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MECHANIC FALLS BAPTIST CHURCH.

DURING the Winter of 1853, a number of brethren and sisters, belonging to different Baptist churches but living in, and near the…

BETHEL—Lester E. Coolidge Sr., 77, a former Bethel resident, died Friday at the Barry County Medical Facility in Hastings, Mich., following a long period of failing health.

He was born in Cambridge, N.H., June 24, 1902, the son of Wallace and Mary Powers Coolidge. He had worked in that area as a traffic officer for the state of Maine and had lived in Michigan for the…

Mrs. Fannie C. Coolidge, wife of Hollis Coolidge, died Tuesday at her home on Lancaster Road, Gorham, N. H., after a lingering illness.

Mrs. Coolidge was born in Bethel, July 20, 1879, the daughter of Roscoe and Augusta Cookson Cross and resided in Gorham for the past 20 years. She attended the Gorham Congregational Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were married…

In a ceremony at the Methodist parsonage Saturday evening, Benjamin Tyler and Mrs. Sybil Farrar were united in marriage by Rev. Richard Hamilton. The couple were attended by Dean Farrar and Mrs. Edith Smith.

A reception was held following the…

BETHEL—Marion S. Coolidge, 60, died late Friday night at the Andrews Nursing Home, South Paris, after a long illness.

She was born in Harvard, Mass., Sept. 23, 1907, daughter of Herman and Grace Grover Skillings. She was graduated from Gould Academy in 1926 and attended Farmington and…

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RUMFORD FALLS BAPTIST CHURCH.

PREVIOUS to 1890, Rumford could have been called absolutely Methodist ground, and the same may be largely true to-day of the rural…

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MEXICO.

THIS church was organized May 29, 1903, with thirteen constituent members as follows: L. A. Beedy, Eva B. Beedy, E. P. Goodwin, Nancy Goodwin, D.…

NORTH JAY—Delbert C. Coolidge died Tuesday at his Davenport Hill farm home, where he had lived the past 39 years.

Mr. Coolidge was born March 9, 1887, at Dixfield, son of Clinton and Annie Porter Coolidge. Educated in Dixfield schools, he married Lillian Simmons in 1906. He was a…

EAST DIXFIELD—Almon W. Coolidge, 92, died Thursday morning at Cozy Inn Nursing Home, Rumford.

He was born Feb. 12, 1877, at East Dixfield, son of Clenton and Annie Porter Coolidge. He married Rilla Brown of Upton who died nine years ago. He was a member of Mystic Valley Grange and attended the…

I am the fourth cousin twice removed of L. L. Bean. My father is actually related to him through both parents—his mother is descended from Beans, and his father's paternal grandmother was a Cummings, as was Bean's maternal grandmother. But my closest connection to L. L. Bean is geographical: he was born in the town of Greenwood in Oxford County—just up the road from where my father and I both grew up. But the exact location of his birthplace was unknown to us until I did a little…

M. F. Coolidge Store.—This store was originally built and run by Charles Abbott, the post office being in the store. M. F.…

East Bethel, Dec. 2—John S. Coolidge died this morning at the home of his son Edgar Coolidge. He was 81 years old and had been in failing health for some time. He was born June 26, 1848, the son of Fairfield and Jane Coolidge. Mr. Coolidge was four times married and two sons were born by the first union, Edgar with whom he lived and Hollis of Gorham, N. H. He lived for some time at Upton…

EAST BETHEL—Mrs. Mary Jane Coolidge, died Friday morning at the home of her son, Almon, after a long illness.

She was born Feb. 24, 1874, at North Amity, daughter of Solon and Susan Bustard Knapp. Her husband died Nov. 5, 1947, after they had been married 42 years, all of which had been…

Elton Coolidge, 17, son of Edgar and Mary Coolidge, passed away at the McCarty Hospital, Rumford, July 13th, following an operation for appendicitis.

Funeral was held at the church at E. Bethel, Rev. Mr. Welds officiating, and he was laid to rest in the cemetery near the church. The floral tributes were many and beautiful, showing the esteem in which he was…

Funeral services were held today at the Dunn funeral home for Clarence O. Knapp, 69, of Amity, with Rev. Calvin Hayes of Hodgdon officiating.

The son of Solomon and Susan Bustard Knapp, he was born June 20, 1882 at Amity and died April 1 at a local hospital after a long illness.

Surviving are five sons, Allan of N. Amity, Clarence of Auburn, Raymond of Hartford, Conn.,…