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ROSCOE M. MACOMBER, was born in Guilford, Mar. 31, 1885, son of the late William H. and Laura E. Doyle Macom- ber. He is a descendant of Thomas Macomber, who was town clerk at the time the town was incorporated in 1816. Mr. Macomber was sheriff of Piscataquis County for four years
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beginning in 1921, held deputy commission for Penobscot and Aroostook counties two years and was State detective eight years. Also was employed as field man for the Bangor Daily News for ten years. He has a son, Blair R., an accountant in East Walpole, Mass., and a son, Stewart F. in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and a daughter Miriam L. in the Bucksport schools.
CHESTER ERNEST MAHAR, born at Charlotte, June 8, 1877. On Feb. 25, 1899 he married Miss Clara Frances Hardy of Peabody, Mass., who was born Jan. 30, 1877. Mr. Mahar was a plumber and electrician for many years. He died Jan. 28, 1925, and Mrs. Mahar died at Dover, Jan. 23, 1942. They had one daughter, Emma.
ZEBULON GOULD MANTER, a farmer, was born at Indus- try, Apr. 3, 1841, son of Benjamin and Lucy Gould Manter. Sept. 9, 1867 he married Miss Lovisa Helen Packard, daughter of Levi and Jane Harris Packard, and she was born Feb. 10, 1846. Children, Lovisa May was born June 16, 1868, and married to Selden O. Harrington, Nov. 19, 1890. Ora Belle Manter was born Dec. 11, 1874, and died Aug. 3, 1901. Ben- jamin Gould Manter was born Dec. 31, 1877, and died May 14, 1890. Marion Myrtle, a teacher, born June 18, 1885. On Dec. 24, 1910 she was married to Maynard H. Beal. Mr. Beal holds the position of farmer, Guernsey Breeder, and Manager and Treasurer Eastern Growers Inc. Miss Mildred E. Manter, born Aug. 3, 1886 is Director of the Children's Museum of Boston. She is also a Member of the Council of Museum Directors of America.
OTIS MARTIN, son of Addison Martin and Ascha Leadbetter Martin, was born in Guilford, Nov. 14, 1844 and died in Guil- ford July 20, 1920. Ezekiel Martin, his grandfather, was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He was taken pris- oner and remained for several years in captivity. Addison Martin was born in New Gloucester, March 3, 1797 and died in Guilford, August 29, 1876. He was Guilford's pioneer merchant. The Martin homestead, the oldest frame house in the village, was erected by him in 1826. Otis Martin with David R. Straw founded in 1880 the insurance agency of Straw & Martin. Annie Atwood, wife of Otis Martin was the daughter of George and Eliza (Nye) Atwood. She was born in Bangor, Aug. 17, 1845 and died in Guilford, Sept. 22, 1931. On her mother's side she was a direct descendant of the Pil- grims who came in the Mayflower; Mary Chilton was her
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maternal ancestor. The children of Otis and Annie Martin were: George Atwood who was born May 4, 1873. He mar- ried on June 26, 1902 Maud L. Hoxie born in Fairfield, January 17, 1878 and daughter of Silas and Clara Emerson Hoxie of Waterville. Frank Otis, born Oct. 26, 1875 and died in Guilford, Oct. 17, 1930. Addison, born August 18, 1878 and died March 4, 1880. Carl, born March 4, 1880. He was united in marriage Oct. 22, 1913 to Ethel M. Tompkins, born March 25, 1887 in Woodstock, N. B., Canada, daughter of Charles and Alice Tompkins of Parkman. Florence Straw Martin, born February 21, 1883. The children of George A. and Maud L. Martin were Lillian Maud, born Nov. 22, 1904, now Mrs. Charles J. MacDonald of Dedham, Mass. Robert Otis born Dec. 5, 1906, married Rachel (Mann) Tuttle of Rutland, Vermont. He died March 11, 1935. Clara Eliza- beth born Sept. 20, 1908, now Mrs. Edward B. Farmer of Seymour, Conn. Children of Charles J. and Lillian Martin MacDonald are : George Robert born March 10, 1935; Charles Jackson, Jr. born June 11, 1938; Candace Starr Louise, born May 6, 1941.
Child of Robert Otis and Rachel Tuttle Martin, Suzanne Tuttle born Mar. 1, 1934.
Child of Edward B. Farmer and Clara Martin Farmer, John Martin Farmer born March 25, 1934.
Child of Carl Martin and Ethel Tompkins Martin, Margaret Alice Martin born July 26, 1914.
GEORGE C. MATTHEWS, born at Bangor, the son of the late Thomas and Mary A. Matthews, Jan. 26, 1862. Married Miss Emma Ricker, Dec. 25, 1885 who was born at Dexter in 1865. She died at Guilford in 1913. They had one son, Frank G. who was in the hardware and plumbing business up to the time of his last illness. He died at Guilford, Jan. 9, 1938, leaving a widow, Emma, and daughter Barbara. Our subject, George C., now retired, was a woolen mill man for over sixty- two years, and for many years foreman of the "card room". He has a fifty-year gold medal from the Masons.
ABNER RALPH MAXFIELD, retired bookkeeper and mill- man, son of the late J. Dwight and Sylvia Ellis Maxfield, born at Stetson, Oct. 17, 1864. May, 1884 he married Miss Mabel Morton, and of this union James D., Helen M. and Alice M. were born. Mrs. Maxfield died March, 1892. Mr. Maxfield then married Miss Nellie S. Hussey, younger daughter of Erastus and Albina Livermore Hussey, born at Guilford, Dec.
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23, 1872. Children by the latter marriage, (1) Donald F. born Sept. 18, 1894 and married Freda B. Titcomb of Guil- ford, daughter of John Wesley and Isabel Titcomb. They have one daughter, Dariel, now Mrs. Ralph Baker, and they have one daughter, Nancy. (2) Jean L., now Mrs. Frederick D. Beidleman, and they have one son, John Frederick. (3) Richard F., first married Beth Brawn. No children. He then married Esther Fattamso, and they have one daughter, Sylvia T. (4) John R., married Miss Ruth Taylor of Guil- ford, and they have one daughter, Gail Valerie.
HAROLD B. McDONALD, born to Harry W. and Ella Mc- Donald at Bath, N. B., Oct. 1, 1919. Graduated from Aroos- took Central Institute, Mars Hill, in class of 1937. Mr. Mc- Donald came to Guilford in 1938, and is clerking in the First National Stores.
LESLIE F. McDONALD, latheman, was born at Parkman, Dec. 18, 1898 son of Walter and Myrtie Brown McDonald. Apr. 16, 1927 he married Helen Wilson Hall of Bradford, born to Jesse and Hannah Wilson Dec. 21, 1887. There are no chil- dren by this union but Mrs. McDonald has Forrest, Maurice, Frank and Ellen Hall, the latter now Mrs. Peter Bearce; and Mr. Hall has Virginia, now Mrs. Maynard Harrington, by former marriages.
WILLIAM T. McDOUGALL, woolen mill man, was born at Brownville, Apr. 5, 1888, son of John and Isabel Ward Mc- Dougall. Mr. McDougall was formerly employed by the Bangor & Aroostook railroad. Feb. 16, 1915 he married Faye Coy of Houlton, born to Nelson and Mary Roake Coy, Apr. 6, 1892. They have one son, Earl W. McDougall.
ALONZO M. McKUSICK, sign writer, was born at Biddeford, Feb. 17, 1868. His father was Charles F. McKusick, a vet- eran of the Civil War, and who lost his right arm in battle at Spotsylvania. His mother was Rosanna Blodgett McKusick. Mr. McKusick married Miss Gladys Hutchins, a school teacher
. from Penobscot and they have one son, Clyde V. By a pre- vious marriage Mr. McKusick has a son, Charles R., now in Pasadena, Calif. Mr. McKusick is a member of the Odd Fel- lows and K. of P. Lodges.
CARL EVERETT McKUSICK, born Dec. 13, 1914 son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McKusick. Graduated from Guilford High in 1933. Dec. 13, 1935 married Miss Alice Margaret Pearson daughter of Wilfred and the late Edith Ames Pearson. She
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was born Dec. 30, 1913 and graduated from Guilford High in 1931 and from Farmington Normal School in 1933. One daughter, Sharon Kay McKusick, born July 18, 1939. Mr. McKusick is employed in the Pratt & Whitney Division of the United Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn.
FRANK E. McKUSICK, millman, older son of Myron B. and the late Lenora A. True McKusick, born at Parkman, Oct. 30, 1891. He married Miss Eva A. Stilson, a school teacher of Parkman Aug. 4, 1920. She was born Nov. 26, 1898 and graduated from Guilford High school in 1918. They have two sons, Norman E. and Gordon C.
JOHN A. McSORLEY, son of Andrew H. and Jennie Velora Law McSorley, born at Guilford, July 19, 1885. Sept. 15, 1906 he married Miss Stella Hatch, oldest daughter of Adelbert E. and Lena Stevens Hatch of Guilford, and she was born Apr. 18, 1888. Mr. McSorley has been a woolen mill man for many years, being foreman in the Piscataquis Woolen mill until it closed in 1938. Mr. McSorley is a Past Master of Mt. Kineo Lodge 109 F. & A. M. Children, Phillip E., with Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Cincinnati, O .; Violet A., teacher of Home Economics in Livermore Falls; Andrew A., teacher Industrial Art, Southington, Conn.
FRANK MILLARD MESERVE, a tool maker, was born at Limington, York County, July 2, 1868, the son of William and Celinda Morrison Meserve. Apr. 13, 1889 he married Miss Annie Harrington. daughter of Jotham and Ruth M. Harrington, and born at Parkman, Oct. 14, 1868. They have one son, Vincent M., graduated from Guilford High in 1917 and from Brown University as an honor student in 1921. From college he went to work for the Bell Telephone Labora- tories and has been employed by them in various capacities ever since. The Meserves moved to Connecticut in 1917, and have recently retired and moved back to their home here.
PAUL R. METCALF, son of Bernice Galusha and the late Harold E. Metcalf, born at Greenville, Sept. 6, 1907. May 24, 1930 he married Miss Wilda Davis, a school teacher from Milo, born Mar. 31, 1900. No children. Mr. Metcalf is boss- carder in the local Oldtown Woolen Mill, and Mrs. Metcalf is a teacher in the village schools.
GEORGE RAYMOND MICHAUD, woolen mill stripper, son of George and Mary Michaud, was born at Oldtown, Dec. 18, 1900. Nov. 24, 1923 he married Miss Amber Page of
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Guilford, daughter of Charles and Eva Page and was born at Sangerville May 7, 1909. Children, Christine C., gradu- ated from Guilford High in 1942, Merle C., Raymond V., Clair B., Paul P.
FLOYD M. MITCHELL, lumberman, was born at Phillips, Aug. 26, 1895, son of Fred and Minnie Nickerson Mitchell. On Aug. 1, 1918 he married Hazel Hunter who was born to Loring T. and Rosa Dodge Hunter at Strong, Mar. 20, 1899. Children, Gertrude, married Alire Gervais, and they have Rodney Alire born May 21, 1942. Harold is in military service ; Helen, married Charles Meserve, and they have Con- stance Dolly, born May 12, 1942; Dorothy, Franklin, Marion and Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have recently moved to Guilford and purchased the Dudley house on Water street for a permanent home.
REGINALD A. MITCHELL, son of the late John A. and Pearl Gore Mitchell, was born at Abbot, April 15, 1892. Nov. 11, 1922 he married Lillian H. Jordan of Litchfield, daughter of Thomas and Carrie Huntington Jordan. They have a daughter, June P., senior in Portland High School. Mr. Mitchell was employed at Guilford station 1908-1912, and the summer of 1916. Later he was in the train service. For the last eleven years he has been fireman in the Portland Postoffice building. He is a World War One veteran having served from June 25, 1918 to June 22, 1919, and was over seas.
THOMAS L. MITHEE, proprietor of gasoline station, North Guilford, was born at Oakland, Oct. 15, 1890, son of Charles H. and Mary Towle Mithee. July 7, 1923 he married Miss Faye Leona Davis, daughter of Manley J. and Blanche Etta Atwood Davis, who was born at Dover, May 1, 1903. They have one son, Erwin Lawrence. They are members of the Methodist church at Sangerville.
S. LESLIE MOODY, son of Sewall L. and Flora Smith Moody, born at Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1909. Graduated from Guil- ford High in 1930, and attended Boston University three and one-half years when was obliged to discontinue on account of ill-health. He is now employed by the Oldtown Woolen Co., in town. On Aug. 21, 1936 he married Miss Katherine M. Somers of Lubec, who was born Dec. 26, 1908. Mrs. Moody has a fine office position with the Hardwood Products Co. They reside on South Main street.
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HARRY H. MORGAN, son of the late George W. and Mary Augusta Hazeltine Morgan, born at Guilford, Oct. 30, 1883. On June 11, 1914 he married Miss Bessie M. Mellor, only daughter of the late Fred and Isabel Houston Mellor, who was born at Bridgton, Aug. 31, 1884. They have no children. Mr. Morgan is a millman, and a member of the Abner Wade Masonic Lodge at Sangerville. Mrs. Morgan is an active worker in the Rebekahs and Eastern Star, being organist in the former and musician in the latter. Also has been organist at the Methodist church for many years.
ABRAHAM MORRIS, was born in the country of Poland, Sept. 24,1887. He graduated from the University of Maine Law school in 1918. Married Miss Mary J. Koritsky Aug. 8, 1912 and in 1924 came to Guilford to manage the "Koritsky Store." They have three children, Theda F., a teacher in the Guilford village schools, Sumner B., a student at the University of Maine, and Albert in the village schools.
IRVING C. MOULTON editor and local manager of the Guil- ford Register since 1910 was born at Guilford, Feb. 14, 1889, son of the late Otis W. and Abbie L. Cole Moulton. Oct. 17, 1917 he married Miss Hazel O. Bonney, only daughter of the late Edgar H. and Delta E. Wilcox Bonney. Children, Grace Elizabeth, now Mrs. Harold M. Engert, born Sept. 1, 1918, Irving C. Jr., born July 7, 1920, and Mary Bonney, born Mar. 15, 1923.
MRS. LAURA F. MURRAY, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. Hardy Matthews, born at Bangor, Sept. 17, 1863. She was married to John B. Murray of Parkman, April 6, 1886. Mr. Murray was born June 22, 1865. No children. They lived in Dexter fifteen years before coming to Guilford Apr. 1, 1927, when Mr. Murray and Fred H. Spearing were asso- ciated in the dry goods business for three years. Mr. Murray died at Dexter, May 10, 1925. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Encampment, and they were affiliated with the Methodist church.
ALEXANDER NESBIT, millman, born at Blanchard, Feb. 8, 1893, son of George and Eliza Nesbit. Married Miss Minnie Lovell, daughter of Walter and Mary Lovell of Abbot. Children, Halton W., married Miss Hildred Earley of Willi- mantic; Barbara L., married Colby Kronholm of Monson; Maxine in the Guilford schools.
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WILLIAM K. NESBIT, millman, oldest son of George W. and Eliza Nesbit born at Prince Edwards Island, Oct. 21, 1888. Married Miss Lucy M. Murray Sept. 4, 1912. Children, Hal- fred Murray and James William; both married and employed at Bath Iron Works.
REV. GORDON G. NEWELL, pastor of the Guilford Uni- versalist church, was born at Northfield, Vt., Feb. 26, 1918 the son of Guy J. and Marion A. (Sprague) Newell. He graduated from Montpelier Seminary in 1936 and from the Theodora Irvine Studio of Dramatic Art in 1938. On Oct. 19, 1939 Mr. Newell married Miss Viola A. MacAulay who was born to John and Eliza (Ross) MacAulay at Webster- ville, Vt., May 21, 1916. They have two children, Judith Anne and Laurence Henry.
BERNARD O. NEWHALL, boss weaver, born at Liberty, Aug. 7, 1886, son of Orrington and Ella Richards Newhall. Dec. 25, 1910 he married Miss Gertrude Ryan, daughter of Herbert and Esther Hart Ryan. They have no children.
FRED NOLL, store clerk, was born at Newark, N. J., Nov. 15, 1908. April 27, 1936 married Miss Cecelia Nadine Littlefield of Freeport, born June 2, 1916. They have five children, Dorothy A., Freeda E., Mary J., Jean A., and Elaine M.
FRANK H. ORFF, a painter, was born at Levant, Oct. 16, 1885, son of Hiram B. and Julia Hammonds Orff. He. came to Guilford in 1907 and on Oct. 18, 1909 married Miss Ber- nice E. Oakes, only daughter of Frank W. and Annie B. Doane Oakes, and she was born at Clifton, Mar. 7, 1886. Children, Readell I., Clayton B., Frank W., Juanita P., (now Mrs. Birdsell M. Hughes) of New Britain, Conn., and Doro- thy M. in the Guilford schools.
CHARLES L. PACKARD, millman and carpenter, son of Still- man and Mary Toole Packard was born at Damascus, Apr. 25, 1877. Jan. 30, 1907 he married Miss Susie B. Ellis, daughter of Luther and Susan Cochran Ellis, was born at Augusta, Aug. 14, 1882. They have no children.
DONALD PAGE, son of Bert V. and Flora Edna Page, was born at North Newport, Aug. 22, 1904. The family came to Guil- ford in 1918 and Mr. Page graduated from Guilford High school in 1922. Nov. 4, 1939 he married Miss Marjorie L. Nesbit who was born to George and Eliza Nesbit at Guilford,
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Feb. 26, 1905. They have no children. Mr. Page, a millman, is Past Master of Guilford Masonic Lodge, and has been Selectman of the town for three years.
FRANK H. PAGE, born at Wellington, May 11, 1887, the son of the late Corridon and Elizabeth Page. He married Cora M. Weymouth of Abbot on Oct. 5, 1911 and they came to Guilford in 1913. Mr. Page is employed with the Hardwood Products Co. They have one son, Norman W., proprietor of the South Main Street Barber Shop. And Norman W. mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Ladeau of Baldwinsville, Mass., June 28, 1936. They have one daughter, Patsy Alice, born Feb. 1, 1940.
ARTHUR B. PALMER, woolen mill weaver, son of George and Rose Palmer, born at Dixmont, May 11, 1896. He married Hattie E. Crockett of Abbot, Aug. 17, 1917, who was born to Freeman A. and Sadie Smith Crockett, Feb. 5, 1897. They had one daughter, Helena Rose Palmer. She died Nov. 28, 1932. Mr. Palmer was in the 26th Div. 103rd Infantry in World War I.
FRANK H. PALMER, born at Ornville, July 10, 1872. Mar- ried Miss Mary Billington of Milo in August 1893. She died March 10, 1895, leaving no children. On Nov. 18, 1896 he married Annie J. Loud, and she died April 22, 1931, and by this union there were three children, Avis May, de- ceased, Earl T. who died in 1940, and Robert, now Town Agent at Fort Fairfield. Mr. Palmer was station agent and telegraph operator at Orneville for two years, employed in the store of T. J. Stewart & Son six years, then engaged in various business enterprises at Dover-Foxcroft for twenty- three years. While in Dover-Foxcroft he was Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the years 1916-1921. In 1921 he purchased the large grain mill and elevator of Hussey & Goldthwaite and has operated it ever since. Mr. Palmer is the son of the late Henry and Nellie Brown Palmer.
RALPH E. PARKMAN, son of Jotham L. and E. Blanche Flanders Parkman was born at Sangerville, Nov. 9, 1895. He attended the public schools of Sangerville and Dexter and is a graduate of Salem Commercial School, Salem, Mass. On Aug. 31, 1918 he married Miss Mildred Harrington of Dover-Foxcroft, and they had one son, Gordon R., born at Dover-Foxcroft, Apr. 7, 1922 and now in the Guilford schools. Mrs. Parkman died at Dover-Foxcroft Apr. 10,
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1922. June 4, 1924 Mr. Parkman married again; this time to Miss Ferne Robinson of Houlton. Mr. Parkman is now employed in the Oldtown Woolen Mills at Guilford. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and is a Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Lodge. He served in the World War One and is a Past Commander of Frank R. Conner Post No. 119 of the American Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Park- man and son are members of the Methodist church of Guilford.
EFFIE M. PARSONS, daughter of Freeman D. and Lizzie Gill Washburn, born at Guilford, Feb. 19, 1890. May 13, 1932 married to Earl F. Parsons of Dexter, born June 21, 1888. No children. Mrs. Parsons has two children by a previous marriage, i.e., Clayton E. Tucker, born July 4, 1910, and he married Miss Mildred Ferris of Guilford who was born May 12, 1912, and they have one son Gerald Richard. Richard A. Tucker, born Sept. 14, 1912, married Miss Madeline Small of Guilford, born May 9, 1910, and they have a daughter, Janice.
HARRY L. PEARSON, second-hand in dry finish department of woolen mill, born in Guilford, May 15, 1910, son of Wil- fred and Edith Ames Pearson. Apr. 27, 1940 he married Miss Lucy Merritt, a telephone operator, daughter of David and Rosa Merritt of Presque Isle. They have a daughter, Sally Sue. They are members of the Methodist church; Mr. Pearson is an Odd Fellow and Mrs. Pearson belongs to the Young Woman's Club.
RALPH H. and RICHMOND D. PEARSON, both unmarried born to Harriett W. (Bennett) and the late David Pearson, at Guilford. The former Aug. 24, 1882, and the latter Aug. 30, 1884 .. Ralph H. was an electrician and employed in Texas all his life, until he died, after a brief illness in Guilford, May 10, 1940. Richmond D. was employed, until he retired in 1941, in the jewelry and watch repairing establishment of C. S. Bennett. He was Financial Secretary of the Guilford Loan & Building Assn. for several years before it liquidated in 1940; and is also a Director of the Guilford Trust Co.
PAUL J. PERIN, oldest child of Peter and Tena Perin, was born In Italy, Oct. 12, 1892. Graduated from Guilford High school in 1912. Clerked in the Genthner Bros. and E. E. Ross drug stores, Guilford, about twenty years. In 1931 went to Dover- Foxcroft and took possession of the old established Buck
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Drug Store and has maintained a fine business ever since. In 1919 married Mildred S. Grant, widow of the late Almont Grant. Mrs. Perin has a daughter, Beatrice, by the first marriage. Mr. Perin has a brother, Albert, and a sister, Mrs. Lena Dean, both residing in Guilford.
CLIFFORD E. PERKINS, millman, son of Edwin and Mae Larrabee Perkins was born at Kingsbury, Dec. 25, 1893. Dec. 15, 1923 he married Miss Rena Huntington youngest daughter of Charles L. and Augusta Randall Huntington. She was born at Guilford, Aug. 9, 1904, and graduated from Guilford High in 1923. They have five children, Crystal Mae, Der- ward Wayne, Patricia Noreen, Randall Duane, and Blaine Allison.
ALONZO W. PFUNTNER, proprietor of blacksmith shop and doing general farm machinery repairs, was born at New Rich- mond, Wisconsin, Apr. 13, 1895, son of William and Eleanor Pfuntner. Nov. 18, 1914 he married Miss Mina Berry, born to Matthew and Ella Berry at Brownville, May 25, 1890. They have one son, Richard who married Miss Harriett Bar- rett of Stillwater, and they now live at Lynn, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pfuntner have a daughter, Judith Harriett.
FORREST W. PHILLIPS, born Oct. 7, 1883 at Hermon, the son of Frank E. and Lelia Phillips. Married Miss Edith Scales of Guilford on June 10, 1915. Formerly woolen mill spinner ; now paper hanger and painter. Universalist.
MANSON PRESCOTT, born at Guilford, May 23, 1892, son of Vernon and Vesta Prescott. He married Maud Meservey of Guilford, June 19, 1915. They have a son, Francis, and four daughters, Madolyn, Norma, Ethel and Joyce.
ALFRED W. RACE, was born at Guilford, Oct. 31, 1901, son of Walter and Laura Race. After graduating from Guilford High in 1920, and from Castine Normal School in 1923, Mr. Race taught school for five years. He then did clerical work until he went into business for himself under the name of "Race's Market". Dec. 26, 1924 he married Miss Ellen Fowler of Milo. They have one son, Roger, born Sept. 16, 1927. Mr. Race is the present Master of the Guilford Masonic Lodge.
GORDON W. RAMSEY, son of Fred S. and Ethel M. Page Ramsey, born at Guilford, Jan. 3, 1916. He enlisted in the U. S. Army and was stationed at Honolulu, Hawaii. Since
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his discharge on Aug. 23, 1937 he has done clerical work in Guilford, now being with the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. On July 23, 1939 he married Miss Beatrice McDonald of Mars Hill, who was born July 14, 1922. They have one daughter, Patricia Ann.
SELDEN D. RICE, was a descendant of one of the first fami- lies to arrive in Guilford, and was born at Guilford, Aug. 25, 1866 the son of Daniel and Malinda Cayford Rice. He was twice married; first to Miss Minnie Hescock of Abbot on Mar. 19, 1887, and she died Mar. 12, 1888. July 4, 1893 he married Miss Bertha M. Cobb, born at Bangor, Jan. 23, 1874, the daughter of William H. and Sarah J. Cobb. He was a member and a Trustee of the Methodist church, Past Master of the Masonic Lodge, Past Noble Grand of the Odd Fel- lows, member of the Eastern Star, had served as County Commissioner as well as Selectman. He had charge of build- ing the State-Road between Guilford and Dover about 1915, the first state-road in this section. He was a lumberman and mill man all his life, the past several years sawing out all of the "shims" used by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Rice had two daughters, Ida M., now Mrs. William Nagle of Belmont, Mass., born at Guilford, Nov. 30, 1895. They have one daughter, Joanne Rebecca Nagle, born at Port- land, Sept. 27, 1929. The second daughter, Dorothea Ware Rice, born at Guilford, Dec. 5, 1897, is now superintendent of Marlboro, Mass. Hospital. Selden D. Rice died at Guil- ford, May 3, 1941.
CHARLES C. RIDLEY, son of Eugene Francis and Mary E. Ridley, born at Westerly, R. I., July 19, 1878. In 1902 he came to Guilford and on July 29, 1905 married Miss Eva M., second daughter of Samuel P. and Hattie C. Douty Oakes, who was born at Sangerville, Oct. 24, 1884. She graduated from Guilford High in 1904. Children, Kenneth and May- nard, graduated and married; Marion, dental assistant in Dr. O'Brien's office, also a member of "Who's Who in Poetry in America"; Dorothy, at home. Mr. Ridley is a plumber and sheet-metal worker, and has maintained a shop in Guil- ford for many years.
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