Taft Speaks Boldly in Maine Rockland Speech
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio delivered a forceful straight from the shoulder address to Maine Republicans in Rockland The recording drew thousands as Taft attacked the Truman administration and Democratic leadership Analysts say his Maine visit strengthens his 1952 presidential prospects and showcases his political acumen and patriotism.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Rockland
Taft
Truman
Maine
Three Hours Per Hundred Miles Rule Stressed for Safer Travel
A Labor Day safety message cites the Institute For Safer Living predicting about 390 traffic deaths over the holiday. It urges drivers to allow three hours of driving per 100 miles, avoid drinking and fatigue, and not rush through heavy traffic or risky passes to reduce fatalities.
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Institute For Safer Living
Institute
Return to Conscience in Hoover Birthday Essay
On his 77th birthday Herbert Hoover faces a rebirth of the call for government integrity and citizen independence. The piece contrasts Hoover’s philosophy with a modern trend toward government control through regulations bureaucracy borrowing and taxation.
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Herbert Hoover
Conscience of the Nation in Hoover Era
The passage describes a figure once called an elder statesman and conscience of the Nation as America nears Hoover’s 77th year amid nineteen Democrat administrations. It frames his bold speaking as guiding the country toward truth in untangling national affairs.
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Merbert Hoover
America
Annual Picnic Of Kiddies Highlights At Huse Playground
The event features boys and girls ages five to thirteen competing in races bean bag and bean jar contests, a beauty contest, freckle contest, and tug of war. Winners include Tony Brown Dike and Linda Ash Huse in various age groups with cash prizes and badges awarded. Judges listed include Mrs. Swearingen and Mrs. Gordon Benson.
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Mabel Ash
Richard Darling
Goddards
Donna Kaler
Lambert
Billy Strube
Linda Ash
Huse Playground
Gordon Sirois
Francis Bennett
Huse
Kenneth Fish
George Devoe
Merle Congdon
Annette and
Loretta Bailey
Judith Colby
Patty Stover
Ramona
Patty Harmon
Dike
Billy Russell
South
Jackie Cool
George Tardif
Donald House
Roger Drinkwater
Bunky Brown
Faye Davis
Shirley Henderson
Margaret Hanscom
Patty Robinson
Ramona Harmon
Patty Atwood
Larry Grimmard
Danny Cooper
Robert Grant
Karen Harmon
Jean McMann
Betty Ann Vose
Bobby Swain
Stephen Safford
Carol Bennett
Nola Devoe
Annette Bailey
Judy Ash
Harry Turner
Dorothy Snowden
Charles Swearingen
George Congdon
John Swearingen
Gordon Benson
British Vessel Reaches Bath For Six Day Stay
The 300 foot heavy armored frigate Snipe moored at Bath as Captain Hitchcock and Bath officials welcomed her crew led by Capt Dennis Sanderson. The ship opened to the public 1.30 to 5 p m on Saturday with a program of entertainment for six days in Bath.
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Bath
Bath Iron Works
Hitchcock
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
John R. Newell
R. G. MacKay
Royal Navy
United Nations
Dennis Sanderson
England
Snipe
Sanderson
Mrs. Richard H Johnson Vacations in Iowa
Mrs. Richard H. Johnson of 926 Washington Street is vacationing in Iowa with relatives.
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Richard H. Johnson
Washington Street
Iowa
Officers and Men of Snipe Help Albatros Captain
Officers and crew of H. M. S. Snipe visiting Bath aided Captain Irbe and his Latvian crew after the Albatros limped into Trinidad. They organized a cash collection and supplied provisions and money to replace lost gear and clothing, aiding the stranded voyage toward Venezuela and Australia.
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H. M. S. Snipe
Bath
Good Samaritans
Albatros
Trinidad
Irbe
Germany
Antwerp
France
Spain
Algiers
Canaries
Bat
West Indies
Venezuela
Australia
Sleek Racing Car Draws Crowd on Front Street
An Allard eight cylinder racing car with English body and American motor appeared on Front street Saturday morning drawing crowds. Owner J C Woodhull of Morristown New Jersey is vacationing at Mack Mahan Island. The car is used in road races and last year similar cars won at Watkins Glen where about 100000 spectators attended. The course covers four and a half miles and is sponsored by the Watkins Glen Lions Club.
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Front Street
Allard
J. C. Woodhull
Morristown
N. J
MacMahan Island
Woodhull
Watkins Glen
N. Y
The
Watkin’s Glen Lion’s Club
Collision damages Wisconsin car near High Street overpass
A 1951 Hudson owned and driven by Rev. Robert J Schwei zer of Allentown Wisconsin collided with a 1946 Dodge oil truck Saturday morning on the Leeman highway near the High street overpass. The truck driven by Herman Alexander of Brunswick pulled over in front of the Wisconsin car as both traveled west. Damage to the Hudson was confined to the right side doors and fenders estimated around $100. The truck sustained no damage.
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Robert J. Schweizer
Allentown
Wis
Leeman Highway
High Street
Herman Alexander
Brunswick
Oiling Program Ends City Street Maintenance Complete
The city's oiling program for the year is finished with most streets in excellent condition. Five tank cars carrying about 50,000 gallons were used to coat the highway surface, sand was spread, and the road was dragged to produce an even top likely to last until next year's work.
Mrs Evelina Honsinger Visits White Plains Family
Mrs Evelina Honsinger of White Plains New York is visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Jack Honsinger at 11 Pine Street.
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Evelina Honsinger
White Plains, N. Y
Jack Honsinger
Pine Street
Snap bean harvest completed in Bath area
Snap bean crop harvested in the Bath area with 375 tons picked across Dresden Bowdoinham and Freeport acreage. Some 350 Bath youths and adults ages 10 to 70 worked three weeks for canneries earning up to six dollars for five hours. No accidents reported amid wet weather. manual picking continues despite new machines. Manley Grant coordinated work for the Maine Employment Security Commission.
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Bath
Shipbuilding City
Dresden
Bowdoinham
Freeport
Manley Grant
Maine Employment Security Commission
Sonny Munsey Joins Bath I S Team In National News
Bath's Junior Legion team and catcher Sonny Munsey gain national notice in The Sporting News. Munsey, 16, hit four home runs in the Maine tournament and is hailed as MVP after a spectacular series. the magazine highlights his feat among state tournament box scores across all 48 states.
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Sonny Munsey
Bath I
Bath
Junior Legion
Sporting News
St. Louis
The
Bath-Sanford
Maine
Munsey
Warren
Sonny) Munsey
Bath Club
Young Munsey
Maine Tax Assessors to Revive Association
Ernest G. Kingsbury Bath board of tax assessors chairman returned home after attending the Fourth Annual Maine Assessors Appraisal School at the University of Maine. He was named to a six member committee to draft by laws for reviving the Maine association of tax assessors and earned a certificate for completing the basic course. Aldro Jenks led the school with over 150 assessors including visitors from several states and Canada. Maine Senate President Robert N Haskell praised reviving the association for aiding the state’s law making body. Mrs James R MacNeil and daughter Natalie left for Moncton New Brunswick to visit Mrs MacNeil’s sister.
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Ernest G. Kingsbury
Bath
Board of
Raymond Court
Maine
University of Maine
Kingsbury
Aldro Jenks
University of Texas
Waterbury, Ct
California
Canada
Maine Senate
Robert N.haskell
Bangor
Maine Association
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Flower Show Draws Crowd
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club held a well attended flower show at the club house last Wednesday. Exhibits included white container arrangements, zinnias in old containers, kitchen table displays, and hall and garden settings. Notable entries came from Mrs. Lewis Warren and a return by former presidents Mrs. Melvin Howe and Mrs. Roscoe McFadden.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
William Dennison
Allen Noble
James Knight
Carville Douglas
Bernard MacDonald
Clyde Pinkham
Frank Hodgdon
Edward B. Hamblett
Albert Whitney
John Gillespie
Emerton Gross
Nellie Goodrich
Lewis Warren
Meadow Way
Mildred G. Nichols
Guy Crosby
Gerard Billington
Roscoe P. McFadden
Garden Club
First House Moved to Webber Avenue Site
The first house facing Webber Avenue was moved to its site Thursday morning by Simpson & Crocker for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Robinson. The home, previously at 47 Weeks Street, has a long history including earlier moves and associations with Mrs. Lizzie L. Lermond and Earl Lermond. Also, word arrived that Pfe. E. Babine, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Babine, killed in Korea, is en route home to Bath, expected in about six weeks.
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Mrs
Ralph Robinson
Weeks Street
Webber Avenue
Simpson & Crocker
Lizzie L. Lermond
Middle Street
Captain Richard Quick
Earl Lermond
Lermond
George E. Babine
Pfe. Eg Babine
Korea
Bath
Bath veteran Cpl Watson robbed of 150 in Salt Lake City
Cpl Gerald W Watson 19, a Bath native and Korea veteran, arrived home at 13 West Street after being robbed in a Salt Lake City bus terminal where he lost 150 dollars and a San Francisco to Portland ticket. His casualty loss totaled over 200 dollars with his buddy suffering a similar theft. He will report for reassignment to Camp Devens September 19 and foresees 18 months in New England under the rotation plan. His mother’s pies and molasses cookies helped lift his spirits.
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Cpl
Gerald W. Watson
Bath
Korea
Salt Lake City
West Street
San Francisco
Portland
Fall River
Mass
Boston
Young Watson
Camp Devens
New England
Cpl. Watson
Robert V. Boyce
Interesting visitor Ali Dalenoord tours Bath and Weston ties
Miss Ali Dalenoord of Harem Netherlands visits Bath street in Bath and Weston Massachusetts as guest of Miss Ruth Linder. She studies medical science at Amsterdam University and hopes to renew her visa to spend a year in the United States. They plan a Popham Beach cottage visit with Ellen Percy of Weston.
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Ali Dalenoord
Harem
Netherlands
Ruth Linder
Weston
Mass
Augustus A. Percy
Bath Street
G. F. Dalenoord
Amsterdam University
United States
Dalenoord
Mr. Linder
Scholten Chemical Works
Bath
Miss Dalenoord
Popham Beach
Percy Cottage
Miss Linder
Ellen Percy
David T. Percy, Jr
Weston, Mass
Hole in One Falls at Sebasco Course Two in Three Weeks
Mrs Walter H Hollis of Worcester made a hole in one on the 120 yard second hole at Sebasco Shoreacres Sunday joining a prior ace by Stuart W Rider at Sebasco on the 130 yard sixth hole. Hollis played with husband and two Misses Cortesa and Merendino. The hole lies across a salt water expanse.
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Sebasco
Shoreacres
Walter H. Hollis
Brattle Street
Worcester
Mass
Stuart W. Rider
Long Meadow
Springfield
Paper stock rise increases costs for publishers
Paper manufacturers raise newsprint and other prices by 10 per ton effective Sept 1, making publishing far costlier. The paper price now exceeds five times the two cents per pound rate from the Gay Nineties, signaling tighter margins for newspapers.
Bath Iron Works declares 50 cent dividend
At a directors meeting Bath Iron Works Corp declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 19.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Jane Farwell Visits Bangor Aunt in Cherry Street
Miss Jane Farwell of Bangor is a guest of her aunt Mrs Harold Darling and Mr Darling of Cherry street.
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Jane Farwell
Bangor
Harold Darling
Mr. Darling
Cherry Street
Morse High set to register transfer pupils this week
Morse High School opens its registration office from 8 30 a m to 12 noon and 1 30 to 4 30 p m starting Monday August 27 for pupils transferring from other high schools or entering the 9th grade from other districts. Those from Central Grammar or the eight grade program supervised by Stanwood Gilman automatically enter as freshmen when school begins September 11.
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Morse High
High Schol
Central Grammar
Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
Farnham
Stanwood C. Gilman
Gilman
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Three Bath Girls Win Prizes At Old Orchard
Three Bath girls won top prizes in Old Orchard's Doll Carriage Parade. June and Paula Lessard, daughters of Lionel and Léssard, took first for most original carriage and costume with Paula as Princess Elizabeth and June as Prince Philip in the Royal Coach. Amy Crockett, daughter of Keith and Crockett, won for most unique with an 1870 antique carriage and hoop skirt. All three earned first prizes. a Serbia Yugoslavia note follows.
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Bath
Old Orchard
June
Paula Lessard
Lionel Léssard
Noble Avenue
Paula
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Anne
Amy Crockett
Keith Crockett
Denny Road
Maine
Amy
City softball league to award MVP and top batter
Officials announced two season awards in the MOSOFTBALL LEAGUE at Kimball field. A most valuable player and a top batter will be chosen after season totals are compiled by Facts Thompson. Likely MVP contenders include Tommy Fireball Wright Ace Burgess Parody Dynamite Big Joe Grimard Jerry Goodwin Simard and others based on standout play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie Homa
C Shepard
Street Merchants
Charlie Shepard
MacGregor
Frank Freeman
Thompson
Tommy Fireball Wright
The
Elks
Ace Burgess
Eagles
Parody
Dynamite
Big Joe Grimard
Knights
Jerry Goodwin
Laundrymen
Simard
Kimball Field
Times
Bath Envelopes Bear Ad Plate Bath City Slogan
Bath city envelopes now bear an ad plate Bath the City of Ships with a Bath destroyer drawing The new postmark eliminates the need for separate stamps First letter sent to Mrs Elma McCabe North Street Bath contained a $5 prize check for slogan submission her choice among several entries
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Bath
Elma McCabe
North Street
Crosswords Clues and Cryptoquote Demonstration
A crossword style list shows numbered clues for across and down entries with definitions and a cryptoquote example using a simple substitution where A stands for L and X stands for O and G for …, illustrating puzzle mechanics and hints.
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Fficers
the Sporting News
Maine Tax Assessors
Kingsbury of
James R. MacNeil
Natalie
the Independent
Ali Dalenood
Friends
Eso
Yugoslavia
Mosoftball League
Arabia
Son of
Noah
OMF
Bjtewjif
Umwlo Pte
URMTE
Hiteyrhhje
King Features Syndicate
Twa
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