Argentina's economic turmoil and fragile recovery begin
The article reviews 13 years under Peron and Frondizi, detailing wage growth, price controls, and bloated government payrolls. It notes widespread public benefits but escalating debt, fledgling private investment, and signs of revival as private capital boosts oil, farming, and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Juan Peron
U.S. News & World Report
Arturo Frondizi
U. S. News & World Report
Harsh Reminder For Political Spenders
A longtime public health essay extols the family doctor as a cornerstone of American medicine. It notes a shift from 1940 when few chose general practice to today where six in ten enter the field, citing better training, ongoing education, and trusted patient relationships as core reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feo
Yardstick of National Well Being Reveals Russian Shortfalls
The piece argues Soviet propaganda cannot mask real living standards. It compares wages and purchasing power, noting Russians buy less with a month's wages than Americans. It cites state control of production and pricing in Russia as central to the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Khrushchev
No-Competition in America Drives Broad Choice and Low Costs
The article argues American mass merchandising creates competition from raw materials to retail finished goods. Producers and retailers offering the widest choice and best quality at the least cost win trade, allowing American workers with monthly pay to buy more suits and shoes than Soviet workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Georgetown Community News Wraps Up Busy Week At Robinhood
Georgetown church services feature Psalm reading and organ recital at First Baptist. Local clubs meet at Central school and parsonage for Christmas plans and decorations. Residents report on visitors, travel, art, and a poster contest win during a active week in Georgetown Center and West Georgetown.
Five Islands Community Activities Light Up Weekend
On Sunday Rev Ernest Roberts spoke at Second Baptist Church and an organ recital followed at Georgetown Baptist Church. A floor tile project at Gray Auditorium involved Erland Moore, Lloyd Pinkham, Tom Watson, Orville Rowe, Harold Pinkham and Rev Roberts. The furnace at Second Baptist was repaired last week. A hospital aid effort led by Mrs Franz Stevens was planned by the Good Neighbor club. A Saturday food sale at Grover and Todd’s raised over $40 for CA. Library donations to Morse High were solicited via Mrs Elizabeth Moffatt and Mrs Thomas A fireplace was built at the crossroads home of William Plummer. Alonzo Thibodeau and Thomas Watson were noted as lucky hunters. Various visits and illnesses kept residents busy across Five Islands and Bath communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Raphael Higgins
Bath
Todd's
Grover's
Georgetown Center
Five Islands
Edith Moore
Andrew MacGillivary
Wayne LaRose
Cleon Powers
Alonzo Thibodeau
Seguinland
Sgt
Niles
Bath Police Department
Robinhood
Caleb
Joshua
Hugh Rockwell
East Boothbay
Frederick
Fred
Boothbay
Roland Peterson
Kalamazoo
Mich
Arrowsie
Parviz Chahbazi
John Calabreses
Waterville
John JD. Williams
William Plummer
John, Jr
Bath Road
Carl Williams
Williams
Harold Peters
Ipswich
Mass
Anne
Oak Grove
Vassalboro
Georgetown
Morrell Place
John Williams
Massachusetts
John Williams, Jr
Richards Library
Ralph Lavis
Frye Place
Donald Richardson
Davis Cottage
Sewall Webster
Indian Point Road
Thomas Savage
Little River
Guy R. Snowe
Augusta
Ernest Roberts
Portland
James Oliver
Robert Nicoll
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
J. Robert Blackie
Clarence Haley
Topsham
Stowe House
Brunswick
Tuncheon
Cyril Stevens
Roy Newman
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
West Georgetown
Charles Huntington
Bowdoin College
Wayne Courson
Joan Roberts
Belfast
Elbridge L. Powers
George L. Laskey
Second Baptist Church
Roberts
Georgetown Baptist Church
Gray Auditorium
Erland Moore
Lloyd Pinkham
Tom Watson
Orville Rowe
Harold Pinkham
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Charce
Pinkham
Beulah Miller
Grover's General
George Town
Thomas Watson
Morse High School
Elizabeth Moffatt
Bay Point
Eva Campbell
Reginald Church
Harlan Pinkham
Orissa Carr
Leila Hutchins
Edgecomb
Alexander King
Boston
Mr. King
Phyllis Campbell
Marcia
Russell Harford
Clayton Hanna
Gale
Wendy
Lulu Hanna
Victor Pinkham, Jr
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Pvt
Arthur
Almon Mitchell
Mansfield Moore
Kenneth Dell
Joan Marr
Quincy
Bradley James
Reynolds Grover
Chester G. Kelsea
Masonic Temple
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Hopkins
Arthur Marr
Gott’s Cove
Newton
Almon
Francis Pierce
Norman
Betty Jane
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
George Flynn
Maynard Thibodeau
Stephen
Hartley Harley
Candy’s Harbor
Branwell E. Harford
Richmond
Roy Shields
Harold Harford
Elson Harford
Judith MacMahan
Margaret MacMahan
Herman Barter
Richard Barter
Peggy la Rose
Lloyd G. Pinkham
John D. Williams
Henry Moore
Woodrow Gray
Paul Thompson
Stevens Farmhouse
William Stewart
Lucien Tardif
Edith
North End
Ray Higgins
West Bath
Branwell Harford
Leon Kelley, Jr
Kelley
Kathleen Rittall
Edwin Merry
Arthur Merry
Woodfords
Arthur Berry
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Marie Moore
Luva Gray
James MacMahan
James, Jr
Michael
Roland Jones
Oakley Thibodeau
Hampton, N. H
Harmon's Harbor
Kenneth Snowdon
Thibodeau
Local Social Roundup from Bath Area Sees Wide Family and Guest Visits
Residents from Bath and nearby towns share visits and weekend guests. Cochrane family travels to Myricks Massachusetts to spend holidays with Mrs Laura Cochrane. Many locals attend musical gatherings and host visitors from Wiscasset, Quincy, and Boston areas.
Funeral services for Francis Coughran conducted at St Marys
Funeral services for Francis Coughran were held at 8 30 a m at Arthur F Mayo Son funeral residence with a requiem high mass at St Marys Roman Catholic church Rev John E Bellefontaine officiated Bearers were Edward Footer Stephen Collins John McAuliffe and James McDougall Interment was in the family lot in Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Coughran
Arthur F. Mayo
Edward Footer
Stephen Collins
John McAuliffe
James McDougall
Oak Grove
Snow falls on Bay Point as November storms hit
The first snow of the season blanketed Bay Point on November 19 to about two inches. The coldest day this month was November 17, with November described as stormy in years. Mr and Mrs Forrest Drake sold their Bay Point home to Connecticut buyers and moved into Mrs Lila Spinney's home. Harold Drake recently moved to Bath and visited the Point on Sunday. Edward Simpson of Bath spent Sunday at his summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Drake
Bay Point
Connecticut
Lila M. Spinney
Harold Drake
Bath
Edward Simpson
Wesley Church Fair Presents Holiday Lane Shopping Plaza
The Wesley Methodist church on 9 Washington Street becomes Holiday Lane for a two day Christmas fair on Dec 2 and 3. The Women’s Society of Christian Service organizes shops, tea, a chicken dinner, and multiple centers including Candy Shop, Food Shoppe, and Mystery Shop with extensive volunteer leadership and advance ticketing for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Washington Street
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Drusilla Fielding
Wesley Shopping Plaza
Holiday Lane
Oliver W. Bell
Merle
C. Niles
John Sampson
William Davis
Marc N. King
Stanley R. Hunter
Carolyn B. Rogers
Otis Ayer
Courtney E. Stover
Alvah A. Morse
Albert E. Whitney
Cochairmen
Rodney S. Upham
Bell
Ellery C. Kidder
Jennie H. Walker
Edward V. Coombs
George J. Hopkins
Roger B. Savage
Laura King
John W. Coombs
Edward M. Butterfield
Charles F. Marble
Ludie Oliver
Walter E. Upham
Bath Garden Club Entertained by Miss Anne Kimball
Miss Anne Kimball hosted the Bath Garden club at her Lincoln Street home with speaker Mrs. Milton F. Kimball of Falmouth Foreside. The program covered holiday decorations using evergreens nuts and flowers and showcased arrangement ideas.
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Bath Garden Club
Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
Milton F. Kimball
Falmouth
Redblooded youth and the American way of life
The writer extols youth as the driving force of a modern industrial nation while critiquing sensitive, sheltered types. He asserts that vigorous, energetic youth are essential to build and sustain the American way of life, urging pride in national vigor and forward momentum.
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Yesteryear
Alfred James Ladner obituary in Bath and South Gardiner
Bath resident Alfred James Ladner 73 died at home in South Gardiner after a long illness. Born in Mt. Pleasant Prince Edward Island he was the son of Edward and Jessie McLennar Ladner. He is survived by his widow Corinna Prescott a son Alfred Ladner a daughter Mrs. John L. Rosen eau two daughters Mrs. Darrell I Drucker a brother Edward Ladner and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Staples Funeral Home Gardiner with arrangements in Bath for the prior years.
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Bath
Hom
South Gardiner
Mt. Pleasant
Prince Edward Island
Edward
Jessie McLennar Ladner
Corinna Prescott
Alfred James Ladner
Alfred Ladner
Decateur
Iil
John L. Rosseneau
Leomaster
Mass
Darrell I. Drucker
Cambodia
Edward Ladner
Waldoboro
Frank Gardner
Zephre Stills
Fla
Walter Enman
McAdam
N.B
Ladner
Staples Funeral Home
Brurtwick Ave
Gardiner
Death Notices Winnefred B. Lewis 88 Missouri
Winnefred Belle Lewis 88 of 357 Washington Street died Tuesday at home after a period of failing health. Born August 11, 1871 in Trevet she was daughter of Woodbury and Martha Barter Stover. Survived by two sons Roger N. Lewis Milford R. Lewis two daughters Ethel Colby Grace Schmidt one brother Alvin Stover 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10 from Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Rev Robert B. Fowler officiating. Interment Oak Grove family lot.
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Winnefred B. Lewis
Winnefred
Belle Lewis
Washington Street
Trevet
Woodbury
Martha Barter Stover
Roger N. Lewis
Parker Head
Milford R. Lewis
Bowdoinham
Ethel Colby
Wiscasset
Grace Schmidt
Bath
Alvin Stover
Francis J Coughran 76 Bath Iron Works employee dies
Francis James Coughran 76 of Bath dies suddenly at home on Crescent street. Born in Alberton Prince Edward Island he came to Bath at 15 and worked 60 years in the Bath Iron Works boiler shop. Survived by daughter Evelyn Crocker Bath stepson Edward J Fay Malden Mass one stepdaughter Mary Barbour Worcester Mass and a granddaughter.
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Francis James Coughran
Bath Iron Works
Crescent Street
Alberton
Prince Edward Island
James and
Mary McNeil Coughran
Bath
Ile
Coughran
Bath Acrie of
Eagles
Evelyn Crocker
Edward J. Fay
Malden
Mass
Mary Barbour
Worcester
Funeral services for Edward P. Hamel held at Mayo residence
Edward P. Hamel funeral services were held at 1 30 p m Wednesday at the Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev Warren B Harris of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiating. Bearers were Hudson Ese Thomas Ryan Leon Brown and Bertram Willis. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove. Dr Milton C Stephenson and wife of Wiscasset formerly of Bath visited Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Hamel
Arthur F. Mayo
Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Teases Readers
A mixed page features a standard crossword with nautical toponym clues and a cryptoquote puzzle. The cryptogram decodes to a Gay quote: Sure men were born to be, and women to believe them, attributed to Gay from 1959.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Bath Independent
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Maine
First Baptist Church
Brenton Perow
Perow
Reginald Pinkham
Mr. Pinkham
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Sagadahoc County
Florence Calderwood
Patten Free Library
Wesley Church Fair
Kimball
William Turpie
Joseph FE. Mullaney
Winslow W. Porter
Harold T Stanton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur W. King
Cosmopolitan Club
Veteran's Hospital
Togus
King
Roscoe McFaudden
R. Clinton McFadden
A. Dent Caton
Hyde Memorial Rehabiltation Hospital
David Soule
Stanley Aiken
Bowen Torrey
J. Arthur Burgess
Donald MacLeod
F. Merton Bradway
Caton
Miss Kimball
Mullaney
Rs. Porter
Turpie
Porter
State Federation of Garden Clubs
Arivust
Melvin B. Henderson
Arthur M. Bowker
Bath Plimbing Board
Philip Day
State Road
Mr. Day
Dresden
Cornerstone
James Ladner
Francis J. Coughran
E. P. Hamel Funeral
Milton C. Stephenson
Acclaim
Horse
Luzon
Cunning
Require
Antoinette
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