Taft Clan Readies For Gathering in Mendon Mass
The Taft family plans its annual gathering in Mendon Massachusetts on August 20 to honor ancestor Robert Taft who settled there in 1679. Key figures include William Howard Taft Robert A. Taft Alphonso Taft and Ezra Taft Benson with events from a roast beef dinner a memorial plaque dedication and dancing to a Sunday church meeting at Chestnut Hill.
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Mendon
Mass
Taft
America
Robert Taft
Sarah
British Isles
Massachusetts
William Howard Taft
United States
Robert A. Taft
Charles P. Taft II
Cincinnati
Council of Churches of Christ
Ezra Taft Benson
Mormon Church
Alphonso Taft
Grant
Vermont
Alphonso
William Howard
Charles Phelps
Cincinnati Times-Star
Middle West
Horace Dutton
Taft School
Water Conn
Taft Broadcasting Co
Ingalls
Charles P. Taft
Carleton Goes
Mendow
Chestnut Hill
Seafaring Man's Grave Has Unusual Monument
Seafaring man’s grave is marked by an unusual monument as the York county Fish and Game club auxiliary hosts a lobster dinner meeting at Stickney lodge Goodwins Mills. New members Edrice Bates and Claire Gagne join. Natalie Kerns serves as vice president. next meeting September 13 at Elizabeth White’s cottage Little Ossipee Lake with a covered dish supper. Attendees include Charlotte Potter Violette Mewer Kay Mewer Edrice Bates Natalie Kerns Nellie White Charlotte Crowns Claire Gagne Eleanor Kennedy Mina Wright Charlotte Wilson Elizabeth White.
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York County Fish and Game Club
Auxliary
Stickney Lodge
Goodwins Mills
Edrice Bates
Claire Gagne
Natalie Kerns
Elizabeth White
Little
Ossipee Lake
Charlotte Potter
Violette Mewer
Kay Mewer
Nellie White
Area Men Graduate From Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class
Three men from the area, Gregory C. Shapiro, Robert T. Emmet, and William H. Hobbs, graduated from the Junior Platoon Leaders class at Quantico to earn second lieutenants. The six week course trains college graduates for Marine Corps commissions. The article also notes the Moore family monument at Laurel Hill cemetery commemorating John Moore, a seafaring life, with a ship's wheel design carved by a monumental firm.
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Laurel Hill
Saco
William J. Moore
Seahawk
Moore
Camp Ellis
Margaret A. Moore
Capt
Donald W. Moore
Marine Corps School
Quantico
Gregory C. Shapiro
Bernard D. Shapiro
May Street
Biddeford
University of Maine
Robert T. Emmet
Ellen T. Turner
Cape Porpoise
Colby College
William H. Hobbs
William C. Hobbs
Cat Mousam Road
Kennebunk
Boston University Junior College
Marine Corps
John Moore
Saco River
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Taft Clan
Diane
Mumford
Blackstone
England
Wales
Ireland
Robert
Colonies
Braintree
U. S
Mrs. Papas
MRS
Bargain Basement
FLOOR
Anford
Mrs. Papas of
Sanrorp
F&g Auxiliary
Officers Basic School
Basutoland
South Africa
Brother Emilian
Brothers of the Sacred Heart Congregation
St. Andre Grammar School
New England
St. Andre Church
St. Andre School
Brother Origen
S. C
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