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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
2
The nation faces a new duty as the Victory Loan campaign begins. Citizens are urged to invest in United States bonds, not as a donation, but as a safe, profitable loan to support veterans and postwar recovery. The appeal emphasizes duty to widows, orphans, and hospitalized men, and encourages buying more than one bond if possible.
Farmers organize a Farm Program as the Victory Loan aims for 11 billion dollars. The plan urges farmer support to supply food for troops and allies. It presents bonds as a safe investment that converts profits into greater value, encouraging cash purchases for farm improvements.
Woolwich residents urge expanded bus routes and more reliable schedules as public transit remains a pressing local concern. Community members cite delays and coverage gaps affecting work, school, and shopping trips, urging officials to act.
The note argues for a proposed bus line across the Kennebec to aid Woolwich workers in Bath and local high school students. It urges thorough consideration and asks petitioners to show support by using a feasible service, especially during winter when crossing the Carlton bridge is difficult.
Glenwood J. Sherrard will be guest of honor at a testimonial luncheon during the Maine Hotel Association’s 24th annual meeting in Bangor. Horace W. Chapman announces events with headquarters at the Penobscot Hotel and Bangor House. An introduction by Rev. John N Feaster precedes a dinner headlined by John M. O Connell, Bangor Daily News editor and ex war correspondent.
A local couple celebrate their silver wedding anniversary surrounded by friends. The couple’s grounds are being landscaped as part of ongoing improvements, and well wishes pour in for many more years of happiness together.
Over the weekend Memorial Hospital welcomed four new babies. On Saturday a son was born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Christien sen of 188 High Street. A daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Charles E Clark of Bedford Street. Also Saturday a daughter to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brown of 406 High Street named Georgia Carroll Brown. On Sunday another daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ernest Brown of 359 Washington Street.
Dana L. McIntire 15, son of Mrs Ruth McIntire of 70 Russell Street, was shot in the top of the right foot by an unseen careless user of a small calBer rifle while in the woods west of Tarbox Street. He was taken to Memorial Hospital by Acting City Marshal Frank L Moriarty and Patrolman John Kelleher. not seriously injured.
Mrs. James Ashenden died Sunday in Wakefield Massachusetts after being out for the evening. Her daughter Mrs. Leonard Wetherbee and family of 1325 Washington Street were notified of the sudden death. Mrs. Ashenden had visited her daughter frequently.
The fall and winter market predicts fewer filberts and walnuts than 1944 while pecans show a bumper southern crop moving to market. This mix affects holiday fruitcake production and prices.
Sgt Dorothy E Crooker daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Crooker High street is home on furlough. She will return to Fort Leonard Wood on Friday.
Frank H. Johnson US Army receives honorable discharge after four and a half years. plans to return to Bowdoin College in November. Maurice Puffer US Army, Florida station, went back to duty after furlough with his mother. Ralph L. Houston US Navy, 21, aboard USS Bon Homme Richard, earns commendation for actions during final assault on Japan. served since 1942 and survived Atlantic torpedoing in 1944.
Aboard the Cruiser Pasadena at Yokosuka Japan the ship took part in the surrender ceremony and occupation of Japan after 10 months of Pacific duty. Pasadena saw action from Indo China to Honshu and supported island invasions and carrier strikes as part of major Pacific operations. Charles T. Robinson of USS New York is on 30 day leave with his parents in Bedford Street.
Sgt. Harold Bubar USA returns to his Hinckley Street home after discharge Saturday. He served three years and nine months in England France Belgium and Germany.
Warrant Officer Harrison W. Hubbard U S N R has returned to Brunswick after fifteen months of service in Hawaii. He received his discharge in Boston. Mrs Hubbard nee Betty Swanton daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl B Swanton of Bedford Street and their children had lived at the Bowdoin Apartments Brunswick during his absence.
Mrs William P Kelley of Edward Street reports that her husband Lieut William Kelley USNR has left Camp Ord California after three weeks of duty and sailed for service in the Japanese theater of occupation earlier in the week.
Lieut. Arthur C. Davis of Oceanside New York and Mrs. Davis with daughter Kathy returned home after a fort night visit on Ward Street. Lieut. Davis joined them for the final week of their stay accompanying his family.
Mrs. Charles Holbrook joins her husband in Norfolk as Sailors and airmen on the Bath Hellcats share letters from Guam and Tinian. Sgt. William E. Milliken details a 36 hour pass to reunite with Sgt. Robert Perry and Pfc. Richard Footer on Oct on Tinian. Perry hopes to return home for Christmas, while Milliken and Footer eye a Bath spring home. Milliken lists APO 264 San Francisco address. Lieut. Robert Goodrich and Mrs. Goodrich visit Quinacy Mass after his discharge from service. George Kenyon arrives in New York with overseas servicemen from England. Lieut. Richard G. Kendall weds Miss Mary Elizabeth Briggs in Augusta on Oct 16 at a candlelight home ceremony. Decors by local hosts and clubs mark the nuptials.
Sgt Charles H Grace of Fryeburg will soon receive an honorable discharge from the Air Force after four years and nine months of service. He is a veteran of the American and European Theaters and has been awarded the Air Medal and several service ribbons.
Edward Brown Jr of 50 Crawford Drive, a World War I veteran and son of Joseph Grace, has received an honorable discharge and returned home from the Army where he served as a Staff Sergeant in the Infantry, discharged at Pine General Hospital in Augusta Georgia. First Lieutenant William J. Kerwin of Shaw Street will revert to inactive status on January 20 after five years in the Armed Forces, and Captain Milton A. Galbraith at Camp Croft South Carolina announced the move. Kerwin will return to Bath on terminal leave before inactive status.
Pfc. Edwin M. Johansen of Lewiston has cleared Grenier Field N H Air Force Separation Center and will return home soon with an honorable discharge after 36 months in the service. He earned the Good Conduct Medal and has a brother Pvt. George Johansen in the service. He plans to resume work as a steel worker and is the husband of Bertha A. Johansen and son of Mrs. Catherine Johansen.
Harvey W. Dearborn USN a Corregidor era prisoner of war arrives at his mother Mrs Billa Dearborn Auburn after years in the Navy He visited last week with boyhood friend Frank Munsey Brunswick The USS Odum sailor Josiah H Marsh served in convoy to Japan seeing action at Ulithi Hollandia and Leyte with Madelyn Marsh of Bath Me wife listed
Henry James Richards of 10 Charles Street has been honorably discharged from the Army at Fort Meyer West Virginia.
Aboard the destroyer Taussig Harry L Knight fireman first class USNR son of Bath Maine returns with the ship to the States for Navy Day events. Gerald W Dawe and Richard O Dawe also arrive home from overseas while Randall G Nichols, Roland Staples and Chester Moore report recent discharges and postings.
First Lt. Mary Downey of the U S Army Nurse Corps returns home after three years overseas. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Downey of Wisconsin cassette, former Park Street residents, and attended Bath schools before graduation.
A local graduate joined the Nurses School of the Children's Hospital then served overseas with a Harvard unit, stationed in Ireland and Scotland before England. She is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Spicer of Bedford Street. Lt. Downey, discharged, and Mr. and Mrs. Downey with Harold Downey, head to Caratunk on Pleasant Pond. First Lt. James H. Barrett, USA, returned from Germany after 22 months with the Fourth Armored Division, meeting Mrs. Barrett in Boston and heading home on Fremont Street with 45 days leave remaining.
Ensign Francis Perry USNR visits home with wife and mother on Crescent street over the weekend. He is slated to report back to duty at Charlestown Rhode Island at the start of the coming week.
Harry E. Fullerton son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Fullerton of Huse street has received his honorable discharge after serving over three years in the Pacific Area. He is at home with his parents and hopes to enter the University of Maine next season.
Pfc. George H. Kenyon USA son of Mrs Arthur Kenyon Center street is expected to arrive home soon after three years of service. A brother Pfc Frank W Kenyon is now in the Pacific Area.
Norman E Seekins USN has returned home after three years overseas and an honorable discharge. The Seekinses report an eight point hunting trip trophy and reside at 6 Plant Miss Mila Orr. Miss Orr, a Morse High graduate, arrived from Washington DC to visit her parents. Sgt. Charles E Hewitt Jr USAAF returned from England France Germany Austria and reports to Fort Devens MA. Jeremiah W Desmond USN on 25 day leave from Norman OK. his brother Joseph F Desmond US Army awaits discharge at Camp Edwards MA. Albert US Army stationed at Okinawa. Edgard D Williams USNR and bride from Jacksonville FL honeymoon in New York, later married in Buffalo NY. Williams, Morse High alum ’40, worked at Bath Iron Works and trained at Colby and Massachusetts centers.
Pec Elwood Legard arrived on the noon train Tuesday from California with an honorable discharge after years and a half in the service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Legard of North street.
Frederick W. Thomas formerly of Fremont street in this city now of Phippsburg is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement.
Sent to Czechoslovakia after promotion to sergeant, Thomas Kenyon earned praise for multiple trips into a field under heavy artillery to repair damaged communications in Germany. The 84th Infantry Division cited his courageous actions and devotion to duty. He, a 1943 Orse High School graduate and former basketball manager, served 24 months overseas with five battle stars and was wounded in Germany with Patton's Third Army. His brother Sgt Frank Kenyon serves in the Pacific Theater of Occupation.
Mrs Leonard Litchfield returns to Washington street home with daughter Pamela after visiting her husband Lieut Leonard Litchfield USN in Melrose Massachusetts. They toured the USS carrier Wasp and battleships in Boston Harbor and stay with Mrs William Blair during his absence.
Mrs. Robert D. Allen travels to Norfolk to join GM-3/c USN Allen aboard the battleship Idaho after nearly four years in the Pacific. Walter Hill reports 21 days in the Pacific aboard a ship visiting Aleutians Bonin Iwo Jima as Morse High graduates from 1944 also serve aboard USS Admiral W. S. Benson. William Bailey, Morse class of ’44, serves Seabees on the Benson. Dr. Donald Watt buys the Jewett farm at Berry's Mills to raze the barn and rebuild on the old foundation after a fire.
Sarah Libby Silverman has returned home after spending a few days with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Saul Silverman in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
Elmer Geneau of Bath was sentenced to two and a half to five years in Thomaston State Prison for assault on two Bath women. Maurice Oliver of Bath had his case continued for sentence with two years probation. Leslie C. Larrabee of Bath was sentenced to two years in State Prison for larceny of an automobile. Kenneth Radley, held in court, pleaded guilty and paid a five dollar fine.
William C. Pinkham Jr was arraigned Thursday in Bath Municipal Court on a morals charge involving a 14-year-old girl. Judge Harold J. Ruth found probable cause and sent the case to Sagadahoc County Superior Court January term. Pinkham was ordered to post 3000 bail and remained in custody after police took him into custody Wednesday evening.
Joseph Cloutier Jr of Ba pleaded guilty in Bath Municipal Court to taking a one half ton truck with owner consent. He was fined and taxed costs totaling $5 by Judge Gardner R. Deering. Cloutier, a former Gibbo Coal Co employee, was arrested on the Old Brunswick Highway by Officer John Kelleher.
A new bulletin titled Problems of Difficult Br ing in Dairy Cattle No. 335 is available. It is prepared by Dr. J. W. Witter and may be obtained from County Agent C. L. Eastman Box 778 Lewiston. Copies go to Artificial Breeding Association members. others may request. Also notes Bath visitors Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blanchett and daughter Phyllis of Showhegan visiting Ridin List Lodge and nearby.
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