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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1960
Page
2
The American Retail Federation reports 1960 will be a pivotal year for extending the Federal Wage Hour Act to retail and other exempt service industries. Local factors, regional variation, and concerns about harming inexperienced workers are cited as key considerations in the debate.
An editorial in the Wall Street Journal urges the candidates to address the central question of the United States future direction of government. It warns that surrender to communism by imitating it would fail and argues for defending the freest possible society against a rising super-state.
The piece argues gum makers keep a nickel pack price for 60 years while costs rise, thanks to automation and efficiency. It contrasts with railroads, burdened by laws and union rules, hindering competition and cost cuts, urging rail management to adopt gum-like reforms for efficiency.
Neighbors and businesses are invited to join Bath's Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up program starting May 2. Participation aims to improve health safety fire prevention and home value by cleaning renovating and beautifying properties while reducing blight and pests.
Sunday services at First Baptist feature Rev. Ernest Roberts teaching Ephesians 4 24 32 with a focus on grieving the Holy Spirit and Mothers Day flowers. May Fellowship Day for Women to be held at Central Congregational in Phippsburg features Citizenship discussion and music followed by tea. Community members attend meetings, schooling, and county events with trips to Bath and Portland, and local 4-H and church activities cited.
A Five Islands Sunday service at Second Baptist featured Rev. Ernest Roberts. Library Auxiliary met at Snowman's Point with several members planning its annual sale. A Good Neighbor club food sale was set for Grover's store Saturday morning. Five Islands Inn prep underway for summer trade as Lester Davis readies the property. Sympathy extended to the Clark family of Lynn Mass and Five Islands for Adele Clark's death April 26 after forty years of attendance. Firefighters burned the old Rowe place near Five Islands Inn due to long decay and past fire damage. Baptist Youth Fellowship gathered at the Second Baptist church with a message from the South Windham reform school headmaster.
Mrs. Pearl Oliver Isenbeck 47 native of Bath died Tuesday morning at her Rockland home 98 Camden street She was born February 16 1913 daughter of Frederick E and Jennie Gallagher Oliver She lived in Camden before moving to Rockland two and a half years ago Surviving husband Ernest Isenbeck Rockland a son Robert Haskell in Germany her mother Mrs Frederick Oliver Bath a sister Mrs John Spellman Everett Mass two brothers Clarence Oliver Bath Percy Oliver Brighton Mass and several nieces and nephews Funeral service Thursday at 1 30 p m from Curtis funeral home Burial in Oak Grove Bath family lot
The Navy guided missile destroyer leader Preble DL G15 built at Bath Iron Works sailed from Kennebec River at 9 30 a m Thursday to the Boston Navy Yard for commissioning. Local residents and families noted a warm, sunny weekend with cottages and leisure activities across Bath and Arrowsic.
Col Harry Beahan Carney USAF Retired 66 died Saturday at his Cedar Grove Dresden home after a long Bath life. World War veteran and Bath Iron Works wire room clerk since 1952 born Ithaca NY Oct 11 1893 son of Francis and Mary Carney. Survived by widow Harriet two sons Harry Jr Terrence Magoun Carney a daughter Mary Ellen Neilson two sisters and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home for John S Arsenault who died Saturday in a local nursing home after a long illness. He was born March 24 1889 in Bloomfield Prince Edward Island. Survived by three sons Philip J John J and Walter E of North Bath, one brother Richard Arsenault of New Brunswick, two sisters Annie McLellan of Dorchester MA and Matilda Surette of Moncton NB. Burial at Oak Grove.
John Philip Trainor 42 of 712 High street Bath dies suddenly Saturday morning in Lisbon Falls. Born February 1918 in Bath, he was a Morse High School graduate 1938, worked in pipefitting at Bath Iron Works, and was a member of the Catholic Slovae club of Lisbon Falls. Survived by son Jeffrey and daughter Ann Trainor of South Portland and sister Mrs Francis A Winchenbach of Bath.
Funeral service for 73 year old Mrs Annie Tellan of Portland will be held Wednesday at 1 pm from Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue. Burial will be at Mt Sinai Cemetery. She died Tuesday evening and had lived in Portland 60 years. survived by son Samuel Tellan of Bath and daughters Bessie Tellan of Portland and Mrs Harry Weisman of Pawtucket.
Funeral services for John P. Trainor were held Wednesday at 8 30 a m from A F Mayo & Son Funeral Home followed by a Requiem High Mass at St Marys Catholic with Rev John E Bellefontaine officiating Bearers included Raymond Drew Joseph Mullaney John Mullaney Gerald Rioux Leo Trainor and Joseph Trainor Committal services were conducted by Rev Wilfred Jordan at the family lot in Calvary cemetery Whitefield where burial occurred
Miss Dorothy M. Marshall is mourned after a Saturday 10 a.m. funeral at the Leslie C. Shumway funeral home on High Street. The service was led by Rev. Paul Hardy of Bible Way Portland with assistance from Rev. Curtis of Grace Rockland and Mrs. William Banks of Bath Salvation Army. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
Funeral services for Col. Harry B. Carney were held Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Richard B. Adams officiating. Bearers included Col. Walter White Maj. John Connick Lt Cmdr. James McCoy Steven Powell Terrence Carney and H B Carney Jr Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery
Mrs. Dorothy Shorette of 141 North Street visits Boston on a business trip. She travels for professional engagements and remains inspected for itinerary details during her stay.
Mrs Margaret Houston Love Hanson died at her Cumberland Center home on April 21 at age 84. widow of Henry W. Hanson Sr she was born February 6 1876 in Patrickby Glasgow Scotland and lived in Bath Portland and Cumberland Center. She leaves two sons Dr Henry W Hanson and James B Hanson two daughters Mrs George B Wetherbee and Mrs Norman W Hulst a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were April 23 at her home with Rev Walton V Morse officiating and burial followed at Moss Side cemetery Portland.
Mrs Velma Nickerson 40 of Swanville a former Bath resident died Sunday. She was born May 22 1919 at Fort Fairfield daughter of Emery and Beatrice Libby Page. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Rackliff Funeral Home Belfast burial Smart Cemetery Belfast. She is survived by husband Lloyd A Nickerson two sons Kenneth and Emery Swanville a daughter Katherine P Nickerson Swanville four sisters Helen Parshley Bath Elsie Fox Lower Southampton N B Canada Ferne Clark Easton Anna Arnesen Madison Wisc a brother Emery Page Jr Fort Fairfield and two half sisters Shirlene and Everleen Page Fort Fairfield.
M Frederick Dunton 87 of Boothbay Harbor died Sunday after a brief illness at a local nursing home. native of Boothbay Harbor son of James F and Imogene Pierce Dunton he owned grocery stores in Boothbay Harbor and Portland. He is survived by brothers James R Dunton of Bath and Edward S Dunton of Boothbay Harbor and sisters Mrs Edward Harrington of Brunswick and Mrs Charles Sprague of Braintree Mass.
Funeral service for Mrs Adelaide L Stott was held Monday at 10 a m from the A F Mayo and Son Funeral residence. Central Congregational church pastor officiated. Bearers were Robert McLellan Philip McLellan William McLellan and William Lowan. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Dorothy M. Marshall, 57, of 38 Willew Street, Bath, died Thursday noon at Bath Memorial hospital after a year of ill health. Born in Hudson, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of Frank and Flora Hubbard Marshall. A Portland, Maine native, she lived in Bath the past 20 years and belonged to the Full Gospel Assembly. She supervised Sun shine Sunday school at Hyde Park Terrace and led Brownie Troop 20, and was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Surviving is a half brother, Frank Marshall Jr.
Mrs Adelaide L Stott, 77, of 30 Center Street, Bath, died Friday morning after long illness. Widow of Harry Stott, she was born May 13 1882 in Georgetown. Survived by son Ervin Campbell of East Brunswick, daughter Dorothy McLellan of Trevett, three brothers, three sisters, six grandchildren, several great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Mrs Boulzh Smith Marr 68 of 1201 Washington St died Thursday at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston where she had been a patient for a month. Born in Whiteville Tennessee October 29 1891 she was daughter of Preston and Sarah Tate Bryant. Former Chattanooga resident moved to Bath thirty years ago and belonged to the Methodist church and Eastern Star. Survived by band Roy P Marr and son Charles B Smith of Elon College NC.
George H. Turner died after long illness at the Odd Fellows Home in Auburn. He had resided in Bath and Wiscasset for years and was once employed at the Kennebec Greenhouse in Bath.
Funeral service held Sunday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Frederick L Niles of Beacon Street Methodist Church officiating. Bearers were Lawrence Chattley John Hunt Arthur Perry and Colbert Pinkham. Burial in family lot Ocean View cemetery Boothbay.
Prayers were said Tuesday at 10 at St Marys Roman Catholic Church for Rev Francis E Morrissey. The service was from Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home 638 High Street. Committal followed at the family lot in Oak Grove.
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