Brunswick Youth Survivor of Wasp Sinking Recalls Harrowing Escape
Malcolm French, aviation machinist’s mate first class and Brunswick High School graduate, survived the June 1944 attack on the USS Wasp after torpedo strikes and a fire that engulfed the ship. He swam through oil, helped rescue wounded, and rode out hours in the sea before rescue, later recounting his ordeal at Bowdoin College Navy Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
U.S. S. Asp
Malcolm French
First Lass
Is Pears
John
French
Pleasant Street
Runswick
Malcolm
Hher
Malim
Colm
Malit
Bud
California
Malco
UF Ostick
Wasp
Bowdoin College
Sills
Brunswick Lions Club
Halloween Party and Community Happenings in Richmond
The Ideal Home Corner club hosted a Halloween party at the Daughters of Veterans hall. Edward Lewis received a surprise party at his County road home after a Fort Devens departure. Local and out of town friends attended. Numerous church events, fairs, and a scrap drive are noted along with installation at Richmond Lodge and a rummage sale for hospitalized service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Home Corner Club
Daughters of Veterans Hall
Edward Lewis
Fort Devens
County Road
Wendell Hudson
South Gardiner
Jane Smith
Charles Kelley
Farmingdale
Vincent Kittridge
Raymond Banks
Austin Hatch
Randolph
Lewis
Richmond High School
South Portland
Bath
Earl Lewis
Richmond
Alexander Cairns
Dresden Mills
South Dresden
Methodist Church
George Volz
Warren Joy
Ruby Fisher
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Walter Quarrinton
Portland
Baptist Church
Quarrington
Enterprise Grange
Emerson School
Perley Joy
Lions Club
Amos
Lester Norton
United Baptist Church
Richmond Lodge
No. 63
Masonic Hall
Fort Richmond
Della Grondin
Main Street
Charles B. Day
Earl Cronk
Laurence Bond
Solon Purinton
Donald Little
Reed Protheroe
Iss Ruie Curtis
Leslie Roberts
Fred Strout
Charles Wakefield
Edwin Pratt
Clowes Guiou
Georgetown Halloween party and local notices in brief
Children held a Center road Halloween party with many in costume and a blue berry pie contest. The Working League met with Mrs. Joseph Higgins. Deer hunting yielded a 125 pound doe by Ted Campbell. Mrs. Kinney will speak on her doll hobby via WOR New York. Navy enlistment and local family news fill this community update with several relocations and events through early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Road
Joseph Higgins
Ted Campbell
Charles Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Robinhood
WOR
New York
Harry Carlisle
Frank Koehlwetter
Frank Boyd
Andrew Rowe
Prescott Steadman
Denver
Col
Steadman
Portland
Maine
Steadmans
Elmer Palmer
William Chesna
Howard Trafton
Frank Fowler
Charles MacMahan
Walter Beane
Malden
Mass
Wiscasset
Ferris Leonard
Warren S. Todd
New Caledonia
Harry Palmer
Melrose
Roscoe Todd
Brooks Crosby
Boston
Carl Delano
Horace T. Parkhurst 70 dies after heart attack in Togus
Horace T. Parkhurst, 70, died Monday at Togus hospital after a heart attack. Born October 12, 1872 in Albion, he was a stonecutter formerly in Hallowell. He was a member of Enterprise Orange, Townsend club, and a past commander of the Spanish War Veterans of Waterville. He lived in Richmond four years and is survived by his wife Alice Meader Parkhurst, three daughters Martha Sutter, Ruby Crawford, Ruth Wedge, a son Guy Parkhurst, three grandsons, and an aunt Kate Morrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace T. Parkhurst
Togus Hospital
Albion
Samuel
Mary Donahoe Parkhurst
Hallowell
Enterprise Orange
Townsend Club
Waterville
Richmond
Alice Meader Parkhurst
Martha Sutter
Portland
Ruby Crawford
Ruth Wedge
Guy Parkhurst
Lincoln
Neb
Kate Morrill
Unity
Adelbert S. Hunnington dies after five days illness
Adelbert S. Hunnington died Sunday at his home on North Street Richmond after a five day illness. Born January 3, 1875 in Litchfield, he was the son of Daniel and Almeda Haines Hunnington and spent most of his life in Richmond. He was a member and deacon of the Church of the Nazarene. Survived by Pinkham Hunnington two daughters Alice Wedge of Richmond Beatrice Dill of Lewiston three grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers Benjamin of East Auburn Arthur of Belfast two sisters Sadie Mansfield of Belfast and Etta Lilly of Cliftondale Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert S. Hunnington
North Street
Richmond
Litchfield
Daniel and
Almeda Haines Hunnington
Church of the Nazarene
Pinkham Hunnington
Alice Wedge
Beatrice Dill
Lewiston
Benjamin
East Auburn
Arthur
Belfast
Sadie Mansfield
Etta Lilly
Cliftondale
Mass
Bath Newsman Rounds Up Local Social Moves
Portland calls on friends and Bath shoppers visit on Saturday. Bath residents report trips to Portland Brooklyn and Lewiston, family visits and work updates at Bath Iron Works.
Kindergarten Guests Celebrate Halloween at Dike School
Members of the Dike school kindergarten hosted a Halloween party at the Venos home on Dummer street with a weenie roast and marshmallow toasting. Bruce Harrington won a prize for costumes and Jania L. Hanna plus Robert Haggett earned prizes for prettiest girl and best looking boy. Others attending included Wayne Fuller Juliana Cummings Patricia Mockley and more. Bonnie Belanger celebrated her fourth birthday with friends and gifts as Albert and Hubert Barter and others joined the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Mickey Venos
Leo Venos
Dummer Street
Bruce Harrington
Jania L. Hanna
Robert Haggett
Wayne Fuller
Juliana Cummings
Patricia Mockley
Peter Venus
Patricia Carver
Jean Dow
Patricia Gaudet
Robert Lamis
Earl Robinson
Judy Mank
Barbara Berenson
Robert Edwards
Arthur Sonia
Carroll Fitzgerald
George Langbehn
Lorraine Sanford
John Greene
Patricia Atwood
William Perry Jr
Edward Estes
Maynard Mailly
Anola Haines
Arlene McCorr
Gay Bonney
Bonnie Belanger
Leon
Five Islands Community Notes From Local Church to Family News
The Five Islands community reports a well attended church meeting led by Rev Samuel Bradford of Denver on Gods Grace. Local residents Emery and family occupy a new home between Five Islands and Georgetown while J G Stevens sells a cow and plans a shed. Several social events including a Halloween masquerade at the Library hall drew many from Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bradford
Denver
Col
Emery
Woolwich
Five Islands
Georgetown
Earland Thibodeau
Diane Patricia
Bath Memorial Hospital
Good Neighbor Club
Laura Harding
J. G. Stevens
George Sprague
Topsham
Thomas W. Blaisdell
Vernal Chaney
Library Hall
Philip Pinkham
Arthur Davis
Georgetown Center
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Library
Hall
Harold A. Rowe, Jr
Harold Rowe
Kittery
Chicago
Naval Base
Jacksonville
Fla
Gilbert Standish
Personal Showers Held For Mrs Reid Perkins And Mrs Shirley Pratt
Mrs Reid Perkins and Mrs Shirley Pratt received surprise personal showers hosted by Mrs John Burgess and Mrs Arthur L Totman at Mrs Totman s Winneganee home Tuesday night. Guests included co hosts and family. bridge high was Duncan H Farrell whist high Harold Mott. consolation Melvin E Pratt. Refreshments appeared, and gifts were sent by several friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Perkins
Shirley Pratt
John Burgess
Arthur L. Totman
Totman
Winneganee
Duncan H. Farrell
Harold Mott
Melvin E. Pratt
Leroy Perkins
Cleveland Holbrook
Bur- Pratt
Edwin Oliver
Robert Dow
Norman MacDonald
Elmer Morse
Priscilla Coombs
Virginia Rogers
Beulah Pratt
Doris Spinney
Victor Leask
Ray Green
Foster Pratt
Lilly Herman P. Lilly dies at 77 in South Dresden
Herman P Lilly aged 77 of South Dresden died Saturday after a period of ill health. He was born in South Dresden on Lilly hill in 1866 and worked as timekeeper for the ice harvesting industry. He served as a church trustee and farmer. Surviving are his daughter Evelyn Munsey, a grandson Alton Munsey, sister Mrs Charles Lilly, brothers Joel and Harley Lilly, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral held at South Dresden Methodist Church with Dr. Alexander Cairns officiating. Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Perkins Lilly
South Dresden
Herbert A. Munsey
Day's Ferry
Joel R. Lilly
Mr. Lilly
Lilly
Lilly's Hill
Frank
Alfred
Roy
Frank Lilly
Herbert Lilly
Woolwich
Maple Grove Cemetery
Battle of Midway Shown At Uptown Theater
Navy motion pictures of the Battle of Midway will run Friday and Saturday at the Uptown Theater as an added feature to the regular program. The 20 minute Technicolor film, shot from a U S naval ship by Commander John Ford, depicts the battle’s fierce action and the Japanese defeat. Ford, a Portland native and former 20th Century Fox director, was wounded in the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Battle of Midway
John Ford
Portland
20Th Century Fox
Comm
Ford
Bowdoin Professor to Speak at South End Teachers Banquet
Herbert Ross Brown professor of English at Bowdoin will address the teachers banquet Thursday evening at Morse High School. The event, under the South End Parent-Teacher Association, starts at 6 30 in the High school's sewing room before the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Ross Brown
Bowdoin
Morse High School
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Coffee Price Hiked 10 Cents At Local Restaurants
Bath restaurateurs voted to raise coffee prices starting Monday due to rising ingredient costs. The notice cites a ten cent increase as a response to current expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Restaurateurs
Walter P. Ordway Dies in Skowhegan
Walter P. Ordway, longtime Skowhegan businessman and prominent Masonic leader, died Thursday morning after prolonged illness. He served as past grand commander of Maine Knights Templar and past potentate of Kora Temple Shrine, with funeral planned in Skowegan and to be conducted by Dr. Wilson. survived by his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Otway
Skowhegan
David L. Wilson
Ordway
Knights Templar
Maine
Kora
Order of the Mystic Shrine
United States of America
Wilson
Albert A Thayer Dies After Illness In Bath
Albert A Thayer 33 of 404 Center Street Bath died Sunday morning in a Boston hospital after a two week illness. Born in Bath Aug 31 1909 he was a machinist at Bath Iron Works and a member of Bath Lodge of Elks serving as tyler. Surviving: widow Celeste M MacFarland Thayer father Charles A two sons Donald Albert and Charles Irving five brothers Lawrence Kenneth Alan Harry and Robert two sisters Bernice Christensen and Dorothy Thayer. Funeral Thursday at two from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Howard Trafton
Ralph Davis
Maureen
Joseph Agins
Walter Cummings
Lester Powers
Ann
Bath
E. H. Hunter
Concord
N. H
Hunter
Josephine Hooker Wilson
Alexander Cunningham
Frank Kheelwetter
Alfred Farrow
Robinhood
Boston
Carol
Dorothy Farrow
William Bisseth
Ernest Heal
Bath Iron Works Corp
Allen C. Brown
Abbie Minott
Phippsburg
Minnie Gray
Center School
Lewiston
Bridgton
Frank B. Fowler
Bowdeinham
Pohek House
Mr. Fowler
Bath Iron Works
Maynard Allbee
Gorham
George Powers
J. F. Higgins
Winn
Albert Humphrey
Webber Road
Clifton Matthews
Ayer
Mass
Rachel
Fred Spinney
Camp Devens
Norman Gay
Albert A. Thayer
Center Street
Charles A
Lillian Gertrude Webster Thayer
Bath Lodge of Elks
Tyler
Redson
Celeste M. (MacFarland) Thayer
Donald Albert
Charles Irving
Lawrence
Kenneth
Alan
Harry
Robert
Bernice Christensen
Dorothy Thayer
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Mrs Lorena M King Dies After Ill Health
Lorena May King 37 died Monday at her sister’s home 13 West Street after illness. Born Bath October 17 1905 to George D Parshley and Nellie Jane Bragg Parshley she is survived by her parents sister and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena May King
Robert Boyce
West Street
Mrs. King
Bath
George D. Parshley
Nellie Jane (Bragg) Parshley
Charles Thorn
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
University of Maine Club Meets Friday
Merrymeeting Association of the University of Maine will meet Friday evening at eight in Central church parish house. A short business meeting will precede a social hour with refreshments. Ted Curtis athletic manager at Maine will be present. Invitations go to former U of M students living in Bath and nearby, with newspaper notice inviting all others as well. Harold Pratt of Brunswick is president and Miss Ellen B Hodgkins of Bath is secretary. The article notes Miss Kathleen Scott of Brunswick was a weekend guest in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Association
University of Maine
Central Church Parish House
Ted Curtis
Maine
Bath
U. of M
Harold Pratt
Brunswick
Merry Meeting Association
Ellen B. Hodgkins
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Pasquale Cadenelli
Beverley
Cadenelli
Jesse Sherburne
Quoddy
A. L. Bond
North Adams
Barbara Farwell
Frank Preble
Frank Hea
Cambridge
Lillian Blair
Mary Olsen
St. Mary's Hospital
Harry Wood
Yarmouth
Harold Richardson
Adelbert Hunnington
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Luke Roy
Alice Cromwell
T. E. Cromwell
Cromwell
Oakley Thibodeau
Theodore and
Camilla
Weymouth
Seguinland
Charles Kenney
Norman, Douglas and Warren
Harold, Jr
Carl
Gerald Crabtree
Farber Davis
Portsmouth Navy Yard
James Stevens
Derby Line
Woodrow Gray
Minnie Berry
West Newton
W. L. Berry
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn Berry
Herman P. Lilly
South
Dresden
Uptown Theatre
Marie Gallagher
Plum Lane
Susie Maxim
Alice Plummer
Flora Thayer
Albert Plummer
Francis Plummer
Bernard Plummer
Walter P. Ordway
Lorena M. King
Kathleen Scott
Fred S, Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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