Ideal Physician Standards by Dr. Woutat of Grand Forks
Dr. PH Woutat outlines the ideal physician as a highly capable, morally upright man active in church and community service. He should support health causes, participate in medical societies, foster education, and maintain excellent patient relations while charging a reasonable fee. He stresses ongoing medical study and prompt, attentive care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PH. Woutat
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Woutat
Medical leaders push massive polio vaccination drive
American Medical Association trustees urge state and local societies to launch a large scale polio vaccine program amid public apathy. The effort emphasizes safety and effectiveness, targets under 40, and warns that tens of thousands remain crippled while vaccination lag continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Territorial Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of General Practice
U. S. Health Service
Is a Buyers Strike Coming in Postwar Economy
A U S News & World Report feature argues a buyers strike is unlikely though price resentment grows. Merchants face consumer anger over inflation but profits remain small as costs rise. stores can’t avoid passing increases to shoppers.
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U.S. News & World Report
Hungarian Olympic Team Stands Against Communism
In Onida South Dakota the Watchman notes that some Hungarian Olympic athletes refused to return home, risking homes and kinships to protest Communism, calling this the starkest proof of its emptiness.
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Onida
S. D
Watchman
The television giveaway programs grow in scope
Dillon Herald notes TV giveaways expand and reward winners, joking that one day a Treasury Secretary might join and help pay off the national debt. The column satirizes popular contests and audience wealth.
Postponement of Central Committee Meeting Cited
Indianapolis report notes a delay in the Soviet Communist Party central committee meeting. The stated reason is too many Communists debating on a single party line.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Funeral for Ferris Leonard Marks End of an Era in Georgetown
Ferris Leonard, longtime Georgetown resident and former chef, dies at home after coronary thrombosis. Born Sept. 17, 1876 on McMahan Island, he and wife Gertrude Lewis lived a life of culinary work across Maine, Bath, and South America. He joined First Baptist Georgetown Center in 1950, cared for animals, and hosted neighborhood cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Heald
Ferris Leonard
Georgetown Center
Stange
Miss Heald
William Harrison
Bath
Mr. Leonard
McMahan Island
John
Ella McMahan Leonard
Couters
Cook
Gertrude Lewis
Bahamas
Buenos Aires
South America
Edward J Liewrence
Norman Merry
Pinehart
N. C
Maine
Bangor Theological Seminary
Sumner
Robinhood
Five Islands Community Notes and Local Gatherings
Local church meetings are scheduled with a Thursday 7 30 PM business session and a Saturday Sunday school teachers meet at the church. A laymen supper and service will occur at Topsham Baptist church with Five Islands residents planning to attend. Community visits include Bath Georgetown Exeter and Richmond. Miss Stevens 92 enjoys television and looks forward to returning home in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Baptist Church
Five Islands
Maynard Thibodeau
Francis Pierce
Georgetown Central School
Good Neighbor Club
Hame
Orville Rowe
Rowe
Victor Pinkham
Erland Moore
Henry Moore
Dennis Moore
Thomas Watson
Harlan Pinkham
Lulu Hanna
William Marr
Philip Pinkham
Georgetta Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Reginald Church
Kathleen Rittall
Bath
Mary Stevens
Georgetown
William Plummer
Richard Barter
Charlene
Marie Moore
George Gray
Orville Rowen
Belle Stevens
Miss Stevens
Suzanne Stacey
Princeton
Vernon Gray
Gus Collins
Augusta
William Grady
Massachusetts
Marion L. Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Frank Alard
South
Hospital Fair Receipts For 1956 Announced
Members of the 1956 Hospital Fair committee announced final receipts of 3 654 79 from the 13th annual fair held at the Bath Iron Works Recreation Center in October. Co chairmen Erling O Barsness and Dr Edward L Kinder Jr declared the figures at a meeting hosted by Mrs Bowen Torrey, Auxiliary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erling O. Barsness
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Bath Iron Works
Bowen Torrey
Joseph Mullaney
John F. Leonard
Kenneth Humphries
Dean Shaw
Melvin B. Henderson
Charles Kenderson
Clyde Ambrose
Henry O. McCabe
Karcher Jackson
Charles Doyle
Lawrence G- Katz
Traffic Problem Sacramento Calif
G P Parmelee of 40s Angeles at a state traffic safety conference notes a typical town of 16 000 has 33 lawyers 22 doctors and no traffic engineer.
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Sacramento
Calif
G. P. Parmelee
Angeles
Social visits and ice fishing noted around Kennebec Point
Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis hosted Sunday guests while Mr and Mrs A E Riley Mrs Leonard Flint and Mrs Frederick Wilson of Portland dined with Mrs Harold J Brown at Kennebec Point. Cathy Brown fished at Nequasset with Grace Allen Preble of Five Islands. Gilbert Gunnell and Joseph Adshade of Waltham visited their West Georgetown summer homes and returned home. Harold J Brown Jr toured Gorham to see cousin Mrs Lawrence Peterson then visited Newfield and Limington with Mr and Mrs Peter Peterson.
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Ralph Davis
A. E. Riley
Leonard Flint
Frederick Wilson
Portland
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Cathy Brown
Nequasset
Grace Allen Preble
Preble
Five Islands
Gilbert Gunnell
Joseph Adshade
Waltham, Mass
West Georgetown
Waltham
Harold J. Brown Jr
Gorham
Brown
Lawrence. Peterson
Newfield
Limington
Peter Peterson
DeMolay Chapter Installs Bath Leaders In Ceremony
Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay held a semi public installation in the Masonic Temple with over 100 attendees. Harvey Prawer was installed master councilor by state officers as other officers including Victor Fuller Joseph Fullerton and Dennis Ring took their posts. Clinton Owen presented bars, and Whipple DeMolay of Kittery sent 14 members granting the Galloping gav el. A local DeMolay Mothers club reception followed with music and flowers.
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Bath
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Harvey Prawer
Sam Prayer
Oliver Street
Frank L. Dennett
Kittery
Lance Fuller
Hugh Andrews
Portland
Donald Mee- Allister
Prawer
Victor Fuller
Joseph Fullerton
Dennis Ring
Edward True
Edward Larrabee
Richard Lord
Donald McAllister
Roy Stuart
Duane’ Fraser
Frederick Clarke
Junor
William Potter
Marsh Tellan
Annoner
James Call
Donald Page
Norman Pierce
John Prebie
Robert Powers
Dennis Wether Nnton
Paul Leavitt
David Abbott
Sentinel
Thomas Albee
Clinton V. Owen
Whipple DeMolay Chapter
Xittery
Loral ‘Santer
Donald Freeman
Solar Loder
Harold Graffam
Paul A. Marchant
DeMolay Mothers Club
Sanquet Hall
Wesley Youth Fellowship meets Sunday evening
Members of the Wesley Youth Fellowship held a brief business meeting on Sunday evening to thank church adults for help with a baked bean supper and to donate to the broken dish fund for the Women s Society for Christian Service.
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Wesley Youth Fellowship
Broken Dish
Womn
Society For Christian Servics
Telephone Employers Honored for Long Service
Miss Fern Griffin, chief operator's clerk at the local telephone exchange, received 30 years of service recognition from New England Tel and Tel at a Friday dinner at New Meadows Inn. She was given a bracelet, a traveling bag, and a billfold by company officials and associates. 25 employees attended.
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Fern Griffin
Apertor
New England
Thornton Family Announces Daughter's Macon-A Thompson Bond
Mr and Mrs William M Thornton of Woolwich announce the marriage of their daughter Barbara Angela to George Atwood Thompson C M G 2 US Navy son of Mr and Mrs Harold C Thompson of West Gardiner The ceremony occurred in Portland February 7 Mrs Thompson is a Morse High School graduate and nurse trainee at Maine Medical School of Nursing in Portland Thompson attended Hallowell schools and is stationed with the Navy at Davisville Rhode Island He will soon be stationed at Port Layoche French Morocco The couple left for a wedding trip to Rhode Island after the ceremony
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William M. Thornton
Woolwich
Barbara Angela
George Atwood Thompson
U. S. Navy
Harold C. Thompson
West Gardiner
Portland
Thompson
Morse High School
Maine Medical School of Nursing
Hallowell
Navy
Davisville
Sex of chicks may be controlled before birth, expert claims
Poultry researchers claim a new egg dipping method could determine a chick’s sex in the egg. George Blackburn of a Vine land firm says details are secret, while Michigan State University researchers suspect hormone pressure through the eggshell may be involved.
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George Blackburn
Vineland
N. J
Michigan State University
Fisher PTA Hosts Question and Answer Evening
The Fisher Parent Teacher Association held a lively forum on its growth and functions with guests Mrs Isadore Singer Mrs Louis A Dole C Lloyd Hocker and others. Plans were announced for a student dance for fifth to seventh graders and a Penny Carnival rescheduled to March 30. The next meeting is set for March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
Lillian Fisher
John Thorpe
Albert Oliver
Edward J. McMann
Ways and Means
Arthur G. Small
McMann
Health Council
Charles Swearingen
Frank Techiera
P. T. A. Council
Leonard Thombs
Evelyn Morse
Katherine Little
Leon Gower
Marie Fortier
Robert Huggard
Garden Club Observes America Home Day Event
Cosmopolitan Garden club will observe American Home Day on March 11 at its next meeting. Committees to plan the event will be announced later. Morning activities included filling Easter Seal envelopes and a Lincoln program with readings and sketches. A Valentine social and prizes highlighted the afternoon.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Albert Whitney
Eunice Ledyard
Whitney
Vivian Brown
Maude McQuaide
Nellie Goodrich
Obituary for Ida May Wetherbee Williams
Mrs Ida May Wetherbee Williams 90 died Tuesday morning at her daughter’s home 24 Milan Street She was born November 14 1866 in Castle Hill Aroostook County daughter of Adam and Debora Estes Dingee She is survived by her daughter two grandchildren four great grandchildren two nephews and a niece Funeral will be Friday at 3 PM from A F Mayo Son funeral residence with Rev Dr Oliver W Bell officiating Burial will be later at Glendale cemetery Winthrop in the family lot at Oak Grove
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Ida May Wetherbee Williams
Ludie Oliver
Milan Street
Hugh Nimard Wetherbee
James F. Williams
Castle Hill
Aroostook County
Adam and
Debora Ann Estes Dingee
Nimard Fifield
Bath
Isabelle Sutherland
Torrington
Death of Paul C. Savage 43 formerly of Bath
Paul C. Savage 43 died February 8 in Los Angeles. Born August 8 1913 in Bath he was the son of Melvin H. Savage and Belle Rollins Savage. Survived by his father his mother Mrs Belle R. Rheault Portland one son Paul Jr and daughter Karen Bath a sister Mrs Eli Gaudet Bath. Body to Bath for burial in the family lot in the spring. Funeral arrangements by Arthur F Mayo Son.
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Paul C. Savage
Savage
Los Angeles
Calif
Bath
Melvin
Belle Rollins Savage
Melvin H. Savage
Belle R. Rheault
Portland
Paul, Jr
Karen
Eli Gaudet
Arthur F. Mayo
Funeral service for Ferris W Leonard held in Georgetown
Ferris W. Leonard received funeral rites Wednesday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Warren Harris of Georgetown officiated with bearers Henry Leonard Eugene L Coleman Andrus Coleman and John M Leonard. Entombment planned at Oak Grove Cemetery Georgetown at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Leonard
Ferris W. Leonard
Curtis Funeral Home
Warren Harris
Georgetown
Henry Leonard
Eugene L. Coleman
Andrus Coleman
John M. Leonard
Oak Grove
Oak Cemetery
Edward J Burns 87 retired machinist dies at Bath home
Edward J Burns 87 died suddenly Monday at his home 26 Pratt Street born February 15 1869 Rockland son of David and Mary Ellen Pitcher Burns worked as a machinist for the Narrow Gauge railway in Wiscasset and Bath Iron Works retired in 1945. Survived by three sons three daughters a brother three half brothers fourteen grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren and several cousins. Funeral Thursday 1 30 pm from A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev Martin V B Sargent officiating entombment at Oak Grove later burial Greenlawn cemetery Wiscasset.
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Edward J. Burns
Pratt Street
Rockland
David
Mary Ellen Pitcher Burns
Graydon D
Auburn
J. Edward
Theodore F. Burns
Bath
John J. Quinn
Maurice C. Brown
Isabel Burns
Percy Burns
Boothbay
Albert
Alvin Sherman
Edgecomb
Chester Sherman
Southport
A. F. Mayo & Son
Martin V.b. Sargent
Winter Street Congregational Church
Oak Grove
Greenlawn Cemetery
Wiscasset
Death of Hannah T Snow 92 Former West Bath Resident
Mrs Hannah T Snow of West Bath dies at 92 in Freeport, widow of Alfred B Snow. Born Harpswell March 28 1864 to Simeon and Abigail Littlejohn she lived 50 years in West Bath and belonged to West Bath Grange and Freeport First Baptist Church Ladies Aid. Survived by daughters Ada Wilson and Abbie Merriman, five grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm Freeport Baptist Church. burial Riverside Cemetery Brunswick.
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Hannah T. Snow
West Bath
Freeport
Abbie Merriman
Alfred B. Snow
Harpswell
Simeon
Abigail Orr Littlejohn
Bath
First Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Brunswick
Mrs Lydia D Cook 95 dies. services Thursday
Mrs Lydia D Cook widow of Edward H Cook aged 95 died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Born August 29 1861 in Woolwich she was a daughter of Gilbert and Martha Reed. Surviving are two nieces four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home.
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Lydia D. Cook
Edward H. Cook
Woolwich
Gilbert
Martha Reed
Cook
Walter F. Day
South Street
Death of John Evans 85 Former Bath Resident
John Evans 85 former Bath resident died Feb 2 in Katonah New York. He was born in Ireland and worked many years for the New York Central Railroad. He lived at 66 High Street Bath and with his son John Evans Jr in Katonah. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church in Katonah.
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John Evans
Bath
Katoyah
N. Y
Mr. Evans
Samuel Evans
People’s Church
Ireland
New York Central Railroad
Evans
High Street
John Evans, Jr
Katonah
Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church
F W Leonard Ferris Wilbur Leonard Dies at 80 in Georgetown
Ferris Wilbur Leonard 80 died suddenly Sunday at his Georgetown home. Born September 17 1876 in Georgetown he worked as a ship chef and hotel chef in the United States South America and the Bahamas before retiring. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown. Surviving are brother Frerett Leonard two half brothers Eugene and Andrus Colegman a half sister Mrs Estelle Grant and several nieces and nephews.
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F. W. Leonard Ferris Wilbur Leonard
Georgetown
John
Ella MacMahon Leonard
Death of John G. McGay in Darien Conn at 42
John G. McGay, 42, of Darien Connecticut, died suddenly January 31. He was born in the city, son of Rev. and Mrs. Culbert McGay, former Bath residents, a Dartmouth graduate, and a Chase Manhattan Bank executive. Survived by wife and brother Robert.
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Ward
John G. McGay
Darien
Conn
Culbert McGay
Philadelphia
Bath
Mr. McGay
Grace Episcopal Church
Dartmouth College
Chase, Manhattan Bank
New York City
Robert McGay
Funeral Services for Rev Charles L Stevens
Funeral services for the retired Congregational minister Rev Charles L Stevens were held at Central Congregational church at 1 30 p m Friday with Rev Craig H Richards and Rev Dr Cornelius Clark officiating Honorary bearers were Masonic lodge members from Alfred and Fred Pierce John Roberts David Stone and Harland Crowns Active bearers were Polar Star Lodge Bath members Jack McCall Towle Harry E Ring Jr and Hildreth H Fisher Entombment followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
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Charles L. Stevens
Congregational
Central Congregational Church
Craig H. Richards
Central Church
Cornelius Clark
Portland
Congregational Christian Conference of
Maine
Masonic Lodge
Alfred
Fred Pierce
John Roberts
David Stone
Harland Crowns
Polar Star Lodge of
Bath
Jack McCall
Towle
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Hildreth H. Fisher
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Frank P. MacFarlane
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Leslie C. Shumway funeral home officiated by Rev. Martin V. Sargent. Burial will take place in Grove cemetery in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. MacFarlane
Leslie C. Shumway
Martin V
Golfer Ted Kroll Doubles 1956 Earnings After Tam O Shanter Victory
Ted Kroll boosted his 1956 golf earnings to 72855 dollars after winning the Tam O Shanter world championship in Chicago where he added a 50000 dollar purse to his tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kroll
Chicago
Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Page Excerpt
The page lists a large crossword with clues across and down including names and objects, plus a Cryptoquote puzzle with code letters and a famous quote. The puzzles reference a long series of hints like flower, goddess, body parts, and tools, typical of a newspaper entertainment section.
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Georgetown P. T. A
Warren Adams
Little House
Topsham
Central School
Acme
Channing Penley
Alex Cunningham
James Oliver
Working League
Clarence B
Roy Newman
Melvin Cunningham
Cental School
Russell Savage
Jan White
Lemon Club
George Oliver
Roger Oliver
Oliver
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
William Bisseth
Mass
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Neil Manley
Cumberland
Deering High
Clarke
Roland Peterson
Dorothy W. Stuart
Lawrence Cloutier
Oliver W. Bell
University of Life
Yvonne Crosby
Crosby
Ann Lonn
Miss Lonn
Fisher Pta
Garden Club
America
Ida Williams
Rev. Stevens
Bower
Fuel Girl
India
Great Lake
Anewer
Mischievous
Fia
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