Forest fire talks and troop activities at Corliss Street meeting
Troop 52 of Corliss Street church and Troop 201 of Wiscasset held a joint meeting at the Wis casset American Legion hall with Scoutmaster Roy Lutz Jr and the Troop committee providing transport for 20 Bath boys. Waldo Clark from the Lincoln county fire warden’s office led a forest fire prevention lecture and a gear demo including walkie talkies and pumps. Smokey the bear plus two assistants answered questions as scouts viewed firefighting equipment and enjoyed games and a troop contest. Refreshments were served by the host troop.
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Corliss Street Church
Wiscasset
Wiscasst
American Legion Hall
Roy Lutz, Jr
Bath
Waldo Clark
Lincoln County
Smokey
Bath's Civil Defense builds police reserve with 48 graduates
Bath moves to an active civil defense program as 48 men graduate with diplomas and badges forming the city police reserve. State Civil Defense Director Col Harry Mapes praises them as the first in the state to complete the reserve course since the instructors school started last December. The piece urges broader volunteer civil defense groups and swift organization to meet possible wartime needs.
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Civil Defense
Harry Mapes
Civil Defense Instructors School
Rewarding Honor Students With Dinners And Trips
A Parma Ohio educator proposes rewarding scholastic achievement with dinners and trips similar to athletic honors. The idea flags potential benefits for prestige but warns against creating expectations of rewards for every good effort. Emphasis remains on learning and intrinsic achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Mowrey
Parma-Schaaf Junior High School
Parma
Ohio
Miss Mowrey
Clean Up Paint Up A Neat Town Starts With Pride
A clean, neat town depends on personal civic pride and neighborly action. Citizens can begin any time without official prompts, as individual effort to improve one house or yard can inspire others. A town reflects the care of its neighborhoods and residents.
Petunia Brownies present program at Old Ladies Home
Petunia Brownies of Troop 19 performed a month long community project at the Old Ladies Home on Thursday afternoon. The program opened with the Brownie Smile Song and the Brownie Promise recited by Penny Roderick. A French rendition of Are You Sleeping featured Kathryn Shores and others, with vocal solos and dances including The Bunny Song and The Little Red Caboose.
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Petunia Brownies
Old Ladies’ Home
Troop 19
Old Ladies Home
Rogram
Penny Roderick
You
Kathryn Shores
Diane Paulin
Carol Morin
Armenia de Mascio
Bonnie Lee _ Buzzell
Anita Cloutier
Gayle McCormick
Judy Ames
Nna Weston
Jane van Wynen
Judith Kingsbury
Sandra Black
Nancy Howe
Gwen Jackson
Little Red Caboose
Margaret Voorhees
Jean French
Geraldine Morin
Donna West
Alarm plan for Maine National Guard test alert
Bath residents are cautioned not to be alarmed when Battery B mobilizes for a spring test alert called Operation Minuteman. Captain Edwin Heartquist says the drill will be a nationwide mobilization test with up to 400000 guardsmen in multiple states and territories, coordinated from Washington.
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Bath
Battery B
Edwin A. Heartquist
Army
Air National Guard
Maine
Heartquist
Adjutant General of
Hawaii
Alaska
Edgar C. Erickson
National Guard Bureau
Pentagon
Washington, D. C
Erickson
Municipal Court Hears Driving Violations in Busy Session
Judge Gardiner R. Deering and Judge Gardiner R. Deering oversaw two sessions. Troy N. Wheeler of Brunswick Naval Air Station pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a red signal and was fined ten dollars and five dollars and seventy cents costs. Ralph L. Winslow Jr. of Woolwich pleaded guilty to driving without a license and operating an overloaded truck, each charged, with ten dollar fines and five dollars seventy cents costs.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Troy N. Wheeler
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Washington Street
Philip Hodgkins
Ralph L. Winslow, Jr
Woolwich
Hodgkins
George G. Nson
West Bath
Johnson
Thelma Berube
Richmond
Bowdoin
Byron Marshall
Frederick T. Crandlemire
Portland
Leeman Highway
William Boyland
Irene Graffam
Brunswick
James F. Roberts
Edward W. Bridgham
Troop Closes Program With Daisy and Taps
Carol Morin and Anita Cloutier led a troop in a program ending with Daisy and Taps. A decorated fruit box, made by the girls, was presented to the home by assistant leader Mrs Warren P Roderick. Directing the afternoon were Leader Mrs Thomas Shores and Assistant Leader Mrs Arthur Paulin. The next meeting is Beers 28 at 2 30 pm in Huse sc. next week’s session is skipped for school vacation.
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Cloverleaf
Cloverleaf Troop
Oakhurst Dairy
Collette Beers
Annette Belanger
Annette Hicks
Nancy Dearborn
Linda McCole
Jean Orr
Sally Thompson
Jeannette
Patrol
Red Rose Troop
Girl Scouts
Red Rose Troop 6
Corliss Street
Nancy Merchant
Martha Pratt
Sheredith Waters
Barbara Fuller
Ruth Doughty
Arlene King
Hyde
Ralph Card
Carol Morin
Anita Cloutier
Warren P. Roderick
Thomas Shores
Arthur Paulin
Husesc
Waterbury Seeks Durable Gain From Brass Question
Waterbury, Conn., faces a municipal curiosity as residents ask what is more durable than brass and ponder the value of permanence in public affairs. The witty inquiry frames a local discussion on lasting material and civic priorities.
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Waterbury
Conn
George Lawrence Named For This Year s Boys State
Morse High junior George Lawrence was chosen by the Smith Tobey Post American Legion as its Boys State representative for Orono in mid June. He is active in sports and clubs, works after school, and serves in church youth activities. The Girls State selections were announced last week, with Dawn Newcomb and Stephanie Rush as alternate.
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George Lawrence
Morse
Smith- Tobey Post
American Legion
Orono
Pearl Higgins
North Bath
Lister R. Lawrence
U. S. Navy
Lawrence
Central Congregational Church Youth Fellowship
American Legion Organization
Maine
Legion Auxiliary
Dawn Newcomb
Heyward Newcomb
Stephanie Rush
Colby College
Waterville
Maine Poultry Leaders Form Promotion Board
Maine poultry leaders established a Poultry and Egg Promotional Board to publicize a $70 million industry. Audway S. Treworgy of Portland chairs, Oscar Turner of Livermore is treasurer, and Frank D. Reed of Orono is secretary. An initial $10,500 goal funds operations via voluntary subscriptions from hatcheries processors grain dealers and manufacturers. Ten percent goes to the national board in Chicago for promotion while projects include Maine egg and poultry branding and in-store demonstrations.
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Augusta
Maine
Audway S
Poultry & Egg National Board
Chicago
State of Maine
Maine Department of Agriculture
Maine Extension Service
Auto ownership growth projected in midcentury United States
In 1950 there was one car for every three people over age 13 and the Twentieth Century Fund estimates that by 1957 the ratio will improve to one car for every two to two and a half people in that age group.
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U.S
Twentieth Century Fund
Scholarship Dinner Benefits Sorority Fund
Theta and Xi Beta Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sponsor a fried clam dinner for the sorority scholarship fund. Lawrence Harmon hosts Friday at the South End P T A. Committee chairs include Mrs Harold Perry, Mrs Edward Cummings, Mrs Oscar Marsh, Mrs John Conley Jr, and Mrs Albert Desmond. Dinner served 5 to 7 pm. Tickets available at the door.
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Theta
Xi Beta
Beta Sigma Phi
Lawrence Harmon
South End
Harold Perry
Edward Cummings
Oscar Marsh
John Conley, Jr
Albert Desmond
Maine Bond Sales Report for Sagadahoc County
U S Savings Bonds sales for Sagadahoc County through March 31 released by the Treasury Department show E and H bonds totaling 118 928 dollars with a 1955 quota of 559 500 dollars and 21 3 percent of quota achieved.
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Maine
U. S. Savings
Sagadahoc County
Treasury Department
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Cleanup Repeats As Park Crew Clears Mess Again
Citizens note repeated trash and bottle litter along the highway just days after a Park Department crew cleaned the area, prompting another cleanup effort by the same department.
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Park Department
Celtics star Bob Cousy airs tough officiating at BIW Sports Night
Bob Cousy told a Bath crowd that basketball officials face constant pressure from partisan crowds and must rule on plays frequently. He cited Fort Wayne versus Syracuse as an example and praised Celtics teammates while urging discipline for young players and parents’ supportive role.
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Bobcane
Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
Bath Iron Works
BIW Recreational Association
Cousy
Fort Wayne
Celtics
Boston
New York
Sid Borgia
Sid
Syracuse
Bill
Walter Brown
New England
Health report shows measles and chickenpox in Sagadahoc
State health data for Sagadahoc county week ending April 9 lists eight chickenpox cases, one hepatitis infection, two measles, one mumps. Richmond reports two chickenpox cases.
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Sagadahoc County
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Richmond
Only Known Copy Emerges of 1873 Royal American Issue
The New York Historical Society reports acquiring the only known copy of an issue of the Tory newspaper the Royal American published in New York City on August 7, 1873, after long believed to have suspended in 1783.
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Grand Central Terminal
New York
Gloria DeHaven
Fifi O’orsay
Ricardo Montalban
New Haven
Conn
Royal American
New York City
New-York Historical Society
Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquote Crackdown
A filled crossword with numerous clues across and down plus a cryptogram by King Features Syndicate. The page includes a listed cryptogram quote COME CHILDREN LET US SHUT UP THE BOX AND THE PUPPETS FOR OUR PLAY 18 PLAYED OUT THACKERAY attributed to Thackeray.
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Thackeray
King Features Syndicate
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Weeks Street School
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B. I. W. Women’s Bowling League
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