Editorial praises U S ocean shipping as 1200 wage paying industries
The Press Journal argues that about 1200 merchant ships form individual wage earning units vital to harbors and national prosperity. It warns that without ocean shipping there would be no local trade activity or nationwide growth and notes shifts to advanced vessel tech and a focus on ships under the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Press-Journal
Wilmington
California
U. S. Ocean Shipping
Carol Lane Traffic Safety Awards Spotlight Women
The Carol Lane Awards for Traffic Safety recognize women and groups for local and state level efforts to save lives. Three individuals and three groups receive 1000, 500, and 250 in savings bonds plus sculptures to honor programs in vehicle inspection laws pedestrian and bicycle safety and teen driver training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Lane
Hell Oil Company
Best For The Least Promoting Fair Transportation Competition
Congress reopens with a push to pass laws that end outmoded transport regulation. The aim is to allow railroads and other domestic transport modes to compete fairly on price and service, lowering costs for the public while improving efficiency across the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
War concept narrowed to weaponry and propaganda
Max Ascoli, editor of The Reporter, warns that modern war thinking centers on means and their use. He argues strategy has become the science of weaponry and diplomacy reduced to propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Ascoli
the Reporter
Clausewitz
Farm and Ranch editor quips on space race timing
Publisher Tom Anderson jokes that the Russians could reach the moon with a Sputnik, but asserts the United States will win the space race through Foreign Aid programs. The remark frames Cold War eraAS discussions with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Anderson
Farm and Ranch
Lydia's Faith and Hospitality Highlighted by Rev Harris
In Georgetown First Baptist service Rev War ren Harris analyzed Lydia from Acts 16 8 40 noting her religious maturity and readiness to repent obey and be baptized. Across town Robinhood Tea Room reports rising patronage since snow with birds dominating sightings and a thousand blackbirds feasting in the orchard. Local sports and social events include Georgetown Central School basketball games in Bath and Topsham, Lemon Club dinner for Mrs George Oliver, and several neighborhood visits and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Lydia
Harris
Robinhood
Robinhood Farm
Georgetown Central School
Wiscasset
Bath
Topesham
Lemon Club
George Oliver
Eagle Hotel
Brunswick
Joseph Higgins
Benjamin Woodside
Belle Heald
John Mitchell
Carlisle
Kennebec Point
Harold Brown
Local Highway Site Swaps Drive New Supermarket Plan
On Route 1 the Higgins family sells land to First National and to Mardell and Mary Stanley, with about 30 000 square feet bought from the city. The Higgins family move a home to make way for a forthcoming grocery store with an estimated $200 000 brick building and a continued Center Street supermarket. Revenue stamps show roughly 15000 dollars paid for Stanley land. The exact start date and cost of the new store remain to be announced.
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Higgins
Mardell B
Mary H. Stanley
Board of Appeals
First National
Leeman Highway
Center Street
Community Sunday School awards and local notices
Five Islands pupils and teachers received attendance awards with gold wreaths for Mrs. Franz Stevens Wayne La Rose and Franklin Pinkham a gold pin for Mrs. Victor Pinkham a silver pin for Andy MacGillivary and a red pin for Karen MacGillivary.New Sunday school teachers are Mrs. Dennis Moore and Miss Virginia Moore filling vacancies from the resignations of Mrs. Vernon Gray and Mrs. Lloyd Pinkham.Ladies Bible Class and prayer meetings are noted with various hostesses and a Laymen's Association meeting held at Corliss Street Baptist Church in Bath. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Claytonanna and daughter of Bath visited, while U S Navy man Harry Carr on 30 day leave remains in the area. Others visit or travel, including Fred Carr of Southport and Mrs. Mary Stevens of Georgetown visiting relatives and Mrs. Laura Cochrane returning to Massachusetts after visiting Arthur and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Stevens
Wayne la Rose
Franklin Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Andy MacGillivary
Karen MacGillivary
Dennis Moore
Virginia Moore
Vernon Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Ladies Bible Clauss
Erland Moore
A J. King
Corliss Street
Ihlis
United States
Claytonanna
Bath
Lulu Hanna
Fred Carr
Southport
Leon Kelly
John Brown
Yarmouth
Mary Stevens
Georgetown
George Gray
Richmond
Pinkhem
Lester Lewis
Laura Cochrane
Myricks
Mass
Arthur
Bay Point Suffered Through Snow Storm Then Candles
Interupted electrical service from the Jan 7 snow and sleet left Bay Point families eating breakfasts by candlelight. One car crash occurred with no injuries as it left the road and hit a telephone pole. Schools closed Jan 8 due to the storm and mourners attended a Masonic funeral for Christopher Miller who died Jan 5 in Roosevelt, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Gordon Merry
Waldoboro
Dwight Furbish
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Furbish
Robert Miller
Christopher Miller
Lincoln County Museum Hosts Ongoing Modern Art Exhibition
The Lincoln County Museum in Wiscasset presents a modern art show through Feb 2 featuring works by Dufy Utrillo loaned from Colby College Ernest Feine from Bowdoin and others including Kuhn Stuart Davis Wyeth and Bevelson from the Portland Museum. Mrs Sortwell contributes French drawings lithographs watercolors with Maine artists such as Zorach Thon Etnier Thompson Spear Hanson Elisison Mulvey. Gallery hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 12 and 2 5 p.m Sundays 2 5 with a Sunday talk Jan 19 at 2 30 weather permitting.
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Lincoln County Museum
Route 219
Wiscasset
Daniel R. Sortwell
Dufy and
Utrillo
Colby College
Ernest Feine
Bowdoin College
Walt Kuhn
Stuart Davis
Andrew Wyeth
Ann Brockman
Kunioshi
Tomatsu
Portland Museum
Sortwell
Matisse
Derain
Braque
Lurcat
Maine
William and
Marguerite Zorach
William Thon
Stephen Etnier
Arthur Thompson
Dahlov Spear
William Hanson
Elart Elisison
Frank Mulvey
Louise Bevelson
January Grand Jury Members Listed for Bath Area
January term of members of the grand jury will also serve at the June term with names from Bath and surrounding towns. Bath lists Madelyn C. Dunton through Eleanor T. Voorhees with several others, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Woolwich residents named. Traverse jury members were to report next Monday at 9 30, and Rev. Craig Richards gave the opening prayer Tuesday morning.
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Grand Jury
Bath
Madelyn CC
Georgetown
Marjorie L. Hagan
Phippsburg
Stanley W. Hyde
Woolwich
John M. Leonard
Traverse Jury
Craig Richards
Central Congregational Church
Red Cross to Award 51 First Aid Certificates in Bath
The Bath chapter of the American Red Cross will award 51 First Aid certificates to Bath and area residents who recently completed a local course. Two classes were held at the Central Fire Station with the date of presentation to be announced.
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Bath
American Red Cross
Central Fire Station
Craig H. Richards
Edward L
Veteran's Hospital
Tagus
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Morse High School
West Bath
Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Mullin
Togus
State Hospital
Augusta
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath Teachers Club
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Arthur Bowker
Two Accidents On High Street Ends With Releases
Two collisions were investigated by police on High street near Leslie Dyer driveway and a bus, with Mrs. Keith Atwood and four passengers held for observation then released. Ronald H. Crouse of Brunswick and Daniel N. Miller of Lisbon Falls were involved in the crashes, with injuries to three passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Atwood
Leslie Dyer
High Street
Ronald H. Crouse
Old Bath Road
Brunswick
Crouse
Dyer
Atwood
Daniel N. Miller
Lisbon Falls
Miller
Belle M. Oxton
Bertha Holbrook
Octave Breton Funeral Held at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Octave Breton were held at 8 30 a m at Arthur F Mayo Son funeral residence followed by a requiem high mass at St Marys church officiated by Rev Francis E Morrissey Rev John E Bellefontaine and Rev Richard Roakes. Bearers were Charles Dan Dauphin Melvin Comeau Bernard Comeau Chester Comeau Entombment followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octave Breton
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
St. Mary's Church
Francis E. Morrissey
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary’s Church
Richard Roakes
Augusta
Charles Dan- Dauphin
Melvin Comeau
Bernard Comeau
Chester Comeau
Oak Grove
Police Man Seeks to Refit Crime With Stolen Handcuffs
Richmond officer Bernard J. Davis seeks to plant recovered handcuffs on the thief who stole them from his home in a bid to trap the culprit. The weapon is a set of hand cuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Bernard J. Davis
Three Men Bound Over On Rape Charges
A 15 year old Bowdoin girl testified for two hours in municipal court identifying Fidel J. Faucher as her alleged assailant and naming Clifton C. Kenney and Stacy I. Larrabee as aiding him. All three pleaded not guilty. Judge Gardiner R. Deering bound them over to Sagadahoc superior court with 5000 bail each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
Fidel J. Faucher
Clifton C. Kenney
Litchfield
Stacy I. Larrabee
Faucher
Kenney
Zurleigh Martin
Augusta
Martin
Feneher
William Milliken
Dresden
Larrabee
Andrecoggin
Auburn
Charles T. Small Jr
Forrest F McKenney
Brunswick
Andrew G. Black
Phippsburg
West Bath
George T. Rose
Lloyd E. Shaw
Wiscasset
Ralph Wright
Woolwich
Obituary of Octave Breton veteran bandsman and leader
Octave Breton 81, veteran bandsman and city band leader, died suddenly Sunday at his daughter Mrs. Dorothy Stangel's Augusta home. Born June 20 1876 in Barton Vermont, he ran a Washington Street grocery for 37 years and played in St. Dominic's, Payne's Second Regiment Lewiston, the Marine, Baxter VFA bands, Gaudreau's Bath concert band, St. John's Brunswick, Boothbay Harbor and Millinocket bands. Survived by sons Lionel Bath NH and Roland Bath, daughter Dorothy Augusta, sister Celine Desjardins Lewiston, 9 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Arthur F Mayo & Son. requiem at St Mary's Church Wednesday.
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Octave Breton
George Stangel
Augusta
Barton
Breton
Washington Street
St. Dominic's
Payne’s Second Regiment
Lewiston
Marine Band
Baxter
Gaudreau
Bath
St. John’s Band
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Lionel
Portsmouth
N. H
Roland
Dorothy Stangel
Celine Desjardins
Nin
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
St. Mary’s Church
Funeral services for Arthur Pepper held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Arthur S. Pepper were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. Craig H. Richards officiated with bearers Karcher S. Jackson, Harold S. Avery, James P. Stevens, J. Arthur Stevens Jr., and Edwin H. P. Lowell. Burial will be in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Pepper
Curtis Funeral Home
Craig H. Richards
Central Congregational Church
Karcher S. Jackson
Harold S. Avery
James P. Stevens
J. Arthur Stevens, Jr
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Oak Grove
Change Of Address Pueblo Councils Adopts Sheridan Road
The Pueblo City Council approves renaming Kinnikinnik Street to Sheridan Road amid resident input. A local kitchen note adds a tip about scalloped oysters with finely diced cooked drained celery for flavor.
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Pueblo
Colo
Kinnikinnik Street
Sheridan Road
BIW Workers Fail to Appeal Unemployment Ruling
Bath Iron Works employees who were members of Local 6 of IUMSWA did not appeal the Maine Employment Security Commission decision disqualifying them from unemployment benefits for the period of the strike. The Bath office said no appeals were filed, though it was unknown if workers at other MESC offices pursued appeals.
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BIW
MESC
Bath Iron Works
Iumswa
Bath Office of Maine Employment Security Commission
the Times
Lewiston
Augusta
Portland
Bath
Maine Supreme Court
Maine
Maine Man Named Assistant To GOP National Chairman
A Bowdoin graduate, Professor Philip S. Wilder Jr of Crawfordsville Ind has been named a special consultant to Meade Alcorn chair of the Republican National Committee. He will serve in Washington for a year starting February and has prior DC experience with Senator Frederick G Payne.
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Maine
Bowdoin College
Philip S. Wilder, Jr
Crawfordsville
Ind
Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
Washington
Wilder
Frederick G. Payne
Wabash College
Brunswick High School
Northwood School
New York
Bowdoin
Army Air Force
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Wabash
Sphinx Club
Columbia University
Payne
Ford
Citizenship Clearing House
Indiana Citizenship Clearing House
Wabash College Institute of Politics
Falk
Brunswick
Jimmy Archer: Welterweight Boxer and Fordham Alum
Jimmy Archer, a 22 year old welterweight with a background as a longshoreman, also spent one year studying business administration at Fordham University. He is described as a rising fighter with ties to the New York athletic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Archer
Fordham University
Crossword Puzzle Snippet with Clues and Cryptoquote
A fragmented crossword style item lists numerous clues and answers across and down with cryptogram hints. It includes a cryptoquote sample mapping LONGFELLOW to AXYCLBAAXR and the Franklin quote attributed to Franklin to be decoded.
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Longfellow
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