Maine parks to gain record expansion if budget passes
Governor and Budget Committee propose 531000 for Maine State Park Commission for 1953 55 unlocking the era of the greatest capital improvements. Reid Park Georgetown Sebago Lake Lake St George and Aroostook State Park will lead the expansion with plans to upgrade 17 other parks and war memorials amid rising patronage. Attendance reached a 1952 high of over 309000 with Sebago drawing 115000 last year. Aroostook Camden Hills Reid Todd's Point developments aim to ease crowding and add camping bathhouses and roads at Reid to support peak loads.
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Burton M. Cross
Maine
Reid State Park
Georgetown
Sebago Lake
Lake St. George
Aroostook
Presque Isle
Songo Beach
Reid Park
Todd’s Point
Cohan
Mount Blue State Park
Weld
Mounpoe
State Park Commission
Mount Blue
Camden
Camden Hills
Griffads Head
Reid
Park Teee
Mile Beach
Todd's Point
Haystack
Griffith's Head
Sebago
Fort Popham
Kennebec
Fort William Henry
Pemaquid
Lillian M Fisher School to Open February 9
The new Lillian M Fisher School in the South End will open Monday February 9. On election day most city schools close except Mitchell and Fisher where teachers voted to hold a full session to recover lost time from the platoon system. A public dedication is tentatively planned for February 25, a Wednesday.
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Lillian M. Fisher
South End
Fisher
Mitchell
South Street
Lillian Fisher
County Receipts From March of Dimes Rise in Sagadahoc
Receipts for the Mothers March of Dimes in Sagadahoc county climb to 3462.85 as Georgetown 30.10 and Phippsburg 85.80 push the total higher Bowdonham adds 106.01 and the campaign’s Sagadahoc total is over 1380 more than last year. The piece ends with an unrelated note on Venus as a symbol of growth.
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Sagadahoc County
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc Couny
Giblets Prepared For Sandwich Spread
Cooked chopped giblets from siroken or oree may be mashed and mixed with a touch of mayonnaise to form a sandwich spread.
Pomona Grangers Meet Wednesday With West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona grange met with West Bath grange last week in a session attended by 161 members. Supper served at six featured baked beans hot rolls salads and coffee with a large volunteer staff. The evening opened with Worthy Master James Brice as officers filled in for past roles and a fifth degree class of 33 was conferred. Next gathering set for Richmond Corner Feb 25 with Progressive grange, supper at six, and a program including community sings and an original skit.
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Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
West Bath Grange
Florence Farnham
Alice Burgess
Verna Coombs
Elsie Pinson
Florence McCall
Gladys Deehan
Ida Rose
Beatrice Coombs
Ethel MacDonald
Mercie McFadden
Frances Waterman
James Brice
Merry Meeting Grange
Erland Curtis
Progressive Grange
Harry Rackley
Topsham Grange
Ila Day
Merrymeeting Grange
Arthur Curtis
Merrymeeting
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Milward Patten
Topsham
Marietta Wilson
Joseph Larrabee
Winifred Rackley
Tops
Eleanor Ripley
Wa' On
Ripley
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Alex Burgess
West Bath
Richmond Corner
Pomona
James Brive
Joseph W. Larrabee
Orange
Marjorie Curtis
Maud Harriman
Marion Lewis
Esther Andrews
Rosary
Wendall Heenie
James
Eleanor Brice
Vice President Schulze Narrow Escape Near Bath
J William Schulze vice president and treasurer of Bath Iron Works Corp lives in Wiscasset and escaped unharmed after his car skidded on a wet road, rolled over, slid into a small embankment and landed upside down against a tree. He crawled out through a window to freedom.
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J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Corp
Wiscasset
Christians and Christmas Chosen as National Holiday
The article states Christians, among minority groups, and Christmas have been designated as a national holiday to honor Christian traditions while other religious holidays receive similar national recognition.
Mothers' March drive raises 2336 dollars in Bath
A Bath Mothers' March collected 2336.20 for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, topping last year's total. Co chairs Ray Farnham and Nathan Watson led the drive with Margaret Flaherty as chairman, aided by many mothers and local volunteers.
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National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Raymond W. Farnham
Nathan W. Watson
Bath
Margaret Flaherty
National Foundation
Clan Uke
Anadate Oleee
R Oak
Ward
North Bath
Henry D. Small
Jane Ware
Lillius Sullivan
Katherine Mitchell
Natalie Fowles
Phyllis Flavin
Adena Smith
Linwood Abbott
Nathan Watson
Harold Perry
Garth Somers
Donald Buckley
John Coombs
The
Bath Trust Co
Paul
Linwood Haynes
Merritt Mitchell
Horace Morse
Arthur MacDonald
J. Haviland Torrey
Central Pastor Leaves for Service in Cam Drum New York
Approximately 135 members of the parish church and friends attended a farewell party for Rev. Laforest Hodgkins of Central Congregational church. He departs Sunday for Cam Drum New York to serve as chaplain during two months of Winter maneuvers. Hodgkins, a World War II veteran major, was honored with a purse of money and well wishes for a productive two months.
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Laforest Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Cam Drum
N. Y
Clyde Campbell
Yarmouth Congregational
Camp Drum
Hodgkin
Hodgkins
Couples Club
Aaa
Bath Country Club Finances Backed by Two Industries
At a recent stockholders meeting Bath Country Club elected directors including Dr Leon E. k and John F. Cooke with terms expired. A joint proposal by Bath Iron Works and Hyde Wind Co. to underwrite club operations for 1953 was adopted, detailing dues and green fees for male employees.
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Bath Country Club
Ual
Leon E. K
John F. Cooke
Clarence Eaton
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Allan Spear
John F. Gherty
John Parker
Messrs
Buck
Cooke Ross
Ross
Ted
Eaton
Surer
Cooke
Seer
J. William Ulze
Bath Works
Hyde Wind Co
Bath Iron Works
Windlass
Phippsburg Citizens to Hear Discussion on Central School
Citizens of Phippsburg will hear John Rote of Leeds speak at the town hall on Thursday at 8 p m about the need for a central school and key facts guiding a possible project. Rote helped advance Leeds Central School planning and construction.
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Phippsburg
Central School
John Rote
Leeds
Phippsburg P. T. A
Phippsburg Town Hall
Rote
Leeds Central School
Sewall Chapter DAR February Meeting Well Attended
Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter DAR held its February meeting at Central Parish House led by Regent Mrs. Sike Niles. Attendees heard reports on Junior American Citizens Clubs, a card party fundraiser, and plans to present a flag to Lillian F Fisher school. Delegates were elected to Continental Congress in Washington and to the State Conference in Bangor. The meeting featured a slide talk on Central America by Harold Treworgy and closed with hostesses serving refreshments.
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Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Central Parish House
Sike Niles
America, the Beautiful
Mildred Albee
Bernice McGlinchy
Jane Lemont
Lucy Armstrong
Effie Wright
Junior American Citizens Clubs
Myrle Stanton
Dummer Sewail
Washington, D. C
DAR
Morse High School
Maud Howard
Mary Hall
Ethel Bailey
Carl Swanton
Zephie Lowell
Florence Klippel
Marion Smith
Marilla Morse
Annie Bonney
Harold Treworgy
Brunswick
Central America
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Vesey Bureah
Red Cross
Harriet Delamere
Boothbay Harbor
Honolulu
Rotarians Discuss Rotary Magazine At Tuesday Meeting
Rotary Club met at Central parish house Tuesday with three five minute talks on The Rotarian. Frank B. Nichols recalled 42 years of the magazine and a planned Evanston home. Loring R. Addison noted the clubs' good works and gift subscriptions reaching 35,000. George Musk praised the magazine as substantial, fair, non sectarian and world oriented.
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Rotary Club
Central Parish House
Frank B. Nichols
Loring R. Addison
George H. Musk
Rotary Magazine
Rotarian
Bath Club
Evanston
Ill
Loring R. Aditon
Patten Free Library
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morse High School
George Musk
H. Rodney Brooke
Rotary
Ira D. Nadine
Central Grammar
Robert Chaplin
Merle Condon
Gerald Chaput
Howard S. Jones
Lewiston
Kenneth Francisco
New School to Open Monday for Classes
The new Lillian F. Fisher school will begin classes on Monday, but the cafeteria will not be ready yet. Children who live far away must bring their own lunches until the lunch program opens, delayed by missing kitchen equipment.
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Lillian F. Fisher
South End
Roy McMillan Tops NL Among Shortstops in 1952
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Roy McMillan led the National League in assists with 495 and total chances at 816 during the 1952 season, showcasing his defensive prowess for the Reds.
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Roy McMillan
Cincinnati Reds
Bath Red Cross chapter proud of its showing
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross highlights December and January contributions to Togus and the State hospital. Volunteers and groups in Bath receive thanks as they report supplies including 66 Christmas utility bags 30 gum 100 candy bars and 138 assorted gifts for state hospital patients and 13429 gauze bags 6775 surgical dressings 10 wool socks 1 cardigan 1 slip-on 104 syringe covers 23 slings 29 abdominal binders 16 mended sweaters for Togus.
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Bath
The
American Red Cross
Togus
State Hospital
Red Cross
Montsweag Extension Service
Daughters of Isabella
West Bath
Two cars collide on Carlton bridge
Early Wednesday morning a head-on collision on the Carlton bridge badly damaged both cars but left the occupants with no serious injuries. Richard E. Dannals 20 of Arrowsic drove a 1949 Chevrolet eastbound and Herbert Morse 23 of Brunswick Naval Air Station headed toward Bath. The crash occurred around 1 o'clock near the Woolwith end as Trooper Herman Boudreau investigated.
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Carlton Bridge
Herman Boudreau
Richard E. Dannals
Arrowsic
Herbert Morse
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath
Woolwith
Boudreau
Plastic Cabinets for TV Sets and Refrigerators
Plastic cabinetry for living spaces is introduced with seamless one piece drawers. The plastics resist moisture heat and wood damage while claiming easier construction and better durability than traditional furniture materials.
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Plastic Furniture
New York
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Town of
Liberty
Augusta
Belfast
Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Commission
Sebago State Park
Ft. Knox State Park
Fort Pophamt
Venus
Pomona Grangers
Schulze
Eugene Winslow
Edwin Small
Norman Markham
Clifford Pye
Ernest Haskell
Earl Lowell
Swanton Wyman
Leo Hamel
Earl Perkins
Thomas Totman
Richmond
F. Witham
Maine School Building Authority
Emerson Grammar School
Sewall
Continental Congress
RED Cross Chapter
Seth Mullin
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