Farewell party for Stanley Thompson before military service
In Wiscasset Miss Dorothy Thompson hosted a surprise farewell at The Boulder on the Sheepscot river for her brother Stanley G. Thompson who joins the service on Aug. 26. Guests toasted him, shared games and foods, and presented gifts as he prepares to report to Fort Devens as Acting Corporal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Dorothy Thompson
Stanley G. Thompson
Boulder
Sheepscot
Ma-Dack-A-Wanda
Thompson
Portland
Stanley
Miss Thompson
Barbara Sullivan
Shirley Connolly
Edward Clark
Mr. Thompson
Nancy Norton
Elaine Monro
Jean Bailey
Elinor Sutter
Elinor Pomroy
Priscilla Simpson
Margaret Beane
Janet Hughes
Clara Dow
Helen Dodge
Benjamin Rines
Stanley Fairservice
Merle Foye
Douglass Munsey
Kenneth Munsey
Conrad Peters
Clifton Hutchens
Spud” Murphy
Walter Dow
Wiscasset Academy
Fort Devens
Personal notes of residents detailing visits and a birth
Mrs. Marie Shaw of Old Orchard returns home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Hall of 1239 Washington street. The Halls, returning from St Stephens New Brunswick, resume duties at Bath Iron Works. Other notes include returns from Boston and Arlington Mass, a daughter heading to Washington for a secretarial position, and the birth of a son to Lieut John E. Sawyer and Mrs. Sawyer of Dexter and Bangor born August 19 at Plummer Memorial Hospital in Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Shaw
Old Orchard
George Hall
Washington Street
St. Stephens
N. B
Mr. Hall
John Hall
Hall
Bath Iron Works
David Rich
Bedford Street
Boston
Margaret Rich
Washington, D. C
Morton Young and Son
Frank
Cobb Road
Arlington
Mass
C. F. Ockerbloom
Beaver Country Day School
Brookline
Thomas Leydon
Bath
Fred B. Reed
Ockerbloom
John E. Sawyer
U.S. A
Sawyer
Dexter
Bangor
Plummer Memorial Hospital
David Thomas Sawyer
Jean Smart
Alter H. Bowker
High Street
Thomas Smart
Lieut
Foreign Service
Forest Barter
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Forest
Brown
Leon Belanger, Jr
Bridges’ Market
Chestnut Street
Mary Spinney
Charles MacKay
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bowen Torrey
Ralph Dudley
Larrabee’s Grove
Calais
Harpswell Honors Elijah Kellogg Centennial Church Service
Harpswell marks the 100th anniversary of the Elijah Kellogg church dedication with morning and evening services. A Bates Naval Training Unit double quartet will sing, featuring William Barry and others. Bowdoin professor Wilmot Mitchell will lead the morning service. Kellogg, born in Portland, became a beloved pastor and author serving the Harpswell parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Kellogg
Harpswell
Concord
N. H
Peter J. H. Mason
Saco
John M. Dunlap, Jr
Philadelphia
John Schoning
Westerly
R. I. Harpswell
Wilmot Brookings Mitchell
Bowdoin College
Naval Training
Bath College
Lewiston
Portland
Gorham
Bath area residents take midsummer visits and trips
Mrs. Harry Collins and grandchildren Walter and Florence Fullerton left Tuesday for Old Orchard. Miss Sarah Leonard of Washington street spent a week at Sabine visiting Mr and Mrs Allen M Irish at their North street summer home. The Misses Amelia Mitchell Frances Young Joan Shaw Barbara Cooke and Mariella Miller returned to Bath from Laughling Loon Camp after a three week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Collins
Walter
Florence Fullerton
Old Orchard
Sarah Leonard
Washington Street
Sabine
Allen M. Irish
North Street
Amelia Mitchell
Frances Young
Joan Shaw
Barbara Cooke
Mariella Miller
Bath
Laughling Loon Camp
Evelyn Hobbs
Bath Iron Works
Jay
Harrison Hobbs
Edmund Staples
Front Street
South Harpswell
Benjamin Haggett
New Jersey
Ethel Reed
North Auburn
Harold Boutin
High Street
Reed
Pascal Flint
Ruth Jordan
Roxbury
Mass
Annie B. Cutting
Brookline
Boothbay Harbor
Jordan
Alfie Jacobs
York Street
West Bath notes and community events this week
West Bath district superintendent Rev H F Aldrich will speak at the church Sunday at seven. A long list of personal visits and gatherings is recorded, including many Bath and surrounding residents such as Leonard Larrabee and James Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Aldrich
West Bath
Percy Holbrook
Interim Plan for Stabilizing Employment Implemented
Manager F L Stuber explains a War Manpower Commission interim plan in Bath area to limit referrals for 60 days after leaving essential local work. The plan, effective Aug 23, widens prior 30 day limit and covers areas without local stabilization plans, detailing when statements of availability are issued and conditions for referrals and appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
F. L. Stuber
Portland
Biddeford
Sanford
Lewiston
National War Labor Board
Employment Service
F. L Stuber
Woolwich Notes on Services Events and Local Visits
Rev Newall Hall conducts union services at Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry with Bates College student Frank Gentile. Nequasset Sunday school children enjoy a picnic with Miss Ann Dodge. Community club meets Sept 4 at Frank J Walker home. Various local residents and guests are mentioned with travels, visits, and vacations at Woolwich and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Walker
Woolwich Union For
Christian Service
Woolwich Center
Miss Amerise Bourque Returns to OPA Duties
Miss Amerise Bourque resumes her duties Monday in the OPA office after a week’s vacation. Mrs Florence Albee of Bailey Street and her guest Mrs Courtney Treen of Attleboro Mass left Wednesday for South Bristol for several days. Miss Katherine Leonard of Lincoln Street, Morse High teaching staff, will return soon from Sebansco Lodge. Mr and Mrs Guy Crosby have moved from Bath to East Brunswick, as the Osgoods relocate to Litchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben Dana
Warren
Ralph Rice
Herbert Reed
Berwick
Davis
Edgecomb
Robert Reed
River Road
Farnham Rice
Bath Iron Works
New Meadows
Merchant Marine
Stanley Whitehouse
Navy
Virginia
Whitehouse
Electric Boat Shop
Groton
Conn
Edward V. Reed
Biscay Pond
Damariscotta
Millicent
Joseph Hecht
James Pierce
Belfast
Carrie Houdlette
Anna
Wilbur Howe
Dorchester
Mass
Elwood Howe
Gilbert Ames
Georgia
Corp. Ames
Fred S. Brown Sr
Richard Brown
South
Paul Kuta
Terry and
Wayne
Bowdoinham
Albert Temple
Charles Pinkham
New London
Everett Rice
Priscilla Lendall
Marblehead
Horace Wade
Day's Ferry
Amerise Bourque
O.P.A
Florence Albee
Bailey Street
Courtney Treen
Attleboro
South Bristol
Katherine Leonard
Lincoln Street
Morse High
Sebansco Lodge
William Esmond
Barbara
Willow Street
Esmond
Herman Stover
Stover
Harpswell Center
Guy Crosby
Bath
East Brunswick
William Osgood
Litchfield
Service men and women news from Bath area
Navy personnel including Herbert Closson and Howard Dickey report training and assignments at Camp Perry and Key West Naval Hospital. Harry Teasdale graduates aviation radioman course and heads to a Naval unit. George and Stanley Rogers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Rogers, move between Indiana Fort Shenango Fort Jay as they await orders and continue federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Closson
Olin Closson
Winter Street Court
Camp Perry
Seabees
U.S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Bath Welding School
Morse High School
The
Iron Works
Portland
Adrian Cloutier
William Cloutier
Area D. 7
Howard Dickey
H. A
Esther Dickey
Richmond
Hospital Corps School
Portsmouth
Key West Naval Hospital
Key West
Fla
Navy
U.S. Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Dickey
Richmond High School
Harry James Teadale
Oliver Street
Bath
Aviation Radio School
Jacksonville
R. 1
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Teasdale
Naval Aviation
George Rogers, Jr
U.S. A
Indiana
Fort Shenango
Penn
Stanley Rogers
U.S.A
Fort Jay
N. Y
George Rogers
Trufant Street
S. Army
Stanley
Maine teens enlist for Marine Corps at Parris Island
Three 17 year olds from Maine Lewiston and Brunswick set to report to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island South Carolina for basic training. William J Leahey Jr a standout Lewiston High School athlete Maurice R Quiron of Lewiston and Gerard H Be langer of Brunswick will join the Marines after graduation. Stanley Whitehouse of Bath now in Navy Seabees training in Virginia is a Morse High School graduate and former athlete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewiston
Brunswick
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
U. S. Marine Corps
William J. “Chick” Leahy
Maurice R. Quiron
Gerard H. Belanger
Cushing Street
Leahey
Stanley Whitehouse
Groton
Stan
City
Bath Parents Learn Son PFC Rideout Wounded in Action
Mr and Mrs Emery Rideout of North Street Extension are relieved as U S War Department reports their son PFC Henry Rideout known as Ikey wounded in the Southwest Pacific. He notes Aug 11 message says back wound by flying shrapnel and that he is being well cared for in a hospital. He has served for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Rideout
North Street Extension
Pfc
Henry Rideout
Bath
Ikey
Southwest Pacific
U. S. War Department
Washington
Rideout
Rotary Anns Elect Mrs Doyle President at Meeting
The Rotary Anns met at Central church parish house and elected Mrs Charles B Doyle to act as president for the remainder of the year. The group approved the dessert and meal plans and outlined the committee to serve at the next regular dinner. Members present included Mrs Dominique Tardif and Mrs Rupert Irvine, among others. Joseph L. O Brien of Bath joined the U S Navy July 14 and completed the first training course at Williamsburg VA before transferring to Rhode Island for the next course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Anns
Central Church
Chester A. Plant
Frederick D. Hill
Andrew J. Danielson
Charles B. Doyle
Rotarians
Dominique Tardif
Harold Troop
James A. Clappison
Rupert Irvine
Charles B Doyle
E. M. Fuller, Jr
Carl
Edward W. Bridgham
Joseph L. O'Brien
U.S. Navy
Williamsburg
Virginia
Rhode Island
Joe
Bath
Brunswick
Harry Lemont
Soldiers Return Notes From Camp Grant and Navy Training
Corp. Leslie R. Neilson of 41 Chestnut Street arrives from Camp Grant Rockford Illinois after 18 months service with two overseas tours and a stint on a hospital ship in Norway and Iceland. A C Leon Pennell U S N plans to transfer to University of North Carolina for pre flight training after earning top rank and serving since 1942 with induction in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie R. Neilson
Chestnut Street
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ill
Iceland
Norway
Leon Pennell
Myra Pennell
University of North Carolina
Durham
N. C
Pennell
Chappel Hill
Bay Point News of Births and Local Visits
Corporal and Mrs Ralph Spinney of Burlington Vermont report a son David Allen born August. Fresh vegetables arrive from Victory gardens and sell on Bay Point to season visitors unable to leave due to gas shortage. Mrs Hardy and Mrs E J Stewart of Kennebec Point visited friends on Bay Point. Mrs Carrie Oliver improved after two weeks illness. Mr and Mrs Ralph Carlisle and family spend two weeks at their Kennebec Point cottage. Mrs Sherman Campbell of Harmons Harbor visited Mrs Mary Campbell. Mrs Walter Cunningham visited sister Mrs Earl Payson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Victory Gardens
Hardy
E. J. Stewart
Kennebec Point
Carrie Oliver
Ralph Carlisle
Sherman Campbell
Harmon's Harbor
Mary Campbell
Walter Cunningham
Earl Payson
Cadet Pennell’s transfer between colleges noted
Assigned to F. P. S. at William College in Williamstown Massachusetts three months later he moves to W. F. S. at Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster Pennsylvania. Before his enlistment Cadet Pennell was a popular employee of the New England Tel and Tel Co in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William College
Williamstown
Mass
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Pennell
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Bath
Nequasset Church School Hosts Annual Picnic
Nequasset Church school held its yearly picnic in the pine grove by the Methodist church last Thursday with fine weather. Teachers and officers provided cold drinks and ice cream, while a games program ensured a general good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Church School
Pine Grove
Methodist Church
Anne
Mary Dodge
Thelma Squires
Beatrice Beale
Leona Presley
Mae Gilmore
Amy Cromwell
Ruth Cromwell
Marguerite
Priscilla
Luella
Ethel Segar
Henry
Gertrude
Stacey
Glenell Brown
Grace
Alice Baker
Bruce
Darrell
Patty
James Ryan
Carlton
Bill
Jimmy Beck
Stephen Squires
Diane Sparks
Ruth
Jerry
Dicky Hanson
Muriel
Shirley
Dicky Beale
Robert
Russell Tanner
Jean
Betty Betts
Vivian
Clayton Presley
Margaret Dodge
Daniel
Marjorie
Geraldine
Billy Fogg
Newell Hall
North Monmouth
Brunswick visitor stops in Bath and regional notes
Thomas H. Riley of Brunswick visited Bath on Wednesday. Mrs. Marion Barnes is a surgical patient at Knox Hospital in Rockland. Miss Norma Steussey of 414 Middle Street spent a weekend in Taunton Massachusetts. Mrs. Laura Appleton of New York is visiting her sister Mrs. Ralph W. Bragg on North Street. Mrs. Albert Flint of South Portland visits sister Mrs. Sadie Savage in Winter Street. Miss Virginia Rand of Melrose Massachusetts is a guest of grandmother Mrs. John O. Moulton on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Felker
Foster's Point
Arthur
Edward Jenks
Mildred Cutting
Leon Genthner
Bath
Henry Babb
Richmond
Frank McKay
Topsham
Harriet Purington
Elizabeth Kochs
Brunswick
Christine Gallant
Maxine Seavey
Stanley Small
Gardiner
Grace Waterman
Lincoln Williams
West Bath
Edward Burns
Owen Rogers
North Bath
Bath Iron Works
Rock Hill Inn
Billy Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Joseph Larrabee
Woods
McLean
Margaret Flahenty
Ann
Portland
Harry Williams
Stanley Coleman
Leah Gallant
James Williams
Donald Lennox
Patty
Hayden Rogers
Charles Treat
Orono
Llewellyn Rogers
Paul Palmer
West Roxbury
Mass
James G. Jenkins
James Holbrook
Freeport
Percy Holbrook
Hugh Dodge
Tony
Warren Babbige
Johnson
Thomas H. Riley
Marion Barnes
Knox Hospital
Rockland
Norma Steussey
Middle Street
Taunton
Laura Appleton
New York
Ralph W. Bragg
North Street
Albert Flint
South Portland
Sadie Savage
Winter Street
Virginia Rand
Melrose
John O. Moulton
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