Richmond News Roundup of births, visits, meetings
A Richmond weekly page lists births including a girl to Mrs Gerald Fredericks at Gardiner hospital, multiple visits by Brunswick Augusta and Portland residents, and social notes. It covers Amy Bradley Tent D of A V meetings with new members, officer nominations, and praise for leadership. Also noted are town movements, hospital stays, hunting trips, and upcoming Thanksgiving church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Fredericks
Navy
Gardiner Hospital
Howard Williams
Brunswick
Inez Hutchins
Maude Billings
Gardiner
Clinton Gardner
Boston
Harry L. Pond
Gilbert
Portland
Bertha Gray
Ida White
Horace Manwaring
Harriette Patch
Harold
Beverly
Mass
Gilbert Manwaring
Amy Bradley
A. V
Joseph Haley
North Hampton
N. H
Florence G. Maxwell
Lillian Hill
Augusta
Vanessa Beedle
American Legion Hall
Elizabeth Savage
Bangor
Margaret B. Peabody
Collinsville
Conn
Irma May
David McGinn
Alfred Colesworthy
William Crocker
Richmond
Harry Douglas
Robert Blake
Temple
William Gott
Springfield
Charles Soule
Brunswick Hospital
Melvin Tarr
Bowdoin Center
Otis Gray
A. Ek. McMaster
John Clark
Auburn
Wiliam Dingley
Brunswick Road
Joseph W. Randlette
Maine Water Utilities Association
Kennebec Water District
Fairfield
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
New England
Eastland
Progressive Grange
Stave Grange
Linda M. Page
Edward H. Page
Williams Street
Cotton Cemetery
Elsie M. Page
Beatrice M. Page
Flora Tibbets
Stephen Matthews
Seattle
Wash
Nellie Pinkham
Phillips Hospital
Charles Joyce
Lisbon Falls
Allen Wardell
Ashland
James Hamilton
Elmer Purinton
Millard Jack
Richard Trott
Hattie Terrill
Arthur Blanchard
Methodist Church
Arthur Allen
Medford
Lois Libby
Arthur Turner
Percy Baker
Frances Kidder
Carlos Dunlap
Ralph George
Somerville
Mell Perry
Harold Castner
Augusta General Hospital
Sadie Parlin Harriman
Tacoma
Emma Hawthorne
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Clarence Lang
E. E. Durand
Jackman
Elwood Edgecomb
Edgecomb
Frank Hea
Charles Blair
Gilbert A. Lilly
R. J. Barron
Lilly
Dresden
Joel and
Margaret (Bailey) Lilly
Albert Meserve
W. H. Farley
Front Street
Kimball Street
J. M. Dysant
Waterville
Boynton
Main Street
A. E
St. Ambrose Church
Richmond Lodge
J. W. Randlette
W. M
Edwin Bailey
John McCormick
J. W
Dresden Mills
Oscar Bailey
G. B. M. Soule
Leighton Gardner
Arlington and Fairfax volunteer firemen seek protection fund
The Arlington and Fairfax Counties Volunteer Firemen Association formed five years ago to secure injury protection for firefighters. It operates nine departments, runs an annual carnival that funds a relief program, and lobbied for county or state workers compensation style coverage. The fund now totals over 5000 dollars with death benefits of 3500 dollars and weekly injuries payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington County
Fairfax
Arlington and
Fairfax Counties
Georgetown Working League Play Rehearsals Delayed
The Working League met at Mrs. Earl Hagan's home for a Tuesday rehearsal with another planned for Thursday. The play’s date is postponed a week, to be decided at the next meeting. Christmas pie supper set for December 11 at the annual sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hagan
C. L. Hinckley
Ruth
Sagadahoc Bay
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
William Farnsworth
Bath
Scarboro
E. M. Cunning
Sarah Morrell
Joan Harrison
L. Morrell
Lewiston
Owen Marr
Thomas Reid
Seguinland
Murray
Tarbox Street
Arthur L. Todd
Lisbon Falls
Jennie Todd
West Georgetown
Milford Oliver
Murphy’s Corner
E. C. Higgins
Charles Clifford, Jr
Marion Hunt
Elizabeth Hunt
Blanche Westall
Robinhood
Walter Cunningham
Grover Hill Farm
E. M. Cunningham
George F. Smith
Lexington
Mass
George E. Smith
Ida Beals
Woolwich
McFadden
Westport
Ralph Reynolds
Walter V. Cummings
Portland
T. M. Hagan
George E. Gray
F. W. Hovey
Earle Hagan
Bay Point
Center School
Walter Newdick
Frank
Medford
Edward Wren
G. LaChais
New York
Volunteer Firemen Face Risks Without Proper Protection
The article notes the instant danger when alarms sound and the chance of injury on any run. It highlights volunteers relying on wages to support dependents and the need for protection as they dedicate time to meetings, committees, and maintaining equipment while answering calls and fighting fires.
Lewiston station crowded with prisoners and lodgers
Maine notes report Lewiston police station crowded at an early Thursday hour with a woman prisoner in a side room and a man ordered into court for speeding, while 21 spent the night in the cell room. Nine lodgers and twelve prisoners filled the area as sidewalks in Thomaston date back to July 1828. Private Robert W. Field awaits West Point exams in March, Frank M. Perkins of Bradley retired on half pay after 25 years with the Maine Fish and Game Dept, and Katherine Abbott longtime Farmington Normal teacher also retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Thomaston
Rockland Courier Gazette
Robert W. Field
103D Infantry National Guard
West Point Military Academy
Frank M. Perkins
Bradley
Maine Fish and Game Department
Katherine Abbott
Farmington Normal School
Proctor Named Head of New England Council for Year
Ex Governor Redfield Proctor of Proctor Vermont is chosen to lead the New England Council succeeding John L Lawrence. Proctor, long public servant and head of Vermont Marble Co, takes the presidency as Lawrence remains treasurer and the Council eyes expanded cooperation across New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield Proctor
Proctor
Vermont
Vermont Marble Co
New England Council
John 8. Lawrence
Friend
Washington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vermont Marble Go
United States
New England
Red Cross
Engineers
United States Reserve Corps
American Legion
Technology Corporation
Middlebury College
Norwich University
University of Vermont
Vermont State Tuberculosis Association
Senate
Five hundred inoculated against diphtheria near Calais
Five hundred children from St Stephen New Brunswick across from Calais were inoculated last week after a diphtheria outbreak. No new cases have appeared and officials hope the mass vaccination will end the outbreak. A two year old son of Mr and Mrs James Doran of South Lubec was saved when his father used baking soda to clear his throat after swallowing carbolic acid. Governor Ralph O Brewster and other New England governors left for New Orleans for the Governors Conference. A Farmington bound train collision injured Mrs Alma Hartford and two others driving at a crossing near Leeds, with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen
N. B
Calais
James Doran
South Lubec
Doran
Ralph O. Brewster
New England
New Orleans
Alma Hartford
Bert R. Hartford
Leeds
Farmington
Five Islands Grange Library Receives Gifts
Books for the Grange library increased this week with three purchases from Bath donor Miss Alice Robbins and a Lindbergh volume among the gifts. Local residents including Earle MacMahon and C A MacMahon returned from Cambridge on business. Community notices follow with visits, social events, and routine travels across Bath Richmond and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Library
Alice Robbins
Bath
Charles Lindbergh
Earle MacMahan
The
Grange
C. A. MacMahan
H. F. MacMahan
Cambridge
Ernest Pinkham
Richmond
Frank Southard
J. T. MacMahan
Alonzo MacMahan
Victor Pinkham
Southport
Kenneth Pinkham
Elizabeth Cromwell
Parker Small
Alice Cromwell
F. H. Hovey
D. L. Howard
Georgetown
E. C. Higgins
Charles Davis
Fred Carr
Billings
Robinhood
J.h.dickey
Old Berry Homestead
Madelyn Berry
R. N
Salem
Mass
E. C. Huggins
Five Islands
Pupils Flock to Get Vaccinated in Bath
Nearly 300 school children descended on the office of Bath health officer Chester S. Kingsley seeking vaccination certificates. The schools had announced that children would not be admitted without proof of inoculation, causing a bustling afternoon with multiple doctors attending to the surge and adults entering and leaving offices. A travelling man departing for the train heard of the cases and left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chester S. Kingsley
Maine Pomological Society Votes to Affiliate National Body
The Maine Pomological Society voted at its annual meeting to affiliate with the American Pomological Society next February. E. W. Dolloff of Standish was re-elected president, with A. K. Gardner Orono first vice president, F. C. Sturtevant Hebron second vice president, T. E. Chase Buckfield treasurer, and E. L. White Bowdoinham secretary. The exhibition of Maine grown and canned products drew crowds at city hall, sponsored by several state groups. The Maine Seed Improvement Association meeting is set for tomorrow, the exhibition’s final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Pomological Society
American Pomological Society
State Society
E. W. Dolloff
Standish
A. K. Gardner
Orono
F. C. Sturtevant
Hebron
T. E. Chase
Buckfield
E. L. White
Bowdeinham
Maine
Maine Dairymen's Association
Maine Seed Improvement Association
Woman hunter bags first Union bear of season
Mrs Roy Richard of Amherst shoots a bear over 200 pounds in the Union river area while hunting porcupines. Dr Dumont health officer warns to prevent another measles epidemic as eight Lewiston cases and one Auburn case are reported. Herbert W Benson, Lewiston Express Co treasurer, dies suddenly at his desk. An unidentified bandit robs men in a Portland club room of about 118 dollars with an automatic revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Richard
Amherst
Union River
Dumont
Lewiston
Auburn
Herbert W. Benson
American Railway Express Co
Portland
Camp and Auxiliary Officers Installed in Grand Army Hall
The T W Hyde camp Sons of Union Veterans and its auxiliary held a joint installation in Grand Army Hall Tuesday night with Celia Morse of Woodfords as installing officer. Ruth Warner was named president and Eleanor Blake vice president, among others. A gold pin gift to the retiring president and a banquet followed, with veterans present including Civil War veteran Thomas Gannon and Spanish War veteran Maj. William R. Kimball. A historic gavel fashioned from Old Ironsides was later presented to the camp and auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Union Veterans
Grand Army Hall
Celia Morse
Woodfords
Ruth Warner
Eleanor Blake
Ila Day
Alice Gannon
Gertrude Wakefield
Edith Miller
Florence Robinson
Sadie Garcelon
Helen McIntosh
Natalie Kidder
Lillian Warner
Ruth Bracca
Minnie Cressey
Lizzie Moore
Eva Lemont
Clarence Warner
Frances Lane
Calla Morse
Thomas Gannon
George Chandler
Maj
Wiliam R. Kimball
Forrest Legard
Daniel Warner
Charlestown
Mass
Bath
Henry Gediman
Frank Saunders
Edward W. Bridgham
Albert Henderson
Henderson
William Jewett
Portland
J. Manley Patterson
Hallowell
Joseph N. Day
Frank Small
Cooper's Mills
Wakefield
Sheriff Henderson
Laura Frye
Mr. Gediman
Mr. Saunders
Major Kimball
Ira Day
Guy Crocker
Harry Moulton
Ladies of the
Mr. Ge
Million men work to feed insects
A nation of workers combats the gypsy moth threat by biological allies. Entomology and ecology emerge in Medford Massachusetts with a Gypsy Moth Laboratory. Parasites raised in vials attack caterpillars while observers document moth and caterpillar details to curb spread and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Edwin W. Teale
Popular Science Monthly
Medford
Mass
Justice Beane Critically Ill. Maine State Police Probe Licenses
Justice Fred Emery Beane of Halliwell is critically ill. State Police on Saturday night begin to inspect operators licenses and registrations, with plans to continue their work in other Maine cities. Governor Brewster proclaims November 29 as a day of fasting and prayer for Maine people referencing Pilgrim Fathers Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Emery Beane
Hallowell
Maine
Pilgrim Fathers
Brewster
Bath City Halts Public Gatherings Over Smallpox Cases
Bath authorities ordered all public gatherings halted until further notice after two mild smallpox cases appeared. Dr. James Loughlin and Health Officer Chester Kingsley recommended vaccination and strict quarantine. Schools closed at noon, with reopens planned Monday. vaccinated pupils may attend. Over 125 students vaccinated recently. officials urge continued precautions to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
James W. Loughlin
State Department of Health
Chester 8. Kingsley
Charles H. Cahill
Clinton D. Wilson
Loughlin
Maine Federation Plans Yearbook Issue for 1928 29
The Maine Federation announces a four-issue club year, with the November issue to resemble the News and carry ads to fund expenses. The yearbook will publish Fall meeting reports from Belgrade and list Maine unions and clubs with 1928 29 officers. Subscriptions are pitched via Mrs Amy B Erskine and Mrs A T Stewart, with a special rate for club lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Federation News
Federated Clubwomen
Belgrade
Maine
Federation News
A. E. Grover
Portland
A. T. Stewart
Alice Frost Lord
Lewiston
Amy B. Erskine
Damariscotta
Erskine
Homer E. Crooker
South Berwick
Maine State Grange Meets in Augusta
The Maine State Grange will hold its annual convention in Augusta during the second week in December. Augusta Chamber of Commerce preparations are underway for visitors arriving December 10. An information desk and post office will be at City Hall to aid delegates and avoid duplication and confusion during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Grange
Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Church
Frank Head
Mark Shibles
Esther Bailey
Christian Endeavor
Rebecca Rogers
Winifred Roberts
Lawrence Bond
Philip Ely
Colby College
Ethel Bailey
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Maine News Notes
Pomological Society
Maine Federation
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