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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1949

Page

2

Socialized medicine critique from Dr A Lexington Jones

Dr A Lexington Jones of Christchurch New Zealand argued against government medicine. He claimed higher costs bureaucratic waste and no real gains in care or disease reduction with compulsory health insurance.

A. Lexington Jones Christchurch New Zealand

Comforts for the truck driver spread across new designs

Psychologists, industries, universities, and scientists collaborate to reduce driver fatigue by dampening vibrations with anti-friction bearing shafts. Innovations include foam seats on hydraulic shocks, taller windshields, larger cabs, improved instrument lighting, and cab heating and fresh-air circulation. Some models add built in beds and coffee hot plates for long hauls.

U. S

Chemicals Boom In Ohio Valley Industry Surge

An American Ruhr has emerged in the Ohio Valley from East Liverpool and Steubenville through Wheeling to the Kanawha and Monongahela rivers. The boom spans oil and chemical products reliant on water transport, fueled by coal and salt deposits and abundant hydro electric power in the Kanawha Valley.

Ohio Valley East Liverpool Steubenville Ohio Wheeling West Virginia Monogahela Kanawha Kauniawha Nawha River Kanawha Valley

Newsprint gains forecast for 1949 prosperity

Editor and Publisher notes 1949 trends point to a prosperous year with more newsprint, higher advertising use, and steady circulation. Rising publication costs since 1948 may push prices higher, shaping the paper business outlook.

United

Annual Meeting At Central Church Held With Reports

Central Congregational church held its annual meeting in the parish house with prayers led by Rev. L E Hodgkins. Reports from Ladies Aid Women's League Men's club and Sunday school showed strong work and donations were requested for a Sunday school reference library. Election of officers included Luther Thompson and Mari us Page among others, with deacon Fred Lord elected to fill the late Major William R Kimball's vacancy. A by laws revision committee was named and a merger with other denominations was rejected.

Central Congregational Church L. E. Hodgkins Luther Thompson Ladies’ Aid Nellie Lord Jason A. Merrill Donald Page Women's League Karcher S. Jackson Rudolph McRae Everett Lord McRae Marius Page Howard Parks Wesley Fickett Arthur Pratt William S. Newell Fred Lord William R .Kimball Gardiner R. Deering Bart. O'Donnell Duncan MacIntosh Maine Fryeburg Toni Baker Woolwich Elmer Mank, Jr Claire Adrienne Granger Leonard W. Lozier St. Mary's Church Cedric A. Martin Dummer-Sewall Indians Braves Briry Grove Street Charles H. Bates Revere Mass West Bath Band Colonial Club Grand Wiscasset- Westport Bridge Morse Rifle Club Morse High School Nightingale Club Boy Scout Troop 57 Patten Library New York Museum of Science and Industry Bath Bath Iron Works Maria St. Angelo Bath Rotary Club June P. Chase Willis E. Hallowell Augusta Beacon Street Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers, Inc Joseph Smith Maine State Parent Teacher Association Whitman D. Mitchell Mary Estella Richardson C. Warren Richards Nequasset Congregation Arline Carr F. Burton Whitman, Jr American Red Cross Edwin Hardin Winter Street Col. Dummer Sewall D.A.R Charles Jensen Falmouth Bath Municipal Court Richard L. Cleaves Jensen Charles Ballides Washington Street Bowdoin College Torrent No. 1 Handtub Association George Lowenstein Germany Winona L. Clark Horace L. Jones, Jr Wiscasset Superior Rifle and Pistol Association Cercle Canadian Rifle Club Lewiston Muriel J. Quinn Charles Rufus Brown Wesley Methodist Church Pauline Rose Crosby Roy Young Elmer Rogers Huse Pta Lenwood S. Leavitt New Meadows River William Furber Superior Court Sanford’s Crossing McMann Beatrice D. Lee Morse High Assembly Estyn Evans Rotary Margaret Lenfest Robert Berry Dresden Bowdoin U. of M. Uridders U. of M. Alum Citizens Planning Committee Boy Scouts Bath Iron Works Corp Marie I. Preston Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children Little Beth Lions Club Brunswick Eleven Morse Reed Pitman Paul Davis Cyril Leeman Arthur J. Dunton Maine Horse Association Portland William Kashman Hartford U. of M. Collage of Agriculture Dorothy Lord Madelyn Hugh D. Grant G. Thomas Murphy Edward J. McMann Jane Grant Morse High Dike Pta Celeste D. Wallace Irma Robert Fuller Thomas Fuller Gardiner Arthur Pepper W. S. Newell Handtub Association Senator Baxter Hall The American Legion Vivian M. Eady Linwood L. Boardman McCabe Maxine Pinkham Readfield Edmund Furber First Baptist Church Charles E. Blaisdell Bertha Mae Brown Hermie Freeman Tommy Mills Mary Gaudet Paul Terrance Quinn Dorothy Greenleaf Arrowsic Eliza Hallowell Washington Military Manpower Committee Togus Brooke Chevrolet Richmond W. R. Kimball Woolwich Grange Navy Club Brunswick Chester McCabe Mohiba Belle Beals Coffin Lawrence Ralph Vail Elks Sue Peter Farrell Duncan Farrell Pearl Harbor Dorothy Thompson Olsen Lawrence Wyman David Cleveland Chelsea Squirrel Point DAR Dunlap Commandery Floyd N. Abbott Rotary Club Sidney Wernich Lions Club Deering Converse Fenn Engine 2 Morse High Hoopsters South Portland City Hall Junior Colonials Junior Elks Bath County Club Nelson Bros Rockland Bath Elks YMCA

State Health Report Details Measles and Other Diseases

State health officials report for the week ending January 15 list measles in Sagadahoq County with Bath and Tops ham totals, mumps in Bath Georgetown, gonorrhea one case, and two syphilis cases. The 25 year table shows measles waves and a decline in deaths as treatment improves, noting complications cause most deaths, especially in infants. Gamma globulin from the State Diagnostic Laboratory is recommended for babies and delicate children within a window after exposure to prevent or lessen illness.

State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare Bureau of Health Sagadahoe Bath Topsham Georgetown State Diagnostic Laboratory Ciation Morse Auditorium Salvation Army West Bath Grange Dorothy A. Williams Hyde Home Santa Claus K. of C Pearl Taylor Guy Fish Johnny Lemelin Walter Cummings, Jr State Health and Welfare Department Sagadahoc Western Avenue Industrial League John Chaney George Sonia Carol Carlton Harold Davis USN Emerson Glidden Frank L. Moriarty Rotary Club Francis A. Winchenbach Elks Traverse

Jets Overhead Cause Alarm Near Woolwich Residents

Woolwich residents reported around noon Friday that a pair of jet fighters flew too low, prompting a Bath police call. The aircraft appeared to be en route to Dow Field in Bangor and one woman said they flew so close to her home it nearly frightened her.

Woolwich Bath Dow Field Bangor

Mayflower Blooms Brought From East Brunswick Home

Mrs. Clinton S. Kaler of Route 1 East Brunswick brought mayflower blossoms she picked Monday from the rear of her home. Within moments the buds opened, greeting the day with color and fragrance typical of spring flowers.

Clinton S. Kaler East Brunswick

Municipal court fines Walker Boardway in West Bath case

Walker Boardway of North Edgecomb was fined $10 and $4.70 in court costs by Judge Gardiner R. Deering after being charged with operating a car on Route 1 West Bath without a 1949 license following a complaint by State Trooper Robert N. Savage.

Walker Boardway North Edgecomb Gardiner R. Deering Route 1 West Bath Robert N. Savage

Bath 1948 Labor Day notes and civic events

Labor Day weekend traffic remains heavy as the Brotherhood of Bath Iron Works extends a work stoppage into a third day awaiting wage negotiations. Local sports, weddings, club events, and community notices fill Bath and surrounding towns with reports from Bath Country Club to Y.M.C.A. renovations and school activities.

Mrs Lewis Returns Home After Bath Memorial Hospital Stay

Mrs Stanley Lewis of Georgetown returned home recently from Bath Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient. Her mother Mrs George Lee of Onset Massachusetts also came home Thursday after visiting Mr and Mrs Lewis.

Stanley Lewis Georgetown Bath Memorial Hospital George Lee Onset Mass Lewis

Superior Court Ends Term With Mixed Civil and Criminal Rulings

In the January Sagadahoc term, Marguerite Poirier won a civil suit against Herman Freeman, and Lawrence Adams prevailed in a lumber-delivery case. Bernier and White faced indecent liberties charges with suspended sentences and probation. Cobb’s illegal hunting case was continued to June. Multiple divorces granted for cruelty or desertion, including Farnham, Casavant, Gage, Denaco, Belanger, Reid, McLaughlin, Sonia, Lander, Normandeau, Mahue, and Norton.

Marguerite C. Poirier Herman H. Freeman Lawrence Adams Bert Merrill Traverse Joseph B. Bernier Topsham Charles A. White Bernier Webber White William A. Cobb Sagadahoc County Superior Court Bath Raymond F. Belanger Catherine M. Belanger Brooklyn N. Y Everett H. Reid Isabelle L. Reid Viola M. McLaughtin Richmond Lloyd B. McLaughlin Ruth D. Sonia Edward E. Sonia Francis L. Lander Phippsburg Agnes G. Lander Boston Yvonne Mary Normandeau Leo J. Normandeau Irene M. Mahue Bowdoinham Andrew Mahue, Jr Waterville Isabel J. Norton Maurice W. Norton

City Council Appropriates Visitors at Ledges

Sunday visitors from Washington street to the Ledges in Wiscasset included Butterfield H Joseph Madden Arthur W Gediman Merritt A Mitchell chairman Stanley Hunter Harold W McElman Rodney E Ross Jr and Con Verse Fenn Mr and Mrs Boyd L Bailey and children.

Boyd L. Bailey Washington Street the Ledges Wiscasset

Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

Crossword puzzle with across and down clues including gods, metals, plants, and objects. Cryptogram section decodes a Shakespeare quote and a long list of down clues follows a king features syndicate prompt.

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