Submarine Birthdays and Future Navy Undersea Power
The U S Navy's submarine force marked its 54th anniversary highlighting rapid postwar development from Holland to today. Submarine types evolved into high speed attack subs, troop carriers, oilers, and missile launchers. The Nautilus ushered atomic power, forging a fleet capable of limitless underwater endurance and challenging surface ships. The Soviet submarine fleet underscores the need for continued U S progress in undersea warfare.
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United States Navy
Germany
Holland
Navy
U. S
Japan
Groton Conn
Should Rebuilt Bridge Cut River Traffic Woes?
Brunswick residents debate restoring the Merrymeet Bay bridge after a 1896 flood loss. Rebuilding would shorten travel between river points and Bath, routing upriver traffic to Tops ham and reducing trips through Brunswick, cutting distance and easing jams.
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Brunswick
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath
Topsham
Brunswith
GE Scholarships Awarded to 100 College Juniors
One hundred college juniors from engineering, business, marketing, manufacturing, employee relations, and public relations will receive scholarships to ease the strain of their senior year as part of General Electric Company's multimillion dollar program.
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General Electric Company
GE Scholarships and Awards To Aid Industry Students
The Genera Electric Professors Conference Association will select 69 winners from across the United States for job preparation scholarships. The association represents more than 100 colleges and universities and was formed by engineering professors involved in GE summer programs conducted for over 30 years. The company will award $500 scholarships to 10 employees and their children, plus 35 post graduate scholarships for research. Single men receive $1,400 and married men $2,100, with an additional $1,200 to their schools.
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Desstied Ang Te
Ute
United States
Bath Councilor Cooke Voices Frustration With State Politics
Bath City Councilor Harry E. Cooke Sr. urged Democrats to challenge the Republican administration, denouncing a tainted liquor probe and calling Maine stagnant while 47 other states advanced. He criticized defense contract awards and urged a reformist platform, with about 25 county Democrats attending a county meeting led by Robert E. Brewer. James C. Oliver, Democratic candidate for Congress, criticized Rep Hale amid Indochina crisis rhetoric.
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Bath
Harry E. Xoke
Agadahoc County
Democratic Committee
Topsham Townall
GOP
Cooke
Maine
Eisenhower
Robert E. Brewr
James C. Oliver
Congress
Oliver
Hale
Indochina
Easter Seal Dinner Dance at Sedgwick
The third annual Easter Seal dinner dance for Crippled Children's fund to be held Saturday evening at Sedgwick with dinner at 7 30 and dancing at 8 30. Mrs Katherine G Whitney chairs arrangements. music by Larry Katz and his orchestra courtesy of the Portland Musicians Association and the Music Performance Trust Fund. Reservations with Mrs Whitney assisted by Mrs M Dean Shaw and many listed sponsors.
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Crippled Children’s Fund
Sedgwick
Katherine G. Whitney
Arry Katz
Portland Musicians’ Association
American Foundation of Musicians
Music Performance Trust
Brian M. Jewett
James A. Gillies
Henry Drum
John McCole
Howard Mayo
Marie I. Preston
The
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Grace Church School Lent Cross Project Earns Blessings
Grace Church Sunday school members assembled Palm Leaf Crosses as a Lenten project in the parish house. Rev. James L. Grant blessed and handed them to Hyde Memorial Home and Memorial Hospital patients on Sunday. About 150 crosses were also made for Sunday school Palm Sunday, by Mrs. Robertson Thayer Futterton and Luke and pupils including Sinclair Shumway Thayer Davis Ball Austin Day Bussey Eberhard and Day.
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Grace Church
James L. Grant
Hyde Memorial Home
Memorial Hospital
Alex Robertson
Lawrence Thayer
Florence Futterton
Roger Luke
Sandra Sinclair
Jean Shumway
Jane Thayer
Diane Davis
Susan Ball
Judy Austin
Jonathan
James Day
Robert Bussey
Robert Eberhard
Stephen Thayer
Huron Michigan Erie and Mario Named in Native American Context
Huron Michigan Erie and Mario are cited as names connected to American Indians in the source text. The fragment notes cultural or linguistic associations among these names and Indigenous groups.
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Huron
Michigan
Erie
Mario
Quarrington Seeks Sagadahoc County Attorney Nomination
Richmond attorney John W. Quarrington joins the Sagadahoc County Attorney race as a Republican candidate in the June primaries. Incumbent George F. Carlton Jr. has not yet announced his bid, though expected to file papers. The piece notes Quarrington's Bath Municipal Court background and Carlton’s prior defeat and later appointment.
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Quarrington
John W. Quarrington
Richmond
Sagadahoc
George F. Carlton, Jr
Tvo
Bath
Carlton
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Pert
University of Maine
Edwin Hert
Young Democratic Clubs of
Maine
Perleston L. Pert
Middle Street
Young Pert
Herbert T. Caverly
Forrest
Legard
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Converse G Fenn Al‘ady
Louis O. Couture
Amaz
Aleady
Couture
Robert E. Brewer
Brewer
Waterville
Quarrington Seeks Sagadahoc County Attorney Nomination
John W. Quarrington of Richmond announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sagadahoc County attorney in the June primary. A Detroit native and WWII veteran, he has led a long Maine legal career from Bath and Richmond, including Bath municipal court recorder and Richmond selectman.
Install Officers of Arok Temple in Lewiston Section
Mrs Sarah A Shaw past queen and first queen of Daughters of Jerusalem Lewiston presided as more than 20 officers were installed Friday at 8 pm in a public ceremony. Daisy Cox South Portland was crowned Queen Christine Summerton Bath banker Vivian Hewett Gorham Princess Royal Marie Hoffman Lewiston Princess Tiregh Jean MacNeil South Portland Princess Badoura Mildred Presnell Portland recorder. Assisting were Hortense Stevens Lewiston installing marshal Edith Field Lewiston installing chaplain and Jennie Lunt Jennie Coombs Portland Queen's attendants.
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Sarah A. Shaw
Arok Temple
Daughters of Jerusalem
Lewiston
Daisy Cox
South Portland
Christine Summerton
Bath
Vivian Hewett
Gorham
Princess Royal
Marie Hoffman
Tiregh
Jean MacNeil
Princess Badoura
Mildred Presnell
Portland
Shaw
Hortense Stevens
Edith Field
Jennie Lunt
Jennie Coombs
Mrs Owen to Join Husband in Germany
Mrs William Owen and her five year old daughter Colleen left New York for Germany to join First Lieutenant Owen in Stuttgart where he is stationed with the U S Army He rejoined the Army in 1950 after service in World War II and has been on active duty in Korea for over a year Prior to Germany assignment they lived with Mrs Una A Mackinnon at 373 Washington Street and he is expected to be stationed in Germany for two to three years
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William Owen
Colleen
New York City
Germany
Owen
Stuttgart
U. S. Army
Army
Korea
Texas
Oklahoma
Una A. MacKinnon
Washington Street
Maine fishermen chase trout as open-water patch appears
In Sydney area seven ponds restocked with trout after biologists killed rough fish. A small ice break on Silver Lake sparked hopeful catches as anglers reported about 100 trout over the weekend. Sebago reports steady ice and early salmon alongside browns may yet appear.
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Maine
Sydney
Capitol
Lone
Waterboro
Sabba Lake
New Gloucester
Silver Lake
Sebago Lake
South Casco
Campers Program At The Y Sees 125 Plus Attendees
Thursday evening at the YMCA a campers program drew more than 125 boys and parents. New camp director Winthrop W. Dellert introduced the group, showcased a film My Father’s Son, and displayed slides from the camp. He noted registrations from Nice, France, and encouraged pickups of booklets and registration forms at the YMCA.
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YMCA
Winthrop
David Dellert
Dellert
Cam
Nice
France
Walling
Morse High junior chosen as alternate for state Spear Speaking
Miss Dorothy Thompson of Morse High School was selected as an alternate for the state finals in the Spear Speaking contest at Bates College. She presented Wasn't I Wonderful at the area contest where 11 high schools were represented and will be joined by Principal W. Farnham and instructor Mrs. Frances Perry for the state event.
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Dorothy Thompson
Morse High Schol
Bates College
Miss Thompson
Bates
Frances Perry
Ad W. Farnham
State Principals’ Association
Health report for Sagadahoc county week ending April 3
Maine Health Department figures show Bath with 23 chickenpox cases, three measles, one mumps, one tuberculosis, Bowdere ham four measles and two streptococcal nasopharyngitis. West Bath reports two mumps. The summary lists communicable diseases by locality and counts for the period.
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Sagadahoc
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Bowdereham
West Bath
Ice Leaves Nequasset on Late March Breakup
The Nequasset ice freed two weeks later than last year with the lake opening on March 24, the earliest since 1947. Since 1947 the date has varied annually, except 1953, when breakup fell between April 6 and an unspecified later date.
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Nequasset
The Average American Coffee Use Remains A Mystery
A fragmented OCR item notes a discussion of per capita coffee consumption and the odd figure 18 pounds, but the readable text lacks a clear conclusion or date. The piece references national habits and shifts in spending, without naming organizations, places, or individuals.
Topsham youth pleads guilty to Richmond larceny charge
An 18 year old from Topsham, Cehe Ch in the Air 8. Chaffee, pled guilty to a late 1953 break in and larceny at the Edward Mansir store in Richmond. He was ordered to the June term of Shands hoc Superiorate with a $1,000 bond. Police recovered loot at the elder Levasseur’s home after a Monday raid.
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Topsham
Chaffee
Euilty
Richmond
Lionel R. Levasseur
Te Reno
M. Carlton, Jr
Bath
Edward O’ Belanger
Shandshoc Superiorate
Kennebec
Young Levasseur
Carlton
David Levasseur
Alfred
Bergeron
Brunswick
Cumberland
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Levasseur
Deering
Sheriff's
Morse star Sonny Munsey Reopens Wound At Hospital
Former Morse baseball standout Warren P. Munsey returned to Memorial hospital for further treatment of a badly lacerated left hand from a Florida training camp accident. The 18-year-old Bath native is under a New York Yankees Class B contract and may miss four to five weeks before possibly rejoining the Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League.
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Morse
Warren P
Sonny” Munsey
Memorial Hospital
Florida
Young Munsey
New York Yankees
Conttract
Kansas City Blues
American Association
Lake Wales
Warren R
Sonny
Norfolk Tars
Huse Pupils Tour Baths Post Office
A fourth grade class from Huse School toured community services visiting the post office. Edward J. McMann explained mailing processes from arrival to distribution as the pupils observed mail flow. Participants included Arthur Walker, Ed Fry, Nancy Dearborn, Neil Mason, Richard Gagne, Raymond Farnham, Alden Adams, Donna Lefebvre, Gary Howard, John Lemoine, and Sharon Haynes.
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Alice Austin
Huse School
Frice
Ofce
Edward J. McMann
Arthur Walker
Ed Fry
Nancy Dearborn
Neil Mason
Richard Gagne
Raymond Farnham
Alden Adams
Donna Lefebvre
Gary Howard
John Lemoine
Sharon Haynes
Nurses Alumnae plan candle light tea at Morse High
A covered dish supper was served to 20 members of the Nurses Alumnae Association at its Cosmopolitan club meeting. A candle light tea is planned for May 13 from 7 to 9 PM with junior and senior Morse High girls assisting.
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Urses Alumnae Association
Cosmopolitan Club
Marjorie Higgins
Louise Rogers
Mary Leonard
Margaret Beck
Ince
Florence Ightingale
Morse High
Rev Henninger to Address Event at Eve Service
The Rev Henninger will address the eve service, followed by a social hour with interest groups. The event continues from page one and focuses on community fellowship and discussion.
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Rev
Henninger
Holy Week Schedule At St Marys Church
St Marys Roman Catholic Church lists Holy Week events with a visiting priest. Monday at 7 p.m. features a class for students and a slide program on the Mass in color. Confessions offered Wednesday and Saturday. Thursday Mass and Adoration. Friday Masses and Passion with Adoration of the Cross. Saturday Blessings and Mass with more confessions.
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St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Winter Street Aid Plans Annual Silver Tea Event
Arrangements are under way for the Ladies' Aid silver tea at Winter Street church on April 30 in the ladies parlor. General chairmanship rests with President Mrs. Horace Ward, with committees handling tea table setup, serving, silver service, and pourers under guidance of several named volunteers.
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Winter Street
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Horace Ward
Carl Y. Kennedy
Elmer Williams
Percy Bailey
Arthur Bowker
Arthur Purington
Mildred Nichols
Ents
John Jenee
Robert Colley
Ernest Freeman
Wallace
Atwood
Monroe Carlton
J. Albert Redson
Addison Pendleton
Wallace Ham
Horace Morse
John Sylvester
Harold Tobey
Harry Horne
Herbert Anderson
Homer Potter
John Gillespie
Alice Varney
Clifford B. Wilband
Pine Tree Society Seeks Crippled Children for Easter Seal Help
Mrs William H Dalton announces Pine Tree Society seeks crippled children needing special care in Bath. Easter Seal drive funds local Hyde Memorial Home and Pine Tree Camp while 91.7 percent of Bath contributions stay in state. 8.3 percent aid national programs of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults as 1954 campaign ends.
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Pine Tree Society
William H. Dalton
Jn Eng
Easter Seal Soc
Easter Seal Society
Pine Tree Camp
Bath
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Miss Georgiana McFadden Returns Home for Easter Vacation
Miss Georgiana McFadden arrives from Washington D C to spend Easter vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs R Clinton McFadden of 21 North Street. She is a junior at Trinity College.
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Georgiana McFadden
Washington, D. C
R. Clinton McFadden
21 North Street
Trinity College
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE FEATURE
A newspaper style puzzle page lists across clues with numbers and wordplay hints, plus a cryptoquote by Longfellow and a Byron quote puzzle. The page notes puzzle mechanics and attribution to King Features Syndicate.
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Byron
King Features Syndicate
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the Times Company
Front Street
Nichols, Pres. and
Treas
C. Webber
Sessia A
Quncilor Cooke
Sireere Democretic County
Traig Masinga Tom
Grace Church School
Frank Morey Coffin
Harry E. Cooke
Robert E. Wagner, Sr
Barbara Brewer
Edwin H. Pert
Smith-Jones
Margaret Smith
Robert L. Jones
Biddeford
Ian Nace
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Margaret
Bath Court Recorder
Detroit
Mich
94Th Infantry Division
George Patton
Ihrd
England
Czechoslovakia
Gardiner Lodge of Elks
Masonic
American Legion
40 And 8
Lions Club
Arok
Mrs. Owen
Husband
McCarthy Counsel
Ray H. Jenkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen Joseph RK McCarthy
Bob Elliot
Y.M.C.A
Dora Thompson
Health Report
Arete
Baths
North Street
Nhouses
Melvin Henderson
Vermont
Cape Cod
Henderson
Philo
Must Marys Church
Sree
Belgium
Helen
Brother
Longfellow
MFI
Grcecle
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