Donald Henry Rollins

Lewiston Evening Journal
Lewiston, Maine
July 15, 1933
p. 3

Rollins - Sleeper

Daughter of Former Lewiston Doctor Is Bride of Colby Graduate

WAYNE, July 15 (Special) - The home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Stinchfield of Wayne, was the scene of a very pretty home wedding Friday evening, when Mr. Stinchfield's niece, Miss Catherine Sleeper, became the bride of Donald H. Rollins of Winthrop.

At 8:30 o'clock, to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Miss Florence Hill of Hyde Park, Mass., the bridal party entered the large living room. Miss Florence Stinchfield, maid of honor, was followed by the bride, on the arm of her uncle, Mr. Stinchfield, who gave her in marriage, meeting the bridegroom and best man, G. Edwin Royal of Augusta, under a beautiful arch of evergreen, twined with white rambler roses.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. I.H. Lidstone of Winthrop, pastor of the M.E. church. The double ring service was used.

The bride wore a gown of ivory lace, with picture hat to match, and carried an arm bouquet of American Beauty roses. True to the old tradition - "Something old and something new"- she carried a hand-made lace handkerchief, made and carried by her great-grandmother, on a similar occasion. Her going away gown was a blue and white ensemble of crinkle crepe with white accessories. The maid of honor wore a nile-green net gown with picture hat, and carried an arm bouquet of Premiere roses.

The rooms were beautifully decorated with quantities of cut flowers. The decorations were in charge of Miss Helen Maxim. Mrs. Charles Collins of Everett, Mass., was in charge of the guest book. There were many gifts, including silver, glass, linen, money, furniture and electrical appliances.

In the receiving line, following the ceremony, were Mr. and Mrs. Stinchfield, Mrs. Henrietta Stinchfield, grandmother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rollins, parents of the bridegroom and family friends.

Serving refreshments were Miss Helen Royal of Augusta, Miss Alice Heggie, Hyde Park, Mass., Miss Helen Maxim and Mrs. Margaret Soule of Wayne, and Mrs. Wilbur Maxim of New York.

Mrs. Rollins in the daughter of the late Dr. Herbert Sleeper, a well known Lewiston physician, and Minnie Stinchfield Sleeper. She was educated in the public schools of Lewiston, was graduated from the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge and later took the post-graduate course at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, Pa. For the past five years, she has been physical instructor in the schools of Belmont, Mass. She is a member of the Boston Sargent Club, and the Maine Brance of Mayflower Descendants.

Mr. Rollins is a graduate of Winthrop school, of Colby College and of the engineering corps of the Westinghouse Electricity and Manufacturing Co. He is a member of the Lambdi Chi Alpha fraternity and of the Odd Fellows. He is at present assistant manager in the Portsmouth, N.H. office of the Personal Finance Co. Soon after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Rollins left on a wedding trip.

About 50 guests attended the nuptials and those were ... [long list of guests not transcribed].

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The Day
New London, Conn.
Saturday, April 5, 1969
p. 18

Donald Rollins

MYSTIC - Donald H. Rollins, 62, of 28 Rossie St., died this morning at his home. He was the husband of the former Catherine A. Sleeper.

He was born Nov. 9, 1906, in Winthrop, Maine, the son of William and Eva Haywood Rollins. He came to Mystic in 1951 to take employment as an electrical designer at General Dynamics Electric Boat.

Mr. Rollins was a graduate of Colby College and a member of the Lamixia Chi Alpha Fraternity. He also was a member of the Temple Lodge of Masons, past patron of the Abenaki Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of Winthrop, the Groton Elks, Mystic Polish-American Club, Social Society of Frohsinn of Mystic, Groton Sportsmen's Club, Electric Boat Athletic Association and the Marine Draftman's Association.

In addition to to his widow, he is survived by a son, Donald S. Rollins of Groton; a daughter, Mrs. William G. Moore of Mystic and three grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted in Winthrop, Maine at a later date. There are no calling hours. The Shea-Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Events

• He worked as an insurance salesman.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 19 Limerock Street in Camden, Knox County, Maine. He was head of household and owned property valued at $4,000.

Donald married Catherine Amelia Sleeper, daughter of Herbert Sumner Sleeper M.D. and Minnie Etta Stinchfield, 14 July 1933 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. (Catherine Amelia Sleeper was born 14 November 1901 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine,^{9436,9437,9438} died in January 1984 ^9437,9438 and was buried after January 1984 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine at Mount Pleasant Cemetery ⁹⁴³⁷.)