Editors’ nationwide survey on public policy divides opinions
The American Press reports results from 794 country editors across the nation on key issues. Majorities back presidential authority in the Middle East, Dulles’ continuance, debt reduction over tax cuts, and Senate presidency reform while opposing increased foreign aid, old parity farm supports, excessive corporate tax cuts, and higher postage.
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American Press
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Mr Dulles
Senate
Heedless horsepower blamed for rising highway deaths
The 23rd annual highway safety report from an insurance group warns that heedless horsepower fuels a deadly toll on U S highways. In 1956, 40 000 Americans were killed and 2 460 000 injured, up from 1955, with driver error cited as the major cause and conditions often clear and dry at the time of fatal crashes.
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U.S
U. S
Easter service and fires mark Georgetown weekend
At First Baptist Georgetown Rev Warren Warris preached on the bodily resurrection and the church's witness over 1900 years. Easter flowers and music accompanied the service with 57 at the vestry breakfast for Five Islands and Georgetown attendees. Brush fires near Cox's Head and a major forest blaze near Reid Park consumed acres, contained with help from Bath, state crews, and Bowdoin students.
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First Baptist Church
Warren Warris
Pliny
Gibbon
Five Islands
Georgetown
Bay Point community notes revive Faster vacation and visitors
Swallows arrive a week late as Bay Point residents report a busy Easter weekend. Georgetown grammar-school resumes Monday after the Faster recess. three students in this year’s Bay Point graduation. Aetna visits include Dr. and Mrs. Natt Hasenfus, Ruth Keen from Hempstead, and Ruth Keen’s return to New York with Mrs. Rob ert Miller. Local families hosted and visited, with several trips to cottages and friends. An April Independent mention recalls Miss Louisa Howard’s first Bay Point newsletter and the Fairyland roadside spot once famous on Route 127.
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Marycliff
Waldo Hasenfus
Linwood
Everett Stevens
Georgetown
Bowdoin College
James Oliver
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Bay Point
West George'own
Georgetown Center
Heald Residence
Roland Peterson Willeover
Robinhood
All Points
Schoener
Helen Huskins
Five Islands
Seguinland
Scarletina
German Meaeles
Gilbert Gunnell
Leon Williams
Waltham
Mass
West
Howard Trafton
Mr. Trafton
Waldo Brown
Cambridge
Kennebec Point
Pierce Fuller
Kitty
Robert Wilson
Anne
Paul
Charles Miller
Norwell
Fuller
Deborah Shain
Marblehead
Stockton Hall
Georgetown Grammar
Natt Hasenfus
William Plummer
Ruth FE. Keen
Hempstead
N. Y
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Timmons
Woolwich
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
Ruth Keen
New York
Kenneth MacIvor
Edward Simpson
Bath
Dwight Furbish
Boston
Madison Moore
Madison, Jr
Charlotte Cahill
Merline Thompson
Horace Lavel
Brunswick
Arthur Tibbetts, Jr
Kathy and
Holley Brown
Sylvia Burnham
Pamela
Augusta
Burnham
Arthur Tibbetts
the Independent
Miss Howard
Bay Point Road
Route 127
J. Otis Swift
Easter observances and fires in Five Islands community
Easter services began at 6 30 with 55 in attendance led by the young group and directed by Mrs Harlan Pinkham with Mrs Warren Harris at the piano. A breakfast followed at the Georgetown church vestry. A forest fire near Reid Park disrupted the evening service and a library hall supper fundraiser was planned by the Good Neighbor club for the Fire Department.
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Harlan Pinkham
Warren Harris
Georgetown
Deacon Stevens
Bath
Six Rules for National Security by National BPW
Mrs Asenith Haggett of the Bath Business and Professional Women's club presents Six Rules for National Security tailored for women by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs. Federation President Miss Mazel Palmer urges U S clubs to lead local actions promoting Civil Defense Ground Observer cooperation patriotism defense of the Constitution and flag combatting subversive forces conserving resources and nurturing inner spiritual faith as the basis of democracy.
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Asenith Haggett
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
National Federation
Mazel Palmer
Sedalia
United States
Civil Defense Ground Observer Corps
Concert at Central Church Sunday by Brunswick Choral Society
The Brunswick Choral Society and Bowdoin Vesper Choir alter plans and will give a public concert at 8 p.m. Sunday at Central Congregational Church. A 55 member chorus directed by Robert K. Beckwith will perform with William Eves of Topsham as organist and Ruth Powers of Central church choir as soprano soloist.
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Brunswick Choral Society
Bowdoin Vesper Choir
Bowdoin College
Robert K. Beckwith
Central Cor Wregational
William Eves
Topsham
Ruth Powers
Central Church Choir
City Council Allocates Insurance Duties and Sidewalk Plans
The council maintains a 25 percent share for its agency with 15 percent by each of other agencies. Planning Board Chairman Edward Sewall Jr. urged retention of Milan street land until further study. Council discussed sidewalks on Mechanic street and licensed Nathan Petlock to operate his Water street junk yard until Sept 15 as he relocates to Franklin street. The yard area is in Bath Parking District and the license suspension was lifted after a restraining order.
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Mitchell
Planning Board
Edward Sewall, Jr
Milan Street
Judkins
Arthur W. Gediman
Mechanic Street
Council
Nathan Petlock
Water Street
Franklin Street
Bath
Petlock
Funeral rites for Julia Grace Kenney held Tuesday
Funeral service for Julia Grace Kenney at A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence officiated by Rev J Lyal Calhoun. Bearers were Norman Kenney Donald Kenney Stanley Hutchins and Eugene Dutton. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
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Julia Grace Kenney
A. F. Mayo & Son
J. Lyal Calhoun
Norman Kenney
Donald Kenney
Stanley Hutchins
Eugene Dutton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Florence F Bryant Funeral Service
Funeral service for Mrs Florence F Bryant was held Tuesday at 1 30 PM from Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 High Street. The Rev Dr Oliver W Bell pastor of Wesley Methodist church officiated. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Funeral for Capt William F Plummer Held in Bath
Sympathy of the community is extended to the family of the late Capt William F Plummer who died April 25 at Bath Memorial hospital in his 83rd year. Many Five Islands friends attended the large funeral Monday at Maya funeral home in Bath.
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Library Hall
Good Neighbor Club
Philip Pinkham
Dennis Moore
Harlan Pinkham
Reid Park
Thomas Watson
Tommy Watson
Ellsworth Reynolds
Watertown
Mass
Neil Bourton
Rugg
Malden Island
William Marr
Rose Wilkens
Livermore Falls
Warner. Fustis
Bonnie
Washington, D. C
Kunz
Betty Jane Pierce
Boothbay Harbor
John Brown
Yarmouth
Brown
Capt
William Plummer
Bath
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Donald Hopkins
Franklin MacNeil
Victor Pinkham
Sylvia Pinkham
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Richard Barter
Barter
Harold Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Carl Pearson
Somerville
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Jarie Moore
Ruth Veilleux
Fay
Suns
Richard Hanna
Carlson's
Gary Pinkham
Gregory Harford
Sally
Betsy Carleton
Woolwich
Dennis
Dennise Moore
Charles and
Alvin Moore
Barry Moore
Kenneth LaRose
Peter Stevens
Islands
Frank Carleton
William F. Plummer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Five Islands
Obituary Capt. William F. Plummer of Georgetown
Capt. William F. Plummer, 83, a renowned Maine windjammer master, died Thursday at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born Nov 23 1873 in Georgetown, he directed schooners on the Kennebec and commanded vessels like Ida Dow and Helen Barnet Gring. Survived by two sons, a daughter, a brother, a sister, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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William F. Plummer
Georgetown
Maine
Bath Memorial Hospital
William F
Annie Labrie É Plummer
Plummer
Bath
Five Islands
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
Charles H. Wolston
Ida Dow
Edna Hoyt
Atlantic
Marie Stewart
Nova Scotia
Perth Amboy
N. J
Thomaston
Africa
Helen Barnet Gring
Berstein & Jacobson
Portland
Eastport
Liverpool
Bernard L
William F., Jr
Helen O. Huskins
Harry
Florence R Bryant Dies En Route to Maine in Terre Haute
Florence F Bryant 74 widow of Silas G Bryant died Thursday at St Anthony's Hospital Terre Haute Ind while visiting Texas en route to Maine. Born Bath Sept 16 1882 to George L and Elizabeth Smith Babb she lived in the city all her life. Survived by one brother Herbert E Babb Canton and several nieces and nephews.
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Florence F. Bryant
Silas G. Bryant
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terre Haute
Ind
Bryant
High Street
Texas
Maine
Bath
George L
Elizabeth Smith Babb
Wesley Methodist Church
Everett W. Leonard 78 dies in Bath after long career
Everett W. Leonard 78 of Bath died Sunday at home after a long life of seafaring work and service. He was a former sea captain and Bath Iron Works operator, husband of Inez Major, with a daughter Harriet Morse and son Henry Leonard in Coast Guard service. He lived in Bath 45 years, previously Gloucester, born October 15, 1878 in MacMahon Island. He was a Nazarene, former IOOF member, and last worked at Hyde Memorial Home.
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Everett W. Leonard
Farrin Street
Inez Major
Bath
Gloucester
Mass
MacMahon Island
John
Ella MacMahan Leonard
Leonard
Bath Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Memorial Home
The
Nazarene Church
IOOF
Harriet L. Morse
Henry E. Leonard
U. S. Coast Guard
Portland Headlight
Eugene L
Andrus L
Death of Pinehurst race horse caretaker George Jewett
George Jewett 65 died suddenly in Pinehurst where he had lived four years as a caretaker at a large race horse farm. Born December 8, 1892 on Westport Island, he was the son of Capt. Alfred F. and Eleanor Dickson Jewett. He previously lived in Bath and West Bath, served in the Maine State Police, and worked at Bath Iron Works. Surviving are his widow Yah Jewett, a sister Mrs. Reginald T. Lombard, and a half brother J Edward Drake Jr.
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George Jewett
Pinehurst
Noes
Westport Island
Alfred F
Eleanor Dickson Jewett
Bath
West Bath
Maine State Police
Bath Iron Works
Ailyah Altekamp Jewett
Reginald T. Lombard
South Portland
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Mrs Julia G Kenney 75 Bath resident dies at hospital
Mrs Julia Grace Kenney 75 of 22 Goddard Street Bath died Saturday evening at Bath Memorial hospital after years of ill health. Born January 7 1882 in Bath she was the daughter of Charles and Harriet Varney and widow of Ralph Kenney. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are three sons Charles L Bath Edward A West Bath John R Topsham a sister Mrs Laura Cutting Bath five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Julia G. Kenney
Julia Grace Kenney
Goddard Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph Kenney
Bath
Charles
Harriet Cox Varney
First Church of the Nazarene
Charles L
Edward A
West Bath
John R. Kenney
Topsham
Burnham Rites Held at Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for Edward J. Burnham were held at 1 30 pm Thursday at Leslie C Shumway’s funeral home 638 High Street with Rev Charles R Sims officiating Bearers included Richard McElman Harold McElman Leo Huff and Allen McAllister Interment followed in the family lot
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Edward J. Burnham
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Charles R. Sims
Richard McElman
Harold McElman
Leo Huff
Allen McAllister
Oak Grove
Local Kin Attend 25th Jubilee at St Xavier Convent
Mr and Mrs Paul M Kelley and relatives from this city traveled to Bangor on Tuesday for Sister Mary John J s 25th Silver Anniversary Jubilee at St Xavier s Convent. The attendees include Mrs Jay Collard and Mrs Norman L Harris.
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Paul M. Kelley
Jay Collard
Norman L. Harris
Bangor
Mary John J
St. Xavier's Convent
Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Daily Feature
A newspaper page presents a cryptic crossword with clues and a Cryptoquote puzzle. It includes theme prompts like Across clues and a sample coded message with standard hints. Readers are invited to solve each puzzle using given letter substitutions and quotation hints.
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West Georgetoun
Back River
Cox's Head
Phippsburg
Esther Thibodeau
Sevuinland
Charles E Mains
William Raynes
Reid Park Road
Clarence White
Ocean
J. Willebeck LeMauir
Hy LeMairs
Walter Parker
Providence
R. J
David Parker
Parker
George Powers
Fessenden Wilder
Andover
MacMahan
Dorothy W. Stuart
Roland Peterson
Grace Church
Lewiston
Maud P. Thayer
West Georgetown
Frank Taylor
North Vassalboro
Waterville
Honus Hicks
West Newton
Marrtown
John Pierce
Thomas Savage
Salmon
Idaho
Arthur Whites
Groton
Little River Road
Harry Bedford
James Bedford
Whitinsville
Charles Gould
Gerald M York
Schenectady
York
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Yorks
Roy Campbell
Gregory Barrett
Irving Lord
Gene Herman
Chris
Plainfield
Ernest Heal
Charles McMahon
Edward C. Clarey
Annie Cutting
Ruth Jordan
Clarey
William Bisseth
Roy J. Campbell
Winston-Salem
N. C
Robert Stremmal
Balimore
National
BPW
Council Acti
Julia Kenney
Moore
Mansfield Moore
Pinkham
Cyril Stevens
W. F. Plummer
Florence R. Bryant
Herbert E. Babb
Canton
E. J. Burnham Funeral
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