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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
1
Secretary of the Navy notes sea lanes carry over 99 percent of overseas cargo while airlift remains under one percent. He warns against overvaluing air travel and urges American shippers to use U. S. flag ships to support a robust merchant fleet, despite rising foreign trade reliance.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act directs studies on highway user charges to guide Congress on equitable tax burdens. The preliminary Bureau of Public Roads report outlines plans to assess how vehicle weight affects design and pavement costs, noting heavy trucks drive costly concrete layers and should bear proportionate costs.
An Ohio Oil Company officer argues in the American Petroleum Institute Quarterly that a federal highway program should allow free competition, even on parts of the system not federal, to avoid state franchising limits that reduce consumer choice and raise costs. Private enterprise on approaches to highways would enable diverse suppliers and lower prices.
A humorous column by S. D. Miller reflects on modern conveniences like packaged mixes and paper plates. It imagines Mrs Navajo telling her warrior why dinner isn’t ready, joking that an RV blender would spare a day of grinding, and asks why he’s home early.
A Fredonia censor notes Mao Tse-tung is said to have admitted up to 1954 that 800000 people were liquidated by his regime. The editor calls the figure stark and urges focus on the historical scale of executions.
Local church services include Rev Warren Harris sermon from Romans and a substitute by Maud Thayer at Higgins Institute in Charleston. Social events span baptisms at Robin Hood church, end of season picnics at MacMahan, quilt exhibit praise, birthday surprise for Mrs Higgins, and numerous visits and moves among Georgetown residents and neighboring towns.
Miss Cynthia Osgood and Miss Mary Talbot joined 64 other new students starting classes Wednesday at Portland's Maine Medical Center School of Nursing. Both Morse High school graduates last June are daughters of local residents, adding to the entering class.
Mrs. Duncan Farrell is expected to arrive home Friday by plane after a several day visit in Vandalia Illinois with Miss Sally Mammen of Vandalia. Mammen was a physical therapist at Pine Tree Camp Rome during the summer and was a guest of the Farrells for two days at the end of the camp season.
Five Islands church services led by Mrs Harlan Pinkham with Rev Warren Harris away on retreat to Charleston. Gray auditorium dedication set for Oct 19 with evening program. Community club held luncheon at Seguin land. many locals as guests. Numerous visits, travels, and seasonal cottage activity reported among residents and visitors.
Bay Point residents host guests from New York, Hempstead, Boston, and Pittsburgh. Rentals, visits, and a clambake at Reid State Park close the season with multiple families returning home. Notable attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Madison Moore, the Roy family, Mrs. Winifred O Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Matson, and the Bentons among others.
The 21st Seekins family reunion gathered Sunday at the Summer home of Mr and Mrs Ralph E Seekins at Cox's Head with 47 members from Maine and New England attending a business meeting and porch luncheon. Attendees included extended Seekins relatives from Bath Portland Tewkesbury Weeks Mills Cornish and Waterville among others. The group announced the 1958 reunion will be hosted by Merland Gammon in Cornish.
Sagadahoc County Democratic Club backed all five referenda in the Sept. 9 special election. The meeting at 218 Washington Street approved Maine State Committee and Governor Muskie’s stance. Plans were set for a Governor Muskie Night banquet on Oct. 2 at Hotel Sedgwick with details and committees announced.
Bath Teen-Age 4 H club earned seven first prizes nine second prizes and eight third prizes at Windsor Fair State wide 4 H showings. Members won in many categories with Linda Reay Brenda Penley Natalie Jones Jean Vachon Margaret Wetherington Pamela Litchfield Nancy Temple Susan Robinson Joan Robinson Frances Butcher Susan Footer and Carol Smith among the top prize recipients.
Byron Clark is a patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mark Lyons of Arlington Massachusetts visits his grandparents on Goddard Street. Mr and Mrs Bertrand Guptill hosted over the holiday weekend with Mrs Guptill’s sister and her husband Oliver W Holmes Jr of Orono. Leonard F Wetherbee and daughter Cheryl return home on Cobb Road after a summer at a cottage in Oceanhurst West Point.
Clifford David Walsh 52 died in a house fire on Whiskeay road in Bath. Born December 16, 1905 in Bath he worked at Bath Iron Works and as a plumber. Survived by his daughter Mrs Willard H. McCabe three grandchildren and a grandson. Private funeral services were held at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home with interment at Oak Grove.
Funeral service for Miss Bessie L. Clark held Saturday at 3 30 p m from A F Mayor Son Funeral Home. Rev Richard Arnold of Beacon Street Methodist officiated. Bearers were William Craft Joseph Oliver Forrest Putnam and Raymond Parker. Burial in family lot at Oak Grove.
Funeral service for Edward H Pinkham was conducted Friday at 2 p m from A F Mayo Son funeral home with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating Bearers were James Sanborn John Warner John Warner Jr and Harry Warner Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove
Mr and Mrs David Y Alkazin hosted Past Matrons and Past Patrons of Genesta chapter O E S at their Summer Robinhood home with a covered dish supper and social evening. Associate Matron Leah M Page invites Past Matrons to tea at her home honoring Mrs Gertrude Powers Worthy Grand Matron of Maine O E S from 2 30 to 5 p m Tuesday Sept 20. Attending were Mr and Mrs Herbert Morse Mr and Mrs Elwood Hathorne Mr and Mrs Fred Osgood Mr and Mrs Thomas Aikenhead Mrs Nabel Nelson Mrs Elsie Pinson Miss Katherine Leonard and Mrs Mollie Nonwich.
Mr and Mrs Maynard Leach formerly of Warren have moved to Bath after purchasing the Wanko Wallenius house at Thorne's Head. Leach works in the Bath Iron Works electrical department, a longtime employee. The Wallenius couple reside at the Colby apartment house on Washington Street.
The page lists multiple crossword clues across and down with numbers and a cryptogram quotation. It includes a King Features Cryptogram and the introductory prompts for solving the puzzle, plus a credited quotation: TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH. JOHN MCCRAE.
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