Service and social notes mix wartime furloughs and visits
Staff Sergeant Olin Pankhurst returns on a 15 day furlough from Central America to visit his Bath parents, after 14 months in service with training at Missouri Kessler Field and Tyndall Field. Other locals welcome guests, attend gatherings, and note wartime moves, births, and appointments across Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Pankhurst
U. S. Army Air Corps
Central America
Ape
Thomas F. Pankhurst
Dummer Street
Portland
Missouri
Kessler Field
Miss
Tyndal Field
Panama City
Fla
Panama
Morse High
Olin
Boise
Idaho
Lieutenant John L. Goff Returns From Leave
Lieut. Col. John L. Goff U S A who has been on a brief leave reported to his post Thursday after spending time with Mrs Goff at her parents home Mr and Mrs William C Scott of 31 Edward Street where she is staying during her husband's absence.
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Henry G. Shaw
Oak Street
Charlestown
Mass
Howard Flagg
William Eric Partinen
Eric Partinen
Portland
Osteopathic Hospital
Brighton Avenue
Partinen
John L. Goff
U.S. A
Raymond Hw, Brown
Damariscotta
Eugene Sprague
Richardson Street
Albert R. Coombs
Boston
Sgt. Coombs
USA
Colorado Springs
Colo
Adjutant General School
Fort Washington
Maryland
Winnie Reed
Bootsbay Harbor
Bath
Charles A. Thayer
Highway and Sewer Board
Stanley R. Hunter
Paul M. Olm
Kennebec
Percy W. Kingsbury
Oliver
Newell
Edward Brown
Bernice Achorn
Annie Longley
Phyllis Bowie
William Dennison
Lulu Varney
Mabel Marks
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Elford A. Stover
Harold J. Carter
Earle B. Lermond
Newell and
Thayer
Rothwell
Roland B. Robinson
Charles H. Kidder
Kingsbury
Thomas
Plummer
Fenn
Green
Chester H. McCabe
Board of Health
Mildred Albee
Morse High School
Bath area residents valued in news of travel and obituaries
Mrs Ernest Heal of George town visited Bath with daughter Mrs Charles Audre. Andrew J Hart and others from Bath completed basic training and arrived in the city to pass furloughs. Miss Louise Duley of Kennebunkport visited her parents in Bath. Clinton McFadden left for Errol after visiting Mrs McFadden and Georgina. J B Cooke of Trufants Cross employed at Bath Tron Works left for Daytona Beach after death in Florida. Elijah Boyd, 79, died March 7 at his Brunswick home. he was a familiar figure on Broad and Front streets and worked for AJ Winslow’s hardware store.
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Robert Lee
Miss Mary Lee
Eugene Footer
Washington Street
Miss Lee
Portland
Camp Devens
Mass
Camp Oglethorpe
WAAC
Bath Trust Co
Charles Haggett
George Perry
George R. Perry
Raymond Parker
Philip Trainor
Louise Trainor
Richard W. Bentley
Ernest Heal
Georgetown
Charles Audre
Bath
Andrew J. Hart
Ber- Hare
Pratt
Se NL
Richard’ Sullivan
GS. No
Navport
Roi
J.B Cooke
Trufants Crossne
Bath Tron Works
Daytona Beach
Elijah Boyd
Brunswick
Boyd
Broad and
Front Street
AJ J . Winslow
Broad Street
Povich Family Outing in St Petersburg Florida
Cards show Morris and Mrs Povich enjoying a month long stay in St Petersburg Florida with weather described as like Summer in Maine Their son Donald visits his grandmother Mrs Nathan Povich on Front Street during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Povich
Middle Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Maine
Donald
Nathan Povich
Front Street
Wishart brothers return home after mother’s illness
Donald Wishart of Braintree and Robert Wishart of Walpole return to their homes after visiting parents Mr and Mrs John Wishart on Oliver street for several days due to their mother’s serious illness.
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Donald Wishart
Braintree
Mass
Robert Wishart
Walpole
John Wishart
Oliver Street
Local service notes and community updates in Bath
Pvt. Lawrence Boardman former Morse High athlete graduates as air craft sheetmetal worker at Chanute Field Illinois and serves at Houlton Army Air Base Maine. Various updates include social events, volunteering calls, recoveries, promotions and staff changes among Bath residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Boardman
U. S. Army Air Corps
Air Forces Technical School
Chanute Field
Ill
Houlton Army Air Base
Houlton
Pvt
Boardman
Morse High
Linwood Boardman
Floral Street
Bath Woman to Take Course in Spotting Planes
Mrs. Gerald J. Murray of 220 Oak Street will attend the Aircraft Recognition School in Portland for one week at Army expense. She is a longtime observer with the local post and will return to train others using Army materials. The program, under Brig. Gen. Willis B. Taylor, covers several eastern sites and aims to coordinate air defense with public expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald J. Murray
Oak Street
Portland
Army Air Forces
Army
Murray
Bangor
Bath Iron Works
Seaboard
Boston
Albany
Syracuse
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Scranton
New York City
Norfolk
Richmond
First Fighter Command
Willis B. Taylor
Mitchell Field
Long Island
City Council Inaugurated and urged public service
The piece urges careful choice of city leaders highlighting that government serves the people and missteps burden taxpayers. It warns against self serving candidates, emphasizes treating office as a public business, and calls for prudent oversight to prevent unnecessary debt and harm to citizens.
Engagement announced for Sara Barter and Charles Hewitt
Boothbay Harbor announces the engagement of Sara Barter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C Barter to Charles E Hewitt III son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E Hewitt Jr of Bath. Sara attends Boothbay Harbor high school class of 43 and works as part time secretary to attorney Reginald Harris. Hewitt a 1935 graduate and sheet metal worker at Bath Iron Works in Bath for six years. He leaves Thursday for Camp Devens for U S Army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace P. Morse
West Street
James Morse
U S. Coast Guard
Curtis Bay
Flo
Bath Iron Works
Ernest C. Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Sara
Charles E. Hewitt 3d
Charles E. Hewitt Jr
High Street
Bath
Miss Barter
Boothbay Harbor High School
Log
Reginald Harris
Hewitt
Morse High
Bath Iron Works Corp
Camp Devens
U.S. Army
Bailey Evening School Closes After Most Successful Season
One hundred fourteen graduates received diplomas at Morse High School as Bailey Evening School ended a year marked by harsh weather and wartime disruptions. Instructors noted strong student attendance and showcased knitting, sewing, dressmaking, marine woodworking, metal trades, and other crafts.
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Bailey
Morse High School
Paul V. Mason
Gertrude Blaisdell
Dora Collin
David Y. Alkazin
Lewis Nelson
Eva Gaudet
Elizabeth Deering
Edith Berg
Henry Harding
Dominique Tardiff
Russell Turcotte
Bath
Dick Attaya
Arthur Brown
Linwood F. Abbott
Warren Pinkham
Gerald Thornton
Raymond Kelley
Kirk Roberts
Bath Man Lieut Larrabee Transferred to Fort Eustis
Lieut Howard C Larrabee U S A is stationed at Fort Eustis Virginia, transferred from Camp Davis North Carolina. He volunteered over two years ago while working for Swift & Co in Dover New Hampshire and was part of the rescue party for Pamélia Hollingsworth of Barnstable Massachusetts who was lost in the White Mountains. He is the son of Mrs Lillias Larrabee of Liberty Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Berry
USA
Alvin T. Berry
Sumner O. Berry
York Street
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Berry
Brothers
West Bath
Dresden Mills
Massachusetts
Pvt
Denver
Colorado
Howard C. Larrabee
For Eustis
Larrabee
Bath
Dover
N. H
Swift & Co
White Mountains
Pamélia Hollingsworth
Barnstable
Mass
Lieut
Lillias Larrabee
Liberty Street
St Marys Guild Hosts Meetings at Mrs Tubbs Home
St Marys Guild of Grace church met Monday evening at 128 High street to decide meetings will continue there and to plan a food sale at Sen ters store Wednesday at two. Committee in charge includes Mrs Wilmer Voorhees Mrs Arthur Mayo and Mrs Russell Phinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
High Street
Senter’s, Inc
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Arthur F. Mayo
Russell L. Phinney
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