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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
1
New England Construction Slows While Calls Grow for Steel Mill
Gainey’s Construction News reports New England accounts for only 4 percent of national contracts in the first 11 months of 1950, lagging behind other regions. Despite gains in six states, November total passes a billion dollars while Bay State falls 11 percent. A steel mill in New England is urged to boost supply and secure federal orders, with officials noting material scarcity and federal awards going elsewhere.
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New England
Gainey
Daily Advance
Bay State
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Gaines’s
Gainey’s
Washington
PWA
Coal Leaders Urge Private Industry Tackling Wartime Needs
A Chamber of Commerce report says natural resource sectors can meet wartime demand with coal at the forefront. It cites 17 million tons added to stockpiles and potential 100 million tons yearly with proper manpower and tools. The piece contrasts private production with socialist England and notes planned $1.778 billion over 15 years to modernize the industry amid shortages. It stresses high miner wages and the reliance on private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
England
Free enterprise shown by factual record abroad
The passage argues that socialized industry delivers only bare subsistence, while free enterprise is best advocated by its factual record both here and abroad, without needing theoretical debate. It emphasizes empirical evidence as the strongest endorsement for market-based systems.
Junior Hospital League Ball Dances For Bath Charity
The Junior Hospital League hosts a Christmas New Year social ball Friday at the State Armory Lincoln Street Bath to fund a nurses call system for Bath Memorial Hospital. Joe Avery's orchestra performs nine to one with intermission entertainment by the Clam Flat Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Armory
Lincoln Street
Junior Hospital League
Bath Memorial Hospital
Joe Avery
George F. Cary II
Harry L. Day
Leslie Shumway
Roger M. Luke
William Mussenden
Lynn M. Bussey
Dean Shaw
Harold McElman
A. M. Main, Jr
William P. Kelley
Theodore Bertocci
Engagement Announcement For Mr Hawley
Hyde Memorial Home announces the engagement of Mr Hawley. He is a Morse High School graduate class of 1936 and attended Bowdoin College class of 1941. A member of Psi Upsilon, he works in the drafting department at Bath Iron Works. The wedding is planned for spring.
Tahiti Gets Drydock in Paris funded by Marshall Plan
Tahiti gains an up to date drydock funded through the Paris office of the Economic Cooperation to aid merchant shipping among 180 French Pacific islands. The $250000 facility will prevent hull damage from coral reefs and reduce makeshift repairs, boosting cargo like copra vanilla and mother of pearl shipped from Papeete.
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Tahiti
Paris
Marshall Plan
the Economic Cooperation
France
Pacific
Papeete
South Sea
U S Carbines Aid British in Malaya Jungle War
British troops and security forces use American carbines in Malaya against Communists. The United States sold the arms in a cash deal and may provide $5,000,000 more in aid. Officers call the A 1 weapon light and effective for hacking through jungle lairs with 15 or 30 round magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Singapore
Malaya
United States
Thai rice exports rise with 1949 shipments reaching 1.2 million tons
Thailand's rice exports this year approach a 1,200,000 ton benchmark. In the first ten months of 1949 Thailand shipped 933,000 tons, compared with 648,000 tons in the same period of 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Early Domestication Believed for Ancient Ox
The ox is regarded as among the earliest domesticated animals, reflecting its long history in human societies. Researchers cite archaeological and genetic evidence supporting its early relationship with humans and farming communities.
Central Grammar Pups Present Special Christmas Program
Central Grammar grade seven pupils staged a Christmas program featuring piano solos guitar accompaniments and vocal numbers. performances included Sherry Hersom Marie Freeman Dawn Newcomb and Irene Vaillaincourt with songs and solos, plus a Santa Claus appearance and gifts distributed to Hyde home helpers. Snacks provided by mothers and the PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Dearie
Sherry Grindell Frosty
Newman
Beat McMurrey White Christans
Sherry Hersom
Marie Freeman
Dawn Newcomb
White High School Assembly Reh
Elizabeth Marble Rudolph
The
Red Nosed Reindeer
Clayton Crooker
Francis Libbey
Irene Vallancourt
Frank Nion
Irene
Robert Edwards
the Woodpecker
Irene Vaillaincourt
Cent Berger
Valse Napoliane
David Potter
Hyde
Francis Bisson
Santa Claus
P.T.A
Salvation Army Distributes Christmas Baskets
The Salvation Army with advisory board help packs and delivers Christmas baskets to recipients. Daniel Williams oversees the Christmas committee and distribution, with Mrs. Voorhees arranging food purchases. Girl Guards volunteers pack four hours supervised by Lt Klimoff and others, bag numbering aids delivery, and volunteers prepare new and used toys for distribution under Mrs. Alfred Proctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Daniel Williams
W. S. Voorhees
Advisory Board
Bath
Sylvia Rice
Nancy Pinkham
Linda Ryan
Carolyn Ryan
Jean Fleming
Barbara Bartlett
Patricia Norton
Richard Klimoff
James Bartlett
Robert Bartlett
Donald Christopher
Challengers
Ethel Talesco
Cecil Stevens
Alfred Proctor
Joyce LeMoine Celebrates Thirteenth Birthday Party
A joint birthday and Christmas party marked Joyce LeMoine’s thirteenth birthday, hosted by Mr and Mrs Andrew LeMoine Jr of 301 Winter Street. Friends enjoyed dessert at 6 30 followed by games and prizes won by Camille Remick and Jean Carter. Other attendees included Mabel Ash Judy Ash Frances Witham Lillian Canales John Remick Janet LeMoine and John LeMoine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce LeMoine
Andrew LeMoine, Jr
Winter Street
Joyce
Camille Remick
Jean Carter
Mabel Ash
Judy Ash
Christmas Assembly at North Primary School
The North Primary School held a Christmas assembly Tuesday in the Junior Primary room featuring Kinder Band performances and solos by each grade with a schoolwide finale. Christmas parties and trees followed on Wednesday in each room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Primary School
Dunlap Commandery Installs Officers and Dances
The Dunlap Commandery installed its officers with a program that included the choir singing God Bless America. A buffet luncheon followed and dancing to Win Snell's orchestra continued the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Body
America
Win Snell
Mrs Wetherbee Hosts Dolling Classes in Holiday Parties
Mrs Leonard Wetherbee hosted dance classes with formal parties at the American Legion hall and the Community Center on Washington and Front streets. Christmas decorations set a festive mood as pupils received gifts from trees and crêpe paper favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wetherbee
American Legion Hall
Washington Street
Front Street
Wetherbee
Peter Guild
Charles Cary
Robert Bussey
Jack Preney
Jonathan Day
George Cary
John A. Greene, Jr
Linwood Haines
Converse Fenn
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
Thomas Aikenhead
Peter Francisco
Billy Higgins
Wayne Akeley
Donald McAllister
Roger Skillings
Edward True
Dillon Gillies
Ralph Crocker
Charles MacDonald
Wilbur Higgins
John Grindell
Stewart McAllister
Carville Douglas
Carl Crane
Legion Hall
Edward Newell
Victor Lonn
Robert Shaw
Jack Oliver
Edwin R. Andrews
Royal Johnson
Charles Doyle
Burt Lonn
C. A. Mallett
Susan Bartlett
Charles Johnson
Bette Anne Aikenhead
Gerald Small
Diana Longley
Carolyn Thompson
Donald Kelley
Barabar .Greene
Robert Small
Carol Quimby
Lloyd Coombs
Seventh day Adventist Church elects 1951 officers
The Seventh day Adventist Church announces the 1951 slate of officers including Elder Dr. M. W. Westermeyer as associate elder and Gordon Arnott as deacon and assistant superintendent. Other posts cover deacons, deaconesses, clerks, treasurers, organists, Dorcas, temperance, Home Missionary roles, and Sabbath school leadership with multiple named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh-day Adventist Church
M. W. Westermeyer
Gordon Arnott
Fred Pecci
Kenneth Mayberry
O. J. Chase
Harry Hall
Frank Gould
Home
Langdon Thistle
R. A. Bettle
Dorcas
Temperance and Religious Liberty
Home Department
Church School
Far and Near Missionary Society Meeting Notes
The Corliss Street Baptist church Far and Near Missionary Society met in December in the small vestry with President Mrs Ruth Anderson presiding. Devisions led by Mrs Alice Stilphen spoke on The Light For This Hour. Mrs Louis A Dole gave a meaningful talk on missions and home missions was chosen for further study. Sick members were reported and a poinsettia donation to the church for Sunday was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of Corliss Street Baptist Church
Ruth Anderson
Alice Stilphen
Louis A. Dole
Pacific typhoons threaten vast Indo-Pacific region
The Pacific typhoon danger area spans north of Indonesia to the Japanese islands with the Philippines especially exposed as storms pass through their path.
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Pacific
Indonesia
Philippines
Students Celebrate, Swap Photos, and Plan Playday Fun
Shirley Clark notes seniors trade graduation photos, the Girls' Athletic Association schedules a grammar school playday after vacation, and Morse alumni visit. The Christmas assembly features The Tree with cast members James Davies Charles Burden Maude Davies Kathryn Cousins and others, plus musical numbers and co directors Mrs Mayo and Mrs Harmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Chistmas Assembly
Ellen Laura McMartin
James Davies
Charles Burden Maude Davies
Kathryn Cousins
Dick Davies
Walter Fullerton
Virginia Davies
Barbara Greene
Ned Davies
Bruce Burden
Buddy Davies
Melvin Tukey
Molley
Pendleton Virginia Parker
Camilla Costain
Ann MacLeod
Melvin Hodgkins
Bill Worden
Dick Redson
Louise Mayo
Miriam Harmon
Chandler Rogers
Joan Hagan
Thomas King
Junior Hospital League Plans Holiday Ball and Meets
The Junior Hospital League met with Mrs. Leon E. Buck at 877 Middle Street. The group discussed preparations for the Holiday Ball with committee chairs named for hall arrangements tickets decorations and orchestra. Nurses call system installation at Memorial hospital was reported and sewing for the hospital occurred during the evening. The next meeting is set for January 2 with Mrs. Omar King at 1282 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Leon E. Buck
Middle Street
William A. Niss
George E. Barker, Jr
Harry L. Day
Leslie Shumway
Roger M. Luke
William Mussenden
Lynn M. Bussey
Harold Men
Dean Shaw
George F. Cary
Shaw
Memorial Hospital
Omar King
High Street
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
Lynn Bussey
Eleanor Wilson
William P. Kelley
Donald N. Small
S. Theodore Bertocci
Driver Fined for DUI in Bath Municipal Court
Melvin H. Savage of Bath was found guilty of driving under the influence of liquor in Bath Municipal Court and paid costs of 7.27 dollars. His car, allegedly driven by Savage, struck and broke a hydrant on Washington Street near Winter Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin H. Savage
Bath
Savage
Washington Street
Winter Street
Haskell School Pupils Present Christmas Program At School
Pupils of Haskell Memorial School staged a Christmas program featuring carols and a playlet. Students performed Bells for Christmas and Christmas Lullaby, with solo spots by Barbara Landry and Drucilla Westermeyer. A mitten tree sponsored by the Loyal Temperance Legion gathered warm mittens to send to Alaska, with a deadline of January 15. School closes Friday and resumes January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Little Enoend
Bethlehem
Louis Meroff
David Stilphen
Bethany Reemymarer
Jeanne ° Playlet
Kennetherlenefer Westermeyer
Jeanne Lorelei Pecci
Phyllis Var
Drucilla Westermeyer
Loyal Temperance Legion
Alaska
Wesley Church School Christmas Program Enthralls Attendees
A large gathering of Wesley Methodist church school families attended the Christmas tree and program led by the superintendent E. B. Bond. Kodachrome slides narrated the story, followed by a pageant arranged by Mrs. Stanley Hunter with participating children Priscilla Marble and others. Santa Claus arrived with gifts for the children and church members presented gifts to Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. Clifford Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church School
E. B.bond
Stanley Hunter
Priscilla Marble
Jimmy Kaler
Carl Upham
Mary Eleanor Sargent
Jimmy Smith
David Wallace
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Kenneth Knute
Weeks Street School Sale Brightens Community Event
The Weeks Street school sale last Friday afternoon drew many visitors as children offered stuffed toys novelties wooden toys rummage greens and candy. Proceeds will fund educational films and athletic equipment. An assembly featured carol singing and Santa visited each classroom with refreshments and presents.
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Weeks Street
Santa Claus
Bathman Promotes Walter E. Oliver to Staff Sergeant
Sgt. Walter E. Oliver of Bath was promoted to staff sergeant. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Oliver and husband of Mrs Leone Walter. Oliver arrived at Kindley AFB Bermuda in 1948 to serve with the Kindley Air Base Squadron after Morse High School. He worked as an apprentice molder until 1938 and joined the US Air Force in 1938. He earned the Unit Citation during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Oliver
Earl Oliver
Leone Walter
Bath
Oliver
Kindley Afb
Bermuda
Military Air Transport Service
Kindley Air Base
Morse High School
US Air Force
Purse Snatching Reported on Bath Middle Street
Bath police report another purse snatching on Middle street Friday night near 791 Middle street. A woman said the thief pulled her into an alley and wrested her handbag containing more than $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Middle Street
Cock fighting's ancient spread from Persia to Greece
The article notes cock fighting as an ancient practice observed in Persia and later introduced to Greece, tracing cultural exchange and the diffusion of this pastime across civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Persia
Sodium Fluoride Demonstration Announced for January Third
A public demonstration on sodium fluoride is set for January 3. The notice notes appointments for children at ages 3 7 10 and 13 and warns parents not to self administer the solution at home.
Darling Family Moves Into Hallowell Home on Cherry Street
Mr and Mrs Harold S Darling of Hydeyns have purchased the residence of Capt Jed F Hallowell at 38 Cherry street and now reside there in Hydeynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Darling
Hyde Yne
Capt
Jed F. Hallowell
Cherry Street
Congress Shirt Party Highlighted By Jagged OCR Fragments
A garbled account notes a party related to a Congress Shirt factory. The text mentions Ray Vachom, a sombre cap and gown, shining silver dollars, and a split at a late hour with workers feeling the top leaders were “the tops.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Vachom
Playes
Congress Shirt Factory
le Salle
Crossword clues from a newspaper puzzle page
A list of crossword clues with numbered entries across and down. Includes words for Festive Calm Blends by melting Habitual drunkards Soak fax Beginning Tread heavily At home A color Assam silkworm Clique Measure of length Nickel symbol Journey Monkey Cigarette slang Tibetan gazelle Plundered Present Ahead Cut as grass Humble Birds as Bend the head Sorrow Recipient Sudden Correct.
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Joyce L’moine
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Harry Moses
Harry
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Chick Marchetti
John Parker
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Weeks Street School
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BRIO
BUZFV
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King Features Syndicate
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LTA
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