Tanker at Mason plant tops ships in length reach
A 130000 barrel cargo tanker discharged fuel oil at the Mason plant, among the longest ships visiting Wiscasset at over 500 feet. Local notes report a busy harbor with schooner yacht Windfall from New Orleans and a U. S. buoy boat inspecting Sheepscot river buoys, while drought tightens conditions and public works discuss rate and tax matters.
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Mason Plant
Wiscasset
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Harriet Jackson
Charles Greenough Chase
Georgianna Pratt Sharpley
Oak Island
Back River
Lifitéin
Robert Mathias Colpitt
Damariscotta
Air Force
Joseph Warren Russell
Whitefield
Russell R. Lane
New Harbor
Coast Guard
Gordon B. Humphrey
Walpole
Donald M. Dunham
South Bristol
U. S
Sheepscot River
Oxhorn Corner
Roy Dow
Wiscasset Water Co
Public Utilities Commission
First Selectman
Harold A. Campbell
Brian M. Jewett Reappointed To High Elk Position
Grand Exalted Ruler John L. Walker announced the reappointment of Brian M. Jewett of Woolwich Maine to a second one year term on the Grand Lodge Youth Committee of the BPOE. Jewett led Youth Day nationwide and chaired Maine Elks Youth Day, helping Maine win top national honors at the Philadelphia convention. He will speak at the Elks National Home on August 13 and attend related conferences in Chicago Salt Lake City.
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John L. Walker
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Roanoke
Virginia
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
Maine
Grand Lodge
BPOE
Jewett
Maine Elks Association
Philadelphia
Elks
Bedford
Ruler Walker
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Salt Lake City
Bath Lodge of Elks
Biddeford-Saco Lodge
Michigan
Texas
Nebraska
Cosmo Gardeners Plan Flower Show Aug 17 18
At the Cosmopolitan Garden club meeting led by Mrs. Nellie D Arcy members announced the Harps well Flower show on August 17 and 18. Mrs. Emma Crosby is hospitalized and a card shower was requested. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. D Arcy Mabel Harris and Miss Eunice Ledyard for garden themed quiz and crafts.
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Harpswell
D'Arcy
Mabel Harris
Eunice Ledyard
Birthday party for Robert Hogan noted in Arrowsic
Robert Hogan of Washington DC and Arrowsic was toasted at his daughter and son in law Major Raymond Ainsworths home in Spinney Mills. Guests included Rosa Shea Lemuel Preble Bion Ainsworth and the Ainsworths. Also mentions blueberry crops lagging due to little rain and local canning activity.
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Robert Hogan
Washington
D. C
Arrowsic
Major
Raymond Ainsworth
Spinney Mills
Hogan
Morse High School
Rosa Shea
Lemuel Preble
Day's Ferry
Forrest Baker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Leslie Ainsworth
Bion Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Horatio L. Baker
Best Camper Awards End Pine Haven Day Camp
Four girls received Best Camper Awards at the final Pine Haven Day Camp session. Valerie Fullerton Anita Cloutier Brownies and June Lessard Mary Jane Nugent earned the top honors, while Intermediates received honorable mentions: Margaret Freeman Judy Foster Nancy Grace Linda Davis Joan Crocker Ann Donnell Mae Gallup Patty Rice Paula Lessard Collette Beers Joyce Ring Marilyn Foster and Virginia Percy.
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Pine Haven
Valerie Fullerton
Anita Cloutier
June Lessard
Mary Jane Nugent
Margaret Freeman
Judy Foster
Nancy Grace
Linda Davis
Joan Crocker
Ann Donnell
Mae Gallup
Patty Rice
Paula Lessard
Collette Beers
Joyce Ring
Marilyn Foster
Virginia Percy
Telephone scientists seek automated call connection system
Telephone scientists are working on a system that may one day let a person speak a number into the phone and have a mechanical connection made without human intervention.
Two Bath Women Among Winners In Tri State Golf
Maine won the Tri-State Women's Golf Tourney at Augusta Country Club over New Hampshire and Vermont. On Maine Number 2, Mrs Mayo tallied two points. Mrs Alfred Parks Jr added two. Claire Castan and Mrs A Huestis each had a half point. New Hampshire and Vermont also posted points, with low round honors going to Mrs Claude Gahey of Manchester NH at 81 and Mrs Daniel Lacey of South Portland 86.
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Bath
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Augusta Country Club
Howard Mayo
Claire Castan
A. Huestis
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Charles Swift
Lawrence Merritt
Claude Gahey
Manchester
N. H
Daniel Lacey
South Portland
Miss Peterson Honored At East Brunswick Shower
Audrey Peterson daughter of H Stanley E Peterson Riverside Farm East Brunswick was honored at a surprised miscellaneous shower Friday ahead of her marriage to Emore Alexander son of Capt and Mrs Roger Alexander U S Maritime Service New Orleans La Hosts were Kempton Kocha John Guerette Lorna Johnson Phyllis Tetreault Guests included Mrs Waldo Brooks Jr Miss Joan Brooks Mrs Carl Pinson Jr Mrs Carl Meister Mrs Everett Quinlan Miss Jane Hogan Miss Patricia Ames and many neighbors with a pink white decorated basket gifts and a pink and white cake as centerpieces and garden flower arrangements throughout the rooms.
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Audrey Peterson
H. Stanley E. Peterson
Riverside Farm
East Brunswick
Emore Alexander
Roger Alexander
U. S. Maritime Service
New Orleans
Kempton Kocha
John Guerette
Lorna Johnson
Phyllis Tetreault
Waldo Brooks
Waldo Brooks, Jr
Joan Brooks
Carl Pinson, Jr
Carl T. Meister
Carl P. Meister
Everett Quinlan
Janice Hogan
Patricia Ames
Barbara Wyman
Small Point
Peggy Anne Pullen
Yarmouth
Bailey Island
Ellen Carbine
Gardiner
Beverly Andrews
Fryeburg
Mary Bacheldor
Gary Cairns
Gorham
Milton Crockett
Theodore Peacock
Patricia Peacock
Ralph Higgins, Jr
Herbert Simpson
Mildred Simpson
Ivan Leighton
Peter Bailey
Topsham
Viola Benoit
Jeannette Lebel
Louise Bonang
Lorraine Bonang
Louise Tetreault
George Biswell
Alvah Clark
Daisey Bond
Brunswick
Barbecued Burgers For a Summer Picnic
A lively guide for making barbecued burgers with zippy sauce served on toasted buns. Includes a complete recipe using ground beef onions garlic tomato soup brown sugar lemon juice mustard and serving ideas with greens chips pickles olives fruit and cake.
Birthday party on the Cormier lawn in West Bath
A birthday party for Marjorie Cormier aged five was held Monday at her parents home with games and refreshments. Many relatives and friends visited, including Oliver Wass Robichaud Graves Ward Cyr and Sturtevants, while several noted guests from Bath Monmouth and Augusta joined weekend visits and calls.
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Perty
Arthur Cormier
Marjorie
Patricia Wass
Teddy Robichaud
Linda
Mickey Graves
Patricia Johnson
Jimmy Ward
Anita
Alicia
Patricia Cyr
Arlene
Prime Cormier
Peggy Lou
Joan
Sue Sturtevant
Oliver Wass
Edward Robichaud
Ruth Wylie
Robert Ward
Carl Graves
George Cyr
William Cormier
Arthur Sturtevant
Lawrence Palmer
Warren Davis
Lewiston Fairgrounds
Oliver Thompson
Waterville
Percy Holbrook
Connecticut
Robert Thompson
Albert Brown
Sydney Dudley
Cheryl
Cynthia
Bath
George Booker
Everett Maynard
Peter
Dover
N. H
Herbert Leonard
Martha McCall
L. D. Small
Cecil Beane
Lee
Robert Steward
Oakland
Roy Beane
Skowhegan
Mr. Beane
Alice Beane
Jackman
Glenis Beane
William Cowan
Sydney
Portsmouth
Donald Mantes
Manchester
Leon Belanger
Alice Smith
Bonnie Belanger
East Pond
Freda Baker
Sandra
Joyce
John Nimon
Jenny
Joseph Nimon
Faris Nimon
Don Nelson
Fairfield
George Baker
Reed Park
George Roundy
Massachusetts
William Hennessey
Miss Mary Leeman Honored At Bridal Shower
Miss Mary Leeman of Woolwich was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Raymond Moore at 1522 Washington Street. The event featured cakes and punch and a collection of gifts for the bride to be, who will wed Pvt. Robert King Jr. of Bath on August 7.
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Onary Society of
Corliss Street
Alice Strube
Alice Stilphen
Theresa Hill
Maude Wright
Margaret Vose
Mary Stanley
Jessie Norton
Ethel May
Agnes Farrin
Arrowsie
Woolwich
Mary Leeman
Raymond Moore
Washington Street
Miss Leeman
Hollis Leeman
Robert King, Jr
U.S. A
Robert King
Highland Street
Bath
Obert King
Lawrence Jarris
Jeannette King
Douglas Pye
Lawrence Bates
James Wing
Roland Leeman
William Leeman
E. P. Hodgkins
Linwood Grover
John Webber
Ralph Williams
Calvin Wing
Mrs W J O'Brien Guest At Inner Wheel Luncheon
Twenty Bath Inner Wheel members met at Sasanoa Inn Arrowsic for a noon luncheon with Mrs William J O'Brien Jr of Newburyport Mass wife of the Rotary District Governor as guest of honor A picnic meeting is set for Aug 4 at Mrs John Parker's Sebasco summer home Attending were a list of Bath residents and spouses.
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Bath Inner Wheel
Sasanoa_ Inn
Arrowsic
William J. O’brien, Jr
Newburyport
Mass
Rotary
John Parker
Sebasco
Kenneth Francisco
John E. Hayes
Loring R. Addison
Charles B Doyle
Alice Crowley
Edward W. Bridgham
George M. Carlton
Warren E. Kershner
Donald Emero
George E. Sargent
Ira D
Sperry Develops Gyrofin Ship Stabilizer
Sperry Gyroscope announces the Gyrofin stabilizer to reduce ship roll by up to 90 percent using underwater fins controlled from the bridge. The system fits new builds or retrofits, weighs about 95 tons, and employs hydraulic actuation, sensors, and computerized control to trim heavy seas.
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John L. Hammond
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Sperry
Admiralty
Sperry Gyro
Sperry Vickers
Marine Division
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Mechanical Age Fails Houston Engineer in One Day
Clyde Treavy, an engineer for radio station KXYZ, faced a rough day in Houston. He rode 34 flights of stairs due to a nonworking elevator, walked back down, found his car battery dead, started the car, but it ran out of gas.
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Houston
Tex
Clyde Treavy
KXYZ
Membership Drive For Chamber Of Commerce Initiated
A committee meeting in city hall approved a plan to launch a membership drive for a proposed Chamber of Commerce. Pledge cards will be circulated to gauge interest, with over $500 pledged so far. funds would support a full time executive secretary and ongoing expenses. If enough pledges come in an organizational meeting will be held to adopt by laws and elect officers.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Merritt A. Mitchell
Insurance Agents Meet at Brigham's Cove
John Hancock Mutual Life agents from Lewiston Waterville Augusta and Bath held their fourth annual Summer meeting at Judson G. Niles Brig hams Cove cottage on Wednesday. Eighteen agents attended enjoying boating swimming and games followed by shore dinner with lobster stew steamed lobsters potato salad pickles potato chips coffee and dessert served by host Niles. Participants included Richard Jones Robert Rollins George Manson George Colby of Augusta Robert Saindon Jack Harris Charles Lamey Herschel Turner John Lynch Leo Young Alfred Veilleux Lewis Jolicoeur Robert Drouin Clair Chamberlain Herschel Webb Maurice Michaud Hollis Kennedy and Mr Niles of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock Mutual Life Inc. Co
Brigham’s Cove
Judson G. Niles
Lewiston
Waterville
Augusta
Bath
Niles
Richard Jones
Robert Rollins
George Manson
George Colby
Robert Saindon
Jack Harris
Charles Lamey
Herschel Turner
John Lynch
Leo Young
Alfred Veilleux
Lewns
Lewis Jolicoeur
Robert Drouin
Clair Chamberlain
Herschel Webb
Maurice Michaud
Hollis Kennedy
Mr. Niles
Y M C A Minnow and Flying Fish Awards At Camp Sebasco
Thirty two boys in the Y M C A Day Camp non swimmers class completed the Y Minnow award by swimming 25 feet in deep water, joining the Minnow Club along with listed members. In advanced swim, ten boys passed the 220 yard test for the Flying Fish award, with a full list of names provided. More tests are planned at next week's camp, aiming for broad qualification before the season ends.
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Sebasco
Minnow Club
Alden Adams
Jim Barnes
Rickie Cooper
Bart Fraser
John Hart
Donald Houp
Norman Jewett
Robert Kenney
Richard Marco
Art McDougal
Carroll Moffatt
Charles Morton
Mike O'Donnell
Jim O'Leary
Keith Oliver
Robert Rader
Herbert Reno
Brian Rowe
Norm Sinibaldi
Stuart Small
Chester Swain
Dennis Talbott
Bruce Temple
Dennis Webster
Owen Williams
Harold Wills
Bruce Zimmerman
Tommy Holbrook
Dennis Lyden
Mike Brown
Richard Cummings
Russ Ferris
Bob McDougal
Peter White
Harry Deering
Harry Dunlap
Bruce Miller
George Pickard
David Smith
Harry Larrabee
Dennis Clark
Bath Iron Works Faces Secret Ballot Election Fight
A conference between the NLRB local ship yard CIO and IBofL members plans to set a date for a secret ballot election at the Bath plant. CIO demands include wage equalization with Atlantic Coast yards and a pension plan. Atlantic Coast rates show $2.27 per hour for first class mechanics and 0.7 per hour for ninth class mechanics.
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Bath Iron Works
NLRB
CIO
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
A. F. of L
Bath
National Labor Relations Board
Atlantic Coast
Bel Sald
Water Chestnut and Water Cress Soup Tip
Slice canned water chestnuts thin and add to chicken broth with water cress. Wilt the stems but do not cook them. Add one or two cloves cut in half with the vegetables, then remove before serving.
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Greenlawn
Huntoon Hill
Fort Edgecomb
Old Alna Meetinghouse
Lawrence Averill
Head Tide Church
Julius Seelye Bixler
Colby College
Stanley Johnson
Congregational Church
Ernest Johnson
Lexington
Stanley F. Johnson
Johnsons
Dawson Burt
Burt
New England Music Camp
del Bissonette
Winthrop
Ava Barton
Selective Service
Bath Board
Carrie S. Knight
St. Andrew's Hospital
Englebrekt Convalescent Home
North Fdgecomb
John Anson Kittredge Ward
John Anson Kittredge
Tracy Barrett Kittredge
U.S. N
Kittredge
Bowling
Haverford College
Washington, D. C
Donald Arsenault
U. S. S. Bushnell
Key West
Fla
South
Alex St. Pierre
Don
Stanley Jensen
Audrey
South Windsor
Conn
Jensen
Samuel Frink
Barbara
Richmond
Nelson Rice
Arthur Arsenault
Bridgeport
Los Angeles
Calif
James Henderson
James, Jr
Maryland
Henderson
Shirley Bouche
Frederick Houck
Mary St. Pierre
Dale
Bernard Tully
Tully
Larry's Market
Alden Bailey
Bailey
Gaunt
Frank Bailey
Edgar Bailey
Gordon Parker
Hyde Park
Albert Temple
River Road
Parker
Alice Galvin
Paris
F. Wilbur Haugan
Just Wold
Jean Leonard
Melanie Jeanne
North Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Powers
Sagadahoe Ferry
Milo
Winifred MacNaughton
Bangor
Eastern Maine General Alumnae Association
Lucerne-In-Maine
Ray Wallace
Deborah Rae
Portland
Wallace
Earl Dow
Charles Leveroni, Jr
Riverdale
N. Y
Mr. Leveroni
Charles Leveroni
Barley Neck Road
Allen Atwood
Saybrook
Bowers
Hockomock Bay
Atwood
Vinal Hunnewell
Shirley Boucher
Bryant Music School
Everett St
High Elk
G. Mennen Williams
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N.y
State Department
Scott McLeod
International
Cosmo Gardeners
Arthur W. George
Westwood
Howard C
Five Islands
Reid State Park
Allen Frye
Cohasset
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Howard O. Frye
Lawrence R. Vail
Grace Preble
Frye
Edward Phinney
Cleveland
Phinney
Gertrude Phinney
Ronald Rittall
Frank Rittall
Camp Hinds
Raymond
Clarence Carlton
Peterson
West Bath
W. J. O’brien
Inner Wheel
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