Richmond News Highlights Local Life and Moves
Mrs. George E. Dennett returns home after surgery at Frances Watson nursing home. Mr. Lester Harriman becomes Richmond High principal, moving to Randlette house. Community outings, births, visits from relatives, trips to Bath and Portland, and birthdays noted. Benjamin McCollar dies at 83 on South Pleasant Street. multiple residents hosting guests and visiting friends across Maine and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Dennett
South Pleasant Street
Frances Watson Nursing Home
Lester B. Harriman
Randlette House
North Front Street
Harriman
Richmond High School
Cornish
Methodist
Peacock Lavern
Pleasant Pond
Arthur Christianson
Portland
Frances Watson
Center Street
Richmond
Lawrence A. Bond
Barbara
Lawrence, Jr
George A. Clouston
Naples
Thomas Nelson
Aijice Morton
Boothbay
A. A. Williams
Hazel Bennett
Eva Cooper
Waterville
Chester M. Carr
William D. Phelps
Cambridge
Mass
Densmore
William H. Bailey
Haverhill
Stanley Card
Maine Street
Glenn R. Asplin
Royal Oak
Mich
Charles B. Sinden
Wallace Griffin
Charles Griffin
George Chase
Randolph
Muriel Chase
Leona Hathaway
Warren Chase
Gardiner
Ben Perce
Winthrop
Dot Shaw
Augusta
Pemaquid
Charles E. Hewitt
Bath
Earl Preble
Lilly Sherburne
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Burnell
Robert Wyman
Pleasant View Farm
Mabel McFee
Earl McFee
Helen Carroll
Mt. Desert Island
Lucerne-in-Maine
Bangor
Maine
Fort Fairfield
Betty Wilson Rogers
Philip and
Evelyn Rogers
Hamstead
New York
Fred L. Rogers
Front Street
George C. DeMott
Southard
Adelaide Morrison
South Boston
Russell M. Raymond
Framingham
Henry Branner
Adelaide Newman
Newark
N. J
Katherine McAllister
Margaret
Dorchester
James Tarr
Houston
George Dixon
Charlotte
Holliston
Harold Champlain
Putnam, Conn
Ernest H. Stewart
FE. O. Tarr
Arthur Chase
Manchester
N. H
Kate Smith
Bowdoinham
Achsah Purington
Lawrence. Foster
Beverly
Leah Littlefield
W. M. Dingley
Mebel Lancaster
John Clark
Auburn
Bingham
Mathew Lord
Lawrence
Alfred
Maine News Notes Parke Davis Held on Larceny Charges
Parke W. Davis of Worcester Massachusetts arrested as a fugitive from justice faced Augusta Municipal Court where his hearing was continued for one week. He waived extradition and was remanded to Kennebec County jail pending Massachusetts police arrival. J F Cushing of Dorchester was discharged on reckless driving after five witnesses testified regarding a hit and run in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parke W. Davis
Worcester
Mass
Henry MacCabe
J. F. Cushing
Washington Street
Dorchester
Annie Tarr
Elm Street
Kings Corner
Biddeford
Guy E. Durgin
Ralph Hawkes
Louis B. Lausier
Cushing
Pest Scenes In Maine And A New Secretarial School
Roaches terrorize Sanford and crickets swarm Augusta homes while bees populate Lewiston buildings signaling pest issues in Maine. A 100 year old churn grows a geranium over 215 feet tall with 92 red bloom clusters at East Pittston. Oak Grove Seminary in Vassalboro will open a new school Sept 16 led by Alta Emily Porter with assistants Margaret Mostriam and Julia Brown for intensive secretarial training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Augusta
Lewiston
Maine
George F. Carver
Old Homestead
East Pittston
Oak Grove Seminary
Vassalboro
Alta Emily Porter
Skowhegan
Wheaton College
Katherine Gibbs
Margaret Mostriam
Wareham
Mass
Julia Brown
Farmington Normal
Columbia University
Five Islands Grange Receives Gifted Library Books
Miss E I Chandler of Brook Inc donated a large box of books to the Five Islands library. The gift boosts winter reading as residents report heavy summer checkouts and steady patronage with up to 50 books borrowed in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
E. I. Chandler
Brook- Inc
Chandler
Edith Pinkham
Alexander Marr and Son
Everett
Mass
J. G. Rowe
Howard B. Hawley
Winchester
Lewis Cottage
Five Islands
F. H. Hovey
R. N. Tuller
R. N. Tuller, Jr
Springfield
Harry Knowlton
Malcolm Libby
Boston
J. C. Briggs
Susan Briggs
Arthur Wilson
Olive
Hope
Batt
Charles Hanna
William Renaud
Bath
Charles Moore
Webster Harley
Milford
N. H
E. A. Freeman
E. C. Higgins
Medford
Higgins
Fred Johnson
Waltham
Johnson
Leo Dutton
Hartley Harley
William Gage
Augusta
F. M. Reid
Carrie
Isabel Stevens
L. D. Moulton
New York City
West Bath Grange Resumes Meetings
West Bath Grange held its first meeting since July on Monday night. The program included poems, readings, an auto contest, a Q&A game, a roll call spelling, and group singing led by local members. They will skip Labor Day and resume September 14 with a clam stew supper and ritual quotes by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Eva J. Lemont
Ella J. Douglas
Iola Worrey
Eleanor MacDonald
Joanna Hodgkins
Pomona
f@range
Agnes Wright
Daisy Oliver
Bessie Snow
Annie Henderson
Notable Local Visits And College Notices
Personal notes recount visits and travels of residents and friends. W Dayton Hill and William Hepburn returned from Boston after golf at famed courses. Families and guests visited Boothbay HarborOcean Point and Damariscotta. Miss Ruth Gilman vacationing with Mrs. Emma Jewell. Dorothy White attended Lisbon Falls High alumni reunion. Ilene Bowker visiting sister in Lewiston. Nassan Institute student to enter sophomore year. Bates college chapel event marks upcoming wedding of Stanley Fisher and Dorothy M. Haskell with Paul Chesley in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dayton Hill
Middle Street
William Hepburn
Portland
Boston
Nathan E. Coffin
N. Elwood, Jr
Flossie M. Beals
Park Street
John J. Dannenfeld
Battle Creek
Mich
Boothbay Harbor
Ocean Point
Damariscotta
Ruth Gilman
Natick
Mass
Emma Jewell
Washington Street
Gilman
William McLaughlin
Robbins Street
Dorothy White
Harry White
Summer Street Court
Francis Christopher
Lisbon Falls
Lisbon Falls High Alumni Association
Ilene Bowker
Afton Bowker
Lower Washington Street
Alfred Cannon
Lewiston
Miss Bowker
Nassan Institute
Stanley Fisher
Walpole
Dorothy M. Haskell
Paul Chesley
New York
Bates College
Fisher
Morse High School
Chesley
Bates
Red Cross to Revisit Fifty Years of Service in Maine
Walter Davidson leads Red Cross regional conferences in Saco and Augusta on September 10 and 11 to examine problems and opportunities after half a century of service. Speakers include Miss Malinde Havey and H J Hughes. governors, mayors, and chapter leaders will join in sessions and a Gardiner tea at the Blaine mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Davidson
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Congregational Church
Saco
State House
Augusta
Carroll Beedy
Robert Hale
Maine State Conference of Social Workers
Malinde Havey
Nation
H. J. Hughes
National Headquarters
Lee Hanchett
Lewiston-Auburn
J. G. Deering
York County
Richard R. Armstrong
Biddeford
William R. Pattangall
Nursing Activities
William Tudor Gardiner
John D. Fernald
Robert Cony
Gardiner
Blaine Mansion
Maine
Alice Homer
Portland
Ward R. Clarke
Cymbrid Hughes
An American Tragedy at Bath Opera House Sept 10-11
Theodore Creiger presents Paramount’s An American Tragedy on the Bath stage. Lead cast includes Phillips Holmes Sylvia Sidney Frances Dee Irving Pichel and Lucille La Verne. Josef Von Sternberg directs Dreiser tale of Clyde Griffiths and Roberta Alden amid a crushing, pivotal plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Creiger
Paramount
Bath Opera House
Phillips Holmes
Sylvia Sidney
Frances Dee
Irving Pichel
Lucille la Verne
Clyde Griffiths
Roberta Alden
Josef von Sternberg
Dreiser
Montsweag 4-H Club Reports Active Meetings and Elections
Montsweag 4-H Club met at leader Albert Bailey's home on August 27 with seven boys and five parents. Samuel Soule won the blue ribbon in a potato judging contest. Pred Grover resigned the presidency and Samuel Soule was elected to succeed him at the August 31 meeting. A September 10 meeting is planned at Fred Souis's home. Evelyn Howe Lord, new special 4-H agent, will lead demonstrations for the boys and girls clubs on September 4, with girls to meet at 3 30 and boys at 1 30. The workers aim to keep all members active and engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Albert Bailey
Evelyn Howe Lord
Ellsworth
Samuel Soule
Alton Berry
Pred Grover
Fred Souis
Lord
Hancock County
Patrolman McLaughlin Grows Largest Cornstalk in Town
William E. McLaughlin, city treasurer’s office constable, grows a 10 ft 6 in tall cornstalk with 5% inch base diameter at his Robbins Street garden. He reports two ears on the monster stalk and expects to need a step ladder to harvest the last of his crop as neighbors watch daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. McLaughlin
Robbins Street
McLaughlin
Bill
McGrath Family Back Home After New York Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles A McGrath and daughter Dorothy of Neponset Mass returned home after visiting Mrs Eugene McGrath in Washington Street and staying with Mr and Mrs Harry Larrabee in Boothbay. They enjoyed an automobile trip through New York State during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. McGrath
Dorothy
Neponset
Mass
Bassing
Eugene McGrath
Washington Street
Boothbay
Harry Larrabee
New York State
Georgetown Social Notes Bury 150th Baptist Anniversary
Georgetown briefs list numerous local visitors and guests at homes and churches. Mentions include families from Richmond, Portland, Brooklyn, and New Canaan. The First Baptist church marked its 150th anniversary with weekly August services and special music led by Rev Roy M. Trafton and others.
Two sedans damaged in collision Monday
Franklin sedan driven by Roscoe G. Bailey tax assessor collided with a Studebaker bank sedan driven by William Levine son of Sam Levine on Lincoln and Oaks streets Monday evening. Bailey pulled onto Lincoln from Oak and started to turn south after stopping. The Levine car carried Mrs. Levine and William’s brother. both cars sustained minor damage. City Marshal Walter L. Whitney investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Roscoe G. Bailey
William Levine
Sam _ Levine
Center Street
Lincoln
Oaks Streets
Mr. Bailey
Oak Street
Levine
Studebaker
Walter L. Whitney
Mrs Nutting Visits Bath for Weekend With Bailey Family
Mrs. O. C. Nutting of Bar Harbor spent the weekend in Bath with her mother Mrs. Lincoln Bailey residing at 111 Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Nutting
Bar Harbor
Bath
Lincoln Bailey
Bedford Street
Rotary Luncheon Highlights Evangeline Country Trip Description
Father Manty shared an informal recount of a July auto trip to Nova Scotia and Quebec with 1823 miles logged along routes through the Bay of Fundy Gaspe Peninsula and Montreal. Dignitaries and Rotarians heard of ferry crossings, shrine visits, and the St. Lawrence crossing while noting Sept conclave dates at Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Manty
Hotel Phoenix
Nova Scotia
St. John
Bay of Fundy
Dogby
Halifax
Annapolis Valley
Land of Evangeline
Kentville
Truro
Moncton
Gaspe Peninsula
Riviere du Loup
St. Lawrence River
Murray Bay
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ste. Ann d'Beaupre
Quebec
Montreal
Father Maney
Sherbrooke
Derby Line
Sebasco Estates
Oakhurst Dairy
Carl Kennedy
H. E. Robinson
Gardiner
Dick Vose
Cambridge
Mitchell C. Arcl
Keene, N. H
Bath Club
John Conti
Sheriff Henderson
Rotary
Lakewood
Residents Return from Summer. Community Notices
Miss Helen Hartwell resumes duties at New England Tel and Tel after a two week vacation. Rev David L Wilson returns from Frenchboro to his home Thursday. Miss Edna Hallowell, Farmington Normal 1931, will teach in Danforth this year. Families attend Victor Soule Fuller funeral in Livermore Falls. Multiple local residents take trips, visits, and returns from vacations including Aroostook County and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hartwell
New England Tel. and
Tel. Co
David L. Wilson
Frenchboro
Outer Long Island
Edna Hallowell
Farmington Normal
Danforth
Walter Norton
Herbert
Carrie
Livermore Falls
Victor Soule Fuller
Robert B. Hatch
Warren Hawley
Aroostook County
Charles E. Hughes
Belmont
Mass
Annie E. Foote
Bedford Street
Hughes
Boston
Blair Wilson
Georges Lake
Liberty
Middle Street
George Green
Island Falls
Bath
Fitz Fatin
Front Street
Julian S. Mason
New York Evening Post
Small Point Beach
Ada Y. Greenblatt
M.H.S
Washington Street
Silverlake
Billerica
Leonard D. Norsworthy
Elizabeth
Washington, D. C
Elsie Folsom
John A. Comeau
East Weymouth
Mary Comeau
Meadow Way
Canada
Miss Comeau
Riverside
Notice of Upholsterer John H. Morsely Job Change
Mr John H Morsely formerly with Jordan Marsh Co Boston has entered the employ of a new upholstery position after two decades with his former employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Morsely
Jordan Marsh Co
Boston
One Grade Crossing Will Be Eliminated in 1931
The Montsweag crossing near Camden will be removed as a new Woolwich to Wiscasset road cut and overhead bridge near completion. Three Camden men Joseph A. Marshall Harry Walker and Sherman Mitchell died in the January 3 accident. the project aims to finish the long new road by October with concrete works in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Camden
Joseph A. Marshall
Harry Walker
Sherman Mitchell
Marshall
Walker
Mitchell
Bath City
Bath Young Man Marries in Cambridge Ceremony
Miss Bertha DuPont of Gorham New Hampshire married Warren Dain Oliver of Bath in a single ring ceremony at Christ's Church Cambridge Massachusetts conducted by Rev Robert W Fay. The couple will reside in Boston where Oliver is a lawyer with Herrick Smith Donald Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bertha DuPont
Gorham
N. H
Warren Dain Oliver
Christ’s Church
Cambridge
Mass
Robert W. Fay
A. Thomas DuPont
Gorham High School
South
Sabine
Wilbur C. Oliver
Union Street
Petlock Returns Home After Weekend With Family
Lows Petlock came back to Mattapan on Sunday from a weekend with Mrs. Petlock and daughter Sylvia at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Nathan Petlock located at 22 Franklin street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lows Petlock
Mattapan
Petlock
Sylvia
Nathan Petlock
Franklin Street
Dog retrieves lost golf balls on Shore Acres course
Everett Palmer head of Palmer Engine Co. owns a brown spaniel famed as a golf ball retriever at Shore Acres. The dog works the rough to find balls discarded out of bounds and carries them to Palmer, avoiding balls in play, gathering many balls in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Palmer
Palmer Engine Co
Sebasco
Shore Acres
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Dresden
McCollar
Ellen McCollar
Henry
Daniel Doyle
Bertha Simmons
R. E. Levasseur
Mildred Hinkley
Htr
James Sencabough
Whitman
Bertha Sencabough
Reginald Emmons
Belgrade Lakes
John Totman
Lena Baker
Brockton
Minnie Waldron
Martha Totman
Bertie Emerson
T. E. Hilton
William Miller
Harriett Farrier
William Thurlow
Forest Yeaten
Ora Yeaten
Leona Hinkley
Horace Hinkley
Pauline Darrah
Camp Kehagon
Hardwick
Ora Reed
Lyte Lint
Laura Reimick Capp
Kennedy Court
Esther Millett
Milhousmi
Miss Capp
Perley Wedge
Enoch Tomlinson
Byron Ludwig
John Parker
George
Spring Cove
Melvin Curtis
Danvers
Philip Nardini
Leon Ladd
Western Carver
Hinkley
Clarence Dearborn
Monmouth
Mr. Hinkley
George Hinkley
Richmcnd
Elmer Purington
Wallace Rideout
L. A. Rideout
Doris McKenney
R. E. Neuberg
William Cressey
Mary Brooks
Edward Morse
Freeman
Lynn
William Gott
Eva Fulton
Claire and
Bruce
Emma Cromwell
Evelyn
Susan Jane Perkins
Corliss Street
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Maine News Notes
Eastern Area
Montsweag 4-H Club
Georgetown
Harry Tarr
Thomas Blaisdell
Harry L. Horne
Walter V. Cummings
Paul Davis
Emile Beaucage
Jefferson
Alex Cunningham
Augusta Rowe
Edward Wren
Ernest Curtis
Wendell Todd
Salem
Harold Miller
Melrose
Curtis
Harry Horne
Chester
Norway
Dean Frank Wren
Tufts College
Kennebec Point
Arthur S. Rowe
Viola Buzzo
Conn
Rowe
Elizabeth Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Georgia Randall
Roscoe P. Todd
Dorothy Oiliver
Joseph F. Higgins
Shirley N. C. Hicks
Ruth Hicks
William A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
John L. Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Stearns Burgess
Smerville
Howard Trafton
Loris Trafton
Lena Donnell
Charles Bailey
First Baptist Church
Georgetown First Baptist Church
Ben
Roy M. Trafton
Leominster
F. W. Hovey
Grace
Amy
Alice
MacMahan Island
Frank Hovey
Ocean Park
S. W. Browne
Northwood
Hovey
Amy Hovey
School of Methods
Arthur Todd
Lisbon
Lena Spinney
Brunswick
Jennie Todd
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Dalrymple
Smith
E. D. Marsh
Rutland
W. G. Marsh
Jamaica
Roscoe P. Tedd
William A. Tedd
B. H. Woodside
Dorothy Oliver
Warren S. Todd
William Farnsworth
F. H. Snow
Pine Point
New Canaan
Seguin
Popham Beach
Phippsburg
William Steadman
Bath City Hospital
Charles Mains
G. C. Heater
Katherine Heater
Carlton Heater
Great Neck
E. S. Field
Popham
H. G. Heald
Emmy Lou Hill
Pottsville
Walter B. Hill
Bath Savings Institution
Timothy C. Maney
F. H. Whalen
Pearl Street
Gorham, N. H
A. C. Cross
Piano Tuner
Bath Savings Institution Bldg
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