Government restraints tested by progress for America
A. Haley, president of the Chamber of Commerce, argues progress stems from private enterprise not government. He cites advances in research, agriculture, industry, and new technologies that emerged under free competition, noting America’s strength comes from converting plowshares into weapons and maintaining freedoms. He urges reducing government limits to keep progress alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Haley
Chamber of Comerce
Haley
America
Taxes Beat Atlee in UK Election Amid Tax Complaints
The piece reports voter anger over the purchase tax in Britain after the Socialist government fell. It cites quirks like desks taxed 33 1/3 percent while desks with inkwell holes escaped tax, costing individuals and towns extra money. Examples include Hastings black boards taxes and costly items for schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wallasey
Cheshire
Hastings
Sussex
Amyeh Liverpool
Turpin
Canada
Henry Macdonald Hardy
Plans for 50th anniversary meeting of Colonial club
The Colonial club plans a big 50th anniversary event a combined annual banquet and birthday celebration for members and their ladies. A March meeting will announce the date, with notices to members about the club’s existence and membership. Resolutions on Fred P. Shaw’s death were read by Eugene Desmond. Officers nominated include President Dey S Leavitt and others to be elected in March. A music program followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Ises
Howard F. Cramer
Lorraine M. Price
Elliott C. Hanson
Robert Rice
Hilton Libby
Ester Pratt
Don Cromwell
Motorist Fined For Drunken Driving
Melvin W. Fowler 21 of Lisbon Falls pleaded guilty to drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident in municipal court Saturday. He was fined 100 dollars and 4.70 dollars costs on each count after arrest by State Trooper William Knox. Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided. Trooper Knox was the complainant. Two Bath men also pleaded guilty to intoxication and each received 60 days in Augusta jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin W. Fowler
Lisbon Falls
Fowler
William Knnox
Gardiner R. Deering
Knox
Bath
Augusta
Local court actions and fines dominate Thursday docket
John S. Cavanaugh of Falmouth pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining an order for the sale of a punch board and paid 100 dollars plus 12.90 costs. Deputy Belanger of Topsham was the complainant. Five men were arrested for intoxication at City Landing. three from Bath, one from Woolwich, one from Brunswick, all pleaded guilty and were fined 100 dollars plus varying costs. A Bath man was found not guilty on idle and disorderly charges. Hazel E. Mank of Woolwich pleaded guilty to having a punch board in her possession, fined 10 dollars and 5.50 costs, suspended on payment of costs. Samuel Goldberg of Portland pleaded guilty to passing a stop sign in Topsham, fined 10 dollars and 4.70 costs. A Bath juvenile pleaded guilty to driving with inadequate brakes, fined 10 dollars and 4.70 costs. A Bath man guilty of intoxication and disturbing the peace was fined 10 dollars and 5.60 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Cavanaugh
Falmouth
John W. Quarrington
Cavanaugh
Edward C. Belanger
Topsham
City Landing
Woolwich
Brunswick
Hazel E. Mank
Gardiner R. Deering
Samuel Goldberg
Portland
Goldberg
Calendar Supper Draws 150 From Winter Street Auxiliary
More than 150 attend the Winter Street Congregational church Auxiliary Calendar supper hosted Tuesday. A chicken salad dinner was served from 12 decorated tables, each depicting a month, with hostesses listed for January through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Eleanor McCabe
Athena Gillespie
Thelma Sylvester
Mildred Melrosé
Bernice McGlinchy
Beatrice Leavitt
Peg Lawrence
Dora Miller
Ruth Freeman
Agnes Grant
Evelyn Percy
Mae Fry
Her Dale
Gladys’ Lowell
Alice Johnson
Priscilla Cullen
Bernice Crockett
Phyllis Hamlett
Elizabeth Young
Viola Osgood
Sreta Gower
Helen Bradway
Ina Freeman
Doris Bey
Cummings Enters Maine State Senate Race in Sagadahoc
Bath auto dealer Charles F. Cummings announces he will run on the Republican ticket for state senator from Sagadahoc County in the June primaries. Born in Quincy Mass, he has lived in Sagadahoc since age six and recently bought a large Augusta garage for DeSoto and Plymouth sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies F. Cummings Cummings
Charles F. Cummings
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Charlie
Cummings
Maine House
Senate
Quincy
Mass
Sagadahoc
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Augusta
DeSoto and Plymouth
Beatrice Nichem
Kingsbury Candidates Light Ward Four Ballot
Capt Charles Kingsbury has gathered enough signatures to run for alderman in Ward Four. Next Monday his son Percy W Kingsbury will also seek election as council member from the same ward in the bicameral city government era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Independent
Charles Kingsbury
1861 Lincoln Hamlin ballot found in Reed Bible
Mrs. Georgia Walker of Woolwich brought an aged election ballot to the office. The yellowed ballot lists Lincoln and Hamlin on the Republican ticket with electors William Henry, Henry Groot, Joseph Warner, Edward A Cahoon and DeWitt C Clarke. It dates to 1861, the Lincoln Hamlin Union ticket.
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Georgia Walker
Woolwich
Lincoln & Hamlin
United States
William Henry
Henry Groot
Joseph Warner
Edward A. Cahoon
DeWitt C. Clarke
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Walker
Happy Little Elephant chosen as Cross for Governor symbol
A gray playful elephant will serve as the Cross for Governor campaign emblem. It has appeared on napkins at a Waterville gathering and will be on letterheads and lapel buttons. The design features a gray elephant head inside a red circle with Cross for Governor in red. Created by Elizabeth, a University of Maine freshman, the senator praises it.
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Cross
Waterville
Elizabeth
University of Maine
Barbara Betty
Richard Butler
Augusta
Burtina
Dunton Seeks Another Term as Sagadahoc Judge
Nomination papers for Judge Arthur J. Dunton of Bath circulated by J Horace McClure Register of Probate. Dunton has served as Judge of Probate since Walter S Glidden's death in 1938 and is not expected to seek an opponent in the June Republican primaries.
Sagadahoc Sheriff Nomination Rumor Retired
Sagadahoc County Register of Probate J Horace McClure denies plans to run for sheriff as a Republican. He says reports of opposing incumbent Loring Small were newspaper talk and he has not decided his future, leaving open speculation into next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc County
Emerson seeks Republican nomination for State representative
Representative Wilbur T. Emerson of Richmond announces his bid for the Republican nomination to represent Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown and Richmond. A retired hotel man, he moved to Bowdoinham six years ago and served two terms as selectman, then relocated to Richmond two years ago and lives in the former home of the late Charles B. Day. Emerson is married to Mrs. Emerson, his daughter is married to Del Bissonette of Winthrop now with the Hartford team of the Eastern League. he once managed the Augusta House and is a Mason Shriner and World War I veteran.
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Converse G.fenn
Converse G. Fenn
Bath
Maine
Fenn
High Street
Jane Hyde
Wassookea School
Dexter
Dartmouth College
Wilbur T. Emerson
Richmond
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Emerson
Charles B. Day
del Bissonette
Winthrop
Hartford
Augusta House
Up River Candidates Rally for Local Nominations
Cleveland P. Curtis of Bowdoinham and Bernard G. Smith of Richmond circulate nomination papers in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown and Richmond as Wilbur T. Emerson of Richmond has announced a three way race. Rumors suggest a fourth Bowdoin man may enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdoinham
Bernard G. Smith
Richmond
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Wilbur T. Emerson
Local Residents Travel to Boston for Military Openings
Jr. of North street left Wednesday for Boston where Mrs. Greene will attend the Spring military openings. Joseph Small of New York City is visiting his brother and wife Hon. and Mrs. Donald N. Small on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Small
New York City
Donald N. Small
Washington Street
Bath Job Placements Active Last Month
The Bath office reports January job activity higher than a year earlier with about 610 workers seeking jobs and 18 handicapped placements. Front Street office had 26 physically handicapped workers seeking suitable non agricultural work and visits rose to 2 163, up nearly 500 from December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth W.thornton
Thornton
Front Street
Bath
Basant
Dutch Elm Disease Threatens Maine Shade Trees
Edwin Grove of the Maine Forest Service warns Dutch Elm Disease could threaten Augusta Maine shade trees valued at 70 million dollars as the pest nears the state border. He urges communities to establish a shade tree program including census pruning spraying and feeding over three years to minimize infection and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Edwin Grove
Maine Forest Service
Grove
Scouts to Launch Three Year National Service Program
The Boy Scouts of America initiate a three year program with Elks Youth Activities and local partners to promote cooperation among churches synagogues schools and civic organizations. A nationwide house to house voter registration and turnout drive will be announced as part of the launch. Governor Frederick Payne hosted a meeting in the State Capitol where pledges of cooperation were signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennealy
Frederick Payne
Senate
Morse High Notes Playday and Student Council Assembly
The G A A sponsored a Saturday playday directed by Mrs Gordon Benson with Edward Little High girls visiting Morse. Mixed teams played volley ball and basketball after lunch. Winners included Sandra Higgins Natalie Tribou Fran Moody from Edward Little and Verna Hunt Patti Hayes Elaine Pinkham Debbie Caton Anne Day from Morse. Wednesday the Council hosted a second assembly featuring Grace Keene dramatic miniatures including scenes from Seventeen and Mama Knows Best announced by Sally Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Little High
Auburn
Morse
Grace Keene
Sally Freeman
Rod and Gun Club Derby awarded at Bath clubhouse
Ken Jacquith president of the club awarded prizes at the Bath clubhouse at 6:30 pm. Winners were honored as films of fishing hunting and trapping were shown by Wardens Beane and Feeney to a large audience. Refreshments were served by committee members Jacquith Clark Pratt Leask and Gaudette.
Latin Club Initiation Highlights Roman Pageantry
The Latin club held an initiation last Thursday with initiates dressed as Roman youths in togas and sandals made from sheets and wood. Activities included tarrying books polishing shoes and Latin conversation during the day and an evening session from seven to nine. A banquet occurred February 7 in Morse sewing room with traditional ceremonies and entertainment. New members named: Mary Brown Ann Cohen Janet Cohen Wayne Fuller Althea Gaylord Nathan Cohen Margaret Hanson Edna King George Langbehn Jane Whitehurst Patty Chase Joanne Frank Marietta Garey Judith Maree Neil West Thelma Kinn.
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Morse
Mary Brown
Ann Cohen
Janet Cohen
Wayne Fuller
Althea Gaylord
Nathan Cohen
Margaret Hanson
Edna King
George Langbehn
Jane Whitehurst
Patty Chase
Joanne Frank
Marietta Garey
Judith Maree
Neil West
Thelma Kinn
Laura Everett Wins Girls Four Shooting Contest
Laura Everett, a sophomore, won the Girls Four Shooting contest with 23 of 25. Beverly Ring, a senior, finished runner-up with 15 of 25 as 60 contestants competed. each participant had five warmups before the 20 shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Everett
Beverly Ring
Wesley Youth Rally Draws Brunswick Attendees
Fifteen members of the Wesley church Youth Fellowship attended the Kenandisco Sub-district Rally at Pleasant Street church in Brunswick on Monday evening. They shared supper at six, recreation and fellowship for an hour, then an eight o clock worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Kenandisco
Pleasant Street
Brunswick
Wesle Church
Izabeth Bull
Beverly Knight
Patsy Morse
Virginia Coombs
Gail Carleton
Christel Cornish
Elizabeth Marble
Priscilla Marble
Robert Nute
Walter Upham
Charles Higgins
Robert McMurray
Charles Hanson
Measles then chickenpox strike two Mitchell students
Dorothy Marks and her brother John, children of Mr and Mrs John Marks Jr of 190 High Street, contracted measles then Dorothy developed chickenpox days later. Dorothy is in second grade and John in first at Mitchell school as the illnesses unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Marks
John
John Marks, Jr
High Street
Dorothy
Johnnie
Mitchell School
Health report for Sagadahoc county week ending Feb 2
State health figures show Bath with one influenza case and 19 coccal nasopharyngitis. Bowdoinham records two measles and four scarlet fever cases. Tops ham reports 12 cases, and one case of measles. Kennebec area lists two tuberculosis and one case of measles.
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Sagadahoc
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Hart Birth Celebrated in Dixfield Rumford Hospital
Cards from Bath relatives announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hart of Dixfield. The newborn weighs 7% pounds. Mrs Hart, formerly Phyllis Eaton, is the daughter of Leon Eaton, Dixfield High School manual training instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wallace Hart
Dixfield
Rumford Hospital
Hart
Phyllis Eaton
Leon Eaton
Dixfield High School
Shaw Returns Home From Memorial Hospital Stay
A resident moved from Memorial Hospital after a week as a medical patient and is now back at her Oak Street home.
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Ng the Shaw
Freaenb
Oak Street
Memorial Hospital
Winter Street vestry workshop plans announced for March 3
Rev. Ird J. Schaper presented an instructive film titled The Girl Leader for a Winter Street vestry session. A meeting on March 3 will focus on crafts with Mrs Evadna Drake as consultant as they seek an instructor for the program.
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Winter Street
Ird J. Schaper
Aay
Shir
Ae Emelletioga
Evadna Drake
Brownie Troop Activity At Curtiss Street Church
Bluebird Brownies met at Curtiss Street church with Mrs Louis MacDonald leading dues and attendance by Linde Ames. Juliet Low by Judithie and the Brownie Promise and Smile song were led by Diana Staples. Joanne MacDonald read a Valentine story. Andrea MacDonald attended as a guest. No meeting next week due to illness.
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Bluebird Brownies
Curtiss Street
Louis' MacDon MacDonald
Linde Ames
Juliet Low
Judithie
Diana Staples
Joanne MacDonald
Red Rose Troop 6
Andrea MacDonald
Richardson
Nightingale Club Fifteenth Valentine Tea Plans Finalized
The Nightingale Club announces its fifteenth Valentine tea at the Itan Club Thursday from 3 to 5. The fundraiser supports the Memorial Room. Chair J Arthur Burgess with cochair Herbert Cavanaugh coordinates, aided by many members including Mrs Sumner Sewall and Miss Anne Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie Ione Club
Itan Club
Thursda
Nightingale
Ciu
Arthur King
Edgett Street
J. Arthur Burgess
Herbert Cavanaugh
Sumner Sewall
James. A. Gillies, Jr
Mes
Aeronibeld M. Main
John P. Carey
Anne Kimball
Dean Shaw
John F. Dougherty
J Downin
Bath Memorial
S. J. Emery Footer
Ri Renshaw
John Freeman
Edward A. Footer
Mary
R.N. Arlene Footer
James B. Lemont
A Carcell Davis
Peter Pan Brownies Hold Meeting and Budget Announcements
The group opened with the Brownie Promise as Carol II, Gayle ver, and Jean Clunie handled attendance and dues. Louise Levesque and Marie Milliken oversaw the budget jars while Feb 18 was noted for a meeting. songs and dances were performed and a week off was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bre
Forie Card
Ry McLaughlin
Carol II
Gaylever
Jean Clunie
Louise Levesque
Marie Milliken
Re Girls
Canton King Auxiliary Meetings and April Sebago Event
The Canton King Auxiliary and Canton King joint meeting discussed a draped Italian event on April 28 with Sebago. The next eee meeting is February 26. Mrs Inez Carter and Mrs Carolyn Thompson spoke on Thomas Wildey, noting Sea Odd Fellowship roots and the long history of Gold Fellow and Masonry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebago Ai
Sebago
Eee
Thomas Wildey
Inez Carter
Carolyn Thompson
Sea Odd Fellowship
Baltimore
Washington Lodge
CROSSWORD CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE NOTES
Crossword hints list bird class and halfema with beams. Cryptoquote shows a substitution puzzle line I CALLED THE NEW WORLD INTO vocate TO REDRESS THE BALANCE OF THE OLD, distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate
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Elks
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G.A.A
Gordon Benson
ROD and Gun Club Derby
Wesley
Health Report
Leaders’ Association
Nightingale Club
Peter Pan
Canton King
China
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