Richmond Bath Social Roundup and Obituary
Richmond and Bath residents share a lively week with visits, trips to Portland for Odd Fellows sessions, and countryside outings. Notable events include the funeral of Susan A. Bickford in Dresden Mills after a life tied to Richmond, with relatives remaining in the area.
Fifteenth Child Born to Bath Woman in Mazzaree Family
A Bath woman Mrs Major Frasier has her fifteenth child, a son born Oct 7, described as precocious, part of the 45th Frasier birth. The family receives congratulations with flowers, fruit and cards. The piece also notes extensive local social activity with visits, moves, and upcoming events in Richmond Gardiner and nearby towns. Notable mentions include a Richmond game supper, travel between Waterville and Auburn, and several weddings and moves among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Frasier
Oliver Street
Frasier
Westport Town Works On State Aid Highway Section
Westport workers under first selectman R L Fowle are building a third class highway south from Knight's Corner toward Mrs M Of Webber residence with six hundred dollars from the State. A main town highway improvement near James A Cannon’s home will ease extending the State Aid road from the ferry to that point and remove troublesome snow blockages. Cannon accepts a land-damage award of 1 dollar. Items note a fair prize for a four year old yoke of steers, a Swanton school meeting at Sagadahoc Ferry, repairs to the old Manson Dunton house, Miss Ena Hodgkins at the East Side, Miss Katherine Harriman visiting from Melrose, MA, and a Westport Poultry and Horticultural Association fair at town hall with supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Selectman
R. L. Fowle
Knight's Corner
Cannon
Herbert Cromwell
G. R
Sprague
Topsham
H. A. Swanton
Westport
Sagadahoc Ferry
Manson Dunton
Ena Hod
Blair Susan A. Blair 67 Funeral Thursday in Bath
Susan A. Blair aged 67 died Tuesday. Funeral Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at her daughter's residence 57 Lincoln Street, Bath. Burial in Wiscasset. Officiating clergyman Rev. Charles O. Miller. She was born in Cape Canso Nova Scotia, daughter of Charles and Mary Hudson. Survived by two sons George E. Jones Parker Head and Charles R. Blair Wiscasset, daughter Mrs Forrest Potter Bath, two grandchildren Dorothy and Alice Potter, sister Miss Ellen Nute Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Peabody
Portland
George Leavitt
W. H. Johnson
Dresden
Town
Lillian Johnson
Laura Grondin
Mildred Beedle
Brunswick
J. L. Tarr
Bath
Leon Dunkley
Gardiner
William Larlee
Heles
Lillian
Susan A. Bickford
Main Street
Dresden Mills
John Stevens
Aaron
Eliza (Houdlette) Bickford
Richmond
W. F. Dunham
Amelia P. Davia
Burgess
Wellesley
Mass
Lillian Dunham
Edwin Lamoreau
Livermore Falls
Eva Hammond
The
H. 8
Pionmond
C. A. Grondin
Ursula Sirois
Elizabeth Vachon
Augusta
Florence G. Maxwell
Columbia Hotel
Thelma Powers
Malden Mass
Harry Vowers
Gertrude Longfellow
Arthur Stilphen
Winthrop
Robert Blake
Wemple
Harry Douglas
George and
James Humphrey
Brookline
Humphrey
Swan Island
George R. Meigs
Edwin Brown
Dr. Jones
Dr. Bullfiich
Sunecook
N. H
Robert Stobie
Hooksett
Donald Woodward
Leroy, N. Y
Daniel Fox
Charles Dole
Haverhill
H. N. Merrill
KE. M. Rufus
Reedsborrow
Robert VT
Stuart
Alton Blake
Waterville
Gibb
Clarence Blaisdell
Haverill
Frank Waine
W. B
LV. Kendall
J. R. Clifford
Alice Webber
Fred Lewis
Mary Ossborne
North Pleasant Street
Florida
Waldo Butterfield Gould
Elsie Margaret Holman
Methodist Parsonage
Raed Ae
Susan A. Blair
Forrest Votter
Lincoln Street
Wiscasset
Charles O. Miller
Mrs. Blair
Cape Canso
N. S
Charles
Mary Dobson Hudson
George E. Jones
Parker
Forrest Potter
Dorothy
Alice Potter
Ellen Nute
Dudley Ernest E. Dudley Dies at 40 in Local Home
Ernest E Dudley 40 died Wednesday morning at his Edgett Street home. He was an iron worker with local shipbuilding plants. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Chartessfox and Mr and Mrs Henry P Caddy and children William and Arline. Funeral Friday at two at the home. He belonged to the Saga dahock Veterans Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest KE. Dudley
Edgett Street
Sagadahock
Chartessfox
Henry P. Caddy
William
Arline
Cambridge
Mass
Baked Bean Supper Planned by Georgetown First Baptist
The Georgetown First Baptist Church finance committee will host a baked bean and salad supper Friday at six in the vestry to benefit the church. Committee members include Mrs. George F. Oliver Mrs. Earle Hagan and Mrs. Arthur Buzzo. Several local residents and visitors are noted in town over the weekend including family trips to Bath Sagadahoc Bay and Cambridge Mass with updates on residences camps and social visits across Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
George F. Oliver
Earle Hagan
Arthur Buzzo
George Williams
Waterville
West Georgetown
Mumford
Connie
Sagadahoc Bay
Bath
Columbia Hotel
George Eggers
Cambridge
Mass
Buzzo
Whyllis Drake
Owen Marr
William Farnsworth
George Fimmons
Lewiston
Melvin Drummond
Norman Drummond
Arrowsie
Hortense Tillotson
Harold Hunt
Edgar Warren
Colleen Barnes
Sebasco
Ralph Reynolds
William Wardwell
Methuen
Harry Horne
Robinhood
Gilbert Gunnell
Leon Williams
Waltham
T. N. Williams
Baby
Ferdinand Reyher
New York
Union 48
Sagadahoc Ferry
Billings
Mr. Gray
School Board
Walker
T. M. Hagan
Gaston Lachaise
Lachaise
Leon E., Oliver
Newburyport
Charles Oliver
Anna Wirta
Seguinland
John Thibodeau
Brunswick
A. E. Rowe
Clinton Cunningham
Haddam
Conn
Alex Cunningham
Edgar Hunt
George Farrin
Fords
N. J
Joseph Coleman
Fred Bragg
Grant
Brookline
Working League
B. H. Woodside
Harry Bornen
Fitchburg
Harold Brown
Center School
Roy Newman
William Todd
Sewall Oliver
Walter Newdick
Veteran Firemen Have A Jolly Party In Bath
Bath veteran firemen hosted an oyster supper and concert at the association hall with the Saga dahock organization and Bath men such as Henry G Hodgdon John J Desmond Walter S Russell A F P Perry William T Hodgkins Charles C Low Oscar F Williams. Edward Miller was toastmaster and Elmer W Rogers Chester Lewis and Edward Clough spoke. Committee members included Levi T Thompson Frank Fuarrin Herbert L Anderson and others. J P Kelley of Boston visited Bath on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Baxter Band
Association
Sagadahock
Bath
Henry G. Hodgdon
John J. Desmond
Walter S. Russell
A. F P. Perry
William T. Hodgkins
Charles C. Low
Five Islands weekend visitors and local notes
Five Islands residents hosted and visited relatives during a weekend. Augusta visitors included D. W. Sexton and son Eugene, and Mrs. Noyes from Cooper's Mills. Several Bath and Portland guests joined cottage stays, hospital news, and exchanges of visits with local families. gifts supported the Seguinland grange library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Grange Library
D. W. Sexton
Eugene
Augusta
Charles Noyes
Cooper's Mills
Elbridge Mains
E. V. Small
Folsom
D. MacMahan
Oscar Snowman
Bath
J. G. Lewis
Charles Hanna
Charles Jordan
Auburn
Iva Cromwell
Alice Cromwell
Ethelyn Gray
Albertina Stevens
Frank Heald
Robinhood
Frank Perkins
L. H. Rowe
J. G. Rowe
Orville Rowe
Dexter
Ellen Hagan
Ida Hinckley
J. B. Horton
New York
Washington, D. C
Carrie Savage
Elizabeth Amazeen
Rockport
Mass
Amazeen
Charles Amazeen
J. G. Stevens
Boston
Alton Reed
Woolwich
T. D. Reid
Moore
Seguinland
Lloyd Pinkham
Islesford
Almon Marr
Nora Marr
T. J. Hanna
Cora May
Arthur Berry
F. M. Reid
Bertha Lewis
Mark Hanna
Webber Drug Store
FE. P. Pierce
Brookling
G. C. Hicks, Jr
St. Louis
Ie Library
Hicks
The
Grange
State president visits Bath for PTA meeting
The Bath event featured state president Mrs. Small urging high school night sessions for parents to see teaching. She called for cooperation with teachers at a Portland meeting on Oct. 30, with A. O. Thomas and Raymond Fellows presenting teacher and parent cases. A new state PTA song was introduced, and about 25 locals attended, including Bowdoin and West Point representatives, plus a Bath couple to host a reception after the Bayside Long Island wedding of Helen Drake and Stuart Angus at All Saints church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
A. O. Thomas
Raymond Fellows
Chester A. Plant
T.T.A
Small
Brunswick
T. Harry Riley, Jr
Riley
Joseph McKeen
McKeen
Philip H. Kimball
Orren
Hormell
Bowdoin College
Clara Darling
West Point
Whippsburg
Helen Drake
George B. Drake
Flushing
N. Y
Bath
Stuart Angus
All Saints Church
Bayside
L. I
State Street
W&l
Former Bath man speaker at Wesley
Rev. Herbert L. Nichols of Skowhegan was the principal speaker at Wesley church during the annual roll call on Wednesday night. Born in Bath and educated there, Nichols highlighted his Bath roots and career, noting his seven years in Skowhegan and service across several Maine churches. He spoke of family, career milestones, and his long tenure in the ministerial conference and boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. FE. Wehureh
Herbert L. Nichols
Skowhegan
Bath
Mr. Nichols
Kent's Hill
Boston University
Wesley Church
E. S. Stackpole
South Wales
Kennebunkport
Monmouth
Madison
Hallowell
Norway
Conference Board of Trustees
Annie May Sampson
Plymouth
Mass
Francis A
Western Electric Co
Chicago
Marietta S
Willard R. Lebroke
Thomas L
College of Business Administration
Bertha G
Better Life
O. ©. Bullmann
Frank A. Small
Mildred Nichols
W. F. Nichols
Boston
Pink feldspar found on Arrowsic farm display
A piece of pink feldspar, claimed rare, was shown in the Independent window. Samuel B. Martin reported the mineral was blasted by a road crew near his Arrowsic farm, with the vein extending back on his land and a sizable deposit noted for use in fancy chinaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Martin
Arrowsic
Bath Shipmates Meet Hard Luck of Same Nature
Two Bath youths, Frank Freeman and Frank Parks of 41 and 45 Beacon Street, both aboard the Clyde Steamship Water Wagon, suffered identical injuries to the right hand in the same month. Parks broke the middle and ring fingers. Freeman, four hours later, suffered the same damage. Both are laid up three to five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank Freeman
Frank Parks
Beacon Street
Clyde S. S. Line
Atlantic
Freeman
Parks
Charleston
S. C
F. B. Freeman
A. A. Parks
Armistice Day Plans by American Legion Group
Sheriff J Horace McClure and Post Commander Eugene M Desmond lead a committee representing Roland H Smith post A L for Armistice Day exercises at Music Hall Armory on Nov 11. They seek two statewide speakers and a worthwhile program. Lottery H of the 240th C A will go to Richmond to assist Emerson Lane post A L on Armistice morning. Judge Sanford L Fogg, Augusta, former Bath, deputy attorney general, returned from a hunting trip with a 175 180 pound buck and partridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Eugene M. Desmond
Ralph Gay
Roscoe H. Shaw
Roland H. Smith Post
A. L
Music Hall Armory
Lottery H
C. A
Richmond
Emerson Lane
Sanford L. Fogg
Augusta
Bath
Rockwood
Somerset County
Frank W. Ball
Lou Winship
Tiscatuquis County
Ball
Mr. Winship
Judge Fogg
State House
Langdon Hill Visits Portland Business Firm Tuesday
Langdon Hill of Hayden Stone and Co Portland was in town Tuesday on a business visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon Hill
Hayden, Stone & Co
Portland
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. C. Marriner
Darrah Street
Ada Terry
Doris Perry
Cora Campbell
Clara Perry
C. Blaisdell
Emma Blaisdell
William Cummings
William Blaisdell
Eddie Blaisdell
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Maine
Odd Fellows Hall
Forest Avenue
Dwight L. Moody
Danforth
B. F. Densmore
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harry Pond
Vaughan Easler
Ralph Teabeau
W. W. Gardiner
Hazel
Leighton E. Gardiner
Orone
Leslie Gardiner
U. of M
George Wedge
Sebago
Pearly Wedge
Ida Hibbard
Brighton
Edna Nash
Agnes Hassen
James Haynes
Jank Goodwin
Cresden Mills
Herbert Eastman
Orono
T. J. Southard
Walter Densmore
John King
West Drexden
William Brannen
Providence
R. I
Charles B. Kennedy
Mr. Brannen
Ernest Harford
Elmer Rogers
George Riley
Roy McWilliams
Freeman Wood
Philip
Mis
Hariette Patch
Massachusetts
James Collins
New Brunswick
Donald
Windham
Albert E. White
Elden A. Colbeth
Machias
William Thomas
Bickford’s
New Bedford
Boston Ship Brokerage Co
Wesley Bickford
Masonic Hall
Charles H. James
Harold Jewett
Carolyn Wilkens
Swamscott
Ellsworth B. Reed
Gwendolyn Murray
Fisk
Richmond Chautauqua
Opera House
Harold Blanchard
C. FE. Lamereau
John T. Dailey
Maine Central Railroad
Walter Burns
Ora Reed
Nettie Umberhind
Lyda Lint
Lee Ring
White Mountains
George Wilson
Maine
John Sullivan
Durand Shoe Co
Annie Allan
Braggs
South Pleasant Street
Daughters of Veterans
Legion Hall
Walter S. Tripp
Bowdoinham
Ada
Williams
John R. Clifford
Joseph Bragg
Flint
Mich
Clay Hill
Harriette Page
Helen Morton
Ruth Anderson
Madelyn O'Neil
Lucille Bailey
Muriel White
Madelyn White
Katherine Soule
Marie Alexander
Frances Libby
Marion Blair
Frances Wreble
Ruth Curran
Carolyn Averill
Charles W. Berry
Gray
A. E. Small
Sarasota
Frank Preble
Lena Harlon
Hoss Given
H. J. King
Edna Briggs
George Yeaton
Boynton Street
Laura Gronin
Cecil Stilphen
Harry L. Stilphen
Frank Tracy
Tarr House
Chestnut Street
Frank Duren
Cora Smith
Alice Chapman
Sara Dreble
J. M. Chase
C. B. Webber
Pleasant Street
J. A
Freda
Flora Shepard
Joseph Haley
Warren
Jane Little
Christian Endeavor Society of the Baptist Church
Frank P. Dresser
Ernest E. Dudley
Georgetown
Baxter Hall
J. P. Kelley
Munsingwear Union
Ing
Yonun
Wesley
American Legion
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Segadabock Block
Bath, Me
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