Industrial farming trends boost rural plants and jobs
Industrial farming shifts large scale operations to small communities in the United States. Vanadium Corporation of America expands to Jefferson County Ohio with earlier plants in Cambridge Ohio and Graham West Virginia, turning idle land into productive assets. Ferr alloys from imported minerals fuel iron and steel production, creating local pay rolls, improved schools, roads, utilities, and broader regional ties through global markets. Strong management is highlighted as key to creating jobs and prosperity where little existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanadium Corporation of America
Jefferson County
Ohio
Cambridge
Graham
West Virginia
Colorado Plateau
Africa
Peru
Planned Progress aids small towns to attract industry
The Planned Progress program in Missouri and parts of Iowa and Illinois helps rural communities become more attractive places to live and work. Sponsored by Missouri Edison, Missouri Power and Light, and Union Electric, it provides coordination, advice, and cash-boosts to spark local effort. In over 200 towns since 1952, initiatives include sidewalks, paved streets, signs, supervised recreation, bond issues for schools and water systems, parks, volunteer fire brigades, and cleanup campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planned Progress
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri Edison
Missouri Power and Light
Union Electric Companies
Warsaw
Illinois
Seagate Grounding Highlights U S and Foreign Ship Costs
The Seagate, a Greek-owned Liberian-registered freighter with 28 crew, ran aground on the Washington coast. The Port land Journal argues that lower wages, lighter insurance, and older navigational gear on Liberian ships raise overall costs, contrasting with American flags and policies that uphold U S merchant marine strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagate
Washington
Portland
Oregon
U. S
Lloyd’s
American Marine
High Seas
Georgetown First Baptist Church Address on Jesus Washing Feet
Rev. Warren Harris spoke on Jesus washing the disciples feet from John 13 1 17, stressing knowledge and doing and urging obedience. He announced evangelistic services at Elm Street Bath Nov 11 16 with church participation and spoke to Bowdoinham Association youth Nov 12. Nearby, deer were tagged in Georgetown Center Bath Bay Point Robinhood and Woolwich with several named residents listed. Local events included a postponed Georgetown PTA meeting and a Halloween party at Central School with prizes for costumes and community volunteers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Jesus
Peter
Christ
Harris
Elm Street
Bath
Bowdoinham Association
Verne,Chase
Walter Cummings
Georgetown Center
Harold Drake
Bay Point
George Young
Linny MacMahan
Joseph Plourde
Woolwich
George
Robert Powers
Robinhood
Blanche Carr
Roland McIntosh
McIntosh
Channing Penley
Bay Point Road
United Fund
Georgetown P. T. A
Central School
Woodrow Gray Jr
Janice Pinkham
Brian Drayton
Robin Hood
Jan White
Friar Tuck
William Marr
Mass
Charles Shain
Massachusetts
Frances Wren
Colby College
Wren
Harold J. Brown
John Drayton
Brown Jr
Portland
Brown
Maine Medical Center
Alvah C. Reynolds
Everett D. Stevens
J. Robert Blackie
West Georgetown
Gertrude Hunt
Bertha Powers
Brunswick
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Zorach
Davis
Addie Moulton
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
Warren S. Todd
Stoneham Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Carroll Powers
Dorothy W. Stuart
Peterson
Lewiston
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church of
Alfred G. Hempstead
Belle Heald
Vincent Nichols
Lemont Street
Nichols
Bath Memorial Hospital
Vincent MacMahan
Arrowsic
Five Islands Hodgepodge of Local News and Visits
Bible class and weekly prayer meetings are held at Mrs. Harlan Pinkham’s. Halloween night brought many villagers out in costumes and treats under mild skies. A youth rally at Corliss Street Baptist Church in Bath is planned for Nov 11 with Rev. Warren Harris to speak. Local residents travel, hunt, and visit family as seasons change with reports from Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Pinkham
Warren Harris
Otis Baker
Westwood
Mass
Fred Scheffer
Cambridge
Everett Hennan
Watertown
Susanne Stacey
New Jersey
Capt
Stinson Davis
Edward
Yarmouth
Franz Stevens
Edda Needham
Portland
Vernal Chase
Bath
Chase
Victor Pinkham
Mary Stevens
Georgetown
Herman Barter
Phyllis Campbell
Marilyn
Marcia
Russell Harford
Lynn McMahan
Quincy
Lawrence Vail
New Hampshire
George Young
Barbara Callaway
Tommy
Francis Pierce
Florida
Kenneth Pinkham
Southport
Ida Pinkham
Alfred Proctor
Mrs. Watson
Massachusetts
Thomas Watson
Old Fashioned Square Dance Planned At Wesley
An old-fashioned square dance and game night is planned for teenagers and young couples at Wesley Methodist church vestry on Nov 14 from 7 to 10 pm. Walter Snipe will call and play violin, with a pianist. Games include darts, ping pong, shuffleboard and ring toss. Light refreshments served. Posters advertise the free event. Gail Carlton chairs the Fellowship Department with Mrs. Carlyle Taber supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church Vestry
Youth Fellowship of the Church
Walter Snipe
Fellowship
M. F
David Kenney
Richard Moody
Gail Carlton
Carlyle Taber
Donna Nute
Robert Waterman
Pupil Fund Drive Sells Magazines For School Equipment
The students of Haskell Memorial school stage a health magazine campaign to raise funds for equipment including a plastic world globe 18 inches in diameter. The National Journal Life and Health is sold per issue or by yearly subscription, with contact through parents teachers or students if homes aren’t visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Life and Health
Still Alarm for Oil Burner Blaze at Heath Lane
The local fire department responded to a still alarm at 12.47 p.m. Thursday for an oil burner fire at 19 Heath Lane. Engine 2 from North End and Central Station ladder truck arrived as the blaze was nearly extinguished. no damage was reported. A railroad locomotive undergoes about 65 days of repairs annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Lane
Central Station
McGowen Baker Wedding Held at Wesley Methodist
Miss Antoinette Louise Baker and Bruce Frick McGowen wed at Wesley Methodist in Woolwich. Rev. Oliver W. Bell officiated. Attendants wore pastel gowns as bride and groom plan a northern Maine honeymoon and future at Day’s Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Louise Baker
Kenneth R. Baker
Woolwich
Bruce Frick McGowen
Carl McGowen
Orr's Island
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Jeanne Soule
Barbara Jean Baker
Diane Sparks
Gail Sukeforth
Bath
Brian McGowen
David Dodge
Lester Harris
Orr’s Island
Good Will
Maine
Day’s Ferry
Morse High School
Porter High School
Kezar Falls
McGowen
U.S. Navy
Korea
Hyde Windlass Co
Canned Foods Collected By Haskell School Pupils
Sev enth day Adventist School pupils collected over 100 cans of vegetables fruits milk and soups during Halloween season. They went door to door with the message I have not come to get a treat for myself but for some needy family. A party preceded the effort with outdoor games and a ghost story. Dwight Price hid under the teacher’s desk when lights came on. A parents prepared supper followed with hot macaroni dishes salads hot rolls buttered sweet cider popcorn balls nuts and apples served by several parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh-day Adventist School
Fred Pecci
Doris Thistle
Dwight Price
Walter Rice
Maxine Price
R. A. Béttle
Velma Hood
Junior High PTA Tea to Benefit School Library
Bath Junior High Parent Teacher Association sponsors a public tea at the school on Wednesday Nov 14 to benefit the school library. Miss Helen L Hayes is general chairman of arrangements with Mrs James I Noftall chairing the foods committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Quiet Halloween in Bath Sees No Police Complaints
Halloween 1956 in Bath passed peacefully with no prank complaints to Police Chief Gau dreau. The only vivid displays were the YMCA parade and later supervised party for youths. Window unmarking and noise were minimal aside from art contest exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Corliss Street Church Fellowship Supper Planned
Corliss Street Baptist church will host a fellowship supper Wednesday evening at 6 30 followed by a budget presentation for 1957. Those aiding the church canvass will hold a planning session as a baked ham supper is served by the Philathea Class led by Mrs. Marjorie MacDonald. Co chairs for the program are Mrs. Mamie Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church Church
Marjorie MacDonald
Mamie Smith
Dorothy Pratt
West Bath Grange Installs Officers Monday Evening
West Bath Grange held a 1956 57 installation ceremony with Donald Coombs installed as master by G C Marriner and Dora Marriner assisting. Officers installed included James Royal Persis Miller Joseph Larrabee Ila Day Bertha Palmer Nancy Grover Verna Coombs Dora Royal Alice Inman Jean Belanger Charles Soule Verl McNelly and others with a turkey supper and visitors from twelve granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Coombs
West Bath Grange
G. C. Marriner
Dora Marriner
Carol Hinckley
Charlotte Hinckley
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
E. W. Haggett
John Howe
Florence Farnham
Bernice McGlinchy
James Royal
Persis Miller
Joseph Larrabee
Robert Palmer
Ila Day
Bertha Palmer
Ethel MacDonald
Nancy Grover
Verna Coombs
Ceres
Dora Royal
Pomona
Alice Inman
Flora
Jean Belanger
Charles Soule
Verl MecNelly
Granges
Woolwich
Dromore
Huntoon Hill
Presumpscot
Enterprise
Topsham
Dirigo
Harraseeket
Eastern River
Hudson
Bodwell
Solid Rock
Mitchell PTA Showed Colored Slides Monday Evening
Mitchell PTA met Monday with Mrs. Granville M. Colby presenting color slides of Oregon Washington and the Dakotas plus National Teachers Association convention scenes in California. Attendees included Supt Loring R. Addison and C Lloyd Hooker District 3 PTA president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Oregon
Washington
Dakotas
Mitchell P. T. A
National Teachers Association
Colby
California
Loring R. Addison
C. Lloyd Hooker
District 3
Addison
Maine
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
David Vachon
Rockport
Mitchell School
Ways and Means
Goddard Playground
Dale Whittaker
Central Church League plans supper for Nov 30
At the regular meeting of the Central Congregational church league plans were completed for a chicken patty supper to close the two day Christmas Fair on November 30. Co chairmen of arrangements are Mrs James Morse and Mrs E Lawrence McCurdy with assistance from Mrs J Haviland Torrey and Mrs James Caverly in charge of the kitchen. Dining room duties fall to Mrs A George Moses and refreshments were provided by Mrs Ledh Beals and Mrs Albert Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Congregational Church
James Morse
E. Lawrence McCurdy
J. Haviland Torrey
James Caverly
A. George Moses
Ledh Beals
Albert Bailey
John P Carey Elected Director of Local Bank
John P Carey a Bath attorney was elected director to fill a board vacancy at the First National Bank. The appointment followed the board’s weekly meeting held Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey
Bath
First National Bank
Obituary for Nicholas S Mihalos of Bath Portland Area
Nicholas S Mihalos 58 died Saturday night in a Portland hospital after years of ill health. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Grace Episcopal church with burial in Oak Grove. Bath shoe repair proprietor since 1921, born October 28 1898 in Greece. He worked for a Wyoming railroad and Sheridan hotel before moving to Portland in 1919. Active in boxing circles, managed boxers and staged matches in Bath and Maine cities. An outdoorsman and duck hunter, past president and treasurer of Sagadahoc Red Gun Skeet Association, member of Solar Lodge of Masons Dromore Grange Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox. Survived by widow Josephine Eseley Mihalos, three children Arthur J Louis N Mihalos Anastasia Mihalos, mother two sisters, one grandson three nephews and one niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Mihalos
Nicholas S. Mihalos
Portland
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Mr. Mihalos
Greece
Spiros
Anastasia Mihalos
United States
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
Bath
Maine
Arthur J
Louis N. Mihalos
Constantine Zambolis
Virginia Poulos
Wallace S. Stewart 83 died at local nursing home
Wallace S. Stewart, 83, died Saturday evening at a local nursing home where he had been a patient for five years. Born July 1873 in Litchfield, he was the son of Sylvester and Olive Stewart and taught briefly in Litchfield schools before working as a farm worker. Surviving are his two daughters, Evelyn Soper of Portland and Annie Fuller, location unknown. Funeral services were Tuesday at noon at the Leslie C. Shumway funeral home, with Rev. Craig H. Richards officiating, and burial followed in Litchfield Plains Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Stewart Wallace S. Stewart
West Bath
Litchfield
Sylvester
Olive Stewart
Evelyn Soper
Portland
Annie Fuller
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Craig H. Richards
Litchfield Plains Cemetery
Annie Jane Walker Committal Services Held at Riverside Cemetery
Annie Jane Walker aged 79 died November 2 in New London Connecticut. Committal services were at noon Monday at Riverside Cemetery Woolwich with Rev Dr Oliver W Bell of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Born Newcastle New Brunswick November 6 1876 she was the daughter of Wellington and Isabelle Robinson Strait and widow of Woolwich native Frank Walker who died in 1947. The Walkers maintained a long shared life in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Annie Jane Walker
New London
Conn
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Newcastle
N. B
Walker
Wellington
Isabelle Robinson Strait
Frank Walker
Walkers
Summer residence at Woolwich
The late Mr. Walker, once manager of the Con el in Portland and later longtime manager of a New London hotel, had a summer residence at Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Mr. Walker
Portland
London, Conn
Harry R. Lester 86 Dies After Ill Health in Maine
Harry R. Lester, 86, died Monday morning in a local nursing home after years of ill health. Born Providence May 23, 1870, son of David and Margaret Lester, he worked as a commercial photographer in New York City. Retiring in 1927, he moved to Phippsburg to live with his nephew James Morse. He ran a small poultry farm in Phippsburg for years. Private funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Arthur F Mayo and Son funeral residence. Interment was in the family lot at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Lester
Providence
R. I
David
Margaret Wallace Lester
Enga
New York City
Phippsburg
James Morse
Lester
Arthur F Mayo
Funeral service for Arthur E Morse Saturday afternoon
Funeral service for Arthur E Morse was held Saturday afternoon at two from A F Mayo & Son funeral residence with Norman E Dubie Phippsburg pastor officiating. Bearers were Frederick Morse Donald Morse William Blaisdell Albert Cummings and William E Cummings. Burial was in the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Morse
Arthur E. Morse
A. F. Mayo & Son
Norman E. Dubie
Phippsburg
Frederick Oeanomas Morse
Donald Morse
William Blaisdell
Albert Cummings
William E. Cummings
Oak Grove
Wallace S. Stewart Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Wallace S. Stewart were held Tuesday at 1.30 p.m. at the Leslie C. Shumway funeral home on 638 High Street with Rev. Craig Richards officiating. Burial followed in the family lot at Litchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace S. Stewart
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Craig Richards
Litchfield Plains Cemetery
Boy Escapes Injury After Bicycle Car Crash
A 15-year-old Bath boy named Russell Cummings escaped serious harm Monday afternoon when his bicycle collided with a car at Washington and Center streets. He entered from Center, could not stop, and was thrown to the ground. Driver Charles A. Quellette of Brunswick was not hurt. bicycle damage was substantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Center Streets
Russell Cummings
Commercial Street
Young Cummings
Center Street
Charles A. Quellette
Brunswick
Baptist Youth Fellowship Holds Group Discussion
The First Baptist Youth Fellowship held a Sunday evening group discussion on "Going Steady, Pro and Con." All members participated and future Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship guests were announced for November 11. Marilyn House opened the meeting with prayer, the group sang hymns, and Donald Thayer closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Youth Fellowship
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship
Marilyn House
Donald Thayer
CROSSWORD CLUES MEET INQUIRING MANSION OF WORDS
A compact set of crossword style clues covers pant for air crust on a sore and other entries. It includes Across and a final note CROSS with multiple short hints like French annual income harmonized and disembarks noted in a puzzle format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Society of Jesus
Aegean Island
Naut
Word puzzle cryptogram quote about law and honor
Cryptogram puzzle text presents a substitution cipher example with hints and a provided quote The quotation is The Law It Has Honored Us May We Honor It Webster and is attributed to Webster The page notes King Features Syndicate distribution
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Webster
King Features Syndicate
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F.B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Ivan. A. " Prueworthy
Georgetown Parsonage
Erland Moore
Five Islands
Frank Klempa
Irvington
N. J
Wesley
Haskell School
Corliss St
Mitchell Pta
Charles Hewitt
Ernest King
Benjamin Zimmerman
Leland S. Patton
Howard Farr
Central Church League
Wallace Stewart
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Anewer
E. L
Akydlbaaxe
Longfellow
Pmijiuxrzi
Oriental Country
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