Senate Seats a Key Battle in 1952 Campaign
The piece argues control of the Senate is pivotal in the 1952 contest with 46 Republican and 50 Democratic seats now. Twenty GOP seats face contests versus 15 for Democrats, gatekeeping the majority. It notes Eisenhower and Stevenson vie to sway held seats and bridges party rifts while analysts discuss Eisenhower’s experience in governance versus Stevenson’s Illinois record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Senate
Byrd
Lehman
McCarthy
Morse
South
Illinois
David Lawrence
U. S. News & World Report
Europe
Lwrence
Sagadahoc Population Final Census Figures
The 195 census counts Sagadahoc County at 20,911 inhabitants with 10,356 males and 10,555 females. Whites numbered 20,697. 14 were of the negro race and no others. The median age was 31.9. 11.7 percent were 65 or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bureau of the Census
Household and labor force figures from 1950 census data
The data show 6 176 households with 20 631 persons and an average 3.34 per household. Of those 14 and over, 7 629 were in the labor force with 76.4 percent of males and 24.9 percent of females in this group. 40.3 percent of employed workers were in manufacturing.
Merchants Ship Strong US Merchant Marine Endorsed
Both major parties pledge support for a robust American Merchant Marine. Eisenhower and Nixon advocate national defense and growth of sea transport, while Democrats commit continued government backing on sound finances to expand sea and other transportation systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Chicago
American Merchant Marine Institute
Eisenhower
Sen
Nixon
Probate Court Monthly Session Wills and Administrations
Wills filed include Gedeon Allard of Topsham and Charles E. Shepard of Bath. Administrations appointed for Minnie Sargent Hersey and Ernest A. Rogers Sr. Inventories and licenses to sell real estate filed for multiple Bath and area estates. Executors, guardians, and conservators named with bonds noted where required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gedeon Allard
Topsham
Joan Golden
Benoit Allard
Charles E. Shepard
Bath
Charles A. Shep- Scape
Minnie Sargent Hersey
Gerald P. Hersey
Ernest A. Rogers
Phippsburg
Eva R. Rogers
Pine Tree Society updates Camp reports and health measures
The executive committee met at Hyde Memorial Home with President Mrs. William P. Dees presiding. Members heard a camp report detailing an eight week Pine Tree Camp session and voted to commend Duncan Farrell. The Hyde Home committee reported on a recent meeting and noted polio cases bringing four children and adult patients for isolation and care. Delegates Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Fessen den were named to attend the Health Council of Maine meeting in Augusta on September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Memorial Home
William P. Dees
Augusta
Soaks
Sohn
Festenden
East Winthrop
James A. Gillies
Bath
J. McMann
Sumner Sewall
H. C. Thacher
Auburn
Marie I. Preston
Eee
Ie Camp
Commi
Duncan Farrell
Preston
Fessenden
Health Council of
Maine
Augusta House
Fire Viciously Destroys Holt Home on Edward Street
An early morning blaze gutted the home of Charles E Holt at 2 Edward Street Court after an explosion from a pot type oil burner. Fire units Engine 2 and Engine 4 fought the fire, sounding all out at 9 30 a m. The front room and two downstairs rooms plus the second floor hall suffered extensive damage with smoke and water damage in the rest of the interior. Full extent undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Holt
Cief
Memorial Hospital
Edward Street Court
Richard J. Frates
Drunken Driving Costs Bath Man $204.70
William H. Chancey of Damariscotta pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Bath Municipal Court. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined $200 plus $4.70 costs with a four month jail sentence and two months extra for nonpayment. This was Chancey’s second drunken driving offense. Two Bath men also faced intoxication fines. Several hearings were postponed to later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Chancey
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Clancey
Estates Filed and Accounts Recorded in Bath and Vicinity
A summary of probate actions listing license to sell real estate for John P Carey guardian and multiple estate accounts for heirs such as I Eugene Thebeau Bath Emily J Rumery Richmond Esther G Oliver Bath Janet S Chapman Topsham Harry B Sawyer Bath Wilmot M Kennerson Bath Lewis J Sanborn Bowdoin bonds approved for Rose S Cummings Woolwich and related administrator bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel F. Sewall
Bath
Edward Sewall
Eugene E. W. Ingalls
Eugene G. Ingalls
Howard S. Colby
Topsham
Frank E. Carver
Guardian
Mattie K. Bachelder
Mabel C. Grant
Burton T. Pierce
Lillian B. Pierce
William A. Fall
Annie N. Foote
Jah J. Hitchcock
Canal National Bank of Portland
Josephine L. Perkins
Ray E. Howe
Ted Gran
Raymond K. Cummings
John P. Carey
I. Eugene Thebeau
First Portland National Bank
Emily J. Rumery
Richmond
Bayard S. Foye
Esther G. Oliver
Elnora D. Oliver
Janet S. Chapman
Ellis L. Aldrich
Wilmot M. Kennerson
Earl H. Kennerson
Lewis J. Sanborn
Alice M. Sanborn
Bowdoin
Milton H. Small
Rose S. Cummings
Woolwich
Aphrodite Economopoulos
Grace Church Altar Guild Sees September Meeting
Grace Church Altar Guild held its annual session on Wednesday September 3 with 14 members. Rev James L Grant new rector led prayers and business after an admission service for three new members. Officers were reelected and a full Communion linens donation to armed forces approved. A service at Grace Church September 28 will feature Bishop Oliver L Loring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Altar Guild
Grace Church
James L. Grant
Charles Swearingen
James Grant
William Hill
Roger M. Luke
Priscilla Magoun
Walter Glidden
Arthur Sewall
Ruth Field
Roger Luke
F. E. Drake
George Field
Ida Field
Sewall
Altar Guild
Oliver L. Loring
Maine
Grant
Ervine Charged With Attempted Killing in Bath
Douglas A. Ervine 21, a section hand, was arrested by Bath police on a felonious assault charge for allegedly striking Cornelius D. Lyons 59 with intent to kill. Lyons was treated for facial and head injuries at Bath Memorial Hospital after being found on Center Street. arraignment was postponed to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas A. Ervine
Bath
Cornelius D. Lyons
Ervine
Bath Municipal Court
Grace Lyons
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine Hotel Association Holds Fall Gathering at Newagen Inn
The Maine Hotel Association will hold its three day Fall pilgrimage September 12 to 14 at Newagen Inn and cottages in the Boothbay region. Monett Robbins president of MHA cites a full program of golf tennis boating and other outdoor events. John D Brooks inn manager and host arranged a Newagen clambake and an outdoor steak cookout with help from MHA members in Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Hotel Association
Newagen
Boothbay
Monett Robbins
MHA
Maine
John D. Brooks
Brooks
Boothbay Harbor
Haskell Memorial School Reopens With 13 Pupils
Haskell Memorial School reopened Monday with 13 pupils enrolled. Students, parents, and staff welcomed the new term as activities began including a game committee elected: Daniel Westermeyer Leilani Pecci Danny Bettle. Lorelei Pecci and Phyllis Farley were noted for health checkups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Marion Thistle
Daniel Westermeyer
Leilani Pecci
Danny Bettle
Jety
Loyal Temperance Legion
Lorelei Pecci
Phyllis Farley
Successful Summer Dance Season at Bodwell Grange
Snipe's orchestra completed a successful Summer season of Thursday night dances at Bodwell Grange Hall. Local residents and summer visitors enjoyed the square dance numbers featuring Walter Snipe on violin with Marguerite McNulty at piano and Sam Jerrery on drums, Lena Green as ticket taker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snipe
Bodwell Grange Hall
Walter Snipe
Marguerite McNulty
Sam Jerrery
Lena Green
Curry Cream Eggs on Toast
A quick luncheon option features sliced hard cooked eggs dressed with a curry flavored cream sauce poured over crisp buttered toast. The dish combines smooth sauce with the richness of eggs for a simple, savory bite.
Morseigh High Room Assignments For Freshmen To Seniors
Freshmen report by 8 30 a m to numbered home rooms replacing letter designations. Assignments list each room with students from A through Z and grouped by class year from Freshmen to Senior, including chemistry and college chemistry cohorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morseigh
Aitken
Beverly
Bourque
David
Bowen
Ruth
Douglas
Betsy
Don
Marjorie
Guynn
Donna
Haines
Joseph
Layton
Margaret
Leask
Richard
Marsh
Marshall
Carol
Robinson
Dorothy F
Dorothy J
Totman
Arthur
John
York
Carolyn
James
Bailey
Patricia
Baker
Shirley
Ee Jerome
Edgett
William
Johns
Edgar
Johnson
Owen
Peter
Parker
Gerry
Thompson
Warren
Thornton
Barbara
Young
Nancy
Allain
Lorraine
Breton
Jane
Brewer
Holland
Gerald
Holmes
Martha
Ronald
Mayo
Frank
Robert
Ledyard
Ane
West Bath youths win prizes at Maine State Fair
The Harvesters 4-H Club of West Bath and Bath Teen Age Sewing Circle showcased items at the Maine State Fair. 4-H winners include Peter Francisco first prize for corn and Robert Belanger first prize for a dairy exhibit, with multiple other placements in dairy, cooking, and sewing. Teen Age Sewing Circle members Jean Brown first prize Ana Witham second Martha Holmes third and Ann Cohen fourth, with four exhibits entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters 4-H Club
West Bath
Sewing Circle of
Bath
Peter Francisco
Robert Belanger
Russell Estes
Edward Estes
Bonnie Belanger
Mabel Ash
Beverly Pecci
Bethel
Juanita Estes
Bath News Roundup Of Bets, Elections And Local Happenings
The week brings high tides and clam underwater work, Bath’s Bargain Days attract many shoppers, Lions clubs fund transport for Maine elders to Orono. Election night coverage expands with AP wire service through Sagadahoc and beyond, while past election HQs and candlelit windows haunt recollections. A Summer boarder quips about local frugality, Nixon rally notes, a planned garage, and a 23 1 2 inch cucumber on Parker Head alongside tar and sand prep for winter along the Winneganee to Phippsburg route.
Bath Poetess Helena King Publishes Branches of Life Poems
Helena M. King of Central Avenue releases Branches of Life a collection of poems on children friendship prayer scenery and dreams. She is a Maine Poetry Fellowship member and author of Steep Hill being considered for New York publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena MacLellan King
Central Avenue
Helena M. King
Poetry Fellowship of
Maine
Cummings Buys Residence in Bath for Renovations
Charles F. Cummings, Bath Republican candidate for State Senator, has purchased the former Attorney William E. and 45 Bedford Street, now occupied by Paul Levesque, manager of the Bath W T Grant store. He plans extensive alterations and modernization and will move there by October first. His three daughters enter Bath schools next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Cummings
Bath
William E
Bedford Street
Paul Levesque
W. T. Grant
Cummings
Maine Central Exhibit Captivates Lewiston State Fair
A Maine Central exhibition at Lewiston State Fair features a striking display by Mr. McFadden from Boston's Fine House. The miniature train rides for families, lights flicker, whistle blows as spectators watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFadden
Fine House of
Boston
Scarborough
Maine Central Railroad
Lewiston
Dancing School Teacher Mary Cunningham Returns Home
Miss Mary H. Cunningham of the Modern School of Dancing Bath returns from a two week National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists convention in New York City. She was made a member of the Boston chapter and will open her studio here on Sept 20 after 60 hours of instruction from renowned instructors including Doris Marton Al Gilbert Frances Bowling and Antonio Morales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Cunningham
Modern School of Dancing
Bath
New York City
National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists
Boston
Association
United States
Canada
Miss Cunningham
Doris Marton
al .Gilbert
Frances Bowling
Charles Morrison
Antonio Morales
Roy Dodge
Joe Price
Julius Stone
Walter Biggerstaff
Rennchen
Tony DeFelice
Jack Stan
King headed for Boston University orientation week
Thomas King son of Mr and Mrs Marc N King of Bedford Street leaves Sunday for Boston to attend orientation at Boston University College of Liberal Arts. He plans a medical career. He graduated with honors from Morse High School in June and completed duties at Sears last Saturday before resuming school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas King
Marc N. King
Bedford Street
Boston
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Mr. King
Morse High School
Sears, Roebuck
Mr and Mrs Charles Brown of Augusta Visit Bath Friends
Mr and Mrs Charles B Brown of Augusta spent Sunday in Bath calling on friends and visiting local acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Brown
Augusta
Bath
Speedsters Arranged in Bath Court Friday Session
Several speedsters were arraigned in Bath Municipal Court before Judge Lee R. Deering Friday. Pa fines of 10 dollars and costs of 4.70 after pleading guilty to a highway violation. Names include Guy C. Luce Bath North Street Frank B. Harder Forestville Conn Leeman Highway Raymond E. Jones Bath Leeman Highway William K. Newman Brunswick Naval Air Station pleaded guilty to reckless driving with 25 dollars plus 6.50 costs Maynard H. Gilley Jr Somerville Me pleaded innocent to failure to stay right after a collision near Damariscotta left both drivers hospitalized with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lee R. Deering
Berth
Lincoln Street
Guy C. Luce
North Street
Frank B. Harder
Forestville
Conn
Leeman
Raymond E. Jones
William K. Newman
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Maynard H. Gilley, Jr
Somerville
Woolwich
Little Leaguers to Attend Braves Game in Boston
Local 168 AFL International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders of America voted to pay $200 for Bath Little Leaguers to travel to Boston for the Braves Brooklyn game on Sept 20. About 60 boys will be guests of the Braves, with transportation and meals funded for all four Bath Little League teams and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders of America
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Boston
Boston Braves
Brooklyn
Brotherhood
AFL
the Elks
Colonial Club
Knights of Columbus
Buttered crumb topping for broccoli recipe
A simple broccoli topping melts butter over moderate heat then adds dry bread crumbs. Stir until the crumbs turn golden brown for a crisp finishing layer.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE FOR TODAY
A mixed page item presents a large crossword with across and down clues plus a cryptoquote using a simple substitution. The puzzle includes solution hints and a note explaining how the cipher maps letters, referencing Longfellow as an example.
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Co RS
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Horace McClure
RTH
Harry B. Sawyer
Jennie S. Brennan
Maine Hotel
Lions Clubs
Century Club
Orono
Times
Associated Press
Shannon House
King Tavern
Carlton Bridge
Rogers’ Hardware Store
Senator Nixon
Eugene Ross
Parker Head
Winneganee Bridge
Maine Central
George A. M'Fadden
Yleg
Ernest Carlos
Dick Nora
Maria Swoboda
Ine
Bill Wess
Axst Powell
Albert Gallo
Frobose
Wheeler
New York
Union
Poland
Peru
Ardor
King Feature Syndicate
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