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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1951

Page

1

The Bats boerement Masthead and pricing note

The Bats boerement is published weekly by The Times Company at 83 Front Street Bath Maine. MICGHOLS serves as President and Treasurer while C Webber is the editor. Subscription rates listed: one year in advance two dollars, six months in advance one dollar. Entered at Bath post office for circulation at second.

Bats Boerement The Times Company Front Street Bath Maine

4-H Dairy Achievement awards expand in Maine

4-H clubs in Sagadahoc and across Maine learn that the National 4-H Dairy Achievement will for the first time grant all expense trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago this November. National winners get a $300 college scholarship. leadership and meat animal awards are funded by Edward Foss Wilson and Thomas E Wilson. Dairy awards are provided by Lederle Laboratories. First place boys and girls in 4-H Leadership receive silver trophies. second place winners each obtain a $150 college scholarship. Last year’s Maine state winners included Eldwin Wixson Jr. in Waterville.

Sagadahoc Chicago Edward Foss Wilson Thomas E. Wilson Lederle Laboratories Maine Dairy Eldwin Wixson, Jr Waterville

Volunteer military recruiting linked to efficiency and cost savings

Major General Thomas J. Hanley argues volunteers remain the keystone of U S military policy. Volunteers reenlist at four to five times the draft rate, saving training costs while boosting adaptability. He stresses high school graduates as future officers and notes needs in WAC WAF medical roles and nursing, dietitians, and therapists.

Thomas J. Hanley U. S. Army U. S. Air Force United States Hanley WAC WAF Army Air Force Navy

Why the Editor Says We in Editorial Writing

An old explanation notes the editorial we as a country editor’s voice. It describes a multitasking editor who reads newspapers, selects miscellany, writes, sets type, proofs, prints, and serves patrons while accepting blame for unmade promises.

Iowa Williamstown Advocate

Indisputable Right to Use Plural Number Cited

A fragment discusses an individual asserting the right to speak in the plural and use we in all occasions and places. The quote reflects a preference for collective voice as a personal prerogative.

Maine infantile paralysis funds rise in 1950 report

Bath leads state in polio relief with Hyde Memorial Home as a cancer battleground against infantile paralysis. Maine’s 16 county National Foundation chapters spent 172,765.36 dollars to treat 358 victims in 1950, with detailed regional totals across Androscoggin to York counties.

Bath Maine Hyde Memorial National Foundation For National Foundation Penobscot Piscataquis Sagadahoc Somerset Waldo Washington York

Boothbay Playhouse Opens Season With Broadway Company

Boothbay Playhouse will open its 1951 season on June 25 under managing director Sherwood Keith. A Broadway featured company arrives, with Sam Wren directing and Virginia Sale as a featured player. The season promises hits including Harvey and Born Yesterday and welcomes returning friends and new faces for a summer of entertainment.

Boothbay Playhouse Sherwood Keith Keith New York City Harvey Sam Wren Liebling-Wood New York Wren Virginia Sale Chic Sale Chris Ginny Conover Boothbay Region

Doctor Fuller and the Bath boyhood of a future physician

In 1951 The New Yorker features Dana W. Atchley recounting his boyhood in Bath Maine and the physician Dr Fuller who inspired his career. The piece recalls Fuller’s care during illnesses tonsil surgery and a sleigh ride memory that stays vivid through years.

NEW Yorker Magazine The New Yorker Dr. Fuller Atchley Fred A. Fuller Washington Street Portland Maine Medical School Bowdoin College Bath BIW Fuller Fuller, Jr Edwin M. Fuller Tufts Medical College Bowdoin Dana Winslow Atchley W. A. Atchley First Baptist Atthley New Jersey Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Englewood N. J New York City Doctor Atchley Dana W. Atchley New Yorker Magazine, Inc Maine Front Street

Gift of human understanding surpasses scientific marvels

The speaker reflects that a man’s gift of human understanding was rarer and more powerful than his scientific achievements. He wishes to have later told him how deeply that value mattered, contrasting it with the marvels he accomplished.

Bath approves bids for fire chief car and uniforms

Bids opened at noon for a four door car for Bath's fire chief. Brooke Chevrolet of Bath low at 1350 dollars for a deluxe Ford model and Remick Auto Co. offered 1538 dollars for a Plymouth. Police uniforms funded. chief’s uniform cost to be determined.

Bath Brooke-Chevrolet Ford Remick Auto Co Cambridge Charles A. Oes Wahagand Aa Sellar

Central Fire Station Receives Major Renovations

The central fire station has been or is being renovated from floor to ceiling. The two large halls and the chief's office show fresh paint and the building is in its best condition ever.

Community notices seek church contacts for article placement

The passage invites groups and organizations to request article inclusion in the seat issue by contacting the pastor or Fred Fox, president of the MYF. It reflects a church community communications process and emphasizes coordinated outreach through these local leaders.

Fred Fox MYF

Form of games and course and present were discussed

A clipped note describes Wednesday evening activities focusing on form of games, course selections, and the present participants, mentioning Mrs. and others in a brief summary.

AT&T stockholders welcomed by executives

The Brady Dentons hosted by AT&T as guests of the company for a week. Leroy A. Wilson, AT&T president, presented a stock certificate marking a milestone for the firm noted as a leading private ownership and industrial production venture with vast telecommunication reach.

Ephone Brady Denton New York Leroy A. Wilson Re .the and Co Moe

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