Dorothy Ellen Myrick and Stephen Aldrich Randall

STEPHEN ALDRICH RANDALL was born March 29, 1919 in West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts,⁴⁵³² and died June 18, 2001.⁵⁶

He married DOROTHY ELLEN MYRICK on July 7, 1950 in Whiting, Lake, Indiana,⁹³³⁰ daughter of MARGUERITE CHARITY DOAN and RAYMOND THOMPSON MYRICK. She was born July 30, 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois,¹³ and died October 12, 1999.⁵⁶

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Children of DOROTHY ELLEN MYRICK and STEPHEN ALDRICH RANDALL:

1. Daughter
2. Daughter
3. Daughter

Hammond Times, June 15, 1950⁹³³⁰

Whiting Girl Weds July 7 in Quaker Rites

One of the most unusual wedding ceremonies ever to be performed in Whiting was the Quaker service which united Miss Dorothy Myrick, daughter of Mrs. Raymond Thompson Myrick of 1932 Wespark, Whiting, and Stephen Aldrich Randall, son of Mrs. Reuben Emory Randall of Bolton, Mass., July 7 at 4:30 p. m. The ceremony was under the supervision of the Morgan Park Meeting of Friends of Chicago.

Bouquets of larkspur, delphinium, carnations and gladioli, carrying out a color scheme of pink and white, appointed the living room of the Myrick home where the wedding took place. Favorite selections of Bach and Brahms were played as a small group of relatives and friends gathered to await the entrance of the bride.

Has Ballerina Dress

Miss Myrick wore a ballerina length dress of white marquisette trimmed with lace. Her Juliet cap of lace was covered with stephanotis. The groom waited for her at the foot of the stairs and the two entered the living room together and were seated upon a white satin covered bench.

The Quaker ceremony is conducted as a special meeting of the Society of Friends. Speakers were Dr. Robert E. Humphreys of Whiting and Russel Rees and Emone Hadley of Chicago. The couple then pledged their vows to each other and signed the Quaker certificate of marriage which was real aloud to the meeting and signed by all those present.

A small informal reception was held at the Myrick home following the service.

Honeymoon in New England

As the couple left for their honeymoon the bride wore a black and white silk print dress with a black straw hat and a white wool cape. After several weeks in New England they will go to Iowa City, Ia., where the bride will teach in the drama department at Iowa State university and the groom will take graduate work in English.

She is a graduate of Earlham college and received her master's degree in speech at Northwestern university. During the war she served overseas with the Red Cross recreational services. Vivacious and charming she was picture on the cover of Life magazine handing out doughnuts from her traveling canteen. For the past two years she has been teaching drama at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo.

The groom, also a graduate of Earlham college, was the English master at Deerfield academy, Deerfield, Mass., for several years.

Out-of-town guests included the groom's mother and his sister, Mrs. Walter Campbell and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Randall of Hudson, Mass., Miss Julia Townsend of Princeton, N. J., Mrs. C. E. Reed and daughter, Miss Mariana Reed, Winchester, Ind., and Miss Jeanne Sturgeon of Columbia, Mo.

Hammond Times, November 11, 1936⁵⁰⁴²

DOROTHY MYRICK HAS LEAD IN COLLEGE PLAY

Miss Dorothy Myrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Myrick of 1932 Wespark avenue, has just won a leading part in the Thanksgiving day play to be given at Frances Shimer Junior college at Mount Carroll, Ill.

She will play the role of "Florence" in Booth Tarkington's "The Intimate Strangers." This is the first production of the year at the college.

Hammond Times, December 21, 1936⁸¹⁹

Miss Dorothy Myrick has arrived to spend the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Myrick of Wespark avenue. Dorothy attends the Frances Shimer School for Girls in Mt. Carroll, Ill.

Hammond Times, May 4, 1939⁸²¹

Miss Dorothy Myrick, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Myrick of Wespark avenue will return tomorrow from Richmond, Ind. where she has been attending Earlham college. Miss Myrick will leave for Santa Fe, N. M., where she will spend the summer as dramatic counselor at the Seton Camp.

Hammond Times, May 4, 1939⁸²⁰

Miss Dorothy Myrick, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Myrick of Wespark avenue, took the part of Mrs. Fairfax in the play, "Jane Eyre," presented by the Mask and Mantle, dramatic organization at Earlham college, Richmond, Ind. Critics were loud in their praise of Miss Myrick's portrayal.

Hammond Times, August 6, 1945⁸²³

Miss Dorothy Myrick, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Myrick, Wespark avenue, who is home from two years overseas duty with a Red Cross clubmobile, is spending a few days in Washington.

The Bolton Commons, June 24, 2001⁸²⁵

Stephen Aldrich Randall of Plymouth, New Hampshire, died Monday, June 18, after a brief illness.

He was the husband of Dorothy (Myrick) Randall, who died in October 1999, and the son of Reuben and Mary (Eaton) Randall.

Mr. Randall grew up in Bolton, where the family farmed and ran the Red and White Store. He graduated from Hudson High School, where he was president of his class of 1937. He was very much involved in music and drama activities and wrote the music for a class song. In 1941 he graduated from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. There he continued to be active in music and dramatics. He was also an accomplished pianist.

A lifelong Quaker, Mr. Randall was a conscientious objector to bearing arms in World War II, instead working at the Newton YMCA and the Houghton Junior High School in Bolton. He studied music as therapy, directed church choirs in Clinton and Bolton, and worked as a telephone switchboard operator and Civil Defense volunteer.

After the war he taught at Earlham and at Deerfield Academy. In 1950 he married Dorothy Myrick of Whiting, Indiana, and entered graduate school at the University of Iowa, earning a masters degree in English literature.

After a long career of teaching teen-aged boys in private schools, he retired to Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1977, where he and his wife ran a bed and breakfast for several years and were involved in the Pemi Choral Society, Congregational Church Choir, community theater, and FISH organization. He served on the boards of Speare Memorial Hospital and the Pemi-Baker Home Health Agency.

He leaves three daughters, Mary Randall Vaiden of Bristol, New Hampshire, Joanna Randall of Plymouth, New Hampshire, and Elizabeth Randall of Hebron, New Hampshire; seven grandchildren; a sister, Ruth Randall Campbell of Hudson; and a brother, Herbert Randall of Bolton.

His eldest sister, Hazel Tarbell, died in June 1999.

A memorial service was held Saturday, June 23, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with the Reverend Dr. Judith Gooch, pastor, officiating. Burial will be private.