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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1953
Page
2
The piece argues that freeing the economy from government controls will benefit consumers and preserving the US’s production system. It warns about a massive public debt and wartime deficits while noting that price and wage controls are being eased but the public has yet to test faith in a free economy.
The article argues world energy hunger exists, with the United States having growth in energy supply. It predicts doubling of energy needs in 25 years, highlighting coal as key and noting the need for massive capacity, investment, and safety improvements while preserving a free-market system.
Maine's fruit and vegetable canning sector has expanded dramatically from 1901 to 1925 and beyond, growing from about 1.4 million dollars to over 19 million annually. The industry sustains broad circulatory impact as markets expand through the 20th century.
Within the state the economy supports tens of millions in wages for agricultural and industrial workers, receipts from farms and crops, business for stores and taxes for state and local government.
Jackets arrived for Morse High School Class FF Maine football champions and Androscoggin Valley Baseball League champions. Donations from Bath sports lovers funded the coats, with patches for each sport and for players on both teams. Coaches Frink and Murphy request thanks be sent to the Times. a financial report will be published next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Woolley welcomed triplets at a Manchester hospital on March 1. The newborns are David Curtis four pounds four ounces Kathryn Lorraine five pounds two ounces and James Spencer five pounds six ounces. Mrs. Woolley is Muriel Orum formerly of Bath and daughter of Ethel Orum Castner of Waldoboro. Mr. Woolley, a refrigerator mechanic at Pratt and Whitney, and the couple live near Andover Lake, New Hampshire.
Albert Poland 26 of Portland pleaded guilty to drunken driving in municipal court and was fined 100 dollars plus 8.50 in costs. He also pleaded guilty to operating a car without a license and was fined 10 dollars with 4.79 costs. Failure to pay could send him to Kennebec county jail for three months and 15 days respectively. Two companions were fined 10 dollars with 6.30 costs for intoxication in public. State Trooper Buzzell arrested them on Route 1 near Topsham. one car nearly hit by Poland’s, driven by State Representative Alfred Senter with Rep. Louis Tondreau as a passenger.
Clarence L. Brown of Brunswick pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Bath municipal court. He paid a $100 fine plus $12.30 costs after arrest Saturday night in Topsham by State Trooper George C. Buzzell.
Five Bath men were arrested Tuesday morning on charges of intoxication. Each was assessed five dollar fines and costs with three receiving 30 day jail sentences. A Bath juvenile charged with a stop sign violation had the case placed on file.
The passage compares wood substance to a very stiff jelly similar to glue gelatin or gums. It notes the physical property as a stiff, gel like material. This analogy emphasizes rigidity and consistency in describing wood.
Pastor Vorhees addresses a Seventh Day Adventist church audience referencing the Hoover report and Babson Steinmetz quotes. He cites crime and divorce statistics, urges nominal Christians to surrender to God, and notes a Faith For Today telecast featuring Do You Know God. Alfred Astrup provided violin music and the program closed with another Faith For Today telecast.
Henry T. B. Leeman ofSomerset Place and Charles Taber of Damariscotta return from a northern Maine fishing trip. They headquart on Leeman's Osborne camp and, despite open water and a gale, bring home five pickerel. They traveled by sleigh to Lead Mountain Pond eighteen miles from ramp. The beaver trapper they met says autos were used just the Tuesday before. Springlike conditions and Graham Lake open water mark a unusual season.
The article notes blood transfusions given to casualties with ranges up to 22 pints. Dwight Pierce announces this year’s Red Cross fundraising campaign to run for a week, with Bath leaders named by Mrs. Melvin Henderson and a long list of solicitors from West Bath. Mrs. Jason A. Merrill visits Buckfield as a guest of the Rickers.
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange met at Richmo Corner with 120 attendees from most county granges. A six o’clock supper, reports on education and rural welfare, musical numbers, and discussions on farmer income followed. next Pomona gathering is March 25 with Enterprise grange in Richmond Corner.
Vivian E. McDougal a Morse High student joined girls from 38 Maine and New Hampshire high schools as guests at the Maine General Hospital Open House held Monday.
Arthur Eller, 62, owner of Arthur's Luneheer street, was seriously injured when his 1951 Chrysler collided with a parked State highway truck on an icy road near Long Bar Thursday evening. Eller's head wound, a broken knuckle, and leg injury required hospital care. X rays planned. Truck driver Clifford Smith, 26, of Gardiner, was not injured. passenger A J Manias, 55, received a chin cut.
Sumner Sewall former Maine governor accepts appointment as national sponsor for the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. He joins leaders across the United States supporting the 20th annual Easter Seal appeal from March 5 to April 5 benefiting crippled children and adults.
The communicable disease report for Sagadahoc county, ending Feb 21, lists Bath with five chickenpox cases, one German measles, two strep throat. Bowdoinham one mumps. Richmond one German measles and one mumps, per Maine Department of Health and Welfare.
Malcolm MacDonald of Wisconsin casset paid a $100 fine and $4.70 costs after pleading guilty to drunken driving in Bath municipal court. He was arrested on Route 1 in Woolwich Wednesday night by State Trooper Herman Boudreau. Herbert Morse of Waldoboro faced a failure to yield to oncoming traffic charge and was fined $10 plus $4.70 costs, with Trooper Boudreau also the complainant. A Bath resident convicted of intoxication received a $10 fine and $5.60 costs or 30 days in Kennebec County Jail for nonpayment at noon Thursday.
The board of Central Maine Power Co declares regular quarterly dividends on preferred stock payable April 1 to holders of record March 10. Preferred dividends total 87.4 cents per share across series 3.50, 5.0, and 6.0 percent. A 30 cent per share dividend is declared on common stock, payable March 31 to record holders March 10.
The opening of Lillian Fisher School highlights modern interior planning, safety features, daylight and artificial lighting, and updated facilities. Maine officials Bailey and Espy praise progress and the crucial role of teachers while listing the staff including Adelbert Anderson as principal and several grade teachers.
H. R. Brooke, president of Brooke Chevrolet, Inc., was elected to chair a nationwide Chevrolet Dealer Planning Committee. He spoke for other dealers on retail selling issues and the committee system, pioneered in 1937, expands through zone, regional, and national levels with Chevrolet officials in Detroit.
Caesar's Fame, owned by George H. Millay, has been declared a proved sire by the American Guernsey Cattle Club reduction testing division. Five tested daughters average 8215 pounds milk and 403 pounds butterfat, with the top daughter Caesar's Maggie of M. H. posting notable butterfat yields for a junior two-year-old.
Mrs. Lena Sheperd Harnden of High Street will return home in April after spending the winter in Pasadena California as a guest of her son and wife Mr and Mrs John Shepard.
The readable lines show numbers 854.39 and 7 097.96 with mentions of towns and a reward or rebate context but many words are garbled. The piece contains names like Robert Dewick and places such as Topsham with no clear event or outcome.
An East Brunswick woman and a Bath woman, convicted for lewd speech and behavior, were sentenced to 30 days in Kennebec county jail by Judge Gardiner R. Deering but had the sentences suspended upon paying costs of 30.15 and 31.05 respectively. The arrests followed a Bath raid at a Summer Street apartment. three of four men charged for the raid faced fines, with one failing to appear.
Bath Savings Institution receives praise for its new acoustical ceiling installed over the long weekend. Material provided by John G. Morse & Son, the ceiling deadens sound and follows a national trend in hotels, restaurants, and offices seeking quieter, more efficient work environments.
A Richmond club meeting and planning session covered proposed state hikes for hunting and fishing fees. Members debated resource costs, with emphasis on sportsmen bearing the burden. A four-club association across Sagadahoc County seeks by-laws and delegates from Bath Topsham Richmond Bowdoinham.
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