Taxes Rising Across Government Levels In 1950s U.S.
The piece summarizes a U.S. News & World Report finding that the typical taxpayer will pay at least 10 percent more in 1950 than the prior year as federal state and local tax rates rise. It notes higher incomes, new fuel and Social Security taxes, and a total tax bill of about 113 billion plus 13.3 billion in Social Security taxes, with per capita tax increases and a rising share of national income devoted to taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Asilance
Lille
Careers In Retailing Offer Broad Pathways To Success
A committee will tour centers to discuss the retailing program with retailers and educators. It aims to show that retailing offers varied and dynamic career opportunities beyond basic store duties, with room at the top for ambitious individuals and top executives often rising from entry level roles.
One-Cent Federal Gas Tax Increase Sparks Debate
The piece warns taxpayers about a new one-cent gas tax lasting 21 months, calling it an emergency levy. It argues the tax will likely be extended or shifted to general funds, noting 15 years of war emergency taxes and a sizable share of fuel taxes not going to roads. It criticizes Congress for spending, suggests balancing the budget, and questions tax reform.
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Treasury
Congress
Sermon Stresses Five Stones Against Evil
Rev. Ernest Roberts offers five points from the David and Goliath tale to combat inner evil. He lists five stones: prayer, the Word, gratitude, faithful promises, and reverence for the Lord. Church events include Space Cadets meeting, Laymen’s supper, and United Fund plans led by local volunteers.
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First Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
David
Goliath
Mr. Roberts
Nraver
God
Bowdoinham Church
Meredith Anderson
Bath couple to reside in Brunswick after wedding trip
The bride wore a gray suit with red accessories for the wedding trip and the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. in Bath will host the couple. Out of town guests included the groom's grandmother Mrs Letitia Magficio and two sons Samuel and Anthony of Apollo Pa. Mr. and Mrs Cashmere Klonowski of Apollo and Miss Beth Storrs of Massachusetts attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ties Tinda Gordon
Stanley Kosalka
Joseph Cashmere Klonowski
Cashmere Klonowski
Apollo
First Baptist Church
Ernest Roberts
Harold Brown, Jr
Alfred Rowe
John Gordon
Woolwich
Emily Blomstrand
Boston
Georgia Watson
Five Islands
Judith Peterson
East Brunswick
Patricia Smith
Bath
Glenn Patterson
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Harold and
Melvin Cornish
Central School
William Grevers
Clayton Hanna
Emily Bomstrand
Marcia Higgins
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Morse ,High
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Letitia Magficio
Samuel and
Anthony
Apollo, Pa
Beth Storrs
Massachusetts
Re-election Day Details From Page One Report
The article itemizes library activity including loans to teachers and students, worn books, repairs, overdue notices, and receipts. It lists counts for adult and juvenile materials, non resident fees, and total receipts totaling $843.30 as part of the day’s financial report.
Five Islands Saint Sermon and Local Gatherings Highlight Week
Rev Ernest Roberts of Second Baptist preached from 1 Samuel urging Christians to adopt five stones namely prayer the Bible gratitude vows and the fear of the Lord. A Baptist Youth Fellowship kickoff and multiple P T A meetings plus numerous family and boatyard visits marked a busy local scene with guests from Bath Georgetown Seguinland and Brunswick.
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Ernest Roberts
Second Baptist Church
Roberts
David
Robert
Bay Point visits dot Maine summer scene
Bay Point sees a flurry of weekend activity as families and friends from Boston Auburn Bath Arrowsic and Melrose converge for leisure and small business. Notable mentions include Madison and MacDorr families, the Stones of Auburn and the Kelsea party from Seguinland plus local repairs by the Furbish family and a Navajo stop on the waterfront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Moore
MacDorrs
Boston
Bay Point
Harry Stone
Auburn
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Emery Rideout
Brunswick
Gail
Judy Furbish
Arrowsic
Dwight Furbish
Dwight, Jr
Waldboro
Graham
Melrose
Chester Kelsea
Seguinland
Three Bath Patrolmen Graduate From Maine School
Three Bath patrolmen William E. Cummings Russell Alexander and Thomas Flaherty were among 27 Maine law officers who completed a three week Maine Municipal Officers School course at Camp Keyes Augusta The principal speaker Captain Walter F Mulligan Augusta city police urged daily duty tests of training and noted the Davenport Fund helped defray Bath expenses The article also recalls last year attendees Edmund Hagan and Horatio Quinn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Maine Municipal Officers School
Camp Keyes
Augusta
William E. Cummings
Russell Alexander
Thomas Flaherty
Maine State Police
Walter F. Mulligan
Augusta City
Edmund Hagan
Horatio Quinn
Davenport
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans Card Party
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club arranged a November 13 card party with Mrs. Nellie D Arcy and Mrs. Bertha Davis leading arrangements. President Mrs. Albert Whitney led a business session noting urns at the Post Office entrance and a Hawaii dried-materials program. Refreshments were by Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Davis. next meeting set for November 9 with Mrs. Linwood Boardman as program chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Nellie D’arcy
Bertha Davis
Albert Whitney
Vivian Brown
Emma Crosby
Hawaii
Whitney
Davis
Linwood Boardman
Obituary: Eliezer E. Danforth 64 World War I veteran
Eliezer E. Danforth 64 a World War I veteran died suddenly Tuesday at his Bath residence 37 Crescent street. Born June 1 1895 in Fairfield he lived in Bath and West Paris. He served in the U S Army and worked for M W Sewall Company and other Maine and New Jersey jobs before returning to Bath in 1957. He leaves a sister and a brother plus a step daughter and nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at 10 from Leslie C Shumway funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliezer E. Danforth
Crescent Street
Bath
Paris
Fairfield
Frank L
Hattie Adams Danforth
Freedom Academy
Danforth
U. S. Army
M. W. Sewall & Company
Maine
New Jersey
Freedom Congregational Church
Harold L. Miller
Frank W. Danforth
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Funeral service for Edward J. Kerwin held at St Marys Church
Prayers were said Saturday at 3 pm by Rev John E Bellefontaine for Edward J Kerwin from Leslie C Shumways funeral home 638 High street bearers were Charles Kidder Jr Howard Gilbert Ernest Brown and Edwin Gediman honorary bearers were Frank Hinds Harold Holbrook George Reynolds and Gerald Goodwin. Committal at Oak Grove in the family lot.
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Edward J. Kerwin
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary's Church
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Charles Kidder, Jr
Howard Gilbert
Ernest Brown
Edwin Gediman
Frank Hinds
Harold Holbrook
George Reynolds
Gerald Goodwin
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Clarence Tanner held in Woolwich
Funeral services for Clarence Arthur Tanner were conducted Tuesday at 2 PM at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Gerald Hersom of Woolwich Center Baptist Church officiating. Bearers included Ralph C. Wright, Gilbert Hathorn, Roy St. Lawrence, John W. Gillespie, Edwin H. P. Low ell and Linwood Temple. Burial followed at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Arthur Tanner
Curtis Funeral Home
Gerald Hersom
Woolwich Center
Funeral Services for Mrs Marion A Plummer
Funeral services for Mrs Marion A Plummer were held at 2 p m Sunday at Beacon Street Methodist Church with Rev Frederick L Niles officiating. Bearers were William F Plummer Wilbur Higgins Bernard L Plummer Maurice O Fortier John A Brown and Ardenne S Haines. Interment followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Winter Street Ladies' Aid Rummage Sale Planned
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational church will hold a rummage sale at 1 p.m. on October 20. Parish supper planned for October 28. Co chairs are Mrs. John Sylvester and Mrs. Reginald Farnham. News from Miss Besse Verheus, visiting from Holland last year. Hostesses named Mrs. Edgar Leavitt, Mrs. William H. McGlinchy and Mrs. John A. Morse.
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Ladies Aid
Winter Street
Edward J Kerwin dies after illness in Bath
Edward Joseph Kerwin 70 of 31 Shaw Street Bath died Thursday at Bath Memorial Hospital after months of illness. Born in Portland on September 19 1889 he worked as a moulder at Hyde Windlass Co since 1912. Survived by widow Katherine F Ham Kerwin five daughters Edward J Kerwin Jr William J Kerwin two sisters two brothers ten grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Edward J. Kerwin
Edward Joseph Kerwin
Shaw Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Portland
Timothy F
Elizabeth Clark Kerwin
Portland Stove Foundry
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Katherine
Florence O'Leary
William J. Kerwin
Fred Kerwin
Cape Elizabeth
Death in East Hampton Claims Mrs Marion R Plummer
Mrs Marion Robbins Plummer died Saturday morning in East Hampton Connecticut where she had resided recently. Born July 29 1894 in Bath she was a Morse High School graduate widow of Leland Plummer and longtime Beacon Street Methodist church and West Bath grange member. Survived by two sons Charles W Plummer East Hartford Conn and Leland S Plummer Jr East Hampton a twin sister Mrs Charles Foster Little Neck New York and four grandchildren.
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Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Joseph F. Higgins
Samuel Cargill
Boston
Thomas Savage
Littleriver
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
Frank” E. Lewes
Harrison
Honus Hicks
Newton
Marrtown
J. Willebeek LeMair
St. Andrews
Barrington
R. I
Seguinland
Gregory Barrett
Maine
Bangor
Roy Newman
Guy R. Snowe
William Ahearn
Patricia
Robert Graffam
Portland
Elbridge Cunningham
Bath
Walter Cunningham, Jr
Welter Cunningham
Arthur Tibbetts
Anita Woodwood
Windsor
Miss Heald
Vincent Nichols
Harry Carlisle
Powers
Augusta
Wesley Church
David Y. Alkazin
Robinhood
Clifton Winn
Amherst
Douglas Winn
Washington, D. C
John Pierce
Dedham
Dan Damerest
New York City
Philip Dalrymple
Wellesley Farms
Kennebec Point
E. J. Stewart
Needham
Stewart
Glover Memorial Hospital
Samuel Grant
Flora Rossi
West Gardiner
Harry Bedford
Bedford
James Bedford
Whitinsville
West Georgetown
Kent
Massachusetts
John R. Blackie
Frederick Woodruff
Stanley and
Thomas Karhl
Marion Robbins Plummer
East Hampton
Conn
Plummer
Leland Plummer
Morse High School
Dummer Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
West Bath
Charles W. Plummer
East Hartford
Leland S. Plummer, Jr
Charles Foster
Little Neck
L. I
N. Y
Clarence A Tanner Dies at 61 in Woolwich
Clarence Arthur Tanner, 61, retired Bath Iron Works employee, died Saturday afternoon at his Woolwich home. Born May 2, 1898 in Providence Rhode Island, he lived in Woolwich 21 years after residing in Warwick. He leaves a wife, Eliza Coldwell Tanner, two daughters Carol and Nancy absent details. He was a Mason and survived by sons Robert and Russell, sisters Ruth Betts and Ada Foster, and two nieces.
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Lundquist
Baton
Harmon’s Harbor
Erland Moore
Brunswick
Victor Pinkham
Bath Iron Works
Pinkham
Alfred Rowe
Georgetown
Clarence A. Tanner
Clarence Arthur Tanner
Bath Iron Works Corp
Woolwich
Providence
R. I
Joseph and
Marion Reading Tanner
Mr. Tanner
Prerae
Warwick
Solar Lodge of Masons
Eliza Coldwell Tanner
Carol A. Tanner
Robert
California
Russell Tanner
Ruth Betts
South Roundbrook
N. J
Ada Foster
Englewood
Fla
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND QUOTE CRYPTOQUOTE
The page presents a crossword style clue list with Across and Down hints covering word lengths and definitions, followed by a Cryptoquote puzzle. It includes a sample cryptogram mapping LONGFELLOW and a quoted attribution I BEQUEATH MY SOUL TO GOD MY BODY TO BE BURIED OBSCURELY BACON with a 1959 King Features Syndicate credit.
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Bacon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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the Bath Independent
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols, Pres. and Treas
Ivan A Trueworthy
U. S. News & World Report
James Oliver
United Fund
Georgetown Center
Donald Gerheauser
Robinhood Center
Adolavh
Bath Road
Alvah Reynolds
Indian Point
John Williams
Reynolds Grover
Pierce's Point
Pinkham's
Franz Stevens
North End
Harland Pinkham
Back Road
Clarence Preble
Leglinland
Thomas Dickens
Georgetown Central School
Edith Marr
Harold Brown
Comtee
Clayton Heald
Thomas Watson
Ways and Means
Eugene Reynolds
Arthur Cochrane
Parents and Friends
Facultry
Todd’s
Grover’s
Simmer
David Alkazin
Th Campbell
Hersey
Robinhood Cove
Joseph Adshades
Knubble
Alvah C. Reynolds
J. W. McArthur
Allen Laskey
Everett
George Laskey
Harold Hersey
Winthrop
J. R. Blackie
Gilbert Gunnell
Blackie
Clarence Haley
Topsham
George Alderman
North Adams
Charles Dewhurst
Pierce Fullers
Norwell
Paul Wren
Medford
Day
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Georgetown P. T. A
Harlan Pinkham
Christania Stevens
Francis Pierce
William Marr
Fred Fox
Roy Clark
Theodore Campbell
Linda Gordon
Joseph Klonowski
Barbara Pratt
Robert Pierce
George Flynn
Richard Hasenfus
South America
George Gray
Harold Pinkham
John D. Williams, Jr
Linda
Cynthia
Lloyd E. Pinkham
Kathleen Rittall
Irving Hanna
Connecticut
Lulu Hanna
Irving Esbeck
Greenfield
Malden Island
Mr. Simmons
Hodgdon
William Tinkham
Rowe Cottage
Shirley Howard
Sally Campbell
Gardiner
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
William Watson
Watson
Alonzo Thibodeau
Sylvia Warren
Fort Popham
Fort Baldwin
Eugene Butterfield
Monhegan Island
Mrs. Butterfield
Philip Pinkham
Janice
Etta Moore
Southport
Effie Ayers
Livermore Falls
Easton
John Staffeld
Staffeld
Sara Staffeld
Fred Scheffer
Cambridge
Gordon Clark
Lynn
Carl Pearson
Pearson Cottage
Miss Watson
Washington State Teachers’ College
Machias
Russell Harford, Jr
Mr. Harford
Russell Harford
Phyllis Campbell
Ronald Coombs
Hanna
Lu’u Hanna
Gordon-Klanowski
Beulah Miller
Marion R. Plummer
Nancy Eseley
Arthur Eseley
North Street
Shepard-Gill School of Practical Nursing
The
Household Nursing Association
Newbury Street
New England Mutual Hall
Africa
Sao
Brazil
Ontario
Quebec
Persia
Longfellow
ENA
Rhtke HJ Pvnygaee
PGE
DVKE
HI Rhone
Fir
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