Older Boys Conference to be Held at Auburn in November
The 43rd annual Maine State Y M C A Older Boys Conference will run November 19 to 21 in Auburn for high school upper grades. About 300 Maine youths are expected, with Bath Y represented last year. Dr. Charles C. Noble of Syracuse University will speak on the theme Living With a Purpose, and the Springfield gymnast team will perform. Registration is 5 before November 8 and 5.50 after.
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Maine
Auburn
Waterville
Bath
Bill Voight
Peter Kelley
Robert Stairs
Nathan Cohen
Donald House
Joe Fullerton
Robert Soule
Billy Russell
Mickey Russell
Paul McCole
Edward Mitchell
Gene Sukeforth
Frank Blanchard
Peter Lorentsen
Maurice Warner
Charles C. Noble
Hendrick’s Chapel
Syracuse University
Noble
Springfeld
Odd Fellows Minstrel Show Next Saturday at Morse High
The fifth annual Odd Fellows Minstrel Show is set for Morse High School Saturday evening October 16 at 8 13 directed by Edward Page with Benjamin Zimmerman as interlocutor. The program features a long list of performers along with two new women acts and a finale variety segment titled Varieties Galore of 54. Reserved seats are on sale at Fullerton's Record Shop.
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Odd Fellows
Morse High School
Edward Page
Benjamin Zimmerman
Ead
Stan Brimston
Carl Meister
Robert E. Lee
George Stimpson
Susie
Jimmy Juliano
Carolina
Paul Crocker
Eddie Page
Pauline Ketley
Judy Holbrook
Sue Hagerthy
Peggy Hanson
Charlotte’s
School of Dancing
Joan Ingersol
Merline Osborne
Sharon Holbrook
Tinette Lakin
Fay Pye
Ann Berry
Paul ‘Crocker
Margaret Pottle
Patricia Donovan
Gary Meister
Taffy
Sherry Robinson
Elaine Lecotte
Bristol Rockettes
Phyllis Chadwick
Elaine Renshaw
Anne Berry
Joe Avery
Jim Juliano
Pauline Kelley
Jeggy Hanson
Lloyd Knights
Ne Secotte
Pat
Fullerton
Monthly Session Probate Court Wills and Estates
Probate court monthly session lists wills filed and estates in Bath Topsham and Whitefield New Hampshire with executors administratrices and trustees named. Names include Lynn M Bussey Essie A Berry Glady s N Berry Helen M Jones and Carlton S Rines among others. Actions show filings inventories administrations accounts and appointment of successors and guardians.
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Frederick N. Sanborn
Bath
Lynn M. Bussey
Fred E. Berry
Topsham
Essie A. Berry
Peter Bally
Martha E. Bailly
Elmer W. Allen
Bruce B. Allen
Charles E. Berry
Gladys N. Berry
Addison Jones
Helen M. Jones
Gertrude 'L. '‘Rines
Whitefield
N. H
Carlton S. Rines
Randall F. Cook
Laura L. Cook
George McIntire
Walter F. Taylor
A.k.a
E.t.a
Jeanie R. Sanborn
Bath Trust Co
Allan Spear
Samuel Povich
Sophie Povich
Frank Bruno
Yvonne Bruno
Guardian
Charles
Edwin E. Scott
Phippsburg
Evelyn A. Dodge
Evelyn A. Scott
Lena M. Hill
Bowdeinham
Edwin H. Bates
Harry H. Frye
Margaret F. Frye
Katherine Gignoux
Cape Elizabeth
Camilla A. Edge
Camilla A. Sewall
Loyall F. Sewall
Als
Kaiulani S. Williams
Edmund A. Lenfest
Ruth L. Dennison
Bessie M. Hunt
Winifred H. Brown
Christine C. Snipe
Allen Spear
John J. Keegan
Bath City Monthly Department Report Highlights Hurricane Cleanup
Charles Thayer's first assistant notes the cemetery and park work with 11 burials and 3 monument bases. tree removals after hurricane damage with Goodall Tree Expert Co. The Highway and Sewer Department reports debris clearing, road repairs, and sidewalk work on Old Brunswick road benefiting Bath Junior High. Public Welfare aided 80 persons. cheese and butter distributed to 315 individuals. Health Department records several contagious cases and 55 investigative actions, with overtime for disposal of storm debris.
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Cemetery & Park Department
Goodall Tree Expert Co
Portland
Highway & Sewer Department
Brunswick Road
Bath Junior High School
W. H. Hinman Co
Vine Street
Water Street
Front Street
Lincoln Street
Oak Street
Public Welfare Department
Rev Louis A Dole Heads Maine Church Association
Rev Louis A Dole was elected president of the Maine Association of the Church of the New Jerusalem at its annual Bath meeting. Others named to office include Mrs Robert E Gass treasurer Robert S Gass and Mrs Matthew A Wood. The weekend featured a supper at Stonehouse Farm and a guest sermon by Rev Franklin H Blackner of Andover Mass, president of the general convention. The event concluded with dinner.
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Louis A. Dole
Maine Association of the Church of the New Jerusalem
Bath
Robert E. Gass
Portland
Robert S. Gass
Matthew A. Wood
South Portland
Arthur Stewall
Stonehouse Farm
Franklin H. Blackner
Andover
Mass
General Convention
The
Church of the New Jerusalem
Sedgwick
When Poles Are Down A Free Enterprise Response
The Courier of Rochester New Hampshire praises utilities for rapid hurricane Carol recovery. It notes crews from Chicago and other areas joined local teams to replace poles repair transformers and restore service swiftly. The piece argues private utility resources proved effective once poles fall and stresses the urgency of power and phone restoration.
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Ree
Politique
Courier
Rochester
N. H
New England
Chicago
Labor Department feud and aluminum masts promise
The piece reports friction between Labor Secretary James Mitchell and Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks over labor union immunity from antitrust prosecutions and potential strike actions. It also notes a shift to aluminum antenna masts eliminating rust stains, while urging better programs.
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Washington
James
Mitchell
Sree Department
Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
Commerce Department
Unons
Labor Department
Rain Bow antenna boosts color TV reception in Ellenville
In Ellenville New York a company with over 1000 employees designs and builds Channel Master antennas that promise better black and white reception and meet color TV standards. The new Rain Bow model is expected to prompt many households to replace old antennas as advanced engineering advances the landscape of American television.
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Catskill Mountains
Hendrick Hudgon
Rip van Winkle
All America
Ellenville
Hunting Violations Feature Court Friday
Four cases heard before Recorder Arthur D. Dolloff in Friday's Municipal Court session. Preston Sanborn of Westbrook pleaded guilty to hunting waterfowl with a shotgun holding more than three shells and was fined $10 plus $5.70 costs. William M. Pringle of Freeport pleaded guilty to a similar charge and paid $10 plus $5.70 costs. Herbert M. Porch of North Windham pleaded innocent but found guilty for an improperly plugged shotgun and must pay $10.82 costs with sentence suspended. Thomas P. Timmons of Wiscasset pleaded guilty to possessing short clams at Bath, fined $10 plus $5.70 costs. Coastal Warden Charles J. Boetsch was complainant.
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Arthur D. Dolloff
Preston Sanborn
Westbrook
Topsham
Walter Harris
William M. Princle
Freeport
Howard Wilson
Herbert M. Porch
North Windham
Porch
Warden Wilson
Thomas P. Timmons
Wiscasset
Missing Bath Auto Recovered in Brunswick
Bath police recovered a 1953 DeSoto sedan owned by Arthur Sewall II of 963 Washington Street. Stolen from his driveway a week earlier, the car was abandoned at the Maine Central Railroad Station in Brunswick with no reported damage after being parked there for almost a week.
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Bath
DeSoto
Arthur Sewall II
Washington Street
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Reception For Teachers By South End P T A
The South End P T A hosted an October Bee in the hall on Washington street with 70 attendees at 6 30. Rev Harold L Allen offered prayer. Supt Loring R Addison and school board members attended along with Mitchell school staff and retirees. Addison spoke on Bath school ranking problems. Mrs Alice Strube led business, plans for a rummage sale and Christmas activities were discussed, and 100 percent membership push announced. Attendance banners were presented to two classes, and a reading on substitutes was given followed by a social and games.
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South End
Washington Street
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Loring R. Addison
Mitchell School
Marjorie Boucher
Phyllis Rolfe
Lillian F. Fisher
Charlotte Redlon
Addison
Bath
Alice Strube
Bernard Comeau
Ruth Ames
Sunshine Committee
P. T. A. Council
Jacqueline Plummer
John Darling
Ruth_Ames
Cost Accountants Fall Outing Postponed to Purpoodock Club
The Southern Maine Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants will hold its annual Fall outing for wives and guests at Purpoodock Country Club Cape Elizabeth on Saturday. Activities include a golf tournament bridge and canasta with dinner at 7 30 and dancing afterward. It was moved from Sebasco Estates in September due to Hurricane Edna.
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Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Purpoodock Country Club
Cape Elizabeth
Saturay
Sebasco Estates
Marriage of Miss Alice Minott and Maj James Roth at Yokota AFB
The marriage of Miss Alice Hampton Minott daughter of the late Henry Minott of Phippsburg to Maj James Paul Roth of the U S Air Force was announced by Col Joe A Bennett brother in law at Yokota Air Base Chapel Japan on September 18. Mrs Roth works with the Social Services Division of the Force at Yokota Air Base and Roth hails from Drew Mississippi.
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Alice Hampton Minott
Ae Henry Minott
Phippsburg
James Paul Roth
New
Ss. Air Force
Joe A. Bennett
U. S. Air Force
Yokota Air Force Base
Japan
Roth
Force
Yokota Air Base
Afor Roth
Drew
Knights Plan Testimonial Dinner for Teams
Saga dahoc Council Knights of Columbus held a beef stew supper as Grand Knight presided. A testimonial dinner is planned for the Bath champions the K of C Little Leaguers at 6 p.m. Sunday Oct 24 with each member hosting a player guest and Nelson Foss performing magic.
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Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Jack Quirk
Grand Knights
Aphonse Turcotte
K. of C
Little Leaguers
Bath
Nelson Foss
Knights
Sekenger Council
Brunswick
Joseph Marquis
Let's Be Extra Careful With Oil Stoves This Fire Prevention Week
Fire Chief Richard Frates warns oil and kerosene stoves pose major home fire risks. NFPA data show stove fires cause about a quarter of home fire deaths, with children often as victims. Have stoves checked by a qualified mechanic and follow manufacturer instructions to prevent tragedies.
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Richard Frates
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Frates
P. T. A. Food Sale at Senter's by Bath Council
The Bath P. T. A. Council executive committee announces a food sale Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Senter's to cover a treasury deficit caused by last spring's Portland Children's Theater presentation the council sponsored. Any P. T. A. unit in the city may donate food for the sale.
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Bath P. T. A. Council
Senter’s
Portland Children's Theater
George Perry to Run Bath Bowling Alleys
The Park Bowling Alleys at 225 Front Street opened the 1954 55 season under new management. George P. Perry, Bath Recreation Commission chairman, has taken over from Frank Pepper who ran the lanes for years. Perry leased the alleys with an option to buy later.
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the Park
Front Street
George P. Perry
Bath Recreation Commission
Frank Pepper
Partridge Supper At Bath School Window Incident
Waldo W. Brooks, maintenance supervisor at Bath schools, shot a partridge that flew through a Central Grammar school window Friday afternoon. The stunned bird was later prepared for supper by the Brooks family at Lambert Park, with no injury to Brooks or others.
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Waldo W. Brooks
Bath
Central Grammar School
Brooks
Lambert Park
Sterling Bible Class Roll Call Meeting Recap
Sterling Bible Class held its annual Roll Call meeting on Monday. The Philathea Class served supper at six, members answered with a verse, cards were sent to sick members, and secret pals for the coming year were chosen.
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Sterling Bible Class
Philathea
Forget-Me-Not Brownies Meet At Central Church
The Forget-Me-Not Brownies of Central church held their first Fall meeting in the parish house with 25 attendees. After an opening and flag ceremony, girls did clothespin boot guards decorated with Brownie seals under leaders Mrs. Linwood Haynes and Mrs. Edward Trainor.
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Forget
Me-Not Brownies
Central Church
Linwood Haynes
Edward Trainor
Democrat Women to Meet in Bath City Hall
Sagadahoc County Democratic women will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Bath City Hall. Refreshments will be served after the business session.
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Sagadahoc County
Bath City Hall
Civil Air Patrol Meeting Tuesday at Lambert Park Hall
The Bath-Brunswick Civil Air Patrol met Tuesday last week under Capt. Gerald C. Lallier. Cadet Lt. Jack Hart led drill, Lt. Malcolm Miller taught Aviation Education. Members signed for the Officers' Training Course. recent cadet promotions were announced.
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Bath-Brunswick
Civil Air Patrol
Lambert Park
Gerald C. Lallier
Jack Hart
Malcolm Miller
U. S. Air Force
Lallier
Henry Colcord
Miller
al Risteen
Bernard Knight
Frank Campbell
Ralph Forbes
Carle Clarke
Robert Dingley
Harry McCarthy
Richard Dingley
Frank Savage
County Survey Enumerators Begin Farm Enumeration
County surveyors start listing farms in their enumeration district on October 18, 1954. The process is expected to take three to four weeks to complete.
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Sion
Visit by North Primary Girls to Central Fire Station
The second grade girls and their teacher Mrs Andrew Babkirk visited Central Fire Station Friday morning. Fred Pecci driver of Engine 4 led the tour and spoke about fire hazards and prevention as part of Fire Prevention Week observances at the school.
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Gra
North Primary
Andrew Babkirk
Central Fire Station
Fred Pecci
Peccia
Crossword Clue List and Cryptoquote Caption
A dense crossword style prompt lists clues with numbers and abbreviations plus a cryptoquote attribution DO LOVELY THINGS NOT DREAM THEM ALL DAY LONG KINGSLEY and distributor line, resembling a syndicated puzzle page note.
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Kingsley
King Features
Boy Scout Camporee Honors Hermit Island Site
About 75 Boy Scouts and 15 adults joined the Sagadahoc Camporee at Hermit Island Small Point. Sites were set Saturday morning with games hikes and seashore hunts. Troop 93 Woolwich led the Saturday campfire under Manager Doake. Sunday services were by Rev H Macy Whitehead Phippsburg and troops from Beacon Street Winter Street Central Corliss Street and Woolwich participated.
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Sagadahoc
Hermit Island
Small Point
Mgrtihon Doake
Woolwich
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Clearing House New Hospital Project Opens Oct 18
The Memorial hospital auxiliary sponsors Clearing House, a thrift shop opening Oct 18 in the YMCA building on Summer Street. It will be open Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 pm. Good resaleable merchandise such as clothes furniture and bric a brac will be accepted with two thirds of sale price going to the consignor and one third to the hospital.
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Clearing House
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Summer Street
Clearing House fundraiser set by hospital auxiliary
The event will run with volunteers handling sales and merchandise acceptance. Hats, kites, and scarves will not be accepted for profit. Sale openings are scheduled for the 14th and 16th, with Mrs. Duncan McInnes and Mrs. George Musk newly involved in the Clearing House. Prize chairmen include Mrs. Bowen Torrey d Speamarers, with Mrs. Ballagg and Mrs. Charles Doyle assisting.
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Pboe
Omy
Duncan McInnes
George Musk
Aud
Sumner Sewall
Richard Kimball
Lawrente Atz
Six Cases Heard In Court Monday
Six cases were heard before Judge Gardiner R. Pees Monday in municipal court. Gerald Merrill 17 of Woolwich and two juvenile companions pled guilty to larceny of 16 gallons of gasoline valued at 4.72 belonging to Chester Whittaker of Georgetown and on a charge of malicious mischief. Merrill was found guilty on both counts and placed on six months probation with a 10 p.m. curfew. Two others were found guilty of juvenile delinquency and one case was placed on file while the other received six months probation with the same curfew. Deputy Sheriff Edward C. Belanger was the complainant. Three intoxication cases pled guilty. one received 30 days jail with probation and no family contact, another was fined 10 dollars and costs or 30 days, and the third was fined 5 dollars and costs.
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Gardiner R. Pees
Gerald Merrill
Woolwich
Chester Whittaker
Georgetown
Merrill
Edward C. Belanger
Psham
Lynn Bussey
Ath
Bank Auditors Meet in Lewiston for 1954-55 Session
The Maine Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers opens October 14 at the DeWitt hotel Lewiston with the theme Destruction of Old Records. Edward Jackson Claude Clement Frederick Taintor and Charles Brooks will lead discussions after a 6:30 p.m. dinner, with a second meeting planned for November 17 in Hallowell.
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Maine
National Association of Bank Asers and Comptrollers
Ope Ursday
DeWitt Hotel
Lewiston
John W. Coombs
Bath Trust Co
Edwardackson
Olk National Bank
Claude Clement
First National Bank of Belfast
Frederick Taintor
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Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Charles Thayer
Health Department
Heads Association
Meinesociation
South End P. T. A
Cost Accountants
George Perry
Democrat
Bath-Brunswick Group
George Wilson
George Andrew Wilson
East 10Th Street
Anniston
Alabama
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Longfellow
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Clearing House New Hospital
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