and 1.50, long pants 1.00 1.50 or 1.95, shirts or blouses 0.50 or 0.75, nainsook union suits 0.39, and high or low shoes at 1.95 in a summer sale as space permits.
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Nainsook
Endicott-Johnson
Iene
Goodyear Weli
Rock Oak
Nainsook Union
Talk on Gardens Draws Wide Maine Interest in California
Mrs. Charles H. Gray of Gardiner spoke to the Cosmopolitan Garden club on her California tour with the Maine Federation of Garden Clubs. She praised California gardens and missions, noted Maine's modest exhibit, and described gifts, landscape features, and spring flowers seen along the trip.
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Charles H. Gray
Gardiner
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
William L. Bonney
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Gray
Roscoe P. McFadden
Los Angeles
Calif
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Denver
Colorado Springs
Boulder Dam
New Lake
Monrovia
Faothill Garden Club
California
Australia
King’s Highway
Mexico
San Juan Capestrona
Monterey
Robert Louis Stevenson
Santa Cruz
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Sausalito
State House
Augusta
State of Maine
Co7mopolitan Garden Club
Harry C. Williams
Williams
Carl Y. Kennedy
Topsham
Edmund A. Rothwell
Sumner Sewall
Goddard Pond
Maine
Bates College
Division of Literature
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Bar Harbor
Guilford
Orono
Biddeford
Kennebunk
George M. Chase
Rehearsal for Children’s Day Sunday at Winnegan Church
A Friday afternoon rehearsal at four o clock will be held in the church for Children’s Day preparations. All children taking part are requested to be present.
Patriotism Displayed In Bath Schools Memorial Day Report
Wesley H. Lemont reports Bath schools show strong patriotism in opening exercises led by Miss Bessie Hunt ninth eighth grade at Central Grammar. He notes need for a flag at Dike school and invites children to join the Memorial day parade meeting at the G A R hall. He thanks Supt Clinton Wilson and Principal Arthur Scott for loyal support.
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Wesley H. Lemont
T. W
Supt. of
Clinton D. Wilson
Arthur B. Scott
Bath
Twilight League golf players off to a fine start
With 30 players in action the Bath Country club twilight league opened Friday night on nine holes. Three close matches saw margins of two strokes as Capt Rodney Ross Acushnets beat Eddie Given Gold Cups 42 to 43 while Capt Doc Winchenbach Kro Flites won 41 to 43 over Wilfred Girard Top Flites. Rick Hersom’s Tournaments edged Clint Wilson’s Royals 40 to 42 using nine hole averages.
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Bath
Rodney Ross
Acushnets
Eddie Given
Doc” Winchenbach
Kro-Flites
Wilfred Girard
Rick Hersom
Clint Wilson
Royals
F. A. Winchenbach
Joe McCole
E. Bridgham
P. Gregware
Predice Tin
Cue Reece
M. Haggett
la. Smith
Ib. Smell Pee Ete
W. Ghahew
Fok
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Memorial Day Program Features Parade and Services
Hyde camp veterans organize a parade from Morse high school to the Grand Army monument with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. a Naval Veteran service follows at the wharf. A post‑parade dinner serves Hyde camp members, VFW auxiliaries, Battery H, and the band, with a full ceremony including Lincoln's Gettysburg address and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Grand Army Hall
Morse High School
Naval Veteran Service
Hyde Camp
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Battery H
240
Grand Army Monument
Marshal Warner
Clarence A. Warner
Marta Aale
John J. Marks
Warner
Morris Warner Lincoln
Gettysburg
Gardiner Crocker
Harley A. Shattuck
State Police
Harold L. Corliss
H. P. Nason
John H. Williams
Boy Scouts
Wesley Lemont
240Th C. A
Elver Stickney
T. W. Hydecamp
U. V
Norman Smith
Thomas Gannon
Ernest Edgar Katoen
Asa A. Wilson
Dyer-Flaherty
Kerwin Butcher
Roland Smith
A. L
Harry D. Hall
School
Donald Sterling
Earl B. Lermond
Mayor Sewall
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Harry Tabb
Richmond Methodist Ladies Aid
Kennebec Valley
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ralph Dinslow
Everett
Charles
Mary Page Dinslow
Roberts
F. W. Hovey
Litchfield Plains
Roland Cloutier
Herman Muise
Joan Lorraine
Wren
Northey Farm
Brunswick Road
High School
Litchfield
Josephine James
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
Lewiston
American Legion Hall
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
Eugene Edgecomb
Baptist Church
Gordon Lemont
Pratt
Heffner
Boyd Baston
Augusta State Hospital
Richmond High School
Enterprise Grange Hall
John Witham
Raymond Brann
William McGinn
Edward McGinn
Anderson
Ind
American Legion Auxiliary
Officers Club of
Mt. Carmel
Harry Curran
Fred Curtise
Thomas R.huston
R. Bath
Opera House
Georgetown
Max Katz
Elm Street
the Working Men's Store
Golden State
Cosmo Garden Club
Grange Circle
Grange
The
Pomona
Elliott
Gott's Cove
J. G. Stevens
Percy MacGillivary
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
D. L. Howard
George Laskey
Five Islands
Otis Baker
Norwood
George Gray
Alfred MacMahan
Northwood Ridge
N. H
D. Brown
Brown
Helen Rowe
Yarmouth Academy
L. H. Rowe
George O'Donnell
Janet
George
Herbert Belanger
James MacMahan
Theodore Campbell
Fred Reid
Harmon's Harbor
Brunswick
Walter Berry
Salem
William L. Berry
Madelyn Berry
Mabel Dickey
FM. Reiki
Walter Savage
Kittery
Walter Schoepfer
Marion L. Stevens
Joseph G. Stevens
South Danville
E. B. Billings
Frank Perkins
M. F. Biggins
Sedgemere Road
Fred Pratt
Philip Campbell, Jr
Everett Cromwell
Chester MacMahan
Russell Pinkham
Cleve Rowe
Allie Carr
Victor Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Gilbert Standish
Addie Moulton
Atwood
Bath Savings Institution
Twilight League
John K. Pottle
Mechanic Falls High School
Helen Aaron
Eleanor Hobbs
Ruth Morton
Pottle
Theron Hobbs
Hobbs
Aaron
Acushnets R. Ross, Sr. Eeensaee
W. Shorey Pree
R. Hersom
Dr. Fuller
John McCole
F. Talbot
A. Main
Meresenns
F. Thompson
Royals C. Wilson
J. Conti Crees
H. Owen Teeter T Wee
E. Toothaker
Ralph ©. Dale of
Sagadahoc
Alice M. Smith
Ralph O. Dale
D. Ms. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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