Five Constitutional Amendments On Maine Ballots
Maine voters face five proposed constitutional amendments on the state election ballot. The articles outline whether the constitution should be codified, adjust the filing window for initiated legislation, empower the issuance of state bonds with voter consent, and authorize a Fore River highway and railroad bridge project with bond funding.
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Maine
Fore River
Portland
South Portland
State Highway Commission
Portland Terminal Co
Murphy Couple Surprised by Bath Village Gathering
Mr and Mrs G Thomas Murphy who plan to move to Bethel and join Northern Mining Co are surprised Sunday afternoon by a party at their Sebasco Estates cottage in Bath. Guests include local civic and social leaders and a long list of donors, with gifts presented to the couple.
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G. Thomas Murphy
Bethel
Northern Mining Co
Sebasco Estates
Hiram T. Stevens
Herbert R. Lemont
William S. Newell
John R. Newell
Norman W. Howard
Seth S. Mullin
Carrie B. Hall
Waldron H. Troop
Harold L. Troop
City
Ralph F. Mittendorf
John Parker
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Maurice A. Libby
R. J. M. Steussy
Carl Y. Kennedy
Horatio L. Baker
Earl Farnham
Russell N. Cox
David C. Dickson
Civil Defense Meeting In Bath Rehearses Bomb Precautions
About 100 attended the Civil Defense meeting at City hall auditorium in Bath. Joseph Lynn stood in for Col. Spaulding Bisbee and spoke on the A bomb effects and precautionary methods. Officials plan a public screening of government films on bombing. County Director Roy G. Stewart announced progress toward a permanent county organization with deputies and key division leaders named.
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Civil Defense
City Hall Auditorium
Col
Spaulding Bisbee
State Civil Defense
Augusta
Joseph Alynn
State Insurance Department
State Civil Defense Organization
Flynn
Bath
Police
Stewart
Melrose Man Buys Winter Park Home and Heads South
William Berry of Melrose Massachusetts has purchased a winter residence at Winter Park Florida and will depart soon to occupy it. He travels with Mr and Mrs Walter Hathaway. The Hathaways retain their summer cottage on the North Shore at Gloucester Massachusetts. Berry, once a Bath boy, lived for years at the Barry residence on Grove Street and served as a resident of the Massachusetts pharmaceutical association. He has visited the Hathaway cottage at Popham Beach.
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William Brrry
Melrose
Mass
Winter Park
Fla
Walter Hathaway
North Shore
Gloucester
Bri
Barry
Grove Street
Massachusetts Harmaceutical Association
Hathaway
Popham Beach
Brunswick Girl Jumps From Bridge Into Kennebec
A 24 year old Brunswick woman, Margaret Elliott, jumped from the Carlton bridge into the Kennebec and was rescued by four Woolwich teens in a skiff. She was pulled from the water and taken to the Woolwich shore, then by state troopers to Bath for medical care. Relatives met her at the Bath police station.
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Brunswick
Carlton
Woolwich
Margaret Elliott
Boody Street
Charles W. Messenger
Paul Chandler
Frank Studley
Roland Mank
Donald Cromwell
Sasanoa Bluffs
Bath
Miss Elliott
Sheriff Messenger
Robert Wagner
George C. Buzz
Malcolm Stoddard Speaks at Rotary on Togus VA Center
Col Malcolm L Stoddard leader of the Veterans Administration Center at Togus spoke at the Rotary luncheon. He described the 1866 institution now housing 800 patients including 600 mental cases and 200 disabled veterans with modern facilities. He noted growth after recent wars and a 142 name waiting list, plus concerns over Korea war veterans.
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Malcolm L. Stoddard
Veterans’ Administration Center
Togus
Rotary Club
Eugene Desmond
Korea
William L. Skelton
Bath Club
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
John W. Quarrington
William Hayes
Roscoe Shaw
Clambake Tickets for G. O. P. Rally in West Bath
Tickets for the Republican clambake and rally at Rock Hill Inn in West Bath are on sale at City Hall Smoke Shop and from Republican committee members. A lobster or clam meal is 75 cents. Speakers include Senator Margaret C. Smith and Congressman Robert Hale with Governor Payne and ex Governor Sewall. Free transport from Bath city hall. The event precedes the Monday election.
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Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
City Hall
Republican County Committee
U. S
Margaret C. Smith
Robert Hale
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Kane Family Returns Home After Visit
Mr and Mrs Franklin Kane and daughter Karen Lee return to their North Abbington Massachusetts home after a 10 day visit with Mrs Kane's parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Desmond at Brighams Cove cottage.
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Franklin” Kane
Karen Lee
North Abbington
Mass
Republicans aim to boost Bath votes by 25 percent
More than 50 members of the Republican City committee met at City hall to plan a 25 percent increase in Bath voting compared with 1948. The group organized ward teams, emphasized absentee ballots, and noted volunteer car donations. Governor Payne sent a letter of support and will attend a Sept. 9 Sagadahoc rally.
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Republican City Committee
City Hall Auditorium
Elford A. Stover
Frederick G. Payne
Stover
Maine
Armed Services
Etta Thurlow
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Payne
Sagadahoc
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Center Street
City Hall
Central Grammar School
Center Street School
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Woolwich Arrowsic Bridge Set for Mid October Traffic
State engineers and contractors expect the Woolwich Arrowsic bridge to open to all traffic by mid October. For now only workers and trucks use it as approaches are finished and surface work begins on both ends. The new span totals about 833 feet in length with 24 feet of road, offering a view of the Sasanoa river. it reduces travel distance from the old toll house by roughly a half mile.
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Woolwich- Arrowsic
Woolwich
Arrowsic
W. H. Hinman & Co., Inc
Sasanoa River
Brunswick man free on bail in prowler case
A 22 year old Brunswick man, Ralph G. Varney Jr., waived reading and entered an innocent plea to three larceny counts and three attempted burglaries. He is free on 15000 bail pending grand jury action after confessing to prowler burglaries tied to a billfold found at Pine Grove Cemetery tool shed. Police linked Bath theft to the billfold, triggering the arrest.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Municipal Court
Ralph G. Varney, Jr
Mainstreet
Joel P. Lebel
Bath
Pine Grove Cemetery
Varney
Prowler
Lebel
Bath Police
Varney Arraigned on Nighttime Burglary Charges
Varney faced three counts of breaking and entering and larceny in the night. After entering a not guilty plea, the municipal court found probable cause to bind the case for further hearings.
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Varney
Local officials agree to issue absentee ballots in Sagadahoc County
The justices of the peace town clerks and notary publics in Sagadahoc County have agreed to execute absentee ballots for the State election. The article lists officials by town and outlines steps to obtain, complete, notarize, and return the absentee ballot with a five o'clock Saturday deadline for applications and timely delivery to polling places.
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Sagadahoc
Arrowsie
Emma Drummond
Bath
Etta M. Thurlow
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Justus H. Miller
Frank O. Dunton
John A. Chaney
Charles T. Small
Bowdoin
Fred Jack
Bowdoinham
Byron Durgin
Georgetown
William A. Todd
Phippsburg
Everett A. Harrington
Richmond
J. W. Randlette
John W. Quarrington
Topsham
Ellis A. Aldrich
Edwin K. Thompson
Board of Registration
Royal Johnsons Return From Long Summer Residence
The Royal Johnsons return to their residence at the Sedgewick on Friday after a three months stay at Popham. They occupied the Summer home of Dr. and Mrs. William Will of Naugatuck Connecticut along the riverside.
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Royal Johnsons
Sedgewick
Popham
William Will
Naugatuck, Conn
Mrs Rines Visits Nephew and Niece in Boston
Mrs John Rines of High Street spent the weekend visiting her nephew and niece, Mr and Mrs Leonard Raskine, in Boston.
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John Rines
High Stree
Leonard Raskine
Boston
Morse Coach Johnson Accepts Scituate High Post
Bill Johnson, longtime Morse High School coach of baseball, football and hockey and biology teacher, accepts a football and baseball coaching role at Scituate High School Massachusetts. He will also teach college mathematics and begins duties after a move from Bath. Scituate enrolls about 500. the team used the single wing and was undefeated last year. Johnson’s son Dickie, a senior, will play for his father. assistant coach Eddie Stewart shifts to PE.
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Bill Johnson
Morse High School
Scituate High School
Scituate
Mass
Morse
Johnson
Bath
Central Avenue
Bill
Dickie
New York
New Haven
Eddie Stewart
Boston College
Stewart
Massachusetts
Morse’s
Scituate High
Boston
Hallowell
Coach Johnson
Veazie to Speak at Bath Democrats Rally in Place of Grant
Col William Dawes Veazie of Northeastern College will represent Earl S Grant at Bath city hall rally Thursday at eight in place of Grant who will be in Waterville. The program adds three headline speakers with Lucia Cormier and India Edwards also on the platform and local union reps scheduled to attend. Sheldon White leaves his W T Grant post for a Portland job with family moving from Winship Street to day.
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William Dawes
Veazie
Portland
Northeastern Business College
Earl S. Grant
Bath
City Hall
Leslie J. Wold
Grant
Waterville
Wold
Lucia M. Cormier
Rumford
Congress
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Sheldon White
W. T. Grant
Mr. White
Winship Street
Infant Christened At West Bath Church
David Loring infant son of Mr and Mrs Dani W Small was christened by Rev C C Sargent at Sundays service. Mr and Mrs Wilfred Larks of Waterbury Conn returned home Saturday after visiting Mr and Mrs Thomas McKay on Cummings Street.
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West Bath Church
David Loring
Dani W. Small
C. C. Sargent
Wilfred Larks
Waterbury, Conn
Thomas McKay
Cummings Street
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Witch Spring
OLD Church of the Second Parish
Francis Winter
Supreme Judicial Court
Secretary of State
Supreme Law of
Murphy
Civil Defense Meeting
Kennebec
Malcolm Stoddard
Rotary
Veterans Administration
G. O. P. Rally
Inez Wing
Kingfield
Republican National
Fred R. E. Dean
Scituate, Mass
Legion
Bath Democratic Rally
A. F. of L
Paul M. Hovey
Alonzo Young
Plymouth
DeSotos
Plymouths
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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