Richmond Gossip Notes Local Visits and Travel
Richmond residents share visits and travels with friends in Ansonia Augusta Boston and Bath. Families move relate illness and care at home while gatherings at Swan Island and Bay Point reflect a busy social scene across Maine and nearby states.
Augustus Perow Dies After Ill Health in Maine
Augustus Perow aged 51, longtime figure in Maine and New Hampshire insurance, died Wednesday morning at his home 967 Middle Street after a prolonged illness. A Bath native, he previously ran a business college and served as court stenographer, later as private secretary to Mayor J. Edward Drake and for ten years as special agent for Northern Assurance Co. and London Scottish. He leaves a wife, four sons, two daughters, two brothers and a sister, all in or near Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Perow
Maine
New Hampshire
Middle Street
Bay Point
Mr. Perow
Times
Front Street
J. Edward Drake
Drake
Northern Assurance Co
London & Scottish Assurance Co
Perow
Knights of Pythias
Masonic
Colonial Club
Grace Church
Bath
Benjamin Perow
Lawrence E
Augustus Jr
Alfred G
Joseph B. Perow
Beatrice
Mildred Perow
William
San Francisco
New York
Alice Morse
Skelton Elected Colonial Director at September Meeting
William L. Skelton was elected a director of the Colonial club to fill the unexpired term of the late Harry D. Hall at the September meeting. A golf tournament and field day at Sebasco were approved for next Sunday. A billiard exhibition series with seven players runs Sept. 25 to Jan. 22, 1936 with Bath club room dates listed. Franklin W. Morse gained membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Skelton
Colonial Club
Harry D. Hall
Sebasco
Dwight W. Pierce
F. A. Winchenbach
John McCole
Albert McMann
Bath
James Caras
George Spear
Ruth McGinnis
Joe Procita
Allen Hall
George Kelley
Willie Hoppe
Summer visitors and locals share leisure at Robinhood
Georgetown area residents and guests spent the weekend at Summer homes and cottages in Robinhood and West Georgetown. People from Bath Needham Bristol and Lewiston joined long-time locals for visits, repairs, and social events including a costume dance at Overlook Kennebec Point and Sunday gatherings with family and friends.
Gunning rules eased for Bath sportsmen in Merrymeeting Bay
A Bath sportsman with an amended Migratory Game Bird Laws interpretation says about two thirds of Merrymeeting Bay will be gunable this fall under Regulation 3. Ducks may be shot within 100 feet of natural growth protruding above water, and gunning floats are allowed within the restricted area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath
United States Biological Survey
Washington
Four Cyclists From Boston Ride to Maine Coast
Four cyclists from Cambridge to Boston stop at Columbia hotel in Bath on a Maine coast tour. Henry Olken and Dr. Harry Olken with Francis Kensley and Arthur Elliot travel Bangor to Portland then Bath, Searsport, Warren, Alfred, and Gloucester with plans for a Youth Hostel style group and camping loops along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Boston
Columbia Hotel
Portland
Henry Olken
Harry G. Olken
Cambridge
Francis C. Kensley
Belmont
Arthur L. Elliot
Somerville
Searsport
Warren
Bath
Alfred
Gloucester
Mass
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mr. Olken
Germany
England
Scribner Joins Portland Law Firm After Bath Background
Fred C. Scribner Jr. join Cook Hutchinson Pierce Connell in Portland on Sept 1. He is son of Fred C. Scribner Sr. of Portland and Bath, recently married Barbara Curtis Merrill, daughter of Mrs. Philip H. James. Ceremony at St. Luke's Cathedral. Scribner Harvard Law grad. Barbara attended Waynflete and La Marjolaine. Junior League member. couple residing on Cape Shore. Holiday guests at Columbia Hotel include S A Tucker Barrows Boston and many others from New England and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Whitney
Ansonia
Brysofs
Beedle Road
George Yeaton
Boston
Mabel
Muriel Burgess
Providence
R. I
Helena Naylor
Ray Lavalette
East Pittston
Bryson
Carl Curtis
Lytle Lint
Mabel B. Price
Gardiner
Mary Baker
Laura
Bingham
William Thurlow
F. J. Converse
Woburn
Mass
Richard Derby
Swan Island
Charles Kennedy
South Lancaster
C. B. Kennedy
Minnie Drinkwater
Melrose
Myrton Raynes
Goshen Road
Cooper Farm
Pitts Center Road
Epworth League
Laura Martin
Philip
Lynn
Pleasant View Farm
F. W. Barron
Main and
Beach Streets
B. B. Douglas
H. A. Ebbs
Joseph
Malden
Ida Oliver
Marilla Tarr
Portland
Leslie Southard
Fort McKinley
Town
Joseph Whitmore
Fairfield
Arthur Dickey
Bath
Fred Weymouth
Hildred Weymouth
Jane Welch
Everett Hatch
Josephine E. Porter
Freeport
Alice M. Hovey
Flora Shepard
Milton
June Hunter
Topsham
E. F. Pratt
Pleasant Street
Alton Steele
George Kimball
Bangor Fair
M. D. Desjardins
F. M. Morton
Swampscott
Ida Hebbard
Myrtle Gordon
Lela Douglass
Presque Isle
Mildred Spaulding
Mattie Siegars
Ocean Point
Bessie Greenleaf
Gertrude Greenleaf
Sarah Hitchcock
Stella Corliss
Florida
Clair Farnham
Lewiston
Ethel Witham
Ruel Witham
John Coughlin
Mr. Coughlin
Sarah Coughlin
Fred C. Scribner, Jr
Fred C. Scribner
Cook, Hutchinson, Pierce & Connell
Scribner
Emma Cheltra
Barbara Curtis Merrill
Philip H. James
Oakley C. Curtis
Maine
St. Luke's Cathedral
Harvard Law School
Five Islands summer visitors contribute to Grange library
Five Islands residents continued charity and exchange in the Grange library scene. The Five Islands Improvement Association gave five dollars toward new books and individuals donated volumes from Anne Read of Kennebec Point and others. Read added two more books including In Beautiful Japan and Just Cats. A variety of neighbors from MacMahan Island and Bath to Lincoln and Georgetown shared visits, cottage stays, and summer departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Five Islands
Joseph Lincoln
Miss Smith
F. M. Kingsbury
Frank Packard
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Edna Ferber
Frances Riach
S. M. Cubbage
Baltimore
Eugene Hall
West Acton
Hall Cottage
Ledgemere Road
Guy MacVicar
Winchester
Mass
Leon Williams
Waltham
Bath
Bod Yeo
George Yeo
Ted
Ruth Hall
Sedgemere Road
Maud Priest
Carrie Aubach
Camp Arden
Lewiston
Allston
T. M. Hagan
Georgetown
Friends
E. M. Horton
Frederick Pope
Lakeland
Fla
M. Cubbage
Harold Rowe
Harold, Jr
Carl
Kittery
George E. Dash
Cincinnati
Dash
Thorne Island
Gilbert Lewis
J. A. Folsom
Leon
Augusta
Charles Hinckley
Quincy
Viola Hinckiev
A. E. Holland
Fred M.reid
Seguinland
Clayton MacMahan
Somerville
Frank MacManan
A. W. Butler
Lincoln
Butler
Harry Daugherty
Betty Daugherty
Lloyd Daugherty
Zack Raugh
Bellevue
Harry Greenlaw
Cambridge
Robinson
Harmon’s Harbor
John Finlayson
Quimby Cottage
Lena Higgins
Herbert
Wilmington
Frank MacMahan
Lucille
Howard
Boothbay
Woodrow Johnson
Boston
Sterling Cottage
Harmon's Harbor
John Hinds
Walter Prosser
Joanne
Pejepsect
Nellie Reid
Hinds
Eric
Harry Pearson
T. E. Cromwell
Whitefield
James MacMahan
Summer Cottage Social Notes From The Seacoast Area
Frederick Pope joins Mrs. Pope after a Lake land Florida visit while several others return to homes in Cambridge Bath Storr Conn and Arlington. Town summer residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Miss Bright Miss Bartlett Mr. Rowe and Rev. Shoepfer are noted with travel, visits, and a sermon on rebuilding broken down walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Pope
Lakeland
Fla
Pope
S. M. Cubbage
Milford
N. H
Ethel Dunton
NM. H
Hettley Harley
Seguinsand
Donald Kenney
Frerett Cromwel
Bath
Alexander Henderson
Arlington
Mass
Mary Bright
Lexington
Frank Biggins
Elliott Lunn
Providence
R. J
Marjorie Bartlett
New York
F. P. Bertlett
Sedgemere Road
Storr
Conn
L. H. Rowe
Rowe
Nas
Leslie Ainley
Ms. Ainley
Virginia
Cambridge
Ainley
C. A. MacMahan
Elbridge Southard and Son
Malden
George Hennan
Everett
Five Islands
D. L. Howard
Illinois
Stoughton
Walter Shoepfer
Orchardist Frank Currier Shows Mac Intosh Keeps
Frank Currier of Harris Hill Poland is an experienced orchardist who stores apples in a cellar and packs them for sale. He kept bushels of Starks through winter, sold well in spring, and reports a July 4 taste test of a partially decayed McIntosh that still proved usable. His trees suffered from cold, but he has enough stock to stay busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Currier
Harris Hill
Poland
Macs
Three new Cony High School teachers join faculty
Three new members were added to Cony High School’s faculty to fill resignations. Beginning Monday September 9 they will teach English and commercial subjects and public speaking. Miss Mary A. McGuire of Stonington will teach English. Miss Anne M. Dwer of Millinocket will teach commercial subjects. Miss Mary M. Soule of Augusta will instruct in public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cony High School
Mary A. McGuire
Stonington
Anne M. Dwer
Millinocket
Mary M. Soule
Augusta
Colonial Club to Host Fall Field Day at Shore Acres
The Colonial club plans its second golf tournament of the 1935 season this Sunday at Shore Acres Sebasco. Events include horseshoe pitching boating swimming and a baseball game with 18 holes split 9 before and after dinner. Committee members are Dr. F. A. Winchenbach John McCole and Albert McMann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Shore Acres
Sebasco
F. A. Winchenbach
John McCole
Albert McMann
Miss Porter Returns From Yearlong Europe Tour
Miss Esther Porter daughter of Mr and Mrs David R Porter of Mt Hermon Mass oldest granddaughter of Dr Hinckley of Good Will schools has returned after an extensive year abroad She spent eight months studying at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow visited Berlin Munich and Hamburg attended the Passion Play at Oberammergau and the Dramatic Festival in Moscow and toured through southern Russia Georgia Armenia the Crimea Finland Sweden Norway Denmark and England She assumed new duties on September 2 as a member of the Washington DC staff of the new PWA theatre project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Porter
David R. Porter
Mt. Hermon
Mass
Hinckley
Good Will Schools
Europe
Vahktanger Theatre
Moscow
Berlin
Munich
Hamburg
Oberammerzau
Russia
Georgia
Armenia
Crimea
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
England
Washington, D. C
New
PWA Theatre Project
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Richmond
George Shaw
Elizabeth Harthorn
George E. Stevens
Woolwich
Samuel B. Furbish
Dexter
Mary Murphy
Reading
Sarah N. Preble
Philip Rogers
New York City
Fred Rogers
Perley F. Joy
Genevieve Joy
Boothbay Harbor
Fullerton Hotel
Eerenas
Joy
Roy McKenny
Carrie McKenney
Mary Pierce
Westport
Jean Davis
South Portland
Ann Spofford
Donald Little
CCC
Fort Williams
C. A. Young
Paul Given
Wilbur Cooper
Donald Mosher
Farmington
Fred Duren
Patty
Mabel Rumrill
Brunswick
George Despeaux
Arthur Maxwell
George Roberts
Pearl Perry
Mabel Hines
Barbara
Myrtle Hines
Charles Grondin
Aroostook County
George Coughlin
Lillian Johnson
Bar Harbor
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Skelton
Franklin W. Morse
Dorothy W. Oliver
Joseph F. Higgins
Walter V. Cummings
William A. Todd
Alfred J. Rowe
John Grindell
Erlon Newdick
Walter Newdick
Henry Albers
West Georgetown
Andover
A. G. Steadman
Framingham
Steadman
Jane Matheson
Needham
J. C. Bearse
Dorothy Stuart
Emma B. Billings
Jennie Todd
Lisbon Falls
Alonzo Hunt
Helen Beynon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Happy Nook
Roscoe P. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Steven Clark
Jamaica
Shirley N. C. Hicks
May Field
Sanford
Walter Schoepfer
Donald
Pawtucket
R. I. Norman Drummond
Arrowsie
N. F. Howe
Mads Peterson
Peterson
Harold J. Brown
Nellie D. Thompson
Lena Donnell
Frank Churchill
Bertha Scott
Augusta Rowe
William Collins
Clarence Wade
Alex Cunningham
Frank Heald
Maynard Files
Robert Jordan
Brookline
Heald
Irving Shapiro
Gage House
Low's Point
M. Belle Heald
Tate
Canton
George Williams
Flora Campbell
Robinhood
Dorothy Hagan
Edgecomb
Marion Rowe
South Manchester
Viola Buzzo
New Britain
John Wilson
Hallowell
J. Verheus
Carpenter
Reyher
Emmy Lou Hill
Pottsville
Kennebec Point
Elizabeth Hunt
Irving Hunt
George Nickerson
Sherwood Cougins, Jr
Dorchester
Sherwood Cougins
Beulah
Lowell
Clifton Giffen
Gertrude Short
Seward Ek Emmons
Kingston High School
Kingston
Jessie Shapiro
Gloria
Wilton Campbell
Sabattus
Winthrop Riggs
Thomas J. Horner
South Bristol
Clifford Fugate
Methodist Church
Fugate
Ohio
Boston University
Bertha Fellner
Morgan Memorial
Church of All Nations
Weei
Joseph Pierot
Pierot
S.A Tucker
Or Barrows
Selah E. Smith
Westbrook
A. Kenney
Newton
R. Lowell
Abington
Earl J. Hancock
T. J. Hamlin
Waterville
H. McIntire
York
Walter Hogan
Douglas Cottage
Russell Upson
Hartford
Upson
Richard
Bramwell Harford
Lettie Harford
Tiny
Blaze
Bath Savings Institution
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kelley Field
Iron Works
Bill Daley
Blues
Bucky” Savage
Reds
Gus Meister
Omar King
Bath Clippers
Louis Cooper
Daley
Paul Wilson
The
Clippers
Don Stewart
Fulton
Lieut. Casey
Lee Sheldon
Frankie Sheridan
Captain Savage
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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