County

Oxford

Zip Code

04276

Type

Honor roll

Maker/Sculptor

William W. Hardy

Date Erected

1918

Date Dedicated

5-1-1919

Inscriptions

Honor Roll

Rumford, Maine

(Top Column 1)

*Major Lucian W. Blanchard

*SGT. NAPOLEON OUELETTE

*WALTER ZEWARK

*HARRY BRYANT

*DAVID CHASE

*EARL LAMBERT

*WILLIAM POOLE

*LUCIAN ARSENAULT

(Top Column 2)

*THOMAS A. ROSSI

*E. THERIEAULT

*JOHN LAVIGNE

*CHARLES NAUILES

*THOMAS ROSS

*ALBERT UMLAND

(Top Column 3)

*LIEUT. ROBERT SHAND

*THIMOTHY GAVIN

*JOHN JESELSKIS

*ERNEST N. HOLMQUIST

*ANTONIO GOLANTONI

*ALTON D. WAGNER

*JERRY GOODI

(Top Column 4)

*SALVATORE BLUNDO

*E. LELLAND

*ROBERT LANDRY

*VETO PARISE

*ALEXANDER MCDONALD

*LYMAN K. SWAZEY

(Column 1)

MAJ. JOHN A. HADLEY

MICHAEL GUTILLI

BENJ. ARSENAULT

FRED M. ARSENAULT

JOSEPH ARSENAULT

JILL ARSENAULT

SGT. WILFRED ARSENAULT

JOSEPH AYOTTE

MAJ. SPAULDING BISBEE

HAROLD M. BLAKE

LIEUT. ULRIG J. BOUFFARD

IRL O. BROWN

WM. BUSHLEY

WALLACE BUTTERFIELD LIEUT.

ENA C. CARRIER, LIEUT.

ALPHE CORMIER

GEO. COUGHLAN

EUGENE COULOMBE

ERNEST COUTURE

EDW. DOSTIE

LUBAN DOUGET

WALTER L. DRAPER

ROB’T DUGIE

AMEDIE FOURNIER

GEDEON GAGNE

PETER GALLANT

SGT. WALTER L. GLOVER

GEO. GOGUEN

CHAS. D. GODREAU

AUGUSTIN GUILLEMETTE

WM. HAMANE

WM. T. HANLEY, LIEUT.

CHESTER D. HARDY

LEONCE JOBIN

CLYDE A. LAMBERT

ALSON LAPLANTE

NAPOLEON LARABEE

ALBERT G. LEFEBURE

SGT. OVID N. LEFEBURE

FRED F. LEGER

JOS J. MARTEL

JOS. L. METIVIER

WM. T. MILLIGAN

MIKE NELLIGAN

SGT. LAWRENCE PETERSON

JOHN POIRIER

ALPHEY L. POULIN, LIEUT.

MERLE RICHARDSON

CHAS L. ROBICHAUD

DAN’L. L. ROBICHAUD

HECTOR A. RODERICK

ARTHUR ROULEAU

EMILE J. ROY

LIEUT. HARRY RUFF

ADAM SHALTMAN

LEONARD BRIGGS

EARL F. SKILLINGS

EDMUND SUTTON

LIEUT. VERLE L. SWEATT

JOHN M. SYLVESTER, SGT.

SGT. ARTHUR J. WELCH

WM. GILMAN

JOS. GOODFELLOW

JOHN HARPER

SGT. WAYMAN S. HASSETT

SGT. RUSSELL ADAMS

SGT. JOHN D. LAUGHLIN

JOHN W. MCCLEARY

ROBT. C. MCDOWELL

ARCULA MELANSON

MIKE MOLINO

MILES QUIGLEY

CATTANO SASSIE

HAROLD A. SKILLING

HENRY C. LEFEBRE

PERLEY THOMAS

ARTHUR PARADIS

(Column 2)

CAPT. WESLEY H. WOODS

GILBERT AKERS

HERBERT F. GRANT

JAMES CALLARY

GUY F. CARPENTER

CLEMENT W. CONNORS

JAMES B. COOKE

WILBROD J. COWETT

EDWIN H. FIELDS

VERRO FORTUNATO

FRANG. DUGUISSEPE

ANTONI GAUGEMI

GLENROY GILLE

ALFRED LAMBERT

HAROLD A LURVEY

RALPH PATTERSON

JOS J. POWERS

SHELDON H. RAYMOND

MIKE ROMAN

GLIBERT H. SANDERS

EDW. WALSH

ALTON B. WILLIAMSON

JOHN R. PARADIS

GEO. W. PARADIS

ALBERT N. STANWOOD

ROB’T D. MCGRATH

ERNEST RECORD

CARL RICHARDS

JAS A. MCDONNELL

MICHAEL MCQUAID

PETER SHARON

GEO S. STANWOOD

ALPHONSO LASCOSE

THOS. W. MCBEAN

GERALD MCCARTHY

JAS. MCGLOIN

FRANK MARINOLLI

ERNEST MARTIN

GEO. K. ROBINSON, LIEUT.

NORMAN D. SAMSON

PEROY E. YOUNG

ROMEO TURGEON

FRANK A. SMITH

ELLERY G. KIDDER

JEROME DOUGET

JOS. DOUGET

JOS. H. DOUGET

JOHN DOUGET

THIMOTHE DOUGET

EUGENE DORION

LOUIS DORION

WM. DUPIL

ALDRED FORTIN

AMEDE FOURNIER

ARTHUR FOURNIER

J. EMILE FOURNIER

LOUIS FOURNIER

NAPOLEON FOURNIER

ARCHIE GALLANT

AMEDE GALLANT

EDOUARD GALLANT

JEROME GALLANT

JAMES GALLANT

PAUL GALLANT

JACQUES GALLANT

RAYMOND GALLANT

JEREMIE GALLANT

FLORIEN GALLANT

WM. GARNEAU

HENRI GAUTHIER

JAS. GILLIS

MICHEL GIRARD

UBAIN GOGUEN

FIDELE GOTREAU

FRANK GAUDETTE

JAS. GUILLMETTE

HERBERT F. FREEMAN

(COLUMN 3)

CLARENCE ABBOTT

CHAS. R. ATWOOD

H.B. ARMOUR

O’NEIL R. ALBERT

WALTER ANDREWS

VITO ATTISANO

SGT. FRANK M. BRYANT

HERBERT G. BLAKE

GEO T. DYER

CHAS. J. BISHOP

PETER B. BEEAKER

STEPHEN C. BEEAKER

HOWARD E. BEEDY

LEONARD BRIGGS

CHAS. BROTZMAN

AUSTIN M. BULGER

WILFRED BUTLER

ROSAMOND CASEY

ROSCOE D. CURTIS

EMILIE J. CARRIER

HARRY W. CLARK

FRANK CELENTINA

THOS. W. CHAMBERS

F.R. CHAPPELL

JOHN CHAYNE

CLAUDE CLARKE

HARRY CLARKE

FRED’K J. KINCH

EDW. H. CONNOR

J.B. COOKE

DONALD COOMBS

BASIL A. CORNISH

EARL GATES

NORMAN A. CRAWFORD

GEO. CROSS

EARL M. CURRIER

PERGY L. DAVIS

JAMES E. DWYER

CLYDE A. DAVIS

CLAUDE A. DAVIS

PETER DECHILLIS

FRED DEMUND

ROMEO DIFIORI

CHAS. DORR

ANTHONY DROSKA

WM. DUGAN

C.E. DURRILL

IVAN M. DYER

ARTHUR E. EDGECOMB

CLIFFORD EDWARDS

STEPHEN EDWARDS

RUSSELL ENMANN

JOS. P. FLAHARTY

VERNO FORTUNATO

AMAS FOURNIER

JOHN A. GILLIS

WM. W. GILMAN

JERRY GALLANT

FRANCOIS GAUDETTE

GLENROY-GILLE

LERVIS GILLIS

JOHN J. GREEN

JOS. GUERIN

FRANK GURNEY

JOHN E. HANSON

ARTHUR J. HENRY

JOHN MELONSON

JOS. MITCHELL

ELMER F. MOORE

HAROLD MORTENSON

PETER MOSKUS

WM. MULLIGAN

WM. W. MOODY

MERLE C. NILES

SGT. CHAS. F. NILES

CHESTER NELSON

(COLUMN 4)

ALEX O. HANLEY

LEWIS G. HARKNESS

THOS. HART

CARL ANDREWS

FRANK HORGAN

THOS. JOHNSON

SGT. PHILLIP M. ISRALSON

STANLEY JARVOS

EUGENE JELLISON

WM. JONES

JAMES KIERSTEAD

ARCHIE KENNWARD

STANLEY KEURATIS

VICTOR KNEELAND

JOHN KOSICK

KARTANTIN KIMTYKO

HOWARD J. LEADER

NORTON LINNELL

C. WELSFORD LAPHAM

CORP. ALBERT LORRENTZEN

ARTHUR CURRAN

JOS. LANDRY

CRESCIENZO LATTANZI

JAMES LAW

JOHN LAZAROU

ALYRE LABLANC

JAMES LAFARO

JOS. M. LUCAS

HAROLD LURVEY

HARROLD G. MCMENNAMIN

STANLEY S. MCMENNAMIN

CORP. CARL MCMENNAMIN

PHILLIP M. MARX

ARCHIE M. MANN

SGT. DONALD MCMASTER

JOHN D. MEEHAN

SGT. OLLIE J. MURRAY

ARTHUR J. MARCOUX

ALEAH MORTENSON

FRED MORTENSON

ALBERT J. MORTENSON

LIEUT. R.L. MELCHER, JR.

SGT. H.V. MORTENSON

EARL M. MORTENSON

ROY MAILLET

DENNIS MALLEY

WM. S. MALLEY

ERNEST P. MARSHALL

WALTER L. MARSTON

ANTHONY MARTIN

PETER E. MARTIN

WALTER MCCONNELL

GORDON MCCAFFREY

WM. MCCLEARY

GUS B. MCLELLON

EDW. H. MCNEIL

FRED MELANSON

C. WALDO LOVEJOY

CYPRUS L. PERRINGTON

JAMES W. PERRY

JOS. PERRY

MANUEL PERRY

WM. QUIMBY

LIEUT. EMERSON RAWLEY

BLISS RICHARD

JOS. D. RICHARD

BENJ. ROBERTSON

CHAS. ROSS

LEON RYNGIALO

HAROLD A. STEARNS

EMIL SEACOTTE

2ND. OFF. GEO. J. SWAB

TIMOTHY R. STEARNS

RALPH STETSON

WM. W. SANDERS

NICK SORRENT

(COLUMN 5)

LUCIAN LAPLANTE

CHAS. H. HOPKINS

HAROLD W. HOPKINS

ERNEST A. BANKER

ARTHUR T. ABBOTT

CLYDE W. ABBOTT

HERBERT DURAN

CLARENCE C. ABBOTT

EVAN HALL

WM A. SKILLINGS

JAS. C. ELLIOTT

DAVID A. GLINES

EDW. DORION

AVILA ALBERT

ALBERT ARSENAULT

BENOIT ARSENAULT

CARL ARSENAULT

CLEMENT ARSENAULT

ALBERT AYOTTE

DENIS AYOTTE

CORNELIUS ARSENAULT

CYRUS ARSENAULT

ERNEST AYOTTE

FRED R. ALLARD

DOCITHE ARSENAULT

ETINNE ARSENAULT

FRED J. AUGER

EUCHARIST ARSENAULT

FRANK ARSENAULT

FRED M. ARSENAULT

PHILLIPE J. AUGER

GEO. ARSENAULT

GILDAS ARSENAULT

JOS. ARSENAULT

JOS P. ARSENAULT

PAUL YENTZ

JAMES YOUNG

DAVID WYSE

SELDON WORTHLEY

CHAS. F. WOODS

ANGUS WILSON

THOS. WHITE

JOHN J. WEBER

PETER A. WALTERS

JOHN WALSH

CAPT. DR. F.E. WHEET

SGT. MERLE W. WESCOTT

EZRA G. WEBBER

HERMAN O. WOODS

JAMES M. WISHART

ALFRED F. YOUNG

FRANCIS E. WARREN

LESTER C. VIRGIN

LUIGI VERONISI

HENRY M. TUCKER

CLARENCE TODD

WM. H. TAYLOR

RUSSELL P. TAYLOR

FRANCIS E. TIBBETTS

J. CLAUDE THOMAS

WILDRED SULLIVAN

JAS A. STAFFORD

JARVIS W. SNYDER

JOS. L. SENECHAL

FRANK SORRENT

DOMINIO SAMARCO

BRUNO SAMARCO

B. SALVATORE

C.M. SALMONSON

PAUL SAISI

JOHN SABALL

C. NORTON MIXER

LIEUT. DR. A.L. STANWOOD

CHAS SOULE

STEPHEN S. SWAIN

(COLUMN 6)

JOS. ARSENAULT

HENRI ARSENAULT

PIERRE ARSENAULT

EDOUARD BABINEAU

ALBERT BARRE

PIERRE G. ARSENAULT

URBAIN ARSENAULT

WESLEY ARSENAULT

ARTHUR D. BARRIAULT

ISSAAC BASTARACHE

ARTHUR BEAUDETTE

FRANCOIS BEAUSOLEIL

EDW. BELANGER

GEO. E. BELANGER

WM. BEAUSOLEIL

LIEUT. ALBERT BELIVEAU

BENOIT BERNARD

JEAN B. BENOIT

EDMUND BISSON

ANTON BLANCHETTE

GEO. BLANCHETTE

FELIX BOUCHER

FRANCOIS BOUCHER

FRED BOIVIN

ALFRED BOUFFARD

ARTHUR BOUFDARD

ADELARD BROUILLARD

D. BROUILLETTE

JOS. CARRIER

WILBROD CAOUETTE

LEON CASEY

JOS. E. CAYER

JAMES CHENARD

OMER CHENARD

JOS. E. CHASSON

ALBAN CLOUTHIER

HYACHINTHE COTE

ROMEO COULOMBE

EDGARD CYR

JOS. W. CYR

D. DAIGLE

JOS. DEMERS

ANTONIN DEROY

ARTHUR DESJARDENS

HENRI DESJARDENS

JOS. DESJARDENS

JOS. L. DESJARDENS

EUGENE DESROCHE

CHAS. DEVEAU

EDM. DOIRON

EDW. DOSTIE

FRANC. DOUGET

HERMENEGILDE GREGOIRE

CHAS. GUIMOND

ADRIEN GAMACHE

ARTHUR HEBERT

EDW. E. JACQUES

LEONCE JOBIN

GEO. E. LABRIE

ADELARD LALIBERTE

ARTHUR J. LAMBERT

ALFRED E. LAMBERT

ANTONIO LANDRY

ALYRE LEBLANC

HECTOR LEBLANC

LOUIS J. LEBLANC

HENRI LEFEBURE

WM. LEMIEUX

OSCAR LESIEUR

JOHN LESSARO

GEO. J. LEVASSEUR

OCTAVE LEVASSEUR

JOS. LUCAS

JOS. E. MAILLET

MAXIME MAILLET

ARTHUR MARCHAND

(COLUMN 7)

ARTHUR MARCOUX

ARTHUR MARTIN

ANTOINE MARTIN

JAS. MARTIN

LEVI MARTIN

HENRI MATTHIEU

GEO. MAZROLM

ACHILAS MELANCON

ALFRED MEANCON

HARRY MELANCON

ALBAN MELANCON

ALB. E. MELANCON

ALB. J. MELANCON

ALYRE MELANCON

ADELARD MERCIER

JOS. MERCIER

SALOMON MERCIER

ALF. J. NADEAU

JOS. E. NADEAU

ALBERT OUELETTE

JOS. OUELETTE

TREFFLE OUELETTE

JOHN PARKER

LEO PAULIN

ANTOINE PERRAULT

ARTHUR PICARD

ERNEST PINNETTE

HENRI PINNETTE

EMMANUEL POIRIER

FIDELE POIRIER

JAS. M. POIRIER

JAS. POIRIER

JOS. J. POIRIER

JOS. M. POIRIER

ERNEST J. POULIN

JOS. L. POULIN

AUGUSTIN PREVOST

ADELARD RICHARD

ALBERT J. RICHARD

ALBAN RICHARD

BLISS RICHARD

PLACIDE RICHARD

SYLVAIN RICHARD

WILLIE RICHARD

MARCEL ROBICHAUD

WM. P. ROBICHAUD

JOS. ROCHON

NERE ROSSEAU

ALFRED ROY

ALYRE ROY

AMABLE ROY

ELI ROY

EMILE A. ROY

EMILE SICOTTE

AIME ST. PIERRE

JOS. ST. PIERRE

WILFRID SULLIVAN

EDM. SUTTON

ERNEST TAILLON

VITAL THIBEAU

CHAS. THOMPSON

ALFRED THURMAN

FRED TOUCHET

FRANC V. TREMBLAY

MERLE CARVER

JOS D. VALLE

ERNEST VALLE

CYRILLE VEILLEAU

BENJ. ROBERTOSON

F. MACLELLAN

JAMES T. LAW

ABE COHEN

CHAS. LEVIN

PETER KVERSZAS

TONY STASIULIS

CHAS. BABIANAS

(COLUMN 8)

LEVAN BOGOILA

ANTON WALONCHIUS

ALEX. GAUDISH

JOE JEKUBAITIS

JOHN SOBOLEUSKIS

JOE LUKAS

JOHN ZADIEKAS

STEVE KIAURAKIS

KONSTONTIN KONTEIKIS

PAUL YENCIUS

JOE ASAWENSKIS

ANTON DRAKSZAS

JOHN DAGILIUS

JOHN STRIMAITIS

ANTON BAGDON

PETER BIEKER

STANLEY JERUSUNAS

ADAM SHALTMER

JOHN BOCHONIS

ALEX. SABALEUSKIS

JOHN WOOD

JERRY HAMMEL

FRED W. LOVEJOY

CHAS. ARMATA

DAVID LINDBERG

DANIEL M. ROWE

ORIAN PATTERSON

JOHN GILLIS

BRUCE RUFF

CLARENCE AMES

EDW. AMBECK

CARL M. ANDREWS

PHILIP DAVIS

WM. MOREY

ALDEN GOODRICH

RAND A. DUNHAM

CAPT. HARRY L. KILBURN

WM. HANNON

JOHN MITCHELL

GUY R. WHITTEN

ALFRED L. MIXER

ELMER G. FROST

JOHN O’LOUGHLIN

WALTER R. PEARE

JAMES B. LYNCH

ELMER GRANT

CORP. OTTO F. HARNDEN

VINCENT E. NEGRINI

ELMER T. SHAW

CHAS. L. MILLS, JR.

ROBT. E. MILLS

ERNEST L. MILLS

HARRY H. SIDDALL

LIEUT. WM. B. CARROLL

CHAS. M. LACOURSE

H.W. FREEMAN

CECIL H. WORCESTER

CARROLL W. HOLT

RICHARD ROSS

EDWARD ROACH

FRED J. ELLIOTT

FRANCESCO GIRONDO

CECIL L. GRAVES

(COLUMN 8)

ENSIGN JAS. E. DYER

LIEUT. DR. H.W. STANWOOD

ARTHUR BOGLE

JOHN HANSON. JR.

EDW. RANEY

JOHN SCOTT

ALPHONSE KING

E.J. BEAULIEU

N.J. BROOKS

WESLEY LACKEY

CHAS N. DORR

DAVID HAYES

EARLE FERGERSON

RUSSELL ADAMS

VERN J. WHEET

PERLEY L. BERRY

STANLEY PETERSON

BENJ. PRATT

ROY A. JOHNSON

ROY CUMMINGS

ELMER MILLS

MERLE BERRY

ARCHER BURGESS

MILES L. SWETT

ALFRED F. YOUNG

JOHN MCNEIL

ELMER L. GRAVES

ADOLPH JOHNSON

JOHN A. LAVORGNA

GEO. F. CHRISTOPHER

ANTONIO MONDAY

EDMUND RICHARD

THOS. H. JOHNSON

CARL E. TOWLE

SGT. GLENDON S. HENRY

CORP. FRED’K W. RICHARDS

CORP. CLAYTON MCNEIL

RALPH H. EASTMAN

GEO. E. FROST

IRVING J. FROST

MERTON R. HOLT

JULIAN F. DELANO

FRANK MCNEIL

ISSAAC COCHRANE

HERBERT J. HOWLAND

J. EARLE SHIELDS

(COLUMN 9)

GILBERT CROSBY

PETER MCLEOD

ADELARD CAYER

FRED KING

Materials

This Honor Roll is made of wood, and was painted by hand. The memorial also features small flags of Allied nations on either side of the Honor Roll.

Sponsor

William W. Hardy

Monument Description

The paper mill town of Rumford in the western foothills of Maine is far removed from the brutal trench warfare of WWI. Yet, when the call for Americans to join the war effort came, the men of this community were quick to answer. The service and sacrifice of these men is remembered in a sizeable honor roll, which still stands in the Rumford town auditorium.

William W. Hardy, a local painter, built Rumford's honor roll in 1918. Mr. Hardy placed an ad in the Rumford Falls Times asking for the names, enlistment dates, companies and regiments of all who had served or made “the supreme sacrifice”.[1] A gala event was held May 1, 1919 to both welcome home the men who served and dedicate the honor roll. The honor roll was rededicated on July 4,1993 following the refurbishing of the auditorium. The master of ceremonies was Edward A. Clohossey a past commander and member of VFW #1641. In Clohussey’s speech he stated “As you can see many were called; many chose to do their duty for our country. Even today 75 years after WWI…we can ‘boast’ that in a 12 mile radius of this spot 15% of the living population are Veterans.”[2] There is a proud legacy of service to the nation in Rumford.

Speaker Charles McPherson, American Legion Post 24 commander, presented a history of the life of Napoleon Ouellette. Sgt. Ouellette was the first veteran from Rumford to be killed in WWI and the American Legion Post 24 is named for him. Ouellette died on July 14,1918 from wounds received in battle. [3] Ultimately 27 men from Rumford lost their lives in battle or from wounds received in battle. Cub Scout Pack 581, Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Fraternal Order of Eagles, BPO Elks #862, and the Rumford Historical Society were all in attendance for the re-dedication of the honor roll.[4]

The honor roll stands against the back wall of the stage, taking up nearly the entirety of the wall. The names that William W. Hardy painted by hand remain clear. Flanking the long list of carefully hand painted names, are the flags of the allied nations. The colors of the flags have faded over the years but the carefully carved and painted wooden flourishes throughout the piece remain clear. Though today a curtain often hides the honor roll on the stage, the town remains proud of its legacy of service and is dedicated to remembering and honoring the men who served.

Entry written by Jessica Vogel, USM, History BA, Class of 2017

[1] “Names for Rumford’s Honor Roll Board,” Rumford Falls Times (Rumford, ME) , Saturday, October 26, 1918.

[2] Edward Clohossey, “Rededication Ceremonies WWI Memorial” (presentation, Rumford, ME, July 4, 1993).

[3] Rich Plante, “Rumford holds re-dedication ceremony,” Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), July 5, 1993.

[4] Program for Re-dedication of WWI Honor Roll and Memorial, Municipal Building Congress St., Rumford, ME 04276

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