Waverley History | 1940 - 1949
1943
Seven British naval officers stay at Waverley for the summer in bedrooms located where the women’s showers and powder room are now located. They were in Portland to supervise the outfitting of baby aircraft carriers being built at the Keiser shipyards. Partiers aboard the H.M.S. Trumpeter included several Waverley members.
1943
In November, Waverley hosts golfing exhibition between Byron Nelson and Harold “Jug” McSpaden
In November, Waverley hosts golfing exhibition between Byron Nelson and Harold “Jug” McSpaden
1945
Some 32 years after the clubhouse was built, Thomas E. Young, President of the Waverley Board, ceremoniously burned the mortgage over a brass pot on July 22, 1945.