Birthday party honors two Bath society figures
A joint birthday gathering for Miss Phyllis Bishop and Mrs. Hazel Young occurred at 1298 Washington Street hosted by Mrs. Margaret B. Strack. Attendees included many Bath residents and relatives. hospital stay noted for a Memorial patient. various local absences and vacations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Bishop
Hazel Young
Margaret B. Strack
Washington Street
Strack
Barbara
Margaret
Charles Syde
Jennie Danforth
Leon Billings
Natalie Billings
Harold Tobey
Priscilla Towne
Edward St. Martin
Lillian Dunton
Gloria Young
Memorial Hospital
Morse High School
Kinney Family Trips and Pulpit Change at Beacon Street Church
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Kinney return from Moosehead Lake and Green Lake visits and begin a week with Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Bell at Sebago Lake. Rev. Frank W. Bevan of Glen Falls, N.Y. serves at Beacon Street church during Kinney’s absence while Phyllis Delano resumes duties after a vacation at Old Orchard, South Cushine, and Vinalhaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kinney
Beacon Street
Moosehead Lake
Gerald L
Kinney
Green Lake
Harlan Bell
Westbrook
Sebago Lake
Frank W. Bevan
Glenn Falls
N. Y
Beacon Street Church
Mr. Kinney
Phyllis Delano
Old Orchard
South Cushine
Vinalhaven
Denver social guest Martha Terry visits Emma Hooper
Mrs. Martha Terry of Denver Colorado is the guest of her cousin Miss Emma Hooper at 24 Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Terry
Denver, Colo
Emma Hooper
Green Street
Busy Bath area summer notices and visits reported
Numerous Bath and nearby residents share vacations visits and transfers. Families such as Prawer Berenson and Stinnann report trips to Watchb lake and West Point while others like Fillimore Bemis Morse and Gibbons recount hospital, naval, and family events. Distinct names include Prawer Berenson Stinann Bemis Morse and Gibbons with places Bath Westbrook Portland Sagadahoc Washington and Kennebunkport.
Superintendent Gilman to attend Maine workshop and conference
Superintendent Stanwood C. Gilman of the Wiscasset-Woolwich School Union 48 travels to Orono for a three week Workshop Course in Elementary Education at the University of Maine led by Dr William H Burton of Harvard. He will also attend the 32nd Annual Superintendents conference August 21 to 24 to review methods, work covered, and supervision techniques with fellow superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood C. Gilman
Wiscasset-Woolwich
Births and visits mark week in Woolwich and East Brunswick
Mrs. Shirley E. Pratt of East Brunswick returned home Sunday from Memorial hospital with her son David Melvin born July 31 weighing nine pounds. Fire Chief and Mrs. Ernest Morse of South Merrimac New Hampshire were guests from Tuesday to Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Burnham of Barley Neck road Woolwich. They were accompanied to Woolwich by Mrs. Burnham and son Frank Jr. who were returning from Nashua New Hampshire where they had passed ten days with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley E. Pratt
East Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
David Melvin
Ernest Morse
South Merrimac
N. H
Frank E. Burnham
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Burnham
Frank, Jr
Nashua
Mrs Vickery and Pert Attend Seneca Camp Event
Mrs Addie Vickery of Washington Street and her sister Mrs Eunice Pert of High Street are visiting New Meadows this August to attend the Seneca camp activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Vickery
Washington Street
Eunice Pert
High Street
New Meadows
Local military folk return and visit across Bath area
James Morse and Edith Underwood of North Carolina return to Boston after three days with Morse's parents. Mrs. Sewall and Mrs. Main host West Point guests. Senator Bishop amid hay harvest attends Bath visit. McCurdy family returns home from Calais with Spinneys. Suppin visits Smiths in Bath. Alice Dennison returns to Boston after weekend with Dennisons. Judith Dennison resumes work in Southport. Milton Kimball, former Bath resident, home after spinal operation. Lieut Franklin M. Crouch, South Pacific veteran, guest at Mere Point. stationed in San Francisco, on temporary Boston assignment. Second Lt Bruce H M White Jr. enjoys furlough at Mere Point after Air Force training and recent commission in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Morse
USN
Cpl Edith Underwood
North Carolina
WAC
Boston
Morse
Horace P. Morse
West Street
Jules Suppin
New York City
Joseph I. Smith
Smith
Washington Street
Alice Dennison
New England Baptist Hospital
William W. Dennison
Green Street
Southport
Judith
Bath
Franklin M. Crouch
U.S. N
South Pacific
Bruce H. M. Waite
Mere Point
Crouch
Treasure Inland
San Francisco
Lucy Waite
Bruce H ME White Jr
Topsram
Bruce HM. White
White
tRe Air Force
Army Air Bases
Air Furves
Chuldyess Texas Air Base
R. H. Baxter
Bath resident Arthur Sewall returns home from hospital
Hon Arthur Sewall, formerly a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital, has returned to his home on Stonehouse Farm. Saturday night visitors in Bath included Mrs. D L Davids and Miss Gertrude Lyons of Boston, with Mrs. Davids being the former Miss Hyde, daughter of the late Charles Hyde, formerly of 243 Washing. Charles F Rush also resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stonehouse Farm
D. L. Davids
Gertrude Lyons
Boston
Bath
Davids
Eee Hyde
Charles Hyde
Charles F Rush
Miss Mary Bloxsom Returns From Belle Center Visit
Miss Mary Bloxsom resumes duties at Central Maine Power Company after a week long vacation in Belle Center Ohio where she stayed with Pvt. Ernest Hayne at the home of his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs James Penrod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bloxsom
Crescent Street
Central Maine Power Company
Belle Center
Ohio
Ernest Hayne
James Penrod
Social notes from Bath and surrounding towns
Mrs William S Newell hosted at the Hotel Samoset in Rockland with a luncheon for Miss Mary F Gibbons and guests including Mrs Culbert McGay of Milford Conn and Mrs John Darlington of Madison N J Other Bath residents Mrs Charles Cahill Mrs Harold Delong Mrs Harry G Deering Mrs Thomas Gibbons Mrs John McInnes Mrs Lou Green Mrs Seth Mullin were present A Bath visiting party included Mrs Benjamin Roy of Lewiston and Mrs Hart Mrs Hart 897 Middle Street news says Mrs John K Jayne and Pamela have joined Commander John K Jayne in San Francisco Also Paul J Jullien Bath Democratic candidate for Governor visited Monday City Messenger and Elery M Doyle and Percy W Scott have returned from Moosehead Lake camp trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gibbon
Ltoward Bates
Washington Street
John Dartington
Madison
N. J
Culbert MacGay
Milford, Conn
Mary F. Gibbons
William S. Newell
John K. Jayne
Pamela
Small Point Beach
New Canaan, Coyn
San Francisco
Jayne
William D. Sewall
Miss Hector Deploys to Washington D C From Oklahoma Training
Miss Margaret S Hector WAVES recently finished training in Oklahoma and left Tuesday for Washington D C to be stationed. Miss Verne Wallace from Cape Elizabeth visited her sister Mrs Charles H Cahill Jr at 27 Andrews road. Rev and Mrs Ralph Hayden and son Robert from Pittsfield Mass were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Frederick E Drake on 1002 Washington Street. Rev Mr Hayden formerly rector at St Thomas church in Camden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret S. Hector
WAVES
Fred M. Hestor
Small Point Beach
Miss Hector
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Verne Wallace
Cape Elizabeth
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Andrews Road
Ralph Hayden
Robert
Pittsfield, Mess
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Mr. Hayden
St. Thomas’ Church
Camiden
Weekend guests visit Boothbay Harbor by Morris Potter family
Mr and Mrs Morris W Potter of 1023 Washington Street were weekend guests of Mrs Helen Shaughnessy and Mrs Adelaide Hooper at Boothbay Harbor. Mrs Alden Anderson of 83 South Street returned home Sunday after staying with Mrs Sidney Harmon at Cloverleaf Farm Purchase NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris W. Potter
Washington Street
Helen Shaughnessy
Adelaide Hooper
Boothbay Harbor
Alden Anderson
South Street
Sidney Harmon
Cloverleaf Farm
Purchase
Morse Couple Welcome A Son At Memorial Hospital
A son Edward Winslow Morse weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces was born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Morse of Winneganice at Memorial hospital on August 11. Mrs Morse is a registered nurse and the former Mila Gaddis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Winslow
Elmer Morse
Winnegance
Memorial Hospital
Morse
Mila Gaddis
Miss Frances Hayes Visits Friends Ahead of Camp Plan
Miss Frances Hayes of Brookline Massachusetts enjoyed dinner with her father Elmer Hayes at Hyde Windlass Co. on Tuesday. She has been hosted by old school friends and Monday night visited Mr and Mrs Percy Low at their Birch Point cottage. She will travel to camp at Raymond for the rest of her vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hayes
Brookline
Mass
Elmer Hayes
Hyde Windlass Co
Miss Hayes
Percy Low
Birch Point
Raymond
Mrs Morin Leaves For Week At Indian Point Camp
Mrs. Harry F Morin of 1048 Washington street departed Wednesday to spend the rest of the week at her camp at Indian Point. She is accompanied by her sister Mrs John Gray of 905 Middle street who is on a week's vacation from Hyde Windlass Co. Their sister in law Mrs Leslie P Whitten of Union NJ and Miss Mildred Walton also of 905 Middle street are on a week’s vacation from Bath Iron Works Navy department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Morin
Washington Street
Indian Point
John Gray
Middle Street
Hyde Windlass Company
Leslie P. Whitten
Union
Mildred Walton
Bath Iron Works
Navy Department
Aiken to lead USO YMCA program in Portsmouth
Edwin E. Aiken Jr. will depart Thursday to Portsmouth New Hampshire to serve as acting program director at the USO YMCA while E H Robinsons are away on vacation. Mr and Mrs Robinson and their children returned to Bath Tuesday from Orange New Jersey where they spent a month with both sets of parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Aiken, Jr
USO
E. H
Teagues Vacation Visit in Portland Family Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Teague of Portland arrived Sunday to spend two weeks with Mrs Teague s sister Mrs Earl H Duley and Mr Duley at 1094 Washington street He had just returned from Brigham s Cove where they spent Mr Duley s two weeks vacation from Bath Iron Works shipfitting department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
Elizabeth
Ruth
Washington Street
Williams
First National Bank
Birch Point
New York City
Juilliard School
Francis Bertrand
Oliver Street
Mr. Bertrand
Bath Iron Works
Naples
Old Orchard
Mrs. Bertrand
Westbrook Junior College
Warren Walker
Clark’s Mills
Ferry Beach
Frank Teague
Portland
Births and travels among Bath residents update
A son weighing eight pounds seven ounces was born at Bath Memorial hospital Sunday to Mr and Mrs Ernest Gipson of 17 Fremont Street. Mrs Gipson is Miss Ann MacLellan of Hallowell and Morse High School girls athletics instructor. Christopher Hanson, 82 pounds, will return home soon after a month with his mother Mrs Louise Hanson in Belson. Mrs Howard Bates of 1071 Washington Street and Mrs Richard Burke Jr and Mrs Burt Osgood Jr of 871 Middle Street left for Camden for a week of coastal Maine windjammer cruising aboard Capt Swift's vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Lishness, Jr
Cumberland Center
Bath
Harmon W. Smith
Washington Street
Boothbay Harbor
James Chesbro
Farmington Normal School
Bruce John
Frank Schryver
Newark, N. J., Memorial Hospital
Schryver
Ann Hart
Joseph Hart
Charles Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ernest Gipson
Fremont Street
Gipson
Ann MacLellan
Hallowell
Morse High School
William R. Eldridge
Central Avenue
Louise Hanson
Belson
Christopher Hanson
Howard C. Bates
Richard P. Burke, Jr
Burt Ss. Osgood, Jr
Middle Street
Camden
Maine
Capt. Swift
Boothbay family welcomes baby as soldiers return home
Sgt Edward A Sprague Jr arrives on a 16 day furlough from Camp Shelby due to the birth of son Thomas Edward at Bath Memorial hospital weighing six pounds six ounces. Ada Rideout formerly of Bath is wife. Sprague's family includes Mrs Ada Rideout and Emery E Rideout. Henry A Sprague, serving on New Guinea, sends news of Red Cross coffee and doughnuts. Carlton E Sprague wrote from France after action in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Sprague, Jr
USA
Edward A. Sprague
Boothbay Harbor
Red Cross
Thomas Edward
Ada Rideout
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sprague
Emery E. Rideout
North Street
Camp Shelby
Miss
Fort Williams
Henry
Camp Wheeler
Camp Blanding
Fla
Pensacola
Fort Ord
Calif
Pvt
Carlton E
France
England
Wilbur F. Higgins
Army
Carlton
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Breckinridge
Kent
Army private on leave from Geiger Field visits Washington
Miss Martha Thompson visits her mother in Five Islands during a seven day leave. Pvt. Daniel E. Hatch USAAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hatch of 601 Washington Street, Spokane, Wash., recently arrived at Geiger Field for radio school in an aviation engineers battalion and hopes for an October furlough. Hatch, 1943 enlistee after Morse high school class president in 1942 and University of Maine student, has trained at Boca Raton and Amherst and served at Seymour Johnson Field and Yale before moving to Lemoore and Spokane. His current address is Pvt. Daniel E. Hatch 11129384 Co. 8 1901 1st Avn Engr Bn Geiger Field Spokane Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Hatch
USAAF
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
Geiger Field
Spokane
Wash
Aviation Engineers
Morse High School
Hatch
University of Maine
Boca Raton
Fla
Amherst
Mass
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Yale University
New Haven
Marine son wounded in action in World War II
Mr and Mrs Joseph Cloutier of 10 Granite Street have been notified by the War Department that their son Pfc Joseph E Cloutier USMC was wounded in action on June 15. The message says wounds were received in the performance of his duty but gives no further details. Information will be sent when available. Pvt Cloutier joined the Marine Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor and has served overseas about 20 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cloutier
Granite Street
War Department
Pfc
Joseph E. Cloutier
USMC
Pvt. Cloutier
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Soldier’s wife learns husband arrives in England
Word that her husband Sgt Maurice L Hutchins USA has arrived in England was received by Mrs Hutchins of 9 Noble Avenue Lambert Park a teacher at Dike school and summer worker at the USO. Hutchins is in a railway operational battalion after a recent promotion. He worked as a shipfitter for Rice Brothers in Boothbay before service and trained at Fort Sam Houston Texas and Camp Claiborne Louisiana where Mrs Hutchins visited him for two weeks in May. He had a ten day furlough in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice L. Hutchins
USA
England
Hutchins
Noble Avenue
Lambert Park
Dike Schol
USO
Rice Brothers
Boothbay
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp Claiborne
Boucher Returns Home After 30 Days With Wife
Harry M. Boucher of USN returned Thursday to Melville R 1 after spending 30 days with his wife Marie L. Boucher at their home 54 Winship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Boucher
Moomm1
USN
Melville
R. 1
Marie L. Boucher
Winship
Bath Man Honored After South Pacific Service
Street notices 18 months of service in the South Pacific. Boucher, son of Mrs. Frances A. Boucher, 726 Washington, and the late Wilbur S. Boucher, was honored at several homecoming parties. He left Bath Iron Works tin shop in October 1942, trained at Newport and Melville before overseas duty starting February 1943. Robert L. Goodridge of Quincy completed Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at Williams Field Chandler Arizona and is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He is a former Morse High School student in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Goodridge
Joseph F. Goodridge
Buckley Street
Quincy
Mass
Army Air Forces
Williams Field
Chandler
Arizona
Army Air Corps
Morse High School
Bath
Marine Sgt Buck Visits Bath Relatives During Leave
M Sgt Robert Buck of the US Marine Corps stationed at Quantico Virginia is visiting his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs William Edgett at 2 Edgett street and his sister Miss Betty Dunton at 89 Pearl street during a 15 day furlough. He arrived in Bath on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Buck
USMC
Quantico
William Edgett
Edgett
Pvt Hersom Arrives at Camp Wolters for Basic Training
Pvt George F Hersom US Army son of Mr and Mrs Richard T Hersom 33 Court street has arrived at Camp Wolters Texas and begun basic infantry training. A Morse high school 1942 graduate he attended the University of Maine before entering the Army on July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hersom
USA
Richard T Hersom
Court Street
Camp Wolters
Tex
Pvt. Hersom
Morse High School
University of Maine
Army
Airplane Mechanic Honored for 100 Combat Missions
Corporal Sherwood O. Wing of 3 Linden Street, an Airplane Mechanic in the Eighth Air Force Liberator Station in England, cited for distinguished service in 100 combat missions over Europe. The 100th mission supported Allied landings in France under Col Irvine A. Beadle. The citation, issued by Maj Gen James P. Hodges, covers missions to Berlin, Friedrichshaven, Poland, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sherwood O. Wing
Linden Street
Europe
Irvine A. Beadle
Rawlins
Wye
France
James P. Hodges
Berlin
Friedrichshaven
Poland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Cohen son mails hospital letter from France crash wounds
Mr and Mrs Morris H Cohen of 10 Old South Place receive word from their son Flight Officer Edward B Cohen via a Red Cross nurse that he expects to be out of the hospital in about three weeks. He has been recovering from wounds suffered in a crash in France on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris H. Cohen
Old South Place
Edward B. Cohen
Red Cross
France
Bath man serves in Ninth Air Force Thunderbolt unit
Corporal Walter E. Oliver, son of Mrs. Ethel V. Oliver of Bath, Maine, serves in France with the first U.S. fighter group operating from French soil. An aircraft armorer in a P-47 squadron, he maintains the Thunderbolt's .590 calibre machine guns. Oliver, a Morse High School graduate, enlisted in 1938. His wife, Mrs. Thelma Ann Oliver, resides in Newport, Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
Thunderbolt
France
Walter E. Oliver
Ethel V. Oliver
Middle Street
Bath
U. S
Thunderbolt Group
Gil L. Meyers
Bath Iron Works
Cpl
Oliver
Morse High School
Thelma Ann
Newport
Arkansas
Morse son transfers to navigation school in Texas
A C Carroll E Morse USAF son of Mr and Mrs Samuel A Morse of Whiskeay road has been moved from Moody Field Georgia bombardier navigation pool to a navigation school in San Marcos Texas. Morse, Morse high school class of 1936 valedictorian and University of Maine graduate 1942, did engineering work in New York before enlisting in June 1943. He trained at Jefferson Barracks Vermont Maxwell Field Courtland and Nash ville before pre flight at Lakeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A .C Carroll E. Morse
USAAF
Samuel A. Morse
Whiskeay Road
Bombardier
Moody Field
Valdosta
San Marcos
Tex
Morse High School
University of Maine
Morse
New York City
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
University of Vermont
Nashville
Tenn
Maxwell Field
Ala
Courtland
Lakeland
Fla
Carroll
Pvt
Morse Brothers Serve in Army and Navy Overseas
Samuel Austin Morse Jr has served about a year in the Army and is overseas with the Signal Corps. His younger brother Robert W Morse 82/c USN is an aviation machinist's mate and now in Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Austin Morse, Jr
Army
Signal Corps
Robert W
USN
Jacksonville
Fla
Furlough Granted to Pfc Charles D Sullivan Jr
Pfc Charles D Sullivan Jr USA titled in the medical corps of the infantry is granted a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles D Sullivan at 828 Middle Street. He entered service January 29 1943 after graduating Morse High School class of 1943 and trained at Kearns Utah and Coral Gables Florida while stationed at Camp Gruber Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Sullivan, Jr
USA
Charles D. Sullivan
Middle Street
Camp Gruber
Okla
Medical Corps of
Infantry
Sullivan
Morse High School
Kearns
Utah
Coral Gables
Fla
Bath native Cpl Wallace moves to Fort Myers for gunnery course
Cpl Elmer S. Wallace USAAF formerly of Bath transfers from Stuttgart Arkansas medical detachment to Fort Myers Florida to begin a gunnery course. He joined the service in January 1943 and earned his Morse High School diploma in 1943. His training included Kearns Utah basic training and medical corps courses in Missouri and Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Elmer _ S. Wallace
USAAF
Bath
Stuttgart
Ark
Fort Myers
Fla
Wallace
Morse High School
Kearns
Utah
Medical Corps
Missouri
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Air Medal Recipient Jones Earns Third Oak Leaf Cluster
Staff Sgt Edward F Jones USAAF son of Mr and Mrs J Frank Jones of 23 Russell street received his third oak leaf cluster for three additional groups of five missions in Europe. Having spent a week in England rest camp after 21 missions he has just completed another mission and faces eight more before furlough home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Jones
USAAF
J. Frank Jones
Russell Street
Europe
Jones
England
Frank J. Dingley Training Moves to Long Beach
Frank J. Dingley, USNAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Dingley of 8 Fisher's Court, has completed aviation mechanics training in Norman Oklahoma and proceeds to Long Beach California for further instruction. A Morse High School 1943 graduate and former Bath Iron Works employee, he entered service in November 1943 after previous postings at Newport Rhode Island and Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Dingley
USNAF
Frank C. Dingley
Fisher's Court
Norman
Okla
Long Beach
Calif
Dingley
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Newport
R. I
Chicago
Ili
Farewell surprise party for Edward McGuiggan in Bath
A farewell gathering Saturday at James S. Lord’s home honored Edward McGuiggan who left Tuesday for service. Guests from Bath and South Portland included family friends and neighbors. gifts of money were presented and light refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGuiggan
Middle Street
James S. Lord
Walter Madden
Nella Stover
Arthur MacDonald
McGuiggan
Errol
Guiggan
Lord
Stover
Gloria
Carol
Marjorie
Carlton
James McGuiggan
Chester McCabe
Thomas Robson
Betty McGuiggan
D. W. MacDonald
Kenneth
Wallace
Agnes
Courtney Stover
Hiram Robinson
Joseph Allaire
J. M. D. Bonsey
Robert Jewell
W. A. Hill
John Thompson
Alfred R. McCabe
Warren Davis
Bath
David A. MacDonald
South Portland
Whitten Promoted in Italian Theater Campaigns
Eugene E. Whitten of Westport announces overseas service since February 1943 with an amphibious DUKW unit in Italy and promotion to Technician Fifth Grade. He is entitled to wear three bronze battle stars on his European African Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon for participation in three major campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene E. Whitten
Westport
Italy
Whitten
T ‘5
Levin Enrolls in RAF B 24 Bomber Mechanics School
Pvt. Robert Daniel Levin has joined the RAF Training Command B 24 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field in a two way program to qualify for an air combat crew. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Levin of 10 North Street Bath. He will be trained in heavy bombardment aircraft maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF Training Command
Keesler Field
Robert Daniel Levin
Samuel Levin
North Street
Bath
Combat Infantryman Badge Awarded to Bath Soldier in Italy
Private Calvin H. Win of Route 1 Bath has been cited by his regiment in the 88th Infantry Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual combat on the Fifth Army front in Italy. The badge, recently authorized by the War Department, features a silver rifle on infantry blue, encircled by a silver wreath, signifying proven fighting ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Calvin H. Win
Route 1
Bath
88Th Infantry Division
War Department
Mail to Maine families about service includes overseas move
Mr and Mrs Ced ric A Martin 22 Willow street received a letter from son Frank S a junior engineer in the Merchant Marine informing them of his safe arrival in North Africa on his first overseas trip. A Morse high 1935 and University of Maine 1940 graduate, he worked in Salem Mass two years and with Bath Iron Works Navy office before entering service in April 1944. Training at Hoffman Island N Y. Mrs Virginia Dall 25 Pleasant avenue daughter of Mrs Mary E Pushard was among 31 Maine women who left Portland Tuesday for Fort Oglethorpe Ga for basic WAC training. Mrs Det attended Brunswick high school and enlisted in the WAC July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedric A. Martin
Willow Street
Frank S
Merchant Marine
North Africa
Morse High School
University of Maine
Frank
Salem
Mass
Navy Office
Bath Iron Works
Maritime Training School
Hoffman Island
N. Y
Virginia Dall
Pleasant Avenue
Mary E. Pushard
Maine
Portland
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Worers Army Corps
Det
Brunswick High School
WAC
Clare Fulton Enrolls At Del Monte Radio School
Clare K Fulton USN son of Mrs Eva L Kingsbury resident 57 Academy street arrived August 11 in Del Monte California to attend a radio technical school and reside at the Hotel Del Monte He is a 1943 University of Maine graduate who trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station Illinois and completed a preliminary radio course at Hugh Manley School Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare K. Fulton
Src
USN
Eva L. Kingsbury
Academy Street
del Monte
Calif
Hotel del Monte
Fulton
University of Maine
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
Hugh Manley
Chicago
Bath man wounded in France to receive Purple Heart
Pfc George S Gatchell USA an anti air craft gunner and former Con gress Shirt factory cloth matcher has been wounded in action in France. His family has been notified he has been awarded the Purple Heart and he is sending the medal to his mother Mrs Mary Gatchell of Searsport. He served with Co D of Bath Maine State Guard and left for service after Pearl Harbor. His address may be obtained from his sister Miss Minnie Gatchell P O box 403 Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Gatchell
USA
Congress Shirt
France
Mary Gatchell
Searsport
Gatchell
Co. D
Bath
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Minnie Gatchell
P. O. Box
Soldier Home on 21 Day Furlough Returns to Family
Pfc. Robert E. Hart, USA, arrived home Tuesday evening for a 21 day furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Hart at 21 Floral street. Hart, who was 16 when he joined selective service on March 15, 1941, has been treated for illness from two years of service in the South Pacific at Lovell General Hospital Fort Devens Mass. He will return to the hospital at the end of his furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Hart
USA
Andrew B. Hart
Floral Street
Robert
South Pacific
Lovell General Hospital
Fort Devens
Mass
Tomato and cabbage pests and disease controls listed
The text notes harm to vegetables like tomatoes from tomato worm flea beetle and potato beetle and mentions Bordeaux mixture as a disease control. It lists cabbage pests cabbage worms and maggots and suggests control methods including poison dust or spray rotenone tar paper pads and calomel cornstarch dusts.
Coffee vitamin boosts with six blends from six nations
A new coffee product on the market blends six varieties from six countries and adds 1200 international units of vitamin B1. The label markets health benefits and notes the drink targets wellness minded consumers seeking added nutrition in their daily brew.
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Mary Aick
Oak Street
Old Orchard Beach
Center Street
Ernest Heywood
Calais
John Sampson
Ora Small
Ora, Jr
Donald and
Meaford
Mr. Small
Emma Carlton
Albert Henderson
Sarah Healey
Newton, Mass
John G. Morse
Winneganee
Irene Geiken
Houston
Texas
Women’s Army Corps
Alice Donovan
Geiken
Abbie Runnels
South Gardiner
Frank Perow
Betty Dunton
Staples Drug Store
Auburn
Harold Ward
American Weekly
New York
Horace Ward
Catherine O'Mara
Aliquippa
Helen Higgins
Roscoe Po Higgins
York Street
Bath Iron Works Corporation
C. Vaughn Overman
Charles R. Sims
Marion and
Harriette Furber
Sewall Williams
Small Point
Rochester
John
University of Rochester
Arthur
Long Island
Sam Prawer
Gilbert, Harvey
Marlene
Prawer
Benjamin Berenson
Watchb Lake
Roger Luke
Lower Middle Street
Charles Fillmore
Lois Halliwill
White Mountains
Fillimore
Lewiston
Greensboro
Sgt. Fillmore
Rodney E. Ross
Cecil E. Paine
Ross
Mr. Paine
Rangeley Lake House
Rangeley
Charles W. Bemis
United States Maritime Commission
Bemis
Washington
Sarah Ann Bemis
Sargent School
Cambridge
Sherman L. Morse
Marine Engineering
Bath Iron Works Corp
Blanche Bunker
Los Angeles
Milton
Charles Hunnewell
Sagadahue Ferry
Elizabeth Byewster
Harold Holmes
Kittery
Holmes
Duncan Melnnes
Nunes Ellen
Pearl Street
West Point
Paully Anne
Paul E. Stinann
Bathe Minorial Hospital
Thursday Warning
Aue
Stanley Cheney Davdehter
Plymouth
Massa
Cheney
Johny Burgon
Supiewhere
New Cronea
Chicago Tribigne
Chicwea
Owry
Studley
Stommbey Strout
William Moore
Loyall F. Sewall
Kennebunkport
John Watson
Baton
Watson
Mes
Wilton Street
Arthur Sewall II
John McInnes
Archibald M. Main
Neil S. Bishop
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Massachusetts General Hospital
Frederick H., Kimball
Benjamin Roy
John C. Hart
Hart
Paul J. Jullien
Waterville
City Messenger
Ellery M. Doyle
Percy W. Scott
Garden Street
Chapman
Martha Thompson
Paul A. Thompson
Five Islands
Coburn
Institute
Elm Street
Hugh A. Smith
Eun
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