Richmond Groups Elect Officers and Community News
In Richmond and surrounding areas, local groups announced officer elections and social events. Mt Carmel OES officers include President Mrs Alice Gilpatrick and Secretary Thomas Borjesson. Halloween party hosted by Lions Club drew 250 plus, with Lady Lions help. Various church and Grange activities, 4-H Cattle Club elections, and personal notices from area residents are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Albert Darrah
Chestnut, Street
Alice Gilpatrick
Flora Darrah
Thomas Borjesson
Edna Purington
Maine
O. E.S
Edna Emmons
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Front Street
Richmond Lions Club
Lady Lions
Europe
Mina Clark
Enterprise Grange
Beatrice Webber
James Meserve
William Meserve
Vernon Little
Little
Leon Batchelder
Dora Marriner
Bertha Curtis
George Johnson
Sagadahoc 4-H Cattle Club
Harold Brown
Beedle Road
Bradley Stinson
Murray Stinson
Linwood Horne
Linda Craig
Roberta Waltz
Terry Craig
Virginia
Patty Wheeler
Maurice Wheeler
Chestnut Street
Frances Sidelinger
Robert Pinkham
Barbara Groves
Donna Lothadge
Sharon Groves
Susan Sidelinger
Gail Williams
Carol Watts
Marjorie Gould
Freda Groves
Jo-Ellen Madore
Teddy Lechner
Stefan Gurin
Vern Poulin
Vicki Madore
Nancy Pridham
Patricia Watts
Jill Stinson
Linda Scott
Brian Pinkham
Keith Guiou
Leland Smith
David Horne
Emeth
Royal Arch Masons
James Nelson
King
Leslie Gardner
Scribe
Vincent Jones
Don Cates
Leslie Roberts
Dewey Fisher
Royal Arch
Sterling Bible Class Meets Monday Afternoon
Mrs. Harold Allen hosted the Sterling Bible Class on Mid dle street with devotions by Mrs. Allen assisted by Mrs. Theresa Hill. Officers and committee reports were read, ten calls were made this month, and Sadie Garcelon was welcomed back after illness. Secret pals names will be drawn at the December 5 meeting at Mrs. Ethel May’s Pine street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Allen
Sterling Bible
Middle Street
Allen
Theresa Hill
Sadie Garcelon
Ethel May
Pine Street
Yale Sophomore Pete Wight Wins Freshman Wrangle Undefeated
Pete Wight, Yale center and sophomore, stood undefeated as a freshman wrestler last winter. Standing 6 feet 1 inch and weighing 200 pounds, he is poised for continued success in collegiate competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Wight
Yale
Merrymeeting Acres Development planned near Brunswick
A Brunswick group of local businessmen announced plans for a second large shopping center named the Merrymeeting Acres Development to be built near old Merrymeeting Park. The $350000 project would span 900 by 50 feet, include 24 stores and 20 offices, with frontage leased in 30 foot multiples and parking for about 200 cars. Construction hoped for in 1956, while nearby Build-outs include Theberge Brothers addition, Northern Electric store, and Central Maine Power seeking a Bath Brunswick site consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Merrymeeting Acres
Merrymeeting Park
J. H. Miller, Inc
Cook
Doyon
General Hardwood Flooring Co
Curtis
Eastern Gas and Appliance Co
Wier
Houston
Theberge Brothers
Route 1
Northern Electric Co
Cook's Corner
Central Maine Power Co
Bath-Brunswick
Dresden notices and local happenings in brief
A public baked bean supper and fancy articles sale were carried out by Dresden vestry committee members including Mrs Higgins and Mrs Leask. Everett Freeman of Richmond plans to build near the town hall, while Mrs Freeman is the former Maxine Chapman. An auction at Dresden Mills sold the late Mrs Haley’s house to Herbert Berry of Woolwich. Several townsfolk returned from hospital or traveled for hunting season activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Hazel Higgins
Ethel Leask
Melvin Pushard
Maurice Pushard
Carleton McCobb
Arlene Paradis
Everett Freeman
Richmond
Freeman
Maxine Chapman
Nine Deer Tagged In This Area In Three Days
Only nine deer were tagged this week across four Sagadahoc stations. Dawn was clear and cold but two deer were shot by 1 p.m. at Phippsburg and Woolwich. Tags include Arrowsic doe with spikehorns, a four point buck at Phippsburg, West Bath bucks by Fred Bubier and Thomas Sheffield, and Woolwich does and bucks by Dorothy Bailey and Lloyd McNeil among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Coounty
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Snipe
Clarence A. Sheffield
Arrowsic
James E. Chambers
Sebasco
Carlson
Bath
West Bath
Fred Bubier
Thomas Sheffield
Boothbay
Sagadahoc
Dorothy J. Bailey
B. H. Anderson
Mechanicsville
N. Y
Stanley Eds Bath
Lloyd D. McNeil
Guy P. Reed
Georgetown PTA Presents Old Time Minstrel Show
A Georgetown PTA sponsored old time minstrel show is set for Friday November 11 at 8 p m at Central School. The event invites community members to enjoy a nostalgic performance and support school activities.
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Sponsored By
Georgetown
PTA Central School
Neodleman Theme At Sermon And Local Happenings
Warren Harris preached on The Neodleman s Son at First Baptist in Georgetown, outlining sorrow Saviour and satisfaction themes. Plans were announced for the film Martin Luther on Dec 10. A Georgetown PTA minstrel show was postponed due to illness and weather with new date set for Friday Nov 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodleman
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Reverend Garnett assists at Mrs Edith Miller funeral
The Rev Ambler Garnett pastor of St James Church Stoneham Massachusetts aided the officiating Rev Charles R Sims in funeral services held Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home for Mrs Edith Miller. Garnett is a cousin of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambler Garnett
D.D
St. James Methodist Church
Stoneham
Mass
Charles R Sims
Edith Miller
Curtis Funeral Home
Garnett
Miller
North Bath Weekend Visit Highlights Provincial Maine Trip
North Bath residents Louis Perry and wife returned from a weekend in Maine visiting relatives including Rose Lee Higgins and Gladyce Cothran. The couple celebrated their 32nd anniversary as they toured Five Islands Reid State Park and Bay Point areas with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Perry
Provincetown
Mass
Rose Lee Higgins
Harry Higgins
John de Groot
Gladyce Cothran
Perry
Bath
Edmund Higgins
Islands
Reid State Park
Rose Kingsbury
Kenneth Crafts
Bay Point
Perrys
Maine
Cape Cod
Rumford
Charles Rogers
Liberty
Clarence Moore
Millard Nadeau
Portland
William Nadeau
John DeGroot
Kennebec River Power Squadron
Harold Small
Earl Haines
Harmon Kneeland
Ricky
David
Earl Haines, Jr
Betby
Philip Tardiff
Bath Memorial Hospital
James Rockefeller
Baton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Merrill Oliver Honored At Surprise Stork Shower
Mrs Merrill Oliver was guest of honor at a surprised stork shower Monday night at her sister in law Florence Olivers home 50 Elm Street with Ruth Lewis co host. A variety of gifts were presented and refreshments served. Guests included Mrs Harry Warner Jr Mrs Sylvia Morin Mrs Lila Belanger Mrs Francis Arsenault Mrs Alice Stanley Mrs Raymond Belanger Mrs Guy Hynes Miss Patricia Leonard Miss Janet Morin and Mrs Clarence Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Oliver
Florence Oliver
Elm Street
Ruth Lewis
Oliver
Harry Warner, Jr
Sylvia Morin
Lila Belanger
Francis Arsenault
Alice Stanley
Raymond Belanger
Guy Hynes
Patricia Leonard
Janet Morin
Clarence Leonard
Whale Farm Proposed by Japanese Picture Producer
Kyusaku Hori, president of Nickatsu Motion Picture Co., seeks government permission to build a 2000 square yard pool in Tokyo for keeping various whales for scientific study and as a tourist attraction. The plan aims to combine research with public displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kyusaku Hori
Nickatsu Motion Picture Co
Five Islands Community Notes from Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham group met at Mont SWEAGT Baptist church in Woolwich. Several community members attended church events, youth groups, and a license to preach was presented to Mrs Harlan Pinkham. The Ground Observer Corps was activated with local signups. Families moved, visits occurred, and residents noted vacations and winter relocations in Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Warren Harris
Good Neighbor Club
Library Hall
Jimmy MacMahan
Thomas Watson
Ground Observer Corps
Francis Pierce
Maynard Thibodeau
Arthur Cochrane
Clarence Preble
Adolph Spear
Robinhood
Ray Grover
Lloyd Pinkham
James Oliver
Georgetown
Charles Almasi
Evelyn Black
Bath
Vernon Gray
Richard Barter
Charlene Marie
Jimmy McMahan
Woodrow Gray
Joan Chambers
Parker Start
Melrose
Mass
William Campbell
South Gardiner
Arline Colby
Bath Memorial Hospital
Francis Lloyd
Somerville
Lynn McMahan
Quincy
Margaret McMahan
Herman Barter
Idiss Joan Chambers
Senter’s
Beulah Miller
Suncay
Massachusetts
Harold Rowe, Jr
Carl Rowe
Ogunquit
Kittery
Harold Rowe
Everett Hennen
Sedgemere Road
Stanley Lewis
Lubec
Mansfield Boucher
Bernard Varnumi
John Brown
Yarmouth
Helen Huskins
Tenant's Harbor
Jones
Ray Gilpatrick
Belchertown
Lulu Hanna
Ivan
W C T U Meets At Mrs Theresa Hill Home
The Women's Christian Temperance Union gathered Tuesday afternoon at 645 Middle Street. Mrs Edward McGuiggan presented a summary of the October State Convention in Houston. Members donated clothing for the Save the Children Federation and Mrs Hill led the devotion period before refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Theresa Hill
Middle Street
Houston
Edward McGuiggan
Save the Children Federation
Hill
City Hall Offices to Close for Long Veterans Day Weekend
City offices except the police department will close Saturday in City hall for the long weekend. Normally offices open Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 noon, but Veterans Day on Friday prompted City Council action authorizing closure Saturday Sunday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Bay Point notices detailed in regional column
Gordon G Merry returns to San Diego after a Bay Point visit with sister Mrs Dwight Furbish and mother Mrs Charles Merry Jr of Waldoboro. He is being shifted from LST 306 to an aircraft carrier. Various local movements include Mrs Thomas Hagan hosting and other residents visiting, hospital transfers, store closings, and cottage closures for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon G. Merry
San Diego
Calif
Dwight Furbish
Bay Point
Charles Merry, Jr
Waldoboro
Gordon
Thomas Hagan
Forrest Sherman
Boston Friay
Lawrence Perow
Bath
Lincoln Campbell
Campbell
Five Islands
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Emery Rideout
G. J. Bailey
Wiscasset
Linwood Stevens
Georgetown
M. Hilton Soule
Woolwich
Eleanor Mavis Gillis
Florida
Mina Hinckley
Sumner.Mains
Women’s Legislative Council Meeting in Augusta
The Women’s Legislative Council of Maine holds a Nov. 17 session in the Senate Chamber at the State House in Augusta. Linwood L. Brown of Sweetser Home speaks at 11 a.m. on remedial work with anti social children, followed at 2 p.m. by Gilbert Giles Dietrich of the University of Maine on the home’s influence on child development. Mrs. William L. Bennett presides, with Mrs. J. H. Waring chairing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s ‘Legislative Council of Maine
Senate Chamber
State House
Augusta
Linwood L. Brown
Sweetser Children's Home
Saco
Gilbert Giles Dietrich
University of Maine
Bangor Service Society
William L. Bennett
Cooper's Mills
J. H. Waring
Orono
St Marys Guild Plans Christmas Tea at Parish House
St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church met at the parish house to finalize preparations for the annual pre Christmas tea and sale. The sale starts at 2 p.m. next Tuesday with service of ten from 3 to 5. Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees led arrangements. Members will meet Monday at 2 p.m. to set up tables. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Robert Jewell and Mrs Linwood F Boardman. Dice avocado in small pieces and add to curried cream of chicken soup. Nice for company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Swearingen
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Grace Church
Robert Jewell
Linwood F. Boardman
Mrs Louis A Dole guest speaker at Wesley WSCS meeting
Mrs Louis A Dole regional director for the State Council of Church Women spoke on the work of the Council of Church Women at state and local levels during the Tuesday Wesley Methodist church WSCS gathering. Reports covered Maine WSCS fall meeting, Bath Council World Community Day activities, and upcoming Christmas sale plans with a gift table replacing the former fancy work table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
State Council of Church Women
Women's Society For Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Dole
Council of Church Women
Andrew M. Butterfield
Maine
WSCS
Dexter
Bath Council of Church Women
Stanley Hunter
Charles Marble
Butterfield
Kathleen Crosby
Lillian Temple
Alice McLain
Marc N. King
Drusilla Fielding
Elnora Oliver
Charles Howe
James Haley
Rodney Upham
Marc N
King
Oliver
Haley
Otis Aver
Merna Faulkey
Daughters of Isabella to Install New Sacred Heart Officers
Daughters of Isabella will install new officers for Sacred Heart Circle at Red Men's hall next Tuesday evening. State Regent Gertrude Elrik of Lisbon Falls will serve as installing officer after a Tuesday meeting led by Regent Miss Helen Moses. A Communion Sunday is set for Nov 19 at 7:30 am Mass. December social committee includes Miss Moses as chair and members including Mrs Adeline McPhee, Miss Phyllis Katula, Mrs Phyllis Addison, Mrs Elizabeth Holland, Mrs Louise Rogers, Miss Nellie McDonough, Mrs Eva Henderson, Miss Mildred Young, and Mrs Sarah Cameral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Red Men's Hall
Gertrude Elrik
Lisbon Falls
Helen Moses
Miss Moses
Adeline McPhee
Phyllis Katula
Phyllis Addison
William M. Blair Obituary Details Career and Family
William Martell Blair, 77, a former Phippsburg resident, died Wednesday in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Born August 30, 1878 in Last Mountain, Nova Scotia, he worked for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and lived in Braintree, Massachusetts. Surviving: two sons, George M. Blair of Walpole and Clarence N. Blair of Stockbridge. a brother, Alfred Blair of Ipswich. two granddaughters. A 50 year member of St. Paul Lodge and Silome Lodge in Dorchester, he was affiliated with Dromore Grange of Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Blair
William Martell Blair
Phippsburg
Stockbridge
Mass
Last Mountain
N. S
Walter
Eleanor Lester Blair
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Braintree
George M. Blair
Walpole
Clarence N. Blair
Alfred Blair
Ipswich
Mr. Blair
St. Paul
James B. Smith obituary notices Bath shipyard machinist
Funeral services for James B. Smith 77 a former Bath resident who died Saturday at Bangor were held Tuesday at Davis funeral home Thomaston with Rev John Fitzgerald officiating. Born June 1 1878 in St. George he worked as a machinist at Bath Iron Works retiring in 1946. He belonged to First Baptist Montgomery and St Bernard R A C of Bath and Oriental Lodge F A M of Bridgton. Surviving are his widow a daughter in law two brothers two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Interment was at Seaside cemetery Tenants Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Meister
Albert Denaco
Bath
Georgetown P.T.A
Central School
Robinhood Tea Room
Chester MacMahan, Jr
Alonzo Thibodeau
Philip Campbell
Gladys McIntosh
Harold Drake
James MacMahan
Arthur Tibbetts
James Dunton
South Portland
Prescott L. Steadman
White Haven
Portland
Roland Peterson
Florence and
Margaret McGee
Everett
Mass
Michael
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Brown
Milton Flint
Cumberland
Percy West
Vernon E. Gray
Calloway
Five Islands
Addie Loveitt
Limestone Air Base
William Harrison
George DeWolf
Edwin Adams Place
George Laskey
Roedbinwead
Evelyn Pinkham
Judy MacMahan
Franklin Pinkham
Michael Oliver
Elaine Penley
Harold Brown
Joann Drayton
Warren Harris
Alfred Rowe
Marion Steward
Karen Furbish
Caroline Clark
Charles L[pear
Sherman Campbell
Dwight Furbish
Jan White
James B. Smith
Bangor
Davis Funeral Home
Thomaston
John Fitzgerald
Navy
St. George
George D
Clara
Griffin) Smith
Smith
Bath Iron Works Corp
First Baptist Church
Montgomery
St. Bernard
Oriental Lodge
Bridgton
Ann M. Smith
Donald S. Smith
G. Lewis Smith
Harrison A. Smith
Rockland
Seaside Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett Held at Mayo Residence
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth L. Bennett were conducted at 1 30 Wednesday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence with Rev Richard Arnold officiating. Bearers were Lester Hunnebill Irving McFarland Irving Johnson and Harold Strout. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Elizabeth L. Bennett
Arthur F. Mayo
Richard Arnold
Lester Hunnebill
Irving McFarland
Irving Johnson
Harold Strout
Oak Grove Cemetery
James B. Smith Funeral in Thomaston at 2 PM
James B. Smith, 77, of Rockland died Saturday in Bangor. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Davis Funeral Home in Thomaston. Smith was a former Bath resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Smith
Rockland
Bangor
Davis
Thomaston
Mr. Smith
Bath
Navajo Population Rise Noted by National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society reports the Navajo Nation has grown to more than 70,000 people, a substantial increase from about 7,000 in 1867, highlighting demographic change over generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kenneth Chelley
Kathleen
Milford
Allen Naugler
Iva Skillings
Myron Douglass
Eva Libby
Mary Hackett
North Street
Gardiner
Hackett
Mary Parent
Hallowell
Sterling Bible Class
Memoriam
Edward C
Stephen D. Pinkham
Edward Pinkham
Dresden
Arthur Siegars
West Dresden
Gardiner General Hospital
Charles Holt, Jr
Cedar Grove
Henry Thurston
Washington, D. C
Dresden Center
Frank Houdlette
Lyndel Good
C. Chick
Jackman
Kentucky
Millie Hinckley
Daisy Mains
Althea Heffron
Pownal
Clarence Davis
Tenants Harbor
Donald E. Field
Weber
North
Mrs. Merrill Oliver
Stork Shower
Sunny Canales Worden
Kingsville
Texas
Don Worden
San Antonio
Padre Island
Worden
W.C.T.U
Women’s Legislative Council
St. Mary’s Guild
Parish House
Cynthia Diane Bailey
Clayton R. Bailey
Park Street
Morse High School
Cynthia
Paul Duprey
Wesley W.S.C.S
Isabella
Ford Empire
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
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