Can Legislator Serve As Judge Probate Court
Augusta Governor Cross asked the Attorney General for an opinion on whether a Legislator can be appointed Cumberland county judge of probate. Three candidates surfaced, including Senate President Nathaniel Haskell, who may be considered for the unexpired term of Carroll Chaplin. The issue hinges on constitutional provisions about legislators holding elective offices and salary raises. Cross planned to decide soon and travels included a visit to Manchester to review National Guard training and Lewiston for the Maine Three-Quarter Century club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Cross
Alexander A. LaFleur
Cumberland County
Senate
Nathaniel M. Haskell
Portland
Haskell
Cumberland
Carroll Chaplin
Public Utilities Commission
George E. Hill
Manchester
N. H
Maine Air National Guard
Grenier Air Force Base
Lewiston
Maine
Insects and Rodents Wipe Five Percent of U.S. Grain
In the United States, pests destroy about five per cent of stored grain annually due to insect and rodent activity. This loss affects farmers, processors, and shortages, prompting calls for improved storage and pest-control measures nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Funds Approved for State Institutions and Related Costs
Gov. Cross and the Executive Council authorized improvements at two Maine state institutions totaling up to 260000. Pownal State School will receive about 175000 for new cottages and facility upgrades while Bangor State Hospital gets an 85000 sprinkler system. They approved insurers bids for state vehicles and authorized shifting 10000 within Inland Fisheries for plane leasing. A 500000 bridge bond refund was approved and rail payments to 1973 were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Cross
Pear Agency
Auburn
C. M. Bowker Co
Portland
Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Lincoln
Roland H. Cobb
Maine
Maine Central Railroad Co
Carleton Bridge
Bath
Woolwich
Sweden Yields Per Acre Higher Than U S Wheat
Swedish wheat yields per acre are roughly double those achieved in the United States, indicating a significant productivity advantage for Sweden in cereal farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
United States
Polio increase seen in Maine with 23 new cases
Maine reports 23 new polio cases last week, the highest weekly total since 1949. Portland accounts for six cases while Auburn Bangor each have two. single cases are reported in Leeds Lewiston Minot Allagash PIl Frenchville Harrison Windham Hallowell Litchfield Sidney Waterville Brewer and Orrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Maine Bureau of Health
Portland
Auburn
Bangor
Leeds
Lewiston
Minot
Allagash Pil
Frenchville
Harrison
Windham
Hallowell
Litchfield
Sidney
Waterville
Brewer
Orrington
Belgrade
Committees Named For G. O. P. Dinners This Fall
Waterville August 19 Republicans form the team of workers promoting two recognition dinners in October at Eastland Hotel Portland on October 1 and Bangor City Auditorium October 2. District chairmen named under leaders include county officials from York Cumberland Knox Androscoggin Franklin Lincoln and others with executives from Waterville Augusta Bath and Caribou coordinating the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Cyril M. Joly, Jr
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Bangor City Auditorium
Frederick Allen
Carl J. Braggs
Sanford
York
Stuart Martin
Rumford
Oxford
B. Frederick Ayer
Yarmouth
Cumberland
John G. Morse, Jr
Bath
Sagadahoc
Fred Lord
Augusta
Willis A. Trafton, Jr
Auburn
Androscoggin
Howard Eyes
Wilton
Franklin
Curtis Payson
Union
Carl Stilphen
Rockland
Knox
Arthur Nissen
Damariscotta
Lincoln
James Acheson
Willard B. Arnold
Kennebec
George Perkins, Jr
Skowhegan
Somerset
Albert West
Stockton Springs
Waldo
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
Samuel
Cosmopolitan Garden Club to furnish flowers for veterans
Members will visit the Veterans hospital to donate flowers for inmates. Those wishing to join may call the clubhouse for urns and arrangements, with pickups set for Thursday evening or Friday morning. Accra is identified as the capital of the African Gold Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Veterans Hospital
Cosmopole Club
Gross
Accra
School Union 48 Opens September 8 Across Towns
Superintendent Stanwood C. Gilman sets opening for all Union 48 schools on Tuesday September 8 at 9 am in Arrowsic Dresden George town Phippsburg Westport Wiscasset and Woolwich with sub primary in Wiscasset only First time entrants must be five by Oct 15 1953 otherwise six by Dec 31 1953 and provide birth certificates if not presented at May registration Parents urged to bring birth records. Transportation runs last year schedule and Phippsburg grades I VIII split among Winneganee Small Point and Center school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Stanwood C. Gilman
Arrowsie
Dresden
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Westport
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Winneganee
Small Point
Parker Head
Arrowsic
School Union
George- Phippsburg
Wonlwick
Wissaneet
Wiscasset High
Bridge Academy
Central Schools
Bath
Canadian couple charged in Bath auto theft case
Bath police seized a 1952 sedan reported stolen from Portland. William Gerald Brins alias Patrick William O'Brien, 46, of Halifax Nova Scotia, and Edna Strong, 45, of St. Edwards Nova Scotia, were returned to Portland to face charges after a late Tuesday arrest and an ensuing investigation. Police identified the thieves and recovered the vehicle with assistance from the car owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
William Gerald Bbrins
Patrick William O’brien
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Edna Strong
St. Edwards
N.S
Frank L. Moriarty
Washington Street
Robert Wagner
Vine Street
John S. Gorham
South Portland
Ice at 32 and water at 32 will reach thermal equilibrium
At exactly 32 degrees Fahrenheit both ice and water are in thermal equilibrium. Neither the ice melts nor the water freezes when equal temperatures are maintained, since there is no net heat flow between the phases.
Commander King Praises Bath Hospitality and Navy Needs
Commander Edward King of the destroyer John McCain spoke at Bath Rotary about Bath hospitality and support for a balanced Navy. He urged a focused shipbuilding program, warned against unnecessary gadgets, and highlighted Bath Iron Works as key to postwar destroyer progress with ships like Mitscher and McCain. Visiting Rotarians and guests from multiple states attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward King
John McCain
Bath
Rotary International Club
King
Mitscher
McCain
Ork
Bath Iron Works
W. L. Frye
Damariscotta
Newcastle
Louis P. Bail
Lewiston-Auburn
Howard Sharp
Vineland
N. J
Charles Brewster
Yankton
S. C
Arthur Gagne, Jr
Brunswick
Arthur B. Baxter
Harold Bowen
Lawreace
Mass
Fred G. Sims
New Haven
Conn
M.C. Fischer
Cheshire
Ben Davidson
Coral Gables
Fla
Len Dunn
Montreal
Can
James R. Mithvin
The
John Nesbitt
Newton
Arthur G. Spear
Portland
Improvements Made to School Properties During Summer
With school opening soon, the Summer program on renovations and preparations at Huse Fisher and Dike schools wraps up. Huse gains ground grading, new front walk, refreshed corridors bathrooms and six rooms, plus brick repointing and window caulking planned. Fisher finishes grading with blacktop in progress, front area seeded this fall. Dike school reports a near finished oil burner boiler upgrade, plus repainting of corridors toilets and entrances. More than half of Americans wear glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Fisher School
Middle Street
Woman Killed in Highway Crash at Cooks Corner
Mrs. Alice Brown 72 of Old Town dies instantly when her husband Wirt Brown 78 loses control during a U turn at Cooks Corner on Route 1. The accident marks Maine 1953 highway death toll at 101-21 compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brown
Middle Street
Old Town
Cooks Corner
Brunswick
John H. Canning
Belfast
Witch Spring Hill
West Bath
New Garnet Road
Canvass Delinquent Returns Reported in Maine
Augusta Aug 19 Whitney L Wheeler District Director of Internal Revenue for Maine announced results of a two day canvass of delinquent returns. In Maine 58 revenue agents found 22 percent overall delinquency with 28 percent on 1040ES and 4 percent on Wage and Excise taxes. Future canvassing will cover more taxpayers and allow breakdown by area and return type. The effort was well received by the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Whitney L Wheeler
Internal Revenue
Maine
Boston
New England
Wheeler
Final Playground Activities Point Toward Seasonal Close
City playgrounds conclude their season with an all day exhibition at city hall and an upcoming Thursday picnic at Thomas Point beach. The arts and crafts show featured handwork and scrapbooks while the major exhibit highlighted doll carriage parades and beach trip snapshots. The picnic includes a freckle contest bean bag tournament and 22 relay races with about 78 prizes and free treats for children and adults. Weekly bus trips to Reid State Park wrapped up this week.
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City Hall
Thomas’ Point Beach
Bath council to discuss war memorial bids and gravel issue
A special city council session is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m to review and approve war memorial proposals for Bath veterans with bids to be advertised aiming for erection by Armistice Day. The meeting may also cover gravel removal concerns involving another council member, though length may be limited due to the highway department head’s vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stanley R. Hunter
Hunter
City Counsession
Highway and Sewer Department
Hospital Auxiliary and Board Meet to Review Summer Work
Memorial Hospital auxiliary directors and chairmen met in the auxiliary room to report ongoing committee activity. Reports highlighted an England made plate for the Fall fair and the joining of the Library and Cozy Corner committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Sumner Sewall
James A. Gillies, Jr
Adam China
England
Hospital
Bath
Library
Edward Kinder
Cochairman
Clyde Ambrose
Melvin Henderson
Dean Shaw
Fred R. E. Dean
Bowen Torrey
Donald N. Small
Mayo
O.r
Charles Cahill
High Street
Olive B
Bath Iron Works LST 1159 Completes Trial Runs
The LST 1159, fourth in a five ship Bath Iron Works contract, departed for trial runs off the coast early Tuesday morning.
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LST
Bath Iron Works Corp
Visitation Notes From New Jersey Couples
Mr and Mrs John Creamer of Yoselle Park New Jersey visit Sir and Mrs DiCesare of 32 God ard street and Mrs Henry Cot reau of 1 Washington street. Mrs Creamer is the former Marie Cotreau of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Creamer
Yoselle Park
N. J
DiCesare
Godard Street
Henry Cotreau
Washington Street
Creamer
Marie Cotreau
Bath
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Pentagon
Washington
Lemuel Shepherd
Marine Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Joint
Arthur Radford
Nathan Twining
Ir Force
William Fechteler
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Radford
Lawton Collins
Robert Carney
Naval Operations
Gov. Cross
State
Maine Central
Carlton
Thaca
Ionian Islands
Gilman
Rotary Club
M’clure
Burton M. Cross
Executive
J. Horace McClure
Camp Wellfleet
303Rd
A.A.A
McClure
Wellfleet
Maine National Guard
Camp Drum
Reid State Park
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