Bath lawmaker seeks nine councilors and $250 salaries
State Representative Rodney E. Ross Jr. proposes amending Bath Charter to cut council from 14 to nine, elected at large with $250 annual pay. Plan keeps ward representation while adding two at large members, voters to elect all by city wide vote. Public hearing likely next week before Legal Affairs committee.
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Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath
City of
Times
Ross
Legal Affairs Committee
Fr Maney Remembered With Wide Farewell At St Marys
Funeral services for Rev Father Timothy C Maney at St Marys Church drew a large cross section of Bath residents. He served 26 years here and 54 years in the priesthood, known for cheery greetings, wit and care for the welfare of the community. His death leaves a distinct loss to Bath.
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Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary‘s Church
Bath
Maney
Beacon Street Youth Fellowship Meeting At Church Vestry
The Youth Fellowship of Beacon Street Methodist Church met Sunday evening in the church vestry with good attendance. Delegates to the Bath Council of Churches were selected as Noel Crabtree and Mary and others.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath Council of Churches
Noe Crabtree
Mary
Phillies outfielder Del Ennis struggles vs Milwaukee pitching
In Philadelphia in 1954 Del Ennis went 0 for 26 against Milwaukee Braves pitching. Separate tests show that drivers with clean records often have sharper vision than those who collide frequently.
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del Ennis
Phillies
Milwaukee
Brave
Philadephia
Mackerel Mystery Through The Seasons At Sea
The article outlines theories on the annual vanishing of Atlantic mackerel from April off Virginia to November off Cape Cod. It notes historic catch volatility, modern freezing easing supply, and current abundance for Lent. It cites Joseph C. O'Brien of A and P noting 790 fish varieties and total seafood consumption of 1 736 billion pounds.
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Virginia Capes
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
Joseph C. O’brien
A & P Food Stores
National Fish Department
Gulf of Maine
No Man’s Land
Newfoundland
Gulf Stream
South Atlantic
O’brien
Wesley Youth Fellowship Plans Birthday Supper and Rally
The Wesley Youth Fellowship completed plans for a birthday supper and sub district rally at the church. Members meet at 1 30 p m Saturday to decorate, with the supper at 7 p m Saturday. A committee for the March 27 rally from 5 to 9 p m includes Roger Upham Patty Gaudet Priscilla Marble and Anna Long. Yesterday's worship was led by Lee Stone with assistance from Roger Upham Cleveland Aston and Charles Higgins.
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Wesley Youth Fellowship
Walter Upham
Roger Upham
Patty Gaudet
Priscilla Marble
Anna Long
Lee Stone
Cleveland Ashton
Charles Higgins
Haskell Memorial School hosts Family Night program
Haskell Memorial School hosts an evening event titled Training Our Children for Good Citizenship. The Home and School association will present a speaking contest for grades two to four, show a film narrated by Lowell Thomas, and feature school musical numbers. A parcel post sale is planned and refreshments will be provided.
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Home and School Association
Haskell Memorial School
Washington, D. C
Lowell Thomas
Ruth Bettle
Margaret Weaver
Beulah Farley
Coffin Pleads Guilty To Littering Waterway Case
Alexander J. Coffin Jr of Phippsburg pleaded innocent but waived hearing and was found guilty of failing to stop for inspection before dumping a receptacle in the New Meadows River. Coast Warden Boetsch led the case. Coffin was ordered to pay $5.70 costs and discharged.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Alexander J. Coffin, Jr
Phippsburg
Edward W Bridgham
Charles J. Boetsch
New Meadows
Coffin
Boestch
Central Church League Plans Tea and Talk
At a Central Church League meeting Mrs. Marius Page outlined an annual Tea set for April 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mrs. Gardiner Deering's home. A covered dish supper is planned for the next meeting at 6 30 p.m. with the Ladies Aid invited. Miss Maude von P Kemp will discuss her travels to China.
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Central Church League
Marius Page
Academy Street
Gardiner Deering
Maude von P. Kemp
China
Poem From Pawtucket Brother Opens Laundromat
Mr and Mrs E Merritt Shea received a copy of the National Automatic Laundry Digest containing a poem by James Gaylord of Pawtucket Rhode Island. The piece titled A Horrifying Experience Or Washday Down In Maine was written for the opening of Shea's Half Hour Laundromat at 207 Frant street.
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E. Merritt Shea
National Automatic Laundry Digest
Missionary Rally Draws Large Attendance at Corliss Street
Reverend Ramon Gumban native of the Philippines spoke at Corliss Street Baptist church during the Baptist Fellowship Day and Missionary Rally. Dr. Ralph M. Johnson, general director of the Council on Missionary Cooperation, urged strong local missionary work. Chester Wylie led evening music and the Philathea Class served a roast beef dinner after sessions for pastors and leaders. Attendees included members of Bowdoinham Damariscotta Lincoln and South Kennebec Associations under the United Baptist Convention of Maine.
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Ramon Gumban
Philippine Islands
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Mr. Gumban
Ralph M. Johnson
Council On Missionary Cooperation of the American Baptist Convention
Chester Wylie
Warren
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Bowdoinham
Damariscotta
Lincoln
South Kennebec
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Welcomes New Member
The Memorial hospital auxiliary announces the birth of a new member from its circle, highlighting renewed community involvement and ongoing volunteer efforts at the hospital.
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Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Eta Delta Gamma Bath Teachers Society Dinner Talk
Eta Chapter of Eta Delta Gamma Bath Teachers Society met at Sunset Lodge Boothbay Harbor for a dinner meeting. Speaker Leslie Scattergood marine biologist from Boothbay Marine Propagating Station discussed Norway field study with slides. Routine business followed. Health report lists communicable disease cases in Sagadahoc County week ending March 12 including Bath Phippsburg Richmond with chickenpox hepatitis and measles.
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Eta Chapter
Eta Delta Gamma Bath Teachers’ Society
Sunset Lodge
Boothbay Harbor
Leslie Scattergood
Boothbay
Norway
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Phippsburg
Richmond
Out of Town Fires Reported in Woolwich and West Bath
Fire crews responded to an out of town alarm at the home of Miss Margaret Gardiner on Barley Neck Road Woolwich. The blaze’s nature was not immediately known. Earlier, Warren Davis residence on Berry's Mill Road West Bath saw tar barrel flame with no reported damage.
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Margaret Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Gardiner
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Warren Davis
Berry's Mil Road
West Bath
Edward Rowe Named West Bath Civil Defense Director
Edward Rowe was named director of Civil Defense and Public Safety for West Bath at a West Bath Men's Club meeting. He plans to appoint deputies soon and establish the program in the town.
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Edward Rowe
West Bath
West Bath Men's Club
Rowe
Morse High Spec Fund Meet Targets Local Basketball Title
The Citizens' Committee for the Morse High Spec per Fund meets at 7.30 this evening in city hall auditorium to discuss further plans for the local and which won the Western aine Class L basketball championship. All members urged to attend.
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Citizens’ Committee
City Hall
Birthday Party for Margaret Voorhees
Margaret Eleanor Voorhees celebrated her seventh birthday on March 16 at her uncle and aunt’s home on the Old Brunswick road. Guests included family and friends with St Patrick’s Day decorations, a pinky Lee balloon game, and prizes for pin the tail on the donkey and a peanut hunt. Margaret received many gifts while her father, on a 30 day vacation from the Texas Oil Company, was home for the first time since she was one.
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Margaret Eleanor Voorhees
James Voorhees
Page Street
Texas Oil Company
Portland
Margaret
William Voorhees
Old Brunswick Road
Huse
St. Patrick’s
Dennis Thayer
Lee Beane
Susan Brewer
Eleanor Voorhees
Pinky Lee
Voorhees
Wilmer S. Voorhees
Linda Atkinson
Jeanne French
Jane Thayer
Anne Voorhees
John Voorhees
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Cecil Beane
Henry Thayer
Thanks for Supporting State Home Basketball Trip
Expressed gratitude from the State Military and Naval Children’s Home insulates 28 residents who attended the Western Maine tournament finals and State basketball championship. Mrs. Merna A. Foulkes, Superintendent, cites Morse’s strong game and the children’s enjoyment of meals and fan support.
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Military and Naval Children's
Western Maine
Morse
Three Youngsters Aid Easter Seal Drive
Marie McMann nine daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward J McMann Pleasant street helped by sister Jean and neighbor William H Small Jr stuffed five thousand envelopes with Easter Seals and literature Marie spent many months in hospitals as a patient in Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital and in Portland her optimism inspires other young friends involved in Crippled Children's Fund efforts
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Marie McMann
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Crippled Children's Fund
Jean
William H. Small, Jr
Marie
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Portland
Ladies Aid at Central Church Sets Swap Party Plan
The Ladies Aid of Central Church met Thursday at 2 PM in the parish house with good attendance. President Mrs Eugene Sprague led a business session planning a swap party for March 24. An invitation from the church League was accepted for March 28. Hostesses Mrs Leonard Lord and Mrs Dean Farnham. refreshments by Mrs Adolph Ehlers and Mrs Sherman McQuaide.
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Ladies Aid of Central Church
Eugene Sprague
Ways and Means Committee
League of the Church
Leonard Lord
Dean Farnham
Adolph Ehlers
Sherman McQuaide
Probate Court Monthly Session Reopens Wills and Administrations
During the monthly probate session, multiple wills were filed and estates appointed executors without bond. Administrators were named for several Bath area estates with related accounts, inventories, and licenses to sell real estate sought or granted. Bonds for guardians and trustees were approved where listed, including for George Willis and Harold Baker, with inventories and accounts proceeding for many Bath and surrounding towns.
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Lena Douglas Donnell
Bath
Harry L. Day
Thomas N. Williams
Georgetown
Frances I. Gunnell
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Owen Lee Greenblatt
Llewellyn D. Rogers
West Bath
Florence H. Rogers
Ray Purinton
Bowdoin
Lila Garland Purinton
Margaret J. Adams
Pauline H. Adams
Harriet M. Watson
C. Owen Smith
Tillie Wold
Leslie J. Wold
Thelma P. Atkinson
Ada McGilvary
State of Maine
Ethel Glidden
Carl E. Albee
Christine Cameron
Adelaide Coombs
Emil W. Smith
Phippsburg
Dorothy E. Smith
Esther G. Oliver
Nellie D. Thompson
Lena D. Donnell
Carrie Minta Wilson
Bowdoinham
Lauris R. Wilson
Sydney S. M. Breck
Manley DuPont Breck
National Bank of Commerce of Portland
Manley DuPont Breck, Et Als
Flora B. Savage
Melvin H. Savage
Guardian
Ione Mary Mclver
Bowdeinham
Angus W. Mclver
Carlos C. Purington
Edward V. Coombs
Randall F. Cook
John J. Keegin
Mabel W. Underwood
George F. Willis
Woolwich
Margaret L. Luce
Topsham
Guardian's
Harold Clarence Baker
Emil V. Smith
West Bath Residents Attend Blaine Mansion Luncheon
Several West Bath residents attended a luncheon at the Blaine Mansion hosted by Gov. and Mrs. Edmund Muskie. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Snowden, Sheriff and Mrs. Loring D. Small, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. White, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lemont.
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West Bath
Blaine Mansion
Edmund §. Muskie
Kenneth Snowden
Loring D., Small
Henry J. White
Paul Lemont
Bath Junior High Hoopsters Furnish Replacements for Varsity
Bath fans hope the Blue and White capture the state title and reach the New England tourney next year. Coach Gene Hunter must replace guard Thaxter Trafton and key backups while Bath Junior High varsity coach Johnny Fahey provides potential replacements from a 1954 55 season featuring Ray Bishop and Sonny Towle. The junior high squad posted an 11 3 record with strong shooters and defense, promising depth for next winter.
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Bath
Ralph Warren
Charles Pierce
Richard Towle
David Kaler
Wayne Perry
Thomas Powers
Donald Mank
Alfred Proctor
Ray Bishop
Boyd Harrington
Donald Thayer
Roger Brown
Dennis Wetherington
Richard Howe
Maine
Gene Hunter
Thaxter Trafton
Phil Weybrant
Bob
Bobo” Haggett
Harry Musk
Johnny Fahey
Morse High Frosh
Big Green
Morse
Dick Bishop
Destroyers
Bishop
Hunter
Trafton
Richard
Sonny” Towle
Towle
Charles
Chuggy” Pierce
Ralph
Spike” Warren
al Proctor
Don Thayer
Unmannerly Manners and Crossword Verse in One Page
A scanned puzzle page blends a cryptic crossword and cryptoquote featuring word clues and a Milton quotation. The page lists many numbered entries, including poets, animals, and objects, with a Cryptoquote puzzle and a short note on how to solve it.
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Fr. Maney
Beacon Street Youth
Wesley Y. F
C. D
Margaret Voorhees
Ruby
S. C
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Rockland Frosh
Westbrook
Lewiston
Rockland High
Junior High
Waterville Frosh
Cheverus Frosh
Morse Jv’s
Congress
Executive Branch
Garret
Daub
Flinch
Melody
Longfellow
Jzl
Rjo
AK Yexck
Yojlk
Askh
Milton
King Features Syndicate
Fia
Fez
Terre
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