Constitution Week Message Emphasizes Civic Duty
The article urges citizen participation and responsibility during Constitution Week Sept 17 to 23, noting half of Americans do not vote regularly and urging study of the U S Constitution. It contrasts democracy with atheistic communism and calls on the public to safeguard liberty by recalling the nation’s heritage and the Pledge of Rights.
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United States
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Week
Congress
Eisenhower
Republic
Threat of Soviet economic war warns of peril to freedom
Juan T. Trippe warned a Middlebury College graduating class that the Soviet economic campaign targets uncommitted nations to win raw materials and influence. He cited Montgomery and Nixon in warning of a forced Western surrender without war if the Kremlin expands influence in Africa and Asia. He urged stronger linguistics and education, noting 4,000 study Russian versus 1 million studying English in the Soviet Union.
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Juan T. Trippe
American Airways
Middlebury College
Britain
Montgomery
United States
Nixon
Trippe
Africa
Asia
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Russia
Government Keeps Out of Medicine Policy Debate
The Journal of the American Medical Association marks its 75th anniversary with Herbert R. Mayes asserting no public demand for socialized medicine in the United States. He notes high satisfaction with domestic medical care, rising costs, and the desire to keep medicine free from federal control while stressing ongoing study of health economics and insurance options.
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United States
Herbert R. Mayes
Good Housekeeping
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Georgetown Church Sermon and Local Social Notes
Mrs Cora Pinkham of Five Islands preached at Georgetown church, spoke on Christ as foundation for Christians, and a letter from Rev Earnest Roberts of Websterville Vermont announced his Oct 21 start. A stock shower honored Mrs George Powers with guests including Mrs Agnes Reynolds and Mrs Eugene Reynolds. gifts were exchanged and readers listed.
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Cora Pinkham
Five Islands
Georgetown
Earnest Roberts
Websterville
George Powers
Agnes Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
Agnes Reynold
Raymond Harriman
Thomaston
Mariquita Strausser
Edith
Faith Powers
Barbara Chaffe
Arrowsie
Ralph Becke
Edith Laskey
John McArthur
Augusta
Naomi Laskey
Phillip Lawrence
Bay Point social notices list visitors and residents
Bay Point headlines note Arthur Maxwell returning to Richmond from Augusta General Hospital and various weekend visitors. Martha Perow, Louis Hinckley from Bath, Madison Moore from Cape Elizabeth, Myron Ellis, George White, Theodore Stewart, Kennebec Point crowd, Alton Reed, Mrs. Harry Stone of Lewiston, Sturges Leavitt and family, Carroll Deering, Emery Rideout, Louisa Howard, J Mitchell of Auburn, Kenneth Crafts and Bath Iron Works workers, Berry of Auburn Point, Frank Sweeney of Lewiston, Berdette family, Eugene Foster of Bath, a Weld camping party at Kiessling cottage, and Pinaud family all appear in Bay Point social notes.
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Arthur Maxwell
Bay Point
Richmond
Augusta General Hospital
Joseph Perow
Louis Hinckley
Bath
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Myron Ellis
Friend
George White
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Mass
Kennebec Point
Alton Reed
Georgetown
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Sturges Leavitt
Chapel Hill
N. C
Carroll Deering
Emery Rideout
William Adams
Louisa Howard
Brunswick
Weld
Kiessling
Frank Pinaud
Five Islands church services include new pastor and readings
Mrs Harlan Pinkham led both morning and evening services at Five Islands Baptist church citing Romans and First Corinthians passages. A letter from Rev Ernest Roberts Vermont accepting to serve Georgetown Five Islands churches was read and he begins Oct 26. Community mourns Miss Isabel Stevens 94 after Bath Memorial hospital accident. many local families mentioned in social notes.
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Ernest Roberts
Vermont
Georgetown-Five Islands
Baptist Church
Roberts
Isabel Stevens
Bath Memorial Hospital
Legion
Massachusetts
Titterington
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
Winklys
Orrin White
Ronald Thibodeau
U.S.N
Key West
Fla
Panama City
Ronald
Maynard Thibodeau
Madge O'Brien
Five Islands
Hallowell
Edward Clough
Woolwich
Vernon E
Fred Scheffer
Cambridge
Mass
William Campbell
South Gardiner
Lawrence Bailey
Bath
Bailey
Fred Carr
Kenneth Smith
Yarmouth
Victor Pinkham
Andy Barter
Herman Barter
Richal Barter
Frank Carleton, Jr
Methodist District Conference To Be Held In Bath
Delegates from Wesley West Bath and Robinhood churches met in Livermore Falls and voted to hold the fall district conference in Wesley church in September 1959. Rev Alfred Hempstead, retiring as district superintendent, led the proceedings. Rev David W Bell was elected district conference secretary. Guests from Wesley included Upham Brown Niles Fielding Marsters and Dr Bell. Mrs Loring Small and others represented local churches. A separate social note reports Mrs Warren Aliberti hosting bridge guests with prizes awarded.
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Wesley Church
West Bath
Robinhood
Augusta
Methodist Church
Livermore Falls
Bath
Alfred Hempstead
Methodists of
Maine
David W. Bell
Bell
Winthrop
Kents Hills
Wesley
Walter E. Upham
Nan Brown
Merle Niles
Drusilla Fielding
Harry Marsters
Loring D. Small
Five Islands Woman Dies After Auto Crash
Miss Isabelle Stevens 94 of Five Islands died at Memorial hospital Sunday evening four hours after apparently walking into the side of an auto driven by Frederick B. Tobey of Bath aged 81. The driver did not see her until after the collision near her Five Islands home by the church. Aunt Belle as she was known spent her life in Five Islands and served as librarian for the local library in the Grange hall. She leaves four nieces and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Isabelle Stevens
Five Islands
Memorial Hospital
Frederick B. Tobey
Bath
Tobey
Philip Hodgkins
Miss Stevens
Joseph
Sarah Heath Stevens
Waltham Watch Co
Waltham
Mass
Belle
Belle A. Stevens
Seattle
Wash
Leora Knight
Waterbury
Conn
Marion Stevens
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Bath postal veteran Oscar J. Tanguay dies at 67
Oscar J. Tanguay 67 longtime Bath post office carrier died suddenly at his home 17 Wesley Street He retired December 3 1956 after about forty years service He was elected to Bath City Council in 1957 and was a former St Marys Church member and Scoutmaster Surviving wife Pearl McCabe Tanguay three daughters a son a brother two sisters eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services planned at St Marys Church Rosary to be recited Friday evening
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Bath Post Office Department
Wesley Street
Fore River
Mass
Alphonse
Octavio Bussick Tanguay
Bath
Bath Area
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Boy Scouts
Pearl McCabe
Tanguay
Fred Davis
West Boothbay Harbor
Fred Benson
Stoughton
Beverly Ann Tanguay
William
Philadelphia
Bath Woman Bessie Arik Dies in Oregon at 83
Word from Portland Oregon reports the death of Mrs Bessie Arik aged 83 former Bath resident for many years She is survived by two daughters Mrs David S Cogan and Miss Mary Arik a son Isidore six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren The Cogan and Arik families left Bath for the West Coast in 1948 Mrs Arik born in Russia in March 1875 married Charles in 1901 shortly before coming to the United States Mr Arik died in Laconia New Hampshire in 1936.
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Portland
Oregon
Bessie Arik
Arik
David S. Cogan
Mary Arik
Isidore
Cogan
West Coast
Russia
Charles
Shorty
United States
Mr. Arik
Laconia
N. H
Local firm plans headquarters move with new partitions
The article describes a city funded shift of a headquarters including partitioning the basement cell blocks access preserved, with electrical work and painting by the city. A budget of 2800 dollars funds this change and an intercom system will be installed to maintain contact with the basement cell blocks. New furniture and a subdivided rear court room will create two long sections and space for multiple new offices including a Chief of Police office and an interrogation room.
Marie Christina Brons Dies in Santa Barbara at 75
Marie Christina Brons of Solvang California former Bath resident for 26 years died last Thursday at a Santa Barbara nursing home. Born May 19 1891 in Portland she lived in Bath from 1916 to 1942 and was a Wesley Methodist member. Survived by husband Hans N Brons two daughters Mrs Edward W Pierce Orrville Ohio and Mrs Harold V Watson Wichita Falls Texas four grandchildren. She a Solvang library librarian nine years before illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Bethania Lutheran Church in Solvang.
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Marie Christina Brons
Solvang
Calif
Bath
Santa Barbara
Portland
Brons
Wesley Methodist Church
Hans N. Brons
Edward W. Pierce
Orr
Death of Louis E. Curtis Jr. in Route 95 crash near Freeport
Louis E. Curtis Jr. 59, died of a heart attack while driving home on Monday evening when his car swerved off Route 95 near Freeport and plunged down an embankment. Trooper Haines investigated. Portland medical examiner Leighton ruled the cause. Survived by his wife, two children, mother, and sister Mrs Cyril Varney of Bath.
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Louis E. Curtis, Jr
Topsham
Cyril Varney
Bath
Freeport
Earl A. Haines
Portland
Wilbur F. Leighton
Deaths: Bessie L Hasselmann at local nursing home
Mrs. Bessie Laura Hasselmann died on Tuesday morning in a local nursing home. Born November 20, 1884 in Middlebrough England she was daughter of Alexander and Amacher Thomas Stevin son. She lived in Quincy and Bath before moving to Westport Island and later nursing home. Survived by twin sister Mrs Colen Dunn Westport brother William J Stevinson Braintree Mass and several nieces and nephews.
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Bessie Laura Hasselmann
Middlebrough
England
Alexander and
Amacher Thomas Stevinson
Quincey
Mass
Bath
Westport Island
Springfield
Colen Dunn
Westport
William J. Stevinson
Infant Ronald Stimpson Dies in Bath at 4 Months
Ronald Dean Stimpson infant son of George Jr. and Louise Stimpson of West Bath died at Bath Memorial hospital Monday evening. Born Sept 4 1958 in Bath he is survived by his parents a brother Richard paternal grandparents George and Mrs Stimpson Brunswick and maternal grandfather Louis Dinsmore Lisbon. Prayers will be said at 1 p.m. Thursday at the family lot Oak Grove with Rev Dr Oliver W Bell of Wesley Methodist church officiating.
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Ronald D. Stimpson
Ronald Dean Stimpson
George, Jr
Louise Dinsmore Stimpson
West Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Richard
George Stimpson
Brunswick
Louis Dinsmore
Lisbon
Oak Grove
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Couple Visits Cornish Relatives in Battle Creek
Mr and Mrs Bruce Besser of Battle Creek Michigan visit Mrs Bessers grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Cornish at 9 Deering Street. Mrs Besser is the former Leanna Cornish of this city.
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Bruce Besser
Battle Creek, Mich
Beverly S Kingsbury dies after long illness in Bridgeport
Beverly Shorey Kingsbury 37 formerly of Bath died Thursday evening in Bridgeport Connecticut hospital after long illness. Born Harmony June 10 1921 she was daughter of Herman A Shorey and Alice Folsom Shorey. She attended Bath schools Morse High School class of 1938 and Sargent School of Physical Education Boston 1942. She worked as Bath playground supervisor and wartime at Bath Iron Works Navy office. She lived in Trumbull CT for two years. Survived by husband Ralph Kingsbury and three sons James 12 Timothy 10 Ralph 5, her mother Alice Philbrick Bath, brothers Donald Shorey Pittsfield Durwood A Shorey Bath Channing Shorey Reed Ferry NH, sisters Helen Shorey Hartford Katharyn Sherman Waterford Crystal Butman Spruce Head and several nieces and nephews.
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Beverly Shorey Kingsbury
Bath
Bridgeport, Conn
Harmony
Herman A
Alice Folsom Shorey
Kingsbury
Morse High School
Sargent School of Physical Education
Boston
Sargent
Bath Iron Works Corp
Trumbull
Conn
Ralph Kingsbury
James
Timothy
Ralph
Alice Philbrick
Donald Shorey
Pittsfield
Durwood A. Shorey
Bat
Channing Shorey
Reed’Ferry
N. H
Helen Shorey
Hartford, Conn
Katharyn Sherman
Waterford
Crystal Butman
Spruce Head
Funeral services for Fred L. Morrison 73 former Bath resident
Fred L. Morrison 73 died Tuesday in a Quincy Massachusetts hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at North Weymouth with Oak Grove committal at 3 p.m. He was born in Sunday's Harbor to Charles P. and Martha Wallace Morrison and lived in Bath and Phippsburg. He worked at Bath Iron Works and later Bethlehem Steel in Quincy. Survived by his widow Belle Morrison a daughter Mrs. Stanley Blurback a sister Miss Ruth Morrison and a grandson.
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Fred L. Morrison
Bath
Quincy Mass
North Weymouth
Mass
Oak Grove
Sunday
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Belle Morrion
Stanley Blurback
Ruth Morrison
Portland
Death of Alvin G Clifford in Massachusetts
Alvin George Clifford 29 of Braintree Massachusetts died. Born June 25 1929 in Boston he graduated Bowdoin College 1952 as president of Kappa Sigma. Survived by widow Nancy Ferguson Clifford one daughter one sister Mrs John Yocom Palo Alto California mother Mrs Eleanor Lewis Soule former of Bath now Quincy Massachusetts funeral held 1 pm Monday at Delaware Brother Memorial Chapel Wollaston Massachusetts.
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Alvin G. Clifford
Milford Y. Lewis
North Edgecomb
Alvin George Clifford
Braintree
Mass
Boston
Bowdoin College
Kappa Sigma
Nancy Ferguson Clifford
John Yocom
Palo Alto
Calif
Eleanor Lewis Soule
Bath
Quincy
Mas
Deware Brother Memorial Chapel
Hancock Street
Wollaston
Funeral services for Beverly Shorey Kingsbury
Funeral services for Mrs Beverly Shorey Kingsbury a former Bath resident who died Thursday at Trumbull Connecticut were held at 3 p m Sunday at the Trumbull Congregational Church Committal services will be conducted Monday at Rocky Hill Connecticut The passage ends with an unrelated instruction about ground coffee left over and not mixing it with new supply.
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Beverly Shorey Kingsbury
Bath
Trumbull, Conn
Trumbull Congregational Church
Rocky Hill
Conn
Cryptoquote and crossword reveal Fryedman puzzle text
A historical newspaper item presents a cryptogram, crossword clues, and a Crpytquote attributed to Dryden. It notes a sample code and hints on letter substitution, with a quoted line about growth and aging from Dryden in 1053.
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