Nixon to Present Freedoms Foundation Awards at Valley Forge
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will present principal awards at the Fourth Anual Freedoms Foundation 1000 Awards Program held at Valley Forge on Washington's Birthday February 22. The United States Army Band will play as the program runs noon to 4 pm with flag raising ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Freedoms Foundation
Naval
Historic
Valley Forge
Washington
United States Army Band
Hugh Curry
Nixon
State Supreme
Orgigen
National Patriotic, Veterans and Service Organizations
Albert C. Jacobs
University of
Lost Locomotive Puts New Hampshire Line in ICC Crisis
The 25 mile Suncook Valley railroad in New Hampshire vanished from service mid December and the Interstate Commerce Commission faces a halt in deciding if operations must resume. The Concord to Pittsfield line, running 85 years with the last decade in the red, petitioned for suspension and track scrapping while plants awaited the decision. General Manager Edmond J. Stapleton reported $9.07 in the treasury on December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce
New Hampshire
Suncook Valley
ICC
Concord
Pittsfield
Red
ICC and
Mission
Edmond J. Stapelton
Freight dispute ends with ICC involvement over overdue payment
The road’s 20 employees were owed two pay and a $2,000 instalment on its locomotive overdue. Mr. Stapleton refused freight deliveries and closed shop. The state commission upheld the decision and the freight issue is now with the ICC. The locomotive has been repossessed by General Electric. On the last run December 16, a Concord to Epsom journey saw two cars derailed at Epsom station as the train departed. engineer and brakeman uncoupled and a Pittsfield-bound train continued without them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stapleton
State Commission
ICC
General Electric Company
Concord
Epsom
Pittsfield
Monthly Probate Court session lists wills and estates
The monthly probate session records filings and actions in Bath Topsham Phippsburg and Vevey Switzerland. Wills filed allowed inventories petitions for administration accounts and licenses to sell real estate are noted with executors guardians and trustees named along with bonds and confirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Wiggin
Bath
Doris C. Haggett
Bertha C. Bean
Merle Chaney
Randall F. Cook
Rudolph Bernhardt Meister
Charles A. Pomeroy
George E. Coggeshall
Phippsburg
Della E. Coggeshall
Marilyn Hogan
Ashland
Mass
Alice M. Hogan
Guardian
Sharon L. Downing
Als
Susan V. Spinney
Esther A. Hall
Topsham
Fred I. Hall
Mabel E. Trufant
Avery D. Trufant
Sarah J. Hitchcock
Priscilla J. Loring
Henrietta L. Sonia
Amelia W. Mitchell
Merritt A. Mitchell
Herbert L. Hopkins
George J. Hopkins
Donald B. Hopkins
Annie Agnes Annis
Julia Annis Marshall
Anne Kaiulani Williams
H. Sewall Williams
Arthur F. Williams
Bessie M. Hunt
Charles T. Small
Christine C. Snipe
Abigail F. Carter
Isabelle E. Carter
Charles E. Starrett
Frank E Carver
Slippery Travel After Snow and Ice Causes Treacherous Roads
Sunday afternoon and evening treacherous driving as light snow and a layer of ice formed. Hills were especially difficult until the highway department spread sand and salt overnight, improving conditions by Monday morning.
Trooper Boudreau Highlights Highway Safety at Y MC A Hi Y Club
Trooper Herman J. Boudreau of the Maine State Police spoke on Highway Safety to the Y M C A Hi Y club, stressing education and prevention. He cited four major accident causes,, showed photos, and screened two films on drunk driving and reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman J. Boudreau
Maine State Police
Hi-Y Club
Boudreau
Bobby Arsenault
Patrieman Powers
Maine
Walter Cummings
Ronald Coombs
Donald House
Jack Cool
Bryce Katula
Nathan Cohen
David Ziblatt
Thomas Schulten
Rainbow Girls Installation Recalls Ceremony and Honors
Betty Newell led the assembly in a ceremony to cap her term as worthy adviser. Mrs Morse praised the group while expressing pride in the girls. Awards were given for attendance, friendliness, ritual, loyalty, service, and a Pot of Gold pin. A marriage certificate was presented to Mrs Jerolyn Harris Howes. The session closed with Rainbow Dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Newell
Donald Page
Genesta
Jack Waterhouse
Joyce Dow
Portsmouth Rainbow Assembly
Joan Brooks
Morse
Elizabeth Bull
Dorothy Robinson
Beverly Knight
Janice Gilmore
Elizabeth Marble
Priscilla Marble
Sylvia Googin
Janice Perham
Vaneta Estes
Carolyn McKay
Rena Legard
Hazel Warner
Kathryn Libby
Barbara Taber
Jerolyn Harris Howes
Lowell
Masons
Bath
Eastern Star
Glazed Ham with Jelly and Clove Diamons
A method for finishing a fully cooked ham by scoring the fat in a diamond pattern, inserting a whole clove in each diamond, and brushing with a jelly and hot water glaze before baking. The glaze uses half a cup of current jelly mixed with hot water to create a tasty coating.
New Books Added at Public Library Shelves
The Patten prey Library has added numerous new titles across genres. Included are In Always ask a policeman Sel don Truss Apricot sky Ruby Ferguson and Death of an intruder Nedra Tyre. Also featured are Gallileans Frank Slaughter Love for Lydia H E Bates and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Prey Library
Seldon Truss
Ruby Ferguson
Blackcock
Feather
Maurice Walsh
Charlotte Armstrong
Alice Lent Covert
Nedra Tyre
Thomas B. Dewey
Gallileans
Frank Slaughter
Lydia
H. E. Bates
Rae Foley
Max Brand
Edward Grierson
Rose
Margaret Miller
Phillip MacDonald
Marguerie Allis
James Street
John Appleby
Waylord
Boston
Elliot Paul
Carl Sandburg
Annapurna
Maurice Herzog
Joseph Leeming
Anne Frank
Everett F. Bleiker
T. S. Dickty
Bob Mathias
Jim Scott
Elizabeth Howard
Rose Wyler
Jane Austin
May L. Becker
Lynn Bronson
Alfred and the Saint
Priscilla Will
Lynn Ward
Bowser the Hound
Thornton Burgess
Columbus
Finder of the New World
Ronald Syme
Johnny Reb
Merritt P. Allen
Treasure Island
Robert L. Stevenson
Elizabeth Goudge
Bowdoin Plans Hall of Music in Honor of Harvey Dow Gibson
Bowdoin College moves forward with Harvey Dow Gibson Hall of Music funded by gifts totaling over 250000 dollars in memory of the late New York City and Wilmington benefactor. A special committee was formed by Bowdoin’s boards at a Saturday meeting to oversee plans. Gibson, a 1902 Bowdoin alumnus, cherished by Bath locals, sang in church and led an orchestra during his student days.
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Harvey Dow Gibson
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
New York City
Wilmington
Gibson
Bath
Winter Street
Brunswick man pleads guilty in Bath court
Paul R. Farley of Brunswick pleaded guilty to speeding on Leeman highway when arraigned in Bath Municipal Court Friday morning. He was discharged after payment of costs of 6.82. Harold Seavey and Clarence Sheffield paid fines of 10 and costs of 4.70 for hunting without a license.
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Paul R. Farley
Brunswick
Leeman Highway
Bath
Harold Seavey
Clarence Sheffield
Cosmo Club Banquet Highlights 1944 Anthem
The Cosmo Club held a 1944 banquet with an expressive invocation by Jack Wallace and a flag salute. Jane Mc Gregor narrated, Carol Boudreau announced, and the audience joined in singing the national anthem with a taps finale. The program featured Battle Hymn, Maryland My Maryland and was recorded for Central Grammar’s AV system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wallace
Maryland
Jane McGregor
Carol Boudreau
Central Grammar
Annual Meeting Notes and Old Wake Practices
An item lists officers secretary Mrs Leon Buck treasurer Frederick Haggett and the text notes England’s ancient wake practice guarding the body against evil spirits before Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhur Sewall
Leon Buck
Frederick Haggett
England
City Tables Propose Budget Improvements Across Departments
Bath Maine city yard reports show vault entombments at Oak Grove due to weather delays and insulation work in the department garage cutting fuel use by about 40 percent. Highway crews finish junior high site clearance, sell usable timber for fifty dollars, and plan for slack-season tree work. Public Welfare aided forty cases in January while health and sanitation addressed tuberculosis and outbreaks, with several illegal rubbish dumps resulting in court action. Parking meters yielded eighteen hundred seventy-two dollars in January, and Gahan's Bridge Sewer project nears completion with total cost around eleven thousand four hundred eighty-two dollars. A sprinkler system at the new elementary school promises annual insurance savings of eight hundred fifty-six dollars, offsetting four-year costs near three thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
North Street
Highway and Sewer Department
Highway Department
Ernest Washburn
Brunswick
Public Welfare Department
Health Department
Athan C. White
Bath
Maine
Bath Societies Plan Banquet and Lent Film Series
Bath clubs report routine business and read committee minutes. Plans for a February 17 banquet at Hotel Eagle Brunswick were made with a court-house pickup for members. Lent socials will feature religious films starting March 3, and the Daughters will collaborate with the Knights on a minstrel show later. Communion Sunday is February 7 at 7:30 am for Father Maney. Five members had birthdays with cakes. March social committee names listed. New initiates include Lucy Desmond Phyllis Aderton Louella Giberson Ruth Mullaney Dorothy Hines Miriam Techiera Margaret McKay Cecille Cromwell Mary Gill.
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Pe Nt
Marie Hamblett
P' G. Ae
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Court House
Father Maney
Miriam Techiera
Marie Soucie
Dorothy Hines
Mae Hanna
Phoebe Hart
Frances Guerrette
Grace Cunningham
Nellie McDonough
Edward Lee
Margaret Flaherty
Otelia Kenney
Corinne Hayes
Charlotte Bergeron
Lucy Desmond
Phyllis Aderton
Louella Giberson
Ruth Mullaney
Margaret McKay
Cecille Cromwell
Mary Gill
Theta Chapter plans charitable donations at meeting
The Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Wednesday at Mrs. Robert Frink's Corliss street home. President Mrs. Albert Desmond led the session as plans for charitable donations were made. A baby shower honored Mrs. Frank Gallagher. Mrs. Oscar March presented a program on Home Decorations. Mrs. Richard Raven was absent. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Robert Frink
Corliss Street
Albert Desmond
Frank Gallagher
Oscar March
Richard Raven
Beacon Street Methodist Men Plan 100th Anniversary
The Beacon Street church Methodist Men met in the vestry Wednesday to discuss plans for the 100th anniversary in June and ways to beautify the building and grounds. Fourteen members attended and Dwight Packard and Clarence Pye hosted refreshments after a dart-ball social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Dwight Packard
Clarence Pye
XI Beta Chapter Hosts Valentine Joint Event
XI Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs Catharine Legard home on Oliver Street Tuesday last week. Dessert and coffee were served by the hostess. President Mrs Robert Stevens led a brief business session announcing a joint Valentine party with Theta Chapter on February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Eliason
Richard Haskell
Albert Thompson
Nathan Watson
Leonard Wetherbee
Bert Osgood, Jr
Legard
Rogers
Club Forty-Two Plans Tea and Remodel at Meeting
At Club Forty-Two’s Wednesday gathering plans were laid for the annual tea and a committee will be appointed at the next meeting. Remodeling of the club room was discussed. The weekly prize brought by Mrs. Robert Hamblett was given to Mrs. Reginald Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-Two
Robert Hamblett
Reginald Riley
Ladies Sewing Circle at First Baptist Plans All Day Event
The Ladies' Sewing Circle met in the church parlor with Mrs Laura Harrington presiding in place of President Mrs Ora Dauphin. An all day meeting is planned for February 11 with members bringing lunches and hot beverages served at noon. Quilts will be tacked. Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Laura Harrington
Morse quintet matches Westbrook high in 54 44 victory
Morse Shipbuilders held off Westbrook High 54 44 at the local gym. Captain Brad Stover led with 19 points and strong boards while Louie Kingsbury and Chic Marchetti supplied key scoring as Morse pulled away after a close first half. Water flows over Niagara Falls at an average rate of 212 000 cubic feet a second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Shipbuilders
Westbrook
Paper City
Brad Stover
Morse
Blazes
Stover
Bill MacHardy
Arsenault
Cavan
Louie Kingsbury
Bragdon
Chick Marchetti
Bra
Ramsdell
Butch Currier
Billy Bruce
G. F.G
Munsey Ee
Marchetti
Greene
Haggett
Kingsbury
Bruce
Niagara Falls
Crossword Puzzle and Cryptoquote Challenge
A newspaper page presents a fill in crossword from clues across and down plus a cryptoquote puzzle with a quotation attributed to Longfellow and a final line credit. It includes the cryptogram example AXYCLBAAXRE and the attributed quotation The man that feareth the Lord to doubt in that fear doubteth Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
MacDonald
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SPEAK
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Horace McClure
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Trooper Boudrea
Y. MC. A. Hi-Y Club
Rainbow Girls
Cosmo Club
Gahan's
General Highway and Sewer Department
Council
Bath Societies
Sacred Heart Circle Py
THETA
Club Forty
Ladies’ Sewing
Westbrook High
Korea
Cuba
VFEK
King Features Syndicate
Jie
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