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! New Ensr-eil.t take place, •uts ■ of the street, with it Girl Rs~ ifter-ciinner ak onirl Reservelen, fixecu'-Department.mg as con-'ring iissist-'etor of the v.rs' HeHurd Providence exhibirs.Arthur .H Wilcomb-.Arthur H. Wilcomb, postmaster ancl, rim S-.onG cf the most-prominent residents of; Chester, died at Iris home in '.that town on Wednesday ; after - several. r and Sun'j months illness;/ He., was a: cousin - of ■iris’ Huiid-'.;Amori °* Benfield of this-city, and-' Ciarcrdoiv Mr- Ben^eld was .with him much' of j the time during his illness'.-. |..Mr. Wilcomb. was appointed postmaster ih'1889'and iii point of service was one of the ’state's', oldest postmas-^ served under Presidentsprogram !Karr'son' Gieveland, McKinley. Roose-;rd Girl ,velt’ Taft‘ Wilson, Harding, Coolidge ■r 1 and Hoover.' He-had been president’ of the New'-Hampshire -League-i; of .j aon -will be j-Fostmasters since it’s .'organization ' tenI the d°le-' ye^r® 'ag0' He had., twice served . in m M'-lhe t*ie ,;House of-Representatives and wasa paiTfc' president 'of the RockinghamII iia-^e ah Ga?nt:5/ -Republican Club, siid liad'.beeh^ lew acMv'- t0P-'n treasiu-er ■ and tax collector. He ! ned’ wiih'was a trfistee of the ' Derry. Sdvings Ifnr—ndn !Bani?r auditor ot the Chester -Derry ?railroad and trustee ’of thq Wilcomb-1. nd proles- |Townsend Home. \ /' y.-.' -.' .In addition ti his numerous dutiesMr, Wilcomb conducted a', general store, was manager of the Chester and berry Telephone Co : for 33 years and conducted an extensive insurance agency.■ The immediate survivors ’' 'are twoENT •June). ialists the can Presi-[ecoiations • marines g. It is a nob fit the ‘ whrs dr»-brothers, Rev. Chester J. ' 'Wilcomb and Charles A,.Wilcomb of California.Mrs. Mary/Cloutier•-Mrs. Mary Cloutier passedThnrarTaTr •nio'Tif-. of fKaaway
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Fri, Nov 07, 1930
Page 4
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