Rediscovery of Main Streets at 1957 Conference Theme
The 1957 National Citizens Planning Conference in Little Rock framed Main Street 1960 with a focus on 1969 for the interstate system. Elmer Fo Twyman of Yale and Towne argued decentralization spreads industry, boosts economic growth, and brings prosperity to small towns through better transport, communications, and cooperative local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
All America
Elmer Fo Twyman
Yale & Towne
America
We’re Rich Congress Faces Foreign Aid Cut Debate
The Coutral State Chambers of Commerce urge sharp cuts to the Presidents foreign aid request as lawmakers confront a huge budget question. The piece recalls that Senate trimming totals about 227 million of the 1946 request and urges constituents to again press Senators and Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coutral State Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Senate
White House
Fort Knox
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Treasury
Humphrey
Apathy and Polio Vaccination Drive Urges Action
A columnist laments polio apathy as 58 million Americans under 40 have not been vaccinated. The piece notes past success, a 47 percent drop in cases, and urges readers to roll up their sleeves and get the vaccine before it is too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Polip
Peanut Experiment Planned in Columbia Basin Farms
One acre plots on selected farms in the Columbia Basin reclamation project will serve as an experiment in peanut growing. Water for the vast project is supplied by pumping from behind Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Lake
Wash
Columbia Basin Reclamation
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
False alarm triggers firefighters at city intersection
A false alarm from Box 71 at High and Park streets prompted firefighters to respond Tuesday night at 11 25. No fire or injuries were reported and crews cleared the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High
Park Streets
Valedictorian of 550-man Columbia class named Gruen
Erich Gruen, a member of the Dinter varsity lightweight crew, suffered a stroke. He topped a 550-man graduating class as valedictorian at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Gruen
Dinter
Columbia
Georgetown Pastor Delivers Sermon and Talks at Romney School
Former Georgetown pastor John Reedy spoke at a July 7 service praising Christian unity and the three attitudes in Christ, while a caravan of regional residents and visitors arrived at Robinhood and MacMahan for the summer season with extensive social and parish-related notes detailing families, guests, and local arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reedy
Georgetown
Mason Carter
Boothbay Harbor
Robinhood
Robinhood Marina
Ralph E. Becker
Toronto
Canada
Peterson
Carter
Edwin Golding
Golding Sons
Kennebec Point Associates
Joseph Reed
As Seem
NMYC Barbecue Draws 400 at Club Event
Over 400 people attended the seventh annual chicken barbecue sponsored by New Meadows Yacht Club. The event drew participants from Casco Bay Kennebec Power Squadrons and Portland Yacht Club with a large flotilla of visiting boats. Charles L Eastman and Kenneth N Francisco led the committee, followed by a dance at the clubhouse from 8 p m to midnight on Saturday July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Yacht Club
Casco Bay
Kennebec
Portland Yacht Club
Charles L. Eastman
Twin County
Kenneth N. Francisco
Minnie Brown
James Williams
Janet Williams
Jack Barry
John Mullaney
Nancy Green
Harry Fullerton
Victor Testa
Surprise party marks Harmon fifteenth anniversary
Mr and Mrs Roy Harmon of Brunswick were feted Saturday at their Greenwood street home for their fifteenth wedding anniversary. Mrs Harmon teaches at Bath Junior High and formerly taught at Morse High. Bath guests included Mrs Ruth Moore Mrs Shirley MacDonald and her son Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Harmon
Brunswick
Greenwood Street
Harmon
Bath Junior High School
Morse High School
Bath
Ruth Moore
Shirley MacDonald
Michael
Five Islands Library extends Wednesday hours and local notes
Five Islands Library will be open every Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4. Many new books have been added to the shelves. The local church report notes John R. Reedy filling the pulpit in Rev. Warren Harris's absence, with visitors from Florida and a planned message from Philippians and Proverbs. A cemetery disturbance is under investigation and plane mosquito spraying occurred on Malden Island. Numerous social and family notices list birthdays, visits, and summer plans across Bath and nearby towns, including Woolwich, West Bath, and Sagadahoc Bay.
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Five Islands
John R. Reedy
Warren Harris
J. Clifton Little
Alf
Florida
Malden Island
Denise Moore
Evelyn Pinkham
Gordon Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Roger Pinkham
Bobby Pierce
Virginia Moore
Vernon E Gray
Victor Pinkham
Melvin Comeau
F. Wilbur Wagain
South Paris
Alice Galvin
Woolwich
Estelle Comeau
Everett Comeau
Bernard Comeau
Frank Allegrin
Bath
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Harmon's Harbor
Maria
Bath youths plead guilty in multiple break cases
A 17 year old Bath youth pleaded guilty in municipal court to two counts of breaking and entering and larceny and was bound over to the Sagadahoc County Superior Court October term. Richard Anderson faced similar charges with Paul Savage Jr. and others, with bond set and sentences pending. Additional youths faced related charges. several cases were continued or resulted in fines and probation.
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Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Robert E. Wagner
Richard Anderson
Paul C. Savage, Jr
Superior Court
Anderson
Kakos
Arthur's
Brunswick
Savage
Arthur’s Restaurant
Tom's Diner
Wagner
Bath Street
Randall Leonard
Woods Road
Woolwich
William Boyland
Arthur Tainter
Judge Deering
Brunswick Municipal Court
Noel Nadeau
Waterville
Vine Street
Marjorie L. Gay
West Bath
Funeral set for Mrs. Don na MacMahan in Hawthorne Calif
Mrs. Don na MacMahan wife of Harold MacMahan died suddenly in Reading Pa. Services will be Monday at St. Josephs church Hawthorne with Holy Rosary Sunday. Burial in Holy Cross Los Angeles. Born Gardiner Sept 21 1920 daughter of Lyman E and the late Mary Betts. She was a practical nurse at Bath Memorial Hospital. Children staying with grandfather Byrman Betts in Hawthorne will be joined by their father en route from Pennsylvania.
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Gardiner
Bath
Funeral services for Mrs Annie P Barker 90
Mrs Annie P Barker 90 died Monday in a local nursing home. Services held Wednesday at Arthur F Mayo and Son funeral residence with Rev David L Wilson officiating. She was born March 24 1867 in Stockton. survived by son William T Barker Jr of Norwichtown Conn. three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Interment at Flying Point cemetery Freeport.
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Annie P. Barker
Arthur F. Mayo and
Bath
Freeport Farm Bureau
Flying Point
Freeport
Loud Alarm Echoes Through Bath Night
Tuesday night Bath residents heard the box alarm clearly as it rang from the High Street central station. The signal did not originate at the new facility, prompting curiosity about the source of the alert.
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Bath
High Street Central Station
Evening Beach Parties Grow at Popham and Small Point
With more summer visitors, evening beach parties rise at Popham and Small Point beaches. The crowds include many teenagers. Mr and Mrs Eugene March and of Providence are visiting friends in Bath.
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Popham
Small Point
Eugene Marchand
Providence, R. 1
Bath
Mrs Mabel F Hodgdon Rites Held in Malden
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel Florence Hodgdon 83 wife of Robert A Hodgdon Malden Mass were conducted Monday at Center Methodist Church Malden. Born Georgetown she lived in Malden over 60 years and was active in the YWCA Crystal Chapter and Girls Club Association. She leaves a daughter Natalie Pollard Newton Highlands and a grandson Robert Pollard Amsterdam Holland. Her burial is in Forest Dale Cemetery Malden.
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Mabel F. Hodgdon
Mabel Florence Hodgdon
Robert A. Hodgdon
Malden
Mass
Hodgdon
Georgetown
Warner R
Helene R. Rowe Lewis
Crystal Chapter
O. FE. S
Ladies’ Aid Association
Malden Hospital
Girls’ Club Association
Natalie Pollard
Newton Highlands
Robert R. Pollard
Amsterdam
Holland
Forest Dale Cemetery
Hathaway Funeral Held for Lester G Hathaway in Kennebunk
Funeral services were held Saturday in Kennebunk for Lester G Hathaway 79 former Cambridge bakeries operator who died Wednesday at his Kennebunk home. He was a Bath native and director of Boston Mutual Life and the New England Home at Danvers. Surviving are his widow a son two daughters and three brothers. Interment was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
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Kennebunk
Lester G. Hathaway
Hathaway Bakeries
Cambridge
Mass
Hathaway
Bath
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
New England
Danvers
North Avenue Savings Bank
Lillian Hathaway
Kendall G
New Town
Conn
Caroline Campbell
Janet HW. Duddy
Germany
Alton H
Lexington
Walter W
Winter Park
Fla
Elmer F
Newton
Oak Grove
Mrs Donna MacMahan Dies En Route to California
Mrs Donna MacMahan 36 wife of Harold MacMahan formerly of 150 High Street died early Tuesday at St Josephs Hospital Reatne Pa while traveling with her husband to Hawthorne California to set up a home She leaves five children Dolores David Robert Richard and Ronald her father Lyman Betts Hawthorne Cal and a brother Robert Betts Gardiner Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Donna Macmahan
Harold MacMahan
High Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reaatne
Bath
Hawthorne
Calif
Dolores
David
Robert
Richard
Ronald
Lyman Betts
Robert Betts
Gardiner
Funeral set for airman Robert E. Fahey in Bangor
Robert E. Fahey 20 an airman first class from Wiscasset drowned June 30 in England while serving with the Air Force. Brother John Fahey taught social studies at a junior high in 1954 55. Son of Mr and Mrs Edward F Fahey of Wiscasset Bath Iron Works employee. Funeral services planned in Bangor Friday.
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Robert E. Fahey
Bangor
Wiscasset
England
Air Force
John Fahey
Edward F. Fahey
Fahey
Bath Iron Works
Note on bones in fish steaks from wary eater
A wary fish eater notes that a cross section of the backbone is usually the only bone in a fish steak.
Walter H. Greene Dies After Long Illness
Walter H. Greene 61 a former Bath resident died early Friday at Augusta General Hospital after a long illness. Born 1896 in Rockland he lived in Bath and worked at Bath Iron Works and M. W. Sewall Coal Co. He served in the US Marines in World War I and belonged to the Ground Observer Corps. Surviving are his father Herbert Greene Bath widow Edna Greene Augusta four sons Warren Greene Brooklyn Walter Jr Bath James California and George Augusta two daughters Catherine Foust Bath Elaine Greene Augusta five stepdaughters Bertha Parquette North Edgecomb Thelma Benedetto Brooklyn Marjorie Bernier Roland Bernier and Annie MacDougal all of Odessa Bridges first wife died in 1949.
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Walter H. Green
Walter H. Greene
Bath
Augusta General Hospital
Rockland
Bath Iron Works
M. W. Sewall Coal Company
Augusta
US Marine Corps
Greene
Ground Observer Corps
Herbert Greene
Edna Greene
Warren’ Greene
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Jr
James
California
George
Catherine Foust
Elaine Greene
Bertha Parquette
North Edgecomb
Thelma Benedetto
Marjorie Bernier
Roland Bernier
Annie MacDougal
Odessa Bridges
Robert W. Oliver dies. Bath native veteran laid to rest
Robert W. Oliver 63 of Gorham, former Bath resident, veteran of World War I served in the Navy and worked at Bath Iron Works during World War II. He held engineer papers, belonged to Solar Lodge F M of Bath, and is survived by a widow, a step daughter Nell Austin of Kissimmee Florida, and a Bath niece Rodney Jones. Interment was at North Street Cemetery in Gorham.
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Robert W. Oliver
Gorham
Bath
Alfred
Nancy Oliver
Kittery Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works Corp
Oliver
Solar Lodge
Nell Austin
Kissimmee, Fla
Rodney Jones
North Street Cemetery
Edna Marie Dana Rites Held in Bath
Edna Marie Dana died Wednesday July 3 at Bath Memorial hospital. Born April 1, 1886 in Bath, she lived most of her life there and moved to Woolwich 18 years ago. She was an early Bath telephone operator and attended Central Congregational church. Survived by husband Eben Dana of Woolwich and son Stanley Whitehouse of New York City. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery in Bath. Bearers included Herbert Munshey Wallace Ham Edward Coombs and Donald Thistle. Funeral conducted at Curtis funeral home at 3.30 p m Saturday.
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Edna Marie Dana
Curtis Funeral Home
Day’s Ferry
Bath Telephone Club
Dana
Eben Dana
Woolwich
Stanley Whitehouse
New York City
Herbert Munsey
Wallace Ham
Edward Coombs
Donald Thistle
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath
Webbers Return to Roslindale After Visit with Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Webber return to their Roslindale home Massachusetts after visiting Mr. Webber's parents Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Webber on Academy Street.
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Mrs
Richard Webber
Roslindale
Mass
Mr. Webber
Mrs. Elbridge Webber
Academy Street
Cryptoquote and Crossword Puzzle Teaser in Daily Paper
A cryptogram puzzle and crossword teaser appear with word clues including Disciplined, Indian weight, and Armadillo. The feature shows a coded quote AXYDUBAAXTN equals LONGFELLOW, plus a quip about how the son of God from the sire is generated, attributed to Homer and King Features Syndicate.
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Homer
King Features Syndicate
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Winthrop Weston Riggs Jr
Daniel S. Elliot
Portland
Donald H. Penley
Paris
Maine
Riggs
Charles Chapman
Elliot
Jayson Schoener
Richard Parker
Oregon
D. H. Penley
William Zorach
Adolph Spear
Albert Devermont
Marjorie Rockwell
Hugh Rockwell
Marecquita Strasser
Oakley Thibodeau
Camelia
Topsfield
Seguinland
Harold Peters
Gail Titcomb
Ipswich
Peters
Philip Eaton
Mary C
Proctor Michelson
Arlington
Orr's Island
Helen Shaw
Elberon
N. J
Dorothy Briant
Roland Peterson
South Bristol
Sally Hill King
Morristown
Betty Gregory
Talbot Rogers
Chevy Chase
MacMahan
Frank Bakers
Bryn Mawr
Island Colony
Alex Reynolds
Merion
David Johnson
Carolyn
Marathon
Mills
Spock
New Haven
New Haven, Conn
Walter Cunningham
Elmer Tibbetts
Tibbetts
Bay Point Road
Warren S. Todd
Stoneham
Georgetown Center
Todd
Roscoe P. Todd
William
Albert Whitney
Clayton Stevens
Jeffrey
Sheila Porter
Woburn
Carroll Powers
Path Memorial Hospital
Karl Mech
Baltimore
MacMiahan
Edward Snyder
MacMahem
Haverford, Pa
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Dick Parker
Climatic Falls
Ore
Mason Ferris
Ridgewood
Mac Mahan
Alvah C. Reynolds
J.W. McArthur
Cadillac Mountain
Natt Hasenfus
Marie
Paul
Joseph Breithaupt
Stephen
Susan
Stardion
Ales
Austin Matt Sr
Channing Pency
Penley Cottage
Mic Iledyke Farm
William Kerwin
Maryland
Sagadahoc Bay
Ebbe Bloomstrand
Avon, Conn
John Rose
Washington, D. C
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Carlisle
Richard Kimball
Concord
Clayton Hanna
Wendy
Hanna
Raphael Rowe
Ralph Hodges
Fast Orange
Richmond
Martha Bowen
Edith Furbishend
Daisy Bond
Charles Boyd
Somerville
Dorothy W. Stuart
Halifax
Erwin Anderson
William Bieseth
Whippany
Princeton
Frank Peterson
Scarborough
Harold J. Brown
Harold Brown
Jrs
Carl Riley
South Portland
Walter Hill
Palo Alto
David Waller
Robert Waller
James Oliver
Jane
Joyce Oliver
Cathy
Holly Brown
Pine Haven
Mae O'Conner
Port Washington
Fred Scheffer
Lester Ethmie
Paulette
Watertown
Maass
Scheffler Cottage
Gerald Hinckley
Hinckley
Harold Rowe
Clifford Canning
Westbrook
Chester Pinkham
Pinkham
George Gray
Franz Stevens
Kathleen Bittall
Lloyd Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edda Needham
Delbert Page
Morris Plains
James O'Brien
Bethesda
Madge O'Brien
Jacob Kunz
Five Islands Inn
Hobart
Massachusetts
Branwell Harford
Harford
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Arthur Berry
Leon. Williams
Harold
Gary
Ogunquit
Carl, Sr
Marine Hospital
Brighton
Richard Potter
Edith Davis
John V. Blase
Gordon Clark
Mr. Clark
Wieek
Felix Solomons
Lulu Hanna
Frances Hanna
Belgrade
van Rowe
Spinney Cottage
Kenneth Florence
Boston
Norman Howard
Orren White, Jr
Orrin White
White
Die
Belleview
Irving Hanna
Ruth Veilleux
Bruce
Fay Phibrick
Sidney
Lulu Hannna
Joseph Veilleux
Yemen
Island
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