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December 19, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Provides extensive details about the Victory Loan Dance to be held at Bangor City Hall on Friday, December 21; has a photograph of four engineers (Bernie Noden and his son Richard Noden, Frank Clark, Jim Cunningham, and Herb Willey) after a successful bear hunt near Cherryfield; and features "civilian chit-chat" from Cecilia Riley, Dorothy Bates, Marion Dickson, Theresa O'Brien, and Marie Pecorelli.
December 12, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Promotes a Friday, December 21st Victory Dance at Bangor City Hall; Janet M. Reid provides the newest gossip among the civilian personnel; the landing of a B-29 is heralded; and Celilia Riley gives us the scoop on the aircraft maintenance department's activities on base and off.
December 5, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Tells of 1st LT. Robert Gross, the personnel officer of the 13th AACS Squadron, who had traveled to Greenland on the Arctic schooner, the Effie Morrissey; shows a captioned photograph of a group of workers of the visiting plane the Hag of Hardwyck; and reveals that civilian employees had began to outnumber military personnel on base.
November 23, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

S/SGT Bob Senser, PFC Andrew Misthos, T/SGT Harold Benenson, SGT Harry Morris, T/SGT Byron Hutchinson, SGT Adolph Diers, and S/SGT C.J. Pelezynski reveal their post-war plans; Joe Axelson spent a weekend at his hunting lodge in Glenburn; Hollis Parker and Forrest Clancy share notes about their newborns; Genevieve Marcus sold her house trailer; and Estelle Cassell, Gerry Williard, and Eleanor Savoy await the return of their husbands from overseas.
November 16, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

The virtuousness of Bangor's women are extolled (combatting a poor reputation brought on by the book and movie "The Strange Woman"); Captain Robert S. DuBois, CPL Neal E. Johns, CPL John L. Jonking, CPL Colin A. Williams, and Millie Allen are commended for their work processing passengers at U.S. Customs on base; and Forrest Clancy is congratulated on the birth of his baby girl.
November 9, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Soldiers and base personnel mentioned in this scaled-back issue of the Observer include: Henry Law; Keith Googin; Harris Mower; Kermit Clements; John Spinney & Gertrude Wood -- they were wed; Winfred Lane; Dick Rall; Irving Hoisey; and Irving S. Blau.
October 31, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

LT COL Edward J. Soulliere, the new director of Supply and Service, is profiled and pictured on Page One; T/SGT A.L. Thurston, S/SGT James Volz, CPL Victor Branca, SGT Harold B. Bender, and SGT Arthur Hennessey talk about their post war plans; Mrs. Alyce Connor and LT Joseph J. Marshall are shown in photographs at the base library; and Captain Robert C. Dubose looks quite sharp in his military uniform.
October 24, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Six Dow Fielders reenlist: T/SGT Charles F. White, S/SGT Leo F. Kamler, M/SGT William F. Brockman, S/SGT Robert R. Whisler, PFC Charles E. Johnson, and SGT Ronald J. Brady.

The question "What do you regard as the cause or causes of the recent sharp increase in the number of automobile accidents?" is answered by Mrs. Frances Copolino, CPL John M. Skube, CPL James C. Cowles, Mrs. E. Earle Brown, and V.W. Lenfest.

We see a photo of barber CPL Joseph Camuto and a photograph of 1st LT Edward J. Bartlett, a participant in the first daylight raid on Berlin.
October 17, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Jack Ross, PVT Bill McGaughey, PVT Clarence Dyer, PFC Ardayo, and PFC Hilford Daveer are shown mowing the grass at Dow Field; First LT Edward J. Bartlett replaces LT Frank Obermeyer as Post Exchange Officer (Bartlett and his wife, the former Miss Marie Boutin, live on Ohio Street in Bangor at this time); Louie Belliveau serves as the only barber on base; and we see a photograph of LT Helen V. Price, LT Marjorie Raynor, LT Florence F. Foy, CPL Eleanor Krasnopolska, CPL Lillian Lenore, acting 1st SGT Idelia Schleusner; PFC Mary O'Brien, PFC Mary Dingley, PFC Minnie Baumann, PFC Frances Savage, PFC Frances Dickerson, and PFC Linn Hill.
October 10, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Barbara Magee of base Air Supply anxiously awaits the return of her husband T/SGT Thomas E. Magee; Eleanor Bradeen, of the PX restaurant branch, and her daughter Sue Bradeen are pictured; and a large group of Dow Field soldiers, civilians, and WACS visited Quebec -- those on the trip included (and photographyed): S.J. Westock; John Plesnarski; John Crawford; Inez Campbell; Idelia Schleusner; Mary L. O'Brien; Phyllis Stappler; Kathleen Conlon; Eileen O'Reilly; Ruth Alger; George Anthony; Ruth Miller; Euleta Lake; Ernestine Stem; Gunrun Jacobson; Doris Singleton; Esther Swanson; Carrol Kasey; Margaret Scholz; Joseph J. Marshall, Herbert Huebner; and John McNaught.
September 26, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Three members, pictured and profiled, of the 135th AACS Squadron return to Dow Field after 14 months in Arctic. Each man had acquired an Eskimo name during his stay at the weather station on Baffin Island. The men were: T/SGT Allen R. Tepe, known as Oowukalak, translated as "Big Jowls"; CPL Aloysius B. Griffin, known as Polywatth i.e. "Big Ears"; and CPL James E. Kramer, Eegothwola, i.e. "Small Man with Glasses."

CPL William Zander is shown serving Rusty the dog a perhaps not dietetically appropriate Coca-Cola.

CPL John Dura, SGT Mario Sirabella, SGT Lowell E. Dahlberg, CPL Beatrice C. Vizena, and SGT Joseph C. Cooper weigh in on processing changes to the Dow Field Observer.

And dozens of civilian Dow Field workers are shown in a group photo.
September 19, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Soldiers and civilians written about and photographed in this issue include Captain Charles Horvath, Mr. Hobart H. Conover, First LT Merlin C. Benninger, CPL Jay C. Kemper, PFC Donna Purdie, SGT Lester F. Sorenson, PFC Odysseus A. Liakakes, Captain Claude M. Maer Jr., PFC Doris Ramer, and two-year old Sharon Lee Sherman, daughter of Aircraft Maintenance crew member A.C. Sherman.
September 12, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Mary Jo Swan and PFC Peter Olander demonstrate a proper kissing stance; PVT Helen Ross is pictured with Geraldine, the skunk pet of SGT H.P. Puckett; LT Samuel L. Hinson gets promoted to Captain; three 1st SGTs, William Kelley, Grant F. Walsh, and Arthur G. Brickman get transferred off base; SGT Stanley Mikelk returns from Washington with valuable data; the 38th Aviation Squadron, a predominantly African American squadron, is featured on page 3, with over a dozen soldiers identified and photographed; and civilians Alice Conroy and Howard Graham are profiled on page 5.
September 5, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Page One provides a photograph of LT COL Edward F. Tindell, Captain Richard Boyd, 1st LT Robert Craven, the parents of a flyer, 1st LT Donald L. Huff, who was killed in action, 1st LT Arthur E. Bowel, and Captain Melvin G. Caldwell.

SGT Thomas J. Kelly, SGT Carroll Daugherty, SGT Joseph Jenyk, CPL William J. Murphy, and SGT Gerard Steltz discuss their post war plans.

The softball champions from Squadron E are pictured. Soldiers are: T/SGT William Toles; CPL James Green, 1st LT Harold L. Little; PFC James Bright; 1st SGT Henry Trott; T/SGT Lester Grant; PFC Horace Cranford; PFC James Massey; S/SGT Clarence Riley; PFC Elmore Williams; S/SGT Joseph Brooks; CPL George McMullin; PFC Louis Brown; CPL Charles Monroe; PVT Charles Stuart; CPL William Mitchell; and PFC Orlando Hughes. Team members not pictured: PFC Fred Gaymond; PFC Harold Miller; PFC Forrest Harris, and PFC Edward Tedder.
August 22, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Among the items in this packed issue are: S/SGT. Leslie Brogdon was elected new president of the NCO Club; First Lt. Helen V. Price became new commanding officer of WAC Squadron C; SGT. William Willis won at the Dow Field tennis courts; 2nd LT. Paul Hanley married Gladys Ryder at a base ceremony; and the base celebrated Japan's surrender.
August 15, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Victory!" reads the headline. The smaller print proclaims "Historic Week Quiet on Base." A parade and gigantic picnic are announced to celebrate the end of the war.

In lesser news, LT. Robert W. Shannon and Captain Thomas M. Slamal are shown with trophies for winning the doubles tennis competition; and a story telling of the return of three buck sergeants, Joseph Johns, John Moore, and Francis Breyne to Dow Field after a 15 month stay at Labrador in the arctic.
August 8, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Touts "an afternoon Tea Dance in the Pavilion at Branch Pond ... on Sunday of Camp Jordan for use by soldiers and their guests" (transport from base via hourly trucks and buses); features a story about PFC. Venerable McFarland and his invention; an extensive article, with numerous photographs, of the base's 58 firefighters; and details the promotion of Air Inspector Lewis W. Graham to major.
July 25, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Dow Field gets two new chaplains, Chaplain Edward J. Morkowski and Chaplain Paul F. Ketchum; Thomas C. Nowdy, Oliver Cormier, Edmund J. Boucher, Lester V. Vasseur, and Guy Allen answer the question "What problems have confronted you since receiving your discharge?"; Major George F. Bryon is promoted to LT. COL; and we see pictures of Captain Earl R. Holm and Captain Willie Knutson.
June 27, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Page 6 announces 40,000 attend Dow Field open house. LT COL Edward F. Tindell greeted the crowd.

Soldiers mentioned in this issue include: Herbie Blinn, PFC William Fleming, CPL Leon Tarien, SGT Stanley Mikelk, SGT Carleton Cummings, S/SGT Millard Meier, PVT Doris Ramer, and CPL Myra Harris.

16 year old Bangor girl, Caliope Mourkas, won the grand prize of $1000 bond at the Open House raffle.
June 20, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Soldiers and civilians featured in this issue include: S/SGT James A. Mayne; 1st SGT Thomas Shanley, 2nd LT George Doran, 1st LT Earl R. Holm, 1st SGT Paul M. Engle, SGT Mario Sirabella, Louis Belliveau, Lillian M. Talbot, and SGT Joe Crooks.
June 13, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

LT COL Orie O. Schurter, former CO of Dow Field, welcomes the new Commanding Officer, LT COL Edwards F. Tindall; Captain Elbert Stallard, the Chief of Dental Services at Dow Field, gets an extended profile and photo; winners in the handball tournaments on base include CPL Leo Stein, SGT Abel Seidman, LT Jerome Grossman, CPL Sheldon Rosenthal, CPL Charles Brown, and W/O A.G. Sprague; Alta Edgecomb has "prettiest smile" in Hanger 1; Mrs. Louise F. Bell handles Red Cross at hospital; and we get a story entitled "20 Women Doing Men's Jobs on Hangar Line of the Base" which name-drops Genevieve Marcus of Bangor, Lilly Langlais of Old Town, and Arvilla Thayer of Bangor.
May 23, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT George Barton "makes with the needle and thread to sew on the new Dow Field insignia"; LT Grace Manning, a WAC commanding officer, is profiled; PFC Pisetzner Aaron, PFC Floyd W. Tidwell, PVT Mary Skillings, CPL Alfred Richardson, and SGT Joseph Milanesi answer the question of the fairness of the point system; CPL Lloyd McFarland marries PVT Alice Fillion at the Dow Field Chapel -- complete with a newlywed photo; and Page 5 displays photographs of various soldiers cleaning the facilities at the base. The cleaning soldiers include: SGT George Ciminera; SGT Dan "Mailman" McCarthy; CPL Harry "Ticker Taker" Tsucalas; S/SGT James "Money Order" Haffey; CPL William "Photogenic" Beattie; CPL Mason Burcham; SGT Edgar Marcotte; SGT John Clifford; CPL Norman Benning; CPL Edward Chell; CPL Lowell Dahlberg; and CPL Anthony Videtta.
May 16, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

PFC Maceo Simpson was tops on base in the PT quarterly tests; CPL Audrey Moulton was the first Dow Field soldier discharged under the new point system; PVT Fred Gaymon, T/SGT Robert Miller, PFC Frank Dillon, and SGT Joseph Milanesi answer a pressing question on a base policy change; and George Cameron describes his role of being in charge of the base's motor pool.
April 18, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Includes a lengthy profile on S/SGT. Grant F. Walsh, another article profiles base PX worker and Bangor native Charlie Share, a detailed story about the 135th Squadron of the 6th Wing of the Army Airways Communications -- completed with brief biographies of several officers, and a full page write-up, with many photographs, of "The Hub," the Priorities and Traffic Section of Dow Field.
April 4, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Feature articles include promotion of a USO show by the Wilfred Mae Trio, features about 1st Lieutenant Armel H.C. Opp, PFC Vera Edwards, T/SGT. Irving N. Meltzer, and soldiers "from away" being asked about likes or dislikes about Maine.