New England Leaders Call for Economic Independence Parade
The piece critiques federal plans as wasteful and dangerous urging government cash. It argues New England should lead a parade to end government waste and pursue saner economics, opposing the proposed federal budget cuts and expansion of the tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
New England
Washington
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
New York
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturer's Association
New
No Witch Hunts Over FBI Civil Liberties Debate
The piece argues Communists and allies attack the FBI while praising its evidence in major cases. It defends the Bureau as protecting rights, noting its stance against witch hunts and its focus on actions over beliefs amid rising scrutiny of Communist activity in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hiss
Caplan
Hitler
Gestapo
America
ST the Communist Party
USA
FBI Vividly Urged as Nation’s Key Security Arm
The FBI is described as essential to national security on par with the army, navy, and air force, underscoring its pivotal role in protecting the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Army
Navy
Air Force
Birthday Party for Stewart H Day Celebrated at West Point
Mr and Mrs Stewart H Day hosted a Friday birthday gathering at their West Point home. Guests enjoyed a six o'clock pot luck supper, decorated birthday cakes, and a scavenger hunt ending at the cottage. Prizes went to Mrs Alice Christopherson Freeport and Mrs Lloyd Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart H. Day
West Point
Mr. Day
Alice Christopherson
Freeport
Lloyd Rogers
Danford MacDonald
Stewart Day, Jr
Elmer Rogers
Ernest Wallace
Walter Morse
Lermond
Forrest Johnson
Albert Bailey
Wiscasset
Marion Start
Camden
Robert Day
South Freeport
Purpoodock Breeze Promotes Club Life at Cape Elizabeth
The Purpoodock Country Club at Cape Elizabeth issues a monthly pamphlet called The Breeze. It serves members with coming events notices golf activities and social items. Al Baka former Bath pro leads the Cape course praised for lively management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purpoodock
Cape Elizabeth
Breeze
al Baka
Bath
Cape Course
Ock
Portland Head
New England
Hyde Memorial Home visit by National Society subcommittee
A subcommittee of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults toured the Hyde Memorial Home in Bath on Friday afternoon. They study programs for Easter Seal agencies and met with Pine Tree Society executives led by Marie I Preston, with members from multiple states including George Reimer and Frances Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Hyde Memorial
Bath
Marie I. Preston
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults
George Reimer
Frances Fitzgerald
N. H
John Langdon
R. I
Charles Wilson
Mass
Donald Wilson
N. J
Dorothy Smithson
Arrowsic to Benefit From Maine Highway Plan
The Maine Highway Commission plans nearly 10 million dollars in new work for the year starting July 1, including one mile of new construction in Arrowsic. The project will upgrade the gravel marsh crossing on the road to Reid State Park, with more improvements expected as Reid State Park traffic rises after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Highway Commission
Arrowsic
Reid State Park
Reid Park
Bath Municipal Court Manages Intoxication Cases and Fines
Bath Municipal Court sentenced two Bath men to fines of five dollars plus costs of six dollars and fifty cents each for intoxication. A Richmond man faced ten days to pay costs of nineteen dollars and fifty cents. An assault case brought by a Bath woman against her husband was not pressed for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Richmond
Easter Lily Blooms Steadily For Three Summers
An Easter lily at Mr. Daley’s home near the street has four large blossoms each July since planting three years ago after the initial Easter bloom. The plant, kept outdoors year round and mulched with leaves in winter, draws much attention from neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street
Daley
Service men from this section active duty notes
Carl HenriksonUS Navy airplane mechanic is stationed at Yokosuka Japan. He previously went to Korea last fall on the USS VEVODAN SEA and was among 25 men chosen for two years land duty in Japan. Henrikson is Morse high school 1950 graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Henrikson. Others include Clarence Irish USN gunnery student at Newport RI Edward Murphy Lawrence Scott Robert Coombs Batt B 703rd AAA Fort Hancock NJ recruits Densmore Flaherty at Newport training 11 weeks. Pvt Joseph Pomerleau and Pvt William Smart leave for Sampson AFB NY initial Air Force training. Pvt Ralph Champeon enlists in Army at Fort Devens MA. Edward Thompson fireman USN and Richard Quimby seaman USN visited Athens Greece aboard USS Liddle as it anchored July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hendrikson
U. S. Navy
Yokosuka
Japan
Hen
Korea
United States
Navy
Phillipine Sea
Henrikson
Joseph H. Henrikson
Mechanic Street
Morse High School
Carl Henrikson
NAS Navy
Box
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Clarence D. Irish
USN
Wilder B. Irish
Washington Street
Irish
Newport
R. I
Sfc
Edward H. Murphy
Lawrence Scott
Robert Coombs
Fort Hancock
N. J
Murphy
Edward J. Murphy
Woolwich
Cpl
Scott
Herbert H. Scott
Phippsburg
Coombs
Roger F. Densfore
Paul R. Flaherty
Recruit Training Command
U.S. Naval Training Station
Densmore
T. R. Densmore
Flaherty
Andrew Flaherty
Front Street
Joseph E. B. Pomerleau
William J. Smart
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
U. S. Air Force
Pvt
Pomerleau
Alfred Pomerleau
Raymond Court
Julian
U.S. Navy
Smart
George E. Smart
Richardson Street
Morse
Ralph C. Champeon
Clyde W. Champeon
Denny Road
U.S. Army
Fort Devers
Mass
Champion
Edward S. Thompson
E. S. Thompson
West Bath
Richard A. Quimby
Farrin Street
Bath
Athens
Greece
Acropolis
St. Paul
Merrill F. Smith
Frankie
Helen Lord
Portsmouth
N. H
Cpl. Smith
Seaman Everett M Mitchell Visits Athens From US Navy
Everett S Mitchell seaman with the US Navy from 700 High Street is visiting Athens. He serves aboard the attack cargo ship USS Capri cornus which is due in that port on July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett S. Mitchell
Seaman
USN
High Street
Athens
Seaplane Tender Greenwich Bay Visits Kuwait Bazaar
Reginald D. Fogg, electronic technician third class USN, aboard the USS Greenwich Bay, visited the independent Arab State of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf. The ship hosted Shaika Abdul lah Salim and sailors shopped in a large local bazaar as part of a Middle East naval tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald D. Fogg
USN
Bluff Road
Bath
Greenwich Bay
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Shaika Abdullah Salim
Navy
U.S. Naval Forces
Middle East
Naval Forces
ROTC cadets at Fort Bliss train for anti aircraft roles
William E. Pomeroy of 75 Court street joins ROTC anti aircraft training at Fort Bliss to qualify as second lieutenant. Cadet Pomeroy, a University of Maine chemical engineering student, trains with 1300 cadets from 28 colleges in the first joint anti aircraft unit exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Pomeroy
Court Street
Fort Bliss
Army Reserve Corps
Pomeroy
United States
Puerto Rico
University of Maine
Baby gray squirrel nurtured by bottle at city room
Mrs. William P. Mennealy brought a baby gray squirrel rescued from a cat to the Independent city room. The tiny animal, fed with a doll’s bottle, has no eyes yet but gains strength and coats growing toward gray. The vet notes such kits keep eyes closed for nine days and can be tamed as pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mennealy
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
City Room
Independent
Heavy rain causes statewide damage and highway destruction
A severe rainstorm hit the state with Knox and Lincoln counties worst hit as 4.62 inches fell. Bridges washed out and roads devastated along the coast while Bath reported only a street hole in Hyde Park. Frid ay's sunshine suggested better weekend weather ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Lincoln
Bath
Hyde Park
Bluff Road
Man Feared Stranded as Torrential Rain Floods Popham Picnic Grounds
Charles A. Shepard recounts a dramatic trip to Popham to fetch his wife as a severe storm drenched the area. Rainwater overwhelmed a car and the Wallace Parkway picnic grounds flooded with floating tables. He said he had never seen rain like this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Shepard
Popham
Shepard
Wallace Parkway
Clambake to Aid West Bath Fire Department Aug 5
Rock Hill Inn hosts a clambake on August 5 to benefit the West Bath Fire Department not Bath Fire Department as tickets currently show. The event aims to support local firefighting services and community safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath Fire Department
Bath Fire Department
Summer Outing of Ladies Aid at Southport Summer Home
Members and friends from the Ladies Aid of the Inter Congregational church enjoyed a picnic at Mrs. Welch’s harborside Summer home in Southport. A chartered bus, private cars, and a day of social time, wading, and fishing followed a noon reception. A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Welch and plans discussed for a food sale on Aug. 10 at Senter's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsymond
Meron Point
Southport
Charles B. Doyle
Ernest Freeman
William McGlinchy
Richard J. Schaper
Bath
Welch
Ladies Aid
Horace Ward
Senter’s
Elmer Williams
Foster’s Point
Williams
Deborah and
Kay
Lewis F. Gannon
Theodore W. Pease
Addison F. Pendleton
Charles Murray
Roy Akeley
William H. McGlinchy
Guy Crosby
Alice Male
Sarah Adams
Louise Carlton
Scott M. Golder
Grace A. Bogle
John Atwood
Clifford B. Wilband
Fritz Klippel
Clarabelle Klippel
Fred Higgins
Homer Potter
Dorothy Aeary
Harold Tobey
Carlson
Archie
Alice Varney
Bessie Potter
Edward B. Smith
Edgar Leavitt
Billy
Holly
Dorothy Weeks
Fred Hooper
Eva Atwood
Raymond Welch
Runway Construction Advances at Brunswick Naval Air Facility
Work on the new Brunswick Naval Air Facility runway progresses rapidly with about 250 workers clearing land at both ends. Pine and scrub burning completed at the Gurnet end while the Bath road end is leveled by bulldozers. three houses near Gurnet road must be moved or torn down to make way for the air force's largest jets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Naval Air Facility
Gurnet
Bath Road
Gurnet Road
Air Force
Two-Way Radio Installed in Fire Chief’s Car
A two way radio was installed Friday in the fire chief s car as part of upgraded RCA equipment funded by the city The move pairs the fire chief and police main station at headquarters with five mobile units across police and city departments including water district and highway cars for better emergency radio coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCA
Water District
Health official to publish monthly milk analysis results
Health Officer R. Clinton McFadden informs milk dealers that state analysis reports will be published each month, likely starting with the August issue, in response to numerous consumer requests for printed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
McFadden
Bathman Offered Fine or Court Time for Nonpayment
A Bathman faced a choice between paying a $5 fine plus $4.40 costs or serving 15 days in court on Thursday morning. He had not paid by noon, leaving the matter unresolved.
Annual of Odd Rock Day at Hill Inn
Nearly all lodges in the state attended the Hill Inn gathering for Odd Rock Day with Harriet Carter the sole representative and youngest member honored with an award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Inn
Ertocy & Ees
Paia
Harriet Carter
Playground Circus Day Delights City Kiddies
Friday's Circus Day at six city playgrounds featured morning and afternoon parades by Hyde and Lambert Parks. Prizes honored costumes acts clowns and originality with youngsters like Judy Robinson and Jean Iron among top contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Lambert Parks
Tommy
Mary and Nancy Potter
Dorothy Staples
5On Boulay
Judy Robinson
South
Diane Pere
Toinette Lakin
Yvette
Simonne Cyr
Jean Iron
Lillian Russell
Crockett
Margaret Cooper
Cooper
Cos
Manpower Committee Members Named in Times Report
The Times notes the Manpower Committee includes Itreemen Hennessey and Parke Grindell among its listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itreemen, Hennessey, and
Parke Grindell
The
Times
Communicable Disease Report From Maine Bureau
The Maine Bureau of Health reports the week’s communicable diseases with several cases of smallpox and one case of mumps, reflecting ongoing public health surveillance and responses. Public health officials urge vaccination and reporting of any suspected illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Bureau of Ith
Island boater Linebatt in Maine tournament claim
The fragment notes Island boater Linebatt and Rupert Neily of Maine discuss a fishing tournament. It hints at a record setting event with over 500 participants and a focus on a big bluefin catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayond
Bob Linebatt
Island
Rupert Neily
State of Maine
Back at Boyhood Home of Charles Wal Jewett
Fragmentary line recalls Day's Ferry resident Charles Wal Jewett and an event described as a battle on a Saturday, with missing details and uncertain context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wal- Jewett
Day’s Ferry
City Manager Opens Bids for Street Resurfacing Project
Bids opened for resurfacing Front Street from Lombard with a 14.90 per unit price from W H Hinman Inc of North Anson. Project includes new top over existing surface and manhole raises. Bath Water District covers valve and service box changes while New England Tel and Tel handles related adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H Hinman, Inc
North Anson
Welcom
Dorf
Front Street
Lombard
Bath Water District
New England Tel. & Tel
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
B& Nichols
Harry C. Webber
Mediterranean
David Brownell
Robert L. Brownell
Eola
Eola Ann Ball
Millicent Ball
Central Avenue
Carol Ann Withey Garside
Frances Plummer
Geneva Russell
Janet Almy
Lois Hamblen
Norma
Joyce Ball
Myrtle Lodge of
L. H. Hinman, Inc
Mittendorf
Thimble Club
Edge
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Longfellow
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