Richmond Social News Highlights and Local Weddings
Richmond notes fall busy with birthdays and visits from Mrs. Belle Card and club members, church services and Epworth Leagues, prize winnings at Topsham fair, and many regional travels. A large birthday tribute honors Col. Melville P. Milliken at Hotel North with a four foot cake. The town records a wedding, new winter plans, high school work progress, and numerous neighborly visits across Maine towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville P. Milliken
Richmond
Augusta
Hotel North
Mel
New York
Col. Milliken
al Smith Augusta Club
Roland G. Lynn
Roy D. Hodsdon
Lewiston
Milliken
Ralph W. Farris
Mr. Milliken
And
Harvest supper boosts Georgetown League Fund at First Baptist
The Harvest supper by the Working League at First Baptist Church drew a large crowd and added a good sum to the League Fund. Mss Belle Heald led tables with assistants Mrs. W. A. Todd Mrs. B. H. Woodside Miss Ida Lewis and others.
Two Women Serve on Lincoln County Grand Jury
In Lincoln county for the first time two women serve on the Grand Jury. Asa Winslow of North Noblesboro is held for murder in the death by burning of Dennis Morton of North Nobleboro. The jury includes Edson E. Giles as foreman and 16 other members from Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay, Newcastle, Bristol, Nobleboro, Waldoboro, Damariscotta, Jefferson, South Bristol, and Southport. Clarence A. Richards is clerk of courts, W. H. Conforth is reporter, and Harvey R. Pease is county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Asa Winslow
North Nobleboro
Dennis Morton
Morton
Edson E. Giles
Boothbay
Linwood H. Pierce
Damariscotta
Raymond Boston
Boothbay Harbor
Theodore F. Bryer
Fred L. Castle
Jefferson
A. Lincoln Chapman
Nobleboro
Harry S. Colby
Wilder G. Dodge
Newcastle
Lorenzo Feltis
South Bristol
Leon Grover
Wiscasset
James Harding
William G. Kimball
Bristol
W. G. Payson
Southport
C.S. Richards
Everett W. Schuman
Waldoboro
William G. Tibbetts
Fannie B. Weaver
Sadie L. Levansaler
Clarence A. Richards
W. H. Conforth
Auburn
Harvey R. Pease
Personal notes of local residents brief visits and travel
Mrs. Kerwin Butcher has returned from Brookline Massachusetts after a week with her brother Frank Reynolds. LeRoy Lord in Portland re joined family on Washington Street after a weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. John O. Moulton returned from Boston ten days with their daughter Mrs. Wallace Rand. Rand joined them to Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kingsbury plan a trip to see daughter Mrs. Alonzo Parks in Portsmouth and will return with them for their annual vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Card
Mrs. Card
Lapa
Jean
Edith Edgemeee
Ellwood Edgecomb
Augusta
Noah Alexander
William Bibber
Henry Doyle
William Wilson
Byron Ludwig
Lewiston
Robert Dickerman
Boston
N. Paul Tutino
Gardiner
Percy Baker
Loretta Parks
Eben Baker
Arthur Turner
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Clifford Epworth
Kennebec Federation of Epworth League
Fred Temple
Osmon Heater
Sunnapee Lake
N. H
Gladys Temple
Windsor
Lillian Johnson
Mildred Beedle
Belgrade Lakes
Waterville
Margaret Grover
Portland
F. E. White
Herbert Eastman
Seth Watson
Charles Watson
Fair Grounds
Harry Jordan
Bar Harbor
Aroostook
Emeth
Episcopal Church
Scott Tibbetts
Bath
Richmond
William Dingley
Wilson Douglass
Mabel Lancaster
Len Lamoreau
F. E. Preble
Charles Rich
Bangor
Bert Southard
A. R. Palmer
Charles Knight
Litchfield
Garfield Hamilton
Charles W. Porter
Bellows Falls
John Porter
W. M. Dingley
Auburn
Hallowell
Natalie Meserve
Gwendolyn Tarr
Richmond Corner
Enterprise Grange Hall
Durand Aces
Berry
Brunswick
John Dynan
Old Orchard
Marion Blair
Italy Hatch
Gorham Normal School
Harry Duren
Greenfield
Mass
Duren
Viola Duren
George Clouston
Naples
Lawrence Bond
Ida Hosmer
E. E. Durand
New York
William B. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Kerwin Butcher
Park Street
Brookline
Frank Reynolds
LeRoy Lord
Parris
Upper Washington Street
John O. Moulton
Middle Street
Wallace Rand
Walter Kingsbury
Alonzo Parks
Portsmouth
Mrs. Parks
Veteran Golfer Urges Courtesy and Rules for New Players
A Bath veteran urges new golfers to learn the rules and practice courtesy on the links to sustain golf’s popularity. He cites golf’s 500 year history in Europe and its growth to about 4,000,000 players in the U S. He recommends obtaining official rules from Spalding & Bros. or Wright & Ditson. Ex-Alderman Hall returns home after illness. Miss Mary Gibbons leaves for Newton, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Holland
Scotland
England
United States
A. G. Spalding & Bros
New York
Boston
Wright & Ditson
Morse Team Breaks Jinx and Defeats Rockland
Morse defeats Rockland 7 to 0 at Kelley Field breaking a two-year winless streak. Hart sprinted 15 yards for Morse’s touchdown after a third-quarter march from their 40 yard line. Wiggins and Accardi led Rockland’s offense but Morse’s stout defense and Snipe’s backfield work preserved the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Rockland
Kelley Field
Morsebacks
Whitehouse
Paul Hart
Wiggins
Accardi
Lime City
Cutts
Snipe
Gaudet
Hall
Drake
Hallowell
Morse Rockland
Lees
Keakies
Mazzo
Ores Hortons Gb
M. Hall
Crea Ee
Ballings Gaudet
Emery
Sylvester
Burgess
Howe
Fitzgerald
Smith
Rally Day Exercises at People's Church
Rally day exercises were observed by the Sunday school at People's Church. The program featured Opening and school songs, recitations by Katharine Robinson and Pauline Russell, solos by Margaret Anderson and Pauline Russell, readings such as Seen Not Heard and A True Story, and remarks by the pastor. Each student received a rally day souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
Katherine Robinson
Stanley Coleman
Bethany
Gwendolyn Leonard
Edith Nickerson
Pauline Russell
The
Pillars
Gladys Anderson
Stanley Cressey
Margaret Anderson
Ethel
Y. Solo
Mrs Morse to visit Newton guests in Mass
Mrs John A Morse of Summer street travels Tuesday to Newton Massachusetts to spend a week as a guest of friends. Newport Rhode Island residents Harmon W Smith and wife visit the home of his parents Walter and Mrs. Smith at 1299 Washington Street. Bath people Harold Child Jack Conroy Leo Venus and Leslie Wold attended the Bowdoin Tufts game at Brunswick Saturday afternoon. Lieut John A Lord USN and his daughter Frances Lord return to their home on Pear Street after a stint at Charlestown navy yard and Frances teaches in Providence. Maggie Nelson chairs the Odd Ladies installation Friday in their hall with several members to wear white.
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A. E. Small
William Foster
Sarasota
Fla
Paul Stilphen
A. L. Stilphen
Pittston
Georgia Bickford
Gardiner
Charles Walker
Russell Harford
Five Islands
Levi Leathers
Waterville
Eugene Edgecomb
Maria Pottle
Pleasant View Farm
Louise Trott
Farmington Normal School
Lawrence Bond
Augusta
Clark
Wallace Clark
Connecticut
James Kelston
Henry Anderson
Winthrop
Mass
Mary Thistle
Beverly
Harriette Patch
Gardner Street
John Dixon
Harry Tabbs
Elks
Shrine Club
Philip Fryer
National Soldiers’ Home
Togus
Joseph Mansir
South Paris
Herbert Mansir
Grange Hall
St. Ambrose Church
Gertrude Moore
Roland Peterson
Portland
Byron Ludwig
Marion
Mildred Merrill
Merrill
Melvina Borjesson
Thomas’ Borjesson
Lawrence Coughlin
Carrol Young
Augusta General Hospital
John A. Morse
Summer Street
Newton
Harmon W. Smith
Newport
R. I
Walter Smith
Washington Street
Harold Child
Jack Conroy
Leo Venus
Leslie Wold
Bath
Bowdoin Tufts
Brunswick
John A. Lord
U.S.N
Charlestown Navy Yard
Frances Lord
Providence
Pear Street
Maggie Nelson
Annie Lemont
Eva Atwood
Elisha Field
F. H. Day
Norwood
Field
Clayton Rowe
J. E. Blaisdell
Harold Pinkham
Sherman Campbell
Grange
Mattie B. MacMahan
M. B. MacMahan
I. L. Stevens
W. E. Gray
C. A. MacMahan
M. F. MacMahan
Massachusetts
Arabine Gray
Earle Hagan
Georgetown Center
Victor Pinkham
Irvington
N. Y
Joel Avery
Topsham
Esther Worthing
Percy Savage
L. H. Rowe
Kittery
Savage
Walter Savage
Ida Rowe
Lelia
Lila
Mona Campbell
Boston
Lincoln Campbell
William Belanger
George Gray
Iva Cromwell
Ladies Basket Missionary
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association
Montsweag
Mildred Pinkham
T. W. Blaisdell
Woolwich
Isabel Stevens
F. P. Carr
Almon Marr
C. H. Minchen
Alexander Marr
Everett
Marr
J. G. Rowe
Sherbourne Rowe
Edwin Higgins
Medford
Pollyanna Lodge
Charlie Jordan
Auburn
Fred Carr
Grange Library
The
George Floyd
Groton
Ralph Davis
Percy McGillivary
Ada McGillivary
Charles Pinkham
J. A. Folsom
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Vesta Hinckley
Horace Rittall
Orville Rowe
E. S. Billings
Hovey
Mary Louise Pinkham
Irving Leroy Hanna
T. J. Hanna
Russell Edward Harford, Jr
Charlotte Jean Gray
John Herbert McGillivary
Olive Frances
Leon Alton Williams, Jr
Leon Williams
Nola Mattie Belanger
A. E. Holland
Richmond
George Gray Ellsworth Pinkham
M. S. Newdick
Will Field
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
Stevens
D. R. Stevens
Harry Tarr
Islands
Alice Cromwell
Ethelyn Gray
Rissie Carr
Kathryn Rittall
Lena Lewis
Malden
Five Islands celebrates Elisha Field eightieth birthday
Elisha Field marked his eightieth birthday at home with a large cake bearing eighty candles and gifts from Norwood Massachusetts friends. The village reports active daily work by Mr Field and notes numerous social visits, grange events, and community gatherings including a Family Day service and plans for a Halloween stocking social.
Mechanic Street Resident Severely Injured in Rug Fall
Mrs. Charles Blair of Mechanic street slipped on a rug in the dining room and struck the stove, fracturing two ribs. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Reynolds Sr plus daughter Katherine Marks and son Warren S. returned to Bar Harbor after visiting Mrs. Louise Trask. Mr. and Mrs. Perleston Pert have leased the former Beals residence on Mechanic street and will move in with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blair
Mechanic Street
George F. Reynolds Sr
Katherine Marks
Warren S
Bar Harbor
Louise Trask
Liberty Stree
Mrs. Perleston Pert
Upper
Washington Street
Beals
Mr. Pert
Little Brown Church in the Vale Becomes Iowa Marriage Center
The Little Brown Church in Nashua Iowa known from the song becomes a wedding shrine. In one month 143 couples wed at the hand hewn altar setting a new Iowa record. The church funded debt relief with wedding fees and souvenirs totaling 7311 dollars while attracting about 40000 visitors yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Brown Church OF Song Fame
Iowa Marriage Center
Nashua
Iowa
Little Brown
The
Vale
New England
Sons of the Wilderness
J. L. McComson, Jr
W. S. Pitts
J. L. McCorson, Jr
Bath readers urged to share Morse High School housing
A Bath Maine letter-writer defends two Woolwich residents criticizing Morse High School study hours. He argues through historical school-building strain that Bath should provide alternate spaces for high school classes, cites city taxes, and urges use of local venues to ease crowding while supporting two-session days. He appeals to readers with local names and recent civic details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Woolwich
Morse High School
Bath School Board
Bath
City of
Bath Times
Maine
Carlton Bridge
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Mike
Will for Avila P. Valiiere issued in Sagadahoc
John P. Carey of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove a will of Avila P. Valiiere who died October 17 1928 in Bath. Leo Fife of Leominster MA is named as heir at law and executor seeks Letters Testamentary without bonds. Notice ordered to be published in Bath Independent for November 13 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Probnce
Sagadahoc
John P. Carey
Bath
Avila P. Valiiere
Testate
Leo Fife
Leominster
Mass
Son
Adahoc
A. D
Fred H. Thompson
Dad County
Glidden
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Ralph
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Owen McGurty
Victor R. E. Carey
H. P. Richardson
Don O. Cate
Mayford Morris
Roy Dickenson
Pearl Perry
Harold N. Libby
Earl B. Preble
George T. Files
Dwight L. Moody
New Hampshire
Town
K. Adams
E. W. Adams
L. C. Davis
Concord
Marcia Wade
Mary Louise Adams
Sargent School
Cambridge
Harold B. Wade
Elwood W. Smith
Newark N. J
Walter B. Hanson
R. L
William Johnson
Mansfield
Earl Davis
Mary Davis
Leon R. Hawkes
Georgetown
First Baptist Church
Belle Heald
W. A. Todd
B. H. Woodside
Ida Lewis
Alice
Amy Hovey
C. L. Hinkley
Dorothy Stewart
Mrs. Benner
Georgia Randall
Howland
Eagle Hotel
Ralph Reynolds
George F. Oliver
Roger
Augusta Rowe
Ralph Taylor
Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Albert Taylor
Billerica
H. G. Heald
David Nason
Harry Heald
William Todd
Ralph Scott
Heald
Mr. Todd
Seward E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Jack
Lima
Ohio
Harry Horne
Chester
Haggett
Abbie Reynolds
Pine Island
F. W. Hovey
Womans’ Missionary Society of
W. C. Todd
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Joseph Higgins
Todd
Warren
Trenton
N. J
Roscoe
Gettysburg
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Herbert L. Hall
Mary S. Gibbons
Jinx
People's Church
the Vale
Pitts
Dr. Barry
Wilson
Beacon Street
Dummer Street
Edward Street
Texas
Winter Street
Episcopal
Central Church
Old Rope Walk
West Bath
Armory Hall
Music Hall
City of Bath
Wheaton
Bath High School
Samuel Valentine Cole
Edward E. Bairy
Albert Thompson
Central Maine Power Co
Arthur Wright
Henry C. Wright
Lawrence Putnam
Sagadahoc Ferry