Richmond Notes and Society Briefs From Town News
A wide listing of local visits and social events includes Mr. and Mrs. Preston Carver hosting a surprise party for 15 at their Front Street home. Town residents travel to Cleveland and Belfast for winter stays, hunts yield deer, and town officials attend the Maine Hotel association meeting. The fire department battles a chimney fire on South Front Street, and the Richmond Worsted Spinning Co. announces a 10 percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Carver
Hurley House
Front Street
Margaret Stennert
Cleveland
Ohio
Melvin
Castner
Frank Holman
Bath
Eva Pecci
Hazel Adams
Portland
Harold Castner
Richmond
Earl Castner
Bangor
Ann Tyler
Belfast
Ferras Stuber
Bert Stinson
Amesbury
Mass
Henry Plouff
Randall
Church Street
Clayton Stinson
Delmer Stinson
Robert Stanley
Elmer King
Harry Boston
Lisbon
Boyd Boston
Augusta
Ann Spofford
Seattle
Wash
Grace Stubbs
Spofford
James Gibson
Los Angeles
Ernest Stewart
Evelyn
Helen Harlow
Waterville
Daniel Stewart
Skowhegan
Rodney N. Edgett
Belmont
Edgett
Gilbert E. Edgett
Charles B. Day
Maine Hotel Association
Lafayette Hotel
Day
Chester Foster
Irving Meserve
Norris Sidelinger
Foster
George Pushard
Auburn
Jenkins House
Center Street
E. A. Stevens
Pleasant Pond
Pleasant Street
Harry Douglass
Douglass
Robert Blake
Kingfield
Charles Pashard
Irene Daignault
Lewiston
Lillian Hill
Nellie Thomas
Cora Smith
Brunswick
Charles Griffin
C. E. Foss
Edward Sykes
Watertown
Pauline Cronk
Rebekah Assembly
Ivy Rebekah Lodge
Annie Gould
Victoria Call
Maude Mooney
Iceboro
Call
Esther Parker
S. M. Preble
Harvey Goodwin
Vera Crooker
Cumberland
Carl Anderson
Emerson School
Hazel Gardner
Lois Skillin
South Portland
E. O. Tarr
Eva Libby
Maynard Hinkley
Gardiner
Mabel Lancaster
Farmingdale
William Dingley
Leslie Watson
South Front Street
Charles Little
Decorative Doorways Contest Planned by Garden Department
At the Cosmopolitan club house the Garden department votes to sponsor the third annual Decorative Doorways contest this year. Rules and committees will be chosen later. The club also plans a December 7 party for the Cosmopolitan Junior Garden club and a greens table for the mother club's Christmas fair on December 5. Fifteen members attended as Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon, president, led the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Garden Department
Bath
Cosmopolitan Junior Garden Club
Granville Colby
Franklin Neal
Louis M. Silverman
Margaret T. Mulligan
Alice F. Johnson
Margaret R. Foote
Mildred G. Nichols
Elizabeth E. Dunbar
William Skelton
George A. Churchill
Louise A. Bucknam
Stanley M. Brown
Frank A. Hodgdon
Man Receives 90 Day Term For Larceny From O M Redlon Co
Paul Savage pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to larceny of an electric drill from O M Redlon Co. He was sentenced by Recorder Owen J. Ledyard to 90 days in Kennebec county jail. The tool valued at 45 dollars was sold for 2 50 by Savage who said liquor influenced him. Two youths stealing cigarettes from John J Conroy’s car were given a reprimand after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Savage
O. M. Redlon Co
Bath
Owen J. Ledyard
Kennebec County
Augusta
Redlon
Savage
John J. Conroy
Bangor Mourns Death of Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink
Residents in Bangor lament the death of the famed contralto Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink at age 75 in Hollywood California on November 17. The Bangor paper recalls her 1900 1901 1904 1913 and 1918 Bangor appearances and her role in Love's Lottery at the Bangor Opera House. Also noted is community work by local school staff and librarians for Augusta public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Hollywood
Calif
Edwards- Smith
Bangor Opera House
Georgetown News Highlights Preserve Local Life in Bath Visits
Richard Farnham of Bath visits Georgetown on Friday while the Working League gathers at Miss M. Bell Heald’s home on Wednesday. The town notes several Bath visitors, family travels to Boston for Thanksgiving, a burial at Oak Cemetery, and Dorothy Hagan earns scholastic honors at North Yarmouth Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Farnham
Bath
M. Bell Heald
William A. Todd
Henry Reynolds
Attleboro
Somerville
Abbie Reynolds
C. L. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Rapheal Higgins
John Gordon
Alvah Reynolds
Jennie Todd
Lisbon
Arthur L. Todd
H. G. Heald
Junior Brown
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Morse High School
Edgar Warren
John L. Thibodeau
Indian Rocks
Fla
Winter Center
Ruth W. Powers
William Mains
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Boston
Clarence Oliver
Alma Chase
James Chase
Oak Cemetery
Dorothy Hagan
Georgetown
North Yarmouth Academy
Sterling Brotherhood Plans Church Improvements
The Sterling Brotherhood of Corliss Street Baptist church held its first meeting at John L. Russell's home with 12 attendees. Frank Curtis chaired. plans included refinishing the Deering room floor and forming a male chorus led by Chester A. Plant with Ray Cummings as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Brotherhood of
Frank Curtis
Frederick P. Moffatt
Deering Room
Harold Walker
Ray Cummings
Chester A. Plant
Russell
Cummings
Doctors address medical association in Sedgwick
Dr A A Stott spoke to Sagadahoc County Medical Association at the Sedgwick club room after a Mayo Clinic visit. Officers and councillors were elected and topics included socialized medicine and possible legislation. Alexander Belanger suffered serious injuries when his truck overturned while avoiding a black cat crossing his path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Stott
Sagadahoc County Medical Association
Sedgwick
Mayo Clinic
Frederick T. Hill
Maine Medical Association
Edward H. Risley
Water
Alexander Belanger
College Road
Lewiston
Belanger
Fortieth Anniversary of National PTA Observed
National PTA marks 40th anniversary with tree planting by 25 000 local associations in 1937 to honor the Congress and founders. Enrolment cards issued by the American Tree Association after trees are planted. plans and materials emphasize youth needs, world peace, homemaking as a career and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Board of Managers
Congress
American Tree Association
Fred M. Raymond
Grand Rapids
Michigan
National Congress
W. J. Hayes
Burlingame
California
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Maine
Frederick M. Hosmer
Auburn
New York
Raymond
John E. Hayes
Twin Fails
Idaho
Parent
B. F. Langworthy
Winnetka
Illinois
Congress Organization
The
National Office
Fireside Club Discusses What Youth Should Know About Alcohol
The Winter Street Fireside club met Sunday with 60 youths and debated practical views on alcohol and abstinence. They agreed that exaggerated anti alcohol rhetoric harms the abstainer and noted the car age amplifies drink issues. Mary McClure led the discussion and Betty Watson et al aided refreshments. Next week Rev George H Thorburn Jr speaks on being a good Protestant. Dr and Mrs Reginald T Lombard visited local hosts Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Fireside Club
Friends of Temperance
Mary McClure
Betty Watson
Patricia Sewall
Jean McCall
Martha Page
Carl Earlbach
Marold Stanton
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Universalist
Five Islands social notes from Arlington to Bath weekend
Five Islands residents and visitors travel between Arlington Massachusetts Bath Maine and nearby towns. The gatherings include the MacMahan family enduring visits from Bath and Wiscasset and Thanksgiving time with relatives and friends.
Former Ellers Mill to Resume Operations
The mill next to the H. T. Passmore plant on Commercial Street has reopened after Amasa Ellers’ death. It will be run by Mr. Passmore with Will Given in charge, using machines hired from Norman W. Howard. Given, veteran of the Jackson block factory, can do wood turning, saw filing and cabinet work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Passmore
Commercial Street
Amasa Ellers
Mr. Passmore
Will Given
Norman W. Howard
Acme
Mr. Given
Jackson Block
Commercial
Arch Streets
John S. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Given
Obituary of Harry H. Robbins 56 Bath Machinist
Harry H. Robbins 56 died suddenly Monday night at his home 223 Center Street of a heart attack. Born in Phippsburg to Charles and Ida Pushard Robbins he later lived with grandmother Ida Robbins in Bath. A Morse High School graduate and machinist he worked at Bath Iron Works and elsewhere. He married Frances Bixby in December 1924. A Masonic member and member of the People's Baptist church. Survived by his wife. Funeral set Friday at 2 PM at Curtis Funeral Home 105 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Robbins
Center Street
Mr. Robbins
Phippsburg
Charles
Ida Pushard Robbins
Bath
Ida Robbins
Pine Street
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Portland
Philadelphia
Frances Bixby
Randolph
Masonic Order
Blue Lodge
Montgomery and St. Bernard
Royal Arch
People’s Baptist Church
Curtis Funeral Home
Alma E Chase dies at 87 in Bath home
Alma E Chase widow of James H Chase died Thursday afternoon at 21 Marshall Street. Born in Edgecomb she was daughter of Charles R and Elizabeth P Cunningham. She lived 39 years in Bath after years in Georgetown. Survived by three sons Vernal V Chase Bath Roy E Chase Concord NH Edwin F Chase Boston and daughter Mrs Ormsley Watson Berwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma E. Chase
James H. Chase
Marshall Street
Edgecomb
Charles R
Elizabeth P. Cunningham
Bath
Georgetown
Vernal V. Chase
This City
Roy E. Chase
Concord
N. H
Edwin F. Chase
Boston
Winter Carnival Plans Tied to Rotary and Junior Chamber
Preliminary Winter Carnival plans were prepared by the Bath Rotary club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a Hotel Sedgwick supper meeting. Queen contest details were to be announced later. The group reported on the Armistice Day high school gym dance and invited the JCs to tonight's Rotary meeting where Dr. Barker will speak. The JC will reconvene next Monday at City Hall to finalize Carnival details for Children's Playgrounds. Edna Elizabeth Jones of Augusta to Edmond Michael de Kerts mont Locee of Lausanne wed December 5 at Green Street Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Sedgwick
James A. Gillies, Jr
Horace Herrick
Clinton D. Wilson
Thomas Huston
Rotary Club
Barker
City Hall
Herbert Leslie Howe
Edna Elizapeth Jones
Augusta
Edmond Michael de Kertsmont Locee
Lausanne
Switzerland
Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Jones
Augusta Business and
Wor‘er’s’Club
Federation
B. P. W. Brevities
Augusta Club
Death of Frank E Williss in Brockton Mass
Frank E Williss uncle of Mrs Maxwell Powers of this city died at his Brockton Massachusetts home on Saturday morning November 21. He survived his sister the late Mrs Ruth Johnson who died three days earlier at her daughter s home on Middle street. Mrs Powers accompanied the body of her mother to Brockton for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Williss
Maxwell Powers
Brockton
Mass
Ruth Johnson
Middle Street
Powers
Brockten
Funeral for Mrs Alma E Chase Held at Home
The funeral of Alma E Chase widow of James H Chase was held Sunday afternoon at two at 21 Marshall Street. Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiated. Bearers were Vernal Edwin F and Roy E Chase and Michael Ahearn. Burial followed at Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma E
James H. Chase
Marshall Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Church
Vernal
Edwin F
Roy E. Chase
Michael Ahearn
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Portland Woman Remembered by Sebasco Summer Colony
Mrs. Annie B. Cushman wife of Nathan A. Cushman died at her Portland home early Sunday after illness. She was a valued Sebasco summer resident and Williston Congregational Church member. Funeral services were held Monday. The Cushman family, including four sons, relocated to Portland 27 years ago from New York City where Cushman Baking Co. was founded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sébasco
Annie B. Cushman
Nathan A. Cushman
Portland
Cushman
Sebasco
Williston Congregational Church
Miss Ella M. Day Dies in Bath After Illness
Miss Ella M. Day aged 86 a prominent member of the Order of the Eastern Star and first worthy grand matron of the Grand Chapter in Mainé died late Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Alma L. Reid 23 Russell street Bath where she had resided since February after two years with Mr. and Mrs. David E. Rich in North Bath Born in Rockland she was a long time dressmaker there and later moved to Bath following illness She was a past matron of Goldenrod chapter O E S of Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O’connors
Arlington
Mass
James T. MacMahan
Bath
D.L. Howard
J. G. Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Katherine Pendergast
Horace E. Wade
Wiscasset
Earle MacMahan
Forest Hill Hospital
Forest Hill
Edna Lewis
J. T. MacMahan
Chester MacMahan
Philip Campbell, Jr
Auburn
MacMahan
Charles Farrow
Robinhood
Ardene Pinkham
Georgetown
Maurice Pinkham
Raymond Belanger
George Gray
Helen Rowe
Frances Pacon
Sudbury
Miss Rowe
Lermond H. Rowe
Blaisdell House
Islands
Beulah Miller
Boston
Basil MacMahan
Massachusetts
Kittery
Harold, Jr
Russell Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Natalie MacMahan
James McNeil
Byron Campbell
Seguinland
Christian Deschane
Florence Deschane
Freeport
William Wilson
Campbell
Leon Williams
Waltham
Ella M. Day
Order of the Eastern Star
Mainé
Alma L. Reid
Russell Street
David E. Rich
North Bath
Miss Day
Rockland
Goldenrod Chapter
O. E
Baby Vivian Fleming Dies. Bath Infant Remembered
Vivian M. Fleming three months old daughter of Vernard and Maretta Fleming of 10 Winter Street Bath died Thursday morning. Survived by parents one brother Alvin and three sisters Helen Barbara and Margaret and grandparents Mr and Mrs Daniel Bennett Bath and Charles Fleming Lubec. Funeral arrangements not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian M. Fleming
Vernard
Maretta Fleming
Winter Street Court
Bath
Alvin Fleming
Helen
Barbara
Margaret
Daniel Bennett
Charles Fleming
Lubec
Prayers for Mrs Johnson Held in Brockton and Whitman
Prayers were offered Thursday at 2 p m for Mrs Ruth M Johnson at the home of her daughter Mrs Maxwell Powers 887 Middle Street Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Clarence Dalton Dr Wilbur F Browne Charles Stackpole and Dr Harry F Morin The funeral occurred Friday at 2 p m at the Baptist church in Brockton Mass with interment in Whitman Mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth M. Johnson
Maxwell Powers
Middle Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Clarence Dalton
Wilbur F. Browne
Brunswick
Charles Stackpole
Harry F. Morin
The
Baptist
Wing funeral held for Henry T. Wing in Brunswick road home
The funeral for Henry T. Wing was held Wednesday at his Brunswick road home with Rev. Ernest Heywood of Wesley Church officiating. Pallbearers were his four sons H. Leigh Wing James R. Wing Paul L. Wing and Harold B. Wing. Burial followed in the Wing family plot in Wayne. Meanwhile workers began driving sheet steel piling around a cofferdam to protect a submarine water main under the Kennebec River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Wing
Brunswick Road
Ernest Heywood
Wesley Church
H. Leigh Wing
James R. Wing
Paul L. Wing
Harold B. Wing
Wing
Wayne
Augusta
Kennebec River
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George Coughlin
Harry Sykes
Middle Dam
Edward Coughlin
Earl Preble
Detroit
Mich
P. Cadenelli
Dresden
Bertha Curtis
Ideal Hi Corner Club
Myrtle
Zelmer Dwinal
Camden
Richmond High School
State Liquor Commission
Louis J. N
John Dixon
Florida
George Dixon
Holliston
Earl Frost
Arthur LaChance
Carrie Blenn
Main Street
Ephriam and
Abigail Smith Blenn
Malden
Annie Mansir
Marion Blenn
Maurice Blenn
Susie Cotton
Cora Baker
Lillian E. Wells
Falmouth
Richard T
Letitia Gardner Farrin
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Kennebec
Ira M. Baker
Virginia Hill
Lithgow
Anne Curran Reardon
Sterling Brotherhood
DR. Stott
Medical Association
Fortiethan
Aseal
National P. T. A
Fireside
Reginald T. Lombard
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Ellers Mill
Bath Savings Institution
Rotary Committee
Haines
Doe
Son Union
Max Katz
the Working Man's Store
Elm Street
Mrs. Chase
Plimpton
Litchfield
George E. Plimpton
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Sebasco Summer Colony
Miss Ella M. Day
Grand Chapter
Mrs. Johnson
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston