Herter Seeks Continuity in Berlin Crisis Policy
Secretary of State Christian Herter in a radio and TV address pledges no break with Dulles policy, vows to defend West Berlin, and signals willingness to negotiate with the Soviets. He notes a deep gulf between the free world and the Kremlin, and predicts limited progress at Geneva while warning against appeasement.
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Christian Herter
John Foster Dulles
Herter
Berlin
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
San Francisco
Khrushchev
Spirit of 76 News: Legion Surges in Membership
A column touts rising patriotism as The American Legion reports 21,000 more paid-up members than a year ago in its 40th anniversary year. Leader Preston J. Moore champions community service, youth programs, and anti-communist unity across 17,000 posts nationwide.
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Alaska
Hawaii
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Legion
Preston J. Moore
GHQ
America
Break-even purchase power shifts with inflation and taxes
A 1939 income of 5000 dollars for a family of four would need about 12113 dollars today to keep the same buying power, while someone earning 7035 today can buy what a 3000 earner did in 1939. Taxes and inflation drive the change, with rising tax burdens and eroding purchasing power.
Gideon talk at Georgetown First Baptist Church on Maine work
Walter Roberts of Gardiner spoke for the Gideons noting their 1908 founding and current drive to place Bibles and New Testaments in Maine hotels prisons nursing homes and schools. Rev. George Willsey and family announced Peruvian mission plans while Sunday baptisms included Mrs. Sherman Campbell and Byron Woodrow Campbell. Polio clinic served 109 with 70 Georgetown residents.
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First Baptist Church
Walter Roberts
Gardiner
Gideon Organization
Gideons
Maine
George Willsey
Marilyn
Linday
Willseys
Peru
Georgetown
Corliss Street
Bath
Sherman Campbell
Bay Point
Byron Woodrow Campbell
Rachel Barbara Deschaine
Georgetown Center
Nancy Hagan
L. Farle Hagan
Ernest Roberts
Alfred Rowe
J. R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Lucy Chamberlain
Virginia Hamilton
James Oliver
Red Cross
Thomas Dickens
Reid Park
Park
Central School
Oak Cemetery
General Berry Place
Elwin Hennessey
Clarence B. Hill
Dorothy W. Stuart
Laura Boyd
Golden Crowned Thrush
Robinhood Tea Room
Hugh Rockwell
Robinhood
East Boothbay
Marjorie Rockwell
Raymond Swain
Rhert Llewellyn
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Warren S. Todd
Stoneham
Mass
Roscoe P. Todd
Todd
Carroll Powers
Mr. Todd
Joseph Higgins
Higgins
Waldo Browns
Cambridge
Kennebec Point
Herbert Hunt
Brooks
Alex S. Cunningham
Rebecca Weeks
Cunningham
Henry Frye Place
Five Islands residents gather for park work and church events
George Flynn and Stephen Thibodeau spray Reid State Park under Thomas Dickens. A laymen supper and meeting draw attendees at South Harpswell church with Deacon James Stevens and others. A Children’s Day rehearsal is planned for Sunday with June 7 morning service directed by Mrs Harlan Pinkham.
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George Flynn
Stephen Thibodeau
Reid State Park
Thomas ‘Dickens
Kennebec Point
South Harpswell
James Stevens
Phillip Pinkham
Ivin Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Fish and Game
Good Neighbor Club
Orville Rowe
Lucille Church
Georgie Pinkham
Marion Watson
Cra Pinkham
Lulu Hanna
Mary Moore
Leona Rowe
Grover
John Brown
Yarmouth
Library Hall
Faye Philbrick
Belgrade
Reginald G. Pinkham
Five Islands
John D. Williams, Jr
Georgetown
Cyril Stevens
Clinton Hanna
Edward Berry
Bath
Eva S. Cullinson Towed to Bath Wharf
The two masted schooner Eva S. Cullinson, long part of Capt. Frank Swift's Camden fleet, was towed into the Kennebec River to Bath last week. The white hulled vessel, said to be over 70 years old, lies at the Bath Water District wharf and is expected to be hauled to a nearby animal park for use as a dry land pirate ship.
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Eva S. Cullinson
Frank Swift
Camden
Kennebec River
Bath
Bath Water District
Polio Clinic and Bay Point Social Roundup
Polio inoculations were given at Georgetown Grammar school on May 12. Local residents and visitors frequent the Navajo and cottages on Bay Point as Mrs. Eva Campbell and Mrs. Spinney plan the season. Bath Memorial Hospital reports patient H M Powers. Sherman Campbell returns home from treatment.
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Georgetown Grammar School
Highway Patrol
Bay Point
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Brunswick
Sherman Campbell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eva Campbell
Lila M. Spinney
Boston
Edward Simpson
Sweeneys
Auburn
Bowdoinham
H. M. Powers of
Bath
Industry's Role as Community Neighbors Emphasized
Donald H. Mooers of B F Goodrich told Bath Rotary members that firms bear significant community responsibilities. He argued profitable, honest companies support taxes, employment, and local welfare, stressing growth comes from marketing quality products and maintaining good reputations. Edward C. Cox chaired the program.
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Rubber Company
Donald H. Mooers
Portland
B. F. Goodrich Co
Bath
Mooers
Rotarians
B. F. Goodrich
Edward C. Cox
Planning Three Day Bath Trip to Montreal and Quebec
Mrs. Edward B. Hamblett plans a three day motor coach excursion in June via Montreal Three Rivers and Ste. Anne de Beaupre. Departure from Bath is June 20 with a St. Lawrence river arc including Cap de la Madeline stop and shrine visit. Return to Bath is scheduled for June 22 with a Quebec City stop. Reservations through Mrs. Hamblett.
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Edward B. Hamblett
Montreal
Three Rivers
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Bath
St. Lawrence
Cap de la Madeline
Quebec City
Two Car Collision at Middle and Oak Streets
A two car crash at the Middle and Oak street intersection occurred about 5 15 Friday afternoon. Ruth H Perry of 39 Lincoln street and Clifford Allen of the Sage base in Topsham were involved. Damage totaled 450 with 300 to the Allen car and 150 to Mrs Perry s car. Also noted move of Eastham Guilds to a summer home at Birch Point and Robert DeWick family visiting Boston.
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Middle
Oak Streets
Ruth H. Perry
Lincoln Street
Clifford Allen
SAGE
Topsham
Allen
Crossword Puzzle Teaser and Cryptogram Challenge
Read the crossword clues across and down from a dense puzzle page. The cryptogram hints show a letter-substitution puzzle with a sample quote and signature by Everett dated 1060. Prepare to solve the wordplay and decode the hidden message.
Bath native T Sumner Hayes dies in Puerto Rico at 56
Obituary notes Bath born Thomas Sumner Hayes age 56 died Monday in Puerto Rico. He earned a PhD from Georgetown in 1924 and taught at Central High San Juan later becoming principal at Humacao Arecibo and Cayey. He served Rexford Tugwell secretary then librarian at University of Puerto Rico. Surviving are his widow Juana Janet Hayes four daughters and siblings, with connections to Bath and New York.
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T. Sumner Hayes
St. Mary's
Thomas Sumner Hayes
Bath
Puerto Rico
John P
Jennie Footer Hayes
Morse High School
Georgetown University
Central High School
San Juan
Humacao
Arecibo
Cayey
University of
Hayes
Rexford G. Tugwell
American Association of Professors
Superior Council of Education of
Middle States Association of Universities and Colleges
America
el Mundo
Encyclopedia Americana
Juana Janet Hayes
Joan
Helen
Marjorie
Mary-Jo
John E. Hayes
Mark H. Hayes
Staten Island
N. Y
Paul F. Hayes
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Helen L. Hayes
Death Captains World War I Veteran Chester R. Talbot
Chester R. Talbot 62 of 167 Front Street died Wednesday morning at Togus Veterans Hospital after a four day stay. Born in Bath April 10 1897 he was a riveter at Texas yard before World War I service and later worked as a lobster dealer in Bath and fished out of Gloucester. Survived by two sons two daughters a brother and 17 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 p.m. from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Dr David L. Wilson officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
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Branwell Harford
Leona Rowe
Ogunquit
Harold Rowe, Jr
Philip Pinkham
Effie Moore
Victor Pinkham
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Bath
Roy Akeley
John Brown
Yarmouth
Helen Huskins
Jack Campbell
Maryanne Moore
Gardiner
Gardiner Were Weekend Guests At Mrs. Campbell's Cottage. George Jackson
Phillip Pinkham
Georgia Watson
Morse High School
Barbara Weigel
Munich
Germany
Francis Pierce
Walter Beane
Georgetown Center
Scott Sutherland
David Pierce
Thomas Watson
Masonic Temple
Raymond Hanna
Freeport Shoe Co
Capt
Maynard Thibodeau
Stephen
Edmund Hodgen
Newton
Mass
Russell Harford, Jr
Russell Harford
Erland Moore
Edith
Shirley Brewer
Everett Hennon
Sedgemere Road
Clarence Preble
Bath Iron Works
Tommy Watson
Gilbert Standish
Dennis Moore
Hartley Harley
Candy’s Harbor
Gary Pinkham
Sally MacMahan
Teresa Brewer
Jody Kelley
Charlie Moore
Orville Rowe
Percy MacGilvary
Franz Stevens
Kathleen Rittall
Seguinland
Chester G. Kelsea
Melvin Comeau
Bath Memorial Hospital
Phyllis Campbell
Mabel Campbell
Russell Boynton
Malden Island
Harold Cranshaw
Massachusetts
Chester R. Talbot
Front Street
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Charles W
Grace Hunt Talbot
Robert
Chester R. Talbot, Jr
West Point
Ruby Williams
Phippsburg
Dorothy Smith
Frank Talboa
A. F. Mayo & Son
David L. Wilson
Oak Grove
Funeral Services for Cornelius Brewster Held
Funeral services were conducted at 1 30 Tuesday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence Rev Warren B Harris of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiated Bearers were Richard Frates Alvah Lewis Lawrence Sprague Lawrence Small Cyrus Longley and William Longley
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Cornelius Brewster
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
Warren B. Harris
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Richard Frates
Alvah Lewis
Lawrence Sprague
Lawrence Small
Cyrus Longley
William Longley
Frank G Page Dies At 73 In Florida Home
Frank Grinnell Page 73 of Bath origin and Fort Lauderdale Florida. Retired Foster Wheeler Corp sales and publicity manager. Joined as apprentice engineer in 1912. Established publicity department in 1927. Yale Sheffield Scientific School class of 1908. Survived by widow Flora two daughters sister and three grandchildren.
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Frank G. Page
Frank Grinnell Page
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
William Drummond Page
Bath
Albert G. Page, Jr
A. G. Page Co
Edward H. Hawley
High Street
Page
Foster Wheeler Corp
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Flora
DeWitt Cromali
Elizabeth Page
Theodore Lilly
Needy Brewster Local Fireman Dies at 51 in Bath
Cornelius Brewster 51, Hyde Windlass employee and longtime Engine 4 call fireman since 1936, died Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born Feb 18 1908 in Bath he was son of Thomas and Sarah Brewster and had two siblings Glendon and Pearl. Known in local sports, he lived in Bath and had worked at the Hyde Windlass foundry for 20 years.
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Cornelius Brewster
Hyde Windlass Company
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Thomas
Sarah Marine Brewster
Brewster
Engine 4
Glendon Brewster
Pearl Holmes
Kittery
Mrs Esther Mann dies at 94 in New Jersey
Mrs Esther Burns Mann widow of William Mann formerly of this city died May 12 in Bloomfield New Jersey at 94. Funeral services were held May 15 at Nutley New Jersey with interment at Crest Haven cemetery Clifton. She is survived by two sons Reuben E. Mann Bloomfield and Percival G. Mann Bath one daughter Mrs Frances Conley Bloomfield three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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William Mann
Esther Burns Mann
Bloomfield
N. J
Nutley
Crest Haven Cemetery
Clifton
N. T
Funeral service for Frank Pepper held Thursday
Funeral service for Frank Pepper conducted Thursday at 2 p m from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Richard B Adams of Grace Episcopal church officiating. Honorary bearers were Scott Morse John Summerton Joseph Couture David Fields and Earl Lowery all Bath Aerie of Eagles. Active bearers were Joseph Wilson Maurice Brown Alfred Parks and Fred Summerton also Eagles.
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Frank Pepper
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard B. Adams
Grace Episcopal Church
Scott Morse
John Summerton
Joseph Couture
David Fields
Earl Lowery
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Joseph Wilson
Maurice Brown
Alfred Parks
Fred Summerton
Eagles
Funeral services for Mrs Mae R Oliver
Funeral services for Mrs Mae R Oliver were held at 1 30 pm Friday at Arthur F Mayo and Sons Funeral home with Rev Craig Richards officiating. Bearers were Fred Nichols Charles Hewitt Lloyd Rogers and Earl Kimbal. Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove.
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