Water and nuclear power as path to peace, Glover says
Roy H. Glover of The Anaconda Company addresses Montana School of Mines graduates in Butte urging water and power as global equalizers. He links seasalt to fresh water via nuclear energy, arguing peaceful use could end conquest and war, but warns action must prevent global catastrophe now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Montana School of Mines
Butte, Mont
Roy H. Glover
Anaconda Company
Glover
Mr. Glover
Destroying The Irreplaceable A call to conserve wildlife resources
The piece recalls Audubon and passenger pigeons once vast, now extinct, and explains buffalo and whooping crane declines. It urges broad public care, warns of threats from carelessness and pollution, and stresses the need for immediate action to protect irreplaceable natural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Seven Out Of Ten Americans Covered By Health Insurance
A Health Insurance Council estimate shows seven of ten Americans carry health coverage and will file about $3 billion in claims this year. The breakdown lists 118 million with hospital expense, 103 million with surgical expense, 67 million with regular medical expense, and 10 million with catastrophic high cost illness protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Insurance Council
Pulitzer prizes honor Oregonian and Chicago Daily News
Corvallis Gazette Times praises The Oregonian for its expose of municipal officials and Teamsters corruption and the Chicago Daily News for reporting a $2,500,000 fraud in Illinois state auditor’s office, highlighting journalism as a prime public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
Gazette-Times
Oregonian
Teamsters Union
Chicago Daily News
State Auditor
Ilinois
Georgetown Church Sermon and Local News Roundup
In Georgetown Rev. Warren Harris preached on Romans 8 26 39 during Sunday service, with a solo by Luella Ballantyne of Whitinsville as a highlight. A cottage fire at MacMahan near Dr Roy Smith was subdued with help from residents and the Georgetown Fire Department. The 4 H club renamed to Kennebec Georgetown Five Islands, and numerous local residents and visitors were noted with travels, visits, and summer gatherings across Georgetown Center Robinhood and Sagadahoc Bay areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Luella Ballantyne
Whitinsville
Mass
Harry Bedford
West Georgetown
Roy Smith
MacMahan
Mary Getz
Georgetown
Jane Oliver
Beavers
Kennebec
Five
Seguin Lodge
Bath Iron Works
Joseph Reed
Litchfield
Foxboro High School
Thayer
Weei Studios
Salem Depot
N. H
John Reedy
Aaron Spear
New York City
Adolph Spear
Robinhood
George Messerenger
Beverly
Everett
Georgetown Center
Miss Messenger
Robert Dunshee
Melrose
Francis Sherman
Gordon
Richmond
Martha Bowen
Leon Kelley
Orissa Carr
Five Islands
Laskey
Allen Laskey
Richard
Fred
Alfred Laskey
Medford
George Laskey, Jr
Bonanne
Martha
Julie Finch
New Rochelle
N. Y
Marjorie Rockwell
Dorothy W. Oliver
Joseph F. Higgins
William A. Todd
Boothbay Harbor
Ocean Point
Morris Levine
Canada
Maine
Levine
Jackman
Joan
Charles Shain
David Lawin
New York
Clay Hunt
Williamstown
Bay Point Residents and Visitors Populate Point Holiday Nearby
Bay Point hosts a flurry of summer visitors and cottage guests from Schenectady New York Dedham Mass and Chicago Illinois. Local residents include Mr and Mrs G C Miller Mrs Sherman Campbell and sons and Colonel Norton while others like George Renaud and Frank Burnham move through Bath Portland and Woolwich areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Howard Avenue
First Beach Road
G. C. Miller
Schenectady
N. Y
Robert Stone
Pamela
Bailey
Stone
Harry Stone
Coleman E. Norton
Stone Cottage
Earl Jersen
South Portland
Sherman Campbell
Byron and
Sherman, Jr
Chicago
Gordon Merry
Dwight Furbish
Waldoboro
Selectman
Alton Reed
Georgetown
Henry S. Keen
Margaret Ruth
Howard Garrett Keen
Uniondale
George Renaud
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ronald Pinkham
Steven Thibodeau
Cecil Mains
James Delano
Timmons
Woolwich
Karen
Judy Furbish
Jean Delano
Pete Lombard
Stoneham
Mass
Lillian White
Dedham
Reissling
Richard Taylor Hagan
Auburn
Taylor
William Leeman
Billy and
Patricia
Leeman
Frank Burnham
U.S.C.G
Boston Navy Yard
Paul Berry
Kelliher Resigns From Bath Police Reserve Chief Post
Captain John Kelliher, commanding officer of the Bath Police Reserves for about two years, resigns to take a Navy ocean radar station inspector job off New York City, with a planned transfer to an Air Force post. He has nine years at Bath Iron Works and the Navy Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding, praised for leading the reserve unit. a successor will be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelliher
Bath Police Reserves
Kelliher
Regular
New York City
U. S. Navy
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Fire damages cottage on MacMahan Island
Fire department responded to a blaze at Dr. Smith’s cottage on MacMahan Island confined to a fireplace area and smoke filled the home. Unusually high tides and gale winds caused a small boat to break from its mooring but it was quickly rescued and secured. The article then lists numerous shore residents and visitors staying at or vacationing in local cottages and households through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Smith
MacMahan Island
The
Baptist Church
John Reedy
Warren Harris
Salem
N. H
Good Neighbor Club
Dennis Moore
Helen Cannon
Belmont
Mass
Fred Scheffer
Cambridge
John Winckley
Hadley Falls
Lynn MacMahan
Quincy
Ellen Cunningham
Augusta
Victor Pinkham
Sylvia
Orville Rowe
William Chafe
William
Richard Carey
Philip O'Brien
Maryland
Hallowell
Carey
Melvin Comeau
Maria
Bath
Kenneth Florance
Felix Solamoni
Florance
Solomoni
Parker Start
Melrose
Marr Cottage
Start
Airman
Charles Almasi
Herman Barter
New Jersey
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
Gerald Carr
Westbrook
Nova Scotia
Canada
Titterington
Massachusetts
Frank Blake
Kennebunk
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Frizzell
New York City
Thompson House
Arthur Cochrane
Carol
Dana
Janice Pinkham
Myricks
William Campbell
South Gardiner
George Phillips
Reggie Pinkham
U.S.C
Charles Rugg
Cynthia
Malden Island
Ray Gilpatrick
Ruth Hakins
Ronald Hakins
South Portland
Lloyd Pinkham
Girl Scout Troop 1 Members Head to Oxford Camp Wayaka
Joan Crocker Nancy Keegan and Mary Virginia Gillis of Bath Troop 1 depart Bath for Camp Wayaka Oxford for the month of July. AH is a member group designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crocker
Nancy Keegan
Mary Virginia Gillis
Wayaka
Oxford
Bath
Weekend Visit Ties Packard Beane in Woolwich
Mr and Mrs B N Packard of Sebec spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Arthur Beane in Woolwich confirming friendly ties between families and extending their visit with shared meals and conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N. Packard
Sebec
Arthur Beane
Woolwich
More Attractions Announced For Hospital Fair
Hospital Fair plans expand with pony rides bowling on the green and a board judging contest on August 10 with three judges led by Mrs. Kenneth Humphries. Cmdr Henderson chairs the parade committee seeking more entries for the August 8 parade and a prize for best entry. Golf tournament set for August 4 to 9 with an aluminum cart as first prize. Additional old fashioned costumes loaned for the three day event and ticket sales expected soon with next planning meeting scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Fair
Merwin B. Henderson
North Street
Bath Lodge of Elks
Kenneth Humphries
James L. Henderson
Cmdr. Henderson
City Tax Bills Mailed and Budget Details Released
The city treasurer Eva L Kingsbury announced that real estate and personal tax bills are out with a one percent discount through July 31 and six percent interest after September 1. The council set a 1957 58 budget of 1462829 06 with 877452 06 to be raised by tax. Tax rate is 74 per thousand, up from 69. Bath tax club offers 1 percent discount and abates interest for members who pay on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva L. Kingsbury
Bath
Bath Rotary District Meeting Attended by Local Leaders
Bath residents attended the annual Rotary International 285th district conference at Poland Spring. President Harmon E. Eliason, secretary elect Bernard F. E. Varnum, and president-elect Raymond W. Farnham were among attendees. Mrs. Eliason and Mrs. Schulten joined as well as T. Tarpy Schulten. The three day sessions ran Thursday through Saturday and concluded with the Governor dinner ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon E. Eliason
Bath Rotary Club
Eliason
T. Tarpy Schulten
Schulten
Raymond W. Farnham
Bernard FE. Varnum
Rotary International
Poland
Varnum
Mr. Farnham
Complete Lifesaving Courses At Hyde Hospital
Twelve Morse High students completed the Senior Red Cross Water Safety and Life Saving course at the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital pool. Training was under Miss Patricia Calif of the Bath Chapter American Red Cross. Participants included Patricia Baker Betsy Bertrand Arline Brown Susan Farrell Carol Haynes Janice Lebel Ellen Low Lois Merrill Lorelei Pecci Joan Robinson Jean Shumway and Sandra Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Red Cross
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Patricia Calif
Bath
American Red Cross
Patricia Baker
Betsy Bertrand
Arline Brown
Susan Farrell
Carol Haynes
Janice Lebel
Ellen Low
Lois Merrill
Lorelei Pecci
Joan Robinson
Jean Shumway
Sandra Sinclair
United Fund Distributes Checks to Five Agencies
Bath Area United Fund distributed checks totaling 5353.23 to five member agencies including American Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Salvation Army and the YMCA. Last month payments reached 5741.23 and total disbursements both periods amount to 11094.46 as agencies receive allotments on various bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
United Fund
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
YMCA
United Funds
Cosmopolitan Club Plans A Busy Year Of Events
The Cosmopolitan club outlined a busy schedule at a directors meeting. Planned are a jumble sale chaired by Mrs. Joseph I. Smith, a hospital fair fundraising in August, and use of club facilities by fair workers. A rummage sale is set for September 14, a public coffee on November 20 at Mrs. John Parker’s home to raise funds, and a December 14 Christmas fair at the clubhouse. Proceeds support optical and dental care for local schoolchildren, United Fund, Red Cross, polio, heart, cancer, Easter seal funds, Togus Veterans Home, and state hospital projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Joseph I. Smith
John Parker
Summer Street
United Fund
Red Cross
Heart
Togus Veterans Home
State Hospital
Bath's Battery B Wins Second Class AAA Gunner Honors
Five Bath's Battery B men from the 703rd AAA Battalion earned 100 percent on the Second Class Antiaircraft Artillery Gunner test at the Wellsfleet Maine encampment. M/Sgt Edward H. Murphy, M/Sgt John J. Lowery Jr, M/Sgt Eugene E. Record plus others from Battery B and Bath unit earned top marks and best mess award for the encampment. The group will depart Bath on Saturday July 6 after packing and loading gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
AAA Bn
National Guard
Wellsfleet
Mass
Edward H. Murphy
John J. Lowery, Jr
Eugene E
Herrin
Donald E. White
Robert A. McRae
AAA
Maine National Guard
George F. Wyman
Stanley D. Hanscom
Eugene F. Hesrom
Frederick W. Elwell
Conrad D. Hersom
James M. McDougall
Harry B. Musk
Bernard A. Wyman, Jr
Clifford J. White, Jr
Irish potato introduced by London settlers in New England
The Irish settlers of London darry New Hampshire introduced the potato into New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londondarry
N. H
New England
Obituary for Mrs Ora Lester Nye 62
Mrs. Ora Lester Nye 62 widow of Capt Harry L Nye died Friday at Memorial Hospital. Born South Orrington she was daughter of John and Ruth Chandler, attended Bucksport schools and lived at the Range Lights Arrowie before moving to Bath. She was a Vashti Rebekah Lodge charter member and belonged to the Women’s Society for Christian Service of Beacon Street Methodist. Surviving: two daughters Mrs J Sherwood Armstrong Camden and Mrs Fred D Pinkham Bath. two brothers Russell and John Chandler North Bucksport. a sister Mrs Lennie Morrison Tilton N H. four grandchildren Roger Pinkham Princeton New Jersey Gordon Pinkham Army Arizona Karen and Sandra Arm-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Lester Nye
Harry L. Nye
Memorial Hospital
South Orrington
John
Ruth Lowell Chandler
Nye
Bucksport
Arrowie
Capt. Nye
Bath
Vashti Rebekah Lodge
Orrington
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Beacon Street
J. Sherwood
Armstrong
Camden
Fred D. Pinkham
Russell
John Chandler
North Bucksport
Lennie Morrison
Tilton
N. H
Roger Pinkham
Princeton
N. J
Gordon Pinkham
U. S. Army
Arizona
Karen and
Sandra Arm
Delmore H Gilman Dies Suddenly at Hyde Windlass Yard
Delmore Henry Gilman 59 a Hyde Windlass Co truck driver died suddenly Wednesday afternoon while at the wheel of a parked truck in the Hyde Windlass yard. A Bath resident for 18 years he worked at Hyde Windlass since moving there in 1939. He was born December 26, 1897 in Lovell. He leaves a widow Cleo Bates Gilman two daughters Mrs Alice Dufour Fitchburg Mass and Mrs Mary Willett Trenton N J one son William Henry Gilman Brookline Mass one brother Elmore Gilman and one sister Mrs Etta King of Lovell four grandsons and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmore Gilman
Delmore Henry Gilman
Hyde Windlass Co
Hyde Windlass
Bath
Hyde Windlass Company
South Street
Lovell
Moses Gilman
Cleo Bates Gilman
Alice Dufour
Fitchburg
Mass
Mary Willette
Trenton
N. J
William Henry Gilman
Brookline
Elmore Gilman
Etta King
Death of Mrs Marguerite A Imbruglia in Boston Hospital
Mrs Marguerite A Imbruglia formerly Marguerite Koughan of this city died Monday at Boston City Hospital. She was the daughter of Charles F Koughan of Bath, and is survived by her husband Armand Imbruglia and four children Carol Elaine Frank and John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite A. Imbruglia
Marguerite Koughan
Boston City Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs Martha W McLellan
Mrs Martha W McLellan wife of James Henry McLellan of Portland formerly of Bath died Friday at a Portland hotel Funeral services are set for 10 a m Monday at Rich's Funeral Residence Portland
Dogs guard $2 million in government vehicles at Miramar
The Navy uses German Shepherd dogs to guard more than two million dollars worth of government motor vehicles and equipment at Naval Air Station Miramar California. Theft losses fell from over $2,000 per month to zero after dogs were deployed. Caring for a single dog costs about $15 monthly for food and medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Naval Air Station
Miramar
California
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Honolulu
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Pensacola
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Wellesley
Miles Hagan
Bay Point Road
Clifford Babcock
Gardiner
John Rose
Vernon Lippard
Paris
France
Lucy
Judson
New Haven
Waltham, Mass
John Holt
Betsy
Vermont
Rotary
Hyde Hospital
M., A. Imbruglia
United Nations
Bikini
Smith
King Festurey Syndicate
Naut
George William Russell
Man's Nicknam
Board of
Asia
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