Funds Needed to Send Legion Cadets to National Convention
Two weeks remain to fund the Legion Cadets trip to the national convention in Florida. Boston airline deadlines set Sept 21 for full transport roster and payment, with Sept 19 for available funds or cancellation. Campaign reports strong progress but urges more pledges and cash, citing 180 Legion Posts contacted and ongoing fundraisers and paper drives.
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Legion Cadets
Florida
Miami
Boston
Miss Virginia Cameron Weds Emery Wilson In Bath
Miss Virginia K Cameron daughter of Mrs Mildred Stuart of 322 Washington street became bride of Emery Wilson son of Mrs Annie Wilson of 372 Washington street on Saturday at three in St Marys rectory Bath. Rev Fr John E Bellefontaine officiated then a reception at Bath Country club. The couple plan a two weeks honeymoon and will reside at 3 Tower circle. Mrs Stuart wore rose dress with cor sage of sweetpeas. Mrs Wilson wore medium blue with corsage. The bride a Morse High School 1950 graduate works at Central Maine Power Co Bath office. Wilson attended Bath schools served in U S Army WWII and works in Bath Iron Works tin shop.
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Virginia K. Cameron
Mildred Stuart
Washington Street
Emery Wilson
Annie Wilson
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary’s Rectory
Bath Country Club
Audrey Durant
Bath
George Wilson
Lewiston
Tower Circle
Wilson
Morse High School
Central Maine Power Co
U. S. Army
Bath Iron Works
Plans for West Bath Grange Annual Fair Complete
Plans have been completed for the West Bath grange annual fair on Sept 16 and 17 with a ham and turkey dinner to precede it. The event features an entertainment and dance, a bake and beans supper, and a range of committees led by Helen McNelly, Dorothy Lewis, and Alice Inman with numerous volunteers handling auction, costume jewelry, foods, vegetable booths, fish pond, and more.
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West Bath Grange
Alice Inman
Estella Doughty
Helen McNelly
Dorothy Lewis
Alton Collins
William H. Small, Jr
Florence Farnham
Dora Royal
Frances St. Martin
Josephine Pinkham
Herbert Simpson
Helen Caton
Joseph Wilson
Pauline Belanger
Ladies Aid
Mattie Collins
Arvella Holbrook
D. Wallace MacDonald
Bertha Palmer
Herbert Freeman
Several Minor Accidents Over The Long Weekend
Several minor accidents occurred over the long weekend. The most serious involved Alfred Rollins, 23, of 43 Russell Street, whose car hit the Woolwich railroad overpass railing. he and Bruce McDonough, 17, of 41 Russell Street, were taken to Bath Memorial hospital with injuries, both under observation or release after treatment. A second crash at Harding's involved Joseph Dawson, 23, of Brooklyn New York, stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station. his car left the road at 12:35 Tuesday morning, with Dawson not badly hurt. investigation by State Police continues.
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Alfred Rollins
Russell Street
Woolwich Railroad
Rollins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bruce McDonough
Joseph Dawson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Harding
Shipments of Dandelion Greens To New York and Philadelphia
Each year approximately 400 carloads of dandelion greens are shipped to New York and Philadelphia, reflecting steady regional distribution and demand for the leafy greens in northeastern markets.
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New York
Philadelphia
Hurricane Carol baby celebrates first birthday in Bath
Blaine Francis Wallace born Aug 31 1954 during the height of Hurricane Carol in Sebasco. He turned one with a party at his grandparents home in West Bath, amid balloons and gifts. Relatives and friends including Coffin, Wallace, King and other families attended with mothers and two great grandmothers present.
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Bath
Blaine Francis Wallace
Lafayette Wallace, Jr
Sebasco
Memorial Hospital
West Bath
Ralph King
Frank
Allen
Victor Coffin
Danny
Dickie Wallace
Dean Doyle
William King
Nicki
Joseph Sylvester
Debbie
Sasha Boyland
Cindy Cady
John Coffin
Linda Morin
Donald Davis
Blaine
Eulalia King
Inez Smith
West Point
King
Lafayette, Sr
Mrs William D Rich Hosts Mrs John Hunt in Woolwich Tea
Mrs William D Rich entertained Friday afternoon at her Woolwich home for Mrs John Hunt former Bath resident now living in Bangor, who has spent the summer in Bath and Se Guests included charter members of the South End Parent Teacher Association Maine's oldest PTA unit where Mrs Hunt and Mrs Rich were longtime active members Tea was served in the dining room by the hostess aided by her daughter Mrs George E Wright Pouring were Mrs Hunt and Mrs J Albert Redson Other guests included Mrs Richard Quick Mrs Chester A Plant Mrs Wallace Plant Mrs Carroll A Deering Mrs Wilfred W Chaney Mrs Ruby Welch Mrs John G Morse and Mrs Charles E Hewitt
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William D. Rich
Woolwich
John Hunt
Bath
Bangor
Sebasco
South End
Parent Teacher Association
Maine
P.T.A
Hunt
Rich
George E. Wright
J. Albert Redson
Richard Quick
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
Carroll A. Deering
Wilfred W. Chaney
Ruby Welch
John G Morse
Charles E. Hewitt
Wesley Church Primary Department Graduation
The Rev Dr Oliver W Bell presented Bibles to members of the Wesley Methodist church Primary Department graduating class during a 10 a m service. Recipients include Diane Farnham Karen Marble Gloria Pinkham Mary Ellen Clark Edna Merrow Joseph T Smith and Mary Jane Bull. Thomas King assisted and read scripture while Dr Bell preached on The Three Stone Cutters. Miss Ellen Low was guest soloist with Barbara Small on piano.
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Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Diane Farnham
Karen Marble
Gloria Pinkham
Mary Ellen Clark
Edna Merrow
Joseph T. Smith
Mary Jane Bull
Thomas King
Dr. Bell
Barbara Small
Civil Defense Workers Meet Under Colonel Kennett
Colonel Walter H Kennett led a Saturday gathering of local and county Civilian Defense workers to plan flood and fire catastrophe measures. He had just returned from a conference in Battle Creek Michigan and represented Maine Civilian Defense head Harry A Maps. Sagadahoc County director praised civilian defense work in southern New England flood areas and urged readiness in the county for action when needed.
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Walter H. Kennett
One Eas
Troattle Creek
Michigan
Harry A. Mapes
Maine
Sagadahoe
New England
City Hall Employees Hold Clambake at West Bath
City hall employees and spouses held a clambake Wednesday last week at Rock Hill Inn in West Bath with Joseph W. Larrabee, Maine’s clambake king, in charge. The group presented Miss Joan Brooks, a clerk in the treasurer’s office, with an electric mixer and announced her upcoming marriage to William E. Cummings in September.
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City Hall
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Maine
Joan Brooks
Brooks
William E Cummings
Kateon Auxiliary Holds Fall Meeting and Awards
At the first Fall meeting in the G A R hall the Kateon Auxiliary draped the charter for late chaplain Annie Oliver. Business plans included serving suppers at upcoming meetings. Pauline Staples won the cake match and Helen Gagnon took the mystery prize.
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Ernest Edgar Kate
G. A. R Hall
Annie Oliver
Pauline Staples
Helen Gagnon
Miss Joan Brooks Honored At Pre-nuptial Shower
Miss Joan Brooks guest of honor at a Bath shower hosted by Mrs. Waldo W Brooks Jr and Mrs Harland Maddocks at 57 Denny Road. She will wed William E Cummings on Sept 17. Gift display centered on a bride doll. refreshments served buffet style.
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Joan Brooks
Waldo W. Brooks, Jr
Harland Maddocks
Waldo W. Brooks
Denny Road
Miss Brooks
William E. Cummings
William A. Cummings
Lemont Street
Scott Lit
Burleigh McKay
Merton Witham
Maurice Clark
Douglas Daggett
Stanley Peterson
William Robson
William Milliken
Herbert Morse
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Harland Wright at Woolwich
Mrs Harland S Wright of Woolwich received a stork shower hosted by Mrs Paul Knight at her Arrowsie home last Monday. Guests opened gifts then shared refreshments and a social hour with attendees including Alice Moran Laura Frizzell Eleanor Orr Ruth Orr and many others. Gift senders included Pearl Chadburne Norma Hathorne Margaret Sylvester Loretta Carlton Eleanor Carlton Ruth Carlton and Kay Gainsley.
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Harland S. Wright
Woolwich
Paul Knight
Arrowsie
Alice Moran
Laura Frizzell
Eleanor Orr
Ruth Orr
Vera Wright
Ethel Loveitt
Geneva Hunnewell
Norma Howen
Abbie Sylvester
Merline Barter
Charlotte Carlton
Jane Gowen
Gertrude Desmond
Annette Densmore
Isabelle Sutherland
Merleen Wright
Frances Greenleaf
Laura Greenleaf
Beverly Kingsbury
Verna Smith
Eleanor Knight
Jean Greenleaf
Pearl Chadburne
Norma Hathorne
Margaret Sylvester
Loretta Carlton
Cosmopolitan Drama Club Picnic Meeting at Cumberland Foreside
Members of the Cosmopolitan Drama club gathered at the Cumberland Foreside home of Mrs. Carl Pierce for a picnic supper and social evening on a Wednesday. Attendees included Mrs. Alfred McCabe Mrs. Daniel Matter Mrs. Myron Heenie Mrs. Bernard Knight Mrs. Arthur Eseley Mrs. John Hayes Mrs. Joseph Smith and Mrs. Abbot Redlon of Bath plus Mrs. Richard Theompson and Mrs. Edward Brown of Portland formerly of Bath. The group’s next meeting is set for Sept 23 in the clubhouse with Mrs. Joseph Smith and Mrs. Alfred McCabe as hostesses.
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Cosmopolitan Drama Club
New Cumberland
Carl Pierce
Caress
Alfred McCabe
Daniel Matter
Myron Heenie
Bernard Knight
Arthur Eseley
John Hayes
Joseph Smith
Abbot Redlon
Bath
Richard Theompson
Edward Brown
Portland
Ladies Sewing Circle Meets At First Baptist Church
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church held an all day meeting in the church parlor. Mrs Ora Dauphin, president, led the business session and announced the annual Christmas sale for November 30 at the church. They prepared quilts and aprons for the sale and had a noon luncheon. The next meeting is planned for September 7 with another all day session and lunch.
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Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Michael Rousse Celebrates Ninth Birthday Party
Michael Rousse observed his ninth birthday Friday afternoon with a home party on Meadow Way for friends. After refreshments and a decorated cake, the group went to East Brunswick for pony rides. guests included Dickie Kenyon, Danny Sharkey, Doug Forbes, Michael White, Bob Coombs, and Wayne Garcia.
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Michael Rousse
Meadowway
East Brunswick
Dickie Kenyon
Danny Sharkey
Douglas Forbes
Michael White
Bobby Coombs
Wayne Garcia
Engagement of Carol Sue Hagerthy to Harry B Musk
Mrs Sally M Hagerthy of 847A High Street announces the engagement of her daughter Carol Sue to Midshipman third class Harry Bradbury Musk, son of George E and Mrs Musk of 1043 Washington Street. Carol Sue is a Morse High School graduate and student at Maine Medical School of Nursing. Harry Musk is also a Morse High graduate and is studying at Maine Maritime Academy Castine.
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Sally M. Hagerthy
High Street
Carol Sue
Harry Bradbury Musk
George E. Musk
Washington Street
Miss Hagerthy
Morse High School
Maine Medical School of Nursing
Muskc
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Neighboring Communities Aid Bath Cadets for Legion Delegation
Collections are being made in Bath area towns to fund the Bath Legion Cadets as they lead the Maine delegation to the national American Legion convention in Miami next month. In Georgetown Branwell Harford William Farr Mrs Reynolds R Grover of Five Islands William Todd Georgetown Center and Roland E Peterson Robinhood collect for the fund. In Small Point Arthur Williams and Loyall Sewall Jr support the drive. A generous donation arrived Thursday from E Leslie Mooers Gardiner state outdoor advertising inspector for the Maine Highway Department.
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Bath
Bath Legion Cadets
Maine
National American Legion
Miami
Georgetown
Branwell Harford
William Farr
Reynolds R. Grover
Five Islands
William Todd
Georgetown Center
Roland E. Peterson
Robinhood
Small Point
Arthur Williams
Loyall Sewall, Jr
E. Leslie Mooers
Gardiner
Maine Highway Department
Hospital Fair Committee Plans Oct Benefit at Bath Iron Works
Hospital fair planning meeting held with Mrs Sumner Sewall at her Washington street home. Lawrence Katz and Dr Edward Kinder reported progress for the October 14 and 15 event at the Bath Iron Works recreation center. Posters were distributed and floor plan and ticket sales discussed. Next meeting set for September 7 with Mrs Bowen Torrey on Washington street.
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Hospital Fair Planning Committee
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Lawrence G. Katz
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Bath Iron Works Recreation Center
Bowen Torrey
Engagement announced for Miss Anna Heino
Mr and Mrs Charles A Heino of Rockland announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Anna Heino to Ray Kangas of Huntington New York son of Mr and Mrs Charles Kangas of Rockland Miss Heino a Mitchell school Bath faculty member is a Rockland High School and Gorham State Teachers College graduate Ray Kangas attended Rockland schools and holds a degree from the Massachusetts Radio and Telegraph School in Boston He formerly ran a marine electronics business in Rockland and is now a communications engineer for Press Wireless Inc in New York.
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Charles A. Heino
Rockland
Anna Heino
Ray Kangas
Huntington
N. Y
Charles Kangas
Heino
Mitchell School
Bath
Rockland High School
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Kangas
Massachusetts Radio and Telegraph School
Boston
Rockland Area
Press Wireless Inc
New York
Lone Survivor of Boating Tragedy Leaves Hospital
Leston T. Harrington Jr, 33, sole survivor of a Monhegan Island boating accident, was released from Memorial Hospital after treatment for shock. The triple fatality included H Rodney Brooke, a Maine auto dealer, and two of his employees Harold Smith and William D. Freeman. The 29 foot sloop Flying Dutchman capsized near Monhegan Island.
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Leston T. Harrington, Jr
Monhegan Island
Memorial Hospital
Maine
H. Rodney Brooke
Harold Smith
William D. Freeman
Brooke
Beth Maine Welcomes Visitor From Bath England
John Sweet, a theological student from Bath, England, spent Friday in Beth, Maine as part of a Yale Divinity School Summer travel course. He visited the Times office and Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. James L. Grant before sailing home next week after study at Oxford and Cambridge.
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John Sweet
Bath
England
Sweet
Yale Divinity School
Oxford
Cambridge
Times Office
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Jewett Family of America Holds Centennial Reunion
Rowley Massachusetts hosted the Jewett Family of America centennial reunion with 250 members from 22 states attending a three day program. Events included historical tours, a Congregational meeting with officers elected, and a memorial at the Jewett Boulder burial ground.
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London
Ezékiel Rogers
Maximilian
Joseph Jewett
General Court
First Church
Jewett
America
Rowley
Congregational
Theo Stephen Jewett
Laconia
N. H
E. Whitfield Peabody
Danvers
Mass
Connecticut
Barclay Warburton
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Vernon L. Jewett
Wellesley
Rowley Historical House
Three Bath Students Win U of Maine Scholarships
The University of Maine awarded scholarships up to a full year's tuition to 139 students, including Bath residents Peter C. Pinson Elizabeth Prentiss and Donald E. House. Recipients were chosen for academics leadership activities financial need and school official recommendations with funds from multiple named Memorial and Scholarship Funds.
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University of Maine Today
Bath
Peter C. Pinson
Elizabeth Prentiss
Donald E. House
Helen B. Hemingway
Frederick W. and
Marianne Hill
Maine Teacher Colleges and Normal School
Martin Hagopian
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
William N. Patten
Stanley D. Gray
Benjamin Higer Memorial
Donald S. Walker
Ava H. Chadbourne
James E. Totman
Brunswick Couple Details Engagement Announcement
The engagement of Miss Suzanne Lavoie to Louis Lebel is announced by their Brunswick-based parents Mr. and Mrs Armand Lavoie and Mr. and Mrs Eddie Lebel. No wedding date is set. Miss Lavoie is a Brunswick High alumna and Mr Lebel, a Brunswick High graduate, works at Bath Iron Works Corp.
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Suzanne Lavoie
Louis Lebel
Eddie Lebel
Brunswick
Armand Lavoie
Miss Lavoie
Brunswick High School
Lebel
Brunswick High
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bowdoinham Community Notes and Local Obituaries
Bowdoinham Par nape ye Association holds a food sale Saturday at 2 PM at the Peterson office on Main Street. A birthday party for Mrs Small marks her 85th year with relatives from Quincy Beverly Chelsea and Bowdoinham present. Local groups report meetings and reports as Merrymeeting Grange and Electa Chapter OES plan gatherings. Numerous residents and visitors are mentioned with travels to Windsor Philadelphia Richmond Concord and New York. William Miller of Bowdoinham had funeral services at Togus VA Center with Emson Lane Post American Legion honors.
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Bowdoinham
Small
Mary Brooks
Chelsea
Mass
Merry Meeting Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Florence Stilphen
Rhode Island
Electa Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Charles Hackett
Windsor
Vincent Valentine
Seabees
California
Lauris Wilson
Wilson
Marion Brown
Philadelphia
Main Street
Maud Russell
Lisbon Falls
Ruth Palmer
Aleta
Gloria Pease
Brunswick
Olive Frizzle
Harland Joyce
Fisher
Joyce
Nazarene Church
Bowdoinhiam
Clinton Sidelinger
Portland
Richard Fuller
Sagadahoc Fertilizer
William
Margaret Babb Miller
Chester Dean
South Portland
Miller
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Lawrence Bond, Jr
Don Cate
John Thrower
Maurice Pashard
Togus Cemetery
BIW Guards Vote To Retain Their Present Union
Bath Iron Works guards completed a National Labor Relations Board supervised election and kept their Independent Guards Association by a 21 to 4 vote. Twenty seven eligible votes. Independent Union of Plant Protection Employees in Electrical and Machine Industry lost. The losing union represents Fore River shipyard guards in Quincy, Massachusetts. Final ballots cast around 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Bath Iron Works Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Guards Association
Bath
Maine
Independent Union of Plant Protection
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Lynn
BIW
Former Bath Man Heads Bowdoin German Courses
Bowdoin College appoints Thomas A. Riley as acting chairman of the German department. A Bath native and Bowdoin graduate, he later earned a Yale MA in 1937 and a Harvard PhD in 1946. Riley studied at Munich from 1928 to 1931 and taught at Smith College for seven years before returning to Bowdoin in 1939.
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Thomas A. Riley
Bowdoin College
James S. Coles
Riley
Bath
Chestnut Street
Yale
Harvard
Germany
University of Munich
Smith College
Bowdoin
John Parke Allen Jr Hosts First Birthday Party
John Parke Allen Jr was guest of honor as his mother Mrs John P Allen hosted a birthday party at their Summer Birch Point home on Monday. Attending were Diane Ambrose Jan Ambrose Anne Louise Hill Jennifer Bisson Richard Footer Michael Barsness Mrs E O Barsness Mrs Clyde Ambrose Mrs William D Hill Jr Mrs Richard Bisson and Mrs Donald Footer.
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John Parke Allen, Jr
John P. Allen
Birch Point
Diane Ambrose
Jan Ambrose
Anne Louise Hill
Jennifer Bisson
Richard Footer
Michael Barsness
E. O. Barsness
Clyde Ambrose
William D. Hill, Jr
Richard Bisson
Donald Footer
Past Patrons Picnic At Brigham's Cove
Mr and Mrs Francis Bertrand host Genesta Chapter OES past matrons and patrons on September 18 at Brigham's Cove cottage. Change of date from Sept 4 noted. Members bring lunches. coffee will be served by the hostess.
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Francis Bertrand
Genesta Chapter
Brigham's Cove
The Greatist Of Base Helicopter Claims Spark Debate
Dallas officials from Bell Air craft Co promote helicopters as easy to master while noting three Spanish naval officers reportedly learned faster on a tractor than in the air, sparking questions about training difficulty and aircraft skills.
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Dallas
Tex
Bell Aircraft Co
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Albert Beleveau
The
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Ivan A. Trueworthy
Bath Daily Times
Rumford American Legion Post
First Federal
Lem
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Front Street
Wesley Church Primary Department
Kateon
Ladies Sewing Circle of
First Baptist
Carol Sue Hagerthy
Harry B. Musk
Delores June Wanser
A. Wanser
Wiscasset
Bob Jones University
South Carolina
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Wiscasset High School
Beth
Jewett Family of America
U. of Maine
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City OF Badmen
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Materacture
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Lakewood
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Bill Story
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