The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine (2024)

I Bangor Daily News, Thursday, June 16, Concert Violinist Balokovic Admires Maine Independence By EARL WILSON'S STAFF (While Earl's roamin' around on foreign soil, he's asked us to watch out for Maine folk along Broadway and to report their doings to you.) NEW YORK-Maine'll probably never have a bigger booster than Yugoslavia-born concert violinist Zlatko Balokovic. Mr. Balokovic, a resident of Camden with his American-born B. was in New York recently to display two Stradivarius violins and two Guarneri one of them famous among fiddle fans as the "King Balokovic will take two of the collection on an upcoming tour of Europe, returning here next winterry love independence, Mr. Balokovic, now a U.

S. citizen Miss Eva Brown Weds At Brewer Miss Eva Brown, daughter of Mrs. Sylvia Brown and the late Walter Brown of Cape Rosier, was married to Earl Scripture, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Scripture of Orland, Saturday morning, June The Rev.

E. Charles Dartnell performed the double ring ceremony at his home in Brewer. The bride chose a powder blue suit with 1 white accessories, and a pink and white carnation corsage. Miss Viola Brown, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She was attired in an ivory colored suit with white accessories.

Her corsage was of a pink and white carnations. Robert Horan of Belfast served as best man. A reception was held Saturday night at the home of the bridegroom's parents. A three tier wedding cake, made by Mrs. William Ellis, was served guests.

Out of town guests, were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Light of Hermon, Mr. and Mrs. John Scripture, Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Gifford and daughter, Linda, Mr. and Mrs. Leeman Hamm and family, Mr. and Mrs.

Alton Hamm, Mrs. Janet Reardon, Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis, Hubert and Walter Hamm, and Mr. and Mrs.

Calvert Allen, and Beverly, all of Bangor. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ward and Judy Ward, and Mr. and Mrs.

John Barry of Brewer: Mr. John Lynch of Brooklyn, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Scripture of Dover-Foscroft; Mr. Robert Rankin, Mr.

Melvin Brown, Mrs. Sylvia Brown, and Miss Marilyn Bates, all of Cape Rosier; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Calderwood and Joseph and en Denise of Lincolnville. Mrs.

Mildred Horan, Robert Horan, and Marilyn Horan of Bucksport; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Scripture, Jean, Sheila, and Carolyn, Mrs. Ellery Bridges, John Porter, Miss Nancy Wasson, Mr. and Mrs.

Roger Grindle, all of Orland. The newlyweds went on wedding trip to Massachusetts. They will reside in Bucksport. For been soup with that Real HOME-MADE FLAVOR Smiths Smith's BEANS USe SMITH'S BEANS Treat your family to the real bean soup the bome-made kind! Resipe is simple, and it's right on the Smith's Beans package. Try all 21 varieties of Smith's de licious peas, beans, lentils and bar.

ley. Super for quality. Send for free collection of famous Smith's recipes. Smith's told "--50 must admire the independence of the Maine native. I've always been happy Mrs.

Balokovic's Camden parents had when a summer home in he was a child. Later Balokovic also visited the area. "We love the latitude--being out of the way of social whirl," he said. "We feel that the big city is an octopus -in New York we are constantly busy with so many people, so many appointments. Balokovic was introduced to the Pine Tree State in 1924, as guest of Bar Harbor society.

Mrs. Balokovic, who was born in Chicago, summed up their attitude about a Maine: "I should have been born there!" Farm, Home Safety Council To Meet At Augusta Thursday ORONO, June 15-Maine's newly organized, Farm and Home Safety will hold its summer meeting in Augusta Thursday afternoon, announced Chairman George E. Lord, associate director of the Maine Extension Service. The Council will meet at 1:30 o'clock at the offices of the Centrail Maine Power Company in Augusta to inspect a panel that's being made under the direction of Frank R. Bailey, director of the CMP's farm service division.

Bailey is chairman of the Fair Exhibit Committee for the Farm and Home Safety Council. Detailed plans will be made for the observance of National Farm Safety Week, July 24 to 30. Ralph B. Whittum, agricultural editor of the Lewiston Daily Sun and a member of. the Farm, and Home Safety Council, is directing observance of the event in Maine.

Chairman Lord reported that many other items of business will come to the attention. of the members of the Council at its meeting Thursday afternoon. David A. Nichols Heads Important GOP Subcommittee DETROIT, 15 David A. Nichols, Lincolnville, has- been named chairman of the Platform Subcommittee on Foreign Relations and National Defense at the Young Republican National Convention opening here tomorrow, it was announced Wednesday by national chairman Sullivan Barnes.

Nichols, now member of Maine's executive council, is former head of the Young Republicans in both Maine and New England, and he also served on the executive committee of their national federation. More than 1200 young people from 48 states will take part in the program planned for the remainder of this week. Vice Prestdent Richard M. Nixon, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and U. S.

Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest head the list of speakers and panelists appearing before the convention, as the Young Republicans discuss their organizational gains and consider plans for the 1956 GOP campaign. Annual Newspaper Mechanical Sessions Slated October 15-16 The 17th Annual New England Daily Newspaper Mechanical Conference will be held Hotel Statler, Boston, October 15 and 16, it has announced following meeting of the board of directors. Raymond J. Cox, mechanical superintendent at the Bangor. News, is president of the conference.

Cancer Fund Receipts Announced At Hermon HERMON, June 15 Mrs. Stuart D. MacDonald, chairman for the Hermon Cancer Crusade, has announced that total receipts from the fund drive amounted to $218.30. Workers were: Mrs. Elsie Reynolds, Mrs.

Eva Pardee, Mrs. Irene Sawyer, Mrs. Dorothy Tate, Mrs. Eula Littiefield, Mrs. Ruth Kinney, Mrs.

Christine Newcomb. Mrs. Doris Gray, Mrs. Mabel Campbell, Mrs. Caroline Bouller, Mrs.

Charlotte Sullivan, Mrs. Francis Duplisea, Mrs. Anita Richardson, Mrs. Norma Pinkham, Mrs. Eloise Pickard, Mrs.

MAINE BOOSTER BALOKOVICviolinist Zlatko Balokovic, Camden resident, is shown above with his famous fiddles- -two Stradivarius and two Guarneri. The musician is an ardent Maine fan. Tampa University Press Transferred To Penobscot Office PENOBSCOT, June 15 The State of Maine will henceforth be the center for all activities of the Tampa University Press with headquarters at Penobscot. It was founded at the University of Tampa in Tampa, in 1951 with the co-operatiton of the administration and members of the faculty. It is gradually being absorbed by the Traversity Press, started years ago as a publishing organization for the Floating University, Travel University or Traversity, which offered full college course to students travelling around the world, headquarters in 22 countries.

This organization marked Its 25th reunion last summer. On Wednesday Traversity Press brought out the pre-publication, autographed, limited, and numbered edition of Hoof Beats to Heaven, "A True Chronicle of the Life and Wild Times of Peter Stork-Time Styles 7325 SIZES 12-20 by Alice Brooks Mom-to-bel. Keep cool, neat all summer in these new maternity tops. Sew two different versions for daytime, evening wear. Easy sewing pretty, embroidery trim! Pattern Maternity Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

Tissue pattern, transfers. State size. Send TWENTY-FIVE Cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Bangor Daily News 6, Household Arts P. O.

Box 163, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, ZONE, PATTERN NUMBER and SIZE. ORDER our 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. Enjoy pages and pages of exciting new designs knitting, crochet, embroidery, tron-ons, toys and novelties! Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful book now.

Bernice Mosher and Mrs. Mat- You'll want to. order every design jorie Rich. in it! FLAVOR EVENT for mealtime CAIN'S works miracles with flavors makes even a simple salad like this an event in good eating! when you think of salads think of CAIN'S SANDWICH SPREAD Creole Shrimp and Egg Saled fo. cooked, cleaned crimp drewed POTATO CHIPS 1 ep CAIN'S French Dressing 5 hard-cooked eggs, 1 cup CAIN'S Mayonnaise CAIN SI 2 fbip.

lemon juice, 8 ripe olives, eliced HOT DOG RELISH CAIN'S SALAD DRESSING ORE 1 tbisp. minced onion, Salt and pepper to taste 1 tomato, coarsely chopped, and other Chop 2 of the eggs and blend with remaining IngrediMAYONNAISE good things ents. with Slice shrimp 5th and egg crisp and use lettuce. to Makes decorate 3 to salads. 4 portions Arrange HANco*ck 111 Arraigned In Municipal Court Eleven persons were arraigned Tuesday in Bangor court before Judge Edward I.

Gross, fines being imposed in several cases while the others were continued for later disposition. Heaviest fine of the day was paid by Grant R. Wilson, 20, of Bangor, against whom was levied $50 without costs on a charge of driving after revocation of his license. Walter E. Rockwell, 24, of East Corinth, paid $10 without costs on a charge of operating a farm tractor not duly registered; Bernard Cough, 51, of Bar Harbor, $10 without costs, passing a stop sign; Edward G.

Jameson, 27; Bangor, $15 without costs, passing on curve; Forrest E. Rockwell, 19, Bangor, $15 without, costs, passing a stop sign, $10 without costs, driving without license; and Kathleen E. Mitchell, Brewer, $10 without costs, unnecessary sounding of a horn. A charge against Clarence A. Baker, 18, Bangor, speeding, and against James R.

Edminster, 23, Bangor, of passing on the right, were continued to June 17 for disposition. A charge against William A. Boyce, 31, East Holden, of failing to report an accident, was continued to June 23. Hollis F. Anderson, Ban-.

gor, was placed on probation for a year on A charge of wilfully. damaging goods and chattels, the warrant charging that he dropped a flower pot through a skylight at the Oriental Restaurant. A charge against Edward Gardiner. Newburgh, of selling misbranded potatoes, was continued to June 23. The warrant charges sale of nine packages of potatoes labeled U.

8. No. 1 whereas in fact they were not of that grade. Complainant was Carl Watts, Richmond, an inspector for the State Department of Agriculture. EMG Patients Hospital, Part In Evacuation Three patients were evacuated from Eastern Maine General Hospital by the civil defense organization during the practise alert here Wednesday, according to Frank Curran, administrator of the hospital, Two ambulances supplied by the Bangor civil defense organization took the patients with EMGH attendants to a hospital car attached to the Bangor and Aroostook evacuation train at Union Station, leaving Eastern Maine General Hospital at 12:10 o'clock.

The patients were taken aboard the hospital car where they were in the care of Dr. James Johnson of Milo, B. and A. surgeon, and made the trip to Northern Maine Junction and back with other evacuees. At 2:45 the patients were returned to the where a stand-by medical service had been on duty, during the alert.

Twelve members of the medical staff formed this standby emergency unit, organized. under the direction of Dr. Allan Woodco*ck, chairman of the EMGH staff disaster committee. Mr. Curran, expressed his conviction Wednesday night that the hospital and staff would be able to handle any emergency situation, as evidenced by the physiclans available for the alert.

In The Nick Of Time Banger almost caused some International consternation as result of the test evacuation Wednesday. As a matter of course Civil Defense workers are required to sign loyalty oaths to the United States government. As CD workers were being enlisted for Operation Scram by the dozens last week, three citizens of almost signed the oaths. They actually had pens In hand before they realized that their signature on the paper would deprive them of their citizenship. Tremendous Job Done Wednesday By Salvation Army.

tremendous job!" Such was the expression used by many to describe the work of the Salvation Army during the evacuation in Bangor on Wednesday. Senior Captain William A. Hartman, officer in charge, commanded the program. Following is a list of the items distributed, Captain Hartman said: 20 gallons of coffee, 800 sandwiches, 110 box lunches, 40 dozen doughnuts, oranges, apples and candy bars by the score. The Captain admitted It had been busy day.

Besides feeding more than 30 men at the Salvation Army headquarters, 102 French Street, the mobile unit supplied food at the railroad station, civil defense headquarters and at Old Town, assisted there by the Old Town committee. Those who partook of the lunches included the following: air raid wardens at their post, railroad personnel, nurses, auxiliary police, volunteers from Rockland and visiting newsmen from out of town. Assisting the Captain with the mobile unit were: Mrs. William A. Hartman, Mrs.

Emma Dobson, Lieutenant Monica Marshia and Roy Lawson. THE QUICK COOKING MACARONI PRODUCT Van Gimp's TENDERONI ALWAYS DELICIOUS SENSATIONAL COFFEE SALE! BUDS DUDE COFFEE INSTANT off WELL 10 on the large HOUSE OFF PRICE amazing jar of this coffee REGULAR FEE GOOD TO THE: LAST DROP discovery! A Product of General Foods Look for this Special Sale Jar WHILE SUPPLIES LASTI. HERMON, June 15 Members of Eastern Star Rebekah Lodge No. 36 of Hermon will meet Friday evening, June 17. Following the meeting the members will go out in a group for lunch and social gathering.

Cartwright, Circuit Rider," by Sydney Greenble and Marjorie Barstow Greenbie, will release the book to the trade on August 15. It is also launching a series of children's books. The Aunty Mor books. Not a powder! Not a grind But millions of tiny "FLAVOR BUDS" of real coffee, ready to burst instantly, into that famous GOOD-TO-THE-LAST-DROP flavor! Hermon Extension Group Studies Windows HERMON, June 15 The Hermon Extension Group met at the home of Mrs. Alrene Homestead Tuesday The subject for discussion at the meeting was "Windows make the room." Luncheon was served at noon.

The next meeting will be July 19 at the Parish House. The meeting subject will be "Painting wooden bowls." Mrs. Arlene Haskell will be in charge of the meeting. Members are requested to bring basket lunch. Eastern Star Lodge To Meet At Hermon Iree At Your Grocer's Now! MAGIC CLEANING SILVER PLATE 59e value.

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