Women Changed the Market and Changed Men Too
The city market shifts toward modern grocers and female influence as Austin Igleheart of General Foods credits housewives with driving major changes. Packaged foods now dominate with 35 billion dollar sales, reflecting a societal shift toward convenience and quality. Families seek more at home time, with women shaping demand and men balancing duties at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Austin Igleheart
General Foods
Corporation
Igleheart
Mamma
Pappa
Tax Subsidies and Public Power Debates Rise in New England
Advocates push a TVA style public power model to counter tax subsidized private utilities, arguing for government produced electricity to curb taxes and prices. Niagara Falls power project faces private versus state control battles with tax implications. The column notes looming growth of telephones and public demand for cheaper services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
New
Niagara Falls
New York
House of Representatives
New York State
Split Phone Network Power Among Bell and Independents
The excerpt notes 50 million phones per American would yield about two neighbors to reach on average, with 5,235 telephone firms in operation. Bell System controls over 40 million lines, about 80 percent, while 1,700 lines average per independent.
Phippsburg Peeping Tom Charge Dropped Over Statute Gap
A 28-year-old Phippsburg man tied to a Sebasco peeping incident escaped prosecution after court officials found no statute covering peeping toms. Witnesses Morse High coach A Robert Frink and co captain Carroll Denbow restrained the suspect briefly before he fled. Police located the suspect, but Bath’s ordinance lacks coverage in Phippsburg, leading to his release on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Sebasco
Morse
A. Robert Frink
Carroll Denbow
Grid
Frink
Denbow
Philip Hodgkins
Edward Belanger
Bath
Three Driving Cases in Municipal Court
Three driving cases were heard in municipal court before Recorder Arthur D Dolloff. Edward E Libby, 26, of South Portland, pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a stop sign at Lincoln and Center streets, paying a $5 fine and $5.70 in costs. Nancy Fendler, 20, and John P Kelley, 28, both of Rye New York, pleaded guilty through attorney John F Arbish of Dixfield to speeding 70 mph on Route 201 at Richmond, each paying a $10 fine and $7.10 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Dolloff
Edward E. Libby
South Portland
Lincoln and
Center Streets
Nancy Fendler
John P. Kelley
Rye
N. Y
John F Rbish
Dixfield
Richmond
Municipal Court Records Show Guilty Pleas And Fines
Recorder Arthur D Dolloff presided over two driving cases with guilty pleas. Joseph D Inman II 18 of 25 Central avenue fined five dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Daniel P OLeary 22 of Brunswick Naval Air Station fined ten dollars and costs for speeding 50 in a 25 zone on Maine street Topsham. Five intoxication cases heard Saturday saw four guilty pleas with two sentenced to 30 days in jail but suspended on six months probation. others fined five dollars and costs or fifteen days jail. Mr and Mrs George H Farrin and Mrs Alice L Stilphen vacationed through New England then New Jersey and Philadelphia returning home by a different route via Gloucester Massachusetts after visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Dolloff
Joseph D. Inman, II
Central Avenue
High
Winter Streets
Daniel P. O'Leary
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Maine Street
Topsham
James A. Duplessis
Upper Mills
N.B
Route 1
Bath
Recorder Co.los
George H. Farrin
Washington Street
Alice L. Stilphen
State Military and Naval Children's Home
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Green Mountains
Vermont
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Housatonic Mountains
Bear
New Jersey
Friends
Philadelphia
Gloucester
Mass
Eton Beach
Three Bath Men Injured In Dual Noon Crashes
At Bath on Saturday two accidents near noon left three men in hospital or treated for injuries. Lawrence Corey 40 Florien J Caouette 37 and Hubert E Miller 29 were identified as drivers. Edward Cummings 20 Bath sustained a severe head laceration when a head on collision with a road grader occurred after Caouette's coupe left the highway. Police chased and captured Miller after a high speed pursuit following the High street crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Red
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank L. Moriarty
Lawrence Corey
Central Avenue
Florien J. Caouette
Office Drive
Hubert E. Miller
Bridge Street
Edward Cummings
Caouette
High Street
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Arthur Tainter
Blind Crossing
Old Brunswick Road
Robert Wagner, Jr
Tainter
Dorey
Crocker and Simpson
East Brunswick
Hollis Bailey
Wiscasset
Cummngs
Corey
Fitzgerald
Fizgerald
Miller
Winnegance
Drunken Driving Proves To Be Costly In City Court
Five cases heard by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in municipal court on Monday included Lawrence Dorey of 8 Central Ave pleading guilty to drunken driving on the Old Brunswick road with a fine of 100 dollars and 6 60 costs or 60 days in jail. Florien Caouette paid 50 dollars and 5 70 costs for reckless driving on High Street. Natile LaChance and Loraine Furlong, both of Richmond, were found innocent of assault and battery after a quarrel. One intoxication and parole violation case was placed on file, the parole ended and the original 30 day jail term stood. Other charges against a Bath man for drunken driving and license revocation were continued to Sept. 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence L. Dorey
Central Avenue
Old Brunswick Road
Dorey
Florien J. Caouette
Office Drive
High Street
Caouette
NatiLe LaChance
Loraine H. Furlong
Richmond
Steam Turned On In Sagadahoc Real Estate Co Plant
Tuesday marked the first startup of the season for the central heating plant serving Sagadahoc Real Estate Co buildings in the Sagadahoc block. Boilers began warming at the usual time though warm spells earlier and later years caused variations. Some offices noted low register readings around 52 degrees before heating commenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Real Estate Co
Sagadahock Block
Mr and Mrs Cornwell Rogers Return Home From Cambridge
Mr and Mrs Cornwell Rogers have returned to their home in Montsweag after spending the summer in Cambridge Massachusetts where Mr Rogers attended the Summer session at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwell Rogers
Montsweag
Cambridge
Mass
Rogers
Harvard
Monthly Probate Court Sessions Highlight Executors and Guardians
The court reviewed estates including Christine C. Snipe and Dora E. Perkins with first and final accounts by executors Randall F. Cook and Frank W. Perkins, and conservator Elwood A. Hathorne. Florence M. Wiggin’s estate filed final accounts by Doris C. Hagggett. Duncan Intosh of Woolwich sought a license to sell real estate under Guardian Roland D. McIntosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Wiggin
Bath
Doris C. Haggett
Atrix
Nellie M. Scott
West Bath
Loring D. Small
Christine C. Snipe
Randall F. Cook
Clara T. Hodgkins
Rexford G. Clark
Duncan Intosh
Woolwich
Roland D. McIntosh
Guardian
Old School Buildings In Use In Woolwich
Supt Stanwood C Gilman announced that the Central school addition is not finished delaying its 1953 54 opening. About 240 students will attend classes in old buildings Sagadahoc and Sasanoa Bluffs students report to Sagadahoc at 7 30 am for transport to alternate sites. Four rooms at Central plus old Nequasset and Sagadahoc will support classes during the emergency period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Pits
Woolwich Central School
Stanwood C. Gilman
Central School
Gilman
Sagadahoc
Sasanoa Bluffs
Nequasset
Going Away Party for Brad Stover at King's Point
Elford A Stover Jr known as Brad received a surprise going away party Saturday at the Summer home of Edward J Lee in King's Point before leaving Sunday for Phillips Exeter Academy. Attendees included Marilyn Brown Callie McKay Mert Witham Carole Fitzgerald Mike Callan Anne Day Robert Carmichael Janet Sharkey James Beck Patti Hayes George McElman Sally True Bill Haggett Audrey Durant John Trafton Beverly Austin Bobby Small Frances Norton Richard Greene Sally Freeman David Hill and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover Jr
Brad
Phillips Exeter Academy
Hs Young
Edward J. Lee
King’s Point
Marilyn Brown
Callie McKay
Mert Witham
Carole Fitzgerald
Mike Callan
Anne Day
Robert Carmichael
Janet Shark
Construction advances on new junior high on Old Brunswick road
Earl B. Perkins of Augusta reports steady progress on the Old Brunswick road junior high site with foundation work underway for the two story main block and outside brick walls. Blasting on the south side continues as more ledge is found than expected and about 25 men from Bath and nearby areas are employed. City hall offices resumed regular hours, with Saturday mornings open until noon. Marguerite Hennessy, on a Boston business trip, returns and visits Elizabeth Webber in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Road
Earl B. Perkins
Augusta
Bath
Odd Fellows Minstrel Rehearsals Set for Bath Show
Bath progress reports rehearsals for the Odd Fellows Minstrel show at Morse High School on Oct 3 at 8 30 pm. Eddie Page directs with Waldo Marshall as interlocutor and end men Abe Kramer Mike Ford George Wilson Arthur Knight Eddie Page George Stimpson. Proceeds go to local charities. Lincoln Lodge 1 0 C F committee includes Cardosi Casey Burgess Hudson Cromwell Brown. Tickets from cast. reserved seats start Sept 23 at Hallets Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Eddie Page
Bath
Eddie
Waldo Marshall
Abe Kramer
Mike Ford
George Wilson
Arthur Knight
George Stimpson
Lincoln Lodge
Loring J. Brown
Hallet
Young and Buck Tie for Low Gross Honors in Class A
Russell Tut Young and Dr Leon Buck tied for low gross honors in Class A with 77s at the Colonial Club Golf League outing held Sunday at Poland Spring Golf Course Archie Main Jr captured low net in Class A with 78 3 Class B honors went to Ralph Berner and Charlie Doyle Brewer 89 was low gross while Doyle 94 60 earned low net Fifty five members attended despite morning rain weather cleared by 9 am after which rounds began Dinner followed at Poland Spring House marking another fine league outing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Tut” Young
Leon Buck
Colonial Club Golf League
Poland Spring
Archie Main, Jr
Ralph Berner
Charlie Doyle
Brewer
Doyle
Ifty
Paul Holmsen
Poland Spring House
Mrs Hamblett Sponsors AMS 153 Mine Sweeper at Boothbay
Mrs Edward B Hamblett of 23 Pratt Street sponsored the AMS 153 mine sweeper launched Saturday at Boothbay Harbor. Accompanying her were her sister Mrs Henry T Flynn and Flynn's daughter Alice who joined the celebration at the Boothbay Regional Country Club. Mrs Hamblett received a silver plate bearing the ship name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Boothbay
Henry T. Flynn
Nashua
N. H
Flynn
Alice
Hamblett
Boothbay Regional Country Club
Sunday Services Change at Wesley Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church will hold morning worship at 10 30 each Sunday for the year with summer services at 10. A Holy Communion celebration is scheduled for the 10 30 service and all members are asked to attend as communicants. Sunday school begins Sunday Sept 20 with notices posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Howard D. Hull
Pictures Parish Service at Hermit Island Picnic
The September issue of The Northeast shows Grace church parishioners led in prayer by the rector at a parish picnic on Sand Dollar Beach at Hermit Island Small Point. About 80 members and friends attended as guests of Hon. and Mrs. Sumner Sewall of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast
Episcopal Diocese of
Maine
Grace Church
Paris
Sand Dollar Beach
Hermit Island
Small Point
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Mr and Mrs Georg Carlton Return to Pennsylvania
Mr and Mrs Georg Carlton, longtime visitors at the Carlton home in Woolwich, departed last week to resume residence in Pennsylvania. On the way they planned to stop by their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Richard Carlton of Lyndonville VI. Mr Carlton teaches at Drexel Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georg
Carlton
Woolwich
Pennsylvania
Richard Carlton
Lyndonville, VI
Drexel Institute
Bath group enjoys Quebec trip with Ste Anne de Beaupré visit
A Bath party embarked on a weekend excursion to Quebec touring Ste Anne de Beaupré, Beaupré Basilica, and the Island of Orleans. They stopped at Waterville and Jackman for fuel, toured Montmorency Falls, and attended candlelight ceremonies carrying the Banner of Good Ste Anne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Thee
Cty
Ste Anne de Houses
Waterville Railroad Station
Jackman
Canadian
Canada
Quebec City
Ste Anne de Beaupre
Hotel Morel Register
Paul Philipporteau
Beaupre
Ste Anne
Jesus
St. Lawrence River
America
Hotel More
Orleans
Montmorency Falls
Niagara
North Adams
Mass
Annie Wilson
Leonard Franks
Grace Watson
Marie Anne Hamblett
Joseph Kelly
Journey Home From Chateau Frontenac Trip
A group travelled by motor coach from Quebec City to Bath with a dinner at Chateau Frontenac and a ferry to Levis. They passed through Skowhegan and Bath without incident, thanking hosts Cecelia Grenier and Gladys Beers’s family. The party included numerous named travelers and their relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Frontenac
Levis
Jackman
Skowhegan
Cecelia Grenier
Gladys Beers
Bath
Joseph Arsenault
Joan
Marcia Knight
Donna
Ella Munsey
Harriet Cromwell
Charlotte Coombs
Herbert Groves
Lillian Fuller
Grace Watson
Boston
Marycliff
Five Islands
Annie Wilson
Elna McCabe
Ann, McCabe
Loretta Lessard
Phoebe Hart
Bernice Burns
Rose Chamberlain
Leonard Franks
Collette
Marie Anne Hamblett
Donald Hamblett
Kirk Cunningham
City Council Holds Brief Session with Hearings and Permits
A short city council session Thursday addressed an insane commitment hearing and granted building permits to Joseph Stewart for a porch on Crocker Street and James McGuiggan for a camp at Butler's Cove in North Bath. An amendment to allow Central Maine Power Co to erect a lighting pole on Franklin Street at Leeman Highway passed first reading. Public hearing is set for 7 25 p.m. October 7 at the next regular meeting delayed by a quorum shortage. Clifton E. Bean, formerly with Brooke Chevrolet in Bath, now owns a half interest in Rumford Motor Sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Stewart
Crocker Street
James McGuiggan
Butler’s Cove
North Bath
Central Maine Power Co
Franklin Street
Leeman Highway
Cornwall's coast and economy tied to fish tin and copper
The ancient Cornwall coast shows an economy built on fishing and mineral mining, with fisheries and metal ore shaping regional livelihoods. Trade and processing of fish, tin, and copper have long defined coastal life and local industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
England
Coast Guard seaman ill aboard Yankton near Provincetown
Richard W Woerter of Morse High class of 51 and Coast Guard seaman was stricken August 31 aboard the Cutter Yankton while aiding Gloucester vessels Doris F and Althea. He was taken to Provincetown then Logan Airport and flown to Brighton Marine Hospital for emergency appendectomy. He is recovering and due for 21 days sick leave with his parents. Mr and Mrs Woerter traveled to Boston September 2 amid record heat of 103 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Woerter
William Woerter
Ich
Yankton
Coast Guard
Young Worter
Gloucester
Doris F
Althea
Provincetown
Ankton
Logan
Boston
Brighton Arine Hospital
Hapy
Richard
Coast Guard Service
Morse High
Harvest of Lobsters at Small Point Beach
Local residents reported heavy seas washing ashore at Small Point Beach on Sunday and Monday, bringing at least a dozen lobster traps full of lobsters. Many onlookers witnessed the scene as high surf surged inland and pondered what to do with found lobsters without owner identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Beach
Frank Munro Prize Awarded to Richard Hasenfus
Richard Hasenfus of Five Islands and West Roxbury Massachusetts won the Frank Munro prize of 25 dollars at the Ogunquit Art show for his painting Reflections a still life. The prize honors the best painting by an artist under 35 as selected by a special jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Munro
Ogunquit
Richard Hasenfus
Five Islands
West Roxbury
Mass
Miss Flossie Beals Returns From Visit To Brother
Miss Flossie Beals returned home Tuesday after spending several days with her brother Harry Beals of Wiscasset. She is on vacation from the office of Dr. A. A. Stott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Beals
Harry Beals
Wiscasset
Miss Beals
A. A. Stott
Crossword Across List Clues Unfold In Brief Grid
A compact list of crossword clues covering mast noisy beetle bearded asige boundary crowd mulberry sign of the zodiac before insane gathered farm animals white silk scarves eccl edge of a wound assam ailkworm pungent condim ents concludes plantation of pine tree an age one spot card except negative reply a ray external seed covering prices mandate to be in debt underscore a step in a series famous mission Tex feats exclamation trace the outline of wrath infrequent city Fr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asige
Assam
Tex
Cryptoquote Guide to solving puzzles shared
A brief explanation of substitution ciphers in cryptoquotes. Each letter represents another letter and one letter can map to multiple instances. The sample shows how A stands for L and X for O. Daily quotes vary in mapping, word length, and letter patterns to hint at the solution.
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Tie Bata Sworrenpewr
the Times Company
Front Street
B. Nichols, Pres. and
Treas
Marky C. Webber
Sestak Ee
United States
Gardiner R. Deering
Arthur J. Danton
Lillian H. Heal
Brad’ Stover
City Hall
Marguerite Hennessy
Elizabeth Webber
Newport Road
ODD Fellows
Morseigh Auditorium
Young and
Buck
Poland
Mrs. Hamblett
Wesley
Pictures Parish Service
Quebec
Old City
Clifton E. Bean
Brooke Chevrolet Inc
Rumford Motor
Rumford
Coast Guard III
Reece
Longfellow
Azwziu MX
Ctrilzize
Gilbert
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