Municipal Court Hears Multiple Drunken Driving Cases
Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided over numerous municipal court cases including John E. Creamer 23 of Augusta found guilty of possessing a deer during closed season and fined 100 dollars plus 8.70 costs. William H. Palmer 54 of Brookline Massachusetts paid 10 dollars and 5.70 costs for a guilty plea on a Route 1 speeding matter. John N. Hederman 43 of 21 Wesley Street was found guilty of drunken driving after pleading innocent. He posted 300 dollars surety for appeal. Additional hearings included Lawrence G. Brown 23 of Washington and Joseph A. Billings 39 of Thomaston each pleading guilty to traffic offenses with fines and costs assessed. Multiple intoxication and driving while under the influence cases were heard across Bath and surrounding towns with various fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
John E. Creamer
Augusta
Milford Savage
Bowdoinham
William H. Palmer
Brookline
Mass
Woolwich
Merle A. Merill
John N. Hederman
Wesley Street
Hederman
Sagadahoc
Lynn M. Bussey
Arthur Tainter
Lawrence G. Brown
Washington
Richard A. Elcik
Joseph A. Billings
Thomaston
Washington Street
Leeman Highway
Middle
Union Streets
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Ernest M. Libby
Westbrook
Libby
Donald R. Sylvester
Chestnut Street
Coombs
Nolo Contendre
Bart O'Donnell
Weeks Street
John P. Carey
Silent Partner Tax load on utilities prompts public debate
An article by Sidney P. Allen in Public Utilities Fortnightly argues that major California utilities incur heavy taxes, with taxes often the largest expense after wages. He notes national patterns where power firms pay over 20 percent of revenue in taxes and cautions that socialized systems reduce tax revenue and threaten democratic finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney P. Allen
San Francisco Chronicle
Public Utilities
Allen
California
World food fair to open in Cologne with U S exhibits
The Cologne event begins tomorrow featuring U S displays led by the American Meat Institute. Agriculture officials supervise the exhibit showcasing meat products with emphasis on quality sanitation and preparation. Aiming to promote trade over aid the display seeks broader European markets through film and German captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Germany
U. S
American Meat Institute
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Ships And The Lone Star State
Committee studies show Texas relies on foreign trade and merchant shipping for 1 million jobs and much of its industry. In 1954 Texas ports moved about 41.3 billion in goods, with shipping supporting farm crop sales and factory jobs across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of American Steamship Lines
Texas
Lone Star
Rhode Island
Department of Defense
U.S
Venture Capital and Free Enterprise
The text argues that free enterprise relies on venture capital to flourish and warns that heavy taxation could strangle growth. It cites risk takers who faced ridicule and emphasizes the profit motive as the strongest driver of material progress.
Two Women in Hats A Mystery in Town Weekdays
In a small town, residents notice two women wearing hats on days other than Sunday and speculate about their purpose. The scene prompts curiosity about local customs or events shaping weekday routines.
Committee Progress Stagnates After Vague Deliberations
A regional committee ends a lengthy meeting with no concrete actions or decisions. Members expressed concerns but offered no timeline or assigned tasks, leaving outstanding issues unresolved as discussions concluded.
Bath Names Esther L Brown Women’s Activity Coordinator
R Clinton McFadden, Bath Civil Defense director, named Esther L Brown as Women’s Activity Coordinator effective Sept 29. She will organize women in relief and first aid for city evacuation, oversee house to house canvasses, nursing classes, and coordinate Bath’s support for the national Civil Defense alert system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
Esther L. Brawn
Miss Brown
McFadden
Civil Defense
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
MceFadden
Bus Out Of Control Crashes Into Parked Car In Bath
No one was injured when a Bath Bus Service vehicle lost steering on Center street at 8 25 a m. The bus veered into a 1947 sedan owned by William Bachleder of Arrowsic, causing minor damage to the bus and heavy damage to the sedan. Driver Norris D Southard 28 of North street court reported crossing the Maine Central Railroad track before the crash. Patrolman Earl Haines blamed a broken drag link for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
Norris D. Southard
North Street Court
Maine Central Railroad
William Bachelder
Arrowsic
Bachelder
Bath Iron Works
Titme
Earl Haines
Haines
Fort Popham Memorial Plaque Found on Revere Beach
J F Kelley of Revere reports discovering a pine Fort Popham Memorial plaque with a green border and white center along Revere Beach Massachusetts. Officials say the item disappeared last winter from Fort Popham. Kelley offered to return it if valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Popham
Revere Beach
Mass
Times
J. F. Kelley
Endicott Avenue
Revere
Kelley
Massachusetts
Fort Popham Memorial
Popham
The
U.S. A
O Donnell Freed In Municipal Court Case
O Donnell was found innocent by Judge Deering and discharged after initially failing to appear in Municipal Court last Saturday. Bail of 200 dollars was ordered defaulted but rescinded when the Bathman appeared Monday. Patrolman Starling was the complainant. John C Hart, 20, of 10 Charles street pleaded innocent to speeding 45 on Leeman highway but was found guilty and fined 10 dollars plus 10.82 dollars costs. Patrolman Tainter was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Dolloff
James W. Donegan
Dickson
Tenn
Water Street
William Boyland
Thomas F. Burns, Jr
Kittery
David Klickstein
Leeman Highway
Dolloff
Burns
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Arthur Tainter
Bart O'Donnell
Weeks Street
Washington Street
Starling
Harold J. Rubin
O'Donnell
Deering
Robert Starling
Six motor vehicle violations set for hearing in municipal court
Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided as six motor vehicle violations were heard. Langden Richards of North Whitefield pleaded guilty to drunken driving on Route 196 in Topsham, fined $100 plus $5.70 costs or 60 days jail. State Trooper Herman Boudreau pled guilty to obstructed view passing on Route 1 in Woolwich. John C. Albee of Charlestown Mass and Arthur E. Ferguson of Buffalo N Y were fined $10 with $5.70 costs. Trooper Gerald P. Margeson charged with obstructed passing on Route 1 in Woolwich. James F. Walters of Lindenhurst NY and John P. Stroop of New York City forfeited $20 bail after not appearing. Pa trolman Robert Starling’s speeding charge on High Street against William R. Cuttle of Old Orchard Beach was dismissed for want of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Hollis E. Small
West Haven
Conn
Denny Road
Deering
Everett O'Farrell
Maxwell Street
O'Farrell
Robert Coombs
Kenneth R. Rice
Portland
Bowdoin
Carl Bickford Bickford
Ernest Morenzy
Lisbon Falls
Morenzy
Robert H. Seigars
Robert Starling
Langden Richards
North Whitefield
Topsham
Herman Boudreau
Woolwich
John C. Albee
Charelmont
Mass
Arthur E. Ferguson
Buffalo N. Y
Gerald P. Margeson
James F. Walters
Linderhursat
N. Y
John P. Stroop
New York City
Joseph McCarthy
High Street
William R. Cuttle
Old Orchard Beach
Morse High Student Clubs and Activities Report
Morse High clubs and groups report changes and leaders for the year. New French club officers are Armando Cormier president and Anna Lonn secretary with advisor Mrs. Louise Mayo. Glee Club renamed Morse High Mixed Chorus with about 85 members and Bath appearances planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Rush
Armando Cormier
Anna Lonn
Jean Fleming
Bunny Green
Louise Mayo
Future
Homemakers of America
Ethel Wright
Pat Mullaney
Camilla Lorentsen
Carol Worden
Phyllis Gagner
Glee Club
Morse High
Bath
Rotary
Inner Wheel
Daughters of the American Revolution
Morse
Mike Freeman
Joyce DeLong
Jack Wallace
Jack Henderson
Robert Freeman
Bath Scouts Visit Portland CAP Program Saturday
Sixty to seventy Bath Boy Scouts and Explorers ages 13 and up joined 75 cadets from the Civil Air Patrol and Air Force Reserve in Portland. They toured the Portland Airport weather station and a Conair passenger plane, then enjoyed supper and Air Force films at the Air Force Headquarters. Attendees included Richard Oulton Truman Wallace Jr Kenneth Knute Donald Nadine Richard Lutz John Haley William Hanson Jr from Troop 52 Corliss Street Baptist Church Troop 53 St Marys Church and Troop 57 Beacon Street Methodist Church assisted by Scoutmaster Roy Lutz Jr and committeemen Ira Nadine and Wesley Marco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force Reserve
Portland
Tower
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Bath
Richard Oulton
Truman Wallace, Jr
Kenneth Knute
Donald Nadine
Richard Lutz
John Haley
William Hanson
Sewing Circle Plans Rummage and Christmas Sale
Members of the Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church met in the vestry to finalize plans for a rummage sale on Saturday Oct 8 at 1 a.m. Two quilts were prepared for the Christmas sale on Nov 30, and members will gather next Thursday for an all day sewing session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Nashua To Race At 4 Miami
Nashua will target the $100,000 Widener Handicap on February 18 as his first objective as a four year old. He spent the fall at Belair Farm in Maryland and will be stabled at Hialeah for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Miami
Belair Farm
Maryland
Hialeah
Central Lads Name Committees For The Year
The Ladies Aid of Centr Congregational church appointed standing committees for the coming year at Thursday’s meeting. A rummage sale is planned for Saturday Oct 8 with Mrs. Carl Longfellow as chairman. Multiple members named to program ways and means work and sick committees. Sunshine luncheon to follow with bags and Sunshine Bags project details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Centr Congregational Church
Carl Longfellow
Albert Whitney
Robert Gordon
Leonard Lord
George Wallace
Dean Farnham
Whitney
Louis N. Sanborn
Wallace
Sherman McQuaide
Harold Cutting
Farm
Adolph Ehlers
Horace P. Morse
Jason A. Merrill
Gordon
Harry Larrabee
South End
Center
North End
Eleanor Ferguson
Larrabee
Lord
Albert Longley
Merrill
Mrs. Farnham
Farnham
Longfellow
Albion Corliss
Dinner honors Dr. and Mrs. Winchenbach at Ledges event
About 170 friends gathered at the Ledges in Wiscasset for a buffet dinner honoring Dr. and Mrs. Francis A. Winchenbach following a recent marriage announcement. They received a chest of silverware as a gift amid a large guest list including many local residents and couples from Boothbay, Cape Elizabeth, Wisscasset, and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Winchenbach
the Ledges
Wiscasset
James A. Gillies, Jr
Warren Hawley, Jr
Perry
Leon Buck
Converse G. Fenn
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Philip Trainor
James P. Callan
Alfred Parks, Jr
Robert Lee
Francis Perry
Francis Bruce
Clarence Eaton
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
A. M. Main, Jr
Eastham Guild, Jr
John F. Dougherty
Earl Wade
Blaine Davis
Howard Mayo
Joseph Mullaney
William P. Wiles
August
al Baka
James Jones
Cape Elizabeth
Frank Cummings
Clyde Jones
Andy Manero
Boothbay
Sneak Thief Strikes Bath Again
A detached thief revisits Bath corridors slipping into Lt. Cmdr. Alton W. Payne’s home, taking two purses from the front hall. One purse held $1 and the other $5 as police note this mirrors earlier thefts with up to $100 seized. Police urge residents to keep doors locked at all times to deter the burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Alton W. Payne
U. S.N
Lincoln Street
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Payne
Edward L. Gaudreau
West Bath Service Features Hazel King Soloist
Miss Hazel King of New London CT was guest soloist at West Bath Methodist Sunday services with Dr. Bell administering Holy Communion for World Wide Communion Sunday. King played the ritual responses on clarinet as Mrs. Loring Small accompanied at the organ. The season closed at the Chapel by the Side of the Road. The pastor announced monthly Sunday gatherings at members and friends’ homes, with a November 7 meeting at 2 30 p m hosted by Mr and Mrs. Robert Metcalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Hazel King
New London
Connecticut
West Bath Methodist Church
Bell
Miss King
Loring Small
Robert Metcalf
Safety Assembly Promotes Firearm Use Caution
Kenneth Gray of Augusta and Cecil Beane, area game warden, led a Morse school safety program on hunting firearms. Using 35 mm slides they showed accident causes and proper handling, followed by a Q and A. Laws cited set hunting age rules and supervision requirements for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gray
Augusta
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Cecil C. Beane
Morse
Warden Gray
Beane
Morseigh
Rifle Club
George W
Miss Phyllis Tardiff Weds James Rockefeller in North Bath
Miss Phyllis Anne Tardiff and James I. Rockefeller, both of North Bath, married Friday at Winter Street Congregational Church. Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent officiated. A reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home. The couple planned a wedding trip to Bar Harbor and Deer Isle and will reside at 79 Lincoln Street. The bride and groom are Morse High School graduates. he is a U S Air Force veteran employed by Oakhurst Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Anne Tardiff
James I. Rockefeller
North Bath
Winter Street Congregational Church
Martin V. B. Sargent
Philip L. Tardiff
Sally Caton Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Bar Harbor
Deer Isle
Lincoln Street
Morse High School
Rockefeller
James K. Rockefeller
Morse High
Oakhurst Dairy
For Those Who Hunt
Augusta reports hunting season opening with upland game and birds legal statewide. Rabbits and gray squirrels dominate, limits four with eight possession after opening day. Fox bear and bobcat mostly unprotected. raccoons and skunks hunted nights with dogs. Waterfowl start October 7. deer legal in northern counties October 21 and rest November 1. A white fox sighting and a near miss with a rabbit chase are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Appleton
Camden Sportsmen’s Club
Lawrence Ellis
Phillips
Arthur Hitchcock
Rangeley
Bowman Township
Bre’r Hare
Canada
Tractor Stall Sparks Brush Fire Delays at State College
Charles Rhodes faced a stalled tractor while burning brush near Lemont. Firemen doused the blaze, estimating $200 damage to the tractor front. In separate notes, Japan’s birth rate fell from 34 per thousand in 1934 to 20 per thousand today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Cryptoquote and Puzzle Teaser From Daily Paper
A cryptogram puzzle explains a substitution cipher with LONGFELLOW as sample. The page lists crossword clues across and down themed wordplay, a daily cryptogram by King Features Syndicate, and a springtime quotation by "THE LARK" as cryptic teaser.
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Trade and World Understanding
Lone Star State
Met
C.D
Ft. Popham
Girls’ Athletic Association
Harold Brown
George Young
James Annis
Richard Leask
Dennis Ring
Austin Miller
Morse Mentor
Room 101
Mentor
Bath Scouts Guests of Portland Cap
Sewing Circle
Mrs. Winchenbach
Delaware
Bob Elliot
Putina
U. Brown
Russia
India
Czech
Tahiti
Marshal
France
Napoleon I
Pawi
Atevbhek
Morn Thompson
King Features Syndicate
Fas
Iso
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