Forty Years Ago in Bath November 1903 Highlights
The Bath column recalls Sewall Percy at Philips Exeter games and local life. Two brick barges bring Navy oak timber, ships yard woes ease as workers return, and the Kitties Band entertains at Columbia theatre. A string of incidents follows from an armature repair to a battleship Georgia accident and social events at North End and New Meadows Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall Percy
Philips-Exeter
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Department
Alderman FE. S. Crosby
Eddie Daily on bill at Southern Athletic Club in Philadelphia
Eddie Daily formerly of this city is billed as a star at the Southern Athletic Club in Philadelphia for a bout with Kid Stein who drew with Young Corbett recently. Daily hopes to return to Bath for an exhibition with Maine sparers and plans for Thanksgiving turkey shipments hint at Maine consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Daily
Southern Athletic Club
Philadelphia
Kid Stein
Young Corbett
Daily
Bath
Maine
Athletics to clash with Westbrook Co M on Lincoln Street grounds
The November 27 1963 page notes the season’s last football game will be tomorrow at 2 30 pm on Lincoln Street grounds with Athletics facing Co M of Westbrook. Players listed include Fisher Small E Small Shaughnessy McCarty Buchanan Tarbox Donnell C Smith F Smith and Chase. A basketball match follows at the Y M C A. Also reports subzero weather in Bath and Lisbon Falls, hull-work cold at Bath Iron Works and community notices about lodge invitations and Thanksgiving travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Street
Co. M of
Westbrook
Fisher
Small
E. Small
Shaughnessy
McCarty
Buchanan
Tarbox
Donnell
C. Smith
F. Smith
Chase
Lisbon Falls
West Bath
Bath Iron Works
Skating Parties At Mill Pond And Goddard's
Many skating parties visited the Mill pond and Goddard's yesterday marking the season’s first opportunity for this favorite amusement. The open house service yesterday afternoon and evening at People's church proved an enjoyable occasion for society members and many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Pond
Goddard
People’s Church
Society
Bath News In Briefs From Sagadahoc Council Session
Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus sent a large delegation to Portland for Portland Council’s session with District Deputy S J Nevis of Revere and a drill team from the 16th Massachusetts district. Bath guests included Rev T H Maney E J Murphy F ODonnell G C Fitzgerald J C Mulligan J E Fitzgerald W J O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Knights of Columbus
Portland
S. J. Nevis
Revere
Mass
Massachusetts
St Cecelia Minstrels Return After Opera House Show
November 30 1903 report notes the St Cecelia minstrels returned by boat from Boothbay this morning after a successful performance at the Opera House. The audience was pleased and offers for a return engagement next week arose while fish factory workers could not attend due to night shifts. A municipal court case for assault and battery linked to a Thanksgiving party is in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cecelia
Boothbay
Opera House
Cffer
Past Ladies Club Plans New Year's Tree Event
The Past Ladies Club of Myrtle lodge met at Mrs. John Hunt's home with vice president Sadie Savage presiding. They voted to hold a Christmas tree and turkey supper on New Year's Eve at Mrs. Savage's Winter street home, announced officer elections for December 31, and assigned a nominating committee. Members to bring gifts for the tree and cards to shut-ins were noted, with details of injuries to member Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney and attendance by listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
John Hunt
Middle Street
Sadie Savage
Jennié Oliver
Pearl Campbell
Savage
Corliss Street
Hunt
Gertrude Stewart
Mary Curtis
Lucelia Blake
Eva Atwood
Margaret Nelson
Annie Oliver
Amelia Mitchell
Emma Daley
Savave
Whelpley Named Maine Rent Division Head
Wesley L. Whelpley of Portland has been appointed head of the OPA Rent Division for Maine, announced from Augusta by Director Prescott H. Vose. The appointment follows a rent meeting Saturday attended by Whelpley, Vose, and Edgar J. Driscoll, OPA's New England rent head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley L. Whelpley
Portland
OPA
Maine
Augusta
Men and Women in Uniform From Bath Area
Local column reports Pvt. Dwight Pierce Jr. of Bath serving in England with the Eighth Fighting Command and planning a furlough to Scotland. His buddy Allen Atwood of Bath replies after they connected in London. Also noted are Pvt. Raymond E. Cain finishing boat training, PFC Charles E. Hewitt overseas, and other Bath personnel stationed stateside or abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Pierce
North Street
Pfc
Dwight Pierce, Jr
England
London
Scotland
Eighth Fighting Command
Pvt
Pierce
Morse
Bowdoin College
Fort Devens
Mass
Utah
New Orleans
Minnesota
Allen Atwood
Bath
John Atwood
Winship Street
Allen
Devens
Atwood
Bath Independent
Corporal Bull Promoted at Camp Polk
Technician 5th Grade James W. Bull promoted to Corporal announced by Capt. Leslie J. Jones. Bull belongs to Battery B 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion 9th Armored Division. He is son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Bull of 23 Clark Circle Lambert Park Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Bull
Leslie J. Jones
Camp Polk
Corporal Bull
73Rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
9Th Armored Division
LeRoy Bull
Clark Circle
Lambert Park
Bath
Weston Sub son Qualifies for Aviation Cadet Training
Pfc Waldo Weston Jr son of Mr and Mrs Waldo Weston of 33 Park Street has qualified for aviation cadet training and awaits shipment for pre aviation training announced by Colonel John S Gullet commanding officer of Lockbourne Army Base at Columbus Ohio Weston trained at Aircraft Mechanics school Gulfport Field Mississippi and was stationed at Bainbridge Georgia and Greenville Mississippi He was a draftsman before induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Weston, Jr
Waldo Weston
Park Street
John S. Gullet
Lockbourne Army Base
Columbus
Ohio
Pvt
Weston
Gulfport Field
Mississippi
Bainbridge
Georgia
Greenville
Thanksgiving Telegraphs From Overseas and Back
Mr and Mrs John Lowery receive a Thanksgiving cablegram from son Pvt Arthur E Lowery 31322391 283 Port Company 507th Post Bn co Postmaster New York NY marking first word since he went overseas Midshipman Robert Gilchrist of the Maine Maritime Academy Castine will return Sunday after Thanksgiving recess with his parents Mr and Mrs R D Gilchrist 16 Beacon Street Pvt Robert Gannon USA at Fort Belvoir VA arrived Saturday for weekend furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Gannon 87 Milan Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowery
Arthur Lowery
Arthur E. Lowery
Port Company
New York
N. Y
Robert Gilchrist
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
R. D. Gilchrist
Beacon Street
Robert Gannon
U.S.A
Fort Belvoir
Lewis Gannon
Milan Street
Tank mechanics graduate at Fort Knox Armored School
A new class of skilled tank mechanics graduated from the Armored School Tank Department at Fort Knox Kentucky. Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr. announced the names of graduates who trained to keep General Sherman and Grant tanks, learning to tear down and repair tracks turrets and other mechanisms to ensure field readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grants
Armored School Tank Department
Fort Knox
Alvan C. Gillem, Jr
Armored Command
Corp. Robert-H
Court Street
Seabees Bob Donnell Takes 36 Hour Leave at Home
Robert Donnell a ship fitter Second Class with the U S Navy stationed at Davisville Rhode Island spent a brief 36 hour leave with his wife at their home on Washington Street and visited his parents at 23 Oak Street before catching the 5:07 train to return to his camp to eat Thanksgiving dinner with his battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Donnell
Seabees
Shipfitter 2
U.S.N
Davisville
R. I
Bob
Upper
Washington Street
Roy A. Donnell
Oak Street
Jaquith Family Joins U S Navy Officer in San Diego
Kenneth H. Jaquith shipfitter second class of this city has been stationed at the repair base in San Diego California. He is joined by Mrs Jaquith and their young son Joseph Edward who have taken an apartment there. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Jaquith of 98 Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Gaudreau
Gaudreau
F. W. Stinson
Portland
William R. Chapman
iSie Zi
Kenneth H. Jaquith
U.S.N
San Diego
Calif
Son Robert Russell Sails From U S and Enlisted Brother Arrives
Mr and Mrs Ernest E Russell of 54 South street report their son Robert Carl Russell sailed from the United States in early November and is now at sea seeking letters from friends at S l c Armed Guard New York Fleet Post Office. His brother Pvt Alfred W Russell has reached Pittsburg California and is assigned to USN 31344821 Co A 24th Div RPL BN Pittsburg Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Russell
South Street
Robert Carl Russell
United States
S. l/c Armed Guard
S’s
John Dickenson
C-O Fleet Post Office
New York
N.V
Robert
Alfred W. Russell
Pittsburg
Calif
Usn
Co. A
California
Richmond Teen Enlists Then Serves as Cook Overseas
Pvt. Frank G. Till son of Frank F. Till of State Road Richmond has transferred from Fort Knox Kentucky to Camp Chaffee Arkansas. He serves in the Infantry and recently left a stint as a second class cook with an Armored Division. Till entered service at Fort Devens on March 11 1943 and was a senior in Richmond high school when drafted last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Till
Frank F. Till
State Road
Richmond
Fort Knox
Camp Chaffee Ark
Infantry
Pvt
Till
Fort Devens
Richmond High School
Bath News in Brief on Soldiers and Family Visits
Sgt Leslie M Pratt on furlough from Camp Davis is ill with grip and confined at Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx. Staff Sgt Walter J Ward and Mrs Ward visited Bath and planned Hartford stopovers before Camp Atterbury. Pvt Wallace of Gulfport Field and his wife Mrs Wallace of Portland visit Bath for a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Pratt
Charles Pratt
Phippsburg
Camp Davis
N. C
Lebanon Hospital
Bronx
N. Y
Bath
Young Hayward Promoted to Captain in U S Army
Fred O. Hayward Jr. of North Bath and former Morse High class of 39 earns a captain’s rank after three years in the service. A Morse High graduate, he joined the National Guard during school and saw duty at Fort Williams and Camp David North Carolina before the next transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Hayward, Jr
Fred O. Hayward
North Bath
U. S. Army
Morse High
National Guard
Fort Williams
Camp David
North Carolina
Bath Men in Service and Local Seafarer Return
Freddy, now serving with a battalion in Australia, pursued overseas service since training. Captain Hayward received his commission on November 13 after Morse School, later writing to Hyde Windlass Co. mates about life in the Army and old friends. Miss Polly Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Adams, enlisted in SPAR in July and is stationed as Pharmacist’s Mate at the Seattle Marine Hospital after boat training in Palm Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy
Australia
Hayward
Morse
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Polly Adams
Carl G. Adams
Oliver Street
S.P.A.R
Seattle
Washington
Palms Beach
Florida
Marine Hospital
D. P. Adams
S .c. Wscg
Assembly Hotel
Madison Avenue
Wash
Pomercau Dinner Honoring Service Members at Home
Mr and Mrs Alfred Pomercau of 21 Raymond Court entertained for Thanksgiving dinner with Seaman 1st Class Thomas L Rollins and Robert C H Smith from the Naval Receiving Station on Western Avenue. Guests included Miss Helen Blake and Mrs Kilkernes. A turkey dinner with all fixings was served. The Pomercaus have three sons in service: Pvt Jean Noel and Cpl Fernand in the Army Air Corps and Seaman Second Julien L in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Pomerleau
Raymond Court
Thomas L. Rollins
Robert C. H. Smith
Naval Receiving Station
Western Avenue
Helen Blake
Shaw Street
Kilkernes
Washington Street
Pomerlcau
Pvt
Jean Noel
Cpl
Fernand
Army Air Corps
Julien L
United States Navy
Local Soldier Harper Promoted to Corporal in England
Mrs. Edward Hawkes of Star Route 3 reports her son Pfc Joseph Haviland Harper has been promoted to corporal while stationed in England. He says he likes England but prefers the U.S.A. and asks friends to write often. Address: Cpl Joseph H Harper 31220053 1258 M. P. Co. A. V.N. APO 637 New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
B.P.B
New York City
Edward Hawkes
Star Route 3
Pfc
Joseph Haviland Harper
England
U.S. A
Cpl
Joseph H. Harper
M. P. Co
A. V.N
APO
New York
N. Y
Apprentice Seaman Bunker Assigned to Merchant Marine Training
Apprentice Seaman Roger W. Bunker age 18 of Wiscasset after preliminary training at Sheepshead Bay N Y has been assigned to the Engine Training Department for advance instruction to become a merchant seaman to deliver cargo to world ports. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Chester Bunker of Wiscasset and formerly worked for Bath Iron Works as a boilermaker helper. The U S Maritime Service trains 10000 men at Sheepshead Bay Station the largest training center for merchant seamen to man ships under construction as deck men pursers pharmacists mates oilers wipers and cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Bunker
Wiscasset
United States Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Engine Training Department
Bunker
Chester Bunker
Bath Iron Works Corporation
U. S. Maritime Service
Service updates and furloughs for area air cadets and families
Aviation Cadet Olin E. Pankhurst leaves Thursday to return to Butler University after a Thanksgiving furlough with his parents in Bath. Corp. Clifton W. Leeman Jr. is on a 14 day leave from Madison to join his Wisconsin family before resuming electrical engineering studies in Army training. Pvt. Clarence B. Clark Jr. reports from the South Pacific where his family notes jungle quarters differ from movie depictions. Four Maine men, including Captain Walter L. Bunker and Staff Sgt., have been awarded the Air Medal per War Department. more details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin E. Pankhurst
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas A. Pankhurst
Dummer Street
Bath
Jeanette Varney
Pankhurst
Morse High
Transport Garage
Maine
War Department
Walter L Bunker
Auburn
Woolwich Brothers Share Wartime Paths and Fates
Adrien H Wright and Ralph C Wright Jr both Morse High graduates from Portland are Woolwich born brothers who served in the Army Air Force. Ralph was released from Wendover and Adrien became a German prisoner of war after capture on October 14. They studied at Amarillo Texas and Seattle. their mother is Mrs Clara McEachern of 18A Melbourne Street. Ralph worked for Donald W Leavitt and Adrien for Bath Iron Works before enlistment in August 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrien H. Wright
Ralph Cleveland Wright, Jr
Adrien Holbrook Wright
Adrien
Morse High School
Clara McEachern
Melbourne Street
Portland
Ralph C. Wright
Army Air Force Technical Training School
Amarillo
Texas
Ralph
Wendover Field
Utah
Seattle
Wash
Morse
Donald W. Leavitt
Bath Iron Works
Victory Dinner For Marines At Viru Harbor
Marines at Viru Harbor celebrate victory with a lavish dinner after capturing the port. Cooks serve tender roast beef with tomato sauce, fresh buttered bread, dehydrated potatoes, corn and peas, stewed fruit, grapefruit juice, and Japanese sake. Natives receive leftover Jap rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Blechman
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Viru Harbor
Woodsman Rescues Self After Snowbound Cabin Collapse
Wilfred Caron, 46, of Gilead, was pinned by a falling oak at his Evans Notch road cabin nine miles from town during a heavy snowstorm. He sawed free, built a sled, and rescued himself reaching St. Louis Hospital Berlin New Hampshire after a multiple leg injury. He also saved and brought out his pet kitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Caron
Gilead
Evans Notch Road
St. Louis
Berlin
N. H
Caron
Tragic Drowning of 10-Year-Old Bernard Moran in Still Water River
Bernard Moran the 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Moran of Still water drowned late Sunday after skating on thin ice near open water in the Still Water river near his home. Police Chief Guy Moors said rescuers were on the scene for over an hour and a half but efforts failed. Bangor firemen and state police rushed a resuscitator to the scene and a 21 minute recovery period followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Moran
Thomas Moran
Stillwater
Guy Moors
Old Town
Bangor
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Shipbuilding Co
Columbia Theatre
Swatch
Foye
John J. King
Joseph Anderson
Maine Central
Anderson
Donald G. Munroe
Prescott
Arizona
Munroe, Rogers & Haynes
North End
H. Wallace Hanson
M. E. Church
Passmore’s
Commercial Street
Armature
Boston
Nick Haubrick
Vera Lurrey
G. A. Tuttle
New Meadows Inn
Rumford Falls
Florence Bowker
Marie Bonness
Mary Green
Mabel Franks
Bernice Morse
John A. Morse
Summer Street
H. A. Witham
William Adams
Bowdoin Paper Co
Topsham
Brunswick
S Ai
Elizabeth Gibson
High Street
John H. Morse
Jane Murphy
Harry Cobb
William D. Sewall
Liverpool
Paris
Italy
Alameda
L. L. Hooker
F. W. O’brien
Frank Barter
Bath Beef Co
Samuel Skhofield
South America
Harvard
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans
Armory Hall
Irving Wilson
Maud Potter
Wilson
John Wilson
Bernard Miller
Bert Beals
Albert Chandler
Mendelssohn Club
Music Hall
N. L. Mower
Lewiston
Caren
Dean
Swift & Co
Chicago
Popham
Androscoggin Lodge
Hale
Canada
The
Portland Argus
Jessie Ramsay
Deering
Shaw
Grace Fickett
Forest Avenue
D. T. Perry, Esq
Salem
George Percy
Fred
Brookline
Tom
Arlington
A. L. Staples
Ralph Dunton
Grace Woodbury
Mildred Nichols
Staples-Wilkinson
Bowdoinham
Miss Nichols
Berry
Knox & Lincoln Division
John O. Shaw
Kennebec Naval Veterans
L. J. DeMott
National Soldiers’ Home
Togus
John J.morrisey
Mr. Morrisey
Dr. Bibber
Front Street
Frank L. Sewall
Highland
Deering Ice House
Edward H. Sampson
Fore River
Fore River Ship & Engine Co
John E. Clark
Mystic
Conn
Colonial Club
Jolly Social Club
Eugene Desmond
Ray Chapman
Gus Huse, Jr
Pennsylvania
Times
A. H. Shaw
Berlin Mills Co
Shaws
Bath Customs District
Columbia Polish
Weather Bureau
Bay State
Raymond E. Cain
Parris Island
S. C
A. F. Cain
Bluff Road
Cherry Point
Armored
Joseph A. Holly
Bluejacket
Everett J. Babine
West Street
Sampson
Seneca Lake
Bradford Redonnet
U.S A
Redonnet
Scott Field
Ill
Walter J. Ward
Rs. Ward
Nashville
Tenn
Lester H. Young
Green Street
Sgt. Ward
Hartford
Pfe
Everett Wallace
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
George F. Wallace
Pvt. Wallace
Herbert L. Spinney
Clarence B. Clark
Pvt. Clark
Morse Hick
Miami
Fla
U.S. Army Air Forces Technical School
Eng
Sagadshoe
Jane M Biladril Late
Phippburg
Letteh
Sarah W Hilton
Grant, Jr
Petyth
Bath National Bank
Guardian
E. Millett Tate
Walter EB. Milett
Walter E. Mullett
Arthur J Dunton
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