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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
1
Banner Winter Wheat Crop Predicted for Nation
The Department of Agriculture forecasts a record Winter wheat harvest as harvesting starts in the Southwest. Nationally about 55,656,000 bushels are predicted with the crop far ahead of recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Dreams Come True Inventions Shape Postwar Life
The postwar era brings widespread adoption of dishwashers and new canned goods, with 225000 units sold at about 60 million dollars. Coin operated vending machines number about 3 million, offering varied items and evolving with smarter designs and sensors. Projections see 75 million people spending huge sums yearly on automatic vendors by 1950, signaling a merchandising revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Hoover Finishes Job Plan For Government Reform
The article lauds Herbert Hoover for a complete plan to reorganize the Executive branch. Congress is poised to approve the Hoover Plan which aims to cut taxation and curb government spending. The President and Congress praise Hoover as a great statesman and gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Herbert
Forest Fires Tied to Human Activity Says Interior Study
The interior department reports that man made fires caused about 33 percent of all forest fires in 1948 with smoking identified as a major contributor. The message implies tobacco use as a key factor in wildfire occurrences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Senator Ellender condemns Senate over second office building
Senator Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana denounces Senate plans to spend 20 million dollars on a second office building. He proclaims it wasteful and says the Senate is about to indulge in luxury not allowed to other government branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate
Senator Ellender
Slightly Married Next Lakewood Play
Lakewood theatergoers await a new week with Slightly Married replacing Let Us Be Gay as the season’s second Broadway production. The cast features Jeral dine Dvorak Royal Bear Hank Clark Wendy Drew and Neva Patterson with Fran ces Bavier Reg Venable and others in supporting roles. Let Us Be Gay, led by Neva Patterson James Engler and Frances Bavier, runs tonight through Saturday with a 2 30 matinee, then Slightly Married opens Monday at 3 and continues through next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Summer Playhouse
Maine
Jeraldine Dvorak
Royal Bear
Hank Clark
Wendy Drew
Henry Richards
Neva Patterson
Frances Bavier
Reg Venable
Paula Houston
Kate Byron
Valerie Ward
Craig Williams
Ralph Vartigan
James Engler
Restrictions lifted on small boats in Sheepscot Bay area
The Army restrictions banning small boat movements in a section of Sheepscot Bay near Reid State Park were revoked per a notice from the Corps of Engineers New England Division. The area had been used as a wartime target range by Brunswick Naval Air Station, and protests to the Army over boating bans were reported as the parks commission considers impact on park development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Bay
Reid State Park
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
New England
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Army
Department
Maine State Park Commission
Open House Showcases Young Artists at Washington Street Primary
Parents packed Washington Street Primary for an open house to view pupil drawings under Miss Maria St Angelo. A humorous moment arose when a boy drew his grandmother as his mother saying she was his model and that he opted not to include wrinkles in the portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Maria St. Angelo
Bath
Hir
Voung
Waite Graduates From Franklin and Marshall College
Laurence H. Waite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Waite of Middle Street, earns a bachelor degree in Spanish at Franklin and Marshall College during Tuesday commencement. Congressman John Crain Kunkel delivers the address. Honorary honorees include Helen Kenyon, William Shand, Charles ar 56, John W. Price Jr., Samuel Tomlinson Arnold, and Rev. Elias Wilbur Kriebel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence H. Waite
Nathan B. Waite
Middle Street
Franklin and Marshall College
John Crain Kunkel
Pennsylvania
Helen Kenyon
Congregational Christian Churches
William Shand
Lancaster
Charles Ar
Columbia University
John W. Price, Jr
Samuel Tomlinson Arnold
Brown University
Progressive Supper Tour by Teen-Age 4 H Club
A teen age sewing circle held a progressive supper last week. The group visited homes on Michaud Middle Washington Bath Cato Western Old South and more with hostesses including Mrs. Michaud Miss MacDougall and Mrs. Cohen. Meals included fruit cocktails sunshine salad spaghetti ice cream and cookies. The event showcased room improvement projects and was part of 4 H club work led by Mrs. Berenice Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michaud
Lorenzo Michaud
Scotland
Paris
Merie
Judy Summerton
Middle Street
Fred Summerton
Harriet MacDougall
Dorothy Thompson
Washington Street
Fred Thompson
Jane Allen
Kateri Costain
Jeannine Pomerleau
Bath Street
Neil MacDougall
Martha Wood
Cato Avenue
Charles Wood
Sally
Jean Brown
Western Avenue
Jean
Maynard Brown
Marjorie Bourget
Ann
Jane Cohen
Old South Place
Sylvia Cohen
Elaine Turner
Nathan
Marie Michaud
Joan Batchelder
Elaine Pinkham
Gilliam Savage Wedding Ceremony Held at Washington Street Home
Betty Jane Savage of 743 Washington street wed Dewey Gilliam of Orr's Island in a Wednesday evening ceremony at an attractive home. Rev. Arvid Anderson officiated as about 50 friends attended. The couple will live on Washington street for the summer after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Savage
Washington Street
Dewey Gilliam
Orr's Island
Arvid Anderson
Corliss Street Church
John Pickens
Pickens
Evelyn Hobbs
Alice Moran
William Savage
Dummer Street
Bath
Charles Gilliam
Orr’s Island
Brunswick
U.S. Navy
Woolwich School Patrol Earns Certificates of Merit
Woolwich patrol members organized this year by State Trooper Powers received congratulations from Stanwood C. Gilman and were awarded certificates of merit. Bath members’ certificates were not yet in but will be distributed after the school session. Ice cream was served after the meeting. Ben Van Alstyne's long tenure at Michigan State College sees only three losing seasons in 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Patrol
Woolwich
Stanwood C. Gilman
Gilman
Bath
Michigan State College
Ben van Alstyne
Polio Preparedness Week Focuses Mainewide Education
Polio Preparedness Week runs June 5 to 11 in Maine to educate the public about prevention and symptoms using the National Foundation pamphlet A Message to Parents. Sagadahoc chapter officers are Mrs James A Gillies Jr chairwoman Mrs James I Nostall vice chair James Temple secretary and Alec Burden treasurer. The chapter funded braces and therapy for polio victims at Hyde Memorial Home and offers county aid through the society’s North Pond camp. The 1949 March of Dimes county report shows detailed local expenditures and net proceeds totaling 2 052 38 with half retained locally and half to national, plus expenses and credits including supplies postage and printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
National Foundation
Sagadahoc
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
James A. Gillies, Jr
James I. Nostall
James Temple
Alec Burden
Hyde Memorial
Hyde Home
North Pond
Georgetown
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Richmond
Topsham
Woolwich
Bath and
W. Bath
Phippsburg
Bath
West Bath
Craft Celebrates 25 Years At Bath Battery Shop
W J Craft owner of Craft's Battery Service at 101 Center Street marks the silver anniversary inviting the public to view merchandise. He moved in 1924 and expanded to five times original size, now selling auto parts and accessories. He hopes to stay 25 more years as Bath residents recall his long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Craft
Craft
Battery Service
Center Street
Bath
Joe Avery
Frank Thompson
Miss Millicent Hecht Hosts MIT Graduate Visitor
Miss Millicent Hecht of Bath, now on the nursing staff of the New England Baptist hospital in Boston, entertained Robert Hair MIT '49 of North Carolina at her home over the weekend. It was Hair's first visit to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent Hecht
Bath
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Robert Hair
MIT
North Carolina
Maine
Navy to Reassign Two Senior Captains In July
Washington dispatch reports Navy orders mid July will shift two senior captains. Capt. Russell S. Hitchcock supervised shipbuilding at Fore River Quincy and moves to Bath Iron Works. Capt. John B. Brown, hull engineering chief at the Bureau of Ships, is reassigned from MIT to Fore River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Russell S. Hitchcock
John B. Brown
Hitchcock
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
U. S. S. Des Moines
Salem
Bath Iron Works
Brown
Bureau of Ships
Navy Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bath
U. S
S. Northampton
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Nurses Alumnae Banquet Held By Bath Chapter
Bath Nurses Alumnae Association held its annual banquet at the Country Club with 32 members present. Dr and Mrs Edwin M Fuller were guests. Dr Fuller spoke on anesthesia, answered questions, and the group presented tokens before a contract and auction games followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Nurses
Country Club
Edwin M. Fuller
Helen Bonney
William Allen, Jr
Elmer Morse
D. Leroy Lord, Jr
Raymond Hart
Ralph Crooker
Birthday Party for Four Babies at Bea con Street Parsonage
A combined birthday party was held at the Bea con Street parsonage for four babies who just turned one or will soon. Marilyn Leask Wesley Freeman Leverett Mitchell Elizabeth Ives and Frances Barter were mentioned with attending relatives and guests including Marguerite Beardsley Roby Ann Mitchell Rev. Ives and Christopher and Clifton Ives. The event featured gifts photographs and two birthday cakes baked by Mrs. Leask and Mrs. Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Marilyn Leask
William Leask
Wesley Freeman
George Freeman
Leverett Mitchell
Sherman Mitchell
Elizabeth Ives
Alfred Ives
Frances Barter
Herman Barter
Leask
Freeman
Elizabeth
Saco
Ives
Methodist Church
Marguerite Beardsley
Baby Sley Freeman
Roby Ann Mitchell
Rev. Ives
Christopher and
Clifton Ives
General Committee Formed to Plan Mass Demonstration
A Bath group met after a Chamber of Commerce session to organize a mass demonstration over the two-destroyer transfer issue. The nucleus committee includes George Nugent and Harold P. Small with Mary Stacey as chair, aiming to mobilize Bath and Woolwich organizations, schools, and bands, and to coordinate publicity and parades if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Mary Stacey
Washington Street
Massachusetts
Bath
Boston Navy Yard
Chamber
Harold P. Small
Harry C. Webber
the Times
Margaret C. Smith
Navy Department
Small
John Newell
Bath Iron Works
Newell
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Office Workers Union
J. Horace McClure
Howard C. Larrabee
George Nugent
Keith Crockett
Robert Brownell
Nathan Watson
George Mack
Edward J. McMann
Wilfrid Guerin
Claude Gillette
Joseph I. Smith
George Musk
Maurice Hutchins
Elford A. Stever
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Mark Hennessey
Lloyd Hooker
Woolwich
Girl Scout
Brunswick High School
Life Magazine
Richard Hallett
Lowell Thomas
Edwin C. Hill
Fuller Wallace Wedding At Gardiner May 28
Miss Irma P Wallace of 98 Bedford Street and Augusta wed Robert S Fuller of Gardiner on May 28 at St Josephs Rectory Gardiner Rev Mulkern officiated. Bride and attendants wore beige and tan outfits with brown and yellow corsages. After a reception at 98 Bedford Street the couple left for a New England motor trip and will live in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma P. Wallace
Bedford Street
Augusta
Celeste Wallace
Bath and Sebasco Estates
Carl W. Wallace
Robert S. Fuller
Thomas. S. Fuller
Gardiner
St. Joseph's Rectory
Mulkern
Edith L. Wallace
Richard Fuller
Windsor
Margaret Jane Wallace
Katherine Frates
Germaine Bonney
Ida Nordlund
Fuller
Morse High School
Nassan College
Springvale
Veterans’ Administration
Togus
Gardiner High School
Ile
Kennebec School of Commerce
New England
Richmond
Eagles Prepare for State Convention Ball and Parade
Plans advance for the Eagles F O E state convention this weekend June 11 and 12 in Bath. The ball runs Saturday 8 to 12 at the Bath Community Center with Cliff Leeman’s orchestra. queen candidates are Mary Burgess Barbara Parks and Dawn Avery. Tickets yield 25 votes and are sold at Lewis and Gasser jewelry store with a ballot box, or from Leslie Stairs and dance committee members Walter White Alex Burgess Frank Moriarty Edward Whitehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Bath Community Center
Cliff Leeman
Mary Burgess
Barbara Parks
Dawn Avery
Lewis & Gasser Jewelry Store
Front Street
Leslie Stairs
Walter P. White
Alex Burgess
Frank Moriarty
Edward T. Whitehouse
Bath Police Close Inquiry Into Alleged Affray
The Bath Police Department concluded its investigation of an alleged affray that sent Scotchy Doyle, 22, a war veteran and Morse High School senior, to Memorial Hospital with bruises and neck back injuries. Dr. Jacob Smith said Doyle is in satisfactory condition and not suffering a broken neck. he is expected to return home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police Department
Scotchy Doyle
Morse High School
Memorial Hospital
Jacob Smith
Doyle
Building Moved to North Bath Skeet Range
The building purchased by the Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet association for a club house was relocated to the North Bath Skeet range. Crocker & Simpson of Brunswick handled the moving operations. Renovation and grounds beautification plans are underway. A Salvation Army Ladies Home leagues delegation visited Old Orchard for the Divisional Home League Rally and farewell of Mrs Colonel Stretton. Nine members participated, with five Bath Home League members in the rhythm band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association
North Bath
Crocker & Simpson
Brunswick Contractors
Salvation Army Ladies Home Leagues
Old Orchard
Colonel Stretton
Bath Home League
Home Ladies
Miss Hulda Carlson Plans Maine Visit Through Labor Day
Miss Hulda Carlson of St Paul Minnesota visited Both friends on Tuesday while enroute to her Summer home in the Medomak region. She will stay in Maine until Labor Day before returning to St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Carlson
St. Paul, Minn
Medomak
Maine
St. Paul
Former Bath Couple to Relocate to Whitman Massachusetts
Mr and Mrs Francis G Cooke of Silver Spring Maryland plan to sell their Bath Maine area home and move to Whitman Massachusetts where Mr Cooke s brother serves as cashier of Whitman National Bank The elder Cooke s career includes retirement from the Bureau of Ships and a commendation from Read Admiral David H Clark The couple previously lived in Bath and Silver Spring and Mrs Cooke was the former Harriet Henderson before their 1918 marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Cooke
Silver Spring
Maryland
Whitman, Mass
Cooke
Whitman National Bank
Harriet Henderson
Mr. Cooke
Bureau of Ships
David H. Clark
Bureau
Bath
Navy Office
The
Bath Iron Works
Scully in DUI Charge Put Over for Hearing
Daniel A. Scully of Brunswick faces a driving under the influence charge after being stopped on Leeman Highway early Thursday by Bath police officers Robert Wagner Jr and Edward Newell. The case was continued to June 9 with a plea for continuance by defense counsel John P. Carey, and Scully posted $200 bail for the appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Scully
Brunswick
Leeman Highway
Robert Wagner, Jr
Edward Newell
Bath Police Department
Gardiner R. Deering
John P. Carey
Scully
Collapse on Bus Sends Elderly Man to Hospital
An elderly man, Lewis Hodgdon, recently at Berry's Rest Home on Russell Street, collapsed aboard a Lewiston bus at 11 00 a m Saturday. Bath Police removed him by stretcher to Memorial Hospital in a police ambulance. He was en route to a Lewiston nursing home with Miss Frances Carlton R N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hodgdon
Berry's Rest
Russell Street
Lewiston
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Hodgdon
Frances Carlton
R. N
Louise Elizabeth Briggs to wed Julius Henry Appleton
Mrs. Edmund Phinney Briggs of 158 Center Street announces the marriage of her daughter Louise Elizabeth to Julius Henry Appleton. The ceremony will take place Saturday June 25 at 4 p.m. in the Central Congregational Church with a reception to follow at the Hotel Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Phinney Briggs
Center Street
Louise Elizabeth
Julius Henry Appleton
Central Congregational Church
Sedgwick
Miss Anne Shellenbarger Is Honored At Topsham Shower
Miss Anne Shellenbarger daughter of Mr and Mrs Bird Shellenbarger of Topsham formerly Bath was guest of honor at a vestry shower in the United Baptist church Topsham She will wed Robert Savage of Springfield Massachusetts next Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Shellenbarger
Bird Shellenbarger
Topsham
Bath
United Baptist Church
Miss Shellenbarger
Robert Savage
Springfield
Mass
Weekly Crossword Puzzle and Daily Cryptoquote Summary
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