Richmond Family Memoirs Two Weddings and Club Notes
Ruth Arlene Brown and Ray Geddes wed at Dow Air Force Base Chapel in Bangor with a double ring ceremony. Ruth, a Richmond High graduate and nurse, and Ray, from Green Bay, are tied to military life. Also covered are Booster Night at Enterprise grange, various local society notices, engagements, inspects, Lions and D. U. V. activities, 4‑H club exhibits, Rally Day at the Methodist church, and a safety lecture by Trooper Boudreau with bicycle pedestrian rules emphasized for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Brown
Pitts Center Road
Ruth Arlene
Ray Geddes
Green Bay
Wis
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Sgt. Geddes
Soa
Fernand Libby
Fai
Blaine Ladd
Arthur Ladd
Waterville
Brooks Hurley
Skowhegan
Mexico
Richmond High School
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary School of Nursing
Portland
Cleveland Marriner
Golden Key
Bertha Curtis
National Grange
Alice Hinkley
Vivian
Minnie Batchelder
Mina Iannotta
Mildred Girlpatrick
Cornelia Coates
Clare Ames
Elizabeth Haas
Paul Ranco
Arthur
Gordon Harvey
G. Cleveland Marriner
Harry Yule
Freda
Dana Sullivan
Virgil Hinckley
Myrtle Chambers
Edith Sullivan
Jack Chambers
Leslie Gardner
William Kelcher
Herman Boudreau
George A. Kimball
Fuller Street
Lois V. Kimball
Leroy F. Gower
Harold A. Gower
Richmond
Miss Kimball
Gower
Carmel
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Ruth L. Crowley
Greenville
Betty Kendrick
Pushard-Guiou Post Auxiliary
Eva Douglass
Methodist
Y. A. Y. F. Club
Margaret Borjesson
Edith Burney
Frank M. Fellows
Thomas Borjesson
William Meserve
Ideal Home Corner Club
Fima
4-H
LeMont
Priscilla Riske
Carole Yeaton
Philip Dow
Norman Curtis
Norman McDonald
Twin County
Paul Dowe
Erland Curtis
Harold Brown
Marjorie Curtis
Dorothy Gray
Methodist Church
Betty Cunningham
Carolyn Hinkley
Grace Hatfield
Alec Quinnam
Dennis Gardner
Joseph Burney
Richard Fellows
Robert Brown
Linda Hinckley
Celia Miller
William Fisher
Deborah Anderson
Cheryl Babb
Brian Gradner
Patty Haas
Bruce Tribbet
Linda Douglass
Terry Craig
Timothy Powers
Patricia Watts
Philip Smith
Harla Hinkley
Leighton Gardner
Kathy Craig
Ar Smith
Janith Howe
Harvey Barstow
Jacqueline Hinckley
Peter Gardner
Roberta Waltz
Gregory Fisher
Linda Craig
Mary Smith
Timothy Fellows
George Brown
Carol Watts
Diane Foster
Linda Hinc
Arlington
Kane
Yerby
Steinbeck
Jackson
Oursler
Richmond Theatre
Boudreau
Western Carver
William Lechner Lawrence Lord
Edwin Wentworth
Sherwood Carver
James Babb
Obituary notices for Adolph Kasulat and Florence Partridge
Adolph Kasulat died suddenly Sept 29 at his Beech Street home. The body went to Seymour Conn for funeral and burial. he is survived by a sister, Mrs George Richter of Seymour. Florence Adelle Partridge, 76, widow of Arthur Partridge, died Friday at her Kimball Street home after living in Richmond 35 years. Born Oct 4 1877 in Boston, she leaves a daughter Mrs Richard Strout of Richmond and three grandchildren Phyllis and Richard Strout of Richmond and Cpl Ralph Strout in Korea. Services were Sunday at Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Hazen Rigby. bearers included Josiah White, George Douglass, Erland Hinkley, James Meserve. Burial followed at Richmond Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Kasulat
Beech Street
Seymour
Conn
George Richter
Richmond
Florence A. Partridge
Florence Adelle Partridge
Arthur Partridge
Kimball Street
Boston
Isaac
Catherine Bartlett
Richard Strout
Phyllis
Ralph Strout
Korea
Roberts
Hazen Rigby
Josiah White George Douglass
Erland Hinkley
James Meserve
Richmond Cemetery
Couples Club Fall Meet at Winter Street Church
The couples club of Winter Street church held its first Fall meeting Saturday evening with a covered dish supper and autumn decorations. Supper committee included A Dent Caton Austin Miller Harmon Elison Maurice Shea. Austin Miller led community singing with Leland Patton on piano. Tary presented entertainment in games and dancing. Carpenters Wanted notice for Maine State Employment Office 174 Prent Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceouples’ Club
Winter Street
A. Dent Caton
Austin Miller
Harmon Eliason
Maurice Shea
Leland Patton
Tary
Funeral Service for Mae Hagan at Georgetown Center
Mae Hagan 81 widow of Thomas M. Hagan rested in Georgetown Center First Baptist Church. Born on Mac Mahan Island she lived in towns via her husband’s portable sawmills, loved children and animals, and avoided solitude by working part time. Funeral conducted by Rev Cleaves Henderson assisted by Rev John Reedy with Alfred Rowe Sr. and Jr. singing. Burial in Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Hagan
Thomas M. Hagan
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Cleaves Henderson
Jesus
Henderson
Easton
Presque Isle
John Reedy
Alfred Rowe
Russell Stewart
Bath
Joan Hagan
Colby College
Richard Hagan
Auburn
Harry Beals
Wiscasset
Vernon E. Gray
George Gray
William Marr
Philip Pinkham
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Five Islands
Georgie Wheeler
Arrowsic
Bay Point
Thomas Hagan
Hagan
Harry Heald
Linwood Stevens
Lloyd Pink
Oak Cemedy
Boothbay Harbor superintendent tells Astor fortune tale
B Clifford of Boothbay Harbor local schools superintendent spoke on The John Jacob Astor Fortune. He traced ties to Deer Isle Maine and a chest buried at low tide that enriched the Astor family. The talk mixed lore with history, drawing laughs and audience interest. Refreshments followed and the group planned another visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Clifford
Boothbay Harbor
John Jacob Astor
Deer Ise
Maine
George Washington
Astor
Deer Isle
Astors
Clifford
Mane
Mildred Albee
Eleanor Irish
Sarah Lermond
Bernie McGinchy
Ethel May
Ruth Taylor
Community Farm
Carpenters Wanted Build ing Construction Bath Advt
Carpenters needed for building construction work. Apply at Maine State Employment Office located at 174 Front Street Bath for employment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Employment Office
Prent Street
Bath
Carpenters
Front Street
Bowdoinham notices and local visits fill weekly page
Irregular village items report on church programs and CARE donations to Korea. Personal notes cover mingling with relatives, town visitors from Bath Lisbon Falls and Richmond, hospital stays, winter travel plans, cottage visits in Lewiston Freeport and Napa, and births in surrounding areas. Italy’s birth rate cited as 176 per thousand in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Trask third in rab bi hunt and local social notes
Rab bi hunt winners included Mrs J Milligan James McCoy Mrs Deimzer Sinson and Mrs Carrie Cornell who plans to leave for Daytona Beach Fla to pass the Water. Many local trips visits and social events are noted including Bernard Bailey Montreal trip Judy and Jay Lee Parker's Head Alden Stilphen Cedar Grove and Rockland. Frank Lemarr and Ron used New York. auction Saturday at Frank Preble’s home. Cora Gahan visiting Wiscasset. Dresden Mills Ladies Aid refreshments. Bonney sells West Dresden home and moves to Michigan. duck hunting season sees Charles W Sheldon visiting his sisters in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L-- Marr
Roland L-- Marr
New York
Clyde Bailey
Alma
Norman Crocker
North Turner
Bernard Bailey
Rita
Theodore Gagne
Ronald Lemarr
Alden Stilphen
Rockland
Cedar Grove
Stephen
John E Hall
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
Charles Gray
Hall
Richmond
Auburn
Gardiner
Farmingdale
River Grange
Lincoln
Nate Pomona
Huntoon Hill
Fred Allen
Benjamin Wentworth
Merle Tobey
Helen Jewell
Gloria
Ray Perry
B. Wentworth
Stephen Powell
Peggy McCoy
Otis Carver
Blinn’s Hill
Beadle Road
Harry Getchell
Gorham
Getchell
Ray Getchell
Lynn
Mass
Karkoff
New Haven
George Sproul
Wiscasset
W. Bonney
Original Fire Boxes And Alarm History In The City
The piece describes early fire alarm boxes with bells serving the city until the diaphone system and air whistles were installed. It notes boxes at Engine Houses 1 2 and 3 on Marshall street, Old box 65 later replaced with a modern Tyne box, recalled for Fire Prevention Work. Early boxes used home or store keys to arm alarms at night. later boxes used external receptacles or no key, requiring only a pull handle to start the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Street
Tyne
First pure nickel coin thought to be 20 cent Swiss 1881
Fragmentary notice mentions a 20 centime coin from Switzerland in 1881 and lists a carpenters wanted sign and a building project at 174 Front Street with Bath-Advi trailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Physically Handicapped Week Advocates Jobs in Bath
Nathan C. White Bath city manager calls on residents and organizations during the week of October 4 to 10 to survey job openings and seek positions for physically handicapped workers. He notes over 4 000 physically handicapped workers contribute to Maine industry and urges programs to provide opportunities and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Governor Cross
Maine
Nathan C. White
Bath
Bath Schools Seek Federal Aid for 1953 program
Superintendent Loring R Additon met with State and Federal education officials in Augusta to review new forms and requirements under Public Law 874. Neil Ackland and William Bailey will discuss changes with Bath and Maine superintendents as Bath has received 18971.56 dollars this year, 95 percent of last year’s total, with the remaining five percent withheld pending full funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Additon
Augusta
Neil Ackland
United States Office of Education
William O. Bailey
Maine
Addison
Bath
Police Secretary to Headquarter Duties Assigned
Mrs. Dorothy M Young of 10 Bailey street will on Oct 19 assume the position of secretary to the Police Department. She will be stationed at police headquarters during the day to answer phone calls collect fees for parking violations keep records and act as dispatcher. The addition will release an extra patrolman for outside duty and improve coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M Young
Bailey Street
Center Street
Petroleum Fueled U S Korea Troop Ships Hydrant Supply
Petroleum accounted for roughly 65 percent of the tonnage shipped to United States troops in Korea during the fighting, underscoring the vital fuel supply role in frontline operations and logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Korea
Obituary for Nickels in Bath Massachusetts
Obituary notes Nickels, a native of Bath, educated at MIT, a long time mining engineer in the western states, owned an Oregon apple orchard, and lived with his brother in law Frank B Nichols in Bath. He died after a lengthy illness and will be laid to rest at Campbell cemetery in Cherryfield Thursday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nickels
Hood River Valley
Oregon
Frank B. Nichols
North Street
Florida
Campbell Cemetery
Cherryfield
Mrs Vena D Mitchell Dies in Portland at 65
Mrs Vena Dobbin Mitchell 65 of Bath died in Portland Friday night after a long Bath residence. Born Randolph May 11 1888 she moved to Bath as a child and graduated Bath High School in 1908. She worked at Senters Bath Department Store and later as a companion at 18 Mitton Street Portland. Survived by several cousins. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm from A F Mayo Son Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vena Dobbin Mitchell
Portland
Bath
Randolph
Evelyn Albee Dobbin
Old
Bath High School
Senter’s, Inc
Nelson E R Kelly dies. retired banker and father
Nelson E R Kelly, 80, died early Saturday after a long career. Born June 27 1873 in Limestone, he spent retirement at home with daughter Mrs McCourt of 235 Center. Survived by one daughter, one son Paul, fourteen total grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson R. Kelly
McCourt
Center
Limestone
Paul
Nelson R Nelson Kelly Funeral Service Details
Nelson R Nelson Kelly funeral held in the afternoon at 1 o clock at the church. Bearers named John York Ward York Thomas York Ralph York Theodore Gerow and Ansille Gerow. Burial in the family plot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson R
John York
Ward York
Thomas York
Ralph York
Theodore Gerow
Ansille Gerow
Oak Grove
Bath woman Vena Mitchell dies in Portland hospital
Mrs. Vena Dobbin Mitchell of Bath who for years worked as a companion at 18 Mitton Street Portland died Friday night in a Portland hospital. She was born in Richmond, daughter of the late Joel and Evelyn Dobbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vena Dobbin Mitchell
Bath
Mitton Street
Portland
Richmond
Joel and
Evelyn Dobbin
Funeral service for Fred W. Harford held at local residence
Funeral for Fred W. Harford occurred Wednesday at 1:30 PM from A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Richard J. Schaper of Winter Street Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Wilbur Higgins Charles Merry Dana Jewett and John Tarbox. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Harford
A. F. Mayo & Son
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street
Fluoridation Water Supply Costs and Method
Fluoridation provides health benefits without altering taste color odor or turbidity. The annual per person cost typically ranges from six to 18 cents, usually passed to customers via higher water rates. Fluoride is added using chemical feed equipment with small system units costing 500 to 700 dollars and some models reaching 3600 dollars.
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Lions Club
Judge Powers
Freeport
Amy Bradley
Ruth Jordan
Bertha Larrabee
Belfast
Alice Frank
Kiment
Flora Spires
Edith Cook
Alice Larrabee
Grace Mayo
Viola Douglass
Orange
Richmond Corner
International Farm Youth Exchange
Australia
Anita Zacheau
Viola Riske
Joke
Myron Douglass
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Ressive 4-H Club
The
Cattle Club Con
Georgetown
M. Belle Heald
Wilmer Hussey
North Vassalboro
Maine Baptist Missionary Society
Thomas Martin
Madison
World Service
Frances Tencate
South India
Pennsylvania
Marjorie Oliver
Central School
Cordelia Rowe
Bridie Davis
Ruth Kosalka
Roy Clark
Andrew Rowe
Marion Gray
Ruth Tibbetts
Gwen Powers
Marion Watson
Eleanor Thibodeau
Stella Williams
Madeline Penley
Alice Burns
Howie Davison
Damariscotta
Charles Kelley
James Oliver
Reid Park
Oliver
Neil Pierce
Harold J Brown, Jr
Clarence Preble
Robinhood
Knubble
Roland Peterson
William Bisseth
Willie Paul Campbell
Hinkley
Ambrose
Angie Pratt
Harold J. Brown
Cumberland
Rudolf H. Trafton
David
Trafton
Roland E. Peterson
Labrador
John Fairfield Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson
Gaspe Peninsula
New Hampshire
Vermont
Thompson
Fessender Wilders
Andover
Sewall
MacMahan
Jack
Horace Lee
Dorothy W. Stuart
Harold Hersey
Winthrop
John Stone
Summit
N. J
George Manning
Arrowsie Caited
Victor Pinkhaming
Rosalyn Pinkham
Friends of
Bowdoin
Library Hall
Irving Pinkham
Herman Barter
David Rutherford
Lewiston Hospital
D. W. Staffeld
Miriam Roy
Alton
N. H
Naperville
Ill
Wilmert Wolfe
Branwell Harf
Mary O'Connor
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Margaret MacMahan
Carl Roy
New Jersey
Standish
Quincy Wales
Malden Island
Harlan Pinkham
Arthur Cochrane
Millie Pinkham
Aleada Pinkham
Donald Nichols
Judy
Linda MacMahan
Russell Harford, Jr
White Cottage
Florene Stevens
Franz Tracey Stevens
Cora Murch
Addie Stevens
Harlan Pinkham and Son
Lisbon Falls
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Richard Berthe
North Wilmington
Fawcett Cottage
Bowdoinham Association
Beulah Miller
Dennis Moore
Lulu Hanna
Ivan Pinkham
Winnifred
Susan Breggs
Somerville
George Youngham
Aleada
Loretta Pinkham
Lewiston
Freeport Sunda
Dorothy M. Young
Vena D. Mitchell
Nelson ER. Kelly
Nelson &. Kelly
M. H. Page
North St
Kenarker