First Issue of Maine Tax Talk Released This Week
The State of Maine Taxpayers Association releases its first issue of Tax Talk outlining objectives for fair taxation and long range planning. It covers high car costs, removing politics from the Public Utilities Commission, limits of the Tax Bureau, and non wage earner taxes. The group plans a legislative lobby and research staff by 1957, notes milk price controls, and announces a 16 county fund drive seeking over 100000 to support year ahead lobbying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine
Maine
New Taxpayers Association
State Taxpayers Association
Public Utilities Commission
State Tax Bureau
Third House
Association
Daniel Foss makes honor roll at Woodbury College
Daniel Foss of Los Angeles has earned honors at Woodbury College in Los Angeles, completing the semester with high marks toward a B.S. in business to be awarded in 1957. Foss returned to civilian life in 1954 after Army service and previously attended Husson College in Bangor before transferring to the California school. He is the son of Mrs. Esther Foss, formerly of Richmond, now living at 3419 Larga Avenue, Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
Calif
Daniel Foss
Danny
Armed Forces
Husson College
Bangor
West Coast
Esther Foss
Richmond
Larga Avenue
Phyllis Dyer
Augusta
John Thrower
Beech Street
John Witham
Gardiner General Hospital
Ruel Witham
Clinton Street
Rachel Varney
Darrah Street
Charles Watson
Togus Hospital
Oil boom in Rockies boosts Denver offices
A survey shows 280 oil companies have Denver offices now, up from 79 in 1951. Denver serves as headquarters for many exploration and drilling firms operating across the Rockies into Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Rockies
Canada
Community Notices From Georgetown And Bath Area
Morning service at First Baptist in Georgetown featured Pastor Warren Harris teaching on Let Us Not Forget to Give Thanks unto God. P T A supper at Central School raised 35 dollars. a charity auction followed. Various residents from Bath and Woolwich visited Georgetown. Cub Scouts earned wolf and bear badges in Corliss Street church and Central School activities. A heavy snowstorm deposited four inches, now melting on roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Central School
Lawerace Wyman
Jack Warner
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth Moffatt
Bath
Albert Moore
Soule
Woolwich
Fred Oliver
Wakefield
Mass
Corliss Street Church
Harold Brown
Bobbie Pierce
Tommy Watson
Roger Pinkham
Carol Moffatt
Calvin Harris
Millie Pierce
Georgia Pinkham
Marion Watson
Harold Brown Jr
Moffatt
Robert Spear
Robinhood
Allen McKeen
Judy Boyce
Peter Crocker
John Arsenault
Sandra London
Carol Cummings
Jimmie Clark
Seguinland
Morse High
Harold J. Brown
Maine General Hospital
Joseph Higgins
James Oliver
Brown
Kennebec Point
Lewis White
John Drayton
Miles Hagan
Belle Heald
Higgins
Roland E. Peterson
William Bisseth
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Donna Lee
Robert
Edith
Faith Powers
Germany
Emil Shott
Grace Lutheran Church of
Lewiston
Shott
East Berlin
Austria
Switzerland
France
Alvah Reynolds
Memorial Hospital
J. W. McArthur
Augusta
Canada
St Stephens
Mr. McArthur
Dorothy Stuart
Roland Peterson
Gerald M. York
William MacKellar
Roy Clark
Local Visits Highlight Busy Weekend Gatherings
Mrs. Alice Horne and Mrs. Peirce Fuller occupy cottages in Georgetown Center while William Plummer of Five Islands drove the mail due to illness. Numerous families from Bath, Portland, West Roxbury, Wilmington and Plymouth visited Robinhood, Boothbay, and Memorial Hospital areas, with tours to homes, tea rooms, and social calls.
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Earle Hagan
Victor
West Peabody
Mass
Larry Moore
Brunswick
Victor Hagan
Dorothy W. Oliver
Plymouth Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Oliver
Bath
William Plummer
Five Islands
Everett Stevens
Walter Stevens
Everett
Natt Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Richard
Paul
Marie
Seguinland
Robinhood
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Fred P. Oliver
Wakefield
William A Todd
George Flynn
Memorial Hospital
David Y. Alkazin
Burton West
Wilmington
Reynolds
Carroll Powers
Edward C. Clarey
Peterson
Alvah C. Reynolds
Massachusetts
Janie
Joyce Oliver
James Oliver
Boothbay
Robert Nicoll
Robert
Gordon Nicoll
Michael
Harold Brown
Tools and Flashlight Reported Stolen on Oak Street
Mrs. George E. Parshley reported theft from her car parked on Oak street. A glow light, screw drivers and wrenches disappeared from the glove compartment between 7 30 and 10 p.m. while she attended Grace church parish house. Bath police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Street
Bath
George E. Parshley
Clifton Street
Wheat crop averages 1075 bushels per year for five years
The United States wheat crop has averaged 1 075 bushels annually over the past five years, indicating steady production levels despite fluctuations in markets and weather.
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U. S
Five Islands Community Notes Include Local Visits and Hospital Calls
Attendance at last Thursday's Bible Class reached seven with Mrs. Marr Rowe Gray and others. Local church activities include a Thursday evening prayer meeting led by Deacon George Gray. Bath Memorial Hospital hosted several patients including Franz Stevens and Sandra Bowman. Weekend visits featured families from Bath, Albion, West Roxbury, and Newton with cottage stays on Malden Island and Yarmouth trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marr
Orville Rowe
Harold Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Reginald Church
George Gray
Erland Moore
Andy MacGillivary
Percy MacGillivary
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Davis
Bath
Lester Davis
Francis Pierce
New York
Sandra Bowman
Richard Bowman
Lawrence Vail
Franz Stevens
Victor Pinkham, Jr
Kenneth Smith
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Roger Pinkham
Bobby Pierce
Tommy Watson
Roland Wilkins
Albion
Marr
Elwell
Woolwich
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Mass
Ray Gilpatrick
Boston
Gilpatricks
Robert Hasenfus
Waldoboro
Neil Boynton
Newton
Rugg
Malden Island
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Vernon E. Gray
Otis Baker
Westwood
William Fields
Lilla Lewis
Richmond
Cleon
Sylvia
Carl Pearson
Local Friends Visit Across Towns This Weekend
Somerville residents visited relatives in Southport and Bath. Mrs Georgetta Pinkham works at Congress Sportswear in Bath. Georgia Watson attended the Grand Assembly of Rainbow Girls in Portland. Thomas and Mrs Watson hosted visitors from Georgetown and Norwell. Mr Branwell Har ford traveled to Boston to fetch his sister Ida Magro. Edward Carr and Mrs Orissa Carr hosted relatives from Dexter last week.
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Ida Magro
Pearce Fuller
Norwell
Mass
Thomas Watson
Edward Carr
Dexter
Orissa Carr
State BPW Convention Set for York Beach in June
Bath BPW club announces its delegates and alternates to the State Business and Professional Women's convention to be held June 8 9 and 10 at the Marshall House York Beach The Bath club will hold its anniversary party May 15 with program arranged by Rowena Marsh Grace Casey Almeda Genthner Melvina Vachon and others Guest speaker Loring R Addison Maine superintendent of schools attended a White House Conference on Education as a delegate from Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Marshall House
York Beach
Bath B. P. W
Sedgwick
Asenith Haggett
Rowena Marsh
Etta Thurlow
Natalie McNeil
R. Clinton McFadden
Bessie R. Brown
Grace Casey
Almeda Genthner
Melvina Vachon
Loring R. Addison
White House
Maine
Morse High Announces Spring Golf and Track Schedules
Morse High School releases spring schedules for golf and track. Athletic Director Duncan H. Farrell says six track meets are planned mainly at Edwards Field with one exception, and a six game golf slate is set with matches against Brunswick Edward Little Rockland and Wisconsett.
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Morse High School
Duncan H. Farrell
Brunswick High
Edwards Field
Morse
Farre i
Brunswick
Edward Little
Rockland
Away
Here
Wiscasset
Gardiner
Andy Valley
Lewiston
Kents Hill
Colonial Club Dance Party Draws 100 Plus in Bath
Bath Colonial club hosts Patriots Day party with more than 100 members and guests at Front street clubrooms. Edward Page directs a varied program of monologues skits and songs while the Colonial club orchestra provides dancing music. A buffet lunch follows and committees include Feeney Morton Commeau Richard Mank and Main Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Colonial Club
Front Street
Edward Page
James Feeney
Fred Morton
Stanley Commeau
Henry Richard
Henry Mank
A. M Main, Jr
Eighth Grade Speaking Contest Thursday Night
The Bath Junior High PTAL hosts the second annual eighth grade speaking contest at 7 30 in the junior high cafeteria. Participants include Kathleen Holmes Jon Paisley Barbara Larrabee Jack Renshaw Judy Marsh Lorraine Turner Scott Alexander Anita Gaudet Wayne Fitzgerald Barbara Lawrence Paul Kinder Virginia Percy Donna Young David McGuire Jill Olsen. Prizes awarded for first second and third place. Judges are Morse High School faculty. After the contest the PTA April meeting will be held.
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Bath Junior High School
PTAL
Association
Kathleen Holmes
Jon Paisley
Barbara Larrabee
Jack Renshaw
Judy Marsh
Lorraine Turner
Scott Alexander
Anita Gaudet
Wayne Fitzgerald
Barbara Lawrence
Paul Kinder
Virginia Percy
Donna Young
David McGuire
Jill Olsen
Republic Steel Says 11 Acres Needed to Sheath 46-Story Tower
Republic Steel Corporation states that 11 acres of stainless steel are required to sheath a 46 story skyscraper. The claim outlines material scope and project scale for the proposed steel exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Steel Corporation
Obituary of Mrs Mildred E Ward Topsham resident
Mrs Mildred E Ward 57 wife of Topsham Selectman Harrid S Ward died at Bath Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born June 19 1898 in Phippsburg she was the daughter of Horace and Eve Bowie. She lived in Topsham since 1924 and belonged to Hawthorn Chapter O E S Alvah Young Temple Pythian Sisters Merrymeeting Lodge of Odd Ladies and Topsham Grange. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Henry R Sandelin Brunswick and Mrs Harold L Staples Topsham a son Frederick H Ward Topsham a sister Mrs Alice B Weston Bath two brothers John F Durwood H Bowie Bath four grandsons and several nieces nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Stetson Funeral Home Brunswick with Rev William D Chapman officiating and burial in Rogers Cemetery Topsham.
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Mildred E. Ward
Topsham
Harrid S. Ward
Bath Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Horace
Eve McIntire Bowie
Seth Mullin
Topsham. Mrs. Ward Was A Member of Hawthorn Chapter, O. E. S
Alvah Young Temple
Pythian Sisters
Merrymeeting Lodge
Odd Ladies
Topsham Grange
Henry R. Sandelin
Brunswick
Harold L. Staples
Frederick H. Ward
Alice B. Weston
Bath
John F
Durwood H. Bowie
Stetson Funeral Home
William D. Chapman
Rogers Cemetery
Mrs Bertha Pepper Dies at 77 at Old Folks Home
Mrs Bertha Pratt Pepper 77 wife of Arthur I Pepper died Sunday at the Old Folks Home on Washington street where the couple lived four years. Born Richmond June 10 1878 daughter of James and Carrie Pratt she taught in Richmond public schools before marrying in 1898. Surviving are her husband brother Arthur L Pratt sister Eva M Pratt and daughter Mrs Hiram Tobey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Pratt Pepper
Arthur I. Pepper
Washington Street
Richmond
James
Carrie A. Watson Pratt
Richmond High School
Pepper
Bath
Genesia
Arthur L. Pratt
This City
Eva M. Pratt
Malden
Mass
Hiram Tobey
Wakefield
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Annie Gaudet of Chelsea
Funeral services for 75 year old Mrs Annie Gaudet widow of Joseph Gaudet of Chelsea Mass were held at Assumption church in Chelsea with a solemn high mass. She died suddenly April 17 at Massachusetts General Hospital survived by two daughters Mrs Philip Bernard and Mrs Anthony Gaudet of Chelsea four sons Arthur of Chelsea Henry and Joseph of Newport R I and Frederick of Florida twelve grandchildren three sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Gaudet
Joseph Gaudet
Chelsea
Mass
Assumption Church
Mrs Bertha Pepper Funeral Held Tuesday Service
Funeral service for Mrs Bertha P Pepper was held Tuesday at 11 from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Craig Richards of Central Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Paul Mason Karcher Jackson Edwin H P Lowell Roy Lawrence Horace Morse and Arthur Stevens. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha P. Pepper
Curtis Funeral Home
Craig Richards
Central Congregational Church
Paul V. Mason
Karcher Jackson
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Roy S. Lawrence
Horace G. Morse
Arthur Stevens
Oak Grove
Laura M. Gackenbach rites held at Mayo funeral home
Funeral services for Miss Laura M. Gackenbach were conducted at 1 30 Monday afternoon at the Arthur F. Mayo and Son funeral residence with the Rev Martin V B Sargent officiating. Bearers named William Curran Fred Pecci John Hinds and Walter Longley. Burial followed in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura M. Gackenbach
Arthur F
Blaisdell Funeral Service Held Tuesday
Funeral service for Thomas W Blaisdell was conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 from Curtis Funeral home. The Rev Warren Harris of Georgetown Center Baptist church officiated. Bearers were Branwell Harford Thomas Watson Orville Rowe and Everett Stevens Burial was in Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Blaisdell
Thomas W Blaisdell
Curtis Funeral Home
Warren Harris
Georgetown Center Baptist Church
Branwell Harford
Thomas Watson
Orville Rowe
Everett Stevens
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Mrs Dorothy L. Smith Funeral Held
Funeral service for Mrs Dorothy L. Smith was held Wednesday afternoon at two oclock at Wesley Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell officiating. Bearers were Guy Robbins Clyde Haynes Robert Magill and George Marston. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L. Smith
Wesley Methodist Church
Oliver W. Bell
Guy Robbins
Clyde Haynes
Robert Magill
George Marston
Oak Grove
Outboard Motor Reported Stolen Recovered to Owner
A five horsepower outboard motor stolen from the cellar of Philip Sirois at 1528 High Street was recovered. Sirois said a 12 year old boy took it to a Lambert Park resident to sell it. after seeing the missing motor in the paper, the Lambert Park man notified the boy’s parents and the motor was returned. Police said no court action is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Sirois
High Street
Sirois
Lambert Park
Scientists Debate Hittites as Iron Age Pioneers
Scholars weigh evidence suggesting the Hittites may have forged iron earlier than widely accepted, reshaping understandings of early metallurgy. Debate centers on archaeological finds, tradeware, and dated inscriptions across Anatolia and neighboring regions.
Kinney James Engineer Dies Suddenly in Winthrop
William Thomas Kinney 42 of Winthrop Mass died suddenly at home on Taft Avenue. Born Milo Sept 14 1914 he graduated from South Paris High School and the University of Maine in 1936. He worked as an engineer for Pan American Airways in Trinidad and Lima and owned New England Gem Cutting Co. in Boston. He leaves his widow Irma Hallett a daughter Karen Joy Kinney parents Rev Charles L Kinney and Mrs Kinney a Bangor brother Gerald L Kinney and several relatives.
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William T. Kinney
William Thomas Kinney
Charles L. Kinney
Newport
Taft Avenue
Winthrop
Mass
Milo
South Paris
Colorado School of Mines
University of Maine
Kinney
Pan American Airways
Trinidad
Lima
Peru
Methodist Church
Chanters Choral Group
New England Gem Cutting Co
Boston
Irma Hallett
Karen Joy Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
John P. Brown Rites Held At St Marys Augusta
Funeral services were held at St Marys Catholic church in Augusta for John Peter Brown a four year resident and former Bath Iron Works employee. He died Friday night at Augusta General Hospital. Born in Littleton New Hampshire he was a retired electrician with roots in Bretton Woods and Bath. Survived by Christine his widow two Augusta daughters three sisters a Chicago brother nine grandchildren and a nephew.
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John Peter Brown
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Augusta
Bath Iron Works
Augusta General Hospital
Littleton
N.H
James
Mary Duffy Brown
Bretton Woods Co
New Hampshire
Brown
Miss Laura Gackenbach 63 dies at Mercy Hospital Portland
Laura M. Gackenbach, 63, of Portland, died Saturday morning after a long illness at Mercy hospital. A Bath native, she lived with sister Mrs. Richard J. Frates at 12 North, studied at Morse High and Lynn hospital School of Nursing, practiced nursing in Brooklyn before returning to Portland 15 years ago. Surviving: sister, sister-in-law Mrs Merritt Gaekenbach of Bath, and several nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura M. Gackenbach
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Bath
Gackenbach
Richard J. Frates
North Street
Richard
Alice Gackenbach
Morse High School
Lynn, Mass. Hospital School of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Merritt Gaekenbach
Mrs Marjorie Garcia Funeral Held in Boston
Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie Garcia 38 a former Bath and Five Islands resident were held in Boston after she died there last Wednesday Born July 24 1917 at Five Islands Georgetown she was the daughter of Arthur Berry and Mrs William Watson of Bath Surviving are her husband two children a sister and her parents all named residents of Bath or Boston with ties to Five Islands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Garcia
Bath
Five Islands
Boston
Garcia
Robert Garcia
Georgetown
Arthur Berry
Connecticut
William Watson
Wayne Garcia
Richard Barter
Joseph Avery
Death of Georgetown native Thomas W Blaisdell at 93
Thomas William Blaisdell 93, a Georgetown native from the Five Islands district, died Sunday in a local nursing home after four weeks there. Born December 18, 1862 to Joseph and Eleanor Moore Blaisdell, he lived in Georgetown his entire life and worked as a building contractor. He was past master of the Five Islands Grange. Surviving relatives include nephew Charles Blaisdell of Bath and niece Allegra Bickford of Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas William Blaisdell
Georgetown
Blaisdell
Five Islands
Joseph
Eleanor Moore Blaisdell
Grange
Charles Blaisdell
Bath
Allegra Bickford
Auburn
Dorothy L Smith dies. Portland resident and widow of Rev Smith
Dorothy L Smith 56 died Sunday after a several week hospital stay at Memorial Born March 30 1900 in London England she was daughter of Thomas and Leonora Pitt She lived at 54 Bailey street Portland and attended Stevens Avenue Congregational Church Survived by three sons Reverend Ronald W Smith Llewellyn C Smith and Richard M Smith all of Portland one daughter Mrs Francine Pecci of West Bath and one brother John Pitt of London
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L. Smith
Memorial Hospital
London
England
Thomas and
Leonora Howe Pitt
Smith
Bailey Street
Portland
Stevens Avenue
Ronald W. Smith
Pownal
Llewellyn C Smith
Richard M. Smith
Francine Pecci
West Bath
John Pitt
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Dresden
Pemaquid
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Mount Olivet
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Durham
Mystic
Litchfield
Cornerstone
Orient
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Mount Bigelow
North Anson
Golden Sheath
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Pioneer
Ae Falls
Lakeview
Jeffery
CES
Peter Ignatovich
Victor Ignatovich
Loring Small
Thomas Borjesson
Red Cross
Union 43
Litchfield Central School
Russell W. Perry
Monmouth
Wales
West Gardiner
Arthur Whitter
Sylvia Niles
Monmouth Central School
Linda Cheney
Flora Burney
Maurice Lavalee
Roger Guimond
Terry Dorr
Sandra Curtis
North Monmouth
Jessie Harrison
Judy Tinkham
Lee Webber
Mary Stevens
West
Progressive Grange
Union Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Merry Meeting Grange
Enterprise Grange
Fort Scott
Kas
Double Beauty
Mitzi Gaynor
Roger Lueck
American Can
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester
George Dewsnap
Daisy Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
William McKay
Jack
Horace Lee
Harry L Horne
Bath and Georgetown Center
St. Petersburg
Florida
Horne
Alice Horne
Peirce’ Fulter
Georgetown Center
Kennett
Harrison Clay
Flint
Mich
Soho
Bermuda
Susan Selby
Smoy Bermuda
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Morse Golf
Mrs. Pepper
Gackenbach Funeral
Mrs. Smith
John P. Brown
Laura Gackenbach
Thomas W. Blaisdell
Dorothy
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