Richmond Obituary Notices and Local News Items
Mrs. Sarah Hannah Curran of Richmond dies at 73 after years of poor health. Funeral and burial at Cotton Cemetery follow her Richmond residency of 16 years. George Bell, 44, dies from car crash injuries after a Brunswick road accident. several relatives and services described. Community events include church meetings, school play, hunting trips, and civic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hannah Curran
Harry Curran
North Front Street
Cotton Cemetery
Curran
Richibucto
N. B
Robert
Mary Hodgdon Curran
Frank Curran
Richibucto Methodist Church
Richmond
Lafayette Hotel
P. Cardinelli
Portland
George Lewis Bell
Gardiner General Hospital
Joseph Allen
Allen
Brunswick
Frank T. Sprague
Bath
Mr. Bell
William T. and
Lavina (Wilson) Bell
California
High Halborn Street
Gardiner
Church of England
Richmond, N. B
Lavina Bell
Charles Bell
Anita Partridge
Eliza Cunningham
Canterbury
Albert Ray Meserve
Albert Meserve
Price
First Baptist Church of
Fitchburg
Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
America
Mildred Pinkham
Doris Morris
Helen Gilpatrick
Mary Carey
Grace Dickinson
Fern Perry
Richmond High School
Kitty
Opera House
William Winkler
Bobby Baxter
Carroll Terrell
Benjamin Moore
Charles Budge
Ting
Stanley Farley
King Brtlette
Eustis
Frank Reynolds
Gertrude Baker
Miami
Pia Mis
Flora Shepard
Cleveland Mariner
Freda Mariner
Augusta
Lyte Lint
Wallace N. Price
Shower Held For Newly Weds Paul Holbrook Marguerite Cornish
Saturday night at the Nazarene parsonage a shower was given to Mr and Mrs Paul Holbrook married the week before. Many gifts testified to affection from members and friends and a good time followed after the bride opened her packages. The bride was formerly Miss Marguerite Cornish of 21 Getchell street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Parsonage
Paul Holbrook
Marguerite Cornish
Getchell Street
Fisher Funeral Rites Held At Family Home
The funeral of Philip W. Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo G Fisher, was Tuesday at 2 PM at the family home 17 Park Street Rev Weston P Holman of Beacon Street Church officiated. Bearers were Linton Robinson Archie Rolfe A Farley Mayo and Howard W Mayo Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip W. Fisher
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street
Linton Robinson
Archie Rolfe
A. Farley Mayo
Howard W. Mayo
Oak Grove
Georgetown Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Plans
Miss Belle M. Heald called Friday on Mrs. Carroll Powers at Robinhood. Various residents from West Georgetown Bath and Richmond visited, with plans for a Christmas sale at First Baptist vestry on Dec. 5. The community awaited a winter steel bridge opening by summer and a busy Thanksgiving program at local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle M. Heald
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Jennie Todd
West Georgetown
Howard M. Trafton
Ernest Heald
Bath
W. C. Todd
Joseph F. Higgins
W. V. Cummings
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Junior College
Haverhill
Mass
Marilla Tarr
Dorothy Stuart
Richmond
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Sward E.immons
Augusta E. Rowe
George T. Williams
First Baptist Vestry
Martha Rich Bowen
League
William A. Todd
Harry L. Horne
Ernest Curtis
First Baptist Church
Frank Heald
Emma B. Billings
Orville Rowe
Stearns W. Scott
Earle Hagan
Henry Moore
Five Islands
Christian Endeavor Society
Amy Hovey
Ruth Hinckley
Marion Hunt
Carrie E. Heald
Agnes S. Powers
Repairs on Bath schools proposed under CWA project
Bath superintendent Clinton D. Wilson outlined a 6958 project for school repairs under the Civil Works Administration. Augusta officials met Maine administrator John J. McDonough to seek approval for reroofing Central grammar and new lavatories at South Street school with a 25 percent material rule. The Maine club at Boston University reorganized with Jack D. Goldstone elected president and Florence Hurley secretary. first Maine club at BU since 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton D. Wilson
Bath
Civil Works Administration
William L. Skelton
Board of Education
Augusta
John J. McDonough
Maine
Maine Club
Boston University
College of Business Administration
Jack D. Goldstone
Presque Isle
Skowhegan
Florence E. Hurley
B. U
In-Vita Herb and Iron Tonic Ad Claims Health Benefits
An old advertisement from Freedman Medicine Co. promotes In-Vita Herb and Iron Tonic. The copy asserts the product cleanses the system purifies the blood aids digestion regulates bowels relieves constipation and tones the body. It claims safety and reliability and lists Stonington Maine as the company location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman Medicine Co
Stonington, Me
Taxation matters discussed at Sagadahoc closed forum
County commissioners and town selectmen met with extension staff at Sagadahoc County Building to review Maine Experiment Station findings on state and local taxes. Extension Economist R N Atherton presented a chart digest with C L Eastman assisting. a Tax School at the University of Maine informed county agents about tax issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine Experiment Station
Orono
Grand Jury
Sagadahoc County
R. N. Atherton
Charles L. Eastman
Auburn
Atherton
C. L. Eastman
University of Maine
Maine
O. C. Hormell
Bowdoin
Filbert Hayford
Augusta
Frank Holly
Bertram Packard
Lucius D. Barrows
Maine Towns
Hormel
Bath to receive allotments for school repairs and unemployment relief
The article notes about 8000 will be allotted within days for repairs to Bath school buildings in addition to 16200 from the Civil Works Administration for Kelley Athletic field. It explains how 197 Bath workers will be employed, reducing the city relief roll, and discusses federal perceptions of Bath’s need for aid. It also mentions tax collections and a local coon hunting tally by Sam Pitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Civil Works Administration Fund
Kelley Athletic Field
Augusta
Kelley Field
Civil Works Administration
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lord
Young
Five Islands Grange Elects Officers for Year
At the grange meeting on Tuesday evening Five Islands elected officers for the coming year led by Master Percy MacGillivary and overseer William Berry. The meeting also noted local visits, church activities, and upcoming Christmas sales and a grange play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Percy MacGillivary
William Berry
Russell Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Amanda Blaisdell
Mattie MacMahan
Fred Carr
Horace Rittall
Ceres
Margaret MacMahan
Pomona
Addie Gray
Flora
Barbara Gray
Marjorie Berry
L. H. Rowe
George Gray
Chester MacMahan
Theodore Campbell
Philip Campbell
D. L. Howard
Bath
Alice Cromwell
Edith Marr
Almon Marr
Edward Tripp
Salvation Army of Bath
Baptist Church
Percy Sivage
Farber Davis
Charles Kenny
Norman and
Douglas
Everett Cromwell
Orville Rowe
Augusta
B. F. Perry
Gilbert Lewis
Georgetown
Harry Moulton
Lermond Rowe
Portland
Charles Kenney
Grange Library
Helen Rowe
Yarmouth Academy
Wick
Joseph Blaisdell
John Grindell
Five Islands
Ada MacGillivary
Merton Davis
Woodfords
C. C. Davis
Leon Williams
E. M. Horton
Joseph Davis
Charles M. Bigelow
Florida
George W. Scudder
Brunswick
Fred Rittall
William Belanger
H. E. Wade
Woolwich
C. M. Bigelow
Percy Savage
P. B. Savage
Madelyn Berry
Wallace Freeman
Russel Pinkham
Central Church League Plans Christmas Sale and Meeting
The Central Church league held a Monday meeting with 24 attendees in the parish house. Mrs. Charles W. Welch was named to organize Christmas wreaths, and a social hour followed. The annual Christmas sale is set for Dec 6, with extensive committee appointments led by Mrs. Lonard M. Lord. Charles W. Welch and many others named to departments and duties. A separate item noted Sanford resident Charles W. Genthner was fined for driving under the influence in Woolwich after a Nov 22 incident. Two wardens testified. judge Keegan imposed $100 fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Byron F. Barker
Charles W. Welch
League
Lonard M. Lord
Lord
Lula H. Turner
Agnes W. Humphreys
Horace P. Morse
George W. Dean
Beatrice M. Jenkins
Perry L. Thompson
Marius H. Page
Charles A. Soule
Ralph C. Whitehouse
Howard A. Parks
Sherman N. McQuaide
Arthur W. King
David L., Wilson
E. Motley Fuller
Harold S. Avery
Dora L. Howard
Byron—J. Barker
Archibald M. Main
Archibald Miller
Reginald Stacy
William H. Small
Martha A. Foote
Charles W. Genthner
Lincoln Street
Sanford
Woolwich
John P. Crosby
Bath Municipal Court
John J. Keegan
W. Earle Bradbury
Rockland
Pearl Nelder
Wiscasset
Republican Leaders May Meet Next Week
Political writers across the state foresee changes in the Republican organization with a possible State committee meeting next week to discuss the party's outlook. Chairman Daniel F. Field of Phillips may step down, with contenders including Frank J. Ham Augusta and Arthur K. Purington Bath among others. Alfred K. Ames Machias and Lewis O. Barrows Newport are also noted, as is Frederick R. Dyer and several Lewiston figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Committee
Daniel F. Field
Phillips
Portland
Field
Frank J. Ham
Augusta
Internal Revenue Collector
Fred K. Owen
Portland Sunday Telegram
Arthur K. Purington
Bath
Lewiston Sun
Frederick R. Dyer
U. S
E. R. Parent
Lewiston
Harold N. Skelton
Asst
Treas
William L. Skelton
Bath Trust Co
Robert H. Gremley
Auburn
Red Cross
Alfred K. Ames
Machias
George Otis Smith
Skowhegan
Federal Power Commission
Donald R. Partridge
Norway
Lewis O. Barrows
Newport
Maine Farm Bureau Gains in 12 Counties
The Maine Farm Bureau reports 12 counties have higher membership than last year as of November 20, totaling 11 788 statewide, with a gain of 2333. Renewals for 1934 exceed 1933 by 2000, and D F Foster of Augusta leads 1506 solicitors with 114 enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
George E. Lord
Farm Bureau Federation
Lord
D. F. Foster
Augusta
Kennebec
Drainage question delays Bath Kelley Field project
At a municipal committee on athletics meeting in City Hall the lack of drainage pipe in the Oil Works Administration plan raises concerns that the 16200 project funds may be wasted. The four day work schedule and pending pipe procurement prompt a consulting committee to oversee changes with four signatories only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Committee On Athetics
City Hall
Oil Works Administration
John A. Lord
Bath
Kelley Field
Civil Works Administration
Joseph Charles Footer
Joseph F. Atkinson
Cyrus W. Longley
Allan Spear
John P. Hayes
Horace W. Ward
Park and Cemetery Board
Revival Progressing at Nazarene Church
Revival services at the Nazarene church draw large crowds with seekers at every service. On Sunday twenty seven or more came to the altar with testimonies of help, as Ward spoke and DeLong delivered a compelling message. Smith the singer energizes the congregation with joyous song. services continue nightly except Saturday with Thursday afternoon sessions at 3 30. Three services slated for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Ward
Mr. DeLong
Maine Freshman Arrives For Thanksgiving Visit
Mel Louise R Calderwood a freshman at the University of Maine arrived Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving Day and the holiday weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Calderwood at 981 Middie Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Louise R. Calderwood
University of Maine
Herbert Calderwood
Middie Street
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Ik Peop
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Charles Alexander
Kimball Street
Minnie Batchelder
Ida Watson
Inez Hinckley
Enterprise Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath
Homer Alexander
James Meserve
Seth Watson
Arthur Hayes
Ann Spofford
Charles Day
Boston
New England Council
Day
Maine Hotel Association
Hotel Stater
Charles Hackett
Bowdeinham
Emma Sturtevant
John Clark
William Dingley
Brown
Raymond Northey
Brunswick Road
J. E. Purington
Charles Cobb
Charles Grondin
Main Street
Mabel Rumrill
Cecil Richards
New Sharon
Great Northern Paper Co
George Gibbs
Church Street
George Duncan Gibbs
Alfred Trott
Beedle Road
Emith Royal Arch Chapter
John Littlefield
Ideal Home Corner Club
Bertha Gray
Melvin Hutchinson
Friendship
G. H. Doe
Hutchinson
Pleasant Pond
Wing
Peacock Tavern
Claud Wing
Fritz Dressler
Margaret Bailey
Edmund Bailey
Harold Shaw
Carlton Melvin
Norman Partridge
Florence Robinson
Front Street
Gertrude Hodges
Mary P. Reed
Carroll Young
Mt. Carmel
Owen McGarty
Lewis House
Gardiner Street
Lawrence Kimball
Kimball
Frank Connor
John H. Parker
Leeds
Maurice Peary
Strong
Fred S Curtis
R. Huston
T Emr Bsath
C.W.A
Wilson Aske
Court House
Sam Pitts
Harrison
Yarmouth
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Bath Savings Institution
Maine Farm Bureau
Beacon Hill
State House
Rahe
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