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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1957

Page

1

Safety rules to curb fires from electrical misuse

The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports 5800 dollars in property loss per hour nationwide due to electrical misuse, totaling 51 million annually and rising. Safety groups issue nine rules on circuit loading, cord placement, wet handling, and inspection labels, urging professional repairs and warning that many ignore these safeguards.

Committee On National Board of Fire Underwriters International Association of Electrical Inspectors Safe Electrical Cord Committee

Act Before It's Too Late on Underinsurance

The National Board of Fire Underwriters spearheads a campaign with local agents urging homeowners to review coverage and adjust policies when underinsurance is found. Inflation has doubled costs since WWII, risking large out of pocket losses as examples show gaps in home and business policies. The article urges readers to consult their local agent before it’s too late.

National Board of Fire Underwriters Ohio Maryland Rhode Island

Driving Force Behind Modern Farming and Mechanization

Secret ary Benson argues today’s farming is highly capitalized with about $20 000 invested per worker on commercial family farms. Mechanization drives the agricultural revolution enabling one farmer to feed many, a feat seen in Iowa where a father and son run a 320 acre farm without hired help, contrasting with Russia.

Scra Secretary of Agriculture Benson Mr. Benson Iowa

Georgetown Community Notes from First Baptist Service and Local News

Morning service at First Baptist with Rev. Warren Harris on fearing God and obedience above man. Georgetown Center and Robinhood community updates cover new artesian well, PTA square dance, travel to Lisbon Falls, reunions, visitors, weddings, and seasonal arrivals at MacMahon and Robinhood Tea Room.

First Baptist Church Warren Harris Iridge Georgetown P T.A Central School Mel Howe

Bath area notes loyal Maine ship built at Bath Iron Works

Bay Point items report the U. S. Escort 941 delivered to Boston Navy Yard on June 21 after building in Bath, Maine. A parade of personal visits and summer guests fill local towns including Waldoboro Bath Brunswick Georgetown Auburn and Arlington as families travelers and coast guard personnel share furloughs and leisure time by the river and cottages.

U. S Boston Navy Yard Kennebec River Bath Iron Works Corp Maine Gordon Merry Waldoboro Furbish Dwight Furbish Bruce Delano Emery Rideout Bath Owen Richardson Coastal Department Alton Reed Georgetown Bay Point Rideout William Adams Louisa Howard Wer Brunswick M. Conley Somerville Mass Lillian White Balanance Carroll Miller Skipper Burnham USCG Cape May N. J Tibbetts Sonny Shutts Arthur B. Andrews Auburn Harry Lone Green Pastures F. Dube Raymond Madison Moore Madison Jr Thomas Carr Rogers Cape Elizabeth Moore Cottage George White Arlington Maass Swift Cottage Norman Swift Deborah Alexandria

State Police Investigate Bath Bicycle Auto Collision

State Police are examining a crash on U S Route 1 in West Bath involving eight year old Daniel Plummer riding a bicycle and vehicle driven by Frank D. Smith of Somerville Massachusetts. The boy was unhurt and about twenty dollars damage was reported.

Bath Frank D. Smith Somerville Mass West Daniel Plummer George W.plummer Bowman Street

Woolwich Beboppers 4-H Club Meets With Sewing Session

Woolwich 4-H girls met at Mrs. David Hodgdon’s home last Thursday evening for a sewing instruction program. Members reviewed activities from the past week, dues were collected, and refreshments were served. Next meeting set for July 11.

Beboppers 4-H Club Woolwich David Hodgdon

Five Islands Open House At Reid State Park Weekend

June open house at Reid State Park for Georgetown residents includes Five Islands and nearby districts with a rain contingency for the following Saturday. Community notes cover the Summer mail service, local gatherings at Library Hall, Island Home Club on Malden Island, and visits from residents and visitors across multiple households.

Reid State Park Georgetown Islands Library Hall Good Neighbor Club George Gray Lloyd Pinkham Victor Pinkham Earland Moore Warren Harris Franz Stevens Phillip Pinkham Kathleen Rittall Dennis Moore Orville Rowe Thomas Watson Georgia Watson Georgetta Pinkham Harlan Pinkham Island Home Club Malden Island Five Islande Inn Jacob Kunz

Christine Coombs Birthday Party Celebrated at Home

Christine Coombs was honored with a birthday party Saturday by her parents Mr and Mrs Robert D Coombs at 463 High Street for her 7th birthday. The room was pink and white with refreshments dancing games and prizes won by Linda Perkins and Diana Staples. Attendees included Linda Perkins Deborah Moody Sally Cahoon Alan Sweeney Don Sweeney Woody Gray Nancy Merchant Tommy Alley Buddy Coombs Bobby Coombs and Eleanor Coombs.

Christine Coombs Robert D. Coombs High Street Linda Perkins Diana Staples Miss Coombs Deborah Moody Sally Cahoon Alan Sweeney Don Sweeney Woody Gray Nancy Merchant Tommy Alley Buddy Coombs Bobby Coombs Eleanor Coombs

Baptist Leader Dr Browne to Preach in Bath

Dr Benjamin F Browne former Bath pastor will preach at Corliss Street Baptist church next Sunday at 1030 am per Rev Harold L Allen announcement Browne now directs American Baptist Publication Society edits The Baptist Leader and guides Christian writers He is on vacation in Maine visiting relatives and remains a leading figure in the American Baptist Convention

Corliss Street Baptist Church Ats Harold L Allen Benjamin F. Browne Philadelphia Browne American Baptist Publication Society

Bath Area United Fund names King publicity chair

Marc King will be the publicity chairman for the 1957 Bath Area United Fund drive. Campaign chairman E. O. Barsness announced the plan including advance gifts in September and payroll deduction during early October. House to house and merchant canvassing follow in late October as budgets for 1958 are discussed with agencies such as United Servicemen's Organization Bath Memorial Hospital Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts YMCA Public Health Nursing Association and American Red Cross.

Marc King Bath Area United Fund E. O. Barsness Newberry’s United Servicemen’s Organization Bath Memorial Hospital Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts YMCA Public Health Nursing Association American Red Cross

Firedept Responds to Still Alarm at Washington Street Home

Firemen answer a still alarm at 6.46 am for a flooded oil burner at Robert Rice's home, 1202 Washington Street. No damage reported.

Robert Rice Washington Street

Notable Families Visit As Summer Guests Stream In

Personal notices list Mrs Henry L Cheetham Jr hospitalized at Memorial hospital and multiple arrivals visiting Berlin homes including Arlington Rayner and his wife Helen, Kenneth Whitman and daughter Lynn, Clarence Minott attending a funeral in Portland, and J Harry Arnold returning from Bar Harbor with grandson Linwood. Also Rita Gediman and Harold Nevins to be wed at Temple Kehillath Israel Borckline Mass with Rabbi Nadick officiating. Mrs Carl D Cornish and grandmother Mrs Edward Hennessey hosted a birthday gathering at Topsham home.

Marianne Moore South Gardiner Island Home Club Malden Island Kenneth Smith Yarmouth Victor Pinkham Lulu Hanna Reginald Spinney Boothbay Harbor William Marr Georgetown Central School Bath Raphael Higgins Sugedanhoe Bay Orville Rowe Phillip O’brien Washington, D. C Madge O'Brien O'Brein Iraq Obrein U.S Richard Carey Richard Silver Springs Harold Rowe Izetta Pinkham Fred Carr Southport Leon Kelley Jr Lloyd Pinkham Bath Memorial Hospital Wiliam Marr Beaulah Miller George Gray Livermore Falls Westbrook E. E. Pinkham Felix Salomons Rowe Arthur Walker Walker Walter Thomas M. R. Boynton Henry L. Cheetham, Jr Denny Road Memorial Hospital David MacDonald Philadelphia MacDonald Bernice Burns Washington Street Arlington Wilsons Kenneth Whitman Lynn Cranston R. I James W. Beck Middle Street Whitman Beck Lasell Junior College Auburndale Mass Clarence Minott Portland Beacon Street Arnolds Bar Harbor Linwood Sterling Rita Gertrude Gediman Arthur Gediman Andrews Road Harold Nevins Maurice Nevins Bridgeport Conn Temple Kehillath Israel Borckline Nadick Carl D. Cornish Edward V. Hennessey Brunswick Topsham

Real Estate Transfers Recorded by Sagada County Register

The Sagada County Register of Deeds lists recent transfers including Bath Carrie A Delaney to Ruth S Doyle and others for land and buildings, William Grimard to Frenk Arsenault for land, and multiple transfers across West Bath Woolwich Phippsburg Topsham Bowdoinham Richmond Bowdoinham and others. Notable totals include land and buildings and several parcels at Parker Head and King\u2019s Point with various buyer pairs named.

Sagadahoe County Register of Deeds Bath Carrie A. Delaney Ruth S. Doyle Clara E. Howe Charlotte L. Haynes William F. Grimard Frenk J. Arsenault Gladys S. Donnell George E. Sidelinger Anthony J. Manguilli John J. Hinds West Bath Fletcher A. Waterman Robert H. Cressey King's Point Joseph W. Larrabee George A. Morgan Millicent Hamilton Harold E. Boutin James E. Philbin John L. Turnbull 3d Marguerite McLellan Lemont James E. Farnham Woolwich Mahlon E. Stone Clyde Pinkham Harry H. Greenlaw Fred T. Beaney Ralph C. Wright, Jr David C. Wright Philip A. Moore Ralph E. Brown Georgetown Grace M. Campbell Myrna G. Pierce Charles E. Mains William E. Raynes Phippsburg Bert R. Nisb Ralph Mairs Als Herve J. Pelletier David L. Lavasseuer Anna Pierobello Mildred ‘Pierobello Bowdoin Edward D. Melver Leon C. Melver Bowdoinham Mary Rose Army Napoleon C. Rey Waldamir S. Pinararow Vincent C. Jones Ernest L. Cunningham Linus M. Mulhern Alfred €. Brown

Combination Puncher Signatures By Railroad Conductors

The article notes that US railroad conductors daily sign for fare with iron punches leaving unique marks. It cites Pappy Ayers of the Erie Railroad as introducing punch signatures over a century ago and claims the system saved thousands of dollars. It ends with a statistic on US educational capacity in 1900 versus today.

New York Steelways American Iron and Steel Institute Pappy Ayers Erie Railroad

Obituary: Rev Culbert McGay Dies at 82

The Rev Culbert McGay 82 longtime Episcopal minister and Grace church rector 1907 to 1921 died Thursday in a Stamford Connecticut hospital He retired in 1946 and lived in Drum Muir Philadelphia He was born January 29 1875 in New York City He served at Rumford Falls Grace church New Milford and St Andrews Markle Dale He is survived by his widow a son Culbert Jr and several grandchildren His other son John died last winter

Channing Penley Harold J. Brown Jr Lisbon Falls Pentley James Adriance and New Haven Alex Cunningham Cleon Bucksport Kenneth Cromwell Elbridge Cunningham Walter Cunningham Jr Bay Point Road Gaston LaChaise Lexington Mass Georgetown Center McCleary Augusta Oak Cemetery Erwin Parlin Alvah Reynolds Sabbattus Annie Clifford Lynn Delbert Parlin General Hospital William Browns Andover MacMahon Percy Pratt Bath First Baptist Church Richard Dyer- Bennett Boston William A. Todd Roy Newman Edith Berntein New York Todd Five Islands Alfred A. Rowe Austin Hall Standish Brenda Chester Blackstone Timothy Dale Penley Raymond Reid New York City Gregory Barrett Norfolk Barrett West Georgetown Alfred Butler Chatham Lyman Owen Germany Kennebec Point Bascom Stuart Carlisle Roland E. Peterson George Schmidt Lewiston Grace Lutheran Church Helen Berry Yngard Fehlau Edgar Fhlau Culbert McGay Grace Church Stamford Northeast Harbor Mr. McGay St. John’s Church New Milford Conn St. Andrews Church Markle Dale Culbert McGay, Jr New Jersey John Old Greenwich, Conn

Funeral for Mrs. Susie A Tarr Held June 19

Funeral service for Mrs. Susie A. Tarr was held June 19 at 11 a.m. from A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell officiated. Bearers were Lemuel C. Preble Otty Steen Forrest Baker Ibra K. Lawrence Charles Crosby Maurice Shea. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.

Susie A. Tarr A. F. Mayo & Son Oliver W. Bell Wesley Methodist Church Lemuel C. Preble Otty Steen Forrest Baker Ibra K. Lawrence Charles Crosby Maurice Shea Oak Grove

Postmaster Dowdall Brings Carleton Place Trip In New Car

In Appleton Ontario the Ottawa Valley endures a record 40 below zero. James Dowdall the 71 year old postmaster chooses his son's car over his 21 year horse to reach Carleton Place. He quips too cold for old Daisy and himself. An aside lists a winter meal featuring lamb and canned fruit dishes.

Dobbin Appleton Ont Ottawa Valley Newery James Dowdall Carleton Place Daisy

Braising Beef Choice: Logttom or Top Round

When planning to braise beef, choose logttom for richer texture or top round for leaner meat. Both cuts benefit from slow cooking to become tender and flavorful.

Cryptogram puzzle and crossword clues from a newspaper page

A cryptogram quotation, a themed crossword with across and down clues, and a sample decoding note. The puzzle references phrases like The purification of politics and a King Features syndicated teaser with the author Longfellow as a hint.

John Ingalls King Features Syndicete

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