Bath Welcomes Lincoln Lodge 110th Anniversary
Bath prepares to host more than 500 Odd Fellows and their ladies as Lincoln Lodge marks 110 years. The City Council funds decorations for the city building and merchants are urged to display flags and welcome cards to create a festive, hospitable atmosphere. The event aims to honor fraternal ties and Bath’s longstanding hospitality.
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Odd Fellows
Lincoln Lodge
Bath
City of
Ships
Brotherhood of Man
Railroads Power Baseball Travel and Nationwide Ties
The 1954 baseball season highlights major league teams traveling over 200000 miles by rail, with 690 percent of travel by train in key regions. Railroads support schedules, handle freight and passengers daily, move express shipments and mail, and contribute taxes, underscoring their national indispensability.
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Boston
Washington
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Meat Industry Profit Flows From Western States
The article explains why the meat packing industry exists and how money moves within it, noting government statistics that western states west of the Mississippi account for 62 percent of the nation’s livestock. The piece outlines economic roles and regional concentration shaping meat supply and value.
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Mississippi
Meat Packers Profit Tiny Yet Crucial To Meat Prices
The text notes 69 percent of meat is consumed east of the Mississippi, with 4000 packers nationwide moving meat from producing to consuming regions. It details financials: 77 6/10 cents to suppliers, 10 9/10 cents to payrolls, 9 8/10 cents to other expenses, 11/10 cents to taxes, leaving six-tenths of a cent net profit per sales dollar. The paragraph argues profits are necessary to sustain lower consumer price differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
No Alternative: The Case for an American Merchant Marine
The article argues inland states like Ohio Indiana and Michigan rely on steel and autos, connected to global trade by ships. It notes 85 percent of manganese and 500 000 auto jobs depend on maritime routes, and exports approach a billion dollars. Senator Potter states there is no alternative to an American owned merchant marine.
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Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
America
Potter
Busy Monday in Municipal Court with multiple guilty pleas
Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided as Carroll W. Coffin of Phippsburg pleaded guilty to overloaded truck on Route 209 and paid 200 dollar fine plus 5.70 costs. Stanley O. Dyer of Brunswick paid 10 dollar fine and 5.70 costs for speeding 55 on Leeman Highway. Robert W. Cunningham of Gardiner pled guilty to 70 mph on Route 201 and paid 10 dollar fine plus 7.10 costs. Stanley E. Jack of Woolwich paid 10 dollar fine and 5.70 costs for speeding over 70 on Route 1. George A Bean of Georgetown pleaded guilty to failing to stop at red light at Leeman Highway and Middle Street, fined 5 dollars plus 5.70 costs.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Carroll W. Coffin
Phippsburg
Stanley O. Dyer
Brunswick
Leeman
Robert W. Cunningham
Gardiner
Topsham
Stanley E. Jack
Woolwich
West Bath
George A Bean
Georgetown
Leeman Highway
Middle Street
Bath’s Oldest Insurance Co. hires Perry and staff additions
Born in Bath, Daniel J. Perry served in the U S Army Air Force medical corps during WWII in the United States and European Theater. He studied at Northeastern School of Accounting and joined the Drake firm in Bath as an accountant. He married Frances Flaherty in June 1952 and resides at 1070 High Street with staff Kathleen Watson and Arline Boyce as secretaries.
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Bath
Daniel J. Perry
U. S. Army Air Force Medical Corps
Perry
Northeastern School of Accounting
Portland
Hyde Memorial Home For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Drake
Young Bath candidate funds campaign with pencils to daughter
In Bath a State House hopeful hands out campaign pencils bearing his name to his six year old daughter Helen at North Primary. She reports the pencils are selling fast to classmates, marking an unusual cash revenue from campaign material. The anecdote underscores the candidate's appeal and questions about political generosity and image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State House of Representatives
Helen
Bunkie
North Primary
Connie
State Committee Meeting Set by Chairman Weston
Republican State committee chairman John F. Weston of Fryeburg calls a meeting for June 10 at 11 a.m. at the Blaine House Augusta to discuss the budget and the Fall campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Committee
John F. Weston
Fryeburg
Republican State Committee
Blaine House
Augusta
Meet the Candidates Night Draws Friendly Sagadahoc Crowd
Republicans and allied groups hosted a cordial event with lawmakers and candidates praising each other on broad issues. All legislators backed keeping the Sales Tax with calls for revisions and support for the aged and education, while the County Commissioner race showed a split over town representation as Robert Dewick of Woolwich campaigned on local equity.
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Sagadahoc Women's Republican Club
Young Republican Club
Robert Dewick
Woolwich
Dewick
Former Bath People Featured in Magazine
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moses III of Lisbon Falls appear in Town and Country Magazine’s June issue on page 101. They are Bath natives. Moses is linked to Worumbo Mills and described as sailing enthusiasts between Lisbon Falls and New York City. Article by W. A. Powers highlights Maine scenery and historic homes.
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Oliver Moses
Lisbon Falls
Town and Country Magazine
Bath
Androscoggin River
Moses
Mrs. Moses
Maine
New York City
W. A. Powers
Recruiter Schedule Changes Fate of Local Navy Enlistments
The Traveling Navy Recruiter will work from Bath post office building upstairs on the second Friday of each month, not the third. The extended waiting list is lifted, allowing enlistment within 30 days after processing due to increased Navy calls locally.
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Navy
Bath
M MilLan Day Plans Sendoff At Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Harbor plans special ceremonies for MacMillan Day on June 26 with Bowdoin College and friends from across the country aiming a grand sendoff. Ramona Council D of P cancels its Thursday meeting due to graduation activities.
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Boothbay Harbor
Arctic
Maine
Bowdoin College
Ramona Council, D. of P
Meet-the-Candidates Night in Sagadahoc County
The Sagadahoc County Republican committee will host Meet-the-Candidates Night on Tuesday June 15 inviting all Republican hopefuls on the county ballot. Expected attendees include possible guest Robert Jones of Biddeford though U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith may not attend. Senator Smith will be in Bath Saturday for Lions Club charter night and will keep campaigning to a minimum. Arthur H. Colby of Bath heads her Sagadahoc campaign following prior support in the county for her nomination over Sumner Sewall Horace A Hildreth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Republican Committee
Robert Jones
Biddeford
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Smith
Harold J. Rubin
May Sandwich
Arthur H. Colby
Bath
Sagadahoc
Colby
Sumner Sewall
Horace A. Hildreth
Class Town Representatives Face Close County Races
Bath area contests include Register of Probate county attorney and county commissioner. Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown and Richmond vote on whether Cleveland P Curtis of Bowdoinham or Vincent Jones returns to represent them after two year absence. Jones previously served in the 95th Legislature. Raymond M McIntire of Phippsburg seeks to again represent Arrowsic Phippsburg Tops ham West Bath and Woolwich, opposing John L Jack of Topsham former Sagadahoc Probate official.
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Bath
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Richmond
Cleveland P. Curtis
Vincent Jones
Jones
Raymond M. McIntire
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Phippburg
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Purington Attends Syracuse University 50th Class Anniversary
Mrs. Arthur K. Purington, chairman of the Bath Board of Registration, left for Syracuse to attend her 1904 Syracuse University class’s 50th anniversary. She flew Portland to Syracuse, was greeted at Bath with a corsage, and will return to duty Monday morning after alumni events run through the weekend.
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Arthur K. Purington
Board of Registration
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Portland
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
City Hall
Purington
Seminar on Arson and Fire Prevention
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner plans a three day seminar on arson and fire prevention for fire inspectors and officials from fire police and sheriffs departments and insurance industry representatives. It will be held June 16 17 and 18 at the Belgrade hotel in Belgrade Lakes.
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Insurance Commissioner
Augusta
State Fire Prevention
Belgrade Hotel
Belgrade Lakes
Sanford and Knight File Marriage Intentions
Norman H. Sanford of West Bath and Beverly Ann Knight of 95 Lincoln Street filed marriage intentions at City Clerk Harry E. King Jr. office. The announcement lists Sanford as son of Mr and Mrs William Sanford and Knight as daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard A Knight.
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Harry E. King, Jr
Norman H. Sanford
William Sanford
West Bath
Beverly Ann Knight
Bernard A. Knight
Lincoln Street
Cosmo Club Hosts Morse High Girls Tea
The class of 1954 graduates from Morse High were hosted by the Cosmopolitan Club for a Friday afternoon tea from three to five at the clubhouse. Attendants included Mrs. Loring Addison and Mrs. Richard Thompson.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Morse High
Loring Addison
Richard Thompson
Isadore Singer
John Hayes
Louis Couture
John Leonard
Gerard Billington
Joseph I. Smith
State Board of Education
John de Weaver
Roscoe P. McFadden
Alice Johnson
Albert Whitney
Bath-built Star of the Sea prep for July voyage
A Bath built four masted schooner, the Annie C. Ross renamed Star of the Sea, is being refitted by Catholic Sea Scouts for a July voyage. The vessel, berthed on New York's East River, was built in 1917 as a lumber schooner and became the scouts' ship after purchase. Classes in knot tying and seamanship proceed aboard as the crew plans a July departure. Newsmen question if she will reach sea by then, but locals expect an anchor up in July.
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Annie C. Ross
East 26Th Street
New York
East River
New York News
Star of the Sea
Catholic Sea Scouts
All Creeds
Beoe Ns
Objects to Recent Action of Council
A letter signed by a taxpayer criticizes the city council for allocating 50 for City Hall decorations for the 110th anniversary of a local lodge. The writer warns of setting a precedent hurting future organizations and urges a special meeting to rescind the order.
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Oeerony
Memorial Day parade honors in town with Maine float
AIDED IN OBSERVANCES nes gar Kateon Spanish American War Auxiliary joined patriotic groups in the Memorial Day parade. Its float featured a boat decorated with yellow and red tulips and the letters U S S Maine. Past Department Auxiliary President Myrtle Wilson counted the service at the water.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Missed Graves on Memorial Day
The Dyer Flaherty Post VFW apologizes for omitting some graves while decorating Memorial Day. They ask anyone aware of an unflagged grave to contact Carl W. Tobey or William Fletcher to correct the oversight and ensure all service members are honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Carl W. Tobey
William Fletcher
Striped bass return to the Kennebec River
Harold P. Small reported stripers back in the Kennebec with a Doubling Point Light boat delivering 15 fish, another boat netting five large stripers near Hell's Gate, and Woodbury Bailey of Bath noting 31 fish from Hell's Gate using nets. Small observed a school at the south end of the river.
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Kennebec
Harold P. Small
Doubling Point Light
Hell’s Gate
Small
Woodbury Bailey
Bath
Hell's Gate
Post Graduate Class Honors Frank Smith at Bram Academy
Frank Smith son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lord formerly of Bath now at 8 Moore Street Kittery will receive his Bram Academy diploma June 13 as a member of the Post Graduate Class. He served as Student Council president vice president of the Songsters and took part in Glee Club Barbershop Quartet class play football tennis and basketball and chaired Carnival and Commencement Balls. He will attend the University of Maine in the fall to major in Civil Engineering.
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Frank Smith
Lawrence Lord
Bath
Moore Street
Kittery
Bram Academy
Smith
Maine Preparatory School
Songsters
Glee Club
University of Maine
Hyde Memorial Home Gets $5000 From Estate Bequests
Camden counsel for the late Mrs Ruth Elmore says her 750000 estate includes legacies of 20000 to the Christian Science church 5000 to Colby College and gifts to Hyde Memorial Home Bath Camden Community Hospital Home for Aged Women and the public library.
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Camden
Ruth Elmore
The
Christian Science Church
Colby College
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath
Camden Community Hospital
Home For Aged Women
Public
Children in Streets Urge Caution as Schools Close
With schools closing soon, motorists are urged to use special care as children will persist in playing in the streets. Parents are asked to help by keeping children off highways and enforcing rules.
Goose 44 Armed Forces Down 1 Astral 2 Craze Across
A compact word puzzle from a newspaper page lists clues for across and down entries. The grid references include terms for weather, body parts, actions, and regional names, with several foreign language hints.
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Armed Forces
Astral
Hockomock Council hosts Tomahawk guests at Brunswick meeting
Dannenfelser presided at Pocahontas lodge in Mildred Roderick's absence. District deputy Ruth Trask reported on Brunswick district meeting. Alfaret a Council members from Bath attended to reclaim the Traveling Tomahawk for largest visiting group. Bath plans to visit Brunswick next week. A birthday party followed with cake, crabmeat rolls, ice cream, and cards. 58 members attended.
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Poy
Dannenfelser
Brunswick
Bath
Hockomock Council
Mary Dannenfelser
Asenith Haggett
Iva Cousins
Bath Boy Honored at Hebron Academy
David Logan Wilson III son of Mr and Mrs Blair C Wilson of Melrose Mass and grandson of Rev and Mrs David L Wilson of Bath was honored at Hebron Academy graduation exercises He received the Reed Award for spirit devotion to his team and unselfish athletic contribution He was given copies of Homer's Iliad and the Sports Encyclopedia He played varsity baseball and hockey at Hebron and will enter Tufts College in the fall to study mathematics
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David Logan Wilson, III
Blair C. Wilson
Melrose
Mass
David L. Wil0on
Bath
Hebron Academy
Young Wilson
Reed
Carl A. Reed
Hebron
Wilson
Tufts College
Flower Boxes Adorn Main Street Poles
The cemetery department has installed about 35 flower boxes on light poles in the business district. Planted with petunias geraniums ivy and alga ratum, boxes funded by Bath Garden Club via merchant donations, and tended by the Park and Cemetery department.
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Bath Garden Club
Park and Cemetery Department
Fourth Graders Visit Patten Free Library
Huse school fourth grade led by Miss Alice Austin toured Patten Free Library Wednesday. Librarian Effie Milliken explained library use and read from a book sample. Students receiving library cards signed omission slips. gratitude extended to Milliken. Attendees included James Hill Donald MacElman Paul Fortier Wayne Robinson Donald Parent Carol Lindsey Gary Howard James Bourgoin Gary Wilbur Dorothy Fry with room mother Mrs Linwood Haynes.
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Alice Austin
Huse School
Patten Free Library
Effie Milliken
Oime
Milliken
James Hill
Donald MacElman
Paul Fortier
Wayne Robinson
Donald Parent
Carol Lindsey
Gary Howard
James Bourgoin
Gary Wilbur
Dorothy Fry
Linwood Haynes
Scout Outing for Clover Leaf Girl Scouts Ends Season
Clover Leaf Girl Scouts of Troop 5 held their annual cook-out at the North Bath home of Mr. and I. Carl R. Dearborn Jr. Transportation came from several hosts. Leaders and parents attended as the girls cooked frankfurters and hamburgers, served with frosted doughnuts. Pack 57 Cub Scouts plans a last meeting at Beaton Street vestry featuring tree plantings and a Webelos ceremony conducted by Stewart McAllister.
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Clover Leaf Girl Scouts
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
North Bath
Beaton Street
Stewart McAllister
Bath banker elected Maine Conference president
John W. Coombs of Bath was elected president of the Maine Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers at the annual meeting in Poland Spring. He previously served as secretary and treasurer. Other officers include E. R. Hall of Canal National Bank of Portland as vice president and Royce Lord of Merrill Trust Co. of Bangor as secretary and treasurer.
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John W. Coombs
Bath
Bath Trust Co
Maine
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
Poland
E. R. Hall
Canal National Bank of Portland
Royce Lord
Merrill Trust Co
Bangor
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Tress
C. Webber
Bath’s Oldest Insurance CO
Mrs. Oliver Moses II
Worumbo Mills
M'Millan
Arthur Purington
Cosmo Club
Bear Ag A
Adin Hopkins
Europe
Hyde
Regretted
Lever
Mischievous
Footless
India
Viper
Growly
Eye
Braz
Hgye
Longfellow
Scott
King Features Syndicate
W.T
Brunswick D. OF
P. the CO Meeting
Hockomock
Cyrus Ashe
Judy Ashe
Loretta Bailey
Collette Beers
Annette Belanger
Penny Carter
Nancy Dearborn
Sally Grindell
Patricia Hill
Diane Hodgkins
Helena Marco
Pamela Olson
Jean Orr
Sally Thompson
Joyce Turcotte
Barbara Woods
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