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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
1
A Senate subcommittee examined transportation diversification proposals to remove federal limits on railroad access to air, inland waterway, and interstate trucking. Advocates argue unified systems would improve efficiency and cut costs by allowing all carriers to offer multi modal service.
A 1951 law restricting parcel post size and weight between first class post offices reduces government spending. Publication argues larger packages should return to private carriers to avoid higher postal facility costs and preserve service for rural areas.
The Department of Labor outlines how central purchasing and mass distribution by chains lowered prices and introduced self service and large volume sales at low margins. Independent merchants fought back with voluntary chains and central purchasing, yet overall living standards improved as chains expanded retail share.
The readable fragment cites Tommy Leonetti discussing colonies and scientific feats amid daily life by the Volga. The garbled text implies a broader, less clear context of exploration or progress intertwined with routine chores.
Quote from H G Hutcheson notes inflation in repair costs, comparing a $10 item from years past to a $15 repair price, highlighting rising expenses. The remark frames concern over how inflation affects household budgets and service charges.
The federal government collected 540 million dollars in excise taxes in 1929 and nearly 11 billion dollars in 1958, illustrating a marked growth in revenue from indirect taxation over three decades.
Rev Ernest Roberts preaches on the acceptable year of the Lord at First Baptist Georgetown, with notes on Sabbath cycles and Leviticus. Robinhood church hears Rev Dr Oliver W Bell on Popularity and Responsibility. Baptisms, organ committee meeting, and summer church events listed. Community notices cover gatherings, visits, dinners, and travel among local families and visitors.
A large Five Islands gathering at the Second Baptist heard Rev. Ernest Roberts cite Luke 4 14 22 verse 19 as the acceptable year of the Lord Sermon touched on Christ fulfillment of jubilee and Christian heritage Aviola Rowe contributed a violin offertory and charity work funded by the Good Neighbor apron sale raised 49 for church carpet.
The report lists residents and guests from Cambridge Newtonville Greenfield and West Hartford sharing vacations at cottages on Malden Island and the Sheepscot river. Individuals include Everett Hennan Peggy LaRose F Marsena Butts and Nancy Butts among others with mentions of illness and a fishers voyage and a charity food sale by the Good Neighbor club.
Bay Point residents hosted a cottage cookout at Readfield Junction on Lake Maranacook with guests from Brooklyn and New York City. Other gatherings included a Dodge Inn birthday celebration, a lobster bake at the George Renaud cottage, and a Working League sale at Georgetown Central school with attendees from Bay Point and Georgetown.
Mr and Mrs John A Presby and relatives hosted a Sunday family gathering in Bath feature a lobster dinner at Pemaquid swimming at Biscay Pond and a cook out at the Edgecomb home of their son Alvin L Presley before leaving for Dade City Florida on Wednesday Attendees included the Card family Stevens Robinson Thomas and the Presby children Alvin Jr and Laurayne plus Ellen and others from Bath Woolwich and Edgecomb.
Residents on Pleasant avenue report a crowing rooster disrupts sleep and prompts police attention. Also noted in the blotter is Arnold Hunt’s report of a damaged left rear fender on a car parked at Memorial hospital between 10:55 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. with an estimated $25 repair cost.
Leland K. Wakefield age 74 died Friday at a Bath nursing home after a long illness. Born in Gardiner in 1884 he worked 46 years for R. P. Hazzard Shoe Co. in Augusta retiring in 1952. He lived in Bath five years with his brother Carroll Wakefield who died recently. Survived by a son Clyde K. Wakefield of California and two nieces. Funeral arrangements through Shumway Funeral Service with service Monday at 2 p.m. at Amesbury-White Funeral Home Gardiner and burial in Oak Grove cemetery Gardiner.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p m Saturday at the Funeral Home of Leslie C Shumway 638 High street Rev Philip Palmer of Waldo Bere Methodist church officiated Bearers included C Leo Hamel and James A Gilman both of Phippsburg Hazen Hilton and W A Lowell both of Waldoboro Committal was at the family lot in Oak Grove cemetery
Funeral service for Ernest I. Hodge a Bath resident who died August 1 was held August 6 at Union Chapel Baptist church Zebulon North Carolina with Rev George T Stallings and Rev Virgil L McBride officiating Bearers were Woodrow Richards Fernie Richards Donald Richards Ronald Richards Julian Mitchell and Benjamin Mitchell all of Zebulon Committal services at Union Chapel cemetery Zebulon.
The Co-Workers Class of First Baptist and the Ladies Sewing Circle held a joint picnic at Mrs. Bertha Furber's Bedford road home. After supper, Mrs. Furber led a business session, devotions by Mrs. Paquet, and poems by Edgar A. Guest were read. Next meeting set for Sept 8 at Mrs. Metcalf’s Campbell's Pond home.
Mrs Irma Gilman Gray 59 of Waldoboro died early Thursday after a long illness at Parkview hospital Brunswick She was born January 30 1900 in Phippsburg a daughter of William H and Eva Lewis Gilman She attended Bath Morse High Farmington State Teachers College 1923 Boston University 1940 and taught in Maine Massachusetts Belmost Belmont Paxton and other schools She was a member of Waldoboro Methodist church Menaghagrange Kappa Delta Phi and several teachers associations Surviving are her husband James Gray her father William H Gilman of Phippsburg a brother Stanwood C Gilman and a nephew and niece
Mrs Helen Gertrude Wallace 62 died at Bath Memorial Hospital Monday. Born June 16 1897 in Malden Mass she was daughter of John G Tilden and Henrietta Andrews Tilden. She moved to Bath two weeks ago from Merrimac and belonged to Second Baptist East Haverhill. Survivors include Truman Wallace Sr four daughters Mabel Moore Janet Mansfield Marion Snow Isabelle Hudson two sons Truman Jr and Sgt Melvin Wallace two sisters Milli cent Richardson Sadie Slocum and six brothers John Bejamin Charles Theodore George and Samuel Tilden.
Stanley Geneau 70 of 21 Marshall Street died Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born in Canada on September 20, 1888 he was a son of Octave and Alice Geneau and retired from Hyde Windlass Co. He was a member of St Marys Roman Catholic Church. Surviving are his widow Eva two sons Alma Geneau Woolwich and Jerry Geneau Santa Barbara Calif four daughters Lucille Cramond Mae Savage Woolwich Alice Kavaly Linden N J Gladys Small Phoenix Ariz and several grandchildren.
Puzzle page includes a large across and down crossword with clues for common words plus a cryptoquote based on a King James Bible style line. Also lists a sample mapping hint and the quote IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH with attribution.
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