Richmond News Roundup Of Grange and Community Events
Installation of Enterprise grange officers led by Past Deputy G C Marriner with Minnie Batchelder installed as master. Reports, memberships, and numerous visits noted. Also covered are Dorcas Society activities, Beedle Road chapel closure, Lions rummage sale plans, Booter club, Women's Missionary Society speaker, Brunswick Red Cross chapter highlights, and local births and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
G. C. Marriner
Minnie Batchelder
Bertha Curtis
Annie Dunbar
Horace Hinkley
Jeff Coats
Belle Call
Della Grondin
Calla Johnson
William Meserve
Ceres
Merle Harrington
Pomona
Vivian Tripp
Flora
Alice Hinkley
Sanford
Harland Harrington
Jewel
Hartland Harrington
Marriner
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Eastern River
Dresden
Progressive
Richmond Corner
Topsham
Fred Allen
Eastern River Grange
Dorcas Society
Seventh Day Adventist
Fred Farley
Beedle Road
Gerald Kimball
Gardiner
Lee Drisko
James Alexander
South Gardiner
Leon Emerson
John W. Turpel
William Osgood
Charles Leavitt
Cundy’s Harbor
Richmond Lions Club
Richmond
Booter Club
Women’s Missionary Society
Baptist Parsonage
Katherine Prickett
Bluff
Utah
Red Cross
Donald Chambers
Jack Chambers
Richmond High School
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Della Dickinson
North Front Street
Charles and
Ralph Dickinson
Ethel Patterson
Redlon Holman
Charles Jewett
Gerald Guiou
Good Shepherd sermon leads to next service at First Baptist
In Canton Rev. Millard Gile led Sunday worship at First Baptist on The Good Shepherd. Next Sunday Miss Maude P. Thayer will lead the service. A parish meeting followed, with a PTA gathering at Central school noting slides by Richard Heaney of Crow Island showing Five Islands Georgetown sunset scenes and Waldoboro church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Gile
Canton
First Baptist Church
Good Shepard
Maude P. Thayer
Central School
Richard Heaney
Crow Island
Five Islands
Georgetown
Waldoboro
Ralph Davis
Sallie Lewis
Millie Pierce
Stella Williams
Local Notes On Families And Students From Richmond Area
Mrs Annie S Johnson visited in Wiscasset on Wednesday. Rodney Little, son of Mr and Mrs Percy Little, left for Springfield Mass to attend Springfield College after graduating Richmond High in 1950 and Kents Hill in 1951 where he played basketball football and was in the school orchestra. Miss Jean Lemieux, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Lemieux, entered Burdett Business College after graduating Richmond High as valedictorian. T Sgt and Mrs Melvin C Lewis of Baltimore formerly of Richmond are parents of Peter Jr born October 4 at Fort Meade hospital, Mrs Lewis is Verona Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Annie S. Johnson
Wiscasset
Rodney Little
Percy Little
Main Street
Springfield
Mass
Springfield College
Richmond High School
Kents Hill
Jean Lemieux
Louis Lemieux
Burdett Business College
Miss Lemieux
Melvin C. Lewis
Baltimore, Md
Richmond
Peter Jr
Fort Meade Hospital
Lewis
Verona Pinkham
Overlook
Georgetown Center
Fritz Rockwell
Metropolitan Museum of
New York City
Fritz
Citadel
Vernon E. Gray
Five Islands
Robinhood
George A. Powers
Bath
David and Bathsheba
Hiram Harrison
Newport
R. I
Joseph F. Higgins
Lord & Burnham Company
Irvington
N. Y
Harrison
Navy
Fred P. Oliver
Wakefield
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Mark Elliott
Lexington
Raphael Higgins
Reid Thompson Birdsall
MacMahan
Harold Brown
Buddie
Cathy Brown
Harold Brown Jr
Holly
St. Joseph
George Laskey
Jackie
Edith
Canada
Prince Edward Island
Chatham
Fredericton
N. B
Fred Laskey
Grace Fullerton
Lynn
Leonard Finnemore
Belmont
Boston
Marjorie McLean
Charles Daniels
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
Forrest Carter
Robert Chapman
Arthur Lane
Raymond Smart
Herbert Johnson
Edward Davenport
South Yarmouth
Otis Leary
Winchester
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll Powers
William Bisseth
Lynn Playse
Florida
Sea Beach
Roland E. Peterson
Louise
Bryn Mawr
William Strang
Portland
Lower
Marion Baptist Church
Peterson
Brunswick
Clayton Stevens
Laura Boyd
Dorothy W. Stuart
Elsie Dunton
Arrowsie
Ernest Heal
Virginia O. Andre
Lincoln Street
Miss Andre
Charles Andre
John O. Niemi
Thomaston
Joseph Higgins
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Miller
Marr
Kathleen Rittall
Seguinland
Mabel Hasenius Creedon
Creedon
St. Theresa's Church
West Roxbury
Waldo C. Hasenfus
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Woodrow Gray
Arthur Marr
Malden
Albion Soule
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Thomas Hanna
Hanna
Lulu Hanna
Ida Pinkham
Harold
Marlene
White Mountains
Millard B. Gile
Bethel
Canton
Joseph Larkin
Melrose Highlands
Charles Kenney
William Plummer
Helen Huskins
Ray Grover
Geneva Rowe
John Brown
Hilton Libby
Ralph Gay
Lester McNeil
Gay Cottage
William Sherman
Bernard Varnum
Arthur Nelson
Arthur
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Stanley Lewis
Jill
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Addie Moulton
Herman Barter
Lawrence Perow
Martha
Funeral set for Mrs Goldie Locke in Richmond
Mrs. Goldie Irene Locke died Monday at her Carding Machine Road home. Funeral held Thursday at Nazarene church with Rev Harland C Joyce officiating. Burial at Litchfield Plains cemetery. Survivors include husband Charles W Locke four children and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Irene Locke
Carding Machine Road
Nazarene Church
Harland C. Joyce
Litchfield Plains
Theodore White
Clifton Wood
Elmer Haumphry
Graydon Wright
Locke
Bristol
N. B
Thomas and
Marguerite (Bell) Stickney
Richmond
Litchfield
Charles W. Locke
Norman Polter
Oxnard
Cal
Shirley Caswell
Alice
Bradley
Skowhegan
Norman
David
Norridgewock
Thomas
Fort Fairfield
Frank
Eastern River
Frances White
Marie Wood
Fairfield Center
Lena Haumphry
Fairfield
Inez Wright
Canaan
Mary Locke
Evelyn Roundy
Boston
Faithful Kingbird Outwits Cat and Crickets Cooped
A Georgetown Center household recounts a tame kingbird defending its cage from a clever intruder. The bird later escaped, while nearby, a series of social notes detail visits, autumn travel, and local fluency with water and wings. The item captures neighborhood life and quirky animal behavior alongside town news.
Three car crash injures Brunswick residents
Mr and Mrs Albert Moore Mrs Erland Moore and daughter Edith were in a three car collision on Route 1 in Brunswick near Bowdoin Pines Friday evening. Mrs Albert Moore suffered a broken right leg facial cuts and bruises and was hospitalized. Mr Moore had a facial bruise and the others were shaken but largely uninjured. Mrs Moore has since returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Moore
Erland Moore
Edith
Brunswick
Bowdoin Pines
Moore
Gile
Franklin Koehlwetter
Camp Bethel
South Harpswell
Beulah Miller
Nora Marr
George Gray
Increased enrollment expected as housing growth strains schools
Hyde Park Terrace has 13 vacancies and Lambert Park 28, with more expected as city growth continues. National averages suggest about 40 additional pupils will need schooling when housing project vacancies clear, and Bath’s rates exceed the national average especially in housing areas. School enrollment has risen since Fall term, with the Huse first grade recording 38 pupils while all seven city first grades surpass the state recommended maximum of 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
Bath
Huse
Bath to form 16th Maine Area Council of Churches
Bath votes Sunday to organize the 16th Maine Area Council of Churches with nine Protestant churches each sending five delegates for the November 4 meeting at Wesley Methodist. The council will align with Maine and National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches to promote religious and social welfare. Rev. Arthur Christopher outlines ecumenical aims. Rev. Richard J. Schaper chairs. Rev. LaForest Hodgkins secretary. a constitution will be proposed for ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Wesley Methodist Church
Maine Council of Churches
National Council of the Churches In America
World Council of Churches
Arthur Christopher
Augusta
Richard J. Schaper
LaForest Hodgkins
Two Women Drivers Fined In Court For Drunken Driving And Speeding
In Municipal Court Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined Mrs. Blanche E. Carter of Woolwich for drunken driving with license revocation and a $100 fine plus $4.70 costs. the second offense was filed. Mrs. Dorothy C. Smith of Rockland pled guilty to speeding at 55 mph, paid $4.70 costs after a $10 fine was suspended. The state trooper complainant was Frank W. Powers and deputy sheriff Ed ward C. Belanger handled the other case. Duck hunting violations led to fines for George Britting Westbrook James Mehargh Portland and Robert Graves Portland. They pleaded guilty to hunting migratory birds from a powerboat, paying $10 fines and $4.70 costs, with Inland Fish and Game Wardens Higgins and Harris as complainants. Two Bath residents pleaded guilty to intoxication, one paying $5 fine suspended and costs. the other fined $5 plus $7.40 costs or 15 days in jail, with Patrolmen Kelliher and Niles as complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche E. Carter
Woolwich
Gardiner R. Deering
Frank W. Powers
Dorothy C. Smith
Rockland
Edward C. Belanger
Topsham
George Britting
Westbrook
James Meharg
Portland
Robert Graves
Donald Higgins
Richmond
Walter Harris
Augusta
John M. Kelliher
Merle Niles
City Health Officer Orders Garbage Trucks Covered
City Health Officer R. Clin ton McFadden has sent notices to all garbage collectors and truck drivers hauling rubbish requiring truck coverings. Councilman Stanley R. Hunter said complaints show lax enforcement. Health Officer and police will enforce the ordinance immediately to stop waste strewn along streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Stanley R. Hunter
Get acquainted party at Y M C A by Junior Hi V girls
A get acquainted party was held Thursday evening at the Y M C A by the members of the girls Junior Hi V. Each girl brought a box lunch and refreshments and shared them with each other. Following the party an election of officers was held and the following girls elected: Frances Warner president Phillis Warner vice president Sylvia Googins secretary Rosa lyn Higgins treasurer Diana Fenn chaplain. Also present were Alma Hill Barbara Taber Norma Brewer and Gail Carleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Frances Warner
Phillis Warner
Sylvia Googins
Rosalyn Higgins
Diana Fenn
Alma Hill
Barbara Taber
Norma Brewer
Gail Carleton
Mrs. Ring Is Patient at Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Fred P. Ring of 12 Goddard Street is a surgical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Ring
Goddard Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Obituary of Elbridge Worrey, Bath seaman and carpenter
Elbridge Guy Worrey aged 87 died Thursday at Presley Nursing Home Bath after living there 55 years He was born in Phippsburg June 6 1864 son of Major and Lucy Worrey He sailed on coasters for 14 years later worked as a ship carpenter and was active in Phippsburg Center Congregational church He leaves a daughter Mrs Viola Talbot of Bath two sons Charles of Bath and Chester of Woolwich two sisters Mrs Fannie Burden of Bath and Mrs Florence Murphy of Massachusetts four grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbridge Guy Worrey
Bath
Presley
Washington Street
Phippsburg
Major
Lucy Grant Worrey
Phippsburg Center Congregational Church
Viola Talbot
Charles
Chester
Woolwich
Fannie Burden
Florence Murphy
Massachusetts
Krag R Newhouser dies at home in Oakfield area
Krag Ronald Newhouser born June 25, 1951 at Chelsea Naval Hospital Massachusetts died late Friday at his home 831 Washington Street He is survived by his parents Charles Ronald and Barbara Jean Newhouser paternal grandparents Lloyd and Mary Newhouser maternal grandparents Theodore and Densmore and several aunts uncles Burial will be in Oakfield Cemetery Oakfield Monday at two in the afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krag Ronald Newhouser
Charles Ronald
Barbara Jean Densmore Newhouser
Washington Street
U.S. Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Lloyd R. Newhouser
Theodore R. Densmore
Bath
Oakfield Cemetery
Oakfield
Death of Elmer L Pushard at Livermore Falls
Elmer L Pushard of Livermore Falls died unexpectedly on Wednesday. A native of Wisconsin born November 8 1889 he was son of the late Warren and Mary Lambert Pushard of Wisconsin. He is survived by his wife Barbara Graves Pushard a brother Walter of Chelsea Massachusetts three sisters Mrs Harriet Smith of Wiscasset Mrs William Sheldon of Woolwich and Mrs George Flint of Bath and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was Sunday at 1 pm at the Congregational church in Wiscasset with burial at Pleasant View Cemetery in Livermore Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Elmer L. Pushard
Livermore Falls
Wiscasset
Warren
Mary Lambert Pushard
Barbara Graves Pushard
Walter
Chelsea
Mass
Harriet Smith
William Sheldon
Woolwich
George Flint
Bath
Congregational Church
Pleasant View
Ellison Alexander Death Notice
Ellison Alexander 29 of Sebasco died Wednesday last week. Born February 21 1922 in Phipsburg he was a son of Warren and Hazel Wallace Alexander. He is survived by his father Warren Alexander a grandmother Mrs Grace Wallace of Richmond and several aunts uncles and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison Alexander
Sebasco
Phipsburg
Warren
Hazel Wallace Alexander
Warren Alexander
Grace Wallace
Richmond
Bartlett William H Funeral Service Held at Mayo Residence
Funeral services for William H. Bartlett were held Tuesday afternoon at two from the Arthur F. Mayo and Son Funeral Residence with Rev. Aubrey N. Bickmore officiating. Bearers were J. Horace McClure Gardiner Rogers Francis McLaughlin Roy Getchell and Ernest Pinkham, all members of Smith Tobey post A L. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bartlett
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Aubrey N. Bickmore
J. Horace McClure
Gardiner Rogers
Francis McLaughlin
Roy Getchell
Ernest Pinkham
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Oak Grove
Funeral for Elbridge G Worrey at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Elbridge G Worrey were held at Curtis Funeral Home at two o clock in the afternoon with Rev Howard F Cramer of Beacon Street Methodist Church officiating. Bearers were Walter Kennerson Newman Kennerson Ralph Kennerson and Thomas Park. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbridge G. Worrey
Curtis Funeral
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Walter Kennerson
Newman Kennerson
Ralph Kennerson
Thomas Park
Oak Grove
Bath Auto Co Employs 15 Men Including Lester F Carr
Lester F Carr of Central Avenue works as a mechanic at the Bath Auto Company. The establishment employs fifteen men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester F. Carr
Central Avenue
Bath Auto Co
Bath Boy Killed in Korean Conflict
The Bath community learned Tuesday noon of Lt. Harold Avery Jr. dying in action in Korea on Sept. 22. A Morse High School 1940 graduate and Caley Maine 1944 alum, Avery married Mary Kate Double on Dec. 5, 1943, and left behind a son and a daughter. He had returned to the Army after a postwar contracting period with his uncle Hiram Tobey in Reading, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Korea
Harold Avery, Jr
Avery
Harold S. Avery
W Avenue
Morse High School
Caley Ae Maine
Mary Kate Double
Hiram Tobey
Reading
Mass
Bartlett Funeral Service for Hurd Bartlett in Bath
Hurd Bartlett 45 died recently in Tampa Florida. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm from Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence Bath with Rev Aubrey N Bickmore officiating. He was born in Phippsburg May 17 1906 son of Elijah P and Jane A Coffin Bartlett. World War II Navy veteran who took part in Sicily and Italian mainland landings. Surviving: his parents two sons David and Donald Joyce Irvine one brother Jeremiah five sisters and three grandchildren. Burial at Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hurd Bartlett
Tampa
Fla
Arthur F. Mayo
Sicily
David
Donald
Bath
Joyce Irvine
Jeremiah Bartlett
Sebasco
Genevieve Bradshaw
Evelyn Dodge
Phippsburg
Mabel Slocum
Rockland
Mass
Etta Bartlett
Connecticut
Frank Freeman
Oak Grove
Funeral for Ellison Alexan Held at Mayo Funeral Home
Funeral service was held Saturday at 2 30 pm from A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev Bearer Berquist of Phippsburg officiating. Bearers were John Wallace Horace Wallace Arthur Murphy and Alvin Alexander. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison Alexan
A. F. Mayo & Son
Bearer Berquist
Phippsburg
John Wallace
Horace Wallace
Arthur Murphy
Alvin Alexander
Oak Grove
Day's Ferry Club Holds First Night in New Clubhouse
Day's Ferry Community club hosted guests Mr. and Mrs. M Doake Jr. at the new clubhouse, formerly the old red brick schoolhouse. Decorations of autumn foliage and fall fruit graced two long tables. After a business session and games, refreshments, music, and a social hour followed. Mrs Edward Gallant and infant son Michael Edward returned home from Memorial hospital. Mrs Mason Carter plans a Friday card party at her home for Riverside Cemetery Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gallant
Michael Edward
Day’s Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Mason Carter
Riverside Cemetery Association
City Officials Attend Augusta District Health Meeting
City Manager Ralph F. Mittendorf and City Health Officer R. Clinton McFadden led a forum at a District 3 health officers meeting in Augusta on Wednesday. Mittendorf chaired one afternoon discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Mittendorf
R. Clinton McFadden
Augusta
District 3
Mr. Mittendorf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hazel Libby
Lara Mansir
Ruth Stilphen
Genesta
Shirley M. Lang
Clarence Lang
University of Maine
Hazel, Libby
Mt. Olivet
Anna
Damariscotta Mills
Bunker Hill
Ralph Carlisle
Harold J. Goss
Secretary of
Council OF Churches
Marius H. Page
North Street
Kennebec
Krag R. Newhouser
W. H. Bartlett
E. G. Worrey Funeral
Harold S. Avery, Jr
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