Bath society notes highlight military families and local events
Bath residents share visits from service members and relatives in Boston New York and Portland. Birthday celebrations and Dean’s List honors mix with real estate transfers and upcoming concerts as local figures assist wartime efforts and community life.
Brunswick residents and visitors noted in local notices
Reports from Bath Iron Works worker Payson W. Tucker Jr recovering at Memorial hospital after an on the job injury. Several residents and relatives travel or visit relatives in New York, Carmel, Bangor, Westbrook, Boston and Des Moines with social events, training, and church-related moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson W. Tucker, Jr
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works
Memorial Hospital
Navy Man Linwood Bailey Arrives in Bath for Honorable Discharge
Linwood D. Bailey CM3-c USN and Mrs. Bailey arrived in Bath from Boston after his Pacific Coast voyage. Mrs. Bailey traveled to meet him as he flew east to join her. He is receiving his honorable discharge from the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood D. Bailey
USN
New York City
California
Boston
Bath residents visit as soldiers' relatives gather
Mrs. Walter L. Ellis and sister Mrs. John Black, former Bath residents, with accompanying husbands, visit Nashua friends and inspect cottages in Southport for summer use. Guests include Mrs. Welch and a circle of local social figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Ellis
Lydia Black
John Black
Gladys Parker
Bath
Nashua
N. H
Raymond Welch
Washington Street
Ellis
Black
Southport
Welch
Walter H. Bowker
John Taylor
Frank Lemont
Sarah Lermond
Bessie Potter
Arthur Young
Social News From Portland and Nearby Communities
Miss Maurine Roderick of Portland and Miss Jean Wims of Forest City Arkansas visiters return to Portland after a weekend with Miss Roderick s grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Meister. Miss Carmen LaFontaine Miss Barbara Farnham and Mrs John Crosby spent the weekend in Waterville with Mr and Mrs Daniel O Keefe. Capt and Mrs Leonard Oliver move from 1301 to 172 Washington street. New owners Mr and Mrs Robert Hallett occupy the old home. Howard W King Jr U S M M is home on leave from overseas. Harold Rogers plans Merchant Marine training after leaving Bath Iron Works. His wife and young son accompany him and fellow workers give a purse as he leaves for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Robert FE. Minott
USAAF
Clarence Minott
North Street
Turner Field
Georgia
Maurine Roderick
Portland
Jean Wims
Forest City
Arkansas
Roderick
Carl T. Meister
Porteous, Mitchell & Braun
Deering High
Carmen LaFontaine
Barbara Farnham
John Crosby
Waterville
Daniel O'Keefe
Leonard Oliver
Washington Street
Robert Hallet
Lambert Park
Harold Rogers
Parker O. Rogers
Merchant Marine
Rogers
Bath Iron Works
Teasdale couple visiting Milan parents during leave
Mr and Mrs H J Teasdale are spending part of his 15 day leave from Memphis Tennessee with her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd H Preble on Milan street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Teasdale
Memphis, Tenn
Floyd H. Preble
Milan Street
Bertrand hosts lobster dinner before Francis Bertrand farewell
Mr and Mrs Ralph Bertrand of 22 Floral Street entertained a small group Sunday evening with a lobster dinner prior to attending the farewell party for Francis Bertrand at the BIW Social Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bertrand
Floral Street
Francis Bertrand
BIW
Bristol and Camden Women Visit Mrs. Ernest Whitney
Mrs Clifton Redennett of Bristol Mills and Mrs Rollo Gardner of Camden visited at the home of their sister Mrs Ernest Whitney of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Redennett
Bristol
Mills
Rollo Gardner
Camden
Ernest Whitney
City
Pratt Street pair trip to Boston guests at Touraine
Mrs. Frank W. Dearing and her daughter Miss Thelma of Pratt Street have returned from a several days visit in Boston where they stayed at the Touraine Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Duley
Billy
Middle Street
Thomaston
Duley
Fred Anderson
Emma Stackpole
Ray Howe
Robert Howe
Richardson - Street
Boston
Edgar D. Leavitt
Gloria
Academy Street
Elizabeth Trott
Dike Road
Touraine
Archie Miller
Margaret
Granite Street
Frank W. Dearing
Thelma
Pratt Street
George Final
Norman
Oak Street
Islands
Henry Moore
Reed family summer home open after winter trip
Mrs. Frank G. Reed of Mechanic Street returns to open her home for the summer after spending the winter in Saco with her daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Howard P Hill. She is joined by grandson David Reed a Thornton Academy senior and twin brother Donald in the U S Navy stationed at Newport News Virginia. Mr and Mrs Edward Benson of Walker Street return from a weekend visit in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Campbell
High Street
Augusta
Earl Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Frederick
Fred H. Kimball
Eastland
Portland
Milton S. Kimball
Frank G. Reed
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
David Reed
Thornton Academy
Donald
Newport News
Scout Leaders Attend New England Advancement Meeting
A large turnout of Scout leaders gathered in Portland Sunday afternoon for a meeting of the Boy Scout New England Advancement committee. Attendees included A. L. Eastman Edgar Leavitt and Earl B. Lermond as part of the program. Other town residents and visitors were noted in brief social notices across Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Eastman
Edgar Leavitt
Earl B. Lermond
Boy Scout New England Advancement Committee
Portland
Local residents visit family and friends across Maine
Mrs Philip Gildart with daughter Suzanne and son Philip Jr returns from Bangor where they stayed with Mrs Gildart. Mrs Gildart also and Mrs Vail spent two days with friends in Portland. Mr and Mrs John Hunt hosted visitors on Middle Street. The Welch family from South Portland visited Howard Rice and family on Mechanic Street with Barbara Nancy and Benny Jr in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Gildart
Suzanne
Philip Jr
Albert Vail
Bangor
B.L. Welch
Barbara
Nancy
Benny, Jr
South Portland
Howard Rice
Mechanic Street
Vacationing Harold Ham Leaves City for Week in New York
Harold Ham of Sasanoa Bluff departed Sunday for a week in New York City to take a vacation from his duties at Bath Iron Works. He has been absent only one day in three years and was among workers who went to Boston on the last destroyer voyage. C Roland Trott, returning to Boston Monday after a weekend at home, resumes his duties as a Massachusetts bank examiner. Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Elizabeth Deering to Frederick Palmer Moffatt at Corliss Street Baptist Church on Saturday May 5 at 8 p.m. A reception will follow in the Deering Room at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton E. Sprague
Bath
Westfield
N. Y
Fredonia State Teacher's College
Alfonso Gailewicz
Mr. Sprague
Les Camarades Musicaux
Chautauqua Music School
Mischa Mischakaroff
Juilliard School of New York
Mijor
John Madden
USA
Is Post
New York
George Kolarik
High Street
New York City
U. S. Navy
Kolorik
Government Department of the Bath Iron Works
McKellar
Richard Jackson
Karcher Jackson
Center Street
Washington
D. C
Thomas Murphy
James Jackson
U.S. Army
Boston
Harold Ham
Sasanoa Bluff
Bath Iron Works
C. Roland Trott
Middle Street
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Deering
Carroll Deering
Washington Street
Frederick Palmer Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Deering
Private Frederick W. Thomas Receives Purple Heart
Pvt. Frederick W. Thomas, USA, wounded in action in Europe, is awarded the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward P. Thomas of Fremont Street. John B. Hayes of Anen Street, home from a Boston business trip, arrived Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Frederick W. Thomas
USA
Europe
Edward P. Thomas
Fremont Street
John B. Hayes
Anen Street
Boston
Linton Robinsons Return From Beacon Street Visit
Mr and Mrs Linton Robinson of Beacon Street returned from a week at St John New Brunswick called there by Mrs Robinsons mothers illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Linton Robinson
Beacon Street
St. John, N. B
Winchester man visits before Boothbay Harbor trip
Frank Kelley of Winchester Massachusetts son of the late Ernest F. Kelley of this city stayed overnight Sunday with Mr and Mrs W Dayton Hill on Washington Street before continuing to Boothbay Harbor on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kelley
Winchester
Mass
Ernest F. Kelley
W. Dayton Hill
Washington Street
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Iron Works farewell for Beatrice Sidelinger at Legion hall
About 40 co workers wives and friends attended a farewell party for Beatrice Sidelinger of the Bath Iron Works operating crew. She received a $25 War Bond as thanks. refreshments and dancing followed with music by the NickeLodeon and Charlie King. Also noted are several local social and Scout events involving residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Sidelinger
Bath Ironorks
American Legion Hall
Nickleodeon
Charlie King
Hunt joins U S Navy radar division from East Brunswick
William H. Hunt of East Brunswick leaves Monday to enter the U S Navy radar division reporting to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S W Hunt and grandson of Mr and Mrs Harry W Witham and Mrs Flora Hurt. His brother Philip E Hunt serves as chief boatswain's mate in the Navy in the South Pacific. Earlier, Hunt worked for S D Warren Paper Co in Westbrook. Justus H Miller of Garden Street attended a Republican committee meeting at the Augusta House and reconnected with friends in the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hunt
S. W. Hunt
East Brunswick
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Harry W. Witham
Washington Street
Bath
Flora Hurt
S. D. Warren Paper Co
Westbrook
Philip E. Hunt
Navy
South Pacific
Philip
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
Republican Committee
Augusta House
House
Senate
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White
Hon
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Edgar L. Drake
Oliver Street
Beverly Packard
Martha F. Leeman
Woolwich
University of Maine
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Mr. Newell
Harrison E. Bowie
Phyllis
Small Point
Robert B. Hatch, Jr
Waltham, Mass
Sally Pierce
Mr. Hatch
Robert B. Hatch
John L. Wilson
Andrews Road
Roy McAllister
Edgett Street
U. S. Maritime Service
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Craft
Morton Young
Cobbroad
Fred Ockerbloom
Arlington
Ockerbloom
Helen Haraden
Mrs. Young
Gotham Normal School
Howard Leavitt
Howard and
Rodney
Candy’s Harbor
Duquettes
Bertha Pushard
Middle Stree
George Wetherbee
Braintree
Charlies P. Wetherbee
Hiss Street
Mrs
Richardson
HW. F Perkins
Jill E. Hayes
Allen Street
Marine
Mary Hobsin
Wis Set
Ae C. A. Peas
John N. Rines
John Rines
North Weymouth
Fred Glidden
John Glidden
Natalie Lee Farley
Marcia Piller
Skipper Piller
Mrs. Glidden
Marilyn Glidden
Barbara Glidden
John
Julia V. Coombs
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Eugene Leber
Peter Leber
Russell Street
North Bath
Kenneth Butler
Randolph
Thompson A. Potter
Harold Conley
Janice
Penelope
Bowdoinham
Norway
Alfred Tarbox
Florida
Hiram Tobey
Wakefield
Arthur S. Pepper
Warren Oliver
Union Street
Martha Page
Bridgton Academy
Marius Page
Leland Mitchell
Corliss Street
William Riley
Judith Peterson
Stanley Peterson
Brunswick Road
Edythe Ann Lowery
Nelson Lowery
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dike School
Bridgton
Norse
Gorham
Normal School
Harold Darling
Joseph and
Richard
Vis Wing
Joseph Farwell
Michael Carney
Harry B. Carney
Green Street
New London
Barbara Stodder
Russell Stodder
Snow Park
Miss Pierce
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Richmond
Everett King of Bath
Betty Hill
Manchester, N. H
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
William McGlinchy
Elm Street
Albert Daniels
Priscilla Daniels
Brockton, Mass
Charles Syde
Marcia Street
Carmel
Mr. Syde
Edward Syde
Rudolph McRae
Alice Reynolds
Kerwin B. Butcher
Thomas Reynolds
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Mrs. Truman King
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Elaine Ruth
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Norfolk, Va
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Gwendolyn Collins
Tower Circle
John Brown
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Raymond Court
William R Kimball
Harold Knight
George Corbin
South Gardiner
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Brooklyn, N. Y
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Whitinsville
Hilda Preney
Bluff Road
Des Moines
Iowa
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James Bedford
Preney
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Marblehead, Mass
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Carleton Andrews
Mohney
Winter Street
Chattanooga, Tenn
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Mary Cummings
Betty Small
Ralph Small
Dummerstreet
Farmington Normal School
Russell Austin
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Edward Frazer
William Purinton
Martha Torrey
John A. Legro
Henry W. DeLong
Henry C. DeLong
Edward DeLong
Popham Beach
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Denny Road
Walter Holmes
Paul Lemont
U. S.N
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West Bath
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R. I
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U. S. Army
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Camp Atwood
Fletcher General Hospital
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Robert Stone
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Edward Benson
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