Photo Marshall Loren Brown, "Brownie" & Photo Of Brownie and His 1942 Farmington High School Classmates
<div>From the Puddledock Press article April 2017:<br /><br /><em>By Susan Loker -</em><br /><em>There was a funeral on March 10, 2017, at the First Congregational Church for a gentleman named Marshall Brown, who died in Indiana at the age of 93. He will be buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. “Brownie” had been born and raised in Farmington; he graduated from Farmington High in 1942, where he played baseball and basketball and, apparently, ice hockey. He joined the US Army Air Corps upon graduation, served valiantly, and returned to Farmington to marry Winifred Norma Morrison in our First Congregational Church. He graduated with honors from UNH in 1949 and earned his master’s degree from Harvard in 1951. He then began a long and distinguished teaching career in Indiana, at both the high school and college levels. His love of hockey, which he attributed to playing on Mill Pond as a boy in winter in Farmington, led him to support and coach state championship teams in Indiana. He was an author, outdoor enthusiasts, accomplished artist and all-around great guy, much loved and admired by family and friends. A good many of those family and friends travelled to Farmington for the first time today from far-away places, such as France, South Carolina and Indiana, to attend Brownie’s funeral. They shared a wonderful celebration of a life well-lived, and were warmly welcomed and abundantly nourished. They all came in as strangers and left with a strong sense of belonging. Perhaps some will not find this a newsworthy event but, to me, when someone like Mr. Brown choses to come home to Farmington for his final rest, it is a powerful affirmation of the value and values of our little town.</em></div>
<div><br /><em>Marshall Loren Brown</em><br /><em>February 8, 1924 - March 3, 2017</em></div>
<div><em>FARMINGTON, N.H. - Marshall Loren Brown, "Brownie," was born on February 8, 1924 to Ira S. and Mildred (Knox) Brown of Farmington NH.</em><br /><br /><em>He was a 1942 graduate of Farmington High School, where he played baseball and basketball and dreamed of becoming a pilot. </em><br /><br /><em>He joined the US Army Air Corps in October 1942 and served as navigator/bombardier in B-25 Mitchell medium bombers for the 490th Bomb Squadron operating in the China-Burma-India Theater, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Later in life he was proud to have obtained his private pilot's license. </em><br /><em>He married Winifred Norma Morrison of Farmington NH on June 2, 1946 and they were the parents of Marshall L. Brown Jr of Ferney-Voltaire, France; Richard A. Brown of Carmel, IN, and Catherine Brown Abrams of Charleston, SC.</em><br /><em>Brownie received his bachelor's degree magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire in 1949, where he was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi honorary society, and a master's degree in English from Harvard University in 1951. </em><br /><em>He began his career as an English teacher in 1955 at Culver Military Academy (CMA) in Culver IN, and, after retiring from CMA in 1988, spent several years teaching at Ancilla College in Donaldson IN. Brownie resided in Culver for over 40 years.</em><br /><br /><em>He was the author of several books on English grammar and was selected to grade English Advanced Placement exams for the College Entrance Examination Board for a number of years. He was particularly happy to have been among the early supporters of high school hockey at CMA. He served as assistant varsity hockey coach to teams that traveled to international tournaments and to Indiana State championships, including the first three state championships for CMA. </em><br /><br /><em> In addition to his three children, he was blessed to have eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. After the death of Winifred, he was married to Emily Sayles of Clyde, Ohio for 25 years.</em><br /><br /><em>Brownie remained active throughout his life through camping and mountain hikes with his family, ice skating, skiing, running, golfing, and biking. </em><br /><br /><em>Brownie was an active member of the Wesley Methodist Church in Culver for many years, on the Culver United Fund Board of Directors, and Committee Chairman of the Culver Boy Scout Troop 290. </em><br /><br /><em>He passed peacefully on March 3, 2017 in Noblesville IN. </em><br /><em>Service will be held at the First Congregational Church in Farmington - where he and wife Winifred were married - on Friday, March 10 at 11 a.m. </em><br /><br /><em>Spring burial will be at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Farmington.</em><br /><br /><em>Published in The Pilot News on Mar. 10, 2017 </em><br /><em><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thepilotnews/obituary.aspx?n=marshall-loren-brown&pid=184419928">http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thepilotnews/obituary.aspx?n=marshall-loren-brown&pid=184419928</a></em></div>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><span>These are a digital file and do not reside in the physical museum collection.</span><br /><br /><span>RKL-FHS</span>
Puddledock Press( article April 2017), Susan Loker
Published in The Pilot News on Mar. 10, 2017
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thepilotnews/obituary.aspx?n=marshall-loren-brown&pid=184419928
1940's
Susan Loker and Stan Freeda
Farmington School Contract 1826
School Contract 1826. Notable persons: Jeremiah(?) Waldron, Eliza Harmon(?). Richard Leighton, Sarah (last name unreadable), Hannah Hayes.
AEM & RKL-FHS
Unknown
1826
Ellen Bennett collection
Ellen L. Bennett, age 94, formerly of North Main Street in Farmington, now known as Bay Road, died June 1, 2007 at Riverside Rest Home in Dover, where she most recently resided. Born in Farmington on September 5, 1912, daughter of the late David Parker Bennett and Grace (Leighton) Bennett, she attended school in Farmington and was a graduate of Farmington High School, Class of 1930. Prior to retirement in 1977, she was employed many years for the Department of Probation, State of New Hampshire. She was predeceased by her sister: Mabelle Lee and is survived by her nephew: Denneth & his wife Judith Lee of Barrington and their 5 children: Linda, Eric, Jason, Wendy and William, also 2 great nieces: Michelle & Krista. Interment will be in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Farmington.
Group Class Photograph, Glenn Street School, 1910-1911
This is a group class photograph taken at the Glenn Street School, 1910-1911. The only person identified in the photograph is Ernest J. Kelley, located second row from the left, second pupil. It is in a protective flip cover, with an onion paper cover for the photo front. Size 9.75'x6.75'
FHS-RKL
Albert B. Nye, Photographer, Newburyport, MA
1910-1911
Photosheet Grade 1 Memorial Drive School & Photograph Of Clarice Lougee Teacher Grade1, 1959-1960
A standard class photosheet for grade one, Memorial Drive School, Farmington, NH & a photograph of Clarice Lougee teacher Grade 1 1959-1960. Photosheet size: 6.5"x8.5" Teacher Photo: 1.5"x 1.75
Top Row: Debra Servetas, Daniel Scruton, Linda Miller, Joe Garland, Mary Schulte, Michel Baud, Pamela Clements
Second Row from Top: Ronald Hoage, Charlotte Lefebre(or Kathy Bushway),Linda Sabine, Randy Goodwin
Second Row from Bottom: First student unidentified, Alan Spear Jean Gray, Ronald Jenkins, Susan Boothby, second to last student unidentified, Shirley Lord
Bottom Row: Edward Mros, Shirley Gilman, Leo Drapeau, Luann Picard(?),Dennis Nichols, Last two students unidentified
FHS-RKL
Alston Studios Inc
Donated by Clarice & Walter Lougee
Farmington High School Class Of 1919 Graduation Program
A 1919 Farmington Class Graduation Program with a ticket/invitation for a ball at the Farmington Opera House, as well as, calling cards collected from many classmates. The program is ink printed on heavy pressed paper. The binding for the program is a yellow cord tassel. The program contains the event list for the day, class roll, class officers, and other general class information. The calling cards are standard for the period, ink on heavy paper and the ticket/invitation is the same, with an admittance line filled in, written in pencil, as " Mr & Mrs. Lester Darning."
Program size: 4"x5", Ticket: 2.5"x 3.25", Calling card sizes: 2"x3" & 1.25"x 3"
FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington High School
Farmington High School
1919
Donated by Ms. Nancy Merrill, Alton Bay, NH
Delivered by Dottie Bean
Farmington NH School District Annual Report Year Ending 1963
Farmington NH School District Annual Report year ending 1963.
This is a digital file and does not exist in the physical museum collection.
FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington NH School District
Farmington NH School District
1963
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from
Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries
Farmington NH School District Annual Report Year Ending 1964
Farmington NH School District Annual Report year ending 1964.
This is a digital file and does not exist in the physical museum collection.
FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington NH School District
Farmington NH School District
1964
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from
Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries
1880 Graduation Exercises Farmington High School Booklet
A bi-fold booklet of the 1880 Graduation Exercises of the Farmington High School. The event was set for eight o' clock, Thursday July 1, 1880 at the Congregational Church in Farmington, NH. Music was planned, as well as eleven speakers, including the Salutatorian and the Valedictorian.
FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington High School
Farmington High School
1880
Donated by Lorraine Meyer 2018
Farmington High School Sepia Souvenir Postcard
A Farmington High School sepia collotype souvenir postcard which shows the front and left side of the building. Much has been modified from earlier times, but the building is still three stories with a front entrance. The windows have been changed and their openings enlarged. Six, Tuscan, Doric columns edge the lower front doors on either side and hold the roof above which features a simple, low balustrade and along with the columns appear to be painted white. A metal fire escape can be seen on the left side. The cupola is centered atop the building and also seems to be painted white. A metal basketball hoop, with backboard, stands in the left front of the postcard.
Size 3.5" x 5.5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
Unknown
Unknown
Early 20th Century-Post 1927
Farmington High School Sepia Souvenir Postcard
A Farmington High School, colorized, brown- green souvenir postcard which is front facing center. To the left and right side of the building can be seen. It has been modified from when it was built, but easily resembles the earlier building in most ways. It is three stories with a front entrance. The windows have not been changed and their openings have not been enlarged yet. The front doors have a small porch, with front sloping the roof above which features a simple, small perpendicular a frame decoration atop it. Two, short chimneys on either side can be seen atop the main roof. The cupola is centered atop the building has been slightly altered from its original configuration. Trees and shrubs can also be seen in the postcard. A simple metal fence can also be seen in front of the building.
Size 3.5" x 5.5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
New England Stationary Company
New England Stationary Company
Early 20th Century