Local Boy Aboard USS Iowa in Midnight Bombardment
Ernest Albert Rogers Jr a Bath resident and USNR shipfitter 2/c served aboard the 45000 ton USS Iowa during a daring midnight bombardment of Japanese industrial targets near Honshu. The ship, part of the Third Fleet, fired 200 tons of incendiary projectiles and had previously wrecked Muroran in Hokkaido. Rogers, Morse High School 1941 graduate, earned American Theatre Philippines Liberation and Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbons with three Battle Stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Honshu
Ernest Albert Rogers, Jr
USNR
Ernest A. Rogers
Bath
Tokyo
Muroran
Hokkaido
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Japheld Pacific
Marshalls
Truk
Carolines
Marianas
Formosa
New Guinea
Philippines
Okinawa
Shipsitter Rogers
Morse High School
Bathoren Works
U. S. S. Iowa
United States Navy
Bath Memorial Hospital reorganizes nursing department
Bath Memorial Hospital announces a reorganization of its Nursing Department. Gertrude Bates is named Director of Nurses with Elizabeth Seldon as Head of Nursing Education and Josephine Moore as administrative assistant. Ruth Dennison becomes part time instructor and clinical supervisor. Bates brings experience from Ellis, Augusta, and Cortland County Hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Nursing
Gertrude Bates
Nures
Y. Seevers
Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Bates
Elizabeth D. Seldon
Josephine Moore
Ruth Dennison
Clifton Springs Sanitorium
Clifton
N. Y
Cornell University
Ellis Hospital
Schenectedy
Augusta Hospital
Augusta
Maine
Cortland County Hospital
Cortland
School of Nursing
Fifth Avenue Hospital School of Nursing
St. Stephen
New Brunswick
Canada
Bath Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Morse High names new football coach and educator
The Morse High School appointment names William Johnson as football and baseball coach and biology teacher. He will assist Duncan Farrell in basketball coaching and has prior teaching and coaching stints at Biddeford Sabattus and Dexter high schools, with Bates College ties and summer sessions. Plan to arrive in Bath noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
William Johnson
Duncan Farrell
Loring R. Addison
Johnson
Bates College
Biddeford High School
Sabattus High School
Dexter
Bath
Sagadahoc County Farms Show 910 in 1945 Census
The 1945 preliminary census count lists 910 farms in Sagadahoc County Maine up from 669 in 1940 and 727 in 1935. Total farm land is 90 259 acres with an average farm size of 99.2 acres. Supervisor J Herman Gelinas notes figures are preliminary and subject to correction pending final tabulations from the Bureau of the Census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine
J. Herman Gelinas
Biddeford
Sagadahoc County
Gelinas
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Auto dealer offers classic cars at O P A prices
OLE BUNNY advertises a 32 Plymouth sedan a 36 Oldsmobile a 38 Olds convertible coupe a 41 Fa pickup and a 42 Ford as available at or under O P A prices. J HORACE McCLURE phone 1486.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Bath Iron Works Golf Tournament Dates Set for Sept 15 16
The Bath Iron Works committee announces the annual golf tournament will be held Saturday September 15 with 18 holes of medal play for men in three classes and Sunday September 16 for ladies with nine prize awards. Open to BIW employees and stationed Navy personnel, entries are 50 cents and require advance submission. All entrants will be paired with assigned starting times, with disqualification for lateness. Dining will be available both days under Mrs Ann Perry. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S.navy
Ann Perry
Maine 4-H Vegetable Grading Course at Orono
The first Maine state vegetable grading course for 4-H club members will be held at the University of Maine in Orono from August 28 to 31. Three boys from each county will attend, with delegates chosen to compete in the National Junior Vegetable Contest this Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
University of Maine
Orono
Kenneth C. Lovejoy
Lewis P. Roberts
Extension
Piscataquis County
Orman P. Hunt
Somerset County
W. Edwin Potter
Washington County
Ferdinand H. Steinmetz
Roger Clapp
John H. Hawkins
Rdy Stubbert
Department of Agriculture
Charles Remick
Ellsworth
Remick
Brunswick Man Arrest Solves Several Breaks
Elmer Rhoades a 22 year old Brunswick man was arrested early Tuesday while asleep in a car on Commercial Street. He admitted breaking into Knights clothing store H P Smalls Garage and Pert’s filling station and stealing cars and cash from registers. Isabel Norton was arrested and charged in connection with the Brunswick break. Rhoades bound over for the September term of Cumberland County Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Elmer Rhoades
Commercial Street
Joseph Williams
Rhoades
Knight's Clothing
Cumberland County Superior Court
Sgt. Williams
Robert Guptill
Knights Clothing
H. P Small
Perleston L. Pert
Vine Street
Isabel Hagan Norton
Brunswick Municipal Court
Bath
Guptill
Williams
Small
New York
Togus and
Gardiner
Pine Tree Camp Closes Season With 65 Campers Served
The Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children ran a Maine camp on North Pond with 30 staff serving 65 campers including wheelchair and cerebral palsy cases. A Junior Audubon Bird club led activities, a lobster supper awaited staff, and therapies helped improve facial color and self reliance as inmates prepared for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree
Maine
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children
Burton Preston
W. A. Kelley
Ann Cleveland
North Pond
Christopher Packard
Brunswick
Donald Lavigne
Portland
Raymond Searway
Bangor
Helen Donahue
Kingfield
Carroll Greenleaf
Augusta
Norman Lasselle
Pittsfield
Harrison Greenleaf
State School For Girls
Hallowell
Sumner Sewall
Pine Tree Camp
Hugh Andrews
Waterville
Bath built ship brings Japs to flagship Missouri
The destroyer Nicholas of Admiral Halsey’s fleet met a Japanese ship bearing a mission of 21 officers. Transferred by motor boat to the Missouri, the mission then moved aboard via breeches buoy. Nicholas, built at Bath Iron Works and named for Major Sam, earned a Presidential Citation for rescuing 700 survivors from the torpedoed Helena in July 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Bath Iron Works
Sam Corps
Solomon Islands
U.S.S. Helena
McKinney Retires After Thirty Five Years at Maine Hatchery
Boothbay Harbor veteran Thomas T. McKinney, hatchery superintendent, ends a 35 year career in Maine fishery service this month. Since 1910 he advanced from engineer on state boats to shaping lobster hatchery methods, aiding seed lobster collection, broodstock care, and the shift to a 15 day rearing process that boosts maturity rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Thomas T. McKinney
Department
McKinney
James Donahue
William T. Haines
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Maine
Clarence Packard
Mr. McKinney
Rockland
Iron Works to 60 on 40 Hour Week
Bath Iron Works posted notices stating the plant will return to a 40 hour base week starting Monday September 10. Labor Day September 3 will close the plant except for workers needed for special tasks and those employees will be paid for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Fifth Annual Picnic Of Playground Children Big Success
About 400 children, parents and guests attended the fifth annual playground picnic at Rock Hill Inn West Bath, from ten to two, the final event in a ten week season. Congressmen and local officials spoke, prizes awarded, and meals supplied by city merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Robert E. Hale
Archibald Main
Sidney Eaton
John Gaudet
Clyde MacKinnon
Mary Lee
Edward J. McMann
Clara Hanscom
Dike
Doyle
Bissons Express
Naval
R. A. Koenig
RT2
M. D. Sargent
S. J
C. J. Kleski
F. Lowell
Larry Pecci
Central
Scotty Burns
Goddard
Robert Witham
Hilda Bowers
Joyce Fullerton
Eddie Row
Joe Darling
Billy McDonoush
Sylvia Palmer
Leis Blasdon
Margeret Hanscom
Dickie Coombs
Paul Savage
Butch Young
Janet Muailley
Sally Savage
Camilla Lorentsen
Jerry Bruce
Bob Carmichael
Irks
Betty Footer
Billy Perry
Bryce Katula
Joseph Footer
Jean Bowers
Una Witham
Beverly Reagan
Potato race entrants for boys and girls at Central
A list of young competitors in the potato race for six years and under. Boys include Dickie Coombs God dard Roland Hanscom Dike and Bobby McDougall. Girls include Sally Savage Dike Janet Mailley Dike and Bobbie Bel grade at Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Coombs
Goddard
Roland Hanscom
Dike
Bobby McDougall
Central
Sally Savage
Janet Mailley
Bobbie Belgrade
Prizes announced for big bicycle race Sunday
Prizes for the Sunday bicycle race include a $25 War Bond for the senior winner and a $15 local store credit, plus a two month Bath Opera House pass. Junior prize offers mirror the credit award. Race starts 2 pm on Lincoln Street and returns via North Bath road to Front Street.
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USO
Lincoln Street
Center
Bath Road
Country Club
Brunswick Highway
Front Street
Wives Club
The
State Guard
Shepard's Shoe Store
Bath Box Co
Uptown
Also Mentioned on This Page
MORSE
Bates
Ole Bunny
OLE Bunny Cafe
R. J
Dick” Boucher, Mgr
U. S. S. Nicholas
Jane Jones
Lauretta Huff
Clare McKay
Jackie McMann
Betty Burgess
Bertha Wakefield
Mae Nelson
Elaine Noyes
Mary Gaudette
Mary Pierce
Virginia Bowker
Barbara Danforth
Linwood Carr
Catherine Giroux
Edward McMann
Mkinney
Long
Boothbay
Congressman Robert Hale
Nicky Snowden
Robbie Arsenault
Shirley Clark
Janet Bennett
Edna Besaw
Highland Street
Bath Auto CO
Library
Cc. F
Cummings
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