Bath society notes and local visits in Owego era style
Bath society columns recount residents and visitors including Mrs Beatrice DeCostas now in India as a Red Cross worker, Bay View House manager history at Southport, measles cases, anniversaries, hospital recoveries, and social events across Bath with many Mayflower era names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Mosley DeCostas
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Louise Mosley
Weeks Street
India
Red Cross
DeCostas
War Bond
Bath’ Tronorks
Washington, D. C
Naval wedding at Kittery a brilliant affair
Miss Geraldine Alberta Stott of Bath married Lieut E Bradley Carlton Dental Corps USN in the Naval chapel at Kittery in a ceremony before about 200 relatives and friends. Lt. Carlton is of Troy New York and the couple celebrated at the Officers Club Navy Yard. The bride wore ivory satin and a lace coronet veil, the wedding party entered to Lohengrin. The reception followed with relatives from Bath Troy Boston and Newport in attendance.
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Naval Chapel
Kittery
Geraldine Alberta Stott
Bath
E. Bradley Carlton
Dental Corps
Catherine Legard
Edward Sharkey
Troy
Tie Lloyd EF. Shepard
Chaplain’s Corps
US. N.R
Ardenne A. Stott
M.C
N.R
Finch
U.S. N
Tehkowsky
Navy Yard
Carlton
Atroom
Stott
Hove
Rockingham
Taent
Naval
Newport
Rybo
N. Y
Boston
Reading
Mass
Harry S. Carlton
N.Y
Hewes
Rensselaer Polyoeehtic Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Morse High School
Moets
Maine
Massachuets
Tateksot College
Siuminges College
New York State
Titil
Wimerican Red Cross
Naval Hospital
Newport, Row
Stat
Comm
Julius Gravy
Come Farold Riker
Comin Ross Abnty
Lieut
Heward
Poe
NEWS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM
Letters from service members and families detail wartime experiences overseas and in training. Postings include USAAF air transport pilots in Africa and Europe, Marines stationed at Oceanside and Mojave, sailors on leave, and recruits heading to Parris Island. Names include John Cox, Robert Bailey, Harry Boucher, Wesley Simpson, Kenneth Kittredge, and others.
Ensign Sherman Completes Training At Princeton University
Ensign Paul Sherman USNR, city and Topsham resident, finished two months training at Princeton University New Jersey and will spend a few days with Mrs. Sherman and children Gail and Paul Jr. at their Topsham home before reporting to a new assignment. He previously worked in a clerical role at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Paul Sherman
USNR
Topsham
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Local Servicemen News From Bath Area Fares to Training
Owen Clayton Richards and John P. York, both 17, prep for U S Navy training at Sampson N Y. Second Lt David Cressey and Mrs Cressey arrive on 16 day leave from Maxwell Field Ala. Pvt Lloyd E Shaw 18 completes basic at Fort Riley and heads to Fort Meade Md with six expert marksman medals. Robert Lawrence enters Navy V 12 College program at University of Rochester after Martin Island Camp Lejeune time. Pvt Harold E Doughty a 10 day furlough party near Bath ends with Fort Meade posting. Pvt Ralph C Wright 22 linked to Portland and Woolwich origins noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd E. Shaw
Harold R. Shaw
Woolwich
Fort Riley
Kansas
Fort Meade
Bath
Harry Watson
Front Street
Leon Eaton
Oak Street
Shaw
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Robert Lawrence
J. K. Lawrence
Arrowsic
University of Rochester
Lawrence
Parris Island Marine Base
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Harold E. Doughty
Seth N. Doughty
Shaw Street
Washington Street
South End
Clayton Holden
Walter Snipe
Raymond Davis
Seth Doughty
Rose Doughty
Pvt. Doughty
Kai
Baltimore
Wright brothers in air force receive oak leaf cluster
Sgt Ralph C Wright receives the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for five bomber missions and meritorious achievement. A U S Army Eighth Air Force report places him Somewhere in England. His brother S Sgt Adrian H Wright is a prisoner of war in Germany. Both Morse High graduates worked at Bath Iron Works and Leavitt Woolwich before enlistment. Nephew of local mail carrier William T Wright, the Wright family celebrates Ralphs escape from a raid while Adrains plane was downed.
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U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
England
Wright
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Leavitt
Woolwich
Adrian H. Wright
U.S. A. Air Forces
Germany
Red Cross
Ralph C. Wright
William T. Wright
S. Sgt
Ralph Wright
Bath area veterans and relatives in war service update
Pvt Walter S Simonton, son of Mr and Mrs Osbert Simon ton, stationed at Camp Kearns Utah, wife in Bath. Lt Ruth G Haskell author of Nurse Under Fire recounts African campaign service at field hospital and overseas hospitalizations. George F Stafford SF 3c USN on seven day leave from Marshall Islands returns to Bath. Pvt Gerard Delisle ill with yellow jaundice and trench feet in Italy after Lewiston High and Bath Iron Works. Clarence S Miller USN completes recruit training at Sampson NY. Sgt Dick Tennelly report on Namur Island comms with Pvt Marcel Dumais of Bath Iron Works family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth H. Kittredge
Sampson, M. Y
High Street
Mr. Kittredge
Bath Tron Works
Harry Kittredge
Augusta
Walter S. Simonton
Osbert H. Simonton
Coast Guard
Bath Iron Works
Camp Kearns
Utah
Bath
Ruth G. Haskell
Haskell
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Bath Memorial Hospital
Halloran Hospital
Edgar Leavitt
Ream General Hospital
Palm Beach
Fla
George F. Stafford
USN
Marshall Islands
W. L. Stafford
Woolwich
Seaman Stafford
Seattle
Wash
Gerard
Jiggs) Delisle
Francois Delisle
Maple Street
Lewiston
Italy
Pvt
Delisle
Lewiston High School
Holy Cross College
Robert
Bath Times
Dick Tennelly
Marine Corps
Marcel A. Dumais
Josephine Dumais
Union Street
Brunswick
Marine Combat Team
Namur Island
Associated Press
Dumais
Butch
Fernand G
Washburn Istreet
Dumais brothers known in Bath sports teams playdowns
In service, also at Bath Iron Works, Rob ert Flash Dumais serves on a bomber in the Central Pacific while Rog er Gay Dumais is now a member of a P. C. boat crew in the Pacific. The Dumais brothers are well known in Bath for playing on Brunswick High School teams against Morse High of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Robert “Flash
Central Pacific
Roger “Gay"’ Dumais
P. C
Pacific
Dumais
Bath
Brunswick High
Morse High of
Pvt James P Sutherland Jr reassigned to active service
Pvt James P Sutherland Jr son of Mr and Mrs James P Sutherland of this city is reassigned to an active branch of the service. He has been in the Army college program since June at Texas A and M College where the unit is being dissolved. He previously served with the 797th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company of the 97th Division at Camp Swift Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Avery
Maurice, Jr
Phippsbore Center
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Avery
Prof
Joseph Avery
Court Street
James P. Sutherland, Jr
James P. Sutherland
A. & M. College
Texas
Sutherland
Army College Program
797Th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
97Th Division
Camp Swift
Storm brings eight inches of snow to Maine coast
Spring arrived in Maine with a blustery easterly storm that dumped eight inches of snow on southern coastal regions and lesser amounts inland. The weather disrupted air schedules but bus lines faced no serious delays and railroads were not affected.
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Maine
Bath Woman Hosts Fortnight For Army Captain
Mrs. Jacob Smith as former Oak street resident hosts a Fortnight for Dr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Smith of Washington street. Capt. Smith M C US A reports arrival overseas with hot conditions, having served as a physician in Bath El Paso Chickasha and on the West Coast. Mrs. Smith led the Girl Scouts in El Paso before moving on. Capt. Smith, son of Samuel and Mrs. Smith of Clinton New Jersey, has ties to former Brunswick residents and recently visited New York City.
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Jacob Smith
Oak Street
Bath
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Capt. Smith
M. C
el Paso
Texas
Chickasha
Okla
West Coast
Death calls Dr Rush to Charlemont uncle
Dr Charles F Rush D M D of this city has been summoned to Charlemont Massachusetts due to the sudden death of his uncle Walter Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Rush
Charlemont, Mass
Walter Lane
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Birmingham
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Greensboro
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Biren Point Road
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