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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1958
Page
1
March is Red Cross Month with Bath Area United Fund integration. The Bath chapter focuses on public awareness of local services including blood program disaster relief armed forces veterans first aid water safety and home nursing. The piece urges community support to keep Red Cross strong and active year round.
Marquis Childs warns the renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements bill could trigger the sharpest controversy of the current Congress session as President seeks a five year extension amid rising tariff pressure and debate over export reliant jobs. The piece stresses risks of a strict tariff stance aiding Soviet aims and harming U.S. workers.
Harvard authority Professor Malcolm T. McNair told the National Retail Merchants Association that consumer demand shapes the economy. He said the consumer holds the key to 1958 fortunes and that retail trade volume directly influences factory activity. Merchants expect tougher competition and increased shopper caution, but optimism remains.
Over the New Year holiday traffic deaths reached a postwar high with 160 fatalities nationwide, though Connecticut reported no deaths. Connecticut enforces a strict three strike policy on speeding with licenses suspended 30 days on first conviction, 60 days on second, and indefinite on the third.
Corporate profits before taxes fell from 13.1 percent of national income in 1955 to 12.4 percent in 1957, signaling a decline in after growth.
Cleveland P. Curtis Maine Representative writes Bath Independent disputing Cohen's highway budget critique. He argues tax figures show a total burden near fifty eight million dollars from state and federal gas, sales, and excise taxes. He warns further taxes threaten motorists and notes the power to tax can destroy.
Scouting Trail reports Woolwich Brownie troop meeting during Girl Scout Birthday week. The group splits into two patrols one crafting a play and the other making plaster of Paris plaques for Larry's store window display.
The Bluebell Brownies elected Sandra Footer and Pamela Bragg as patrol leaders earlier this month. They also invested Mary Wilburn Linda Rice Ellen Thayer and Debbie Moore at a Valentine party. The group prepared 750 Easter Seals envelopes for Hyds Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital.
The Petunia Brownies made Valentine favors for hospital children on the first of the month and held a business session at the leader’s home. They joined Troop 12 for a pantomime and songs for Girl Scout Birthday activities and practiced target shooting with Navy personnel at Brunswick Recreation Center Tuesday nights.
Georgetown residents met at Central School to elect town officers and set tax terms. Walter Powers won the road commissioner post 51 to 30 over Alex Cunningham as officers for the coming year were confirmed, with taxes due June 1 and a 2 percent discount before August 1.
Five Islands residents utilized a school bus Saturday to reach town meeting after eight to ten inches of heavy snow. Town meeting ended by 2 30 p m with voters safely home. A Good Neighbor club social hour followed a meeting with several local women in attendance.
Bay Point records 42 inches of snow this winter, a five year high after last season’s 46 inches. A week of storms brought slush on Route 127 and no mail on Saturday, with plows slow to clear side roads. Nearby Coast Guard sighted a vivid rainbow over Popham. Local residents share a flurry of visits with families in Bath Woolwich and Bangor as Seaman Eric Shutz and Seaman Frank Burnham are noted among the personal items.
Mrs Nellie Greenwood Andrews 93 former Bath resident widow of Regina College first president died Feb 19 in Regina Saskatchewan Born Farmington April 21 1864 and educated at Victoria College She taught at Peterborough Collegi ate and married Wilbur W Andrews in 1887 She helped win Saskatchewan women’s franchise in 1916 and was Regina college board member Surviving son Dr C Herbert Andrews and daughters Mrs Mabel Honper and Mrs E N Davis Funeral services held Feb 22 Burial in Regina family plot
Mrs Mary E Morin 34 widow of Sylvia Morin died Thursday night after a four day stay at Memorial hospital Born February 17 1923 in Bath she was daughter of William E and Catherine Burgess Fletcher and attended local schools She belonged to Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella Survived by her father mother daughter Janet and brother William Fletcher plus five half siblings Nancy Crosman Patricia Adams Betty Arsenault Florence Condon Sally Leonard all of Bath Lisbon Falls Rapid City S D Elworthy list of relatives included.
Funeral services for Clifton W Tedford were conducted at 1 36 p m Tuesday at the Arthur M Mayo and Sea Funeral Residence with Rev Richard Arnole officiating. Bearers were Dean Bonney Hartley Wilbur James Steen and Elihu Fullerton. Entombment was at Oak Grove for burial in the family lot in the spring.
Funeral services for Perry Sanford were conducted this afternoon at the Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral residence with Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell presiding. Bearers included George Boutin Charles Johansen Charles True and Ulysses Grant. Entombment followed at Oak Grove cemetery in the family lot in the spring.
Edwin Russell Bath Schools art supervisor was guest speaker at the Methodist Mews Club meeting at Weslsey church. He showed drawings by Bath students and urged teaching art to reveal a child’s thinking rather than mere copying. He condemned copying as plagiarism.
Mrs Mary Phoebe Brewer 72 former Bath resident died Feb 23 at St Andrew s hospital Boothbay Harbor after brief illness She was born Aug 7 1885 in Boothbay Daughter of Gil and Mary Enos educated in Boothbay she was a member of Boothbay Methodist church and Mizpah temple She is survived by six sons two sisters and eight grandchildren Funeral services were held at Simmons and Harrington Boothbay Harbor officiated by Rev Forest Fowle Interment at Ocean View Cemetery Boothbay Harbor.
Perry Sanford 82 a retired Bath Iron Works employee died Friday night at a Richmond nursing home after a long illness. Born in Somerville Nova Scotia he moved to Bath at age seven and spent most of his life on 444 High Street. He was a carpenter at Bath Iron Works retiring about ten years ago. Survived by son Albert of Bath daughter Mrs Anna Marchese of Richmond ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mrs Julia B Moore's funeral was held Friday at 2 p m from Curtis Funeral Home. Officiating ministers were Rev Craig H Richards of Central Congregational church and Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist church. Burial took place at Oak Grove in Highland cemetery, Edgecomb, in the spring.
A Requiem High Mass was sung Monday at 9 a.m. for Mrs. Mary E. Morin at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev John E Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers were Francis Arsenault Stanley McDonough Lauriston Caton Robert Crosman Leon Morin and Gilbert Morin. Burial followed in the Grove Cemetery in the Spring.
Word arrived of the death in Brooklyn on Friday February 21 of the Rev Dr Francis W O'Brien age over 90 a former Bath minister who organized the Forward Movement church and later the People's church He left Bath circa 1908 for Somerville and then New York where he served as Baptist pastor His survivor includes a sister Mrs Luther Thompson of Bath
Clifton W. Tedford died suddenly at his Bath home aged 70. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Arthur F Mayo & Son with Rev Richard Arnold officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove in the Spring. He was born November 2, 1887 in Bath and educated at Morse High School. Surviving are his wife Bessie. son Leonard A. Tedford. brother Albert B. Tedford. and several cousins and nieces. He was active in Bath High School Alumni Association and member of Beacon Street Methodist Church and Modern Woodmen of America.
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