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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1956

Page

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Get Rid Of Income Tax

Former IRS commissioner T Coleman Andrews argues the income tax is confiscatory, complex, and costly to both government and taxpayers. He urges a Hoover Commission style study of the entire tax system and starting afresh. Time’s a-wasting.

T. Coleman Andrews Internal Revenue Andrews Congress Revenue Service Treasury Department Internal Revenue Service Mr. Andrews Hoover Commission

Suez Crisis Shows Fault Lines In Western Strategy

The article analyzes Western actions during the Suez crisis with critique of Britain France and the United States. It notes Cyprus military posturing and NATO planning while Nasser resists plans for international canal control. It warns Panamanian protests over US canal rights and questions US leadership amid growing nationalist pressure worldwide.

England France Cyprus Egypt Suez Committee Australia Menzies Cairo Nasser Paris NATO Col. Nasser London Britain Russia Canal Zone Dulles United States Suez Canal

Means of Rev Warren Harris sermon on votes and church news

In Georgetown First Baptist Church sermon by Warren Harris cited James 1 12 27 urging townspeople to vote No on the liquor question. The week includes Laymen supper Sept 11, and European trip photos by Robert Waller. Wedding at Chappaqua N Y features Ensign Gunnell. reception in Ossining. Personal items note attendees at Bath Republican reception and town families traveling or visiting in Robinhood and West Georgetown.

Warren Harris James First Baptist Church Harris Bowdeinham Baptist Association Georgetown Church Robert Waller Robert Blackie Clarence B. Hill Joseph Higgins Martha Bowen Melvin Cunningham Aloisa Elinor Freeman John Gilbert Gunnell Chappaqua N. Y Ethel Patterson Ruth Patterson Joseph Adshade West Georgetown Gunnell San Diego Calif Ensign Gunnell Naval Base Wellesley University of San Diego Island Falls Bar Harbor Mt. Cadillac Huse Memorial School Bath William A. Todd Roy Newman Maude P. Thayer Sam Hartzell Calvin Ruth Ronald Bennett Philip Campbell Seguinland Woolwich Hartzell Edna Winship Eastport Campbell Neil Moore West Boothbay Harbor Martin Davis Melvin Jackson Robinheed Florida Dorothy W. Oliver Joseph F. Higgins Higgins Kingston High School Kingston Mass Oliver Warren S. Todd Stoneham Todd Roscoe P. Todd Georgetown Center Massachusetts Labor Day Roscoe Todd Robinhood Carroll Powers Lauretta Jones William Bradley Penny Knubble Chevy Chase Bradley Department of Geological Survey Washington, D. C Edgar Hunter Hanover N. H Little Sheepscot William Zorach Los Angeles Zorach Jayson Schoener Maine Richard Harrison Memorial Hospital William Harrison George Laskey Edith Powers Elbridge Pamela Laskey Roger Peterson Sandy Portland Roland Peterson

Community News Highlights In Five Islands

Five Islands residents share local events from library hours with Mrs Eva Campbell to church services. The town opens a new dump behind Georgetown central schoolhouse with Saturday attendance and health officials planning with town officers. Aunt Belle Stevens, age 92, honored at a birthday party, while Miss Sylvia Pinkham departs for Gorham State Teachers College.

Good Neighbor Club Eva Campbell Warren Harris William Marr Farmington Normal School Sylvia Pinkham Gorham State Teachers College Georgetown Central Augusta Belle Stevens Miss Stevens Marion Stevens J. G. Stevens Exeter N. H Harriet Worrell Sarah Hutchinson Rockmere Lodge Roger Ayers Ayers Belle Georgetown Ivanhoe Boyce Brookfield Mass Herman Barter Bath Felix Salamoni Lynn Fred Scheffer Jacob Kunz Washington, D. C Almon Marr Malden Parker Butts Malden Island Clarence Watson Farmington Chester Pinkham Portland Charles Almasi USAF Vincent Strout Connecticut Vincent Davis Leominster Lester Davis Eleanor Clayton Doyle Billy Yarmouth Victor Pinkham

Georgetown School to Offer Fluoride Treatments for Preschoolers

Sodium fluoride treatments will be given to pre school children aged 38 to 48 months at 3 p m Monday at Georgetown Central School. Appointments can be made by calling HI 3 4618.

Georgetown Central School

Funeral service for Mrs Carrie F Cutting

Funeral service was held Monday afternoon at two from the A F Mayo and Son funeral residence with Norman E Dubie of Phippsburg officiating. Bearers were Raymond Campbell Merle Orne Claude Dyer and Earl Coombs. Burial was in the family cemetery at Phippsburg.

Obituary Edward T Colley Portland civic athlete and coach

Funeral services for Edward T Colley Portland City Councillor and former Bath resident will be held at Woodfords Congregational church. Native of Falmouth, he lived in Portland many years and worked at the Texas Company ace in this city. He coached local high school and town teams and was a professional roller polo player and base ball player. Colley built a notable athletic program at the Portland Boys Club and served 22 years as athletic director. An electrical engineer with L. W. Cleveland Co. for 36 years, he was a member and past exalted ruler of the Portland Lodge of Elks.

Edward T. Colley Portland Bath Woodfords Congregational Church Falmouth Colley Texas Company Ace Portland Boy’s Club L. W. Cleveland Co Portland Lodge of Elks

Funeral set for Mabel F. Fuller Bath teacher 59

Mrs. Mabel F. Fuller 59 a Bath school teacher died suddenly Monday at her Gorham home. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from Libby Avenue home with burial in Eastern Cemetery Gorham. She taught at Dike school for 37 years and was a Maine Teachers Association member. Survived by husband Eliot A. Fuller a sister and an aunt.

Mabel F. Fuller Bath Gorham Libby Avenue Eastern Cemetery Eliot A. Fuller Fuller Dike School Sarah Melissa Hopkinson Clinton A. Libby Maine Teachers Association Narragansett Rebekah Lodge Sara Louise Dyer Camden Frank Hopkinson Westbrook

Portland man Joseph A. Melzard obituary

Joseph A. Melzard age 85 died Monday at his Portland home after a long illness. Born in Boston July 13, 1871 he moved to Maine about forty years ago living in Bath before relocating to Portland fifteen years ago. He was the first president of the Sagadahoe Veteran Firemen and a member of the Red Men and Elks. Surviving are a son George of Bath a daughter Mrs Walter Manter of Portland four grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 p m Wednesday in Portland with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.

Joseph A. Melzard Portland Boston George Isabel Glass Melzard Maine Bath Sagadahoe Veteran Firemen Red Men and Elks Lodges Walter Manter Oak Grove Cemetery

John Edward Young 76 Parker Head Native Dies in Augusta

John Edward Young a native of Parker Head and retired marine engineer died Tuesday night in an Augusta hospital where he had been a patient for ten years. Born June 1880, he was son of Joseph and Mary Rook Young. Survived by sister Adele Morey of Phippsburg, brother Joseph A. Young of Bath, two nieces Phyllis Young of Bath and Ernie Doughty of West Falmouth. Funeral Friday at Curtis Funeral Home at two, burial in Oak Grove.

John Edward Young Parker Head Augusta Joseph Mary Rook Young Phippsburg Adele Morey Joseph A. Young Bath Phyllis Young Ernest Doughty West Falmouth

Miss Bertha L Soule Dies at 93 in Bath

Miss Bertha Louise Soule of 660 High street a retired Latin teacher and author died at a local nursing home Thursday afternoon at age 93. Born in Bath June 1 1863 she was the daughter of Elbridge and Louisa Hall Soule and a Bath High School graduate who originated the Bath High School Alumni Association.

Bertha L. Soule Bertha Louise Soule High Street Bath Elbridge Louisa Hall Soule Bath High School Soule

Maine candidate pledges support for small business

A Maine candidate criticizes the sitting congressman for voting against small business interests. He cites 1952 to 1955 profit declines, rising bankruptcies, and a 50 50 chance of two year survival for new ventures, urging voters to back his bid for Congress.

Federal Commerce Department Maine Federal Reserve Board Congress

Miss Soule A Native of Bath Dies at 80

Waterville born Miss Soule served as first president of a literary society and taught 28 years at Mantel Training High School in Brooklyn afterColby College graduation in 1885. An authority on Latin, she authored poems and biographies used in colleges. Survivors include a Bath niece Mrs. Robert Haskell and New Orleans nephew Roswell S. Chapman.

Sage Bath Roswell S. Chapman New Orleans

Carrie F Cutting obituary list of survivors

Carrie F Cutting 81 widow of Drummond Cutting died Saturday morning in a local nursing home after six years with son Frank W Cutting of Phippsburg Born March 1 1875 in Gloucester Massachusetts she taught in Massachusetts schools and belonged to Trinity Congregational church and the D A R chapter Surviving are son Frank W Cutting of Phippsburg another son William D Cutting of Danbury Connecticut a daughter Mrs Bertha Cairns of Billerica Massachusetts a brother Roy Younger of ENot a grandson Robert Cutting of Danbury and several nieces and nephews Funeral was Monday at 2 PM from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with burial in the family cemetery at Phippsburg

Carrie F. Cutting Drummond Cutting Frank W. Cutting Phippsburg Gloucester Mass William Younger Massachusetts William D Danbury

Death of John E. Thompson 83 Bath Brunswick native notable local figure

John E. Thompson 83 of Bath died at his son J Lloyd Thompson's Harpswell home after weeks of illness. He helped run a Brunswick Maine street bakery and built River View House on Pleasant Street in 1927. A native of Northern Ireland he later lived in Bath and Brunswick, survived by a daughter in California and a niece. Funeral held at Leslie C. Shumway Funeral Home with Rev Charles R. Sims officiating.

John E. Thompson Bath Harpswell J. Lloyd Thompson Mr. Thompson Brunswick Northern Ireland William Annie Orr Thompson United States J. Thompson Maine Street Jarvis River View House Pleasant Street Thompson

Rosamond J. T. Hunt 82 Dies in Bath Memorial Hospital

Rosamond Jane Terrell Hunt, 82, native of Parker Head, wife of Herbert L. Hunt, died Tuesday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a 10 day stay. Born Nov. 21, 1873, daughter of Alonzo P. and Alfie Terrell, she resided at 107 Lexington Street East Boston and summered at Parker Head. She belonged to Tremont Temple Baptist church and several social and benevolent groups. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Dr Harold Fickett officiating. Burial in Hallowell Cemetery.

Rs. Rosamond Jane Terrell Hunt Parker Head Bath Memorial Hospital Herbert L. Hunt Alonzo P Alfie Oliver Terrell Lexington Street East Baston Harold L. Fickett Tremont Temple Baptist Church I Hallowell Cemetery Hallowell

Geraldine E. Goupil dies suddenly at 32 in Manchester

Geraldine E. Goupil 32 of 228 Main street Manchester New Hampshire died suddenly Sunday morning. Born in Bath March 31 1924 she was the daughter of Elizabeth MacDonald MacElman and the late Harold B. MacElman. Survived by three sons Edward A Jr Harold T and Richard and one daughter Shirley Mae all of Manchester, mother Elizabeth MacElman Bath, six brothers Donald Orrs Island John Harold Thomas and Ronald Bath Howard Lebanon NH, one sister Mrs Catherine Adams Bath. Daughters nieces and nephews also survive. Dignified at 10 am Wednesday at Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral residence by Rev Fr John F E Bellefontaine. Burial Calvary cemetery Bath.

Geraldine E. Goupil Main Street Manchester N. H Bath Elizabeth MacDonald MacElman Harold B. MacElman Edward A., Jr U. S. Army Harold T Richard Shirley Mae Elizabeth MacElman Huse Street Donald Orrs Island John Harold Thomas Ronald Howard Lebanon Catherine Adams Arthur F. Mayo and Son John FE

Funeral for Mrs Bertha Soule Held at Oak Grove

Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Louise Soule were held Saturday at 1 30 p m from A F Mayo & Son funeral residence with Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist church officiating. Bearers were Richard Haskell Roswell Haskell Philip Haskell and Roland Farnham. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.

Bath women return from North Haven visit

Mrs. Harry King of Washburn street and her sister Mrs. George Carter of Rockland have returned to Bath after a week at North Haven as guests of their nieces. Mrs. Carter will stay in Bath for the fall and winter as is her usual annual custom.

Harry King Washburn Street George Carter Rockland Bath North Haven

Dyer Family Reunion Hosts Labor Day Guests

Mr and Mrs Donald Dyer of Hartford Connecticut visited his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Dyer of West Bath over Labor Day weekend. Also present Sunday were Mrs Lester Lewis her son Lawrence and Mrs Myrtle Greenstreet of Richmond.

Donald Dyer Hartford, Conn Claude Dyer West Bath Dyers Lester Lewis Lawrence Myrtle Greenstreet Richmond

Crossword Across and Down Clues Puzzle

A compact crossword puzzle with Across and Down clues including Asiatic tree melt papal season on papal bulls and others. The grid lists numbered clues from 1 across to 44 with supplementary down clues I move in spite of inertia at 27 28 and more.

Fields Prophet Noah

Mosaic of Puzzle Fragments From a CRYPTOQUOTE Feature

A cryptogram preview hints at substitution clues with sample lines from poets and authors. The page includes answer hints, scattered word fragments, and a sample quote exchange. Entitled as a daily brain teaser, it combines literary names and letter puzzles for readers.

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