John Clark Stinchfield

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
Monday, February 3, 1942
p. 7

STINCHFIELD-SAWYER

WILTON - An attractive home wedding was solemnized Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, when Miss Elizabeth Prince Sawyer became the bride of John Clark Stinchfield. Mrs. Stinchfield is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Sawyer. She attended local schools, graduating from Wilton Academy in the class of 1936 where she was prominent in athletics. She later attended the Miss Wheelock School in Boston and recently has been in the Underwood School at Falmouth Foreside. Mrs. Stinchfield is the son of Mrs. Katie Clark [sic] Stinchfield and the late Allen H. Stinchfield of Wayne. He attended Winthrop high school and the University of Maine and is now employed as a research chemist at the S.D. Warren Paper Co., Westbrook. The newly weds will be at home at 785 Main Street, Westbrook, following a short wedding trip.

The ceremony was performed by candlelight and the house was decorated with white candles and white cut flowers with evergreens as the background. The bride was gowned in white satin with sweetheart neckline, accented with pearls. She wore a finger tip veil and carried a shower bouquet of white roses, carnations and sweet peas. She was attended by her sister, Miss Mira L. Sawyer of Auburndale, Mass., as maid of honor, who attired in aqua silk jersey and carried a bouquet of deep pink roses and carnations.

Mr. Stinchfield was attended by his brother, Roger Stinchfield. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Earle W. Sawyer. The wedding march was played by Mrs. William Sabin of Wilton, a Wilton Academy classmate of the bride. For her going away costume, Mrs. Stinchfield wore a powder blue silk dress with wine accessories. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were: Mrs. Katie Stinchfield, Miss Helen Stinchfield, Roger Stinchfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stetson, Miss Mildred Stetson, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Soule and Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest Brown, all of Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rollins of Winthrop; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Verrill, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russell, William Schnorr, Ralph Wilde, and Frank Regan of Westbrook; Mrs. and Mrs. Alex Robertson of Lewiston; Mrs. Dewing Proctor of Portland; Miss Alice Sweetser of Auburn; J. Edward Hayes of Waltham, Mass.; Miss Mira Sawyer of Auburndale, Mass.; Mrs. and Mrs. Wallace Wentworth of Worcester, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walt of Cambridge, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Willard S. Bass., Jr. of Brunswick and Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Merrill of Berlin, N.H.

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his parents.

• He had a residence in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine.

• He had a residence in Manila, Philippines.

John married Elizabeth Prince Sawyer, daughter of Earle Whittier Sawyer and Edith Adell Merrill, 31 January 1942 in Wilton, Franklin County, Maine ⁷⁵⁰⁴.^,7505 (Elizabeth Prince Sawyer was born 3 July 1918 in Wilton, Franklin County, Maine,⁷⁵⁰⁴ died 17 October 2000 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine ⁷⁵⁰⁴ and was buried after 17 October 2000 in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine at Mount Pleasant Cemetery ⁷⁵⁰⁹.)