Bath Society Notes The Nor den family and local relocations
Bath society page records Mrs G Norden Hanover once Dorothy Wright now living in Los Angeles where husband runs a florist business. Many Bath residents host and visit relatives across Milton Pa Danforth Larrabee and Clinger families, summers spent at Camp Nequasset and Pemaquid, and locals traveling to Brockton Salem and Bath Iron Works. A parade of visits, births, and job moves marks community life with dozens of named residents and their movements.
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Bath
G. Norden Hanover
Dorothy Wright
Los Angeles
Calif
Hanover
Milton
Pierce G. Clinger
Evelyn Wright
Local Residents Take Summer Breaks in New England Getaways
Ellen Bellerose of the Bath Trust Co. is on her annual vacation at Hampden Beach New Hampshire. Mrs Galen Low and daughter Jean of Chestnut Hill Mass return from a week visiting Mrs Low's mother Mrs Edward Hartwell and Mrs Low's mother Mrs Charles C Low on High Street.
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H. A. Keyes
Fitchburg
Cass
Frederick E Irish
Amy Irish
Chestnut Street
Ellerose
The
Bath Trust Co
Hampden Beach
N. H
Galen Low
Jean
Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Low
Edward Hartwell
High Street
Mr. Low
Charles C. Low
Craft couple return from Boston hospital visit
Mr and Mrs William J Craft of Washington street came home Sunday night after a ten day trip to Boston where Mr Craft received medical observation at Pratt Diagnostic hospital. They stayed with his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs E F Wilson of Medford Massachusetts.
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Charles Lunden
West Rockport
William H. Daley
Middle Street
Lunden
Hyde Windliss Co
the & S-Navy
Ter Strack
Upper Wistincton Street
Boton
Herbert Starrel
William J. Craft
Washington Street
Boston
Craft
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
E. F. Wilson
Medford
Mass
Engagement Announced for Laura Craft to Beeman Howard
From 1185 Washington street comes news of the engagement of Laura A. Craft to Staff Sergt Beeman F Howard USA Air Forces son of the late Mr and Mrs B F Howard of Canton Ohio Miss Craft a home economics teacher graduated Morse High Class of 37 and University of Maine Class of 42 Seozt Howard a graduate of Iowa State University was a mechanical engineer with Studebaker before entering service. Mrs George W Parks and son and mother are spending two weeks at Popham Beach. others note vacations at Rockhaven Capitol Island and visits with relatives in Bath Melrose and York Street Bath residents mark a busy travel season with family and friends visiting and leaving for summer breaks. Rev Howard Wetherbee of Nashua NH visited Bath and called on a school chum employed at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Mann
Bath
Newark
N. J
Frigidaire Company
Philadelphia Dairy Co
Bath Iron Works
Philadelphia Dairy Cop
Mann
William Mann
New Jersey
Mr. Mann
William J. Craft
Washington Street
Laura A. Craft
Beeman F. Howard
USA Air Forces
B. F. Howard
Canton
Ohio
Miss Craft
Morse High
University of Maine
Seozt Howard
Iowa State University
Studebaker Corporation
The
Howard Wetherbee
Nashua
N. H
Ralph Baker
U. S. Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Mildred Bowie
Winneganee
Leon Belanger
West Bath
George A. Baker
Milan Street
Jane Ellen Edwards
Clayton Edwards
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Edwards
William Sheldon
Sasanoa Bluffs
Virginia
William Grevers
Winchester
Mass
Meadowbrook
Corp
Richard P. Howard
Jackson
Miss
Daytona Beach
Mary E. Howard
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Howard
Waac Life Guards
Tech
Walter J. Ward
Ward
Indiana
Harold E. Armes
Mr. Armes
Sylvia MacKenzie
Greenville
Rogers’ Jewelry
Ceidter Street
WACS
Montgomery
Ala
Pvt
MacKenzie
Louis B. O'Connell
Lewiston
Southwest Pacific
War Department
William O'Connell
Sam
Mary A. O'Connell
Sergt. O'Connell
U.S. Army
Co. H
Lewison
Fighting O'Connells
Sewall Pearson
Torrey Rolle
Fort Devens
U. Army
Mr. Pearson
Gladys Pearson
Heald
Richardson Street
Pearson
Torrey
John Osborne
Thelm King
Herbie King
Brown
Margaet Lang
Sadie Beaton
Roert King
Kenoeth White
Anna CoiTill
Carroll Fugerson
Virginia Merv Donald Ross
Donald Mix
Set Doughty
Sewall
Mr. Heald’s
Earl R. Peason
Newport
R. 1
U. S. Navy
U. S. Navy Training School
Th Bath Iron Works
Doris Louise Colle
Rober Colley
Academy Street
Boston
Hunter College
Miss Colley
Deering High
Portland
Eye Infirmary
Porthind
Nurses Training School
Gotham
Y.W.C.A
Vacation and Army Induction Trips Highlight Local News
Mr and Mrs William H Duley and son Billy left for Readfield for a week's vacation. Mr Duley from Bath Iron Works foreman of burning dept. Albert Harjula and newlywed wife visit in town. Harjula to be inducted at Camp Devens Mass with visits to Brunswick Topsham and relatives. Henry Biggins returns to Bath Iron Works personnel dept. Warren Munsey and family back from Boston trip during his Bath Iron Works vacation. Mrs Charles R Sims travels to Orono to visit Rev Helen Sims Overman. Fred J Boudin and wife arrive from Boston for summer at Popham Beach with Roscoe H Shaw family.
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Robert Ganner
Louis Gannon
Mlanstreet
Bath Iron Works
Camp Devens
Mass
William H. Duley
Billy
Middle Street
Readfield
Chase Lodge
Mr. Duley
Albert Harjula
Thomaston
Harjula
William FL. Daley
U. S. Army
H. Edwin Harjula
Brunswick
Harold Pease
Topsham
Henry Biggins
The
Warren Munsey
94 Court Street
Boston
Suburbs
Munsey
Timothy O'Leary
Dorchester
Ernest Russell
Revere
William Clark
South Boston
Provincetown
Steel
Charles R. Sims
North Street
Orono
Helen Sims Overman
Miss
Overman
Fred J. Boudin
Popham Beach
Armored Training at Fort Knox and Local News Highlights
Pvt. Norgnan J. Guynn trains at Fort Knox learning armored division basics including vehicle operation and weapon use under Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott. The report also notes visits from Ralph Baker, updates on a newborn Jane Ellen Edwards, and travels of John Sheldon and the Pye family, with a return to Meadowbrook after a Boothbay Harbor outing.
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Pvt
Norgnan J. Guynn
H. D. Grant
Bath
Armored
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Charles L. Scott
Air Cadet Rogers in Great Lakes Hospital Care
Air Cadet William R. Rogers stationed in Memphis Tennessee is a patient at the Naval hospital in Great Lakes Illinois for treatment. He is the son of Mayor and Mrs Walter Rogers of Washington Street. Miss Aileen Bedell WAVE assigned to Navy Yard Washington holds Chief Pharmacist Mate rating and works in the dispensary. She is the niece of Dr and Mrs Herbert Caverly and formerly a dental hygienist in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Rogers
L. SN
Memphis
Tenn
Naval Hospital At
Great Lakes
Walter Rogers
Washington Street
Aileen Bedell
Wave
U.S. Navy
Hunters College
New York
Navy Yard
Washington, D. C
Local servicemen and families noted from Bath area
Bath residents and relatives are listed with Army and Navy assignments. Boyd Lawrence attends anti aircraft artillery school at Camp Davis North Carolina. Tourtillotte sisters serve WAACs at Carlsbad and Portland with duties in personnel and training. Howard family in Daytona Beach and Bath. Ward family returns to Indiana after furlough. Jean Danforth completes WAVES training in New York and transfers to Memphis. O Connell brothers from Lewiston listed as wounded in Southwest Pacific. Mary A O Connell joins Bath Iron Works. Clarence White returns to duties at Sweepshead Bay.
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Boyd Lawrence
Bath
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Floral Street
Wac
Margaret L. Tourtillotte
Ethel M. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Army Air Field
Afc
Tourtillotte
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Portland
Tourtillette
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Army Administration School
Commerce
Texas
Maine woman becomes first WAC officer candidate from state
Mrs. Lorena Reed Protheroe of Richmond tops Maine selections at Boston Officer Candidate Board. She is sworn in at Augusta by Lt. Marjorie Schulten and will seek a second lieutenant’s commission in the current war. Protheroe departs July 26 for Des Moines training. 48 years old, longtime Civilian Defense worker, DAR member, and 5,000 hour service ribbon recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Reed Protheroe
Richmond
WAC
Maine
Boston
U. S
First
Service Command
Augusta
Marjorie Schulten
Schulten
Protheroe
Signal Corps
Des Moines
Iowa
Richmond Civilian Defense Control
Col
F. H. Farnum
John Quarrington
Downing Earns Promotion and Enrolls in Liberator Mechanics Course
Pvt. Ralph L. Downing son of Mr and Mrs Roy Downing of 604 Washington street was promoted to private first class last week and enrolled in Keesler s 8 24 Liberator mechanics school at Biloxi Mississippi The promotion and technical training result from high scores on Army mechanical aptitude tests The 17 week course covers first echelon maintenance for B 24 Liberators with the last eight days in simulated battle conditions before graduation and active line duty maintains Liberators in good condition.
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Ralph L. Downing
Roy Downing
Washington Street
Keesler
Liberator Mechanics School
Biloxi
Miss
Downing
Army Air Forces Training Command
Corporal Mitchell Vaillancourt Honored on Homecoming
Corporal Mitchell Vaillancourt returned to Fort Knox Kentucky after a furlough with his brother and sister Mr and Mrs Francis Vaillancourt at 42 Granite Street. Mrs Vaillancourt hosted a party in his honor Tuesday evening with guests Mr and Mrs Tony Smart Mr and Mrs Simon Cyr the Vaillancourts and Misses Violet and Florence Dionne. Vaillancourt was presented with a purse of money.
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Corp
Mitchell Vaillancourt
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Francis Vaillancourt
Granite Street
Vaillancourt
Tony Smart
Simon Cyr
Violet
Florence Dionne
Brunswick
Corp Wesley M Simpson Arrives for 14 Day Leave
Corp Wesley M Simpson U S A stationed at Macon Georgia arrives for a 14 day leave to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Wesley M Simpson Sr of 12 Fishers court. He left Monday for an overnight visit in Orland with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Amos Webster before entering the service.
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Corp
Wesley M. Simpson
U.S.A
Macon
Wesley M. Simpson Sr
Fisher's Court
Simpson
Orland
Amos Webster
Service Corp
Bath Iron Works
Pvt Fletcher Jr Visits His Mother in Tennessee
Pvt William E. Fletcher Jr stationed in Tennessee visits his mother Mrs Clarence Leonard at 36 Bath Street and is seen with Miss F. The setting indicates a family reunion during a military posting.
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William E. Fletcher, Jr
Tennessee
Clarence Leonard
Bath Street
Local Family Notes Return to Boston After Furlough
Thomas L. Fletcher Jr returns to his ship in Boston after a furlough in Bath with his father and grandmother. He visited his aunt in Kittery during leave. Corporal Kenneth Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker of Woolwich, is promoted and requests letters at Fort Knox Ky. He hopes for a Woolwich furlough in August to spend time with Mrs. Baker.
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Thomas L. Fletcher, Jr
Boston
Bath
Thomas Fletcher
Annie Fletcher
High Street
Kittery
Delia Haley
Kenneth Baker
Walter Baker
Woolwich
Corp
Fort Knox
Baker
Letter from overseas serviceman praises Bath Independent
Lieut Howard W. Mayo of Co B 301st QM Bn APO 700 writes from overseas praising the Bath Independent. He recalls reading it in the states and says it helps him stay connected with Bath and Maine, urging a program to send copies to all hometown servicemen.
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Sagadahoc
Independent
Howard W. Mayo
APO
New York
N. Y
Bath
Maine
Bath Independent
States
Marriages and family notices from local page
Stanley A. Rogers son of Mr and Mrs George A Rogers recently spent time with wife Evelyn and his parents at Camp Takchawee on Montsweag Bay while stationed at Fort Jay New York. Mary Theresa Grainger wed Staff Sgt Alphonse C Zadalis at St Peter s Church Washington DC on July 22 with witnesses Claire Grainger and Sgt Chester Korkuc.
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Stanley A. Rogers
George A. Rogers
Trufant Street
Post Finance Office
Fort Jay
New York
Evelyn
Takchawee
Montsweag Bay
John H. Grainger
Lincoln Street
Mary Theresa
Alphonse C. Zadalis
William Zadalis
Nashua
N. H
St. Peter's Church
Washington, DC
Claire H. Grainger
This City
Chester Korkuc
Summit
N. J
Army air corps corporal returns from Florida furlough
Corporal Ralph Duncan of the U S Army Air Corps arrives from Fort Meyers Florida for a two week furlough. He has served nine months and is the son of Mr and Mrs Donald Duncan of 17 Cummings Street.
Seaman Glenwood Snowden Moved to San Carlos for Training
Glenwood Snowden, seaman second class in the U S Coast Guard, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Snowden of 71 Court Street, has been transferred to San Carlos, California for advanced training in sabotage prevention and anti invasion devices. He expects to be stationed on the West Coast after completion, likely in California.
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Jean Danforth
Frank Danforth
Upper High Street
WAVES
Hunter College
N. Y
Naval Aviation Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Glenwood Snowden
U. S. Cycust Guard
Fred Snowden
Court Street
San Carlos
Calif
California
Cadet Alden Thomas Finishes Training at Sheepshead School
Cadet Alden Thomas son of Mr and Mrs George Thomas of 22 Drummond street completes training at the U S eee School at Sheepshead.
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Alden Thomas
George Thomas
Drummond Street
U. S. Eee School
Sheepshead
Cadet Thomas Graduates From Mor High Class of 43
Cade Thomas, a graduate of Mor High in the class of 1943, is listed in the U S M S Radio School roster at Huntington. Cadet Alden Thomas is noted in Division I C, S2 c, Huntington LU LAN.
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U. S. M. S. Radio School
J Huntington
Cade Thomas
Mor High
Alden Thoma
I-C
S. 2
Huntington
LU Lan
Cressey Returns to Army Air Corps Training
Stantry 8. Cressey, son of Mrs Bernice G Cressey, has left for further basic training in Louisville Kentucky after a furlough from the Army Air Corps.
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Stantry
Cressey
Bernice G. Cressey
Army Air Corps
Louisville
Kentucky
Marks Family Notes Soldier Son's Bangor Visit
John J. Marks Sr of 190 High Street reports his son, Corp. Warren Marks, stationed at Dow Field Bangor, has just been transferred from Fort Wayne area postings. Warren trained at Camp Kearns Utah and Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, then toured the United States before joining the Army. He visited Bangor relatives including an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Witham, and their son Melvin, whom he had not seen in 37 years.
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Jack Carlton
George Carlton
Upper Darby
Ryan
Nequasset
Char Henderson
High Street
Alfred Kinz
Darby
John J. Marks Sr
Bango
Corp
Warren Marks
Th Army Air Base. Corp
Hareings
Morse
Army
United States
Kearns
Utah
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Bangor
Corp. Warren ‘. Marks
Det
Med
Dept
Static Hospital
Dow Field
Marks S
William Witham
Mevin
Service Mentions Soldiers Training And Departures
Seaman Kenneth Jaquith is stationed in California for primary training with his family living in Pascagoula Mississippi. Sewall Pearson leaves for Fort Devens Mass to enter U S Army training after a farewell party at his mother’s home. Doris Louise Colley, WAVE recruit, was born in Bath and will begin basic training at Hunter College New York.
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Clarence Fullerton
Richard
Mechanic Street
Pemaquid
Pierce Clinger
Milton Pa
Lou Larraber
Trufants Crossing
Walter Larrabee
Trufants
Clinger
Merton Wright
Lawrence Burnham
Ogunquit
Sadie Fogg
Pearl Street
William S. Newell
Salem Hospital
Eastham Gate Jr
Mary Newell
Larry Katz
Sylvia Katz
Brockton
Charles Haggett
Bobby
York Street
Sabine
Charles Bates
Hazzett
John Parker
Sebasco
Louise Cole
Barbara Danforth
Samuel Jordan
Alfie Jacobs
Charles Lockery
Walter Wiggin
Jorden
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Evelyn Perkins
H. Dorman Perkins
Bedford Street
Alna
Frank Harding
Velma Scott
Waldoboro
Emma Hooper
Green Street
Me Val Ringer
Everitt Gramont
Fryday
Weld
Mer Lemont
Amele
Olle Pusvaia
Harold Lathore Jr
Pesgyy Ard Jon
Harold Safford, Jr
Spring Street
Safford Couse
New Meadows
Zetta Wright Higgins
Wakefield
Mas
Sumner
Rockcrest
Fivelands
Pauline Namade Frederick Rasmussen
Walksfield
Hiveins
D. Wyle Lemont
School Street
John W. Smith
Russell Street
Betty Mullen
Rochester
Lowell Larrabee
Danforth
Mr. Larrabee
George P. Larrabee
Harriett Purington Burnham
Frank A. Purington
Waltham
David Black
Groton, Conn
Slacks
Beatrice Black
Grove Street
Hils
John Black
Black
Caroline Rafter
East Dixfield
Mrs
Clifton Hall
Hon
N. Gratz
Jack UN
Effie Gannon
Alice Page
Donna
Charles
Miami
Fla
District Warning Center
Eleanor Webster
Miss Webster
Raymond Smith
Georges Lake
Liberty
Snuths
Bath Iron
Barbara Lane
Herbert T Caverty
Jeff
Duane
Brinsa
Pritss Fries
Marte
Hottie
Omar Kine
Mr- Koo
Ind Sir
Starrel
Bbrs
Fave Petliner Fediowine
Starrei
Harold Tobey
Stre Abrotar
Cos Navy
Charleston Navy Yard
Arnold Covan
Davis
So Covan
Lake Cobbessee Center
Lillian Copeland
Edward Stiness
Mr. Stiness
John Moore
Frank Moore
Patsy Blake
Bobby Witham
Join
Evelyn Moore
Nav Whe Hathorne
Dorothy Blake
Connie Curran
Muriel Moore
Warry Moses
Ralph Palmer
Richard Blake
Raymond Moore
Jerry Bruce
William S. Shorey
Christmas Tree Inn
Bridgton
Lester Knight
Newport, R. I
Donald
U S. Naval Training Station
Jesse Levin
Samuel Levin
Dallas
Medical Corps
Levin
Uncle Sams Army
Frank Martin
Cedric Martin
Willow Street
Naval Department
Salem
Lake Winnipesaukee
Violet Ellis Brown
Catherine
Buffalo
Alvin Cass
Norman Marriner
Philip
Marriners
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Anna Jones
George Carey
Oak Street
York
Harold Gilmore
Robert Shaw
Dummer Street
Hares II
Italy
Gardner French, Jr
Mer
Sirs
Gardner French
Vonahaven
Wath
Scamuel Po Buck
Charles Chase
Litto
Carla
Brookline
Masa
Dive
Buck
Hiram Annis
Milan Kent
Laconia
N. Ho
Euest
Ane
Marshall
Rena Wein
Oyil
Mary Arik
Charles Arik
Ooak
George W. Parks
George Richard
Mrs Parks
Roland MclIntosh
Rockhaven Cottage
Capitol Island
Joseph Deininger
Melrose
Erwin Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Grace and
Erma Bennett
Julia Coombs
Robert Metcalf
Campbell Pond
Lee Wing
Hartford, Conn
City
Morris Cohen
Sylvia
Anne Leah
Janet
Nathan
Old South Place
Mr. Cohen
Ida
Ernest Heald
Leonard Oliver
Sabiona
Oliver
Helen’ Elizabeth
Malden
Edward Foster
Sagadahoc Ferry
Edward Fay
Edward Jr
Everett
Mr. Fay
James Coughran
Mr. Coughran
Crescent Street
Charlestown Navy Yard
Imes Chad
Clarence White
Sweepshead Bay
Herbert White
Sanford
GLASS
Sumner Sewall
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Governors’ Dicteannes
Columbus
Navy
Kenneth Jaquith
S. N
Ward Jaquith
Academ Street
Calfornia
W. Dayton Hil
Audrey