Soldier News continued - 1943

Robert Fayette Smith in Training

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 7, 1943

Aviation Cadet Robert Fayette Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fayette L. Smith, of Route 1, Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], has completed approximately one-third of his Pilot Training and will soon report to an Air Corps Basic Flying School in Newport, Ark., for the intermediate phase of his flying training.  Before entering the Air Corps, Cadet Smith attended Bainbridge Central High School and Rochester Mechanics Institute.  He received pre-flight training at a College Training Detachment.  He has two brothers serving in the Army.  Upon completion of his Basic and Advanced Training, he will be given his wings and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Corps.

 

Service Men's Plaque in Bainbridge Park

Bainbridge News & Republican, October 7, 1943

 

Residents of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] cannot have failed to observe the expanding list of names of village boys and girls in the services as posted on the board which stands in a prominent location in the park.  The count now is 290 names.  With so many serving there is hardly a family in Bainbridge that does not have a son or brother or some near relative in one of the armed services.

 

The erection of the plaque was made possible through support of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Bainbridge Woman's Club.  A very appropriate site in the beautiful surroundings of the park was chosen in which this symbol of the loyalty and patriotism of Bainbridge youth now stands.

 

Maintenance of the plaque and the neat printing and decorating which attracts all observers is the work of Gervase Prince who must recall his own days in service during World War I each time he adds the name of one of the present generation of soldiers to the ever-growing list.  The business and professional men of Bainbridge through the Chamber of Commerce take this opportunity of expressing their appreciation for this excellent work.

 

Capt. Dodge to Aid Pvt. Joseph Moore

Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 14, 1943

 

Pvt. Joseph G. Moore, of New Guinea, who was taken ill with dysentery about the middle of September, was greatly improved when visited by Capt. Ben L. Dodge, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on Sept. 22, according to a letter received by Mrs. Dodge.

 

Capt. Dodge, who is stationed about 40 miles from Pvt. Moore, learned of "Joe's" illness through a report and immediately went to see him.  Capt. Dodge asked "Joe's" attending physician if Joe could be moved near  him so he could care for him, and the permission was granted just as soon as he was able to make the 40-mile trip.

 

Capt. Dodge had also suffered from an attack of dysentery recently, as had many of the men in that locality.

 

Roswell Monroe Meets Henry Gardner in Pacific

Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 14, 1943

 

Roswell S. Monroe, A.M.M. 3/C, USNR, who is stationed somewhere in the Pacific War Area, was in a barber shop recently when in walked Henry G. Gardner, Jr., A.M.M. 3/C, USNR.  "Hank," who has been in the Pacific for several months, has the same address as "Roz."

 

Robert Hughston Promoted

Bainbridge News & Republican, Oct. 14, 1943

 

Robert L. Hughston, of Bainbridge, R.D.2, who enlisted in the Army Engineers about six weeks ago, has been made a private first class.  P.F.C. Hughston, who has a wife and three children, is now in training at Camp Claiborne, La.  Before entering the service, he was employed at the Scintilla Magneto Co.