Richmond Notes from Town and Nearby Visits
Richmond residents and visitors fill the week with calls and events. Arthur H. Turner is named game inspector for Richmond while Beulah Rebekah lodge installs officers with district deputy Pauline Cronk present. A three day Firemen's fair on Lane field draws a large crowd as locals attend dances and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gree
Skowhegan
Lawrence W. Oddy
Caroline Marr
Bar Harbor
Arthur H. Turner
Richmond
Tristram Little
Blanche Black
Quincy
Mass
Laurence Kimball
Portland
Kimball
Frank Connor
Elmer Joy
Albion
Warren Joy
George Morel
Albertine Morrill
Haverhill
Frank Elliott
Porth
Esther Parker Sunjay
Margaret Grover
Lillian Johnson
State Hospital
Augusta
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Bert Skinner
Ross Dunn
Gardiner
Fred Duren
Chester Freeman
Donald
Eleanor Bates
George Bailey
Pauline Cronk
Cronk
Evening Star Rebekah Lodge
Brunswick
Carl Hatch
Malcolm
Frances
Bowdeinham
Herbert Briary
Randolph
Lena Rideout
Raymond Donnell
Austin Hopkins
Marilla Tarr
Ida Oliver
Tarr
Oliver
Charles Best
Lake Winnepesaukee
Melvin Village
N. H
Milton Mills
John Clark
Auburn
William Dingley
District No. 10
Margaret B. Peabody
Marshall
Noble Grand
Viola Waltz
Flora Denham
Margaret Peabody
Ruse Curtis
Frances White
Beatrice Patten
Mabel Harrinton
Lillian Haynes
Viola Douglass
Vice Grand
Kitty Fields
Elizabeth Haynes
Guardian
Marilina Sidelinger
Cyrus White
Peabody
Eula Shaw
Enterprise Grange
Homer Alexander
Leon Batchelder
Richard Thompson
Peak Quadrille
Ethel Rankins
Minnie Batchelder
Lara Howes
Myrtle Stewart
Mabelle Crillen
Ida Watson
Marilna Pushard
Ann Spofford
Blue Romancers
Alberta Pinkham
Carlene Terrell
Mariina Pushard
Ernest Howe
Chester Foster
Bertha Parker
Beatrice Parker
Lois Small
Edgar
Ruth Howe
Philip Densmore
Miscellaneous Program at West Bath Grange
A lively West Bath Grange meeting drew 106 attendees and eight visitors under Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant. Highlights included talks on the Home for Little Wanderers, balloon and peanut stunts, readings from Life With Father, songs, and a discussion on high taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Fred K. Sturtevant
Frost
Winslow Grange
Little Wanderers
the Grange
A. Bernard Henderson
Phyllis Troop
Leon Genthner
Hugo Sandelin
Bernice M. Carr
Joseph O. Purdue
Father
Clarence Day
Paradise
Sturtevant
Harry Wallace
Victor
David S. Henderson
Fred J. Rose
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Seth N. Snipe
Harry S. Peterson
Herbert Simpson
Joseph N. Day
Edwin W. Haggett
Mr. Cavanaugh
Charles T. Henderson
Wilhelmina M. Gachenbach
Ceres
Pomona
Scott R. Ward
Hugo F. Sandelin
Georgetown Neighbors Busy With Visits and Local News
The local sheet lists weekend visits and gatherings across Georgetown and Bowdoinham, including Waldo Brown at Kennebec Point cottage, Mrs D L Pettengill with relatives in Cox's Head, Schoepfer attending a Bowdoinham Baptist meeting in Winnegance, and many residents hosting or visiting in Bath Lewiston Augusta and Portland. Cynthia Ann Trafton born to Rudolph and wife at Portland noted. several moves, travels, and road maintenance also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Seigars
Augusta
Dexter Seigars
Stevens
Topsham
George Tibbetts
William Libby
Alice Dixon
Clinton
Dixon
Frank Carver
Family Suny
George Gilbert
William Branner
Lee Branner
Providence
Dorothy Stuart
Emma Billings
Georgetown
Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Hoyt
Martel
N. Sidelinger
Herbert
Carr
Webber
Bennett
Griffin
C. McFee
Waltz
Strout
Wing
E. McFee
Bishop
Little
Watson
Hatfield
Brown
Lord
Foster
Curran
Anderson
Sidelinger, Jr
Terrell
The
Sportsmen's Association
State House
Stobie
Eva Fall
Gardiner
Charles Sylvester
Frank Linniken
Arthur Hayes
County Road
Mary Roach
St. Ambrose Church
St.Mary's Cemetery
Fred Kearns
Fred
Dorchester
Mass
White Mountains
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
Henrietta Libby
Pleasant Street
Raymond Libby
Lloyd Kelley
E. C. Patten
Mary McGinn
James Poulin
Waterville
John S. Parker
John H. Parker
S. M. Preble
Arthur Allen
Medford
Mr. Allen
Mary Allen
North Front Street
Waldo Brown
Wellesley Hills
Kennebec Point
Burnside Powers
Robinhood
D. L. Pettengill
Lida Oliver
Cox's Head
Walter Schoepfer
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association
Winneganee
Schoepfer
Harry L. Horne
Bath
J. C. Bearse
Howard M. Trafton
William A. Todd
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Thomas N. Williams
West Georgetown
Lewiston
Maud Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Portland
Cynthia Ann
Trafton
Beatrice Abbott
Everett Higgins
Natt F. Howe
Seward E. Emmons
Melvin Cunningham
E. B. Billing
Harold J. Brown
Cumberland
Fred Coffin
Hastings
McCann
Old Orchard
Burton Radley
Emma B. Billings
Bertha Scott
Augusta Rowe
Andrews Road
Anna Reed
Allen Laskey
Richard
Everett
William Smith
George Laskey
Ardenne Pinkham
Cove
Mary Diffon
Jens Martin
Mr. Laskey
Gilbert Lewis
Carrie Oliver
George Powers
William Collins
Boston
Alex Cunningham
Walter T. Schoepfer
M. Helen Sims
Winnegance Church
Fire damages claimed in four suits against Portland Gas Light
Four civil actions filed in Portland Superior Court seek about 335000 in damages by two railroad firms and two sulphur companies after a September 16 1929 fire at the Portland Terminal Company property. Plaintiffs accuse Portland Gas Light of releasing inflammable oils waste and slag from its gas works on West Commercial Street into harbor waters under the wharves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Terminal Company
Portland
Portland Gas Light Company
Gas Company
West Commercial Street
Fifty Dogs Compete in Bath Pet Show
Bath hosts a National Dog Week event at McKay Park with fifty entrants across five classes. Winners include a poteran ian Mexican Chihuahua half collie Eskimo Irish setter and a cock er spaniel. judges praised obedience and size in a rain-delayed show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
McKay Park
Garry
Percival P. Baxter
Orphans’ Home
Hazel Oliver
Dorothy Kingsbury
Avis Brown
Frank Danforth, Jr
Becky Miller
Charles Andrews
East Brunswick
E. F. McFarland
Gwendolyn Nelson
Harry Nelson, Jr
Edward Sewall
Burt Miller
Barbara Walsh
Mary Darrah
Robert Landry
Margaret Strack
Isabel King
Emery Wilson
Marjorie Fraser
Snooky” Smith
John McLaughlin
Charles Burgess
William Sewall
Daughters of Isabella Elect New Officers in Sacred Heart Circle
Sacred Heart circle No. 551 of Daughters of Isabella elected officers during a well attended Knights of Columbus hall meeting. Kronstrand named regent, Perry reelected treasurer, Allen chosen as trustee. Installation set for Oct 20 with Miss Mary A. Barron of Portland as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus Hall
Carl G. Kronstrand
Andrew C. Flaherty
Daniel Perry
Jennie M. Allen
Flaherty
Kronstrand
John W. Cummings
Margaret M. Allen
Worthly McPhee
Perry
Frank Moses
George R. Ingraham
Stephen McPhee
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Monitor
Charles C. Dutton
Mary A. Barron
Portland
K. C. Hall
Lewis J. Avery
Marion T. O’hara
John W. Scott
Wilfred F. Skaling
Five Islands Social Roundup Draws Visitors and Locals
Winchester visitors motor to a Five Islands cottage for a weekend retreat. Local families and friends from Bath West Bath Seguinland and Georgetown frequent gatherings including grange meetings and church association events. Frequent travels include trips to Canada and Piney Point. several residents host relatives and guests at Five Islands cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Yeo
Winchester
Mass
Thomas
Moulton
Harvard College
L. G. Moulton
Seguinand
Carrie Stevens
George Gray
Woodrow Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
Winnegance
Chester Pinkham
Donna
Bruce
Westbrook
Canada
Horace Wade
Woolwich
Grange Circle
Madelyn Berry
Mabel Dickey
Thomas N. Williams
West Georgetown
Gilbert Gunnel
Little Son
Waltham
Five Islands
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Charles E. Davis
Sedgemere Road
E. M. Horton
Bath
K. C. Waldron
Newport
N. H
Lightbody
W. H. Holland
West Bath
W. F. Delano
Ralph Peasley
Lewiston
Piney Point
Earl MacMahan
New Bedford
Everett Cromwell
Gene Stevens
Edgecomb
Ethel Dunton
Milford
Alonzo Thibodeau
Seguinland
T. W. Blaisdell
Lundquist
Roslindale
Harmon's Harbor
Charles Kenney
Norman
Donald and
Warren
Kenney
Christian E. Deschane
Brunswick
Byron Campbell
Central Church Holds Its Annual Meeting
Major William R. Kimball was elected moderator and William W. Robinson clerk at the Central church parish annual meeting. Owen J. Ledyard and Edmund P. Briggs were named to the prudential and parish house committees, with Martha A. Foote chosen treasurer and other officers elected. An all parish canvass on Oct. 16 was planned to raise funds for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Kimball
Central Church Parish
William W. Robinson
Owen J. Ledyard
Martha A. Foote
Prudential Committee
Edmund P. Briggs
James Ledyard
William H. Small
Jesse Donnell
The
League
Ladies’ Aid
Fred Lord
Everett Lord
Andrus Coleman
Double Hanging in Auburn Stirs Mass Crowd in 1857
Auburn residents gathered by the thousands to witness the only double execution in the city’s history. Cox the negro and Williams the white were hanged from a Turner street gallows after being transported from Bath for mutiny aboard the brig Albion Cooper. Deputy Marshal Kimball conducted the execution, Williams signaling the drop with a handkerchief as the crowd watched in awe and sobering silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Bath
Maine
Wilkinson
Lawrence
Turner Street
Court Street
Court House
First National Bank
Kimball
Auburn Light Infantry
Cox
Williams
Albion Cooper
Portland
Marshal Kimball
Women Accosted on Bath Streets After Dark
Two separate incidents on Bath streets describe men grabbing and pursuing women in late hours. In one case a tall heavyset man attempted to force an encounter on Center Street near Western Union, chased by two other men, then fled toward Water Street. In the second, a woman from the North End brick project was chased on Summer Street until a third party intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
Western Union
Gibbons Coal Co
Water Street
Summer Street
North End
Morse High Dramatics Opens With New Officers
Morse High School dramatic club held its first regular meeting Friday with 65 members present. New officers include Janet Bridgham president Frances Wallace vice president Evelyn Tomlinson secretary Barbara Nickerson treasurer. Committees were named to pick a speaker for October and a play for November. Rewards will honor faithful workers at year end. A senior class brief met to hear dance and play committee reports, but no action pending dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Dramatic Club
Janet Bridgham
Frances Wallace
Evelyn Tomlinson
Barbara Nickerson
Dorothy Thebeau
Maine Philatelic Clubs Meet at University of Maine
The semi annual meeting of the Maine State Association of Philatelic Clubs is set for October 19 at Merrill Hall, University of Maine. H L Linquist, editor of the philatelic magazine Stamps, will be the banquet speaker. He is a noted stamp authority recently returning from Europe with study on stamp conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Association of Philatelic Clubs
Merrill Hall
University of Maine
H. L. Linquist
Stamps
Linquist
Europe
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Wilbur Cooper
Farmington Normal School
Town
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
St. Louis
Resolutions Committee
American Legion
Frank E. Southard
Knox County Legionnaires
Rockland
Col. Southard
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
Mae West
Pleiades Club
Riverside
Church Hill
Gertrude Moulton
Church Hill Road
W. R. Royal
Pleiades
Central Church
John King
Thomaston Road
Bath Savings Institution
Morse
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston