Local Society and Military News From Bath Area
Robert Lee Goodrich, 19, Morse High senior now an air cadet at Camp Kearns Utah, awaits orders for transfer. Bath residents Walter James and Arline James visit Port land. Owen Williams earns a distinctive award at Scott Field. Various family updates include training, travel, and post hospital recoveries amid World War II service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen H. Williams
Emer Williams
West Bath
Army Air Force Technical Training School
Scott Field
Ill
Local Social Notes and Engagement News
Mrs. Harry J. Teasdale has moved to her parents’ home at 48 Oliver Street. Miss Norma Steussy arrives from Boston to Easter visit her parents at 444 Middle Street. Mrs. Harriet Lewis hosted the Discord club on High Street with several members attending. The club meets next Tuesday with Mrs. Amanda King of Highland Street. Mrs. Horace P. Morse of West Street is convalescing after an appendectomy at Brunswick hospital. Mr. and Mrs. N Sherman Rand of Rye announce the engagement of their daughter Louise W Rand to Melville E Clark of Bath. Louise is a Portsmouth High School and Bryant & Stratton graduate and works at the OPA Rent office in Portsmouth. Clark attended Bath schools and is in the Panama Canal zone. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thimble Club
Earl Coombs
Arrowsie
Coombs
Back River
Walter James
Lloyd L. Hooker
Fenton I. Moore
Chester MacKenzie
Elmer Blake
Jennie Nolan
Beatrice McIntosh
Dorothy Kenney
Dorothy Sonia
Harry J. Teasdale
Washington Street
Floyd H. Preble
Olver Street
Norma Steussy
Chamberlain School
Boston
R. J. M. Steussy
Middle Street
Harriet Lewis
High Street
Helen Palmer
Hannah Miller
Amanda King
Louise King
Virginia White
Margaret Lonn
Shirley Morong
Highland Street
Horace P. Morse
West Street
Brunswick Hospital
N. Sherman Rand
Rye
Louise W.- Rand
Melvilte E Clark
Raymond M. Clark
Bath
Miss Rand
Portsmouth
Bryant & Stratton Business School
OPA
Clark
Panama Canal Zone
Stanleigh Junior College
N. H
Richard D. Currier
Priscilla
Barbara Trott
Milton C Trott
Grace Crowley
William. Crowley
Union Street
James Goodwin
First Baptist Church
Chestnut Street
Willis H. Slarrington
Mabel Reed
Mabel Lake
Lee L. Hooker
Roy Francis
Samuel Wakefield
Barbara Ross
Rodney E. Ross
St. Petersburg
Fla
Texas
Sumner Sewall
Miss Ross
Roger Skillings
Florida
Camp Howze
Rodney E Ross, Jr
U.S.A
Frank G. Reed
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
David Hill
Eleanor Wilson
Jackson College
Lewis Wilson
North Street
James H. Morse
USN
Norfolk
Machinists Mates School
Curtis Bay
New York
Smiths vacationed with relatives on Georges Lake
Mr and Mrs George Smith of Sandy Point near Bangor returned from a visit with Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith of High Street Their son Burton joined them and the group spent a day and night at their summer home on Georges Lake in Liberty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Sandy Point
Bangor
Mr. Smith
Raymond Smith
High Street
Needham Youth Enlists in Navy Air Corps Cadet Program
Robert Parrish Thornton, son of Mr and Mrs Edward B Thornton Needham Mass formerly of Bath, has enlisted in the Navy Air Corps as a cadet and will likely begin training in June after his 19th birthday. He passed a medical exam in a class of 17 from 24. Thornton graduated Needham High School in 1942 and has worked in Boston. He is grandson of Oscar Thornton of Bath and recently visited for his grandfather Rutherford Parrish’s death. Mrs Willis Hall of 277 Middle Street has recovered from illness and is home again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Perry
1070
High Street
Harold Perry
U. S. Air Forces Medical Corps
Camp Kearns
Utah
O'Riley General Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
Corp
Robert Perry
Air Force
Smoky Hill Air Base
Salina
Kansas
Pvt
George P. Perry
U.S. A
Portland Harbor
John J. Perry
Naval Air Corps Reserves
Frederick G. White, Jr
Frederick G. White
Washington Street
U. S. Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Lewiston High School
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. White
Richard Footman
Marines
Robert Parrish Thornton
Edward B. Thornton
Needham
Mass
Bath
Navy Air Corps
Robert
Needham High School
Boston
Oscar Thornton
Rutherford Parrish
George Rogers, Jr
Camp Devens
George Rogers, Sr
Trufant Street
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Pvt. Rogers
Morse High
University of Maine
Dessert Bridge Results and Local Social Notes at Cosmopolitan Club
Seven tables contested contract bridge at the Cosmopolitan club with Mrs Wallace Ham and others serving on the committee. First prize went to Mrs Ethel Lee, second to Mrs Carl G Pierce and Mrs Mabel Harris took third. Also reports visits, college closure notices, and local social updates covering Bath and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Wallace Ham
Roscoe McFadden
Julia Fields
Harold Avery
Bernard Knight
Ethel Lee
Carl G. Pierce
Mabel Harris
Portland visitor attends funeral services for Mrs Emma Day
Miss Florence Wright of Portland stayed with her sister Mrs George Rogers on Trufant street for a few days. Miss Agnes Gray of Hallowell also visited Mr and Mrs Rogers. They came to attend the funeral services of Mrs Emma Day at the Old Ladies Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wright
Portland
George Rogers
Trufant Street
Agnest Gray
Hallowell
Ensign Wysor Marries in Corpus Christi Honeymooning Abroad
Ensign Philip Wysor and Marie Merrill wed at Corpus Christi Texas last week and honeymoon in New York City and Easton Pennsylvania visiting his parents. He left for Miami for transitional training while Mrs Wysor plans a Bath Easter visit with her Merrill relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
Philip Wysor
Marie C. Merrill
Corpus Christi
Texas
New York City
Easton
Henry Wysor
New York
Wysor
Ensign Wysor
Miami
Fla
Traveling family notes and local spring visits
Mrs Henry Minott plans eight weeks in Orlando with her daughter Miss Margaret Minott before joining Mrs Marion Higgins Keller in Georgia and returning to Richmond for a visit. Alice Minott will join at Temple University then head to Maine to open the Henry Minott homestead at Puippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Minott
Washington
Richmond
Orlando
Fla
Margaret Minott
Holycross
Marion Higgins Keller
Minott
Temple University
A Alice
Maine
Puippsburg
Alice Minott
Robert Swan
Bell Harbor
L. 1
N. Y
Burke Family Moves for Easter Vacation
Marion Burke and her son Eugene Foster Burke left Bath to reside with Mrs. Burke's parents in Dixfield. Mrs. Elisha Bridges and daughter Miss Marion Bridges of Washington Street went to Popham Beach for the Easter vacation. Miss Bridges attends Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Young
Louis Young
Upper Washington Street
Boothbay Harbor
Fred Abbott
Wayne
Marion Burke
Eugene Foster Burke
Bath
Dixfield
Mrs. Burke
Elisha Bridges
Miss Marion Bridge
Washington Street
Popham Beach
Miss Bridges
Morse High School
Ensign Hyde Phillips Survives Coast Guard Rescue
Ensign Arthur Hyde Phillips 22, son of Mrs. John C. Phillips of 61 Mount Vernon St Boston, survived after a friend was killed when their Wolverine went down near Glenview Naval Air Station. Phillips, a Harvard 1942 graduate, suffered shock and exposure and was rescued by a Coast Guard boat that recovered his comrade’s body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Arthur Hyde Phillips
John C. Phillips
Mount Vernon Street
Boston
Massacusetts
Coast Guard Bost
Phillips
Ensign Phillips
Bath
Eleanor Hyde
Thomas W. Hyde
William Phillips
U. S
Mary
Harvard
Glenview
Naval Am Station
Bath area social notes highlight military and family visits
Mrs Olive Woodworth and sister Hilda Bond of Brain tree Mass formerly of Bath visited their father Benjamin Murray at the Old Folks Home. Second Lieutenant Roderic Thomas Winston US A graduated pilot transition at Hobbs Army Air Field and is now eligible for combat duty. Ensign James W Stanton USN returned to Boston. Miss Eleanor Wilson returned to Boston after visiting her parents in Bath. Mary Boynton of Boston and several Bath residents spent holidays with relatives. The Bath group also attended the Canberra launch reception with sponsor Lady Alice Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Woodworth
Hilda Bond
Braintree
Mass
Bath
Benjamin Murray
Old Folks
Woodworth
Weeks Street School
Roderic Thomas Winstorn
US A
Hoobs Army Air Field
Hobbs
New Mexico
Joseph P. Bailey
Hobbes Field
West Point
Hosace C. Winston
Army Air Base
Gonca Ratu
Fila
James W. Stanton
Boston
Stanton
John Cummings
Oak Street
George W. Larrabee
Phippsburg
Loewe
Corliss D. Keller
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Fore River
Quincy
Alice Dixon
Missionary Society Discusses War Roles and Faith
Dr Luther Wesley Smith urged the church to adopt an offensive stance in wartime as a threefold defense of faith prayers and the Word of God. He argued military leaders in conflict abandoned offensive warfare and the Christian church must wage war with purpose rather than be merely ministered to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Wesley Smith
Northern Baptist Convention
United States
Christian Church
Church of Christ
Bettes Victory Gardens Plan for Local Food Production
Public officials urge more victory gardens to support the war effort. City residents should establish semi centralized plots near homes with reliable water and healthy soil. Gardens must be run by volunteers, with easy harvest access for families.
Mets Sees Furniture Restricting Steel Waste Save Metals
The effort saves about 22 000 tons of metals annually by reducing waste and reusing steel and furniture components for wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mets
Furnitere Restictieg
Weed
Club 42 Dines at the Phoenix Friday Evening
Ethel Kolorik and Pat O Reilley showcased remarkable operatic verse delivery while Miss Esther Wilson and Miss Alice Geneau offered refined diction and musical poise in a vivid program, praised for its poetic selection and vivid vocal execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club 42
the Phoenix
Ethel Kolorik
Pat O Reilley
Esther Wilson
Manmer
Alice Geneau
South Pacific
Youth Confesses to Burglary and Is Given Second Chance
A 15 year old Saco youth admitted stealing $64 from a Ross Road home after entry through a cellar window. He turned back $52 to the owner, the city marshal received restitution, and the owner chose not to press charges. The youth was allowed to return home due to his age and offered another opportunity to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hall, Jr
Saco
Jonring
Lowing
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Robert Lee Goodrich
Joseph Goodrich
Drayton Road
U. S. Army Air Forces
Bob
Miss Arline
Mr. James
Oliver James
Priscilla Merrill
Senter’s, Inc
Tampa
Arthur Brady
Alice Frost
Williams Street
Memorial Hospital
Hugh D. Grant
Edgar W. Oliver
Maine General Hospital
Eleanor Lenox
Harold Goodrich
Richard
Goodrich
Bruce Fulton
Eva Fulton
Academy Street
Gloria Linford
the Times Co
Willis Snowdeal
Allen Whitney
Jonesboro
George Edwin Soule
Susie Lewis
Trevett
Sumner Berry
York Street
Carlton B. Kelley
Leon Kelley
Sagadahoe Ferry
Wortland
Army Air Force
Carlton
Frank W. Carlton
Carlton Bridge
Woolwich
Brunswick
Daniel Harris
Hyde Park Terrace
Worcester
Alberta Whitman
Hotel Bancroft
Miss Whitman
U. S. Coast Guard
Norfolk, Va
Horace G. Morse
James T. Bonney
Union Streets Court
Raymond Chubbuck
Billy
Pearl Street
Medfield
Daniel MacLauchlin
MacLauchlin
Berlin, Conn
Henry W. Brown
Marlboro
P. T. School
Mr. Brown
Arthur Bogle
USA
Camp Shelby
Miss
Edward Lord
Fitts Street
Lord
Pvt. Bogle
Skowhegan
Bogle
The
Independent Reporter
Rosalyn Condos
Gladys Richards
Day's Ferry
Estelle Comeau
Millie Yates
Helen Jones
Amelda Douglas
Elsie Comeau
Pat Hayward
Edith Nash
Melvin D. Whitlam
Oliver Street
Eugene Rice
87Th Mountain Division
Camp Hale
Colorado
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Hyde Windlass Co
Alice R. Pratt
Vatley Road
Manley Ellis
Medical Corps
United States Army
Georgia
Harry Higgins
Fort Devens
Rose Higgins
North Bath
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Higgins
Wash
Alfred IL. Tarbox
Leonard Graham
Maloney
Washington, D. C
Kenneth R. Weeks
U. S. Maritime Service
Congress Street
Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Willis Hall
Donald Page
Donald
George Helms
East Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wanda J. McPhee
Hartford, Conn
Ruth Stimson
Hartford
Bar Harbor
Lucy McPhee
Union Street Court
Frank H. Phillips
Hotel Eastland
Ethel Carlson
Ethelyn Johnson
Carl E. Carlson
Los Angeles
Calif
Carlson
U. S. Army
Charles E. Hewitt
Kittery
Laura P. Higgins
Robert Footer
Edward Footer
Upper High Street
James B. Lemont
Alice Johnson
West Bath Grange Hall
Grange
William Coombs
Mason Wright
Howard Blake
Helen Hartwell
Clarence Brackley
Lester Brackley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Merrymeeting Camps
Barbara McMann
Marion Rose
Beatrice Linford
Concord
the State Hospital
Edward Brown Jr
Brown
Louis J. Preney
Leon Bates
Beachmont
North Edgecomb
Loring Small
Berry Mills
Mr. Bates
Langdon Thistle
Charles E. Crosby
Freeman Crosby
Johanson House
Eugene A. Taylor
Maine Central Railroad
Greyware Hospital
E. H. Crockett
Elizabeth
Mr. Crock- Smith
Walter Radford
Clara M. Adams
Cambridge
Curtis Goodwin
Kendra
Elaine
Rockland
Florence Foster
Leonard Oliver
Louis Youn
Sandra Lee
Marion Wakefield
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Colleen Margaret
South Portland
Harry A. Beals
Gardiner
Mrs. Beals
Ellery C. Kidder, Jr
U.S. A. Air Forces
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Keesler Field
Ellery C. Kidder
Bath Street
John Rines
John Jr
Center Street
Alfred LeClair
Marco Welding School
Henry Lawry
Howard Rice
Lester Oliver
Harold Robinson
Hyde Windlass
Hospital
Huse School
Mr. Robinson
Beth
Henry O. Trowbridge
Andrews Road
New England Deaconess Hospital
Brookline
Edgar Williams
South Orrington
Gilbert Morrin
Harold V. Fish
John Holmquist
Fish
Albert Drouin
Tumes Company
Rumford
Alphone
Drown
N_ Elwood
Mrs Coffins
Samuel Guptill
Mrs. Guptill
Days Ferry
Edward Butterfield
Yale School of Dramatics
Butterfield
Andrew Butterfield
Granite Street
New Haven
Conn
William Haley
A W. Woodworth
A T. Bond
Frances
Richard Quark
Mary Boynton
Carl Anderson
Green Street
Miss Boynton
Fanny Farmer School
Elva Stickney
John
Kenneth Smith
Lucy
Togus
Stickney
Veterans Hospital
Bathire Works
Issionary Society
Corliss Street
Bettes Victory Gardens
Amy
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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