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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1950
Page
1
Debate over World policy and party wrangling
The piece argues for deep study of global issues led by Senator Vandenberg while criticizing McCarthy era anti Communist rhetoric. It criticizes Truman for strikes and walkouts and urges focus on free government at home and abroad, warning that partisanship harms recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Europe
Asia
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Department of State
House
United States
Bryan
la Follette
Norris
Cummings
Looney
Stassen
Dulles
Lodge
Truman
John L. Lewis
Washington
Believe in Hoover and FBI ideals praised in congress
The piece lauds FBI Director Hoover for resisting release of loyalty files to Congress arguing they are inconclusive and could distort truth. It asserts Hoover protects sources and questions Senate charges against Owen J. Lattimore as unproven and not making a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Hoover
Congressional
Congress
Cuntry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Owen J. Lattimore
Mr. Hoover
Lattimore
Maine Declares Clean-up Week and Beautification Drive
Governor Frederick G. Payne designated the week of April 17 as Clean-up Week in Maine urging local chambers of commerce to mobilize towns and cities to remove winter debris and prepare for summer visitors. The highway commission will assist by clearing rubbish along state roads as part of Keep Maine Green while April is also Maine Beautiful Month to promote clean, attractive cities, towns, and public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Chambers of Commerce
Payne
State Highway Commission
Wages Rise Modest in Recent Labor Contracts
A survey of recently signed labor contracts shows wages up 5 to 7 cents an hour in many cases. Pensions and insurance benefits appear in about a third of settlements, with some agreements adding pay raises alongside pensions.
Bath to Enforce Parking Tickets With Warrant System
Bath Police will issue warrants starting April 10 for meter violation tickets unpaid or unreturned. Police Chief Morality cites revenue losses and urges ticket holders to appear at the station or face court action under city traffic ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police Department
Morality
Bath
Chief Morality
Floral displays light Bath greenhouses on Palm Sunday
Bath residents visited two local greenhouses for open house on Palm Sunday. Kennebec Greenhouses offered a jonquil to each visitor for six years, while Lincoln Street Greenhouse featured Chrysanthemum the white tabby and three newborn kittens. About 100 guests toured the displays of Easter lilies, hydrangeas, roses, tulips, and hyacinths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Lincoln Street
Green House
Chrysanthemum
Tabby
Boston
Eleanor Webster
Sybil Leonard
Troop 17 Scout Meeting Enjoys Films and Prize Ceremony
Scout Troop 17 at Dike school held a Monday session with Brownies led by Mrs. Percy Marks and Mrs. Nimard Fifield. Special sound films Wild Animals and Children of Colonial Days entertained about 55 attendees. Duane Fitzgerald, Peter Poulos and Jackie McDonald operated the projector. patrol prize was a 16 piece aluminum cooking set with watertight match case. Hawk Patrol served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobolink Brownies
Dike School
Percy Marks
Nimard Fifield
Duane Fitzgerald
Peter Poulos
Jackie McDonald
W. M. Fowden
Hawk Patrol
Carleton Pye
Glenn Carter
Robert McMurray
Red Rose Troop 6 elects officers at meeting
Red Rose Troop 6 elected officers last Friday with Joan Hawkes as president Nancy Norton as vice president Judith Robinson as secretary Jacky Purdy as treasurer Shirley Ricker and Juliette Low as members Purdy named Junior Camp Representative They reviewed work on their Group Musician badge and Hawkes led the good night circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose
Joan Hawkes
Nancy Norton
Judith Robinson
Jacky Purdy
Shirley Ricker
Juliette Low
White Violet Troop meets for planning and badges
White Violet Troop of Girl Scouts gathered on Tuesday at Beacon Street vestry with leader Mrs. Emerton Gross and assistants Mrs. Ralph White Jr and Mrs. Henry Soucie. Florence Fullerton and Edna King gave reports and Edna King collected funds in the treasurer’s absence. Patricia Robinson was selected as Junior Camper to confer with camp councillors on summer plans. Bluebird patrol under Edith Anne Lowery, Bluejays led by Patricia Gaudette, and Robins led by Edna King worked on equipment and weather badges. Four scouts earned Player Badges and the group planned baby care activities for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Violet
Beacon Street
Emerton Gross
Ralph White, Jr
Henry Soucie
Goodnight Circle
Wish
Troop 57 Spring Court of Honor at Beacon Street church
Troop 57 held a Spring Court of Honor at Beacon Street church with many Scouts and parents present. Distinguished Scouters Archie Wishart H Rodney Brooke George Hastings Earl Lermond assisted in presenting Tenderfoot Second and First Class pins and Merit Badges to William Jones Edgar McBrine Donal Christopher Kenneth Perry Eugene Sukeforth Carl Fogg John Reynolds Alvin Reynolds Edmund Briggs Bradley Christopher and David Pye. The reptile study award to Edmund Briggs was noted as the city’s first. The Court closed with a Service Star presentation and a Beaver Patrol skit on Boy Scouts founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Tenderfoot
Archie Wishart
Sagadahoe
H. Rodney Brooke
George C. Hastings
Earl B. Lermond
Dean R. Bonney
James C. Steen
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Bonney
David Pye
John Reynolds
William Jones
Edgar McBrine
Donal Christopher
Kenneth Perry
Lord
J. Franklin Howe
Eugene Sukeforth
Carl Fogg
Wishart
Alvah Reynolds
Edmund Briggs
Arthur M. Packard
Howe
Bradley Christopher
Mr. Lermond
Lermond
Briggs
Troop 52 Scouts reviewed for Second and First Class Ranks
Scouts Leland Hopkins Edward Cummings Frank Manion Arthur Richardson and Thomas Elliot were reviewed by a Troop Board of Review on Monday night. Merit badge applications from Lloyd Coombs Thomas Elliot Donald Kenney Warren Kenney Victor Lonn and Robert Potter were also reviewed. The public is invited to a Troop Court of Awards in the church vestry with Sagadahoc District Board chairman Earl Lermond present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Hopkins
Edward Cummings
Frank Manion
Arthur Richardson
Thomas Elliot
John Dauphin
Bert Lonn
A. L. Anderson
Lloyd Coombs
Donald Kenney
Warren Kenney
Victor Lonn
Robert Potter
District Board of Review
Sagadahoc
Barracuda Scout Ship Attends Bowdoin Explorer Rally
On March 25 the Barracuda Scout Ship with skipper Bill Niss and mate Don Cromwell attended an Explorer Scout rally at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. Over 200 explorers from Southern Maine joined in basketball contests won by a Biddeford troop and a separate Bath Brunswick game where the Barracuda beat Haldane. Members toured the college pool and campus, with future plans for the Explorers Rendezvous May 26 27 28 and an April 22 Portland dance.
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Barracuda
Bill Niss
Don Cromwell
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Biddeford
Bath
Haldane
Bowdoin
Henry Albert
Karl Backman
Richard Goodwin
Ted Haskell
Gordon Hersom
Buddy McElman
Thomas McCorr
Robert McRae
Edward Newell
Richard Pushard
Donald Robinson
Gilman Russell
Frank Talbot
Merton Witham
Portland
White Clover Troop Meets at Leader’s Home for Badge Work
White Clover Intermediate Troop 15 gathered at Mrs. Converse Fenn’s home on High Street with Assistant Leader Mrs. Howard Mayo. The group played games and worked on badges, most of which were completed, followed by a box supper with salad and punch served by Mrs. Fenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Clover
Converse Fenn
High Street
Howard Mayo
Fenn
Four Found Guilty Digging Bloodworms in West Bath
Four Portland men Robin Cleaves Arthur McManus Raymond Cayier and Roger Rich were found guilty of digging bloodworms without licenses in West Bath by Judge Gardiner R Deering. Complainants were Warden Swansea G Burns and Lawrence Babine. Each fined 10 dollars plus 4.70 costs. fines suspended and released upon payment of costs. Dennis W Violette of Topsham received one week probation to pay 18.30 in fines and costs. A Bath woman and two Bath men were found guilty of intoxication with 5 dollar fines plus costs or 15 days in jail in lieu of payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Robin Cleaves
Arthur McManus
Raymond Cayier
Roger Rich
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Swansea G. Burns
Lawrence Babine
Immunization Clinic Dates Set for School Children
Annual immunization clinics will be held at Dike school on April 4 Huse school on April 5 and Mitchell school on April 6 Mothers should bring children ages six months to school age for protection against diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus Vaccinations will also be given
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Huse
Mitchell School
Sagada fisher Eliot Fuller lands first trout at Nequasset
Eliot A. Fuller of 926 Middle Street became the first Sagada angler to hook a trout as the fishing season opened on Saturday. He snagged a 15 inch, 1.25 pound fish early this morning at Nequasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot A. Fuller
Middle Street
Sagada Doermen
Fuller
Nequasset
Welfare statistics for February report Maine figures
The February welfare report shows 14 673 people on old age assistance with an average 43.31 and total 635 548 in Maine. Aid to dependent children covered 3 645 families and 9 549 children with 64 472 total payments. Maine ranked 20th in under 18 aid, with 3.1 percent of children aided versus 7.8 percent in Louisiana and 0.2 percent in Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health and Welfare
Maine
Federal
Social Security Administration
Louisiana
Nevada
Miscellaneous Shower Honors Gloria Decker at Woolwich
Mrs Mae Oliver and Mrs Althea Wallace hosted a miscellaneous shower for Gloria Decker at Mae Olivers Woolwich home. Guests enjoyed games and sandwiches while cake and coffee were served after opening gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Decker
Mae Oliver
Althea Wallace
Woolwich
Nina Puffer
Florence Foster
Mabel Bartlett
Joyce Irving
Ruth Hudson
Bernice Oliver
Eleanor Haining
Betty Ames
Louis Hamlin
Marion Farnham
June Oliver
Edna Oliver
Roberta Oliver
Bobby Oliver
Dawn Avery
Shirley Hart
Mary Newdick
Austina Ryer
Lois Woodman
Virginia Dow
Christina Coughlin
April Showers Rain of Talent at West Bath Grange
Two act performance by West Bath Grange youths led by Robert Miller and Shirley Waterman on April 12 features Patty Barrows Laura Mulcahy Bob Sharkey Don Hinckley Barbara Longley Patty Crocker and Alice Jones with a surprise attraction A dance follows and refreshments are free Tickets are available at Jack Mulcahy store Elm Street or from grange youths
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
the Grange
Robert Miller
Shirley Waterman
Patty Barrows
Laura Mulcahy
Bob Sharkey
Don Hinckley
Barbara Longley
Patty Crocker
Alice Jones
Jack Mulcahy
Elm Street
The
Grange
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Puffer at Pine Street Home
Mrs Maurice Puffer was honored with a stork shower on March 28 hosted by Mrs Clifford Pye and Mrs George Darrah at 36 Pine Street. After gifts were opened guests enjoyed a social hour and refreshments. Attending were Mrs Ruth Puffer, Mrs Florence Foster, Mrs Merton Cousins, Mrs Irving Burnham, Mrs Wilson Fitzgerald, Mrs William Greene, and Mrs George Melzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Puffer
Clifford Pye
George Darrah
Pine Street
Puffer
Ruth Puffer
Florence Foster
Merton Cousins
Irving Burnham
Wilson Fitzgerald
William Greene
George Melzard
Maine Health Report Details Sagadahoc County Illnesses
Health officials report for Sagadahoc county the week ending March 25 noting three cases in Woolwich one in Bath influenza totals 1 056 cases in Bath and one syphilis case in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Health
Sagadahoc
Woolwich
Bath
Mrs Merle Randall Visits Bucksport Sister
Mrs. Merle Randall of Bucksport spent a Sunday with her sister Mrs. James H. Cilley at 115 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Randall
Bucksport
James H. Cilley
Center Street
Bath Hospital Annual Report highlights and officer list
The Bath Hospital annual report notes resignation of the chairman and lists committee heads, hours volunteered, and new members. It covers Bandage and Office groups, 100 hour pins, and welcomes Dr. Marion Westermeyer who spoke on balancing health factors and nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Harold Avery
George Musk
Roger Luke
Loring Addison
Laurence Katz
Office and
Eleanor Ferguson
Emilia Keimig
Dorothy Owen
Helen Shaughnessy
Edward Dale True
The
Times
James A. Gillies, Jr
Duncan McInnes
W. S. Voorhees
McInnes
Westermeyer
Sewall Chapter D A R Meeting Recalls Paragia Rescue
The report recounts a six year search ending at Paragia where a lone girl, last of a renowned family, completed a monumental task amid ensuing controversy and discussion among the group.
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Paragia
Postponed Silver Tea Scheduled for Next Year and Local Plans
The chapter voted to move the postponed silver tea from Washington’s Birthday to next year. A rum mage sale was set for April 22 with Mrs. Ralph Mittendorf and Mrs. Walton named co chairs. Members are invited to contribute articles. Miss Sally Grant, Good Citizenship candidate, received a chapter gift presented by Mrs. Annie Hall. The Elizabeth Lawrence Society, C.A.R., with mothers, attended a program featuring a technicolor film “New England Calling” showing Maine, Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Boothbay, Pemaquid lobster pounds, the Desert of Maine, and Massachusetts landmarks. Tea followed in the lower hall. Next meeting May 2 will include officer elections, Continental Congress reports, and a Musical Fantasy “Candlelight and Crinoline” by Mrs. Thelma Mittendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Mittendorf
Walton
Sally Grant
Annie Hall
Grant
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
C.A.R
Esso Standard Oil Co
New England
Maine
Bar Harbor
Cadillac Mountain
Boothbay
Damariscotta
Bowdoin
Southport
Pemaquid
Boston
White Mountains
Myrle Stanton
Marilla Morse
Bernice Bailey
Bernette Wallace
Lena Ring
Ethel May
Nancy Ring
Esther Perry
Continental Congress
D. C
Cora Albee Roberts
Lena Shepard
Thelma Mittendorf
Florence Wright
Mabel Merrill
Edna Jaques
Almena Jaques
Marion Smith
Pearl H. Chadbourn
Miss Amy Jaquith Admitted With Pneumonia
Jaquith girl of 390 Front Street enters Memorial hospital Monday morning as a pneumonia patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy. Jaquith
Kenneth Jaquith
Front Street
Memorial Hospital
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Theme and Cryptoquote Notice
Crossword puzzle page featuring clues for across and down entries with themed hints. Includes a Cryptoquote puzzle with a substitution cipher and a Parker quotation about dangers of the seal park. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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Ubon
Parker
King Features Syndicate
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