Background
Utter, Charles Wilbar was born on December 6, 1917 in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of GerogeB. and Katherine (Wilbar) Utter.
Utter, Charles Wilbar was born on December 6, 1917 in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of GerogeB. and Katherine (Wilbar) Utter.
Student Deerfield Academy, 1933-1936, U. Vermont, 1937-1940.
Mary Chilton crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in 1620. Her parents were James Chilton, a tailor, and Sussanah Chilton. Mary went ashore at what was to become Plymouth Colony on the first rowboat.
She jumped ship landing on what is now Plymouth Rock.
Thus, she became the first woman to land on the shores of America. Her father died while still aboard ship, her mother died that first winter, and Mary was cared for by another family.
She eventually married John Winslow, a brother of Governor John Winslow of Massachusetts. Her line of descent goes ten generations to my mother, Katherine Wilbar Utter, and thus to me With The Westerly (Rhode Island) Sun, 1945-1991, editor, 1955-1991, co-public, 1967-1991.
Vice president, secretary-treasurer The Utter Company, Westerly, 1955-1991.
Retired Moderator, Westerly Fire District, 1956-1987. Board directors Westerly and Pawcatuck Cmty.Fund, 1957-1970. Board directors New England Council, 1961-1977, Rhode Island chairman, 1974-1975.
Director American Automobile Association South Center New England, 1960-1991, lifetime honorary director, 1991.
Director Narragansett Council Boy Scouts American, 1970, Silver Beaver award,1975. Clerk vestry Christ Church Westerly, 1979-1982, member vestry, 1982-1984.
Served from Second lieutenant to captain, Army of the United States and United States Army Air Force, 1940-1945. Member American NewspaperPubs. Association, American Air Museum England (founder), Northeast Newspaper Association, North.E.Soc.
Newspaper.
Married Annice North. Swertfeger, February 6, 1943. Children: George Benjamin III, Nicholas Charles, Christopher Oberly.
