Society notes reflect local gatherings and 1940s life
Mrs Della Adams of 1364 Washington street remains confined after a hip fracture and hopes for mobil ity by warm weather. Grace Crowley of 52 Union street is named Larson Junior College Yearbook art editor. Various teas, parties and hospital visits mark civic social life with Bath Iron Works staff, Lions club events, and neighborhood greetings featuring families, veterans, and church groups.
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Della Adams
Washington Street
Ies
Crystal Chapter
Damariscotta
Memorial Hospital
Grace Crowley
William T. Crowley
Union Street
Larson Junior College
Larsonian
Mrs Clarence Blagdon Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Clarence Blagdon of Wisconsin has returned to her home from the Memorial Hospital where she was a patient and is convalescing satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Blagdon
Wiscasset
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Fiewelling Visits Daughter at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Mary Fiewelling of Bangor returns home after visiting her daughter Mrs Milford Y. Lewis of Brigham Cove who is a patient at Memorial Hospital.
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Mary Fiewelling
Bangor
Milford Y. Lewis
Brigham Cove
The
Memorial Hospital
Miss Gene Brackett Remains in Vassalboro for School Year
Miss Gene Brackett daughter of Mrs Evelyn Bradford of Dallas Texas formerly of Bath has moved to Vassalboro where she will remain for the rest of the school year She was seen attending Bath school Miss Brackett has spent the last three summers at Camp Tanglewood at Lincolnville Miss Mary Anderson of Boston was a weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Carl C Anderson Green street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Thompson
Cynthia Freeman Thompson
Alexandria
Thompson
Harold E. Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
East Brunswick
Western Air Lines
Scotland
Barbara Freeman
Albert Thompson
Upper Washington Street
Lilla Sproul
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Assembly
Odd Fellowship
Odd Fellows Wnl
Gene Brackett
Evelyn Bradford
Dallas
Texas
Bath
Vassalboro
Bath School
Miss Brackett
Camp Tanglewood
Lincolnville
Mary Anderson
Boston
Carl C .Anderson
Green Street
Bath Launches Destroyer Lyman K. Swenson Ensign Emery Attends
Ensign J N Emery from Cleveland and his wife Mrs Emery of Boston traveled to Bath for the Swenson destroyer launch. Emery serves as a supply officer and the couple will occupy a Cambridge apartment during fitting out before sea duty. Mrs Emery, a Rutland native, joined the ceremony from the launching platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
J. N. Emery
Cleveland
Ohio
Boston
Mass
Bath
Lyman K. Swenson
Ensign Emery
Cambridge
Swenson
Emery
New England
Rutland
U.S. Naval Service
Great Lakes
Hatch Visits Amherst Graduation and New York Tour
Mr. Robert B. Hatch left 601 Washington Street to attend his son Daniel's graduation from a basic pre meteorology program at Amherst College. He then traveled to New York for a visit with his brother Stanley Pierce and Mrs Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
Daniel
Amherst College
New York
Stanley Pierce
Pierce
Mrs Anne Bradley to Exhibit Paintings at Lafayette
Artist Miss Anne Cary Bradley of Fryeburg returns to the Lafayette hotel in Portland for the Winter residency after visiting Mr and Mrs Louis Dole of Middle Street. Her pastels and oil paintings will be shown at an annual Lafayette exhibit early in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Cary Bradley
Fryeburg
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
Louis Dole
Middle — Street
Miss Bradley
Lafayette
Homecoming week as King family hosts uniformed sons
Howard E. King of 3 Elsinore avenue enjoyed a family homecoming as three sons served in the armed forces visited during furloughs. Ernest King, USN quartermaster, in New York on leave. Howard E. King Jr., Maritime Commission seaman, returned from a globe spanning voyage. Edward A. King, Army Medical Corps private, came home for a brief respite. Ruth King, Army Nurses Corps, hoped to join them. Other relatives and service members mentioned include Clarence Eaton, Louis Cormier, Harry P. Gilchrist, and Sgt. Robert B. Giles on leave. Charles J. Genthner, Aviation Cadet, moved to Santa Ana, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. King
Elsinore Avenue
Ernest King
C. Usn
New York City
Quartermaster King
Howard E. King, Jr
Maritime Commission
Seaman King
Liverpool
Pvt
Edward A. King
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Pvt. King
Mr. King
Ruth King
Army Nurses Corps
New Jersey
Walter Thayer
Western Avenue
Pfc
Stephen E. Crosby
Edward King
Howard King
Merchant Marine
Charles E. Crosby
Stephen K. Crosby
Freeman C. Crosby
Pauline Crosby
Edith King
Ruth Clark
Grace Thayer
Flora Thayer
Madelyn Thayer
Carol Thayer
Elsie Thayer
Ida Farris
Marjorie Cushing
Robert King
U. S. Navy
Walter Thayer, Jr
Leo Robichaud
Susie Darrell
Marie Lewis
Orrin Crosby
Pvt. Crosby
Nurses from Bath complete three week England training course
Firs Lt Ruth M Williams of 15 Belmont Portland is among 36 Army nurses who finished a three week training at the American School Center in England. The course covered 119 hours of field soldier skills and 33 hours of nursing studies. Williams, a Brunswick High graduate, is connected to Bath through friends and family in the service. Two brothers serve, one in North Africa, and sister Lt Irma Williams is in the Army Nurses Corps. A cousin Dr E T Williams is in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firs
Ruth M. Williams
Belmont Street
Portland
United States Army
England
Brunswick High School
Maine General Hospital Training School For
Posse Nissen School of
Boston
Bath
North Africa
Irma Williams
Maine
Brunswick farewell for Arsenault joining U S Navy
Hubert J. Arsenault of Brunswick and a local native recently entered the U S Navy. About 25 Bath Iron Works employees hosted a farewell dinner at Hotel Eagle Brunswick where Arsenault received a wrist watch from the guests led by Mr. Jewett along with numerous attendees including Ralph Crocker Paul Akeley Harold L. Adams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert J. Arsenault
Brunswick
U. S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Hotel Eagle
Arsenault
Jewett
Mr. Jewett
Ralph Crocker
Paul Akeley
Harold L. Adams
Harold Fielding
Arthur M. Jones
Alvah Alexander
Corporal Promotion for Donald Lakin Arrives in Atlanta
Corporal Donald Lakin of the U S Army stationed at Atlanta Georgia returns from a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Lakin at 17 Meadow Way. He is in the ordnance department and informed his parents by phone that he has been promoted to corporal.
Navy Recruit Completes Training and Leaves for Duty
Maurice F. McCrater of Palm er has finished recruit training at Naval Training Station Sampson N Y and will be granted leave. On return he may be assigned further and qualify for petty officer rating. Pvt Joseph Hammond U S A F stationed at Camp Edwards Mass recently visited home on furlough and has been transferred to Greensboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Trowbridge
Andrews Road
Bath Iron Works Corp
Memorial Hospital
Maurice F. McCrater
Palmer
Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. Y
Joseph Hammond
Local Soldiers Home on Short Furlough Visits Family
Sgt Melvin E Clark of Camp Gruber Oklahoma returns for a tew days furlough to visit his mother Mrs Raymond Clark on Washington Street. His brother S S David Clark stationed Somewhere in England reports enjoying the experience and food. Charles H Anderson family hosts Pvt Rich ard W Anderson and Pvt Richard W Anderson U S A Camp Haan California plus Miss Glennis Young of Pownal.
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Louise Rand
Sherman Rand
Rye
N. H
Melvin E. Clark
Raymond Clark
Upper
Washington Street
Edward MacMahon
Los Angeles
Calif
Hulda MacMahon
Middle Street
U.S.A
Camp Gruber
Okla
Upper Washington Street
Ruel H. Anderson
Freeport
Richard W. Anderson
U.S. A
Camp Haan
Riverside
Gary
Glennis Young
Pownal
H. L. Anderson
Huse Street
Ruel H. Anderson, Sr
California
Young Bath Man Wins Air Forces Pilot Wings
Richard Knowlton Watson 18 son of Mr and Mrs Theodore F Watson of 28 York Street was appointed second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces and awarded silver wings at graduation exercises February 8 at Spence Field Moultrie Georgia. He attended Morse High School in Bath and was graduated last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Knowlton Watson
Theodore F. Watson
York Street
Army of the United States
Air Corps
Army Air Forces
AAF Training Command
Spence Field
Moultrie
Georgia
Army Air Corps
Morse High School
Bath
Loring E. Hart
Joseph E. Hart
High Street
Armed Forces of
United States
Mr. Hart
Morse
Bowdoin College
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Pvt
Hart
Pilot Lt George E Hill Receives Silver Wings
Lt. George E Hill son of Mrs Pearl E Berry Route 2 Woodsville New Hampshire earned silver wings at Army Air Forces Pilot School Advanced Two Engine Williams Field Chandler Arizona. He entered the Army September 15 1938 at Portland Maine became a first lieutenant October 22 1942. Before training he served at Fort Monroe Virginia and Fort Worden Wisconsin. Hill is a former Morse High School Bath athlete.
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George E. Hill
Pearl E. Berry
Woodsville
N. H
Army
Williams Field
Chandler
Arizona
Hill
Portland
Maine
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Fort Worden
Wisconsin
St. Hill
Morse High School
Bath
Local Man Enlists in Marine Corps Sets Sail for Parris Island
Norman V. Chase departs from South Portland to begin boat training at Parris Island South Carolina after a surprise farewell party at the Batchelder hotel Old Orchard. He was an assistant foreman at the South Portland shipyard and is a son of Mrs Lena Chase of South Portland formerly of Bath. His wife will live with her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Darrah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Chase
South Portland
Bath
Mr. Chase
U. S. Marines
Parris Island
S.C
New England Shipbuilding Corp
Norman V. Chase
S. C
United States Marine Corps
Batchelder
Old Orchard
Lena Chase
Albert Darrah
Army Air Forces pilots graduate from Randolph Field class
A record central unit class at Randolph Field Texas and eleven advanced schools in Texas and Oklahoma produced the largest wartime graduation. The ceremony included pilots from every state and the District of Columbia with wings awarded to graduates from Hawaii Puerto Rico Canada Brazil and Peru. Flight Officer Richard N Drake of 69 Bluff road Bath is among the new pilots who earned wings.
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Army Air Forces Training Command
Army Air Forces
Randolph Field
Texas
Oklahoma
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canada
Brazil
Peru
Eagle Pass
Aloe
Foster Fields
Victoria
Mission
Frederick and
Altus
Okla
Pampa Waco
Houston
Lubbock and
Brook Field
Richard N. Drake
69 Bluff Road
Bath
Foster Field
Moffatt Leaves for Norfolk After Leave at Home
John A. Moffatt MM 3c departed Thursday to Norfolk Virginia following a ten day leave spent with his wife and his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Moffatt at 44 Richardson Street.
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John A. Moffatt
Norfolk
Earl Moffatt
Richardson Street
Woman Receives War Department Notice Of Son As Navigator
Mrs. Sadie E. Sarkis of 677 High Street reports her son George A. Sarkis has been selected for navigator training in the Army Air Forces. Col. W. A. Robertson notes the navigator’s crucial role in bombers, and Sarkis will attend a Western Flying Training Command navigation school for intensive instruction. The War Department’s Good News stamp has eased parental anxiety about letters from the front.
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George L. Katz
Sylvia K. Katz
Cobb Road
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Katz
Army Air Forces Training Command
Sadie E. Sarkis
High Street
War Department
George A. Sarkis
Army Air Forces
Col
W. A. Robertson
Santa Ana Army Base
Santa Ana
Calif
Col Robertson
Sarkis
Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command
Maine Private Engages Tex Garageman’s Family Romance
Pvt. Robert Edward Barton of Vinalhaven found hospitality and a future bride in Temple Texas when his name matched a local garage man’s sign. Barton met Irene Zarr of Dulles Texas after calling on the garageman, and learned their forebears once lived in Providence Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edward Barton
Vinalhaven
Temple
Tex
Barton
Camp
Providence
Irene Zarr
Dulles
Maine Residents Told to Surrender Tubes by March 1
The Maine Selvage Committee urges all residents to return tubes to their local drugstores before March 1. The "New tube for an old tube" exchange ends then after more than two years, and future tin tube purchases will not require turning in an old tube.
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Maine
Maine Selvage Committee
Bath boy reunion in South Pacific sight brings home smiles
Louis Couture, a US Navy sailor from Bath Maine, writes of meeting another Bath boy from Shaw Street Freeland King aboard a ship in the South Pacific. He recalls trading papers from Bath Daily Times and cherishing news from home, hoping to meet more Bath boys, perhaps in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis O. Couture
USN
South Pacific
The
Independent
Sirs
Maine
Bath
Freeland King
Shaw Street
U.S. Navy
Tokyo
Delightful Day's Ferry Anniversary Party
A group of friends and relatives hosted Mr and Mrs Alton Munsey at their Day's Ferry home Sunday for their first wedding anniversary. Dinner featured a cake by Mrs Fred Beaney and gifts including a cedar chest imported from China. Attendees included Mrs James Russo Mrs Nelson Snell Miss Geraldine Hall Miss Millicent Hecht Mrs Alexander Munsey Harvey Greenlaw and the Munseys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Munsey
Day's Ferry
China
Munsey
James Russo
Nelson Snell
Brunswick
Geraldine Hall
Millicent Hecht
Bath
Alexander Munsey
South Dresden
Fred Beaney
Harvey Greenlaw
Herbert Munsey
Woolwich
Ferald Announces Maine Gubernatorial Run Against Hildreth
Former State Senator Roy L Fernald of Winterport declares candidacy for Maine governor challenging Senate President Horace A Hildreth and House Speaker F Ardine Richardson in the June primary. Fernald previously sought the nomination in 1938 and 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Roy L. Fernald
Senate
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
House
F. Ardine Richardson
Strong
Fernald
Winterport
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