Audubon Society criticized over fire ant spraying stance
The National Audubon Society faces backlash for urging the Department of Agriculture to halt aerial and ground fire ant control in nine southern states. Local bird watchers from Warner Robins Georgia dispute claims, noting no observed declines in bird life after a decade of chemical use. They warn against overreaction amid a large scale pest battle and warn against surrendering to the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Audubon Society
America
Department of Agriculture
US Public Health Service
Tom Cater
Warner Robins
Middle Georgia Audubon Society
Audubon Society
All America
Safety Pointers for Winter Driving from Maine Highway Group
The Maine Highway Safety Committee offers winter driving tips urging drivers to yield to pedestrians and give extra time and space on slick roads. They advise lowering headlamps at night, using anti skid chains when needed, and ensuring passengers feel safe by showing awareness of hazards and proper control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Study of human nature takes center stage in Polk County
Sartow Florida notes wide interest in science but warns not all can be geniuses. The piece argues that diverse skills exist beyond scientific prowess, from surgery to driving and teaching, making the study of human nature the most interesting pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sartow
Fla
Polk County
Democrat
Christmas at First Baptist and Georgetown notes
In Georgetown the First Baptist church morning service featured Rev. Ernest Roberts on Luke 1 38 with a message about Marys faith. The Sunday School Christmas program and tree are set for Dec 21 at 7 00 pm. A 4 H club party, tree cutting for church and Central School, and various local social updates fill the week with holiday activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Marty
Higerman
Christ
Mary
HM Cclub
Laurie Dickens
Thomas Dickens
Reid State Park
Dickens
Harold J. Brown Jr
James Oliver
Clayton Heald
Central School
Pat Moffatt
Buddie Brown
Bath BPW Club Hosts Christmas Party At Hotel Sedgwick
Bath Business and Professional Women’s club held its annual Christmas party at the Hotel Sedgwick Tuesday evening with 30 members and guests. A Christmas tree exchange, a program, and a meal were featured. about $100 was collected for charitable projects. The group funds a yearly scholarship for a Morse High School senior and aids Memorial Hospital Development funds. Next meeting January 20 with topic Public Affairs. Committee includes Mrs Yvette Small, Mrs Frances D. Young, and Miss Alice Moran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sannual
Sedgwith
Carolins Tod
Bernice McGtinehy
Rowena Marsh
Morse High School
Memorial Hospital Development Fund
Yvette Small
Frances D. Young
Alice Moran
Rotarians To Man Army Kettles Here Friday
Bath Rotary club members volunteer to operate the Salvation Army Christmas kettle at Front and Center streets all day Friday. Senior Captain William Banks of Salvation Army will supervise the kettles, with Rotarians staffing shifts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Names and hours for each volunteer are listed, including John P. Alt ea, Edward Sewall Jr, and others. The club held a Ladies’ Day lunch at Central Church and Morse Tech School Glee Club performed under Ankins Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Salvation Army
William Banks
Rotars
Witlovan
Qaia
Ass.mne
John P. Altea
Edward Sewall, Jr
Diasel L. Lothrop Ued Hironon FE Eligs
Wesley Church Board Hears Reports On School Budget and Creche
The Wesley Church board met Tuesday hearing reports on education budget needs including funds for a church bus. A creche was set up at the front and lighting will be installed. The meeting also covered a quarterly conference date and social plans with neighboring churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter FE Uphin
Westes Corel
Presi
John Coombs
Finance Commission
Anvass
Com rs.Cretee
Saniel
Anie Tulhidlisalon
Commission of Education
King
Youth Fellowship
Roger Upham
Waller
Uphiam
Anhoeu
Ring
Church School
Church
Met Club
Stanley Thamter
Frederick Niles
Beacon Street
Alveh Morse
Drusilla Fielding
John Swearingen
Mare King
Montsweag Extension Group Annual Planning Meeting
The Montsweag Extension Group held its annual planning meeting on Thursday to announce programs for the coming year. A noon ham dinner was served by Mrs. Adele Muzeiko and others, with Christmas decorations arranged by members. A talk on friendships with Egypt was given, and gifts were exchanged as Mrs. Kelley acted as Santa Claus. In Bath stores Saturday, holiday shopping peaked with crowds and lost shoppers. one Somali shopper asked a passerby which store this was, and a local man responded with a humorous lack of helpfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montweae Extension Group
Hain
Adele Muzeiko
Edith Rice
Rose Kelley
Nellie Finlay
Alice Subo
Know Your Neighbor
Egypt
Kelley
Santa Claus
Bath
Bath Woman Admitted To Practice In Federal Courts As An Attorney
Dorothy M. Rubin of Bath was admitted to practice in the Federal Courts by Judge Edward T. Gignoux in Portland. She is married to Harold Jo Rubin, and since 1957 has worked with him in his law office. Rubin trained at Girls’ Latin School Boston University College of Liberal Arts and Boston University Law School, admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1986, then practiced in Boston. The Rubins reside at 684 High Street with two children Adelle, a college sophomore, and Peter, an eighth grader at Bath Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M. Rubin
Edward T. Gignoux
U.S. District Court
Portland
Rubin
Harold Jo Rubin
Huband
Girls’ Latin School
Boston
Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Boston University Law Schoool
Tallies
High Street
Adelle
Jackson College
Peter
Bath
Stanley Roberts of Phippsburg Weekend Visit
Stanley Roberts the son of Mr and Mrs Traimant Roberts of Phippsburg was at home over the weekend. He attends the University of Maine Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Roberts
William Chafe Dies in Cambridge at Age 80
William Chafe a longtime Summer resident died at his Cambridge Massachusetts home on December 3 in his eighties after limited walking in recent years. He worked with American Carborundum Co. of Boston before retirement and is survived by his wife Annie Greenlaw Chafe a son William of Cambridge a daughter Mrs John V Blasi of Stockbridge and a grandson William T L of Cambridge who attends Harvard College. Local church events include a Christmas program at Georgetown church and a Baptist church Christmas program and other community notices across Georgetown and Bath about school activities furloughs and visits.
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William Chafe
Cambridge
Mass
William TL
Harvard College
John Huskins
Florida
Portland
Ars Deli Colonna
Devod Stevenson
Prinz Stevens
Andie
Stulteert
Germany
Europe
Raphael Higgins
Stanley Kosalka
Bath
Orville Rowe
Vernon E. Gray
Herman Barter
Ah Lal Vecarly
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gilbert Standish
Arone
Les Will
John Brown
Yarmouth
Bath Man Chosen National Foundation State Representative
Philp H W Haskell of this city is named state representative for the National Foundation in Vermont and New Hampshire. He will work with 14 Vermont county chairs and 10 in New Hampshire, assist polo patients, promote Salk vaccine protection, and educate the public on virus disease arthritis birth defects and CNS disorders. He is a University of Maine graduate, Army veteran of Korea, and son of former Mayor Robert H Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philp H W. Taskell
National Foundation
Vermont
New Hampshire
Basil“Courer
March of Dimes Organization
Haskell
National Foundation For
Robert H. Haske
University of Maine
University of Michigan
Bath Masons Inspect Royal Arch Chapter Visit at Lewiston
District Deputy Grand High Priest Linwood Temple and Maine officers plus Montgomery and St. Bernard chapter Masons visited the King Hiram Royal Arch Chapter in Lewiston Thursday. The Most Excellent Master Degree was worked and a baked ham supper was served. At the meeting Major Lester Goldberg spoke on The Berlin Airlift and showed Why NATO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Temple
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Maine
Montgomery and
St. Bernard
Royal Arch Masons
David L. Wilson
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Karcher Jackson
Ralph Card
Roy Lawrznes
Francis W . Norton
Charles Sylvester
Gilbert Hathorn
Munroe Carlton
Thomas Aikenhead
King Hiram Royal Arch
Lewiston
Mr. Temple
Lester Goldberg
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Nazarene Sunday School Christmas Program Planned
The First Church of the Nazarene will present a Christmas program at 7 p m Thursday under the direction of Mrs Eugene Dutton with assistance from Mrs Iva Kenney. The program features recitations songs and a pageant The Reason For Christmas with all children in the classes to report for participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Church of the Nazarene
Eugene Dutton
Iva Kenney
Obituary of John H McNary Veteran Factory Official
Word spread of John H McNary’s death at Hahnemann Hospital Worcester Massachusetts. Born February 23 1870 in Ireland he moved to America as a youth and later led Magee Furnace Company Chelsea Massachusetts Dighton Furnace Company and other ventures before retiring to West Bath. Survived by widow two brothers two grandchildren and a son in Manchester Connecticut services Friday at Sessions Funeral Home Worcester and burial at Puritan Lawn West Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. McNary
Hahnemann Hospital
Worcester
Mass
McNary
Ireland
John H
Julia McNary
America
East Hartford
Conn
North Attleboro
Magee Furnace Co
Chelsea
Dighton Furnace
West Bath
Katharine B Brown
Quaker Point
Masonic Home
Charlton
Foxboro Lodge
A. F
A.M
The
Odd Fellows
Lawrence
Christopher
Providence
R. J
M. P. Clough Iil
Marblehead
Manchester
Sessions Funeral Home
Puritan Lawn Park
West Peabody
Funeral services held for Mrs. Daisey L. Munsey in Dresden
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at South Dresden for Mrs. Daisey L. Munsey. The Rev. Frederick Mills officiated. Bearers listed were Ray Kates, George Tibbetts, Alton Munsey, and Lester Munsey. Burial will be at Pine Grove in West Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dresden
Daisey L. Munsey
Frederick Mills
Bears
Ray Kates
George ‘Tibbetts
Alton Munsey
Lester Munsey
Bunal
Pine Grove
West Dresden
Bath Garden Club Hosts Christmas Coffee Benefit
The Bath Garden Club held a Christmas coffee Tuesday at Mrs. Frank M. Reinoch’s home to benefit Bath Memorial Hospital. Members welcomed guests with decorations and a menu of holiday delicacies. Diana Pye from Small Point arrived home from the University of Maine to spend the holidays with her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
Bath
Frank M. Reinoch
Reinochl
Arthur Bowker
Bowker
John Parker
Seth S. Mullen
Ann Hodgkins
William W. Dennison
Frank Sparks, Jr
William Turpie
Ann Kimball
Maurice Povich
Russell S. Hitchcock
Joseph E. Mullaney
Bath Memorial Hospital
Reinovhl
Donald Macleod
Harold T. Stanton
Ernest Bailey
Richard Ricker
David Dickson
Ibra K. Lawrence
Lynn .M. Busses
Diana Pye
Charles Pye
Small Point
University of Maine
Deaths in Bath and area recount local residents
Obituary notices list Arthur Stocker Ashton 58 of Bath with long history in New Hampshire and Massachusetts survived by widow Kathleen Reed Ashton six sons and two daughters. Sue Ellen Matthews 15 of Groton Connecticut formerly of Bath died in Boston hospital. Mrs. Mary Thert Simpson of Bath Brunswick area noted as oldest member of St. Charles Borromeo Church with survivors including daughter and five grandchildren.
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Arthur Stocker Ashton
Memorial Hospital
Granite Street
Kingston
Edward G
Myra Sénter Ashton
Prio
Bath
Maplewood
New Hampshire
Ashton
Kathleen Reed Ashton
Rozanne Ashton
Helen Ashton
Carl
N. H
Edward
Arthur, Jr
Cleveland
Charles
Mark
Myra Fowler
West Newfield
John S.mes
Clifford Moore
Newburyport
Mass
Maurice
Hartford
Conn
Sue Ellen Matthews
Grote
Phospital
Boston
Clark
Marjorie White Matthews
Groton
Fred Junior High Schaool
Anelude Oaioo
Miarve Joan
Mery ‘Thert Simpon
Bath Road
Brunswick
Bona
Peter and Divare Lace
Tehs McManus Shewee
Stoopsen
Brenestead
Othe
Brunswick Road
Shewa
St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church
Grotte
Valcot
Daisey L Munsey Dies After Year Long Illness
Mrs. Daisey Lucretia Munsey longtime resident dies Sunday at Woolwich Nursing Home after a year as patient. Born February 20 1870 in Ruka Th, daughter of William and Adeliza Smith Costello. Private funeral held Tuesday at sister Bonella A Costellow's home in South Dresden with burial at Maplegrove Cemetery West Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisey Lucretia Munsey
On Woolwich Nursing Home
Ruka
William and
Adeliza Smith Costello
Pam
Mimsey
Bonella A. Costellow
South Dresden
Maplegrove Cemetery
West Dresden
George McLuer Former Freeport agent dies at 72
George McLuer age 72 formerly of Beth died Tuesday at his cousin's home in York. He lived at Fort Williams with his daughter and had been station agent at Freeport for 30 years before retiring due to ill health. Survived by Leroy Smith of Cape Elizabeth and son Keith McLuer of Bath.
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George McLuer
Beth
York
McLuer
Fort Williams
Haven Winn
Yorkvillize
Freeport
Leroy Smith
Cape Elizabeth
Keith McLuer
Bath
Cryptoquote and crossword puzzle snippet with clues and a verse
A cryptogram and a long list of crossword clues are presented with a sample Cryptoquote mapping. The page includes a quoted poem line about golden hours on angel wings, attributed to Burns, and notes the 1958 King Features Syndicate source.
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the Bath Independent
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols, Pres. and Treas
Ivan A Trueworthy
G. Normen Collie
Georgetown
Harris Schrulten
T. Torpy Schulten
Woolwich
Stephen Shalek
Lewiton
John
Williams Ernest Gilman
Arthur Gilman
William Harrison
Millie Spinney
Lincoln Campbell
Campbell
Lawrence Shea
Chester G. Keleen
Seguinland
Cathy
Holly
Buddy Brown
Mary Lace Rowe
Penley Pond
Walter Beane
Everett Wallace
Charles’ McMahan
Thomas Watson
Charles McMahan
Walter Bean
Janice Powers
George Hopkins
Ralph Palmer
Brian Davis
Georgetown Center
MaccDonald
Harold Brown Jr
Martha Bowen
Gardiner
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Harry Horne
Richard Harrison
Robert Powers
State Teachers College
Robert Tocar
Colby
Peter Denzer
Kenneth Graves
Melissa
Robinhead
Sayde Campbell
Dorothy W. Stuart
M. Belle Heald
Joseph Higgins
Patricia Gaudey
Netter Bank
Tae
Tie Ui Atitian
Eloannaite
Ues Geenund
Peoel Walhou Omtatuelle
Synettit
Theoeheckine Secout
BPW Club
Rotarians
Ficial Board of Wesley Church
Montsweag
Baptist Church
Baptist
N. Hampshire
Royal Arch
Nazarene Sunday School
Arthur S. Ashton
Mary T. Simpson
Cross
Thea
Ter Dis
Pierce
Horns
Mountain Pass
Perish
Longfellow
Avithfstfye
GHVS
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