Richmond Area Guests and Visits Highlight Town News
Richmond residents and visitors from Portland to Boston gathered for reunions and social events. Local figures such as Mrs. Cora Blair and Miss Loretta Parks attended the 1879 class reunion, while townsfolk hosted travelers from Bath and Denver. Trips to the White Mountains and Atlantic coastal guests were noted along with university and military affiliations.
Chance for industries to use surplus power in Bath
An Independent letter urges Bath leaders to attract new industries using surplus electric power. The writer proposes near coastal plants for marine and air product manufacturing, seaplanes, and flying boats to capitalize on markets from Portland to New York, Bermuda, and beyond. Potential sites and three vacant plant complexes are noted to absorb power, reduce transport costs, and boost local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
the Independent
Middle West
Atlantic Coast Line
Kennebec River
Portland
Boston
New York
Bermuda
Cuba
Islanders News Roundup Breezy Weekend Activities
Newton resident Shirley Pollard and fiance Natalie Hodgdon spent a summer week at Keen and Mrs J s cottage. Many families moved between Bath Milford and Malden cottages while friends visited from Boston and Worcester. The Lewiston Fair debate continues as Maine towns weigh a state fair plan. The Argosy carries 4200 tons of Scandinavian baled pulp bound for Portland by Sept 4. Elizabeth McGrath and Phyllis Wright visited Sabine. R L Sprague vacationed in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Pollard
Newton
Mass
Natalie Hodgdon
Keen
Winnifred
Susan Briggs
Fred. Reid
Bath
A. E. Holland
Emily Ladd
Key West
Florida
Florida, Who Has Been Visiting Mrs. Reid In Bath. W. L. Berry
Arthur Berry
Waterville
Paul A. Thompson
N. H
Elizabeth Cromwell
Melvin Palmer
William Palmer
Clark
Miss Clark
New York
Nettie Snowman
Robert Hodgdon
Myrtle
June Lewis
Malden
Guy MacVicar
Wellesley
Evelyn Magro
Melvin Harford
Russell Harford
Herbert Moore
Belmont
T. W. Blaisdell
Woolwich
Theresa Carr
Topsham
Fred Carr
Alton Reed
Roscoe Edwards
Burton
George W. Bleu
Watertown
Mary O’connor
Arlington
Carey Cottage
Proctor Hagan
Mark
Russell Boynton
Malden Island
Chicago
Robert Thompson
Delbert MacMahan
Leon Williams
Waltham
George Ainley
Marion Ainley
Cambridge
William Belanger
Belanger
Vernon Gray
Thomas Scott
Moses Rowe
Grange Hall
Isabel Stevens
Local family notes from Middle Street weekend visits
Mrs. Margaret Morrill and her sons Francis Morrill and Holden Wright spent the weekend at the home of her daughter Mrs. Edgar W. Sampson in Phillips. The Misses Lucy Coombs Helen Hartwell and John Carey with Charles Heath attended a Lakewood performance of Companionate Marriage. Melba Marilyn Wright and Holden Wright Jr returned to Holden Wright’s home in Saratoga Springs Monday. Mr and Mrs James Lord and grandchildren Geraldine Edward James and Marion McGuiggan of Lower Middle Street left Sunday for Brockton Massachusetts to visit relatives and spent a few days in Gloucester.
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Les
Seattle
Wash
Ada Fogg
Portland
Merlin Joy
Merrill Farron
EB. F. Pra
Leavitt
Solo
A. E. Small
America
Alice Wedge
Katherine
Frank Stevens
Bethel
Irene Clark
Boston
Wallace N. Price
Augusta
John Allen
Floyd White
Salt Lake City
Ruth Curran
Phenete
North New Portland
Charles E. Hewett
Charles E. Hewett, Jr
Bath
Fred Horvath
Detroit
Mich
Pleasant Street
Lee Beedle
Lillian Johnson
Evelyn Yeaton
Mildred Beedle
Canada
Perley Wedge
Walter James
Harvey Burse
Mr. Waltz
Perley’‘Wedge, Jr
White Mountains
Raymond Blair
Berlin
A. G. Preble
Bridgeport
Cond
Clifford Carif
Mary Kidder
Orange
N. J
Ida Hosmer
Ernest Harford
Harold Harford
Russell Malroy
George Harford
Margaret Morrill
Francis Morrill
Holden Wright
Middle Street
James Lord
Geraldine
Edward
James
Marion McGuiggan
Lower Middle Street
Brockton
Mass
Glouceser
Maine
Hood Church
Herbert Laskey
F. A. Laskey
Little Sheepscot
Massachusetts
Oscar Jones
Robinhood
Richmond
Rodd
Hasbrook Heights
West Georgetown
First Baptist
Five Islands
First Baptist Church
Althea Loveitt
Ocean Park
Baptist School of Methods
Carl Williams
Bristol
Conn
Barre
Paul Wren
Dean
F. G. Wren
Kennebec Point
Alex Cunningham
Jefferson
Grace Ward Stevens
Topsham
John R. Blackie
Mr. Pelley
Lisbon
Nadine Spein
New York
Friedman Place
Dentist’s Denture Cleaning Method Endorsed by Expert
Eminent dentist urges daily thorough cleaning for denture wearers and removable bridges to prevent bacterial growth and bad breath. A special Plate Brush and Platicene cleaner are recommended, with Depyre Laboratories offering a free sample.
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Artificia
Leeth
St. Poctiana
Maine
Capt Traf Knight of Georgetown Dies at 93
Capt Traf Knight veteran seaman and farmer in Georgetown and Lisbon area died after weeks ill. Born in Peru, he lived most of his life at sea before retiring 35 years ago. Survived by sister Miss Georgia Knight, funeral at First Baptist church in Georgetown with interment in Oak Cemetery. Community mourns the kindly naval captain who helped neighborhood kids and locals alike.
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Bath City Hospital
Knight
Peru
Eben
Elizabeth Knight
Georgetown
Lisbon
Ater
Georgia Knight
Capt. Knight
Capt. Traf
Capt
Traf
Frank W. Hovey
First Baptist Church
Oak Cemetery
Consecration Service for Gift to Grace Church
A brass font ewer given by Mrs Emma McL Duncan in memory of her aunt Mrs Clara Kendrick Patten was consecrated at Grace church on Sunday morning by Rev Charles M Tubbs. The Gorham Manufacturing Co produced the brass piece bearing a sacred monogram to accompany the marble baptismal font donated last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma McL. Duncan
Clara Kendrick Patten
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Gorham Manufacturing Co
Providence
R. I
Duncan
Patten
Mrs Loring Smith and Kin Die in White Mountains Trip
Mrs Loring Smith her daughters Natie and Janeta and son Howell Mrs John Tyler and Miss Muriel Spinney died Sunday during a visit to the White Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Smith
Natalie
Janeta
Howell
John Tyler
Muriel Spinney
White Mountains
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Sandy Kingsbury
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Arthur
Ther
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Banks Preble
Laura Lewis
Carl Dixon
Edward P. Favor
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Aroostook County
Richard Maloy
Gardiner
Russell Maloy
Son Harford
Ralph Homer
Ora Reed
Nettie Umberhind
Lyte Lint
Everett Kincade
Tbra Tarter
Bertha
New Hampshire
Charles Foster
Zoe Barnes
Leafy Honiker
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Eleanor Meisner
Eugene Edgecomb
Norman Kelley
Brewer
Ann
Leslie. Roberts
Wilson
Greenville
Lester W. Porter
Minnie A. Walker
Yarmouth
Elizabeth Symonds
Taunton
A. A. Ring
Frank Connor
Jean Edgecomb
Boston American
Kendall Pratt
Spellman Nancy
Cohasset
Minnie Waldron
Frank Preble
Frances Preble
Boothbay
Capitol Island
Fred Stilphen
Russell King
Amy Bradley
U V
Legion Hall
Arthur Pratt
Ruth
Seth Watson
Charles Stilphen
Louise
Doris
Denver
Col
H. L. Stilphen
Main Street
Clarence Strout
Harry E. Williams
Brunswick
Arthur W. Walker
Ill
Richmond High School
Richmond High School Alumni Association
Methodist
Cora Blair
Maria Haynes Pottle
Loretta Parks
Eliza Sturtevant Condon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Randall J. Condon
Denmark
Sarah A. Alexander
Elizabeth Scott
Mary L. Rowe
Frank Alexander
Alumni Association
Frederick Howard
William Haynes
Haynes
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Dr. Carter
Carter
Charles A. Corliss
Androscoggin County
Lewiston Fair
Elizabeth McGrath
Upper Washington Street
Phyllis Wright
Marshall Avenue
Sabine
Mrs. R. L. Sprague
Washington Street
Wek
Bangor
Trafton Knight
Francis Oliver
Brother James
Clarence Oliver
Jette Sarri
Springfield
New Meadows
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Little River
W.C. Todd
Roscoe P. Todd
Leon E. Oliver
Thomas Phillips
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Carrol Powers
Frank Heald
Belle Heald
Harry Heald
W. A. Todd
Earle Hagan
Thomas Hagan
Dorothy Hagan
Dorothy Oliver
W. V. Cummings
Joseph Higgins
Roy Newman
Edward Wren
Harry Horne
Georgia Randall
Howard Fletcher
John Thibodeau
H. M. Trafton
Arthur Rowe
Laura Horton
Dayton Hunt
Charles Hunt
Everett, Mass
Laura Loyd
Hillsboro
Bayside
Bes
Marref
Nene
Trafton
Rowe
New Britain
Ralph Scott
Joseph Stevens
T. N. Williams
Percy Savage
Edith Treat
Germantown
Alice Scott
Central Maine Power Co
W. S. Wyman
B. Skelton
Power Companies
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