The New London Day
September 25, 1967, page 2
G. E. MacDougall Dies at 65, Was Newsman, Civic Leader
NEW LONDON -- George E. MacDougall, 65 of 4 Williams Street, Waterford, veteran newspaper and publisher who played a leading role in numerous civic organizations died today.
Mr. MacDougall succumbed about noon in the office of Dr. Hillard Spitz, 447 Montauk Avenue. Medical Examiner Harold H. Irwin attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. MacDougall was born November 25, 1901 in Tottenville, NY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Russell MacDougall. He attended New London schools and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
His numerous posts included secretary of the New London Board of Education from 1931 to 1939, secretary of the Ocean Beach Park Board and director of the board's publicity during the first four years of its existence.
He was a member of the City of the City Restoration Committee, the group organized after the 1938 Hurricane; coordinator of the city's Civilian Defense Organization and District Waning Center and a member of the Fair Rent Committee.
Mr. MacDougall, most recently publisher of the Country S Shopper, was a long-time employee of The Day.
During the rum-running days of the Prohibition Era, he covered the Coast Guard and its anti-smuggling activities.
He was The Day's city hall and court reporter for more than 12 years, covering activities of all branches of city government and superior and Common Pleas Court.
Mr. MacDougall made a detailed study of city finances and operations and wrote many featured articles explaining the city's affairs.
For ten years he covered New London and vicinity at night for the Associated Press. He also served as correspondent and wrote special articles for various metropolitan newspapers.
For several years he wrote a column for The Day entitled "Here and There in New London".
In addition to his duties with the newspaper, Mr. MacDougall was juvenile probation officer and assistant clerk of the former Police Court.
In addition to his work with the paper and his many other activities, Mr. MacDougall was one of the city's top officials in the 1920's and the early 1930's. He played for several City Leagues basketball teams and managed two teams, one of which captured two Eastern Connecticut titles.
He was also a leading duck-pin bowler and a pitcher for several semi-pro baseball teams.
He later officiated at high school baseball and basketball games and was an officer of the City Basketball League.
Mr. MacDougall left The Day in 1942 to become secretary to U.S. Rep. John D. McWilliams, (R. Second District).
After a year in Washington, Mr. MacDougall became a special assistant to the Connecticut Reemployment Commission. This group was created in 1943 to plan for the counseling, education, training, rehabilitation, adjustment and reemployment of veterans and displaced war workers.
He was the author of the Manual for the Organization of Local Reemployment and Veterans Advisory Committees. While with the commission he also edited a monthly magazine called Reemployment.
Mr. MacDougall's affiliations included: Epworth League, past president, past exalted ruler of the New London Lodge of Elks, past president of the Odd Six Club, head of the New London Youth Republicans, state treasurer of the Connecticut Young Republicans and chairman of the city's former First Ward GOP Committee.
He was active in Boy Scouting. He had been associated with the publications New London Life.
Funeral arrangements by Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.
The New London Day
September 26, 1967 Page 2
NEW LONDON -- George McDougall
George MacDougall
New London -- George E. MacDougall of 4 William St. Waterford, who died yesterday, will be buried Thursday in Cedar Grove Cemetery following a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. MacDougall 65, died of a heart attack about noon in the office of Dr. Hilliard Spitz of New London.
He was the husband of the former Harriett Thompson, whom he married May 27, 1950, in New London.
She survives him, as do two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Rudolph Gramolini and Mrs. Dan West, both of New London; two brothers, Everett of Waterford, and Robert MacDougall of Groton; a sister, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Niantic, and six grandchildren. Mr. MacDougall was previously married to Esther Maynard MacDougall of New London.
Another brother, Henry Russell (Jim) MacDougall, 56, died unexpectedly in Fairfield, Maine.
Also surviving are three step-daughters Mrs. William Hill, Uncasville, Mrs. Alfred Cavino, Oakdale, and Mrs. Richard Foster, East Lyme, and 17 step-grandchildren.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, New London Lodge of Elks, of which Mr. MacDougall was a past exalted ruler, will conduct a memorial service at 7:30.
September 25, 1967, page 2
G. E. MacDougall Dies at 65, Was Newsman, Civic Leader
NEW LONDON -- George E. MacDougall, 65 of 4 Williams Street, Waterford, veteran newspaper and publisher who played a leading role in numerous civic organizations died today.
Mr. MacDougall succumbed about noon in the office of Dr. Hillard Spitz, 447 Montauk Avenue. Medical Examiner Harold H. Irwin attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. MacDougall was born November 25, 1901 in Tottenville, NY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Russell MacDougall. He attended New London schools and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
His numerous posts included secretary of the New London Board of Education from 1931 to 1939, secretary of the Ocean Beach Park Board and director of the board's publicity during the first four years of its existence.
He was a member of the City of the City Restoration Committee, the group organized after the 1938 Hurricane; coordinator of the city's Civilian Defense Organization and District Waning Center and a member of the Fair Rent Committee.
Mr. MacDougall, most recently publisher of the Country S Shopper, was a long-time employee of The Day.
During the rum-running days of the Prohibition Era, he covered the Coast Guard and its anti-smuggling activities.
He was The Day's city hall and court reporter for more than 12 years, covering activities of all branches of city government and superior and Common Pleas Court.
Mr. MacDougall made a detailed study of city finances and operations and wrote many featured articles explaining the city's affairs.
For ten years he covered New London and vicinity at night for the Associated Press. He also served as correspondent and wrote special articles for various metropolitan newspapers.
For several years he wrote a column for The Day entitled "Here and There in New London".
In addition to his duties with the newspaper, Mr. MacDougall was juvenile probation officer and assistant clerk of the former Police Court.
In addition to his work with the paper and his many other activities, Mr. MacDougall was one of the city's top officials in the 1920's and the early 1930's. He played for several City Leagues basketball teams and managed two teams, one of which captured two Eastern Connecticut titles.
He was also a leading duck-pin bowler and a pitcher for several semi-pro baseball teams.
He later officiated at high school baseball and basketball games and was an officer of the City Basketball League.
Mr. MacDougall left The Day in 1942 to become secretary to U.S. Rep. John D. McWilliams, (R. Second District).
After a year in Washington, Mr. MacDougall became a special assistant to the Connecticut Reemployment Commission. This group was created in 1943 to plan for the counseling, education, training, rehabilitation, adjustment and reemployment of veterans and displaced war workers.
He was the author of the Manual for the Organization of Local Reemployment and Veterans Advisory Committees. While with the commission he also edited a monthly magazine called Reemployment.
Mr. MacDougall's affiliations included: Epworth League, past president, past exalted ruler of the New London Lodge of Elks, past president of the Odd Six Club, head of the New London Youth Republicans, state treasurer of the Connecticut Young Republicans and chairman of the city's former First Ward GOP Committee.
He was active in Boy Scouting. He had been associated with the publications New London Life.
Funeral arrangements by Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.
The New London Day
September 26, 1967 Page 2
NEW LONDON -- George McDougall
George MacDougall
New London -- George E. MacDougall of 4 William St. Waterford, who died yesterday, will be buried Thursday in Cedar Grove Cemetery following a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. MacDougall 65, died of a heart attack about noon in the office of Dr. Hilliard Spitz of New London.
He was the husband of the former Harriett Thompson, whom he married May 27, 1950, in New London.
She survives him, as do two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Rudolph Gramolini and Mrs. Dan West, both of New London; two brothers, Everett of Waterford, and Robert MacDougall of Groton; a sister, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Niantic, and six grandchildren. Mr. MacDougall was previously married to Esther Maynard MacDougall of New London.
Another brother, Henry Russell (Jim) MacDougall, 56, died unexpectedly in Fairfield, Maine.
Also surviving are three step-daughters Mrs. William Hill, Uncasville, Mrs. Alfred Cavino, Oakdale, and Mrs. Richard Foster, East Lyme, and 17 step-grandchildren.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, New London Lodge of Elks, of which Mr. MacDougall was a past exalted ruler, will conduct a memorial service at 7:30.
The New London Day
September 25, 1967, page 2
G. E. MacDougall Dies at 65, Was Newsman, Civic Leader
NEW LONDON -- George E. MacDougall, 65 of 4 Williams Street, Waterford, veteran newspaper and publisher who played a leading role in numerous civic organizations died today.
Mr. MacDougall succumbed about noon in the office of Dr. Hillard Spitz, 447 Montauk Avenue. Medical Examiner Harold H. Irwin attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. MacDougall was born November 25, 1901 in Tottenville, NY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Russell MacDougall. He attended New London schools and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
His numerous posts included secretary of the New London Board of Education from 1931 to 1939, secretary of the Ocean Beach Park Board and director of the board's publicity during the first four years of its existence.
He was a member of the City of the City Restoration Committee, the group organized after the 1938 Hurricane; coordinator of the city's Civilian Defense Organization and District Waning Center and a member of the Fair Rent Committee.
Mr. MacDougall, most recently publisher of the Country S Shopper, was a long-time employee of The Day.
During the rum-running days of the Prohibition Era, he covered the Coast Guard and its anti-smuggling activities.
He was The Day's city hall and court reporter for more than 12 years, covering activities of all branches of city government and superior and Common Pleas Court.
Mr. MacDougall made a detailed study of city finances and operations and wrote many featured articles explaining the city's affairs.
For ten years he covered New London and vicinity at night for the Associated Press. He also served as correspondent and wrote special articles for various metropolitan newspapers.
For several years he wrote a column for The Day entitled "Here and There in New London".
In addition to his duties with the newspaper, Mr. MacDougall was juvenile probation officer and assistant clerk of the former Police Court.
In addition to his work with the paper and his many other activities, Mr. MacDougall was one of the city's top officials in the 1920's and the early 1930's. He played for several City Leagues basketball teams and managed two teams, one of which captured two Eastern Connecticut titles.
He was also a leading duck-pin bowler and a pitcher for several semi-pro baseball teams.
He later officiated at high school baseball and basketball games and was an officer of the City Basketball League.
Mr. MacDougall left The Day in 1942 to become secretary to U.S. Rep. John D. McWilliams, (R. Second District).
After a year in Washington, Mr. MacDougall became a special assistant to the Connecticut Reemployment Commission. This group was created in 1943 to plan for the counseling, education, training, rehabilitation, adjustment and reemployment of veterans and displaced war workers.
He was the author of the Manual for the Organization of Local Reemployment and Veterans Advisory Committees. While with the commission he also edited a monthly magazine called Reemployment.
Mr. MacDougall's affiliations included: Epworth League, past president, past exalted ruler of the New London Lodge of Elks, past president of the Odd Six Club, head of the New London Youth Republicans, state treasurer of the Connecticut Young Republicans and chairman of the city's former First Ward GOP Committee.
He was active in Boy Scouting. He had been associated with the publications New London Life.
Funeral arrangements by Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.
The New London Day
September 26, 1967 Page 2
NEW LONDON -- George McDougall
George MacDougall
New London -- George E. MacDougall of 4 William St. Waterford, who died yesterday, will be buried Thursday in Cedar Grove Cemetery following a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. MacDougall 65, died of a heart attack about noon in the office of Dr. Hilliard Spitz of New London.
He was the husband of the former Harriett Thompson, whom he married May 27, 1950, in New London.
She survives him, as do two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Rudolph Gramolini and Mrs. Dan West, both of New London; two brothers, Everett of Waterford, and Robert MacDougall of Groton; a sister, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Niantic, and six grandchildren. Mr. MacDougall was previously married to Esther Maynard MacDougall of New London.
Another brother, Henry Russell (Jim) MacDougall, 56, died unexpectedly in Fairfield, Maine.
Also surviving are three step-daughters Mrs. William Hill, Uncasville, Mrs. Alfred Cavino, Oakdale, and Mrs. Richard Foster, East Lyme, and 17 step-grandchildren.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, New London Lodge of Elks, of which Mr. MacDougall was a past exalted ruler, will conduct a memorial service at 7:30.
September 25, 1967, page 2
G. E. MacDougall Dies at 65, Was Newsman, Civic Leader
NEW LONDON -- George E. MacDougall, 65 of 4 Williams Street, Waterford, veteran newspaper and publisher who played a leading role in numerous civic organizations died today.
Mr. MacDougall succumbed about noon in the office of Dr. Hillard Spitz, 447 Montauk Avenue. Medical Examiner Harold H. Irwin attributed death to a heart attack.
Mr. MacDougall was born November 25, 1901 in Tottenville, NY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Russell MacDougall. He attended New London schools and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
His numerous posts included secretary of the New London Board of Education from 1931 to 1939, secretary of the Ocean Beach Park Board and director of the board's publicity during the first four years of its existence.
He was a member of the City of the City Restoration Committee, the group organized after the 1938 Hurricane; coordinator of the city's Civilian Defense Organization and District Waning Center and a member of the Fair Rent Committee.
Mr. MacDougall, most recently publisher of the Country S Shopper, was a long-time employee of The Day.
During the rum-running days of the Prohibition Era, he covered the Coast Guard and its anti-smuggling activities.
He was The Day's city hall and court reporter for more than 12 years, covering activities of all branches of city government and superior and Common Pleas Court.
Mr. MacDougall made a detailed study of city finances and operations and wrote many featured articles explaining the city's affairs.
For ten years he covered New London and vicinity at night for the Associated Press. He also served as correspondent and wrote special articles for various metropolitan newspapers.
For several years he wrote a column for The Day entitled "Here and There in New London".
In addition to his duties with the newspaper, Mr. MacDougall was juvenile probation officer and assistant clerk of the former Police Court.
In addition to his work with the paper and his many other activities, Mr. MacDougall was one of the city's top officials in the 1920's and the early 1930's. He played for several City Leagues basketball teams and managed two teams, one of which captured two Eastern Connecticut titles.
He was also a leading duck-pin bowler and a pitcher for several semi-pro baseball teams.
He later officiated at high school baseball and basketball games and was an officer of the City Basketball League.
Mr. MacDougall left The Day in 1942 to become secretary to U.S. Rep. John D. McWilliams, (R. Second District).
After a year in Washington, Mr. MacDougall became a special assistant to the Connecticut Reemployment Commission. This group was created in 1943 to plan for the counseling, education, training, rehabilitation, adjustment and reemployment of veterans and displaced war workers.
He was the author of the Manual for the Organization of Local Reemployment and Veterans Advisory Committees. While with the commission he also edited a monthly magazine called Reemployment.
Mr. MacDougall's affiliations included: Epworth League, past president, past exalted ruler of the New London Lodge of Elks, past president of the Odd Six Club, head of the New London Youth Republicans, state treasurer of the Connecticut Young Republicans and chairman of the city's former First Ward GOP Committee.
He was active in Boy Scouting. He had been associated with the publications New London Life.
Funeral arrangements by Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.
The New London Day
September 26, 1967 Page 2
NEW LONDON -- George McDougall
George MacDougall
New London -- George E. MacDougall of 4 William St. Waterford, who died yesterday, will be buried Thursday in Cedar Grove Cemetery following a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. MacDougall 65, died of a heart attack about noon in the office of Dr. Hilliard Spitz of New London.
He was the husband of the former Harriett Thompson, whom he married May 27, 1950, in New London.
She survives him, as do two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Rudolph Gramolini and Mrs. Dan West, both of New London; two brothers, Everett of Waterford, and Robert MacDougall of Groton; a sister, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Niantic, and six grandchildren. Mr. MacDougall was previously married to Esther Maynard MacDougall of New London.
Another brother, Henry Russell (Jim) MacDougall, 56, died unexpectedly in Fairfield, Maine.
Also surviving are three step-daughters Mrs. William Hill, Uncasville, Mrs. Alfred Cavino, Oakdale, and Mrs. Richard Foster, East Lyme, and 17 step-grandchildren.
Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, New London Lodge of Elks, of which Mr. MacDougall was a past exalted ruler, will conduct a memorial service at 7:30.
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