Brother of Bath Woman in Lihue Reports World Trip
Mrs. David L. Wilson of Washington Street received a letter from her brother Caleb E. S. Burns of Lihue Kauai reporting W S Newell and daughter Mrs Ellen Teimer recently stayed at his home. Burns, longtime manager of American Factors sugar interests, retires April 1 and will serve as consultant over subsidiaries.
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David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Airmail
Caleb E. S. Burns
Lihue
Kauai
T. H
W. S. Newell
Ellen Tiemer
Mr. Newell
Honolulu
Mr. Burns
Newells
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Lihoe Corporation
Burns
Lulu
American Factors
Ranch
Electric Company
Kauai Consolidated Terminals
Fort Fairfield
Maine
University of Maine
Hawaii
Wilson
Black market grows for new cars in Malaya amid shipping delays
Singapore reports severe ship space shortages from the United Kingdom fueling a car shortage in Malaya. Dealers warn customers with advance bookings resell delivery for profits of at least 500 dollars, urging government limits of one car per person and bans on resale. Also notes 82 UNESCO affiliates and 30 student clubs in Japan.
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Singapore
United Kingdom
Malaya
United Nations
Unesco
Japan
Big Sports Head at Larson Air Base Moses Lake
Lieut Frank E. Williams, infantry services officer at Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake Washington, directs base sports for a third year. He oversees basketball baseball golf tennis handball and intramural leagues while Sabres basketball enjoys a solid season. Williams is a Bath New York native, son of Harold and Mrs Williams, and previously lived in Utica and Bath with siblings Raymond and Mrs Raymond Temple.
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Frank E. Williams
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Washington
Bath
Public Information Office
Williams
Larson
Sabres
Lieut. Williams
Harold S. Williams
Linden Street
Spring Street
Utica
N. Y
City Changes Flag Policy After 24 Hour Display
The city ends round the clock flag flying at the park due to strong winds and rain tearing two feet from the banner. City Manager Ralph Mittendorf says flags will fly only during daylight on favorable days until a new flag is purchased.
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City Park
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Phippsburg Officials Seek State Funds to Fix Pitch Pine Hill
James L. Morse and Raymond W. McIntire met with Senator Joseph W. Larrabee in Augusta to seek a $12,000 state highway appropriation for Pitch Pine Hill in Phippsburg. The plan aims to straighten the steep curve just below Winnegance village to reduce winter hazards. A prior road survey prompted possible layout changes to a straighter approach slightly south of the current road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Morse
First singing of the Marine Corps hymn in 1847
The Marine Corps hymn was sung for the first time during the Mexican War in 1847. An unknown Corps poet wrote the lyrics to the tune of an old French opera melody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Reformatory Head Details Prison Reform Plans
Percy D. Hayden warden of the Men's Reformatory at South Windham spoke to Winter Street and Central Church Men's clubs. He urged rehabilitation over punishment, citing 160 inmates and limited recreation. He urged facilities for recreation vocational and religious training and psychiatric care as keys to better citizens on release.
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Percy D. Hayden
Men’s Reformatory
South Windham
Winter Street Men’s Club
Central Church Men's Club
Reformatory
Hayden
Linwood Abbott
Winter Street
Going Away Party for Mrs Lawrence McPhee
The Sew and Sews club held a farewell for Mrs Lawrence McPhee who is moving to Portsmouth New Hampshire where her husband works. Christie Johnson delivered a basket of gifts and the group enjoyed canasta and refreshments hosted by Mrs Richard Johnson.
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Richard Johnson
Middle Street
Lawrence McPhee
Portsmouth
N. H
Christie Johnson
Johnsons
McPhee
Marion Loeser
Evertt Babine
Vinal King
Howard Elliott
Earl Horner
Joseph Jenee
Maurice Skillin
Hugh MacDonald
J. Walter Snipe
Bath Board Sets Out-of-Town Tuition at $85 Per Year
At a Bath Board of Education meeting the tuition for all out-of-town pupils attending Bath elementary schools was set at $85, up $10 for West Bath students. The board also approved fluorescent lighting on the north first floor room of Central Grammar School as the initial step in a broader lighting improvement program. The lights will be installed immediately.
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Bath Board of Education
Bath
West Bath
Central Grammar School
Founders Day Tea Hosted by North Center P T A
The Founders Day Tea will be held February 10 from three to five at the home of Mrs. John Parker on Summer Street. Mrs. Lynn Bussey leads the event with assistants Mrs. William Turpie Mrs. Linwood Haynes Mrs. Harold McElman and Mrs. Donald Perry. Mrs. Burt Osgood is program chair. Public invitation extended and PTA members notified of schedule change.
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North Center
John Parker
Summer Street
Lynn Bussey
William Turpie
Linwood Haynes
Harold McElman
Donald Perry
Burt Osgood
Winter Street Ladies Aid Meets Friday
Ladies Aid of Winter Street church held Friday afternoon with 45 members present. President Mrs. Horace Ward and chair Mrs. Edward B. Smith led plans to redecorate the parish house with the Prudential committee, and bake bean supper proceeds will aid church work. Jane Goodman remains at home recovering from a fall injuring her left arm. Elmer Rogers of Whiskeyay ill. cards requested. Tea followed hosted by Mrs. Messenger Hoop er Owen Sargent Fritz ee pel. pouring by Mrs. Kittridge and Mrs. Munroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Winter Street Church
Horace Ward
Edward B. Smith
Prudential Committee
Lewis F. Gannon
United Council of Luunchison
Henry O. McCabe
Ralph Warren
Milton Stephenson
Fred D. Hill
Roy Akeley
Jane Goodman
Memorial Hospital
Elmer Rogers
Whiskeay
Charles W. Messenger
Fred E. Hooper
Edward P. Owen
George Sargent
Fritz Eepel
Kittridge
Munroe Fas Ton
Calvin W Rogers Recovers After West Palm Beach Accident
Bath friends report Calvin W Rogers of West Palm Beach, former local hardware dealer, was injured when a car door struck him, breaking a hip. He is recovering in hospital and sits upright in a chair. His sons Walter C and Gardiner D Rogers run C W Rogers Inc. in Bath.
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Bath
Calvin W. Rogers
West Palm Beach
Rogers
Walter C. Rogers
Former Bath Visitor Named Radio and TV Committee Chair
Mrs. Queenie Grable of Lexington Kentucky was appointed chair of the Radio and Television committee for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women clubs. Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas announced the appointment. Grable will oversee radio and TV service to 2000 clubs and approve all network scripts. She has been Kentucky state president and national representative to state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Queenie Grable
Lexington
Kentucky
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Texas
National Federation
Grable
National Federation of B. P. W. Clubs
Kentucky Federation
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Maine
Poland Spring
Bath B
Taxes add much to gasoline taxes in Maine 1950
Mr Packard notes multiple taxes raise motorist costs and calls the driver the most taxed person. He cites Maine’s total gasoline tax at 7 1/2 cents per gallon, with 6 cents state and 1 1/2 cents federal, reflecting a 41 percent rise in 1950 per industry data.
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Packard
Maine
Stork Shower for Mrs. Merritt Shea by Sewing Club
A surprise stork shower was held Tuesday at Mrs. Perleston Pert’s Middle Street home for Mrs. Merritt Shea. Members of the Tuesday Nite Sewing club and many guests attended, gifts were displayed in a bassinet, refreshments served, and hosts included Mrs. Carl Langbehn and Mrs. Maurice Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Shea
Perleston Pert
Middle Street
Carl Langbehn
Maurice Shea
Sanford B. Nickerson
John Coombs
Fred Pinkham
Archie Wish
Ruth A. Dodge
Granville Frank
Mrs. Dodge
South End House Damaged by Fire
Fire broke out Saturday night likely from a chimney on the second floor, causing about 3000 dollars in damage to the southern half of the duplex at 7 and 9 East Lane. Eu gene J Synnott, 70, retired printer, lived alone in the heavily damaged section. The Robbinses occupied the other half and suffered water and smoke damage plus destroyed furnishings. The building, owned by Synnott’s two daughters in New York, was not insured.
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East Lane
Eugene J
Jack) Synnott
Percy W. Robbins
Robbins
Synnott
New York
Engaged Couple to be Honored by Ex Governor Sumner Sewall
Ex Governor Sumner Sewall and Mrs Sewall will host a reception at their Washington street home Saturday afternoon from four to seven o'clock honoring Miss Diane Curtis and Melvin Henderson. Guests invited to meet the couple follow the holiday engagement announced by the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Edward Curtis of Rochester New York. Miss Curtis works as a secretary at the Hyde Memorial Home and Henderson owns the Kennebec Greenhouse in Bath.
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Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Diane Curtis
Melvin Henderson
Miss Curtis
Mr. Henderson
Edward Curtis
Rochester
N. Y
Hyde Memorial Home
Kennebec
Bath
Rebekah Lodge Installs Officers and Community Gala
The high turn out at Odd Fellows hall included Nina Rebekah Lodge members and 22 past deputies. A reception honored Ruth Palmer Bowdoin district deputy and Ada Thibodeau marshal with gifts, musical program, and a buffet luncheon.
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Bev
Masonic Hall
Marilla Gibson
Satset Haouty Cs
Hazel
Richmond
Ruth Bessie Frangakadis
Lewiston
Ees
Fanetta Googins
Auburn
Peasley
Monmouth
Beatrice Dickey
Jessie Heath
Alden Small
Vivian Paar
Winfred Dodge
Gladys Peterson
Sentinel
Andrew
Peterson
Warden
Miriam Rideout
Adah
Helen Mitchell
Ruth
Helen Millay
Esther
Ruth c. Dodge
Ma “A Denham
Erecta Pearl Raymond
Sadie Garland
Nina Rebekah Rede
Lisbon Falls
Odd Fellows Hall
Ruth Palmer
Bowdoin
Ada Thibodeau
Mae McFarland
Bar Harbor
Leona Keene
Bowdoinham
Perlegree
Charles Hackett
Accident Victim In Brunswick Stays On Danger List
Mrs Charles Cunningham remains in danger after a Brunswick automobile crash near Bowdoin Pines. Her husband is improving at Brunswick Hospital. Clinton Cunningham Jr Robert Bellefiluer and Robert Langley died in the collision when the Cunningham car struck a trailer truck. Relatives gathered for funeral services and stay at the Gowens home in Arrowsie as the family grieves.
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Charles Cunningham
Brunswick
Bowdoin Pines
Brunswick Hospital
Cunningham
Clinton Cunningham, Jr
Robert Bellefiluer
Robert Langley
Cunnninghams
Clinton, Jr
Richard Gowen
Arrowsie
Lawrence Gowen
Everett Cunningham
Flint
Mich
Edith Williamson
George Cunningham
Wheaton
Clinton Cunningham
Utica
N. Y
Irving Cunningham
Fort Dix, N. J
Elementary teachers entertain with a tea at Huse Memorial
Bath elementary teachers hosted a tea at Huse Memorial School on Monday for Mrs. Irene Dresser from the State Department of Education. Hosts included Mrs. Loring Addison and others, with Miss Eleanor Danforth as general chairman assisted by several teachers. The Huse faculty also served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Huse Memorial School
Irene Dresser
State Department of Education
Loring Addison
Edwin Andrews
Kenneth Smith
Lloyd Hooker
Eleanor Danforth
Roland Breton
Fred Osgood
Granville Colby
Charles Bartlett
Laura Mitchell
Harry Horne
Raymond Fogg
Huse
First telecast of Republican convention in Philadelphia 1940
The first television broadcast covered the Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia in June 1940. The event marked a milestone in political media, bringing live coverage to a national audience.
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Philadephia
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Founders Day Tea
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Stanley
Disston
Miller Falls
Bailey
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Bath, Maine
Brunswick Lions Club
Bowdoinham Town Hall
Moody Rest Home
Louise Gruenewald
Meadow Road
Topsham
Leroy Williams
East Bowdeinham
Jane Dudley
Lillian Damon
Milton Douglas
Arthur Curtis
Cedar Grove
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Bridgton Academy
Leslie Rancour
Edna Tome
Opera House
Sun
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Pat O'Brien
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Paul Henreid
Jack Oakie
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