Dow Field Observer

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December 6, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Announces that Colonel Francis B. Valentine will be be leaving Dow Field for a new post and that Colonel S.F. Landers is the new commanding officer of Dow; the "Dow Field's Post Personality" is S/SGT. Freddie Neumann of New Haven, Connecticut; and "Know Your Officers' introduces LT. Herbert J. Carter, a Springfield, Massachusetts, native.
November 29, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

PFC Toni Romano and CPL Gladys Hoffman have the table ready for the Thanksgiving rush in the WAC's Mess Hall; "Know Your Officers" introduces LT COL Bernhard T. Alm; "Dow Field's Post Personality" features S/SGT Stanley J. Schaffer; and CPL Ted Johns dishes the latest news from the Quartermaster.
November 22, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Mr. James J. Milliner of Bangor is presented an Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to his missing in action son James J. Milliner; S/SGT Stanley Schaffer, SGT Leroy Rodman, CPL Harold Lynton, and CPL Al Stone edged out WACS S/SGT Sue Friedrichs, SGT Beatrice Goldstein, PFC Shirley Hirschaut, and PFC Ginny Bonham in a trivia contest; PFC Alfred Paulini is the "Dow Field's Post Personality" of the week; and Captain Phillip J. Gilinson was promoted to Commanding Officer of the Base Weather Detachment.
November 15, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Some of Dow Field's soldiers paraded on Exchange Street to promote a benefit showing of "This Is the Army"; SGT Steve Swetenko and CPL Ken Bishop entertained on base; "Dow Field's Post Personality" profiles PVT Joseph Nyme; "Know Your Officers" presents Chaplain Harold R. Lutz; and CPL John Horodysky "seems to have lost that sparkling smile recently" (not specified why).
November 8, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Shorty de Lorme is shown being toward over by visiting boxing greats Max and Buddy Baer; "Know Your Officers" profiles gym instructor LT Clarence H. Ortt of Newcomerstown, Ohio; CPL Maurince Bargonier dishes the news and gossip from the Signal Corps; and John Gildersleeve and Arvid Johnson were winners in base boxing bouts.
November 1, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Former heavy weight boxing champ Max Baer and his boxing brother Buddy Baer visit Dow Field; PVT Bob Loester is the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; and T-5 Jane Competillo may have found suitor.
October 25, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

News from the Complement Squadron, written by Joseph P. McCartney, fills us in on the antics of 1st SGT John Wesolosky, CPL Danny Sabau, SGT Vince McGarry, LT Jack E. Wilkin, Captain William C. Jedd, and others.
October 18, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" presents an extensive look at the life of PFC Jimmy Niles; Herb Finnell, Bob Howard, Warren Peryea, Jack Marcus, and Carl Farcus compete for the crown of Mr. Medic of 1943 -- an honor won by Mr. Finnell; and Violet Powers marries SGT Anges Bushey.
October 11, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" highlights the life of S/SGT Joseph Aloyisous Theodore Levy; promotions on base include Harold S. Linton, Irving N. Meltzer, and Emmett W. Heenan; and Fernande J. Marcotte completed her service at the dental clinic on base.
October 4, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

LT COL Thorne Deuel and Captain Raymond A. Dresher attend a ceremony dedicating the new gymnasium on the base; Captain Frank Comiskey celebrates 25 years of Army life; and Chaplain James Blakeney returns to Dow after 16 months service in Europe.
September 27, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

We see a photograph of the interior of the Dow Field gymnasium; PVT Harold S. Lynton of the Law Department is the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; "Know Your Officers" shows us a sharp picture of Major Bernard Frazin; and Brigadier General Frank O.D. Hunter is named the new commander of the First Fighter Command.
September 20, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Officers" introduces Captain Raymond A. Drescher; CPL Bert Gawley gives us the news and musings from the Ordnance Department; and a long list of base promotions includes Geneva E. Mosgrave, Agnas C. Gustafson, Hannah M. Matlack, Lucille T. Bishop, Adna E. Dutton, Hazel D. Freeman, Dorothy Himmelsbach, Alvin J. Holstead, John H. Madar, Erwin F. Link, Evaristo Garcia, Quentin R. Randall, Henry A. Prussell, Francis M. Wasil, Nicholas J. Thereoulis, Joseph F. Bryja, and Edwin Langfelder.
September 13, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" is CPL Ralph Woodall; "Know Your Officers" shines a light on Captain George Martin from Troy, New York; and PVT Samuel J. Profeta, SGT Johnny Levine, and WAC Louse Buckinger are among the entertainers at a Dow Field show.
September 6, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" features SGT Al DeVincentis; "Know Your Officers" spotlights LT Elmer J. Watry; and John Reardon becomes the new director of the Dow Field U.S.O.
August 30, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

In "Dow Field's Post Personality" we meet Hayden Wright; in "Know Your Officers" we learn of Oklahoma native Captain Robert L. Hamilton; and PVT. Samuel J. Profeta gives us all the signal corps news and gossip.
August 23, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

In "Know Your Officers" we meet Captain Michael R. Labat, a Georgetown medical school graduate; in "Dow Field's Post Personality" we get to know CPL. Gerald Sheier of Brooklyn; and on page one we get a photograph of the softball champs on the base.
August 16, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Includes a brief article about Genevieve R. Marcus, the "first full fledged female mechanic" at Dow Field; in the "Know Your Officers" segment, we meet Captain Stuart Heard; and in "Civilian Slants," we learn of Bernard J. Noden, a civil engineer.
August 9, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Contains a list of several dozen men awarded a good conduct award; Officer Captain Myron Wotton is profiled; and an article about Corporal Earle Dowell, a cook on the base with a colorful past which included stints as a fortune teller, a preacher, a dealer in novelty shops, and as a circus barker.
August 2, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Get to know Lt. Warren Smith; a profile of Bangor resident & civilian worker, Michael F. Quinn, described "as Irish as the keeper of a Dublin pub; lesser profiles of other civilian workers at the base in the page 7 section "Civilian Slants"; and an advertisement for the John Paul Co. Clothing Store at 55 Pickering Square.
July 26, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"A Salute to Dow Field" will broadcast tomorrow night at Bangor Auditorium; "Dow Field's Post Personality" gives us the scoop on PVT Morris Polleck: CPL Bert Gawley provides the news and gossip of Ordnance Company, and "Know Your Officers" profiles Captain Frederic Talbot.
July 19, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

S/SGT John Wunderlich, the base's Chief of Police, explains his perspective on his job; "Dow Field's Post Personality" of the week is S/SGT Kenneth Van de Walker; "Know Your Officers" tells us a little about 1st LT William H. Yancey of Grapevine, Texas; and Corporal Ted Johns will be interviewed by WLBZ in Bangor about his world travels and military service.
July 12, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Officers" announce the promotion of James V. Mancuso to the rank of first lieutenant; the Dow Field Chapel hosted the wedding of WAC Auxiliary Mary J. Kyle to PVT Lawrence L. Burgess; PVT Samuel Profeta provides the news and gossip from the Signal Corps; and we see the amusing headline "Editor Goes Slightly WAACy 'Cause WACs Aren't WAACs."
July 5, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Roy Phillips of Troy, New York, get the special treatment in "Dow Field's Post Personality;" "Know Your Officers" profiles LT Russell D. Foster of Cardale, Pennsylvania; and PVT John Rayburn illustrates his skill at playing the ocarina, commonly know as the "sweet potato."
June 28, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Paul Joseph Geden, editor of the Observer, marries Miss Fay Elizabeth McDonald (pictured) at the Base Chapel; Madeline Shaw, base hostess, recounts her duties on base, including setting up dates and finding accommodations for visiting wives of soldiers; and "Know Your Officers" profiles LT Albert L. Hamel.
June 21, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Page one showcases Mrs. Alyce Connor, Base librarian, and Mrs. Madeline Shaw, base hostess; we read the obituary for Captain Henry Paul Trudell; Fritz Snyder writes his own profile in the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; "Know Your Officers" tells us of LT Richard W. Lee; and we see the promotion announcements for 1st LT Frederick Talbot and 2nd LT Russell D. Foster.