Reunion of Douglass descendants in Richmond draws 42
Fourty two members attended the fifteenth annual Douglass family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson on School Street in Richmond. The event featured a business meeting electing officers, music by J Nelson and Grace, and a picnic lunch with baked beans and coffee at Enterprise Grange hall. Future plans set for Warren Douglass in South Bridgton to host next year’s gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Douglass
James Nelson
School Street
Douglass
Richmond
Harry Douglass
Everett
Grate
Sara
Robert Blake
Kingfield
Ernest Carr
Bowdeinham
Wilson Douglass
Myron
Orman Douglass
Lottie Hilton
Wiscasset
Bert Douglass
Westbrook
Charles Douglass
Derwood
Charles, Jr
Janet
James Ridlon
Jennie
Hull Ward
Marion Griffam
Everett and
Steep Falls
Warren Douglass
Irving
Eugene Douglass
Maurice Graffam
Eugenia
Alberto
Richard
Bridgton
Dexter Douglass
Enterprise Grange Hall
Eva Ward
J. Nelson
Grace
Eugena
Alberta Graffam
Denwood Graf
List of Teachers in Union 48 for Fall Term 1936
John H. Carter announces the Union 48 schools opened September 14 with many teachers listed at each location including Arrowsic Georgetown Center Five Islands Westport Phippsburg and Sebasco. The first teachers meeting is set for September 18 at Sagadahoc Ferry school at 9 30 D S T with D S T noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Carter
Arrowsic
George M. Walter
Georgetown
Ruth W. Powers
Lula Stuart
Five Islands
Westport
Lena E. Oliver
Phippsburg Winnegance
Ruth C. Trueworthy
Phippsburg Center
Susie Barbour
Parker Head
Grace B. Wyman
Popham Beach
Nellie E. King
Small Point
Ruth A. Beals
Ashdale
Agatha G. Lennox
West Point
Jane E. Gilliam
Sebasco
Stanwood C. Gilman
Margaret C. Gilliam
Phippsburg
Winneganee
Woolwich Chopps
Florence E. Temple
Day’s Ferry
Roberta B. Hathorne
Union Bridge
Burnette L. Bailey
Mountain
Elizabeth L. Dodge
Pleasant View
Jessie B. Spaulding
Summer residents and visitors fill Kennebec Point notes
A stream of social updates covers summer residents returning to Winchester and Bath, visits to Bay Point, Kennebec Point and West Georgetown, along with weddings, births and hospital notes. Names include Carlisle Hagan Hunt Higgins Heald Schoepfer, Rowe, Brown, Towne and many others while travel to Boston, Malden Island and New Jersey is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Carlisle, Jr
Kennebec Point
Winchester
Mass
Phillip Eaton
Bath
Dorothy Hagan
L. Earle Hagan
North Yarmouth Academy
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Elizabeth Hunt
Minnie Hicks
Ruth Hicks
Jamaica
N. Y
Augusta Rowe
Alfred Rowe
C. L. Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Malden Island
Maynard Files
Brookline
H. G. Heald
Joan Harrison
Sunny
Perley Chandler
Bay Point
Popham Beach
Irving Campbell
Walter Powers
Newell
Everett Campbell
Robinhood
Harold Hunt, Jr
Brunswick
Rapheal Higgins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clyde Pinkham
Audrey
Edgar Warren
Orks Smith
Dorothy Farrow
H. M. Peterson
Cumberland
Harold J. Brown
Kennebey Point
Henry Albers
Andover
Josephine F. Higgins
Bath Opera House
Azuba Holland
West Bath
Harry L. Horne
Eleanor Cunningham
Marion Hunt
Albert N. Towne
Margaret
Janice
Waltham
Popham
A. A. Stott
Maud Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Europe
Doris Trafton
Melrose
Howard M. Traffton
Center School
Ruth W. Powers
Alex Cunningham
Gustaf Bredenberg
Harold Bredenberg
Everett
Walter Williams
Harry Horne
Georgetown Center
Swift
Hastings
Hudson
Walter Thurston
Cumberland Center
Ruby Willis
Ruth Keene
Brooklyn
Harry Stone
Lewiston
David Sprague
Crosman
Minnie Hay
Roslindale
Gordon
Card of Thanks from the Phillips Family
Card expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral tributes after a bereavement. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. A R Phillips and family dated September 17, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Phillips
Blueberry fields draw Bath group to Columbia trip
A Bath party returned from a blueberry gathering in Columbia with news of a large crop. The group toured fields, learned berries will be canned in factory lots, and attended a Blueberry Ball with a Queen from Addison. They also unveiled a Soldiers monument in Columbia cemetery with speakers including ex-Gov Brewster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Columbia
Asa A. Wilson
John David Ellis
Louise Dorsey
Bylvie Bernier
Brunswick
Freeman Wilson
Caswell Young
Keano
Pleasant River Grange Hall
Addison
William Shaw Post
No. 46
American Legion
Harrington
Columbia Cemetery
Jonesport
Ralph O. Brewster
Fred Chandler
Frances Smith
Frank Smith
Donna Drisko
Lloyd Drisko
Union Circle of
E. N. Hubbard
Chebeague Island
Worcester Mnair Wedding in Bangor
The marriage of Marlyn Worcester of Lewiston and Bath and Miss Violet McNair of Lewiston occurred Saturday morning in Bangor. Rev. J. B. Ranger officiated. Attendant Elwood Lapham and wife served as witnesses. the bride wore white silk organza and pink roses, and the groom works as an electric welder at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlyn Leslie Worcester
Lewiston
Bath
Violet Heather McNair
Bangor
J. B. Ranger
Elwood Lapham
Lapham
Worcester
George McNair
River Charlo
N. B
Charlo High School
Mount Allison Ladies’ College
C. M. G. Hospital
Bath Iron Works
Main Street
Minnie Patriquinn
Henry Worcester
Orrington
Bangor High School
Maine School of Commerce
First Baptist Church of
Haverhill, Mass
The
United American Mechanics
Hill and Leona McKenney Wed in Sunday Evening Ceremony
William Stanley Hill and Miss Leona W. McKenney were united in marriage Saturday at eight o clock by Rev Charles H Berry at The Independent Full Gospel Assembly 188 North Street. Hill is a fish dealer and son of William A Hill. McKenney is daughter of Charles F and Mrs McKenney of Phippsburg. The bride wore flowered green. The couple were attended by the groom’s parents and will reside in this city after their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stanley Hill
Leona W. McKenney
Charles H. Berry
Independent
Full Gospel Assembly
North Street
Mr. Hill
William A. Hill
Middle Street
Miss McKenney
Charles F. McKenney
Phippsburg
William Hill
Dr Bilodeau Interne at Bellevue Hospital in New York City
Dr Charles C Bilodeau MD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, has been named an interne in the surgical division at Bellevue Hospital New York City. He graduated from Cony High School 1928 and Bowdoin College 1932 where he starred in football and hockey and served as hockey captain. Margaret McQuaide, National Field representative of the American Red Cross, visited Lewiston and Auburn Friday to arrange for the Red Cross Regional Conference set for September 21 in Auburn with sessions at Webster School auditorium and a tea at the Women's Literary Union clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Bilodeau
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Bilodeau
Cony High School
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Sigma Nu
Margaret McQuaide
American Red Cross
Lewiston
Auburn
Red Cross
Webster School
Women's Literary Union
Five Islands summer social notes and obituaries
A Five Islands column lists residents and visitors with cottages, trips to Bath and Boston, school openings, and social calls. Drummond Stevens funeral and burial in Five Islands cemetery is noted, with family details. Other items mention cottage closures, fishing activity, road work, and local employment shifts.
Tragic death of R Merton Belanger at Sandy Cove
R Merton Belanger 28 of Topsham and Cundy's Harbor native of Bath died by hanging at his cottage in Sandy Cove Cundy's Harbor Ill health was believed responsible Dr Gilbert M Elliot medical examiner said he tied a rope to his neck then to bed post and rolled off the bed He was in jovial spirits Sunday evening at a friend Charles Deering's home He left a fishing business in Cundy's Harbor and split time with his mother's Topsham home Survived by his mother a brother Edward C Belanger of Topsham and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Merton Belanger
Topsham
Cundy’s Harbor
Bath
Sandy Cove
Gilbert M. Elliot
Brunswick
Charles Deering
Mr. Belanger
Cora Belanger
George Belanger
Cundy’s
Edward C. Belanger
Miss Constance Morin Enters Oak Grove Seminary
Miss Constance Morin daughter of Dr Harry F Morin of Washington Street left Tuesday for Vassalboro where she will enter Oak Grove Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Morin
Harry F. Morin
Washington Street
Vassalboro
Oak Grove Seminary
Morse High Honor Society Holds Annual Banquet in Damariscotta
The Morse high School National Honor Society gathered 19 members at the Riverview in Damariscotta for its annual banquet. Stanley A. Rogers was elected president, with Helen L. Hayes as former president honored, and a full slate of officers and committees named for a busy year. The group planned monthly meetings, a Halloween October program, a dance, a card party, and a speaker arrangement for Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
National Honor Society
Riverview
Damariscotta
Stanley A. Rogers
Helen L. Hayes
G. Ronald Smith
John K. Skelton
Mary Goodwin
Esther H. Drummond
Barbara Nickerson
Edna Durant
Drummond
Miss Kamendalis
David S. Cogan
Beatrice M. Jenkins
Miss Hayes
Phyllis Charney
Delia Cloutier
Priscilla E. Colby
Elsie M. Crocker
Amy A. Irish
Lena Kamendalis
Dorothy Parshley
Virginia B. Rogers
Mabel Whitten
Trish
Miss Whitten
Mount Holyoke College Centennial Year Opens
Miss Louise E. Briggs of Bath returns to Mount Holyoke for her sophomore year as the college marks its centennial. About 980 undergraduates and over 40 graduates are enrolled. Orientation begins Sept 21 and the year opens Sept 24 with President Mary E. Woolley speaking. The senior class becomes the Centennial class as the college commemorates 100 years since its founding. Woolley retires next June after 36 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Mass
Louise E. Briggs
Edmund P. Briggs
High Street
Bath
Mount Holyoke College
Mary E. Woolley
Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke
Woolley
Old Fashioned Party at Fine Bath Home
The Cosmopolitan Garden club hosted an old fashioned silver tea at Miss Mary E. Campbell’s Washington Street home drawing 55 attendees and netting $12 for the club. Guests wore 68 year old Easter bonnets and Paisley shawls while Miss Campbell shared home furnishings history and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Mary E. Campbell
Washington Street
Miss Campbell
J. R. Andrews
Jane Cushing
Frank A. Hodgdon
Garden Club
Ruth
Hodgdon
N. Gratz Jackson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Carolyn D
Walter S
Captain's banquet at Camden Yacht Club honors prize winners
At the Camden Yacht Club last Wednesday night the fourth annual Captain's banquet drew about 100 guests. Hosted by Thomas J. Watson and Miss Julia Henry of the Summer colony with Mrs. John Wadsworth as caterer, the event featured a five piece orchestra, Capt. C. J. Herrick as toastmaster, and prize awards: 20 to Capt. Herbert Sylvester, 15 to Capt. John Husby, 10 to Hansen, 5 to Ted Eaton, and 5 to Maynard Eaton, followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Thomas J. Watson
Julia Henry
John Wadsworth
C. J. Herrick
Mr. Watson
Miss Henry
Herbert Sylvester
John Husby
Hansen
Ted Eaton
Maynard Eaton
Lewiston Auburn Hikers Consider Forming Club Near Appalachians
Lewiston Auburn hiking enthusiasts plan to form a club possibly affiliated with the Appalachian Mountain Club. A meeting will be called soon after an election to discuss organizing the group and defining its scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston-Auburn
New England
Appalachian Mountain Club
Grand Lodge Of Maine Meets In Lewiston October Session
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Maine I O O F will be in Lewiston October 19 to 21, announced by grand secretary Leroy E Leonard. The Rebekah Assembly of Maine opens October 19 at Lewiston City Hall 8 PM with sessions continuing October 20 at 9 30 AM at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Maine
Lewiston
Leroy E. Leonard
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Lewiston City Hall
City Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annie Knight
Newcastle
Alvena Knight
Wilfred Goodchild
Esther Parker
Augusta
John Parker
Water Street
John Dailey
Margaret Dailey
Leo Hennessey
Gloucester
Darrel Badger
Bridgeport
Calif
Nellie Thomas
Roy Monroe
Dale
Bowdoinham
Herbert Haskett
North Anson
Emma Hackett
Arlington
Hartley Ranger
Howard Wilson
Belmont
Wilson
Hattie Wilson
Robert Taplin
Gordon Franklyn, Jr
Methuen
Norris Sidelinger
John Coughlin
Mr. Coughlin
Sara Coughlin
Malden
Ernest Morrill
Irva Cooper
Edward Carlton
Asbury Park
N. J
Clinton Stone
Cornish
Florence Watson
Hazel Gardiner
New York
Connecticut
Chester Bennett
James Larrabee
Farmington
Wilbur Cooper
Ria
Johnsbury
Lytle Lint
M. Preble
J. Weston Walsh
Portland
C. F. Thompson
Charles Thompson
Pomona Michigan
Charles Reynolds
John Grant
William Wilson
Livermore Falls
Livermore Falls With Mrs. Grant's Brother and Family. Miss Audrey Holman
Ida Hosmer
Velma Hall
St. Johnsbury
Lewis Gilpatrick
Joseph Ditner
Manchester
N. H
H. A. McKenna
John Porter
Roland Grant
Boothbay
J. EB. Purinton
Orono
Charles Sylvester
Joseph Morton
Winthrop
Blunt
C. B. Randall
Annie Brown
Fred Joyce
Lisbon Falls
A. D. Page
Willard Lane
H. D. Baker
Brown's Point
Frank Reynolds
Gertrude Baker
Elmer Churchill
Springfield
C. H. Bush
Bertha Colburn
Gardiner
Ruth Gowell
Hazel Bowley
Litchfield
Alfred Hersey
Milton
Mr. Hersey
Mayford Morris
Eugene Edgecomb
Wilson’s Mills
H. H. Hunter
Dresden
Thomas J. Pierce
St. John
St. Ambrose Church
Alice Churchill
Bethleham
Frances O'Leary
Somerville
George Leo Pierce
Westboro
Harry, Bernard and
James
Thomas Scott
Susan Meserve
Glen White
Martin and
Avis Carter
Woolwich
Rae Joan Goss
James O. Carter
Henry A. Groves
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Arrowsic, Georgetown, Westport
Union
John Bache
Dover
Marion Courtney
York
Loretta McGrath
Natick
Framingham State Teachers’ College
Bache
Miss Courtney
Oc ‘Self
Reginald Frost
Harold Robinson
Fred Taylor
Mammoth
J. Horace McClure
McClure
Little Eepscot
Otis Baker
Norwood
Lelia Davis
Fred Carr
George McKinnon, Jr
May Crowell
Medford
Waldo Hassenfus
Mary Cliff
Boston
Percy Savage
Mary Morton
Stoughton
Madge O'Brien
Hallowell
Oakland
Stuart
Della Lewis
Sudbury
Ont
Nettie Snowman
Paul Stevens
Ruth Stermer
D. R. Stevens
M. F. Biggins
Walter E. Reid
Clarence White
Popple Beach
Ida Hinckley
Charles Burgess
Drummond Stevens
Stevens
Mary
Roy Clark
Trenton
Victor Pinkham
Paul
Arrowsie
Everett and Linwood
Donald
Zetta Higgins
Rockcrest
Medford Hillside
Lincoln Campbell
Co. M. Bigelow
Piney Point
Peggy Gray
W. E. Gray
E. P. Pierce
Marie Pierce
John Pierce
Seguinland
W. H. Holland
F. M. Reid
Bath and
W. L. Berry
Madelyn Berry
Mabel Dickey
Albertina Perkins
South Lincoln
Vernon Gray
Roland Oliver
Quoddy
Eastport
Maurice Pinkham
Everett Stevens
Clayton
R. D. Stevens
Kent
Rhode Island
Lettie Harford
State Road
T. W. Blaisdell
Rowe
Allie Carr
Aroostook County
Bath Savings Institution
Honor Society
Morse High Chapter
Fine Bath
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Ambulance Service
Center Street
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