Education in the United States Faces a New Era of Rigor
The piece contrasts rising American school standards with a tougher Soviet system inspired by Sputnik. It cites Miami, Georgia, Texas, and Washington examples of longer courses, more science and English, and stricter exams. It notes Soviet reforms favor work and part time study for most children while top students pursue college paths.
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Soviet Union
Sputnik Jo
P Fiat
Bern
Los. News & World Report
Miami
Georgia
Texas
Houston
Washington, D. C
Con
Euresia
Russia
Space Oil and the Oil Industry Powering Space Tech
The article notes oil industry support behind space propulsion, highlighting American oil companies' role in research for rocket fuels and petrochemical advances. It cites the Advanced Research Projects Agency briefing with scientists from about 40 firms, including oil companies, and mentions kerosene, alcohol, hydrazine, and oil based synthetic rubber in propellants.
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Midistry
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Reading Comprehension Credited As Challenge For Adults
A Plain Dealer column quotes a professor claiming over half the population is illiterate in handling adult reading matter. He argues many read without understanding the import of words or absorbing the implied meanings.
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McChire
Plain Dealer
Reverend Ernest Roberts Opens Georgetown Pastorate
Rev. Ernest G. Roberts of Websterville Vermont conducted his first Georgetown Baptist churches service with the text Abide In Me And I Am In You from John 15. The article also notes a P T A public supper at Georgetown Central School and a long roster of local visits and social posts from Georgetown and Robinhood residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest G. Rberts
Websterville
Hs Dues
Georgetown Baptist
P.T. A
Georgetown Central School
Thomas Savage
Harold Brown, Jr
James Oliver
Janice Powers
Barbara Drayton
Cathy Brown
Jane Oliver
Mary Rowe
Karen McGillivary
Grace Preble
P. A
Edith Marr
Rey
Ernest G .Roberts
Maude PP. Thayer
St. Paul
Boston
Crypt Hall
Church of St. Paul
Arly
Mies Thayer
Two Tree Houses On Bay Point And A Navy Ship Trials
Last Summer two tree houses stood on Bay Point one a crafted retreat high in the woods built by local teens. The other is a lower open shelter where children eat homemade sandwiches. The USS Edson built at Bath Iron Works completed two trial trips through Kennebec River mouths on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
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Edson
D.L
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec River
Child and relatives noted in Bath hospital report
Michael Tibbetts, two year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Tibbetts, is under observation at Bath Memorial hospital. Donna Furbish, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dwight Furbish, is at her home. Seaman Frank Burnham, on furlough from lighthouse duties ten miles out of Rockland, is mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Tibbetts
Arthur Tibbetts
Bath Memorial Hospital
Donna Furbish
Dwight Furbish
Frank Burnham
Rockland
Pass
Five Islands Church News and Local Notices
Rev Ernest Roberts preached his first sermon at the Five Islands Baptist church as the attendance contest among area Sunday schools nears a finish. Community events include the Good Neighbor club towel project, The Old Timers reunion, and various visits and travels of local residents.
County Petroleum Council To Meet Here On Nov. 5
The Sagadahoc County Petroleum Council will hold a dinner meeting in Sedgwick on Wednesday evening November 5 at 6 30. Edward Sewall Jr. of the city is council chairman and the group includes petroleum distributors jobbers and dealers throughout Sagadahoc County and the Brunswick area. C S Austin district manager of the Texas Company will speak and Leroy Snowden executive secretary will outline future programs in public and governmental relations. Officers will be elected at the dinner. Also noted Dwight Furbish Jr. has been ill and confined at home and returned to duties after recovery.
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Peter Denzer
Robinhood
Paul Wren
Graham Wren
Medford
Mass
Georgetown
Nathaniel Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Parry
Holly Lodge
Adirondacks
Ralph Beeker
Aimee von Huene
River Road
Woolwich
Kenneth Graves
Graves
Western Electric Co Cin Topsham
von Huene
Alec Cunningham
Cleon
Walter Cunningham
Woodrow Gray
Bath
Sunshine Minstrel
Morse F High School
Dro
B. Fo
Deermont
Birmingham
Ala
Ronald Luebke
Harold Hart
Bath Wert
John D. Williams
Roland E. Peter On
Arrowsie
Dorothy W. Stuart
FE. F. Wussa
Walter L. Beane
Colonial Club
Beane
Club
LeRoy Moulton
Se Vuinlind
Portland
Blanche Scammon
Osteopathic Hospital
Fairfield Shop of Books and Crafts
Joseph Higgins
John Callabrese
Brighton
Charles Daniels
Sherry
Ashland
Callabrese
Edward C. Clarcy
Ralph Davis
Augusta
Lawrence Cloutier
Debbie Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Melissa Graves
Concord
N. H
Vernon E. Gray
Herman Barter
Margaret MacMahan
New Jersey
Reynolds Grover
Nova Scotia
Herbert Moore
Massachusetts
Moore Cottage
Melvin Comeau
Paul Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Cranbrook School
Thompson
William Farr
Five Islands
Wiscasset
Waterville
Colby-Bowdoin
Dean
George Nickerson
Victor Pinkham
Victor, Jr
Yarmouth
Kenneth Smith
Clayton Doyle
Walter Hasenfus
Bingham
Steven Richard
Scarborough
Sagadahoc County
Talk On State Parks At Club Forty-Two Meeting
Club Forty-Two heard Charles Bridford state parks superintendent discuss Maine state parks and campsites with colored slides. November events included a household party November 12 and a November 24 lecture by William Eves of Topsham with movies from his European trip.
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Charles Bridford
State Park
Maine
Leonard Smith
Lorna Morey
William Eves
Topsham
George Sarkis
Weisted
Edith Small
James Daly
Robert Footer
Wagner Elected Vice President of Enforcement Assn
Chief Robert E. Wagner Jr of the Bath Police Department was elected vice president of the Maine Law Enforcement Association at its Oct 22 meeting at the Calumet club. Augusta Bath’s police chief will serve with Walter Milligan as president for 1959. Judge Leon Spinney of Brunswick spoke on the ills of lower court, urging reforms and a full time judiciary. A dinner and four annual awards closed the event for 35 officers and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Wagner Jr
Bath Police Department
Maine Law Enforcement Association
Calumet Club
Augusta Bath
Walter Milligan
Augusta Police
Association
Sesson
Leon Spinney
Brunswick
Lower Court
Spinney
Kiddie Karnival At Huse School This Thursday
The annual Kiddie Karnival at Huse Memorial school auditorium runs 2:45 to 4:30 p m with a city wide dance for grades five through eight from 7 to 10 p m. Proceeds aid the school library and provide movies and benefits for Huse students. Committee chairs include Mrs. Greene Grant Sturtevant Bailey and Comeau with PTA help.
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Huse P. T. A
Huse Memorial
Huse
William L. Greene
Manley H. Grant
Arthur.e. Sturtevant
Cook Foods
Blair Bailey
P. T A
Infant Isbister Jr. Dies Soon After Birth
Frederick E. Isbister Jr the infant son of Fred E and Jean Allen Isbister of 51 Heath Jane died shortly after birth at Bath Memorial hospital late Monday night. Surviving relatives include maternal grandparents Alfred and L Allen of Augusta paternal grandmother Mrs Harry Isbister of Sidney and paternal great grandmother Mrs Ella M Swift of Sidney plus several aunts and uncles. Committal prayers were held at Forest Grove cemetery in Augusta Wednesday at two o clock.
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Frederick E. Isbister, JR
Fred E
Jean Allen Isbister
Heath Jane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alfred Allen
Augusta
Harry Isbister
Sidney
Ella M. Swift
Forest Grove
Funeral notices for Zetta Page and Oscar Shea published
Two funeral notices appear. Zetta L. Page, 68, died Sunday in Farmingdale. service held at Crosby Funeral Home Dexter with survivors including a Bath sister and Gardiner son. Oscar Milton Shea, died Oct 21 on Westport Island. service by Curtis Funeral Home Bathborn. burial Oak Grove. survivor Dorothea Carlson and sister Anne Hottes.
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Zetta L. Page
Farmingdale
Crosby
Dexter
Stetson
Harlan and
Elizabeth Lowell Phinney
Eldridge Gower
Bath
Harlan J. Breed
Gardiner
Oscar M. Shea
Oscar Milton Shea
Westport Island
Curtis Funeral
John F
Etta Child Shea
Westport
Dorothea Carlson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anne Hottes
Oak Grove
Schools Close Friday for Sagadahoc Lincoln County Convention
Path schools will close all day Friday to allow teachers and staff to attend the joint Sagadahoc Lincoln county convention at Boothbay Regional High School. The program features Professor Herbert Ross Brown of Bowdoin and Chester E. Willette, with a concluding panel by five area superintendents on future education. The event runs 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Louise May of Bath as secretary.
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Path
Sagadahoc
Bath
Louise May
Vernal A Chaney Dies After Illness In Maine
Vernal A Chaney 45 of Kittery formerly of Bath died Saturday morning at Portsmouth hospital after a short illness. He graduated Morse High in 1932 and belonged to Masons Fraternal groups in Kittery Kennebunk and South Berwick. Survived by widow Hope Rowe Chaney two daughters Susan Chaney Kittery and Linda Gentry Eliot his mother Mrs Goldie Chaney Bath two brothers John A Chaney Kittery Wilfred B Chaney Waterford Conn two sisters Cynthia Phillips Woolwich and Geneva Chaney Bath one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.
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Vernal A. Chaney
Kittery
Bath
Portsmouth Hospital
Mr. Chaney
Morse High School
Naval Lodge
St. Amand Commandery
Kennebunk
Unity
South Berwick
Maine
Saco
South Eliot
South Eliot Methodist Church Surviving Are His Widow, Hope Rowe Chaney
Susan Chaney
Linda Gentry
Eliot
Goldie Chaney
John A. Chaney
Wilfred B. Chaney
Waterford
Conn
Cynthia Phillips
Woolwich
Geneva Chaney
Death Notice for Mrs Warren B Harmond
Mrs Lucy Harmond Ward reports the death of Mrs Warren B Harmond former Lucy E Wright in Colorado Springs on October 22. Survived by two sisters Eva J Lemont Bath and Mrs Verne W Bright Detroit. two brothers E Mason Wright and Oscar F Wright North Bath. several nieces and nephews. She attended Bath schools and Bath Business College.
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Ward
Warren B. Harmond
Lucy E. Wright
Colorado Springs
Cole
George
Amanda L. Wright
North Bath
Harmond
Bath
Bath Business College
Eva J. Lemont
Verne W. Bright
Detroit
Mich
E. Mason Wright
Oscar F. Wright
Mrs Delphine Goodwin Dies at 83 in Boothbay Harbor
Mrs Delphine Goodwin 83 widow of Gerry Goodwin died Monday at her niece Mrs Ethel Barter 118 Academy Street Zorn. She was a daughter of Aldyn and Etta Winslow. A former Pittston farm bureau member she had lived with her niece in the city for years. Surviving are brothers Sanford and Arthur Winslow of Boothbay Harbor and several nieces and nephews.
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Delphine Goodwin
Gerry Goodwin
Ethel Barter
Academy -Treet Zorn
Booth- Day Warror
Aldyn
Etta Lewis Winlow
Goodwin
Pittston Farm Bureau
Sanford
Arthur Winslow
Boothbay Harbor
Funeral of Arthur W. Maxwell in Richmond
Funeral services for Arthur W. Maxwell were held October 15 at the Richmond Methodist church. The service included Masonic rites by the Richmond Lodge F and AM with listed officers and bearers. Burial followed in the Richmond cemetery family lot. Survivors include his wife and a step-daughter. A separate note mentions Phoebe Grant visiting the Military and Naval Children's Home.
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Arthur W. Maxwell
Methodist Church
Richmond
James E. Herrick
Richmond Lodge
F & AM
Bernard G. Smith
William Sullivan
Stanley Griffin
Francis Sherman
George Sanford
Carl Curtis
John Thrower
Raymond Libby
Donald O. Cate
Tom W. Borjesson
George W. Tibbetts
Carl Anderson
Richmond Cemetery
Pearl Perry
County Road
Cryptoquote puzzle and clues from 1958 syndicate feature
Confined puzzle entries including Pungent vegetable Telegraphs Movable barrier Fish serva tive Musical instru ment Middle law Lay im Roman calendar Places Answer Foot covering By way of Brain membrane Warehouse book abbr. Sample quote by Watts notes that a harp of thousand strings should keep in tune long.
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WATTS
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the Times Company
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Betty Weeks
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St Lois
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Rocce Scott
Dielen Will Taguk
Roy Newman
William A Tadd
Belfast
Gregorvy Barrett
Ruth W. Henry
George A. Powers
Piscataquis County
William Zorach
Gertrude Tiemer
Candy'’s Harbor
Robnhod
Harold Drake
Elmer Tibbetts
Jero
Rockport
Nassau
Ba Hamas
George Alderman
John R. Black
West Gereetown
Robnhood
Ralph Becker
Albert Deermont
Maraquita Strasser
William Bisseth
Thomas Watson
Adolph Local
Clarence B. Hill
Gregory Barrett
Mabel Shakesshaft
May Hart
Dobbs Ferry
William A. Todd
Martha Bowen
Bernard S. Denzer
Bridgeport
Ernest Roberts
Roberts
The
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Topsham Baptist Church
Good Neighbor Club
Dennis Moore
Gray Auditorium
Moore
Erland Moore
Orville Rowe
Rowe
Sheepscat
Charles Kenny
Charles Kenney
George Gray
Beulah Miller
Lloyd Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Lulu Hanna
Islands
God
Erland Mooore
Harlan Pinkham
County Petroleum Council
Dwight Furbish Jr
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Pine Tree
North Pond
Bertrand Lavo
Memorial Hospital Development Fund
Carl Fortier
Milton Footer
Edward Jones
Arthur Sturtevant
Milton Foote
Milton Savege
Norman Srck Ns
Ira Durgan
Bertrand Lavoie
George Surkis
John Tar“box
Joseph Mullaney
Willam Greene
Wagner
Enforcement Assn
Huse School
Rubena Louise Hamilton
Newell C. Hamilton
Ralph Emerson Winship
William Rich
Freeport
Mary Hadakin
Lewiston
Sidney Monroe
Altheus McLain
Paulette
Albert Cuthbertson
Vernal
A. Chaney
Mrs
Lucy Harmond
Phoebe Grant
Military and Naval Children’s Home
South Street
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