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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1956

Page

5

Bath society notes mark events and movements around town

Perleston Pert accepts a traffic desk post at WGAN in Portland and will start Monday, after a 21 month Army service. Bath residents attend basketball and church events as extended families relocate, travel, and welcome newborns while others move to Stockton Springs and North Bath.

Perleston L. Pert, Jr WGAN Portland Pert Perleston L.pert Middle Street U.S. Army Morse High School University of Maine James A. Gillies, III James A. Gillies North Bath 8Th Infantry Division Fort Carson Colo Gillies Europe Hebron Academy Rock Products, Inc South Portland Army

Scituate Man Joins Athletics at Spring Camp

Richard Johnson of Scituate Massachusetts stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Warren R Munsey at 94 Court Street then departed Monday for South Carolina to join the Athletics spring baseball training camp.

Richard Johnson Scituate Mass Warren R. Munsey 94 Court Street Johnson South Carolina Athletics

William A Hill Returns Home From Bath Memorial Hospital

William A. Hill returns to his home at 645 Middle Street after several days as a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital and remains under a physician's care.

Edna A. Bowdoin Middle Street Memorial Hospital Irs Peter Couture Liberty Street James Comeau Center Street Maine General Hospital Portland John Forbis Morse High School John J. Lyn Calhoun Russell Street William A. Hill Bath Memorial Hospital

Councilman Blair Calls For Moderate Teachers' Pay Rise

Bath Maine city councilman William S. Blair writes to Bath City Council chairman Merritt A. Mitchell urging a measured teacher salary increase. He cites budget timing, P T A influence, and a threatened mass resignation, recommending a starting figure between demands and the city budget for labor management negotiations.

Beckoning Industry Boosts College Rolls

A Central Press Association analysis shows rising college enrollments driven by birthrates and the payoff of a degree. Employers recruit heavily. 1955 salaries rise across engineering, chemistry, physics, and business fields.

Central Press Association United States

Munsey to Report for Spring Training with Twins

Warren P. Sonny Munny of Bath, 21, ordered to report March 24 with pitchers and catchers at Camden, SG, for Winston-Salem Twins spring camp. The Twins, in a Yankees organized Class B Carolina League, hope his comeback from a 1954 hand injury sticks as he returns to baseball after past minor league shows and a 1954 blow accident.

Warren P. Munsey Bath Annapolis Munsey Lewis H. Parkinson Mr. Munsey Winston-Salem Twins Camden S. C Warren P Sonny” Munny Winston-Salem N. C Twins Morse High New York Yankees Kansas City Toronto Fort Keyes Fla Binghamton N. Y Aseball

Councilman Blair Letter on 1956 Budget and Planning

William S. Blair submits views urging sanitation funding for schools and proposes hiring an impartial City Planning Engineer to review the Central Fire Station budget issue. He favors a City Planning Board in principle but seeks full council consideration before March 27. He offers vote of confidence in the City Manager.

William S. Blair

Maine deer fat helps wardens combat snowy chase by dogs

Maine Fish And Game wardens warn that deep snows and dogs chasing deer threaten the herd. The narrator explains how fat reserves built in spring and summer sustain deer through winter and how heavy later snows intensify deer fatigue during gestation.

Ada Greenblatt Re-elected President Of Cosmopolitan Club

At the Cosmopolitan club annual meeting on Wednesday night Ada Y. Greenblatt was reelected president after a banquet attended by 43 members. New officers include Mrs. Albert Whitney first vice president and Mrs. William Bryant second vice president. Several directors and committee heads were named, with floral centerpieces, a vocal program, and plans for an April 4 guest speaker Mrs Mildred Corkum wife of a navy captain at Brunswick Naval Air Base.

Cosmopolitan Club Alice B. Ramsay John C. Hart da Y. Greenblatt William Bryant Albert E. Whitney Frank S. Saunders Ada Y. Greenblatt Albert Whitney John Hart Frank Saunders Fred S. Summerton Daniel H. Matter Ruth Farnham Murphy Louis O. Couture Malvina Vachon Miss Ramsay Miss Greenblatt Miss Vachon Nellie Goodrich Emerton Gross Alice Johnson House Granville Colby Elizabeth Moffatt Arthur Eseley William Dennison Linwood Boardman Paul Bagdikian Ruth Fernham Murphy Kenneth Colby Kenneth Singer Dallas Crabtree Elvira Birney Billington Whitney I. A. Trueworthy George Hartsgrove Vachon Matter Eseley Murphy Charles T. Small Nellie D Brunswick Naval Air Base French Morocco

Deer fat reserves and dog chases influence winter survival

The article explains how deer fat is spent to survive winter, depending on energy expenditure. It warns that long hunts or chasing by dogs can burn fat reserves, leading to malnutrition or exposure later. It urges keeping dogs from running loose during heavy snows and mentions Maine fishing season opening on April 1st, with the narrator planning to fish.

Maine

Illinois soil bank inducement to attract corn land

Agricultural economist W N Thompson of the University of Illinois says payments of 50 to 60 dollars per acre are needed to bring Midwestern corn land into a soil bank. He notes that a smaller payment would draw fringe or poorer land in the corn belt and that 70 bushel per acre corn land would require this level of incentive to attract farmers.

Champaign, Ill W. N. Thompson University of Illinois

Don Cossacks Concert at Morse High Saturday Night

Bath presents the Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers in an 8 15 p m public concert at Morse High auditorium. The 17th annual tour features religious, classical, folk, and Cossack dances with 25 members from the Don River region now American citizens. Proceeds support local Legion youth projects.

Bath Don Cossack Morse High School Mee Smith-Tobey Post Don Cossacks Don River Prague Russia Legion Posts

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Herbert A. ‘Marston Fort Lauderdale Nassau Bermuda Miami S. S. Silver Star Marston Mary Brown Harold Bubar Phippsburg Boston Boston Ardens Robert Potter U.S. Navy Waldo C. Potter Marshall Street U.S. Naval Receiving Station N Orfolk U.S.S. Atakapa Joan Potter Topsin Ronald C. Oulton 231 High Street Earl L. Wade Albert W. Thompson John M. Conley, Jr Newland Andre R. Warren Andrea Beatrice Topsham Neil Butler Washington Street Martha Paul Stockton Springs Oliver Moses Helen M. Shaughnessy St. Petersburg Joseph Larrabee West Bath Freeport Baptist Church Lawrence M. Smith Enter Street National Institute of Drycleaning Silver Spring Smith Frank Smith The Elks Harold Cutting Frank Scott Arlington, Mass Agnes S. Farrin Genesta Alice Stilphen Carl D. Goodwin Gloucester Andrus L. Coleman Bath Street Alva Todd Wayland Earl Morse Farrin Street Ralph O. Burden, Jr Oliver Street St. Patrick's Day Sharon Elizabeth James O. Smith Joseph I. Smith Armored Replacement Training Center Fort Knox Bowdoin College Fort Dix J. Frank Hunt First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath United States Savings and Loan League Walter H. Dreier Evansville Ind Savings and Can Henrietta Magee Waterville Roberts Magee H. I. Cromwell Daytona Beach Daytona Bruce J. Gillies James A. Gillies, Jr Norwich University the Guidon Gay Bonney Dean R. Bonney Park Street Fisher Junior College Sanford L. Fisher Brimmer Street Army Pvt Joseph D. Inman Randall Dean Fort Lewis Base Hospital Tacoma Wash Pvt. Inman Inman Sylvia Googins Kenneth A. Googins Elm Street Francis Bertrand Betsy Dean Randy George Bertrand Arlington Boston Garden Christopher J. Gill High Street South Boston Gill Annie McKinnon Damien Arthur Trepanier, Jr Arno F. Harding Berry Mills Road Mr. Harding Bath Iron Works, Corp Ellen Frost F. W. Frost M. Howard Frost Saugus Hendersonville Lewis E. Frost Swampscott Masonic Temple Acacia Lodge Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust Co Howard Frost Amita Ann Birmingham, Mich Brewster G. Sedgwick That City Sedgwick Ruth Dale Ralph O. Dale Annie L. Dunlap O.E.S Dunlap Harry A. Dunlap, Jr Brunswick Naval Air Station Star of the Bag Millington Tenn Roger M._ Luke Charles Comeau Donald Coombs Brunswick Kathleen Louise Coombs Verna Grover Louie Senecal Louis Senecal Bluff Road Walter E. Anderson Lillian H. Toothaker Commercial Street Korea 24Th Infantry Division 24Th U. S Anderson N. J Kathy Lou Laforest Coombs Cherry Street Loyall F. Sewall New York City Arthur Sewall West Coast Monterey Calif Loyall F. Sewall, Jr Mexico Yucatan Frank Merrill Orr's Island Janice Candage Charles Candage Drayton Road Carol Freddie Dufel Elaine Cecile Glen Moore Fred Dufel Janice Augustus Marshall Belfast Cynthia MacDonald Kenneth MacDonald Leah Page Order of Eastern Star Hawthorne Chapter Sarah Shaw Aiso Miss MacDonald Blair Bath Daily Times Merritt A. Mitchell Bath City Mr. Mitchell John Paul Jones P.T.A the Teachers’ Association Council Board of Education Teachers’ Association Uates Northwestern University Armed Forces Ron Speers Maine Fish and Game Department Ada Greenblatt
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