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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1960
Page
2
Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent used to portray Washington’s world, with a postwar era marked by lax production and rising prices. A bishop laments moral decay while noting renewed public discussion offers hope for a revival and cleaner national character.
A narrator recalls a father daughter walk through Mermont past a graveyard described as a church garden. The piece laments declining reverence for resting places, urging renewed family memorial visits to honor ancestors and the liberty and opportunity they helped secure. The call emphasizes faith of ancestors and national loyalty.
Georgetown Morning Service at First Baptist features Rev. Ernest Roberts scripture Luke 18 31 43 and Mark 10 46 with a sermon on Bartimaeus. Community notes include church meetings parties storms with flooding and road damage along with many resident movements and visits across Georgetown Center Robinhood and Bath.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church gathered at Mrs. Lina Butler’s home on Drummond Street for patchwork quilt cutting. Devotions were led by Mrs Butler with help from Mrs Millicent Bracy Mrs Gertrude Buffam and Mrs Maxine Furber. Refreshments followed for attendees listed. Metallic nickel first produced industrially in 1824.
Five Islands reopened classes at Georgetown Central School after a two week recess. The village mourns longtime resident William Field who died after a short illness. Sympathy is sent to Marsena F. Butts of Malden Island and Lincoln Mass. whose death Saturday touched many in the community. New Year events included house parties as residents reported on snow and skiing at Wash Heat place.
A severe early winter blizzard hit Bay Point from Monday evening December 28 through Wednesday afternoon, dumping about 12 inches of heavy snow and freezing rain that halted travel and stopped mail for two days. Local workers could not reach jobs while Howard Avenue finally opened Thursday morning. In New York City four Bay Point summer colony cousins gathered at Mrs. Robin’s Park Avenue home, including Louis W. Dietrich and Ruth Deitrich, sharing family greetings after years apart.
Albert Larmon Angell a well known grocer in Corinth New York died December 31 at age 82. Born in Greenfield he was the son of Alfred and Mary B Angell. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Wallace Ham of Woolwich and Mrs Earl Nelson of Stratford Conn. Funeral services were held Monday at Densmore’s Funeral Parlor in Corinth New York.
Funeral services for Fred D Young retired stationary fireman who died December 27 at Boston City Hospital were conducted December 29 at P. J Murray funeral home in West Roxbury Massachusetts. He was born July 1876 in Bowdoinham and survived by his widow two sons and two daughters.
Leonard Munsey funeral conducted Tuesday at 1 30 p m from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Warren B Harris officiating. Bearers Henry Leeman Ellery Kidder Odd Fellows Lincoln Lodge and Donald T Page Edwin H P Lowell Masons Solar Lodge. Interment at Oak Grove for spring burial.
Immigation official C. C. Doughty estimates about 20 000 aliens will report addresses in Maine during January under the Alien Address Report Program. More than 19 000 reported in January 1959. Non citizens except diplomatic staff and certain international personnel must file. Violations can bring fines up to 200 dollars, 30 days in prison, or deportation.
Mr and Mrs Ward Weller of Wellesley Massachusetts were New Year's weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Brownell at 1475 Washington Street They attended the Junior League dinner dance at the Sedgwick Thursday night and returned home Sunday.
Miss Lillian Frances Fisher 78 died at Bath Memorial Hospital. A 50 year Bath teacher, she retired in 1952 and the new South End elementary school was named for her. Dedication of the $175000 Lillian F Fisher school occurred February 1953. She taught at Weeks Street and Mitchell schools and was honored by local and state education groups. Funeral Friday at Corliss Street Church. Burial Oak Grove.
William E. Field a life long Five Islands resident died recently. Funeral services were held at 30 p.m. Thursday at the Leslie C. Shumway Funeral Home located at 638 High Street officiated by Rev. Ernest Roberts pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Five Islands. Bearers were William Marr Thomas Watson Stinson Davis and Lloyd Pinkham. Entombment followed at Oak Grove and burial in the spring at Oak cemetery in Georgetown.
Funeral services for Ralph M. Reynolds of Woolwich were conducted at 1.30 p.m. Thursday at the Leslie C. Shumway Funeral Home with Rev. Richard S Adams of Grace Episcopal church officiating. Bearers included Kenneth Hatch Frank Heald Bert Hatch Harry Heald J Vinal Hunnewell and Lawrence Edwards. Entombment followed at Oak Grove.
Leonard M. Munsey, 80, a former Hyde Windlass Co. employee and long time Bath resident, died Sunday in a nursing home in Ogunquit. Born in 1879 at Wiscasset, he was a Lincoln Academy graduate who spent over 60 years in Bath before moving to Ogunquit in 1957 to live with his daughter Mrs. Albine Watson. He held several Masonic and Rebekah dues and was active in local lodges, chapters, and granges. He is survived by his daughter and several nieces and nephews.
Word reached that Mrs Mae Morse McCausland died January 1 in Morristown Ohio. Born January 20 187 in Bath she was the daughter of George and Jennie Stover Morse. Funeral and burial were in Morristown Ohio in January.
A cryptogram puzzle with crosswords clues, including Down and Across entries, a sample LONGFELLOW mapping, and a Jefferson quote about buying only what you want. The page combines wordplay with a small cryptogram example and credits King Features Syndicate.
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