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Friday, December 12, 2014

Mrs. Walter Dolley, death notice

Mrs, Helen King Marshall Dolly, 72, wife of Walter Dolley of Alfred, died Friday at her home.  Mrs. Dolley was born at Buxton, July 18, 1878, daughter of Joel and Ellen B. Meserve Marshall.

A graduate of Gorham Normal School in 1896, Mrs. Dolley studied music in Portland and Boston and for 13 years taught public school music at Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, Saco, Biddeford, Limerick, Waterboro and Alfred, retiring four years ago.  She was a member of the Rossini Club of Portland and the Maine Federation of Music Clubs.  Prior to coming to Alfred two years ago, Mrs. Dolley had lived in Limerick 23 years.

Surviving besides her husband are a niece, Mrs. Robert S. Whitney of Nashua, N.H., and a nephew, Sumner B. Marshall, Alfred.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hurd Funeral Home, Sanford, the Rev. Charles L. Stevens of Phippsburg officiating.  The body will be placed in the receiving vault at the Buxton Lower Corner Cemetery, with burial in the Spring.

Dec. 31, 1950 written on the newspaper clipping in pencil.

(newspaper clipping, no date or paper name)

Elizabeth Danilowicz and John Cherni wedding announcement 1949

Mr. and Mrs. John Danilowicz request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Rose to Mr. John Cherni on Saturday, the thirtieth of July nineteen hundred and forty-nine, at nine o'clock in the morning, Immaculate Heart of Mary's Church, sixty-seven-hundred Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

Reception at Karlin Hall East 53rd and Fleet avenue six p.m.


Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Thousands Attend Stock Show Opening



David Champion and his sister Alice of Coles County, Illinois, both 4-H Club members, groom their Hereford yearling for the opening today of the 42d International Live Stock Exposition at the International Ampitheater.  The show continues through Dec. 6.

Written on the clipping.  Fairly good picture.  Calf weight 290 Sept. 1940.  Sold at 1197 weight Dec. 1941.

(news clipping, no date or paper name)

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Miss Clara Marshall Marries Srgt. Robert Whitney in Alfred

At a candle-light service in the century-old Congregational Church in Alfred Village, Miss Clara Allen Marshall of Alfred and Hartford, Conn., became the bride on New Year's Day of Sergt. Robert Sherwood Whitney, USA, of Governor's Island, N.Y.   Tall white candles in silver and gilt candelabra against a background of fir trees, in the chancel, and rows of white candles in the windows lighted the church.  The Rev. Charles L. Stevens read the double ring service, and Mrs. Arthur A. Gould of Alfred played the wedding music.

The bride was gowned in white satin and lace, en train, and her veil fell from a a cap of Venice lace.  Her bouquet was white roses and gardenias.  The maid of honor, Miss Frances Wallace of Hartford, wore Fuchsia chiffon over taffeta, and the bridesmaids, Mrs. Woodrow Lodding of Worcester, Mass., and Miss Ruth Barlow of Hartford, delphinium blue lace and chiffon.  All wore veils of fuchsia net, and carried fuchsia muffs with gardenias.  William H. Bolster of Nashua, N.H. was best man, and Ensign Donald W. Alexander  of Nashua, and Woodrow Lodding of Worcester ushered.  The flower girl, Ann Lane Marshall, niece of the bride, wore a rose taffeta frock and carried pink rosebuds.  The bride's uncle, Walter L. Dolley of Limerick, gave her in marriage.

The bride's mother, Mrs. Sumner B. Marshall, wore Persian blue, with gardenia corsage, and the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Elliot W. Whitney of Nashua, was gowned in black, with sequined trimming.

Evergreens and fresh flowers decorated the John Holmes house, residence of the bride's mother, where the reception was held following the ceremony.  Mrs. John J. Sinnett of Bangor had charge of the guest book.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, after a short wedding trip, will reside in Hartford, where they have taken an apartment.  The bride chose for travelling pale green, with luggage tan accessories.

Mrs. Whitney, daughter of the late Dr. Sumner D. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, is employed in the offices of the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company.  She is a graduate of the Alfred High School and the Posse-Nissen School at Kendall Green, Mass., to which she transferred from Bates College.  For about five years she was physical director at the Young Women's Christian Association in Newburyport, Mass.  Sergeant Whitney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott W. Whitney of Nashua, N.H., is a graduate of the Nashua High School and the Nichols Junior College in Webster, Mass., and was employed in the Nashua Trust Company before entering the U.S. Army in 1941.

(newspaper clipping, no date or newspaper name)

Monday, December 8, 2014

Clara Marshall and Robert Whitney, wedding invitation

Mrs. Sumner B. Marshall requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter
Clara Ellen
to
Mr. Robert Sherwood Whitney, Sergeant, United States Army
on Friday, the first of January nineteen hundred and forty-three at four o'clock in the afternoon
Congregational Church Alfred, Maine

Insert card:
Reception immediately following ceremony at the home of the bride

Sunday, December 7, 2014

David Barringer, United States Citizens Defense Corps card



Marion, Ohio
David Barringer
320 Clover Ave. Marion, Ohio
is a member of United States Citizens Defense Corps of Civilian Degence and entitles to wear and use the insignia of the Messenger.
Age 14

(no date)

David Barringer, Order of De Molay membership card


The Grand Council of the
Order of De Molay
This Certifies that Brother
David Barrineter
Is a member in good standing in
Marion Chapter
Marion, Ohio
Until Sept. 30, 1947

Back of card:
Born:  7-11-28
Height: 6 feet
Color of eyes:  Blue
Color of hair:  Blonde
City and State:  Marion, Ohio

Hal D. Barringer, Armed Forces Liberty Pass



Hal D, Barringer Armed Forces Liberty Pass
Date Issued:  Oct 29, 1951
Normal Off Duty Hrs
Camp Stoneman

Franklin Brown, black and white photograph


1948
Franklin Brown
Synarip, Wash

(written on back of photo)

Elnora Schlandt, black and white photograph


Elnora Schlandt (Schlaudt?)
MacDonald Studio
Fredericksburg, Texas

(written and stamped on back of photo)

Laura Lange, black and white photo


Laura Lange standing in door way of cabin.  First white man to bring his stock to Calif all fixtures inside.

(written on back of photo)

Group black and white photo


Bertha Shaw
Annie Shaw
Lillian Riddle
Ben Horton

(written on the back of photo)

Carolyn Sue Lange, black and white photo



To Aunt Janele
From Carolyn Sue Lange

(written on front corner of photo)

Polly Potter black and white photo



Polly Potter, age 6

(written on the back of photo)

Friday, December 5, 2014

Engaged to Wed - Miss Annette E. Annis


The engagement of Miss Annette Eugenia Annis, daughter of Mrs. Marion Annis of Colebrook, N.H. to Jack Alvin Lee, son of Mrs. Annie Lee of Duncan Okla., is announced by her aunt, Mrs. Jane Schoff of Canaan, Vt.  Miss Annis is with the United Aircraft division, Stratford.  Mr. Lee, having recently received an honorable discharge from the armed forces, is with the Aluminum company, this city.

(newspaper clipping, no date or newspaper name)

Gets Degree - Joel York Marshall


Joel York Marshall, son of the late Dr. Sumner B. Marshall of Alfred and Mrs. Elizabeth York Marshall, RN, of Bluehill, who received the degeree [sic] of doctor of medicine at Canadian College, University of Western Toronto, London, Ont., Thursday.  He was graduated from Sanford High School in 1929, Hebron Academy in 1930, and Bowdoin College in 1934, entering Western Ontario in the Fall of 1936.  He will enter St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland, O., June 25 for an appointment of two years.  His father was for 40 years family physician of many persons in Central York County.

(news paper clipping, no date or newspaper name, possibly Lewiston Evening Journal?)

Alfred Medical Officer Killed In Germany


ALFRED, March 23 (Special)--Capt. Joel York Marshall, 32, son of Mrs. Elizabeth York Marshall, RN, and the late Dr. Sumner B. Marshall of Alfred, was killed in action in Germany, March 15, according to word received by his mother today.
The telephone message came from Captain Marshall's widow, Mrs. Jennie Marshall, who is Ashtabula, O., with their small child.
He was serving with an Engineer Medical Corps unit.
His father was for more than 40 years family physician in Central York County and Capt. Marshall was awarded his medical degree at Canadian College, University of Western Toronto, London, Ontario, in 1941.  During his studies there he spent his Summers in the offices of Drs. Stephen A. Cobb and H. Danforth Ross in Sanford.
He was graduated from Sanford High School in 1929, Hebron Academy in 1930 and Bowdoin College in 1934.  He was attached to St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, O., when he entered the service in September, 1942.  He was united in marriage to the former Miss Jennie McCready in Ashtabula a month before entering the service.
Besides his mother, he is survived by a brother, Sumner B. Marshall, in the service in England as a special technician in the Army Air Corps; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Sherwood Whitney of Governor's Island, N.Y. whose husband is also in the Army.

(newspaper clipping, no date or newspaper name)