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Bettina Conley Of Atkinson Becomes Bride

DOVER - FOXCROFT - Miss Bettina Lynne Conley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood H. Conley, of Atkinson, became the bride of Roger Alien Knowlton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Knowlton, Saturday at 2 pm in the United Baptist Church. The Rev. Lorrimer Morrison performed the double ring ceremony before an altar decorated with seasonal flowers and sprays of evergreens. Miss Corinne Johnson, church organist, played traditional wedding marches. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin floor length gown with fingertip veil, attached to a crown of shattered carnations. She carried a white Bible with gardenia. Her matron of honor was her sister, Mrs. Patricia Nickerson of Presque Isle, who wore a street length dress of pink chiffon with shoulder-length veil attached to a gold coronet. Bridesmaids were the Misses Nancy Carter, Priscilla Bradbury, and Gail Clark wearing dresses of yellow, pink and green, respectively. They carried bouquets of shattered carnations and babies-breath like the matron of honor’s. Darcey Nickerson of Presque Isle, dressed in a pink floral patterned dress was the flower girl. Shawn Carsley of Newport was the ring bearer. Maurice Marden was best man. Ushers were Dale Carsley of Newport, George McCourt of Dexter and Fernald Clark Jr. A reception was held in t the church vestry. The guest book was circulated by Miss Linda Knowiton, sister of the bridegroom. Punch was dipped by Mrs. Carolyn Doore and Mrs. Dale Carsley, sisters of the bridegroom At the gift table were the Misses Josephine and Lynette Barnes. The bride, who attended Foxcroft Academy, chose for traveling, a white linen dress and white accessories. Her corsage was of white gardenia. The bridegroom Is a graduate of Foxcroft Academy and will continue his studies at the University of Maine this fall. They will reside in Dover-Foxcroft.¹

Frank R. Conner, son of Frank W. Conner and Cora B. Maxfield

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (also known as Battles of the Meuse-Argonne and the Meuse-Argonne Campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers. It is the deadliest battle in American history, resulting in over 350,000 casualties including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. U.S. losses were exacerbated by the inexperience of many of the troops, the tactics used during the early phases of the operation and the widespread onset of the influenza outbreak called the "Spanish Flu". Meuse-Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) during World War I. It was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. It was the largest and bloodiest operation of World War I for the AEF even if, given the scale of other battles on the Western Front, its size was limited and the operation itself secondary as it was far from the main offensive axis.²