Class of 1914 graduation program of what I assume is Kingfield High
School, as the event was held at French's Hall in Kingfield,
Maine.
Program
Music - Peerless Orchestra
PRAYER
MUSIC
Practical Benefits of Secondary Education in Small Communities,
James L. McConaughy [a professor at Bowdoin College]
MUSIC
Address, O. C. Dolbier [Orlando Chester Dolbier, who
wrote
The History of Kingfield, in 1916]
Presentation of Diplomas, Supt. L. A. Norton [Lavella
Augustus Norton, father of Donald William Norton, one of the
graduating seniors]
Class Roll:
Nelson G. Barden
Donald W. Norton
Hortense L. Savage
Hazel M. Weymouth
Daisy E. Williamson
Class Officers:
Pres., Nelson G. Barden
Vice Pres., Donald W. Norton
Sec., Hazel M. Weymouth
Treas., Hortense L. Savage
Class Colors:
Orange and Black
Class Motto:
Labor Conquers All
Thursday, June 11th
8 o'clock
French's Hall
Kingfield
From online research, hopefully correct:
Nelson Guy Barden was born 7 September 1895 [though his WWI draft
registration shows 7 September 1896] at Madrid, Maine, the son of
Charles Carr Barden and wife Mary Ada (Wing) Barden. In 1918
at Phillips, Maine, he married Eva Gladys Thomas, who was born 29
July 1898 at Kingfield, Maine, the daughter of Leon A. Thomas and
wife Mary Edith Stevens. Nelson Guy Barden was working as a
druggist in Massachusetts, per the 1930 Census. The couple
had at least three children. Nelson died in 1978.
Sadly, graduate Donald William Norton, a 2nd Lieutenant, was killed
4 years after graduation, on 2 November 1918, near the close of
World War I and was buried at the Meuse-Argonne American
Cemetery at Romagne, France. He was born 15 March 1896 in
Maine, the son of Lavella Augustus Norton and Imogene F. (Parker)
Norton. His paternal grandparents were Tristram and Amanda
Harriet (Durrell) Norton. His maternal grandparents were
Joseph Newell Parker and Sarah Josephine (Boyinton)
Parker.
Hortense Lucille Savage was born 7 December 1894 at Kingfield,
Maine, the daughter of Ellery Turner Savage and wife Lucretia
Pullen (Vose) Savage. Her paternal grandparents were Isaac G.
and Selina (Moore) Savage. Her maternal grandparents were
Warren and Matilda Knapp (Pullen) Vose. In 1915 at Kingfield,
Hortense married Blaine Elbridge Atwood, who was born 30 August
1884 at Concord, Maine, the son of Manley George Atwood and wife
Addie Frances (Moulton) Atwood. I found one child for them, a
daughter. Hortense Lucille (Savage) Atwood died in 1926.
Hazel May Weymouth was born 15 November 1895 at Freeman Plantation,
Maine, the daughter of Fred Clyde Wemouth and wife Mary Elizabeth
(Fuller) Weymouth. Her paternal grandparents were Moses and
Sarah T. (Lander) Weymouth. Her maternal grandparents were
Samuel Rutillus Fuller and wife Mary Ellen (Pike) Fuller. In
1917 at Lewiston, Maine, Hazel married William Harold Hutchins, who
was born 11 Jan 1891 at Fowler, New York, the son of Rev. Richard
Baxter Hutchins and his first wife, Flora Amelia (Gibbs) Hutchins,
who died when William Harold was about two. His father was a
Maine native but was a minister at Fowler, New York for a time.
William Harold Hutchins's paternal grandparents were Richard
and Eliza (Mitchell) Hutchins. I haven't yet found
information on the parents of his mother, Flora Amelia (Gibbs)
Hutchins. Hazel and William Harold Hutchins had at least
three children. I found them in the 1930 Census of Kingfield,
Maine. Hazel May (Weymouth) Hutchins died in 1978.
Daisy E. Williamson was born 11 June 1895 at New Portland, Maine,
the daughter of Samuel Johnson Williamson and wife Effie Annie
(Pierce) Williamson. Her paternal grandparents were Sullivan
and Nancy Danielson (Lane) Williamson. Her maternal
grandparents were George Washington Pierce and his wife Mary E.
(Hopkins) Pierce. Daisy married Swedish immigrant Gust Conrad
Agren, the son of Gust Fred Agren and Katherine L. (Olson) Agren.
Many records show Daisy's name as Daisy L. Williamson, with
the L standing for Lizzie. Daisy and Gust Conrad Agren had at
least five children and lived at New Portland, Maine. Daisy
died in 1962.
If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the
information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me
directly. Thanks!
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