Engagement of Margaret Sampson to Edward Butterfield Announced
At a tea at their High street home Mr and Mrs John Sampson announced the engagement of their daughter Margaret Knight Sampson to Edward Marshall Butterfield son of Mr and Mrs Andrew M Butterfield of Granite street Both Morse High graduates Miss Sampson studied at Vesper George School of Art and works for Hyde Windlass Co Butterfield is a Morse graduate who studied at William and Mary and Yale School of Fine Arts He works as assistant to the production engineer at Hyde Windlass and is active in Masonic bodies Royal Arch and Yale Dramatic Society The wedding is planned for early summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
John Sampson
Margaret Knight Sampson
Edward Marshall Butterfield
Andrew M. Butterfield
Granite Street
Miss Sampson
Morse High School
Morse
Vesper George School of Art
Boston
Hyde Windlass Co
Genesia
O E.S
Butterfield
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Yale School of Fine Arts
Yale University
New Haven
Francis W Perry Lighting Up bombers at England base
Francis W Perry of Bath Maine serves as a spark chaser electrician with a U S bomber maintenance group at an Eighth Air Force station in England. Lt Gen Carl Spaatz commends the crew for outstanding achievements in the long air offensive and Perry’s work ensures the B 24 Liberators electrical systems function before missions. Perry trained for the task in the U S, previously worked at Bath Iron Works, and joined the Army Air Forces in March 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Germany
Carl Spaatz
Cpl
Francis W. Perry
Alma Oey
Deering St
Bathe
Perry
Bath Iron Works
Army Air Forces
Final figures show Sagadahoc bond sales exceed quota
Sanford Nicker son, regional co chair, reports Sagadahoc county surpassed its bond drive quota by 79 677 25 with totals by town led by Richmond and Arrowsic Woolwich. Topsham and Brunswick counted together with Cumberland county in the drive. Also notes a Christmas day dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Tobey with guests including Lieut Herbert Sparrell U S N and Mrs Sparrell of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford B. Nickerson
Sagadahoc County
West Bath
Bowdoin & Bowdoinham
Five Islands
Georgetown
Ace
Richmond
Arrowsic & Woolwich
Topsham
Sagadahoc
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Harold Tobey
Willow Street
Lieut
Herbert Sparrell
U.S.N
Sparrell
Boston
Fetse, Strack
Barbara Rieck
Frank Danforth
Phyllis Bishop
Leon Billings
Mill Pond Ice Co Sold After 44 Years of Operation
The Mill Pond Ice Co has been sold to Guy C. Luce formerly of Jefferson New Hampshire now residing in Bath. Luce plans to continue ice operations from the old Brunswick road site with land buildings ice cutting equipment and three trucks. The Sewall family operated the concern for 44 years supplying Bath with ice, facing labor shortages and poor weather in recent seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Pond Ice Co
Old Brunswick Road
Edward Sewall
Guy C. Luce
Jefferson, N. H
Bath
Freeman C. Crosby
Luce
Sewall
Ira Mason
Mr. Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
Joseph A. Thomson
Capt
Thomson
Edward
Mrs Carl Don Pierson Jr and son travel to Washington
Mrs Carl Don Pierson Jr and her son Peter of Wiscasset traveled to Washington to join Ensign Pierson who is stationed at the Naval Reserve Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Don Pierson, Jr
Peter of
Wiscasset
Washington, D. C
Ensign Pierson
Naval Reserve Laboratory
Family Fun Fest Delights Attendees at U.S.O Event
A Tuesday night Family Fun Fest at the U.S.O. drew about 300 industrial workers and guests. Uncle Ed Fawcett opened the show with Red Boutilier as master of ceremonies, featuring Jackie Schumacher and Arlene Webster in singing and impersonations, and a fire eating act by Ed Cogan. Santa, a piano soloist, and a dancing finale closed the evening with dancing to Hank Bailey’s Swingsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Committee
U.S.O
Ed” Fawcett
Red” Boutilier
Bath Iron Works Recreation Department
Red
Margaret Beardsley
Jackie Schumacher
Arlene Webster
Helen Bryant
Carol
Boutilier
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Jackie
Ray Vachon
Maine
Emily Reed
Anna Swain
Shirley Cain
Blossom Raven
John Pagurko
Jennie Rittal
Ed Fawcett
M. Beardsley
Louis Cioffi
Tex Logan
John Washington
Gerald Robinson
Alfreda Wentworth
M. C
Irene Springer
Bath
Ed Cogan
Swami” Cogan
Cogan
Swami Ed
Cpl
Alice Donovan
WACS
My Gal Sal
E. H. Robinson
Wesley
Tiny
McCrae
Santa Claus
U.S. O
Hank Bailey
Ice storm woes slow city streets on Monday
Freezing rain and sleet turned roads icy after a light Monday snow, creating hazardous driving conditions across the city. A Western avenue driver Edwin Green lost control on Center street hill Tuesday morning, but escaped injury as the car teetered over an abutment at Center and Raymond court before a wrecker freed it. Admiral Robert, USN, reportedly traveled to Washington, D C, on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Green
Western Avenue
Center Street Hill
Raymond's Court
Center Street
Raymond Court
Green
Two Small Point Brothers Serve on Separate War Fronts
Two Small Point brothers Sgt Ralph A. Pye USAAF and Pfc Robert E. Pye USA serve on far apart fronts. Ralph, on Saipan with a B 29 crew, helped in the first Tokyo raid and is promoted to sergeant. Robert fights with the 30th Infantry Division in Europe, earning three Bronze Stars and a Good Conduct Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Globe
Ralph A. Pye
USAAF
Robert E. Pye
USA
Ralph E. Pye
Phippsburg
Tokyo
Ralph
Pye
Saipan
Pacific
Miami Beach
Fla
Sioux Falls
S. C
Las Vegas
Nevada
Great Bend
Kan
Nebraska
Germany
Robert Pye
Normandy
Talk on Forestry by a Former Bath Man at Rotary
Rotary members heard Malcolm Loring describe his work in the U S forestry service at a Tuesday luncheon in Odd Fellows hall. He traced his path from North Bath to Yale Forestry School to district ranger and later assistant supervisor of the Rio Grande Forest in Colorado managing two million acres and resolving range rights, irrigation, and timber allocation amid high elevation and rugged terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Malcolm Loring
Bath
United States Forestry Service
Malcolm
John M. Loring
North Bath
Edward C. Carter
National Forestry Service
Yale Forestry School
Morse
Big Rock
Yale
Forestry Department
Denver
Colorado
U. S. Department of Forestry
Big Rio Grande Forest
Former Bathites Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in Bangor
Edward Syde of Carmel and his wife, once Bath residents, marked their fifty years of marriage with an open house at their Bangor home. The pair, Bangor natives, lived in Bath during World War I era and ran a Ferry Street fish market before returning to Bangor where they now reside with their son Dustin Syde. Family members from Bath and Bangor attended, including Mrs. Buckley nee Avis Boynton, a former Bath secretary, and relatives touring for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Syde
Carmel
Washington Street
Bangor
Dustin Syde
Charles Syde
Syde
Bath
Ferry Street
Central Church
Genesta
O. i
Clarence Buckley
Marilyn
Muriel
Donald
Robert
Annapolis
Christmas Finds Hellcats of Bath in Many Lands
Sgt. William E. Milliken of Jackson Army Air Base reports on the Hellcats of Bath Maine as they spread across England France New Guinea Belgium Germany and the Pacific. The group mourns Pvt Cy Leiman listed as killed in France and notes meetings of Ernest Avery Ed ward Cummings John Perry and Charles Milliken aboard ships in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hellcats
Bath
Maine
England
France
New Guinea
Belgium
Germany
Pacific
High Seas
War Department
Cy Leeman
Cpl
Ernest Avery
Emic
Edward Cummings
London
Hellcat
John “Dud” Perry
Charles Milliken
South Pacific
Dud
Perry
Andrew Hart
Gump
Andrew
Sir Bernard Pratt
U. S
United States
Bob Perry
Pfe
Bob Cummings
Hellcat Marine
South Carolina
al Desmond
Europe
Nave
Russell Turcotte
Joe Desmond
Joe
Jove
Pvt
Wes Peacock
West
Pfc
Bob Fortier
Bath commander Blair receives battle efficiency plaque
A Mediterranean port ceremony honored three naval officers for their amphibious operations against the Axis. Commander William S. Blair of Bath led an LST Flotilla as Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry Jr. awarded battle efficiency plaques to Blair and two fellow officers, Tom Gore and William A. Wright, for the southern France coastal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Blair
Bath
Mediterranean
Frank J. Lowry, Jr
USN
Anzio
France
Comdr
Tom Gore
USNR
Riverside
Williamsport
Washington Street
William A. Wright
Harrison Avenue
Glens Falls
N. Y
U. S. Navy
Congress Shirt Co Christmas Party Draws Over 100
The Sedgwick event on December 20 brought more than 100 attendees including Governor Sumner Sewall’s wife Mrs. Sewall and Mayor Walter Rogers. President Julius Grossman presided as speakers praised staff with musical numbers and a gift program honoring long-time forelady Mrs. Sarah Dismore and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Sedgwick
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Walter C. Rogers
Rogers
Charles W. Clifford
Arthur Price
Arthur J. Dunton
Julius Grossman
Boston
Annie Conley
Ida Roy
Yvonne LaVerche
Doris Leeds
Harriet Furber
Marian Cunningham
Evelyn Conley
Florence Lyden
Rachel Flanders
Ruth Presley
Mabel Young
Marion Sanders
Louise Miller
Alice Lewis
Grace
Timothy C. Maney
John O'Connor
Concern
Mr. Grossman
Sewall
Walter Hamilton
Judge Dunton
Father Maney
Grace Cunningham
America
Sarah Dismore
Hamilton
Grace Waterman
Nelson
Jacobs
Christmas Supper Honors Mrs Madden on Pratt Street
Mrs Edward Hamblett hosted a Christmas supper at her Pratt Street home on Thursday evening in honor of Mrs Jo seph Madden. Guests exchanged gifts and many presents were given, creating a very happy evening for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hamblett
Pratt Street
Joseph Madden
Former riveter here captures four of Germans
Pfc. Norris H. Gatchell 23 of Thomasville N C who lived in the city while employed at Bath Iron Works is convalescing at AUS Station hospital in England He escaped with a minor wound from a sniper in Holland and has been awarded the Purple Heart He led a squad through open ground in Holland and took four Nazis as prisoners after waking them in a barn near the French Belgian border He entered service February 1943 His mother Mrs Mary Gatchell of Searsport and his wife Louise of Thomasville share his wartime news His brother Cpl George Gatchell recently returned to active service after being wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatherland
Aachen
Pfe. Pye
St. Lou
Vire
Mortain-St. Barthelmy
Norris H. Gatchell
Thomasville
N. C
Bath Iron Works Corp
Aus Station
England
Pvt
Gatchell
Holland
Michale Gay
USA
Los Angeles
Calif
Army Station Hospital
Normandy
Wiert
Bath
Pvt. Gatchell
Mary Gatchell
Mary Street
Searsport
Louise
Cpl
George Gatchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward M. Butterfield
Margaret K. Sampson
Spaatz
Peter Strack
Bremerton, Wash. Navy Yard
Sually
Sgt
Sgt. Pye
Ralph A. Pye, Jr
Rotary
National Park
Mr. and
Mrs
Christmas
Cyril Leeman
William E. Milliken
Jackson Army Air Base
Jackson
Miss
C. S. Milliken
Oak Street
Bill
Armed Services of
St. Mary’s
Carl's Drug Store
Front Street
Sgt. Milliken
Independent
Congress
Plymouth
Chevrolet
CF. Cummings - 2
Academy
St. Bath
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