High Level Baseball Strategy
The article lauds baseball progress over the past decade including stronger play, sportsmanship, racial barriers falling, and night games. It notes reforms like no gambling enforcement, talent raids ending, and improved ballparks. Commissioner Ford Frick and owners commission Stephen Fitzgerald to study next steps to satisfy fans. The piece ends with optimism about baseball’s future opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball
Ford Frick
Frick
Stephen Fitzgerald and Company
Wilson cites Soviet heavy bomber power while touting US lead
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson praised Russia's operational bomber capacity observed over Moscow on May Day but asserted that the United States maintains military superiority. He noted Soviet long-range bombers equal to or surpassing only after completion, while stressing continued aggressive research and production to keep the US ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Wilson
Russia
Moscow
Defense
Teen-Age Loan Fund Lets Youth Buy Bicycles
Miners National Bank of Shenandoah Pennsylvania creates a loan fund for high school students from ninth to twelfth grade to borrow for bicycles. Applications go to a seven member student board and must be signed by a parent. Loans repay $1.25 weekly with charges from 50 cents to 1.50 depending on loan size.
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Shenandoah
Miners National Bank
Airman suffers hip wound in accidental shooting at home
Air John L. Smith of Brunswick Naval Air Station was wounded in the hip at his 708 Washington Street home. Police say he was accidentally shot by his wife. He received treatment and the case was under police investigation along with the Andrews report from Boothbay Harbor.
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Brunswick Naval Air Station
Washington Street
Here
Edward L. Gaudreau
Air John L. Smith
Gaudreau
John F. Andrews
Boothbay Harbor
Smith
Andrews
Hobby Studio to Operate In Damariscotta This Summer
The Hobby Studio will run in Damariscotta from June 15 to September 15 at the Red Barn on Elm Street. It offers oil, watercolor, sketching, block printing, country painting, and tin wood stenciling with classes for children 8 to 16 and adults evenings. Dorothy Apgar directs, with staff Isami Kashiwigi Florence Montgomery and Apgar. June Strong is business manager.
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Hobby Studio
Damariscotta
Red Barn
Elm Street
Dorothy Apgar
Westfield
N. J
Wiscasse
Isami Kashiwigi
Florence Montgomery
Apgar
June Strong
Australia Opens 1955 Davis Cup Run Against Mexico
Australia will begin its 1955 Davis Cup campaign in the American Zone first round against Mexico at Chicago on July 15 16 and 17. The match slate marks the start of the year’s international team event with both nations fielding top players in a key early test.
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Australia
Mexico
Chicago
Earth’s composition highlights oxygen and silicon share
An old science note states oxygen, combined with other elements, makes up about half the earth’s crust while silicon accounts for roughly a quarter. It emphasizes the major role of these two elements in planetary makeup.
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Earth
Municipal Court Session Hears Numerous Motor Vehicle Cases
Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided Friday in a lengthy municipal court session with most cases tied to motor vehicle violations. Defendants from several states faced fines from 5 to 100 dollars, while one man faced a serious morals charge tied to a 14 year old.
Bowdoin Professor Speaks On Civil Liberties At Rotary
Bowdoin College government professor William S. Flash told a Rotary audience on civil liberties and anti communism. He cited mislabeling as a Communist and praised Maine's legislature for defeating bills aimed at proscribing the party loyalty oath and punishing local officials. He urged clarity sensitivity and faith in evaluating rights and urged questions to be judged by their effect on liberty.
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Flash
Bowdoin
Rotary Meeting
Communistic Party
William S. Flash
Bowdoin College
Rotary Club
Maine
Communist Party
Maine Legisla
Ture
Frederick E Drake, Jr
Donald Leavitt
Woolwich
Wesley Carroll
East Hartford
Conn
Allan Bellerhe
Manchester
Municipal Court fines tally on Route 1 and Route 1A
Six driving violation cases heard by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in Municipal Court Tuesday. Ruth E. Lewis of Woolwich paid 19 dollars for speeding 70 mph on Route 1 at West Bath. Jean L. Delano of Arrowsic paid 10 dollars for driving without a license on Route 1A in Bath. Hal Wight of Belfast forfeited 25 dollar bail for failing to appear on Route 1 at Woolwich. W. Emil Gudmundson of Ellsworth paid 10 dollars for passing on a hill Route 201 at Bowdoinham. Howell B Winslow of South Portland paid 10 dollars for passing on a hill Route 1 at West Bath. Additional cases listed involve other State Troopers as complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Coombs
Corliss Street
Lynn M. Bussey
Ralph R. McAllester
Malden
Mass
Shumate
Woolwich
Howell B. Winslow
South Portland
Bessie Curtis, Jr
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Ruth E. Lewis
Maurice A Kirby
Kirby
Jean L. Delano
Arrowsic
Bath
Hal Wight
Belfast
Philip Hodgkins
W. Emil Gudmundson
Ellsworth
Bowdoinham
Drunken driving pleas and fines in Woolwich and Bowdharham
A driver charged with tailing another vehicle on Route 201 at Bowdeirham paid a $17.30 total in fines and costs after entering a plea in Bowdeirham court. In Woolwich, Charles Caton of Conshohocken pleaded guilty to drunken driving before Judge Gardiner R. Deering and was fined $100 with $5.70 court costs.
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Bowdeirham
George C. Buzzell
Barrett
Pennsylvania
Charles Caton
Conshohocken
Gruilty
Gardiner R. Deering
Philip Hodgkins
Woolwich
Belfast youth pleads guilty in passing case
Hal Wight, 9, of Belfast pleaded guilty through his attorney to a passing offense brought by State Trooper Philip Hodgkins. He paid a $10 fine and $5.70 in costs after missing court. Defaulted $25 bail was stricken from the record today along with other cases heard by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Hal Wight
Belfast
Woolwich
Philip Hodgkins
Wight
Lewis L. Robinson, Jr
Liberty
Nolo Contendre
New Books at Patten Free Library Shelf Update
The Patten Free Library lists new additions across 4 categories with fiction eight teen eight juvenile and three general, featuring titles such as Bright Sword Captain Cutthroat Murder Makes an Entrance and We All Have Our Secrets. Also included are works like Shane Monogamist Why Johnny Cant Read and Land of William Tell by various authors.
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Patten Free Library
Captain Cutthroat
John Dickson Carr
Christopher Bush
Pimlico
Robert Standish
Storm Jameson
Richard Parker
Alexander
Martha Albrand
Thomas B. Dewey
Thomas Gallagher
Clarence B. Kelland
Adelaide Humphries
Patricia Wentworth
Phyllis Whitney
J. Edw
Newton
Abelard Schuman
Omar
Edward L. Beach
Richard Gelman
Berta Ruck
Wyatt
Will Henry
Y Day Camp Registrations Extended to June 11
Bath Y M C A extends day camp signup to June 11. By now 120 boys enrolled with over 150 more expected. Camp runs eight weeks starting June 27 on Mondays, with trips to Cushman's Beach Sebasco.
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Bath Y. M. C
Cushman’s Beach
Sebasco
Lecture On Sweden Continues With Geography Study
An informative talk on Sweden continued on page one with a church audience and small groups from other denominations. An enthusiastic question and answer session followed, showing strong interest in geography among attendees.
Barbara Ann Woor ter Weds Orman Skillin at Woolwich Home
Barbara Ann Woor ter, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Woor ter of Woolwich, married Orman Skillin at the bride’s parents home on May 22. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Edward Gray. reception followed with Spring flowers and a cake served by Mrs Richard Woerta. The bride attended Morse High School. the groom, recently discharged from the Merchant Marine, plans to work at Bath Iron Works and live in Sebasco.
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William Woorter
Woolwich
Barbara Ann
Orman Skillin
Edward Gray
Skillin
Morse High School
Merchant Marine
Bath Iron Works
Sebasco
Richard Woerta
Club 42 Plans for Its Summer Activities
Club Forty Two mapped a summer schedule at its May meeting. A July 13 dinner at Emersons Smorgasbord Edgecomb is set followed by an August Boothbay Playhouse outing. Members noted a successful rummage sale and that member Mrs Maurice Owen is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital.
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Club Forty-Two
Emerson
Smorgasbord
Edgecomb
Boothbay Playhouse
Maurice Owen
Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Jaquith
Bertrand Lavoie
David Desmond
Norman Seekins
William Ketchum
Frederick Henderson
Edith Small
Employee Dexter Robinson Resigns from Bath Public Works
Dexter Robinson of Bath resigns from the Highway and Sewer Department after four months as a tractor operator at the disposal area. City Manager Stanley R. Judkins announced the move and said Robinson will join a Belfast shoe firm. resignation effective today.
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Dexter Robinson
Bath
Highway and Sewer Department
Stanley R. Judkins
Robinson
Belfast
Judkins
Junior Legion Baseball Candidates Sought at Kelley Field
The Smith Tobey Post No. 21 Junior Legion baseball team opens its candidate call at 6 p m on Wednesday at Kelley Field. Coach Maurice Clark urged all hopeful players to bring their baseball gloves and shoes.
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Junior Legion
Smith-Tobey
Kelley Field
Maurice Clark
Clark
Mrs 2 Have Annual Recital at Cosmopolitan Club
Piano pupils of Warren F Hawley Jr presented their annual recital last Wednesday at the Cosmopolitan club. Music pins were awarded to participants and year’s piano work honors went to William Guild Robert Buck Christopher Buck and David Burden as the program included pieces by Cathy Brown Nancy Merchant Janet Thorpe and others.
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Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Cosmopolitan Club
William Guild
Robert Buck
Christopher Buck
David Burden
Cathy Brown
Roses sent to Senator Smith by Bath postal workers
Branch 92 of Bath National Association of Letter Carriers sent one dozen red roses to Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The gesture honored her support for a congressional bill to raise postal employees pay, a vetoed measure that Eisenhower veto and the Senate upheld 54-39.
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Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Branch 92
Bath
National Association of Letter Carriers
New England
Congress
Community event committee named for kitchen preparations
Diane Bailey is assisted by Sue Owen and Jane Greene. Kitchen committee members include Sue Farrell, Marlene Logan, Loretta Bailey, Verna Watts, Janice Card and Joyce Scanlin. Jean Fleming will be pianist for the occasion. Mothers helping with kitchen arrangements are Mrs. Bert Lonn, Mrs. Paul Scanlin, Mrs. Phili Wyman, Mrs. James E. Taggert, Mrs. Woodbury W. Bailey and Mrs. Herbert Morse.
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Sue Owen
Jane Greene
Sue Farrell
Marlene Logan
Loretta Bailey
Verna Watts
Janice Card
Joyce Scanlin
Jean Fleming
Bert Lonn
Paul Scanlin
Phili Wyman
James E. Taggert
Woodbury W. Bailey
Herbert Morse
Bath Pays Prepares Services Before Oak Grove Parade
Bath Pays held services at its Oak Grove lot prior to the parade while the Navy Club and Spanish War veterans conducted rites at the Bath Water District Wharf to honor those lost at sea.
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Also
Oak Grove
Navy Club
Bath Water District
Crossword Puzzle Mania and Cryptoquote Feature
A mixed page item includes a large crossword with numerous clues across and down plus a cryptoquote by Longfellow and Moore. It lists many word-fill hints, a code decode example, and the promotional note from King Features Syndicate.
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Moore
King Features Syndicate
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the Bath Independent
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Indiana
Jack Spring
Phillies
Washington State College
Hobby
Eugene G. Green
Main Street
Topsham
Green
Robert D. Colfer
Augusta
Richmond
Buzzell
Frederic B. Littlefield
Belmont
Littlefield
Sherwood O. Wing
Robert Shumate
John Potvin, Jr
Brunswick
Earl Haines
Winter Streets
Charles W. Collins
Rockland
Collins
Robert Coombs
Sanford A. Kowal
Newton Center
Leeman Highway
Arthur Tainter
James D. McAllister
Stratford
Francis Woodhead
George K. Poulos
High Street
Curtis
Poulos
Gardiner R Deering
Roy C. Richter
Bedford Street
Richter
Maine Publicity Bureau
Southern Maine Information Center
Kittery
Cty of
Brewer
Bureau
Pine Tree
Term of &Gadahoc Superior Court
Gerald C. Phitbrick
William J. Quinn
St. John's University
Brooklyn
N.Y
Quinn
Joan
Michael
Catherine
Billy
Ronnie
Maria
Chris
Public
Nevil Shute
Eleanor Peren
Norman Vincent Peale
Konrad Z. Lorenz
Johnny
Rudolph Flesch
Willie Y
Haunt Fox
Jim Kielgaard
Hearts In
Lavinia da
Vis
Henry Billings
Mounted Police
Roderick Haig-Brown
Shane—John McCormack
Maude Morgan Thomas
Bertha Dodge
Robert S. Bowen
Morris T. Longstretch
Daystar
Amelia E. Walden
Lillian T. Bragdon
Helen F. Daringer
Rachel Jackson
Christine N. Govan
Carolyn S. Bailey
Meindert DeJong
Sweden
Club 42
Employe
Margaret
Diane Bailey
Viet Nam
Scotland
God
Egypt
Bestow
Seine
Tahiti
Kdjzlo
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