Quit Your Skiddin A Winter Driving Guide
A National Safety Council report titled Quit Your Skiddin offers practical winter driving guidance based on tests by 32 experts. It recommends winterizing cars and driving habits, using good tires or chains, clearing all windows, testing road feel, maintaining a safe following distance, and pumping brakes to avoid skids on snow and ice.
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National Safety Council
Couneil
Ralph A. Moyer
University of California
A. Hy Easton
University of Wisconsin
The Revolt That Didn't Happen in Farming Politics
Before the election farmers faced expectations of a costly revolt against Eisenhower and Henson over farm supports. The revolt failed as stable crop prices, strong family farms, and limits on government subsidies reduced discontent. Farmers valued freedom and resisted government bossing despite surpluses.
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Eisenhower
Henson
Farm Journal
Drouth
Benson
Health Plan Gaps Prompt NY Legislation
A New York legislative inquiry into private health plans uncovers gaps in coverage. Eleven major insurers testify that benefits end or are reduced at certain ages or upon job change, prompting a proposal to end age limits and allow individual conversion without discrimination to avert broader government health coverage.
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New York State
Georgetown church sermon links to Lord's Supper meaning
At the First Baptist Church Rev. Warren Harris outlines Christ command to observe the Lord's Supper from I Corinthians. He explains the elements are symbols and emphasizes self examination and Christ’s return. Plans for a Christmas Eve church supper and children's program are discussed along with upcoming fundraisers, community aid efforts, and local social notes.
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First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Christ
Chris
P.T.A
Central School
Todd
Working League
Clarence Hill
Melvin Cunningham
Georgetown
Robinhood
American Friends Service Committee
Cambridge
Mass
Nella Brilmayer
Ferdinand Brilmayer
Fairborn
Ohio
Brilmayer
E. A. Williams
Pohek Place
John D. Williams
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Adolph Spear
Five Islands Community Notices and Local Happenings
The week includes a Ladies Bib Class at Mrs Orville Rowe s home with lessons from Romans 13 1 14 led by Victor Pinkham. Christmas program rehearsal at the church Saturday 2 am. The Good Neighbor Club elected officers and set a Dec 11 party at the Georgetown parsonage. Deer hunting noted with several locals bagging game. local residents attend church and visit kin in Bath Yarmouth and North Edgecomb.
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Orville Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Paul
George Gray
Reginald Church
Erland Moore
Harlan Pinkham
Mansfield Boucher
Boucher
Lubec
Debra Lynn
Good Neighbor Club
Thomas Watson
Dennis Moore
Georgetown
Philip Pinkham
Friand Moore
Kathleen Rittall
Lloyd Pinkham
Georgia Pinkham
Billy Plummer
Jimmy McMahan
Herman Barter
Andy
Bath
William Plummer 3d
Eric Lee
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Court House
Ray Grover
Francis Pierce
Arthur Cochrane
Edward Cleary
Robinhood
Fred Vose
John Brown
Yarmouth
Orissa Carr
Leila Hutching
North Edgecomb
Tommy
Portland
Roswell Rockets Park Call Sparks Local Mystery
At Montgom Field in Roswell a caller asked which team would play tonight, with the operator replying Pampa Texas. After the question, the caller received no further response and the line was hung up in silence.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Montgom Field
Roswell Rockets
Pampa
Tex
Sagadahoc Pomona Holds All-Day Session at Bodwell Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona convened an all-day session at Bodwell Grange in Small Point on November 28 with dinner served at noon. Master Ralph Ryan led the business meeting and appointed pro tem officers. Delegates represented most granges. various reports, discussions on gas taxes and milk consumption, and musical performances filled the program. The next Pomona meeting is scheduled for December 26 at West Bath Grange.
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Sagadahoc Pomona
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Florence Oliver
Ralph Ryan
Harry Rackley
Joseph Larrabee
Alice Burgess
Ceres
Maude MacDonald
Frank Bailey
Edward J. McMann
Enterprise
Sagadahoc
Solid Rock
Mary Pratt
Bodwell
Dirigo
Alfreda Perkins
Dromore
Clara Merriman
Merriconeag
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Marion Chubbuck
Woolwich
Florence Stilphen
Mattie Collins
Margaret Morse
Eveline Beals
Charles White
Alex Burgess
Evelyn Whidden
Count Your Blessings
Gertrude Tarr
America
Elfreda Perkins
Pomona
Lawrence Stilpre
Winter St Church Sale And Supper A Big Success
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational church hosted its Pre Christmas sale and lobster salad supper drawing 250 plus diners. Volunteer hostesses and florals framed dining, with sale items ranging from aprons to knit goods and holiday napkins, plus a doll table fundraiser.
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Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Harry Horne
Carl Albee
John G. Morse, Jr
Linwood Abbott
Paul Graystuck
Harmon Eliason
Charles Haggett
Mildred G. Nichols
C. Arthur Mayo
Sandra Hathorne
Bina White
Joyce Ring
Dawn White
Phyllis Bowie
Joyce Scanlin
Cynthia Osgood
Barbara
Deborah Lawrence
Nancy Doyle
Frank Rittall
Munroe Carlton
Clifford B. Wilband
Horace Ward
Alice Varney
Ernest Freeman
Alice Johnson
Bang-Up Salesman in Kalamazoo Dynamite Highway Flare Scam
Police hunted a slick salesman in Kalamazoo Michigan after a boy sold a stick of dynamite as a highway flare. The buyer did not notice the label until returning home. Officers say the youngster likely stole the dynamite from a construction site.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Post Office urges Christmas card and gift mail safety and timing
Edward N. Hartnett and Vinal Hunnewell of Bath and Woolwich urge careful preparation for holiday mailings. They advise updating addresses, stocking stamps, using labels for local and out of town deliveries, sturdy packing, and sending distant mail before December 10 with nearer mail by December 15 to ensure delivery by Christmas.
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Edward N. Hartnett
Vinal Hunnewell
Bath
Woolwich
Er Teign
Cies
Urgiante
Post Office
Fire Prevention Topic Dominates West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange discussed common causes of fires and avoidance strategies Monday night with participants including Donald Coombs Verl McNelly Ira Day and Alice Smith. The program featured songs papers a quiz entertainments and a skit with plans announced for holiday meetings and the annual Christmas party.
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West Bath Grange
West Bath
Donald Coombs
Verl McNelly
Ira Day
Alice Smith
Joseph Wilson
James Royal
Persis Miller
The
Grange
Ethel MacDonald
National Grange
Bertha Palmer
Ila Day
Florence Farnham
Robert
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
the Grange
Helen McNelly
Sagadahoc Poroe
Funeral service for Bath man Holbrook longtime Bath Iron Works worker
Funeral services were held for Cleveland P Holbrook 70 at Bath Memorial Hospital with Rev Cees R Peet presiding. A retired Bath Iron Works sheet worker and former Man Life Insurance employee he lived in Bath most of his life. Survivors include Bertha Morse Holbrook his wife two sons Paul Gordon and two daughters Marcia and Mrs Richard Quimby. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Cleveland
Holbrook
Bath Memorial
Hos Mayo & Son
Cees R. Peetter
Chiens
Oak
Bath Iron Works
Corp
Levi and
Emma Paul Paul Holbrook
Man Life Insurance Co
Cressey Avenue
E . Yac
Tee
Bertha Morse Holbrook
Paul
Bath
Gordon
Blue Point
Long Island
N. Y
Richard Qui
Mrs Mary E Winchenbach 83 Dies in Framingham
Mrs Mary E Winchenbach 83 widow of James Alton Winchenbach died suddenly Sunday night at her son Walter Winchenbach’s Framingham home She was born December 29 1873 in Hopkinton Mass a daughter of Dennis and Margaret Murphy She had returned to Massachusetts six months ago after living here with her son Dr Francis A Winchenbach She was a member of St Mary’s Roman Catholic church She also leaves two sons a daughter Mrs Dorothy Burke of Wellesley eight grandchildren two sisters Miss Gertrude Murphy and Mrs Harry Macuen of Holliston Tacex and nine nieces and nephews
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Mary E. Winchenbach
James Alton Winchenbach
Walter Winchenbach
Framingham
Mass
Hopkinton
Dennis
Margaret Larkin Murphy
Charles F Niles Dies in Russellville Ark at 63
Charles Fernald Niles, 63, brother of Merle C. Niles, died suddenly in Russellville Arkansas over the weekend. He worked for the U S Park Commission for ten years in Russellville after prior service in Tennessee and North Carolina. Born Lavant July 3 1893 he earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Maine in 1919. Survived by widow Gladys a son and a daughter several grandchildren three other brothers and a sister.
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Russellville
Ark
Charles Fernald Niles
Merle C. Niles
U. S. Park Commission
Niles
Commission
Tennessee
North Carolina State Highway Commission
Lavant
Severna
Carrie E. Fernald Niles
University of Maine
Gladys Niles
Earl N. Daley Dies at 61 in Local Nursing Home
Earl N. Daley, 61, died Monday morning at a local nursing home after five years of ill health. He was born in Bath on September 5, 1895.
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Earl N. Daley
Bath
Duley Family Mourns Local Resident’s Death
The obituary notes that a Bath area resident, son of Frank L. and Catherine Perkins Duley, lived in the city all his life and last worked as a clerk at the Bath Smoke Shop. Survived by a brother Frank P. Duley of Kennebunkport, a sister Louise Richards of Bath, and a nephew Frank Duley and niece Joan Daley, both of Kennebunkport.
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Frank L
Catherine Perkins Duley
Duley
Bath
Frank P. Duley
Kennebunkport
Louise Richards
Frank Duley
Joan Daley
Mrs. Charlotte E. Coombs Rites Set in Bath
Mrs. Charlotte E. Coombs died at Bath Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Southport February 23, 1877, she was daughter of Thomas and Olivia Pierce. Survived by two sons Myron M. and Edmund L., four daughters Mrs. Carl Moore Boothbay Harbor Mrs. Bourgon Pejepscot Mrs. Clarence Soucier Hartford Conn and Mrs. Herbert Cook Bath plus 20 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Husband died in November 1952. Funeral at 10 30 a m Thursday from Arthur F Mayo & Son funeral residence. Rev James L. G rector Grace Episcopal Church will officiate. Burial at Oak Grove family lot.
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Cog
E. Coombs
Charlotte E. Coombs
Isaac C. Coombs
Bath Memorial Hospital
Southport
Thomas
Olivia Pierce
Myron M
Bath
Edmund L
Brighton
Mass
Carl Moore
Boothbay Harbor
Bourgon
Pejepscot
Clarence Soucier
Hartford
Con
Funeral services for Cleveland P Holbrook held Tuesday
Funeral services for Cleveland P Holbrook were conducted at 1 30 Tuesday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo and Son funeral residence. Rev Charles R Sims pastor of the First Baptist church officiated. Bearers were Reid Perkins Richard Quimby Victor Leask and Leroy Perkins. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Chatabout Club Votes to Foster Three Year Old
At a meeting led by Mrs Gwen Dolyn Gaudet the Chatabout club votes to become foster mothers to a three year old boy at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital. Members will visit weekly and may supply clothing. Final plans are made for the annual Christmas sale on Dec 7 at Kramers market and the Christmas party on Dec 11 at Mrs Arlene Scotts on Denny Road.
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Chatabout Club
Gwendolyn Gaudet
Oliver Street
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Kramer’s Market
Denny Road
Arlene Scott
Elks Memorial Service Honors Five Deceased Members
The Rev. Craig H. Richards led the Bath Lodge of Elks memorial service honoring five deceased members including Harry Bloxsom PER Nelson Jackson Clifton Estes and Thomas Conley PER who passed away in the past year.
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ELKS
Craig H. Richards
Central Congregational Church
Bath Lodge of Elks
Harry Bloxsom
Per
Nelson Jackson
Clifton Estes
Thomas Conley
Early steamboat milestones in France and America
The earliest steamboat was built in France in 1780. Robert Fulton's Clermont began regular service in 1807. The first trans Atlantic steamer The Great Western made its initial crossing in 1838.
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France
Robert Fulton
Crossword Down 11 to 47 and a cryptogram clue sample
A puzzle listing across and down clues including land measure river man s nickname grandma sesame millstone rynd abbr NT not fresh hauls land measure group of nine ignited afternoon receptions low Dutch Philippine trees light wrap marriage able skating area pseudo ny m old Norse girl s name African seaport warble wait lixivum cryptoquote example and a Taylor quotation sample
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Grandma
Fish On Spree In Fountain Run Kentucky
In Fountain Run Kentucky a fish incident occurred at the home of William Hagan. The fish and pond feeding caused a lively spree after an intoxicated person inadvertently dumped a jet of liquid into the pond. The event led to a notable aquatic commotion described as a plum debut.
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Spree Fountain Run
William Hagan
Hagan
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