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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
1
The House Ways and Means Committee is urged to send the Sadlak-Herlong identical bills to the floor for a full Congress vote. Supporters argue tax rate reform would stimulate recovery and non-inflationary growth, and only a public decision can conclude the matter.
The polio statistical review from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis highlights state by state data. Rhode Island reports zero cases in 1957, after 421 cases in 1955, with Nevada and New Hampshire at four, Vermont and Delaware at five, and states like California Texas and Michigan showing higher counts. The Salk vaccine's role in declines is noted, but warnings about incomplete herd immunity remain.
A reflective opinion on international understanding. It cites Senator Arthur Vandenburg’s foreign travel hobby as a model for self improvement and notes that air travel enables ordinary citizens to visit other countries. The piece argues such cross cultural exposure can erase ignorance, reduce distrust, and build global peace.
In Olympia Washington the Daily Olympian reports that Canadian and US railroads face similar provent concerns over featherbedding. Rail unions push for more workers on trains while management calls for leaner crews. Far-sighted union leaders support technology upgrades, arguing future jobs will rise as the industry modernizes.
The Brownsville Pa Telegraph quotes a columnist comparing government to a healthy stomach, suggesting a well functioning state remains invisible to citizens. The remark frames governance as efficient and unobtrusive, underscoring a call for minimal public intrusion when systems operate properly.
Rev Warren Harris used Psalm imagery to urge parishioners to practice continual gratitude. In local notices, Norwell and Damariscotta visitors, European trips, and ongoing Robinhood summer activity are detailed, including Hawleys repairs, library hours, and guests of the Zorachs.
The Bay Point area reports active nesting by Tree swallows with three houses full of young and purple finches busy as sowhees and catbirds arrive. Nearby, families such as Dutch White and others return to Massachusetts after vacation, and several residents share cottage stays, visits, and weekend gatherings in Brunswick and Reid State Park. The Miller family in Roosevelt, N Y announces a June 6 birth Georgann Alice.
A 19-year-old airman stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station received a suspended six month jail term and two years probation after pleading guilty to felonious assault against his seven month old daughter Elaine Diane. He was fined $500. The May 26 incident prompted the plea and sentencing by Justice Armand A. Dufresne.
South End P T A Youth Group and guests plan a day trip to Old Orchard Beach on Wednesday. Buses depart the P T A hall on Washington Street at 11 a m. A small nonmember fee applies. registration is this evening 6 30 to 8 p m. Chaperons include Mr and Mrs Charles Coombs Mrs Haviland Harper Mrs Wayne DeLong Mrs Robert Coombs Mrs Anne Shaw Mrs Charles Staples and John Marks.
Russell returned for a week with his grandparents bringing Rickey Beresford of Wellesley Mass to visit. Brian Davis is confined to home by illness for several days. Mrs Mary Stevens was moved Friday to Bath Memorial hospital after an ill turn. Miss Ellen Emery of Sanford arrived last weekend to spend the summer with her parents ex Congress Charles Nelson. Mr and Mrs Edward Holland and family have come to pass the season. Mrs Holland is the daughter of Sewell Websters.
Five Islands community column lists Sunday church plans with Rev Warren Harris passing pulpit duties to Gerald Hersom and July 6 services by Mrs Warren Pinkhaws. The rest notes residents visiting cottages, travel, hospitalizations, and a child’s injury with stitches at Bath Memorial.
Walter Rieker chaplain in the Navy and former Bath resident is awarded the Doctor of Divinity honorary degree at Weeyan University. The ceremony honors his decades of service from Garrett Biblical Institute to naval chaplaincy and postgrad study. Rieker's family will live in Bath while he sails Mediterranean duty aboard the USS Saratoga with wife and children.
Seguin Lodge on the Reid State Park road in Georgetown will open for the season Sunday. Dining hours are 11:30 am to 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The menu features seafood and steaks with Wilson Heath of Wellesley College supervising the kitchen.
William J. Craft of 1185 Washington Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services for W. Barry London aged 10 were held at Curtis funeral home after a bicycle and truck collision in Passamadumkeag on June 16. Born August 7, 1948 in Lubec, he was a son of Kenneth and Ruth London and had lived in Bath recently. Surviving are his parents a sister Sandra London Bath two brothers Bruce and Thomas London all in Bath paternal grandparents Andrew Kirkwood Jefferson and William London Lubec interment followed at Oak Grove.
Flora Lowell Grover 77 died at home in Sagadahoc Ferry on June 18 after living in Bath and Damariscotta earlier. Born November 12 1380 in Damariscotta to Henry D Pendleton and Abbie Jackson Pendleton she moved to Woolwich 11 years ago. Survived by husband Herbert Grover sister Mrs Laura FE Rumery Portland and four nephews.
Joseph M Darling twenty year old of Bath was found innocent of driving while intoxicated in Superior Court Tuesday afternoon of last week. He had a prior Bath Municipal Court conviction and appealed the case. Darling was represented by Attorney Harold J Rubin. The trial marked the first jury trial in the current court session.
Funeral services for Barry Losoon were conducted at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell officiating. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery with pallbearers Elihu Fullerton Thomas Fullerton Richard Fullerton and Lloyd Hooker.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Curtis Funeral Home for Mrs Edna Lewis with Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist Church officiating. Bearers were Alton Hurd, Robert Burke, Edward Lewis and Rodney Lewis. Interment followed at Oak Grove.
An apparent Atlantic salmon caught in the Kennebec last week is deemed a brown trout by an impartial panel led by Inland Fish and Game Wardens Roy Gray and Cecil Beane. They examined a head and tail at Bailey's hardware store. Debates linger over species identification and which is more unusual.
Saul Levine 57 of 2026 Schenectedy Ave Brooklyn formerly of Bath died June 17 at Kings County Hospital after a stay since May 24. Funeral June 18 at Westminster Chapel Brooklyn with burial in Beth David Cemetery Elmont Long Island. Survived by wife Sophie G Greenblatt, two sons Donald and Mark Leonard, two daughters Ashna Sydney Esther Ruth, sisters Sarah Oppenheim Diana Overland, brother William. 참석 include Ada Y Greenblatt Abraham E Greenblatt Iscar W Greenblatt of Bath.
Mrs Barbara Woodworth Roberts 92 of Bath died Saturday after a long illness in a Gardiner nursing home. Born in Rockland Nova Scotia February 20 1866 she was the daughter of William and Matilda Woodworth. She lived in Mexico before Bath and was a First Baptist member and former grange member. Surviving: three daughters Mrs Snyder Mrs Buffington Swansea Mass and Mrs Taylor Laconia N H one son Hartley F Roberts Providence R I ten grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Florence W Thompson 69 a longtime Old Folks Home cook in Florence died Friday at Mercy Hospital Portland after a two week stay She was born November 7 1888 in Levant daughter of Nathaniel and Elmira Ward McKusick She had a brother Jasper and a sister in law Mrs Clayton Weymouth and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Florence Portland area obituary style notice.
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues and a cryptogram quotation by Milton is presented. Readers decode entries for food terms, birds, rivers, and more while solving the cryptogram THAT POWER WHICH ERRING MEN CALL CHANCE attributed to Milton.
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