Richmond PTA Elects New Officers At First Fall Meeting
Richmond holds its first fall PTA meeting at the high school with Mrs. Clarence Lang presiding. Rexford Stover elected president, Darrell Giberson VP, Astrid Borelsson secretary, Elizebeth McFee treasurer. Showers proposed for the building and health topics discussed. A reception for teachers planned and a committee named.Annual installations at Beulah Rebekah lodge held with District Deputy Glenora Moore officiating. Fort Richmond DAR rummage sale set for Oct 11. Enterprise grange fair netted nearly 200 for hall repairs. Luncheon set, quilts and works awarded to local members. Enterprise Juvenile grange met with 38 present. A program featured readings on the Grand State of Maine, dances, solos. Rich mond Seventh Day Adventists report war relief efforts raising about 40 for doctors and nurses. Sabbath school reports progress in war-torn Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Clarence Lang
Rexford Stover
Darrell Giberson
Astrid Borelsson
Elizebeth McFee
State Association
Perley Joy
Lillian Haynes
Elizabeth Haynes
Roy Munroe
Myron Heenie
Edward Pinkham
Percy Little
Hiram Smith
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Glenora Moore
Bath
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Earl Cronk
Enterprise Grange Fair
Donald Grant
Cleveland Marriner
Wartorn
Richmond Seventh Day Adventists
Angie Brown
Adventists Church
Rome
Italy
First Fall meeting of Fort Richmond D A R chapter
The Fort Richmond chapter of the D A R held its first fall meeting Monday at Past Regent Mrs Solon Purinton's home with a 6 30 buffet. New regent Mrs Edwin Pratt led the session. State Regent Mrs Leroy Hussey of Augusta and Mrs Arthur Savage of Roussinoc chapter attended. Hussey outlined National D A R programs and hospital libraries. Mrs Augustus Small sang I Wonder if Ever the Rose. Next meeting will be at Mrs Pratt's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Solon Purinton
Edwin Pratt
Leroy Hussey
Augusta
Arthur Savage
Roussinoc
Hussey
D.a.r.s
Veterans’ Hospitals
Augustus Small
Rose
Pratt
Community Notes From Hallowell and Nearby
Mrs. Sarah Preble, in her 91st year, hosted a dinner party at the Worster in Hallowell with guests including Mrs. Ida Hosmer and son Frank Preble. The celebration honored Frank Preble’s birthday. he works as an agent for New England Tel and Tel Co in Richmond, a role begun in 1907, following his father’s early agency. Reverend Gerald Bonney preached at local churches in the past week. James MacKillop spoke at the Penny Memorial church in Augusta for Pfc. Minot H. Jones’s memorial service. The Education for Freedom board announced Denham Sutcliffe as president, a Bates College alum and Rhodes scholar from Maine, aligning with new yearly plans and a national office in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Preble
Worster
Hallowell
Ida Hosmer
Frank Preble
Preble
Raymond Sedgley
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Richmond
Gerald Bonney
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Baptist Church
James MacKillop
Richmond Baptist Church
Penny Memorial Church
Augusta
Pfc
Minot H. Jones
Education For Freedom, Inc
Denham Sutcliffe
Oxon
Phil
New York City
Sutcliffe
Denny
Maine
Bates College
Local News and Personal Notes From The Area
Personal items include Cpl. Ernest Gonier ending a 15 day furlough in Thomasville Georgia with his parents. Weekend guests at Mrs. Alice Steele’s home include Mrs. Annie Bangs Mrs. George Steele Miss Pauline Bangs and Milton Beane from Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gonier
Thomasville
Annie Bangs
George Steele
Pauline Bangs
Milton Beane
Portland
Alice Steele
Frank Boudreau
Emma Plummer
Lynn
Mass
Gibbs Camps
B. M. Carter
Arthur A. Callan
Carl Randall
Marblehead
Louis Andrews
Louis Verva
Nick Canales
Peabody
Dwight Marsh
Elmer Eaton
Salem
Clifton Foss
Milton Morrell
Basil Hamil
Ray Scott
A. E. Wheeler
New York City
Henry Alexander
White Road
Curtis
Kenneth L. McKenna
U.S.N
Vinton McKenna
River Road
Newport
R. I
Caribbean
Richmond
Michael Bond
Joan
New Jersey
E. E. Durand
North Front Street
Brunswick
Clarence Peacock
Milton
Clark
Guy Farley
Ridge Road
Main Street
Della Grondin
Bert Stevens
Topsham
John Parker
Carlton McCobb
Boothbay Harbor
Carrie Haskell
Pleasant Street
Otis Webster
Bangor Street
Augusta
Rev Gilbert E Edgett Dies After Short Illness in Providence
The Rev Gilbert E Edgett died Monday of last week at his son G Sherman Edgett’s home in Providence Rhode Island after a brief illness. Interment was held in Waterville last Thursday. He served 42 years in the Eastern Maine Methodist conference retiring in 1938 due to ill health. He once led Pine Street Methodist Episcopal church in Portland and pastored Richmond church 1931-38. He belonged to Masons Knights of Pythias Knights of Malta Modern Woodmen and Richmond Lions. Surviving are three sons G Sherman Edgett Rod erick Edgett of Belmont Massachusetts and G Leverett Edgett of Providence R I. a daughter Mrs George Barrows of Rome New York. and a grandson George Barrows Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert E. Edgett
G. Sherman Edgett
Providence
R. I
Waterville
Edgett
Hiram Edgett
Moncton
N. B
Maine
Eastern Maine Methodist Conference
Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Portland
Richmond Church
Richmond
Lodge of Masons
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Malta
Modern Woodmen
Richmond Lions Club
Roderick Edgett
Belmont
Mass
G. Leverett Edgett
Providence, R. L
George Barrows
Rome
N. Y
George Barrows, Jr
Surprise Birthday Party For Rena Gediman
Miss Rena Gediman was guest of honor at a surprise party hosted by her parents on Saturday evening. A birthday cake served as a centerpiece while gifts were exchanged, refreshments enjoyed, and guests including Miss Boardman Cameron Burnham Wakefield and others attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Gediman
Rena
Mary Boardman
Margaret Cameron
Betty Burnham
Wilson Fitzgerald
Ernest Kingsbury
Marion Wakefield
Adolf Venturett
Richard Morse
James McQuarrie
Walter Dingley
Jenine Champney
Sadie Miller
Ester Hall
Gediman
Municipal Court Docket Includes Intoxication and Traffic Case
Friday morning session presided by Judge Gardiner R. Deering placed two intoxication cases on file with costs. A Lis bon man named Lionel Poulin pleaded guilty to passing on a crest and paid a $10 fine plus $6.50 costs. State Trooper Walter Higgins was the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Lionel Poulin
Lisbon
Walter Higgins
Polio Epidemics Generally Localized By Area
Polio outbreaks typically affect specific cities towns or state regions with the worst 1916 epidemic reaching over 27,000 cases confined to a few estates along the Atlantic seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Seaboard
Georgetown Work ing League meets for parish water study
The fall gathering of the Working League, led by president Mrs. Howard M. Trafton, drew most town members and two Bath visitors as they formed a committee to study a new parish house water supply. Members on the panel include Howard Trafton, William Todd and Frank Heald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
Howard M. Trafton
Bath
Augustus Rowe
Florence Woodside
Howard Trafton
William Todd
Frank Heald
Thomas Williams
West Georgetown
Waltham
Mass
Arthur Laskey
Young Laskey
George Jordan
Peterson
Weekend Cottage News From Bath Area
Local residents share weekend visits and vacations with notes on departures and arrivals from Bath. Melvin Cunningham returns to Bath Iron Works after a week away while several Bath shopkeepers and residents travel or work away. Mrs Daisy Mains learns of Mr Baldwin’s death in Bridgeport and mentions family ties. two sons are in military service in Florida and Indiana. In Portland, several women including Mrs Ernest Heal and Mrs Howard Trafton were seen visiting on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cunningham
Bath Iron Works
James Oliver
Madelon Pierce
Bath
Billa Tarr
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Mass
Sadie Drake
Daisy Mains
John Baldwin
Bridgeport
Bartlett to Speak at Five Islands Church Conference
Dr. C Norman Bartlett of New York will headline the first monthly Bible conference of the season at Second Baptist Church Five Islands Friday Oct 18 at 730 pm. Bartlett a noted author and educator has taught theology and English Bible at the National Bible Institute and appeared at Keswick Victorious Life and Sunrise Mountain conferences. The New England Fellowship of Boston sponsors the event with Rev James A Beyea as local chair and special music provided. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Norman Bartlett
New York
Second Baptist Church
Five Islands
Bartlett
National Bible Institute of New York
Keswick
N. J
Sunrise Mountain Bible Conference
New England Fellowship of Boston
James A. Beyea
Edith McMahan
Good Neighborhood Club
I. Mildred Pinkham
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
Canning
Elsworth Pinkham
First Baptist Church
South Portland
White Ribboners Plan Social and Service Projects
The W C T U held its monthly meeting at Mrs Nellie Browns home with delegates Carrie Trott and Nella Stover reporting on the State Convention in Dover Foxcroft. Plans for a social Oct 24 honor Temperance and Mission days were set, guests from church missionary societies invited, and members were to sew sun shade bags and afghans for service men under the Soldiers and Sailors department chaired by Mrs Doris Thistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Nellie Brown
Deering Street
Dover-Foxcroft
Carrie Trott
Nella Stover
Brown
Theresa Hill
Elizabeth Trott
Department of Soldiers and Sailors
Doris Thistle
Teachers Give Talks on Modern Elementary Curriculum
Mrs. Ruth C Trueworthy of Huse school and Miss Barbara Whitney of Dike school discuss the August University of Maine elementary curricula workshop. Dr William H Burton of Harvard directed the program as educational consultant to the state. The aim is to show Bath teachers modern in school presentations focused on learner purpose and personalized needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth C. Trueworthy
Huse
Barbara Whitney
Dike School
Bath
University of Maine
William H. Burton
Harvard University
Hormone Spray Aims to Keep Apples on Trees Longer
A new hormone spray helps apples stay on trees until mature. Researchers report the product slows ripening, potentially improving harvest scheduling and fruit quality. Field trials show extended on-tree time without visible adverse effects.
Evangelistic meetings close as Bath church hosts variety events
Rev Charles Simms of Elm Street Baptist Bath led a night of meetings with a 5 30 supper and 7 30 program featuring about 30 children. Prizes honored scripture memory and attendance. A Good Neighborhood rummage sale followed at Library hall. Numerous local residents and visitors attended or returned to nearby towns for personal events and upcoming conference services led by C Norman Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Simms
Elm Street Baptist Church
Bath
Library Hall
Mary Hanna
Claire MacGillivary
Jeanette Pinkham
Betty
Beverly Rittall
Marlene Pinkham
Natalie McMahan
Betty Carr
Reginald Pinkham
Dorothy MacGillivary
Cleon Pinkham
David Stevens
Narvie Stevens
Constance Gray
Vincent Stevens
Richard Campbell
Marion Carr
Daniel MacGillivary
Faylene Rowe
Maureen Davis
Jean Hagan
Georgetown Center
Moose and Community Notes Highlight Bay Point News
In Bay Point readers learn about moose in the county with details on behavior and appearance. The column also reports garden blooms, winter juncoes, and visits from residents including Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Noyes and Clyde Whittaker. A weekend gathering at the Gates home honors armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Newport
Gardiner
Dickie
George Gates
Maurice Hinckley, Jr
Texas
Charles Hanna
Camp Devens
Clyde Whittaker
R. I
Dale Whittaker
Breamer
White
Joseph Patton
Dedham
Mass
Bay Point
Sydney Dalrymple
Newton Center
Middle Dyke Farm
Dr Mortimer Warren Dies in Portland
Dr Mortimer Warren of Portland died suddenly of a heart attack at his home Sunday evening. He had a long medical career including Bowdoin College and Johns Hopkins, served as pathologist in New York and at Maine General Hospital in Portland for 23 years. He served in World War I and leaves a widow and two sons in the service. Funeral is at his Shore Road Cape Elizabeth home Thursday at four o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Warren
Portland
Warren
Mary Pendexter
Joseph A. Warren
Westbrook
Winifred Shaw
New Boston
N. H
John Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Cornell Medical School
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
American Medical Association
The
Society of Clinical Pathologists
Association For the Study of
Bowdoin College
Angus Earle Burden Dies in Bath Community
Angus Earle Burden died at his home 20 Highland Street Wednesday night last. Born April 3 1874 in Fredericton New Brunswick he moved to Old Town at age ten and to Bath in 1920 to work for the Bath Box Co. He is survived by his widow Frances J. Burden seven children and a brother. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery in Orono after funeral services at Curtis Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Moffatt and Rev. Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Earle Burden
Highland Street
Mr Burden
Frederickstown
N. B
Old Town
Bath
Bath Box Co
Rose E. Burden
Frances J. Burden
Margery B. Whitcomb
St. Petersburg
Fla
Louise M. Mackenzie
Orono
Phyllis R. Breton
Portsmouth
N. H
Pauline R. Redlon
C. Earle Burden
Lynn
Mass
Ralph O. Burden
Alexander A. Burden
City
Collective Farms in Russia Span 250 to 2500 Acres
The report notes collective farms in Russia vary in size from 250 acres up to 2500 acres, illustrating the range of agricultural holdings across the Soviet system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Alonzo Thayer Dies. Aged Citizen and Hyde Windlass Worker
Alonzo Thayer 84 years old died Friday at 9 am at 97 Court Street. He was born in the city, son of John Q and Elizabeth Campbell Thayer, a machinist and the oldest Hyde Windlass Co. employee. He is survived by Nellie Hilton Thayer widow son Charles A Thayer alderman six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. member of the Odd Fellows. Funeral at Mayo Funeral Home Sunday at 3 pm with Dr. David L Wilson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Thayer
Court Street
John Q
Elizabeth Campbell Thayer
Hyde Windlass Co
Thayer
Nellie Hilton Thayer
Charles A. Thayer
The
Odd Fellows
Mayo Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Death notices Lucretia Parris widow of John T. Parris
Mrs. Lucretia E. Parris aged 87 two months and 19 days died at her upper Washington street home Friday. Born in Dresden to James and Martha Morton she leaves daughter Mrs. Edward L. Gaudreau Bath grandson Edward L. Gaudreau Jr granddaughter Mrs. Ormond York Portsmouth New Hampshire three grandsons Edward Gaudreau 3rd John York Emery York Navy. Member Universalist church. Funeral Mayo Funeral Home Sunday 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Charles L. Kinney conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia E. Parris
John T. Parris
Upper
Washington Street
Parris
Dresden
James
Martha Austin Morton
Edward L. Gaudreau
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau, Jr
Ormond York
Portsmouth
N. H
Edward Gaudreau
John York
U. S. Navy
Emery York
Universalist Church
Mayo Funeral Home
Charles L. Kinney
Charles Frank Andrews Dies. Bath Blacksmith Buried
Charles Frank Andrews born Bangor December 28 1859 died Thursday morning at the Old Folks Home. A Bath resident for 50 years he worked as a blacksmith. Funeral services were held Friday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frank Andrews
Old Folks Home
Bangor
John
Elizabeth Haskell Andrews
Funeral for Alexander M. Cutler Held at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral for Alexander M. Cutler occurred Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home on Washington Street. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated with bearers Karcher Jackson Mark Jackson Carvel Douglas and Stanley Wallace. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M. Cutler
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Karcher Jackson
Mark Jackson
Carvel Douglas
Stanley Wallace
Oak Grove
Fitzgerald Funeral for Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald was held at Mayo Funeral Home Thursday at 9 30 with Rev. Charles R. Simms of the First Baptist church officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald
Mayo Funeral Home
Charles R. Simms
First Baptist Church
Bar Harbor
Sally Strout Funeral Held at Curtis Home
Funeral services for Sally M. Strout were conducted Thursday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiating. Burial is planned at Riverside Cemetery in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally M. Strout
Curtis Funeral Home
Chester B. Oliver
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Patten Free Library Holds Annual Meeting Details
The Patten Free Library held its annual meeting in the reading room Monday evening with Dr. Langdon T. Snipe as president and Henry W. Owen Jr. as secretary. Trustees filled vacancies from recent deaths, elected new officers, and appointed committees. the library received a $9,000 bequest from the estate of former President Judge W. S. Glidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Langdon T. Snipe
Henry W. Owen Jr
Eugene L. Thebeau
Fred H. Thompson
Charles C. Toothaker
Katherine P. Wetherbee
Elsie M. Folsom
Dwight Pierce
Henry C. Wright
Dr. Snipe
Allen Spear
Daniel Williams
William S. Newell
William S. Shorey
L. T. Snipe
John
Obituary of Mary Somerville Boyce of Bath
Mary Somerville Boyce dies at home on Washington Street after a week bedridden. Born August 30 1871 in New Glasgow Nova Scotia she married Hazen E Boyce in Bath on October 2 1920 and came to Bath in 1896. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Curtis Funeral Home. survived by husband daughter sister brother and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Somerville Boyce
Washington Street
Mrs. Boyce
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia
George
Annie Somerville
Hazen E. Boyce
Bath
Ansel E. Mathurin Dies at Home in Brunswick
Ansel E. Mathurin of 25 Prospect Street Brunswick died at his home at 8 30 Monday morning from a heart ailment. He is the brother in law of John Freeman of 25 Snow Park. Mr Mathurin is survived by his wife Josephine Freeman Mathurin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel E. Mathurin
Prospect Street
Brunswick
John Freeman
Snow Park
Mr. Mathurin
Josephine Freeman Mathurin
Funeral services for Angus Burden held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Angus Burden were held on Saturday Oct 7 at 10 am at Curtis Funeral Home. The service was conducted by Rev Albert Freeman with Moffatt assisting. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery Orono. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles A Burden Mrs Louize MacKenzie of Orono and C Earle Burden of Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Burden
Curtis Funeral Home
Frederick P. Moffatt
Albert Freeman
Corliss Street Church
Riverside Cemetery
Orono
Bath
Burden
Charles A. Burden
Louize MacKenzie
C. Earle Burden
Lynn
Mass
Funeral for Alonzo Thayer Held at Mayo Home
The funeral service for Alonzo Thayer was held Sunday at 3 PM at Mayo Funeral Home with Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. Grandsons Kenneth, Lawrence, Allen, and Harry Thayer served as bearers, and burial followed in the Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Thayer
Mayo Funeral Home
David L. Wilson
Kenneth Thayer
Lawrence Thayer
Allen Thayer
Harry Thayer
Oak Grove
Mrs. Lucretia Parris Funeral Service Held
The funeral for Mrs. Lucretia Parris was conducted at Mayo Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon at 1.30. Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiated with bearers Kendall Lord Leroy Lord Leroy Lord Jr and H W Mayo. Burial followed in the family lot at an unspecified location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Parris
Mayo Funeral Home
Charles L. Kinney
Kendall Lord
Leroy Lord
Leroy Lord, Jr
H. W. Mayo
Oak Grove
First Stockings Invented by French in Seventh Century
The French first attempted stockings, with men in the seventh century wearing leather encasings for warmth and protection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgetown
Charles Caldwell
John Blackie
Harry Carlisle
Edgecomb
Roland Carlton
John Perpine
Howard Carlton
West Bath
Chester Kelsea
Frank Boyd
Hillsboro
Boyd
Eugene Farrell
Auburn
Harmon’s Harbor
Ralph Davis
Lillian Morse
Oakland
Aubrey Fullerton
Robinhood
Dorothy Stuart
Alfred Rowe
George Laskey
Lena Shepard
Ernest Heal
George Kelsea
Lambert Park
Kelsea
Seguinland
Sidney Dalrymple
Ususnr
Dalrymple
Chester
USA
Clyde Wescott
Candy’s Harbor
Fritz Rockwell
North End
James Greenleaf
Westport
Herbert Hunt
Clarence Colby
Raymond Belanger
Alex Cunningham
Charles Colby
Walter Powers
Harold Hunt
Woodrow Gray
Earl Dow
William Zorach
Brooklyn
Philo Calhoun
T. E. Grover
Roland J E. Peterson
Pete
Five Islands Church
Ralph Worrell
Philadelphia
Wrenn
C. E. Paul
Arlington
Floyd
A. P. Hackett
Jean
Fairfield
Arletta Harford
Bramwell
Harford
Herbert Belanger
Lila Belanger
Walter Moore
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Sedgemere Road
Helen Plummer
John Huskins
Fred Elliot
Everett Hennan
Watertown
P. B. Savage
Zetta Higgins
Wakefield
Azuba Holland
Rilla Tarr
William Chase
Freeport
William, Jr
Richard Sanford
U.S.A
Sanford
Exeter
C. L. Sanford
Sumer
Woodfords
Derby
James Stevens
Camden
Albion Carr
Lawrence Davis
Chester Pinkham
Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Charles Pinkham
Medford
Pleasant Villa Cottage
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Belanger
Harry Coulie
Boston
Bramwell Harford
Lermond Davis
A. M. Cutler
Sally Strout
Mary S. Boyce
MR. Burden
Mrs. Parris
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Ameral Services A TS
Washington Bt
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