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Notes
a. Note:   Henry also known as "Hank" Was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps. Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, he was the son of Alfred S. Paige and Ella M. Reed.
 Henry's middle name was Reed, it was misspelled on military records as Reid and was kept as the official spelling from that time on.
 Henry was the oldest of four sons. Alfred Paige, Henry's father, owned the brickyard in Ogdensburg and Henry found work there as a young man . Henry would recall that he earned his first few dollars pulling weeds at 5 cents a row, at the age of 6.
 Alfred & Ella were determined that no matter how hard times got they would make sure that the boys got a college education and this was quite a task in the midst of the depression and the closing of the brickyard. After attending the Ogdensburg free academy Henry completed a year at St. Lawrence University. While at the University he met his wife to be Gladys Mary Louise Brundage of Canton, New York.
 In 1923 Henry was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In addition to his academic pursuits at the academy Henry also played on the Navy football team, track team, and was a member of the crew team. Unfortunately he broke his leg during the 1927 football season and was designated "goat tender" the remainder of that championship season.
 Henry married Gladys following graduation on July 9, 1927 in Potsdam, New York. After completion of the Marine Officers Basic School in Philadelphia Henry returned to Annapolis to try out for the 1928 Olympic team and made it to the finals in the hammer throw. He also made it to the finals in 1932.
 After a brief period at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington, D.C. he joined the 2nd Marine Brigade in Nicaragua and was awarded the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit with Citation for his participation against rebel bandits in that country. After returning to the U.S. he lived at Parris Island, South Carolina and then went to the Naval Academy and the anti aircraft direction school in New York. In October of 1932, Lt. Paige began a year at sea as Commander of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Indianapolis.
 On July 1, 1933, during this assignment Henry was sent to pick up the newly elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt at his home in Campobello and brought him aboard the USS Indianapolis to Annapolis, Maryland. While at Campobello he played softball with 3 of the Roosevelt sons and had a hot dog cooked for him by Eleanor Roosevelt at a bonfire following the game.
 In 1934, he Commanded the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Idaho and was promoted to Captain. He then joined the 10th Marine Regiment and was a part of the Caribbean maneuvers of 1935 and 1936.
 From 1937 to 1939 he was stationed in Guam and helped plan for airstrips and air bases there.
 After returning to the U.S. he went to Parris Island and commanded batteries of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Defense Battalions and was promoted to Major in May,1941.
 In June of 1941 he took command of the 3-inch Anti Aircraft Group 5 Defense Battalions and sailed for Iceland that same month. While in Iceland his troops were reviewed by Winston Churchill who stopped over after a conference with President Roosevelt in Nova Scotia. In August of 1942 Henry was promoted to Lt. Colonel and from January, 1943 to November that same year he commanded the Artillery Battalion at the Training Center Marine Barracks at Camp Le Jeune, North Carolina. He left Camp Le Jeune to command the 7th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in the Pacific area.
 For his service in the Palou Campaign and elsewhere in the Pacific Henry was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and was promoted to Colonel in October of 1944.
 Following service in both Hawaii and Guam he returned to the U.S. in October, 1945 and began a number of assignments over the next four years in Washinton DC with the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department and the Joint Army & Navy Chemical Warfare Coordination Committee and was awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon.
 After completion of the course at the National War College in Washington he served as the first President of the Tactics and Techniques Board at the Marine Corps Development Center.
 In September, 1953 Henry was promoted to Brigadier General and served as Assistant Commander of the 2nd Marine Division and in 1954 he joined the 1st Marine Division in Korea. For exceptional meritorious service in Korea, he was awarded the Army's Oak Leaf Cluster.
 He returned to Camp Pendleton in 1955 and then moved to Quantico, Virginia and served as the director of the Marine Corps Educational Center, and was promoted to Major General in November of 1955.
 In July of 1957 Henry was named Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (Logistics) at Marine Headquarters in Washington, D.C.. In November, 1959 he assumed the leadership of the 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton, California and retired from this post in 1961.
 Other medals and awards Henry earned during his career are; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal,the American Service and Defence Medal with Base clasp, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze star, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Republic of Korea's Ulchi Medal.
 After retirement from the military Henry remained very active in civic affairs as a member of the local Rotary club serving as it's president in 1966-1967 and at the same time he was the director of the Board of Management of the North Coast YMCA and of the Oceanside Camber of Commerce. He also served as director of the San Diego County Armed Services Center (formerly the USO), Chairman of the Oceanside Building Authority and was a member of the "Friends of the Tri-City Hospital".
 Henry also enjoyed playing the stock and bond markets and parlayed a somewhat meager retirement sum into a substantial amount of money.
 Relaxation activities included playing golf and occasional trips to the horse track in addition to the social activities he pursued mentioned above.
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  NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
  CANTON COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1927
 MISS GLADYS BRUNDAGE WEDS LIEUT. HENRY R. PAIGE
 At Potsdam Saturday occurred the marriage of Miss Gladys Mary Louisa Brundage, daughter of Perley J. Brundage of East Main street, and Second Lieutenant Henry Reid Paige of the Marine Corps, a graduate of Annapolis, who is now in a school of aviation, and will repair to Philadelphia to pursue this instruction. He will be joined there in September by his bride. The marriage ceremony was performed by the pastor of the Baptist churcn* at Potsdam. The couple was attended by Miss Orpha Gilmore of Canton and Allem Short of Ogdensburg.
 The bride graduated from St. Lawrence University in June. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Paige of Ogdensburg. He attended St. Lawrence for a time, and while there affiliated with Delta Tau Phi fraternity. He later entered Annapolis Naval Academy, graduating therefrom. Mrs. Paige's father, Mr. Brundage, left some time ago on a motoring trip to the Pacific coast.
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  CANTON COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, JULY-SEPT, 1930
 LIEUTENANT PAIGE, FORMER STUDENT AT ST. LAWRENCE
 Odensburg Republican-Journal:
 After 18 months in the strife torn country of Nicaragua, South America, Second Lieutenant Reid Paige of the United States Marine Corps, with his wife and daughter, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Paige. Lieutenant Paige, though reluctant to speak of his adventures in the bandit warfare raging there, admitted that times were not dull during the past 18 months. Twice a victim of malaria he recovered quickly and resumed his duties with the Marine Corps. Nicaragua has been the scene of bandit .warfare with the marines for many months now. Lieutenant Paige is of the opinion that the situation is well in hand. The bandits do little open fighting and resort mostly to a type of gorilla warfare, hiding themselves in the hills and .attacking the marines from ambush. Temperature in that country is hot throughout the year, Lieutenant Paige said, I The mercury hovers usually between 80 and 100 degrees all year around. One gets accustomed to the continual heat, however. Lieutenant Paige was dispatched to South America in January, 1929. His duties there have come to an end and he will return to Norfolk, Va., after his leave of absence here. While there Lieutenant Paige visited the grave of Sergeant Bruce, a fellow marine, who was a native of Hopkinton. Bruce died while in service. Lieutenant Paige is a graduate of
 Ogdensburg Free Academy and a former student of St. Lawrence University. After a year at St. Lawrence he went to Annapolis and was graduated there in 1927. The same year he married Miss Gladys Brundage of Canton. He will remain in Ogdensburg several weeks before returning to service.
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  OGDENSBURG JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933
 PAIGE OFF FOR PHILADELPHIA TO JOIN SHIP
 Is With Cruiser that May Take Roosevelt to Europe.
 Lieutenant Reid Page of the United States Mairine Corps left today for Philadelphia, Pa., where he will join the U. S. Naval Cruiser, Indianapolis which is scheduled to leave port about June 5. Lieutenant Paige is the marine officer on the Indianapolis and has charge of a regular marinie detachment of 40 men, aboard ship. Similar detachments are stationed on all 10,000-ton cruisers.
 Recently it was reported that the Indianapolis would be used to carry President Roosevelt on a trip to Europe this summer.
 Lieutenant Paige with his wife, Gladys Brundage Paige and two children Shirley and Anne have been the guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Paige, Mill Street since May 8. Mrs. Paige and children have been residing at Canton during Lieutenant Paige's absence and joined him here when he returned home, It is interesting to note that while the cruiser Indianapolis was at port at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone more than a month ago the ocean liner Santa Elena was docked abouifc 50 yards distance from her. Lieut. Paige was on the Indianapolis and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard were on the Santa Elena. However, they were unaware of this fact and consequently failed to meet, Lieut. Paige is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He formerly attended O. F. A., and later St. Lawirence University and was a star ailhlete at both institutions. His wife is also a former student at St. Lawrence.
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  OGDENSBURG JOURNAL, Juen 5, 1937
 CAPTAIN PAIGE VISITS IN CANTON
 Canton - Capt. and Mrs. Reid Paige and three children from Quantico, Va. are spending several months at the home of Mr. and Mrs". Howard M. Nash, 85 Miner Street. Mrs. Paige, the former Gladys Brundage of Canton, is a sister of Mrs. Nash. Captain Paige is formerly or Ogdensburg.
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  OGDENSBURG JOURNAL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1942
 Reid Paige Is Promoted To Grade Of Lieutenant Colonel
 Temporary promotion of H. Reid Paige, son of Mrs. Fred Paige, of Ogdensburg, to the grade of lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, was announced today at Washington by the Marine Corps. He was one of 212 officers to be raised to that rank. Raymond C. Scollin, of Saranac Lake, received a similar temporary promotion. Colonel Paige is a graduate of Ogdensburg Free Academy and a former student of St. Lawrence University. After a year at St. Lawrence he went to Annapolis and was graduated there in 1927. The same year he married Miss Gladys Brundage of Canton.
 In January 1929, then a lieutenant, Paige was dispatched to South America to take part in the Nicaragua, South American bandit warfare with the Marines. When his duties there had come to an end he returned to Norfolk, Va. While there with his wife and daughter he had malaria twice but recovered to resume his duties. He completed his 8 months tour of duty in Nicaragua in August 1930. In 1931 he was stationed in the Marine Corps at Parris Island, North Carolina. In February 1933 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Paige, his parents, received word from him that he was sailing from Philadelphia soon for Chile, South America. Enroute to Chile he visited Panama, Guatanamo, Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo and attended a Mardi Gras at San Juan, Porto Rico. He arrived in Chile March 14, 1933. In May 1933 Lieut. Page was stationed on the U.S. Naval Cruiser Indianapolis. At that time he was a marine officer on the Indianapolis and had charge of the regular marine detachment of 40 men aboard ship. InhJanuary 1937 he had been made a Captain and had the distinction of attending the inaugural of President Roosevelt at Washington, D. C. Jan. 20 as personal aide to Herbert H. Lehman, Governor of New York State. This selection was considered a signal honor. By March 1942 he was promoted to a Major. In July of 1942 he was a member of the first American overseas force that took possession of Iceland. Lieut. Colonel Paige is a nephew of Mrs. L. E. Lewis, Caroline St. Col. Paige has been instructing in field artillery at the Marine Officer's Training School at Quantico, Va. He was a student in field and heavy artillery under General Douglas MacArthur and knows that famous commander itimately.
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  OGDENSBURG ADVANCE NEWS, SUNDAY. JULY 11. 1954
 Gen. Paige Of Marines Makes Visit
 Brig Gen. Henry Reid Paige United States Marine Corps, was a visitor in town Friday and called on old friends and acquaintances dating back to his boyhood days Among them was Supervisor Harold Mitchell, foreman in the Journal office, who was a school mate The general also called on other friends in the newspaper office. He was graduated from OFA and then entered the Naval Academy, where he not only attained a high scholastic rating but was one of the leading players on the football team. This was Gen. Paige's first visit to his birthplace in 31 years. He is a son of the late Alfred S. Paige, one time owner of the Paige brickyard, an Ogdensburg industry of another day. His mother, the former Miss Ella Reid. daughter of Henry A. Reid. now lives at Ocean Grove. N. J. The general' father was at one time in the contracting business here with J J. Doyle. He is a brother of John Paige. Milwaukee. Wis. telephone executive: Ward Paige. Detroit, whose wife, the former Miss Yirgina Stearns and children are at present visiting her parents. Dr. and Mrs M. J. Stearns; Carl S. Paige, principal of Rome Academy. Mrs. L E Lewis and Miss Josephine Paige, city, and Mrs. George Dando, Rome. N. Y., are aunts.
 Gen. Paige's wife and family are at present visiting her relatives in Canton. He stated that he had been ordered to Korea in the near future and expects to be there for a two-year hitch. He will be eligible for retirement in three years Gen Paige is believed to be the first Ogdensburg soldier to reach his rank since Civil war days.
 Mrs. Paige, the former Miss Gladys Brundage. Canton. General Paige has served in Nuauragua. Guam. China and Iceland and participated in the Pacific island-hopping campaigns of World War II. His decorations include the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit with citation, the Legion of Merit with combat *'V" and the Army Commendation Medal. The Paiges have four children, Mrs. M. D. Donaldson of Alexandria. Va; Miss Ann Paige of Washington. D C; Midshipman Reid B. Paige. U. S Naval academy; and Mary Eiien. at home.
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  OGDENSBURG JOURNAL, THURS., JAN. 16, 1958
 Gen, Paige Gets Permanent Rank of Major General
 Marine Maj. Gen.Henry Reid Paige, a native of Ogdensburg, received nomination and promotion this week by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to permanent major- general's rank.
 General Paige is now commander of the corps education center at Quantico, Va. The distinguished general is the first native son of Ogdensbtirg to be commissioned a general in the U. S. Army or Marine Corps since General Newton Martin Curtis in the Civil War.
 Visited here in June
 General Paige, the son of the late Fred (S). Paige and Mrs. Paige, visited here last -June.
 He said at that time "It is fine to get back to Ogdensburg. Most of my family are gone now, but we still have many friends here in "St. Lawrence County. It has been impressive to see the vast Seaway and Power projects. They portend a great development in this part of New York State".
 General Paige also commented at that time on the beauty of Northern New York in the summertime. "I have always loved to come back to the scene of my boy hood and youth. I will always have a warm spot in my heart for Ogdensburg and the North Country," the General said.
 General Paige married Gladys Brundage of Canton and the couple has four children. Mrs. Shirley Paige Donaldson lives in Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. Ann Paige Packard in Washington, D. C; Reid B. Paige is a student at the Naval Academy at Annapolis;: and the youngest daughter, Mary Ellen. Paige, at home.
 General Paige has three brothers, Ward Paige, of Chicago who is with the Union Bag and Paper Co. and who married Virginia Stearns, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Stearns of this city; John Paige, vice president of the Wisconsin Telephone Co., who lives near Milwaukee; and Carl, principal of Rome, N. Y. Free Academy.
 Attended Old No. 1
 General Paige attended old No. 1, now Sherman School, as a boy. He was graduated from OFA in 1922, where he was a track and football star. From 1928 to 1932 he made the final trials for the U.S. Olympic team in track. He held the hammer throw title for 25 years of the South Atlantic Amateur Athletic Association.
 The General went to St. Lawrence University for one year, prior to his appointment to the Uniied States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. He was graduated from Annapolis in 1927 and commissioned a second lieutenant of Marines.
 He- served in the occupation of Nicaragua from 1929 to 1930 and went through two years of jungle fighting in that Central American country. He was ordered to Parris Island for advanced training, later was put in command of the Marine detachment on the USS Indianapolis.
 He was in this post when Franklin Delano Roosevelt made his first trip on a Navy ship after he was inaugurated President. General Paige was on the Indianapolis when she took FDR from the Roosevelt summer home at Campobello Island, N.B., to Annapolis in 1933. He was presented to the President and they talked about Ogdensburg and the Roosevelts' many friends here and in St. Lawrence County.
 That same year, as a Marine captain, he was on the Indianapolis when she was ordered to Havana, Cuba, during the coup which overthrew the government and brought Batista to power. Subsequent assignments included command of the Marine detachment on the U. S. Idaho, service for two years at the Fleet Marine Force detachment at Quantico, two years on Guam when the Navy was trying to get money from Congress to fortify it against the Japanese attack which they foresaw. He was also an instructor at Quantico for two years and then in the defense battalion at Parris Island
 Served in. Iceland
 He was with the first Marines to land in Iceland, five months before the United States entered World War II. He was with the 4,000 Marines who relieved the British garrison on Iceland when they were recalled to England during the Battle of Britain and the threatened invasion by Hitler in the Summer of 1940. From Iceland, Major Paige was returned to Quantico to teach Anti-Aircraft and Coast Artillery at the Marine training base. He was subsequently island commander in the Ellis Islands, took part in the preparation for the Kwajelein and Palau invasions and took part in them. He organized the first Provisional Anti-Aircraft Group of four battalions and was ordered to General "Howlin" Smith's headquarters at Pearl Harbor. He commanded the 2nd Provisional Anti-Aircraft Groups. at Tinian and
 Guam where he had 9,000 Marines under his command that time.
 Made Brigadier General.
 His next assignment was to the Logistic Plans Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, then to the National War College in Washington for advanced staff study. In 1953 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He was next appointed Chief of Staff of the Troop Training Unit at Norfolk Navy Base and Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, N. C. Subsequently he was President of the Marine Corps Tactics and Techniques Board, in Quantico; Assistant Division Commander 2nd Marine Division in Korea. Next, he was named Assistant Division Commander 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War where he served for eight months. "For four months, he was the Navy Member of the United Nations Armistice Commission and attended the countless meetings with the Communists at Panmanjon.
 Made Major General
 On Nov. 1, 1955, he was elevated to the rank of major general and assigned to the Marine Corps Educational Center, Quantico, as director of the Center. General. Paige was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service with, the U.N. Armistice Commission and his, combat service in World War II.
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  OGDENSBURG JOURNAL, SAT., NOV. 21, 1959
 Gen. Paige Takes New Command
 A city native, Maj. Gen. Henry R. Paige, took command of the First Marine Division Monday at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Thousads of division troops took part in the 13-gun salute ceremony. Paige took command from Brig. Gen. Thomas Riley. Riley will serve as assistant commander. Paige had been the assistant chief of staff at the Pentagon.
 He was born here March 30, 1904 and graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1922. He attended St. Lawrence University for one year and then transferred to the naval academy. Paige served on the UN's Military Armistice Commission. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Oak Leaf Cluster. Mrs. Paige is the former Gladys Brundage of Canton.
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  OBITUARY
 Henry Reid Paige, 85, dies; decorated Marine general: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
 Evening Tribune (San Diego, CA) - Tuesday, April 25, 1989
 Deceased Name: Henry Reid Paige, 85, dies; decorated Marine general
 Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Henry Reid Paige, 85, of Carlsbad, a highly decorated officer who commanded Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Division, died Saturday in his Carlsbad residence.
  After giving up his spot in the family's brick-making business in Ogdensburg, N.Y., where he was born, Gen. Paige joined the corps in 1927 for what turned out to be a 34-year career. He became a Marine after first giving the Navy a try.
  "I squeezed myself in a tiny hammock and I got ptomaine poisoning," he once told a Tribune reporter about a practice cruise on the battleship New York. "Ships are built for little men. I decided that ground-pounding in the Marines would be a better deal for me." Gen. Paige was powerfully built and had competed in football, track and crew at the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1927. He also was a graduate of the National War College, and he received an honorary doctorate from St. Lawrence University in New York state. He was a resident of the county for 30 years and commanded the 17,000 Marines of the 1st Division from 1959 to 1961, when a physical disability caused him to retire. Earlier, he had served as president of the Tactics and Techniques Board of the Marine Corps Development Center, assistant commander of the 1st and 2nd divisions and assistant chief of staff for logistics.
  Among his honors are the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit; a 1946 Legion of Merit Award; an Army Commendation Ribbon for Korean War service; an Oak Leaf Cluster for service on the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission; and the Korean Ulchi Medal.
  Gen. Paige contributed to numerous articles for military and professional magazines and had been a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Marine Corps Association, the 1st Marine Division Association and the North County YMCA board. He had been a director of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce and the Oceanside United Service Organizations and president of the Oceanside Rotary Club.
  Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in First United Methodist Church at 625 First St. in Oceanside. Burial will be in Eternal Hills Memorial Park. Eternal Hills Mortuary is in charge.
  Survivors include his wife, Gladys; a son, Reid of San Ramon, Calif.; three daughters, Mary Ellen Marquand of El Cajon, Ann Packard of San Diego, and Shirley Donnelson of Kidder, Mo.; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
  The family suggested donations to the Oceanside Rotary Club, P.O. Box 4033, Oceanside, Calif. 92054; or to the church's memorial fund.

b. Note:   PAIGE - BRUNDAGE.
 The marriage of Miss Gladys Mary Louise Brundage, daughter of Perley J. Brundage of Canton, and Second Lieutenant Henry Reed Paige of the Marine Corps, occurred at the Baptist parsonage Saturday, Rev. Howard Johnson performing the ceremony.
 The couple were attended by Miss Orpha Gilmore of Canton and Allen Short of Ogdensburg.
 Mr. Paige (original newspaper article miss-named him Brundage) is a graduate of Annapolis and is now in a school of aviation and will repair to Philadelphia to pursue this instruction. He will be joined there in September by his bride. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Paige of Ogdensburg. He attended St. Lawrence University for a time, and while there affiliated with Delta Tau Phi fraternity. He later entered Annapolis naval academy, graduating therefrom.
 The bride graduated from St. Lawrence University in June, Her father Mr. Brundage left some time ago on a motor trip to the Pacific coast.


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