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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1958

Page

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Utilities Expansion Beats Recession In Electric Power Growth

Gene Smith of the New York Times notes electric utilities defy recession with a 5.3 billion expansion this year adding 16.4 million kilowatts. Projects spur government revenue, tax receipts exceed 23 percent of service revenues, and public commissions set fair rates. Some big projects blocked by public power groups over tax subsidies and socialized power debates persist.

Gene Smith The New York Times Public Service Sado Suath Publi Power Dlochkaders

Government Action to Aid Coal Industry

Government should avoid new controls and expand bureaucracy. A tax change could help. Raise coal depletion allowance from 10 percent to at least 15 percent to spur new mines, development, and employment for future demand.

Community Life Recorder honors National Newspaper Week essay winner

The Putnam County Courier sponsored an essay contest among Carmel high school students. Festelle Duhrels of Carmel won for describing how the hometown paper connects her busy teen life to community events, sports, social notes, and daily progress.

Putnam County Courier Carmel New York Festelle Duhrrels Storetown

Scrapping Delusion on Government Spending as a Prop

The piece argues that rising government spending across federal state and local levels will not create new wealth. Revenue will come from taxation rather than deficit financing. It warns that expanding government spending and taxes risks dictatorship and enslavement rather than economic stability.

Patrol Squadron Ten Returns From Puerto Rico

Members of Patrol Squadron TEN return from two weeks in Puerto Rico after Operation Springboard. They arrived at Brunswick and Jacksonville, endured turbulence and refueling stops, and look forward to normal hours and cooler weather, memories of tropical sunshine fading only slowly.

Puerto Rico Patrol Squadron Ten U. S.naval Air Station Brunswick Mune U. S. Naval Station Rosevelt Reade P. Room U. S. Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida Navel VP-10 Cnce

Change Of Command For Patrol Squadron 26

Cmdr. Ferdinand L. Brand assumes command of Patrol Squadron 26 at Brunswick Naval Air Station succeeding Cmdr. Charles A Pierce Jr. Brand comes from the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D C, and previously served as executive officer of the squadron. He is a Kansas City Missouri native, husband of Mary Garfield, and resides in Brunswick with his wife and three children. Pierce will report to Fleet Air Wing Three as a staff officer.

Ferdinand L. Brand USN Friday Patrol Squadron Brunswick Naval Air Station Charles A Pierce Jr Brand Bureau of Aeronautics Washington, D. C Kansas City Missouri Mary Garfield S. 25Th Street Kan Rockhurst College Navy Jacksonville Fla Patrol Squadron 26 Fleet Air Wing Three Bnas Pierce Wheeler Park Brunswick

Grace Catherine Curio Born at Bath Memorial Hospital

NORTH BATH RE1 and Mrs. Paul Curio are parents of a daughter born recently at Bath Memorial hospital. Weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce, she is named Grace Catherine. The family has returned home. Other notes mention local residents’ hospital stays and illnesses.

Re1 Paul Curio Bath Memorial Hospital Grace Catherine Curio John DeGroot George Lawrence Harry Higgins Orono Ree Lee Higgins Gridger Cathran George Johansen F. J. Curio Boston Paul Cunio Ardenne Haines Ardenne Haines Maine Medical Center Portland Arthur Temple Arthur Temple Jr

Book Review Highlighted by Winter Street Auxiliary

Mrs. Joseph I. Smith spoke at the Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Congregational church on Tuesday evening offering a review of Anya Seton The Winthrops about the Winthrop family who helped settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Addison Caton presided over a brief business session and Rev. Martiz V Sargent will lead the next lient on March 25.

Joseph I. Smith Winter Street Anya Seaton Winthrop Massachusetts Bay Colony Addison Caton Harry Horne Martiz v. B. Sargent Ladies Aid Robert Peabody Martin Sargent Daniel Matter Walter McLain Aubrey Steen, Jr Philip Moore

Georgetown church service highlights community notices

Georgetown weekly column reports Rev Warren Holt discussing Philippians 2 5 on mind of Christ and abandonment to God s will at First Baptist Church. It notes upcoming Sunday guest Rev Maurice Hoenen of Wet Harpswell and a series of meetings at Five Islands Church March 16 22. Includes local personal items and community notes from Georgetown and surrounding towns.

Warren Macris Christ Taspator Nxt Pouker Maurice Hoenene The Baptist Church of Wet Harpswell Hutch- Tre Wee

Miss Patricia Hayes Returns from University of Maine

Patricia Hayes daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hayes of Allen Street was home from the University of Maine last weekend. She returned to Orono Sunday afternoon and will graduate in June as a history major.

Patricia Hayes John Hayes Allen Street University of Maine Patricia Orono

Five Islands Bible Class and Community Notices

Five Islands holds a Ladies Bible class on Being a Christian Leader led by Mrs Harlan Pinkham. A Thursday prayer meeting will be at Mrs Lara Gray’s home at seven. Rev Maurice Hutchins leads a week of services with church choir music starting Sunday and every evening next week including family and youth nights. Pastel aqua green on church walls and preserved north wall painting noted. Local fishing groups report good shrimp. several social visits across towns are listed. A large community prayer and school of life notices conclude with a funeral burial planned for Georgetown cemetery in spring.

Pius Wren Rede’ Raymond Boston Nig Cad Alsou Kent Stuart Cerl’le Evernigny Trey Caro Azipa Davis Fm. Prion Lawrerc Clauder Victor Hazan Tony L. OE. Haran Georg Iown Anne Perry Seguinian Melvin Mer Cougher Victor Pinkham Rey Cazrk Shim Caughiir-Ielin Everett Stevens Edwin Pr Nor Edgecomb Gues Pirsen Walter Beas Mr. Beans Davian Moser Oshusetts Herry Terbox Robinhood Webber Road Snowehoes Pinatore Pinatore, Lap Wt Ler Sene That Lead To O Thes Olny Crews Known As “Jewettry Linda Gordon Stan Alex Cunnngham Ah Couester Leonard Wrigh Fie Port Kernith Cromwell Cunningsham Portland Waterville Harald J. Brown Jr Lewiton Bruy Madie Petersen Cer’ral Main General Hospital Mrye. Petersen Auburn Thomaston Ohn D. Williams Bu‘h Mer ‘Moral Hospital Frank’ Carlton Arrowsic Robin Kod Walter’ Beane Kertezbes Art Cub Winnegarze Harry. Henny Georietoun and Bath Nmwe Ci Tib Harlan Pinkham Lara Gray Warren Harris Freeport Baptist Church Maurice Hutchins

Bay Point resident to speak at IRE meeting in New York City

Henry Keen of Uniondale Long Island a Summer resident of Bay Point will deliver a paper at the Institute of Radio Engineers national convention in New York City later this month. Keen a research engineer with Airborne Instruments Laboratory Mineola has helped develop a new rotary joint for radar installations. Dwight Furbish birthday Feb 28 Elmer Tibbetts Freeport weekend visitor to son Arthur Tibbetts family Yvonne Furbish 18th birthday March 4 Cecil Mains 17th birthday March 4 planning Coast Guard service visiting Winchenbach Merry Furbish sister Karen Ann Yvonne Fur bish guests of Mrs Joe Danley Woolwich now home.

Henry Keen Uniondale Lone Island New York Bay Point Institute of Radio Engineers New York City Mr. Keen Airborne Instruments Laboratory Mineola Long Island Dwight Furbish Elmer Tibbetts Freeport Arthur Cecil Mains Sumner Mains Cecil U. S. Coast Guard Service Winchenbach Merry Karen Ann Yvonne Furbish Joe Danley Woolwich

Mrs. Bessie Hasselman Patient at Me

Mrs. Bessie Hasselman of Westport Island remains a patient at the medical facility, with details about her condition and treatment not disclosed in the available text.

Bessie Hasselman Westport Island Memorial Hospital

Office Of Flora Featured By West Bath Grange

West Bath Grange hosts a Monday meeting honoring the Office of Flora with readings and songs. Alice Johnson receives a plant from Frances Waterman. visitors from Gorham Boothbay and Topsham granges attend. Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council meet in Tops ham on March 20 with supper at 6 45 p.m.

Alice Inman West Bath Anne Minott Ethel MacDonald Gorham Boothbay Topsham — Granges Me &Ng Lawrence Palmer Topsham Grange Alton Collins Alice Burgess Alice Smith Persis Miller

Judith Milliken Feted At Party

Judith Ann Milliken daughter of Mr and Mrs William Milliken was honored at a fifth birthday party at her home on Friday Guests included Deborah Cahill Rusella Cahill Jr Martha Sovull Cyritla Jackson Cornstern Christine Steen Charles Gary Donata Blatz Judiths cousin Sharon Ann Milliken Woolwich Shane Milliken and several mothers Godmother Mrs Rupert Snowden Mrs Ada Milliken attended Prizes went to Martha Smell and Charlies Blatz Ice cream and an angel food cake with a chick decorative was served and guests received party hats and noise makers

Judith Ann Milliken William Milliken Baileytreet Deborah Cahill Rusella Cahill Martha Sovull Cyritla Jackson Christine Steen Charles Gary Donata Blatz Judith Sharon Ann Milliken Woolwich Shane Milliken Han

Norwegians Thank VP-26 For Recent Mail Drops

The VP-26 squadron from Brunswick Naval Air Station received a telegram of thanks from Jan Mayen Island Norwegians for pony express mail drops during the Iceland deployment. Norwegian radio men at the weather station read mail and sipped beer as Neptune aircraft from Keflavik delivered magazines and other items amid windy hazardous winter conditions.

VP-26 Brunswick Naval Air Station Jan Mayen Island Iceland Jan Mayen Little Rascal Navy Neptune Keflavik

Corliss Street Baptist to Hold Public Supper March 22

Ways and Means committee of Corliss Street Baptist Church sponsors a public supper to raise funds for parish house maintenance and remodeling. Wallace Hinckley named publicity chairman with Foster Pratt assisting. supper features baked goods sausage potato puffs corn relish and Indian pudding with ice cream and coffee. On March 10 the Philathea class will hold a kitchen shower at Mrs. Walter Day's home.

Ways and Means Committee Corliss Street Baptist Church Wallace Hinckley Foster Pratt Walter Day

Red Cross First Aid Course Planned for BIW

Bath chapter of the American Red Cross announced a forthcoming first aid course for Bath Iron Works and Navy personnel at the Bath Trust Company. Instructor William Hanson was named, with Rev. Craig H. Richards as First Aid Chairman.

Bath American Red Cross Bath Trust Company First Aid Craig H. Richards Bath Iron Works Navy William Hanson Oliver W. Bell Home Services Jeannette Pitkin Portland

Lincoln County Museum Offers Artist Critiques for Student Works

Lincoln County Museum in Wiscasset plans Friday sessions starting March 14 at 7 p m where six professional artists will critique student drawings and paintings. Attendees may bring as many points for criticism, plus a discussion of artists problems, technique and practice. The course hinges on at least ten participants and is led by Mildred Burrage. Featured artists include Laurence Sisson March 14, John Muench March 21, William Hanson March 26, Gene Klebe April 4, with Burrage April 9 and Francis Wonderoth Saunders later in April.

Lincoln County Aesium iThese Mildred Burrage Dirteester Lincoln County Museum Wicasset Posible Laurence Sisson Boothbay Harbor Mueur John Muench Portland William Hanson Brunswick Gene Klebe Bristol Wiscasset Francis Wonderoth Saunders Sheepscot

Obituary Joseph H Chamberlain of Bath and Augusta

Joseph H Chamberlain formerly of Bath and Augusta died March 7 in Lakeland Florida. Born October 8 1891 in Yonkers New York he owned seasonal hotels in Florida for years and chaired Polk County Dry Forces. He served in the 1917 18 Winter wartime shipyard job in Texas and married Leila Hutchins in 1913. Survived by widow one son Richard eight grandchildren and eight siblings. Funeral March 10 in Lakeland with burial there.

Joseph H. Chamberlain Bath Augusta Lakeland Fla Yonkers N. Y Florida Methodist Church Polk County Texas Steamship Company Cony High School Leila Hutchins Richard Catherine McGraw Tallahassee Ruth Kahler Lake Wales

Miss Abby McCabe dies at 77 in Bath

Miss Abby McCabe 77 of Bath died Wednesday afternoon at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born January 21, 1881 in Bath, she was daughter of Eliakim and Frances Spinney McCabe. She attended Bath schools and belonged to Corliss Street Baptist Church. Survived by sister Mrs Arur L Plant and brother Herbert W McCabe, both Bath, plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday at Curtis.

Abby McCabe Bath Memorial Hospital Brn Bath Eliakim Frances Spinney McCabe Corliss Street Bap Sterling Bible Clos Arur L. Plant Herbert W. McCabe

Mrs Nettie W Noel 76 Dies After Illness in Bath

Mrs Nettie Wonder Noel 76 wife of James Noel Sterling died Sunday after a long illness. She lived in Bath 1943 to 1948 while her husband worked for Hvce Windlass Co. Survived by three daughters. Funeral held Wednesday at 11 a.m. Woods Funeral Home West Boylston Massachusetts.

Nettie Wonder Noel James Noel Sterling Dorset St Skat Montis Noel Bath Hvce Windlass Co the Woods Funeral Home West Boylston Mass

Funeral services for Miss Abby McCabe held Friday

Funeral service for Miss Abby McCabe was conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Curtis Funeral Home by Rev. Harold L. Allen pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church. Pallbearers were Orris Ames, John Clark Jr., Paul Strub, and Frederick L. Moffatt. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Abby McCabe Curtis Funeral Home Harold L. Allen Corliss Street Baptist Church Orris Ames John Clark, Jr Paul

W C T U Plans April Institute and May Convention

At a social meeting Mrs Laura Harrington hosted on North street members voted to conduct an institute in April. The county convention is set for May 12. A program on alcohol education and reports from officers and committee chairs were presented.

Women's Christian Temperance Union Laura Harrington North Street

Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Compilation

A page features a large themed crossword with clues across and down including several named entries and thematic terms. It also presents a cryptoquote puzzle with a sample mapping and a quotation attributed to Alcaius via King Features Syndicate.

Alcaeus King Features Syndicate

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