Millard Clough was born in Bethel October 25, 1885, the son of Orville D. and Ida (Holt) Clough. He attended Bethel schools and Gould Academy.

In 1909 he married Miss Frances Brown and they have four children: Maxine I., Mary F. Fillmore B., and Ida Lee.

Mr. Clough has painted since he was fifteen years old, beginning to work with his uncle, Ed Holt, who was a skillful painter and taught him well.

No one can do a finer job of interior decorating and paper hanging than Millard and his crew. They do some of the finest houses in Oxford County and challenge anyone to excel their workmanship.

Mr. Clough is a member of Oxford Lodge, I.O.O.F., Sudbury Lodge, K or P., and Col. C.S. Edwards Camp, S. of U.V.

His brief vacations from work are spent in hunting and fishing.

Mr. and Mrs. Clough and family live with their aunt, Miss Vira Holt, in her old homestead on Mill Street and take an active part in working and contributing for the good of the town.

 

MILLARD CLOUGH AND CREW

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Wallace H. Warren was born in Newry August 16, 1892. He received his education in Newry schools.

He married Miss Mabel Godwin on July 11, 1914 and they have five daughters, Roma, Eslin, Francene and Betty.

For three years Mr. Warren served  an apprenticeship as blacksmith with the late Albert Frost, and 18 years ago (1913) went into business for himself, later buying Mr. Frost’s shop.

His is the last of Bethel’s old time “smithy” shops and he is a fine workman, both at shoeing and general jobbing.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren have a pleasant home at the Edward King house on Main Street.

 

Clarence W. Hall was born in Solon, Maine , the son of Arthur L. and Mary A. (Cummings) Hall. He was educated in the schools of Solon and when a very young man went to the northern part of Minnesota and for several years there engaged in lumbering and river logging.

Mr. Hall returned East and married Miss Bertha G. Capen and they had one son, Fred B. Hall of this village who for years was associated with his father in business.

Thirty-six years ago Mr. Hall opened the barber shop in the Swift (Wiley) block on Main Street where he conducts an up-to-date shop today.

He married Miss Harriet Holbrook of North Anson and they lived in Berlin, N.H. for seven years and then returned to Bethel.

Mr. Hall’s well earned vacation for years has consisted of a two-weeks sojourn with the hunters of the William Tell Club at Spencer Mountain on Moosehead Lake. He is an honorary member of this body of distinguished men and his early association in Minnesota enables him to cleverly portray the honest Red man in many a high class dramatic skit for the entertainment of his club mates.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall purchased the Stiles house on Bethel Common and here have their delightful home. They are both prominent in Bethel affairs.  Mr. Hall is a member of the Eastern Star, Bethel Lodge F & AM, Kora Temple and Strathglass Commandery. He is affiliated with Berlin Lodge No. 87, I.O.O.F. and Sunset Rebekah Lodge of Bethel.

 

 

 

SHOP OF WALLACE H. WARREN

Corner of High and Mechanic Streets

 

Frank C. Bartlett was born in Bethel in 1881, the son of Frank C. and Clara (Fairbrother) Bartlett. He was educated in public schools and at an early age worked with his father in his woodworking and painting shop.

In 1902, he married Miss Ella Hutchins.

Twenty-seven years ago (1904) Mr. Bartlett began doing business for himself in the building used by his father, the same one he occupies as a shop today. This is the carriage shop on Mill Brook, erected during the latter part of the eighteenth century and a landmark indeed.  He in 1781 following the last Indian raid, the soldiers sent from Augusta to protect the settlers drilled on the plank bridge spanning the stream in front of the shop. This building was originally erected and owned by Joseph Twitchell whose son Eleazer here managed a carding and woolen mill and later a grist mill and this activity is given credit in the early textile history of New England.

For more than a hundred it has been a carriage and  blacksmith shop, as such, first owned by Moses T. Cross, then by Pinckney Burnham and for more than 50 years been in the possession of Mr. Bartlett and his father.

The nature of the  business has changed with the times. Today Mr. Bartlett uses the knowledge of his craft on truck bodies and motor farming machines and is prepared to do any sort of a job that requires skill in the handling of wood or iron. He is a first class painter.

Mr. Bartlett enjoys hunting and fishing as a relaxation from his work and he and Mrs. Bartlett live in a snug cottage on Mill Street and enjoy many friends.

MILLARD CLOUGH AND CREW

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