Bath Woman's Navy Hero Returns From Invasion
Raymond E. Watson fireman first class USNR served with the American Assault Force in the French invasion. He wrote home that July explosions made a Fourth of July seem tame. Watson, 24, promoted in February, previously worked as a pipefitter at Bath Iron Works and has since been stationed in Newport Rhode Island Norfolk Virginia and New York City.
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Watson
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Newport
Norfolk
New York City
Portland Obituary and Local Society Notes
John St Martin of the Times died Saturday in Portland while attending a circus event. He was a guest of his grandparents Captain and Mrs Ralph Dunton. Shirley Small of Burnham has joined Bath Iron Works and stays with Mr and Mrs Earl Risteen. Mr and Mrs Willis Brown of Burnham visit the Risteens. Brown also works at Bath Iron Works.
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John St. Martin
the Times
Portland
Ile
Porty
Capt
Ralph Dunton
Shirley Small
Burnham
Bath Iron Works
Earl Risteen
Washington Street
Willis Brown
Mrs. Risteen
Mr. Brown
Local residents host and visit after furloughs
Mr Ernest Ward of Augusta visits his sister and Mrs Nedie D Thompson along with Mrs Leva De Dontmell at 09 Summer Street. Guests include Mrs Harry P Bridge and son Harry from Boothbay Harbor for 10 days. Cpl Albert H L Oliver returns to Atlantic City after 18 days furlough with his parents on Robbins Street and attends Morse High School graduation for his sister Madelyn in Bath.
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Edwin Pinson
Portland
Bath
Pinson
Howard Parks
High Street
Ernest Ward
Augusta
Test
Nips
Elmer Rovers
Nedie D Thompson
Leva de Dontmell
Harry P. Bridge
Harry
Boothbay Harbor
Cpl
Albert HL. Oliver
Atlantic City
Maurice Oliver
Robbins Street
Oliver
Morse High School
Madelyn
Local residents plan summer trips and visits
Mrs Flisha Bridges and Marion of Washington street plan to reach Poplin Beach later for the season. Miss Barbara Younger a teacher at Dike school attends Gotham Normal Summer Session and will return to Brunswick in late August. Mrs Warren McIntire of Weetington street arrived from Providence to visit Rev and Mrs Harry Mentire, accompanied to Maine by Mrs Ralph Whits with the U S Navy. Mh und Mrs Marr weather hot plan a Maine summer retreat. Mrs Richard Sherwood and son Richard Jr of High street left for Portland to spend the weekend with Mrs Sherwood's mother Mrs Berton Densmore.
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Flisha Bridges
Datauter Marion
Washington Street
Poplin Beach
Barbara
Dike
Gotham
Brunswick
Warren + McIntire
Weetington Street
Providence
R. 1
Harry Mentire
Maine
Ralph Whits
U. S. Navy
New Orleans
Marr
Richard Sherwood
Richard, Jr
High Street
Portland
Genesta Vigue Hosts Tenth Birthday Party at Bath
Genesta Vigue daughter of Edward Vigue 1187 High street entertained friends for her tenth birthday Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Jean Dow Clara Hanscom Margaret Hanscom and others. After gifts and a decorated cake with ice cream the party went to the Bath Opera House for further entertainment.
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Genesta Vigue
Edward Vigue
High Street
Jean Dow
Clara Hanscom
Margaret Hanscom
Raymond Govan
David Govan
Carrie Doyle
Jeanine Doyle
Bettina Snell
Carolyn Ann Slening
Richard Dow
Beverly Niles
John Hadley
Dexter Vigne
Leo Govan
Lena Niles
Wilfred Guerin
Genesta
Bath Opera House
Bath area residents host summer visitors and events
A wave of visitors arrives in Bath and surrounding towns with many staying for the summer. Mrs. Gerard Gagne returns to Rochester after a Bath Iron Works visit, Mrs. Stanley Teasdale Jr. plans to stay through early fall, and Mrs. Joseph Walsh visits from Winthrop. Local families host guests at Lincoln Street, Sabine cottage, and Popham Beach while church services resume at the Phippsburg Congregational Center.
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Stanley Teasdale, Jr
Norfolk
Percy Miller
Lincoln Street
Teasdale
Bath
Phippsburg
Center
Sidney Dee
Central Church
Bath area men in service and overseas notes
Local families report sons in the armed forces with updates from overseas and training posts. Cpl Arthur E Lowery in U S Army signals he cleared the invasion and expects to be at Cherbourg. five Maine men including Charles H Cogswell join Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island. Dowling at Enid Army Flying School writes grateful note on Bath Independent. Sgt Edward F Jones recounts invasion participation and multiple missions with Liberator crews. Sgt Carlton E Adams arrives for 10 day furlough at his mother’s home. brother Pvt Frank Stanley Adams to join for a 72 hour visit family pass.
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Jack J. Lowry
Front Street
Cpl
Arthur E. Lowery
U.S. A
Cherbourg
Cpl. Lowery
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Charles H. Cogswell
Bluff Road
Bath
U. S. Marine Corps
Portland
Parris Island
S. C
Cogswell
Martha Ann Cogswell
Edward
John Cogswell
Portland High School
Carlton E. Adams
Fort Myers
Fla
Ruth Adams
Water Street
Pvt
Frank Stanley Adams
Stewart Field
Newburgh
N. Y
Military News From Home on Navy Enlistment and Air Medal Honor
Edmund Guynn Jr. sails for Boston to report for Navy duty after serving at Bath Iron Works. Lt Edward Hanson USAAF of 87 Dummer Street receives the Air Medal for 1944 combat flights in the South Pacific. Lt Hanson served with the 13th AAF on risky missions. Second Lt David E. Cressey, son of Mrs. Scott P. Cressey, completes primary flight training at Souther Field Americus Ga and moves to Bainbridge Ga for basic training. Souther Field, a WWI ghost field, is now part of Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command with Maxwell Field as HQ, hosting over 5,000 cadets.
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J. Frank Jones
Russell Street
Edward F. Jones
Sgt. Jones
Jones
Miami
Fla
Amarillo
Tex
Kingman
Ariz
Salt Lake City
Utah
Clovis
N. M
Langley Field
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Atlantic
Short Snorters’ Club
Edmund Guynn, Jr
Boston
Mr. Guynn
U. S. Navy
Ship Re- Shipbuilding Corp
South Portland
Bath Iron Works
Edward Re Hanson
USAAF
Dummerstreet
Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Hanson
13Th Aaf
United States
David E. Cressey
Scott P. Cressey
Washington Street
Army Air Forces Base
Souther Field
Americus
Bainbridge
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command
Maxwell Field
Ala
Wright Enlists in V-12 Training at Williams College
C Bruce Wright of the US Navy begins V-12 training at Williams College Williamstown Mass after a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Elbridge R Wright of 11 Marshall Avenue following his prior seven days at home.
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C. Bruce Wright
Src. Usn
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Elbridge R. Wright
Marshall Avenue
Local service members on furlough from Camp North Hood
Pvt Clyde Stilphen U S A arrives at 785 High street for a few days of furlough with wife Mrs Stilphen and son David after working as a machinist rigger at Bath Iron Works. Also S 2c Karl R Merchant visits parents Mr and Mrs Fred Merchant at 40 Meadowway for a weekend leave.
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Clyde Stilphen
Camp North Hood
Texas
Stilphen
David
High Street
Bath Iron Works
Karl R. Merchant
Mrs
Fred Merchant
Meadowway
Soldier's letter from Bowdeinham travels Pacific
Keith B Wildes CM 3c of Bowdeinham writes from the South Pacific telling how he enjoys the local paper, saying it follows him on his travels across the Pacific.
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the Times
Keith B. Wildes
Bowdeinham
South Pacific
Pacific
William Watson Commended at 8th AAF Wing Anniversary
Brig. Gen. M C Woodbury praised Pfc William Watson for initiative and spirit during the first anniversary formation of the Eighth AAF Fighter Wing Headquarters arrival in the European theater. Watson, a medical unit ambulance driver formerly living at 49 Center Street, received appreciation via letter from the Independent.
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Pfc
William Watson
M. C. Woodbury
Pfc. Watson
Center Street
Bath native’s son wounded in action in Italy and held as prisoner
Mr and Mrs Ivan Ballard formerly of Bath report their son Pvt Thomas R Ballard US Army infantry in Italy has been wounded in action and captured by Germans He was born in Bath at 335 Front Street during World War I His uncle Thomas Mateer farmed for Texas Steamship Co and owned the house now owned by Mr and Mrs Harry Watson 335 Front Street The Ballards now live in Penn Yan New York.
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Bath
John B Downey
Wiscasset
Ivan Ballard
Pvt
Thomas R. Ballard
U.S. A
Italy
Tom
Front Street
France
Thomas Mateer
Texas Steamship Co
Harry Watson
Ballard
Penn Yan
N. Y
Hewitt Promoted Among IX Air Force Troops
Corporal Charles E Hewitt III of Bath is promoted by the Ninth Air Force Service Command Depot. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr of 74 High Street Bath. A Morsey High School graduate, he worked at Bath Iron Works before enlistment and trained at Miami Beach Florida.
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Ninth Air Force Service Command
Charles E. Hewitt
IX Air Force Service Command Depot
Corporal Hewitt
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
High Street
Bath
Morsey High School
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Miami Beach
Fla
Local servicewoman to train with WACs at Camp Oglethorpe
Mrs Gladys Galonis of Bath plans five weeks of basic training at Camp Oglethorpe Ga with the WACs after leaving Bath last week. Born in Portland and a former East Deering High School student, she worked at the Tip-Top Diner and now seeks telephone work with the Air WACs. Her son QM Robert E Burgon USNR, a Morse graduate of 1935, participated in the invasion and reports he is well.
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Water Street
Camp Oglethorpe
Wacs
Galonis
Bath
Elsie O. Jones
Portland
Air Wacs
East Deering High School
John Burgon
Middle Street
Robert E. Burgon
USNR
Burgon
Morse
Navy
Merchant Marine
Bath Iron Works
Newport
R. I
Dowling Transferred for Advanced Training in Texas
A/C Robert J. Dowling USAAF is moved to Moore Field Mission Texas for advanced training and will pilot a single engine aircraft.
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Robert J. Dowling
USAAF
Moore Field
Mission, Texas
Hyde Park Terrace Items Of The Week
Hyde Park library at the Community building will be open Friday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm with potential extra hours if volunteers help. Mrs. Victoria Mc Daniels and Mrs. Florence Nelson oversee Friday duties. The Whatsoever club plans a spaghetti supper Monday evening in the Community building. The Girls club invites the Boys club and mothers for games, dancing, and an entertainment by the girls with refreshments. Personal notices detail moves, Navy training, and a birth: Dorothy Mac weighing eight pounds nine ounces born Sunday night at Memorial Hospital to Nick Colangelo and his wife, with siblings Shirley and Sonny.
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Hyde Park
Victoria McDaniels
Florence Nelson
Tacs
Daniel Fitzgerald
Lark Street
Roger
Leslie
Sunset Park
Portland
Fitzgerald
South Portland
Quincy
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Charles Duker
Sherrill
Central Avenue
Beverly
Boston
Sherwood Francis
Drayton Road
Niles Perkins, Jr
New York State
U. S. Navy
Niles Perkins
Newport
Perkins
R. H. McKay
Bernard Knight
Knight
H. D. Lifield
Ocean Point
Ethel Knight
Waterville
Memorial Hospital
Shirley
Sonny
Millinocket
Dorothy Mac
Bath Boy Writes From Service On Invasion Front
George McKellar 2/c USN son of Mr. and Mrs. David McKellar of Bath letters home from the Normandy front. He describes minesweeping near Cherbourg, invasion day events, and calm seas between air, fleet, and troops. His father served in World War I and is a Bath Iron Works draftsman.
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Bath Boy
George McKellar
USN
David McKellar
High Street
Normandy
France
Cherbourg
Personal notes on visits to Boston and area relatives
Warrant Officer Arthur McDonald U S N and Mrs McDonald of Boston arrive for a few days visit with Mr McDonald’s mother Mrs Wilbur Burns at 1093 Washington Street. David McDonald and fiancee Miss Betty Wiggins of Portland weekend guests of Mr and Mrs McDonald’s mother and Mr Burns at 1093 Washington Street. Roscoe Kelley and family from 12 Deering Street spend a week at Jonespool their former home. Laura Craft teacher in Sharon Mass vacationing with her parents on Washington Street works in her father’s Battery Shop on Center Street.
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Arthur McDonald
U.S.N
Ms. McDonald
Boston
Mr. Mconald
Wilbur Burns
Washington Street
David McDonald
Betty Wiggin
Portland
Mr. McDonald
Wilbur, Burns
Mr. Burns
Roscoe Kelley
Irma
Linwood
Deering Street
Jonespool
Kelley
State Store
Laura Craft
Sharon
Mass
William J. Craft
Battery
Center Street
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