Talk:Harold Mars

Obituary notice
The obituary for Rev. Harold Mars appeared in the Providence Journal, as referenced in the article. However, the Providence Journal does not provide free access to articles of this sort, and as a result they are not indexed by Google. The article is available for a fee here. I am transcribing the full text here:

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Rev. Harold S. Mars Sr., 78, clergyman for 51 years, dies

THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL

DATE: November 27, 1989 (with correction published November 28, 1989)

The Rev. Harold S. Mars Sr., 78, of 78 Old Mill Rd. died Saturday at South County Hospital. He was the husband of Laura L. (Fry) Mars.

Born in South Kingstown, a son of the late Christian S. and Rose Bud (Thomas) Mars, he lived in Charlestown for six years. He formerly lived in Wakefield for 62 years.

Mr. Mars was a clergyman for 51 years and began his ministry in 1934 at the First Church of God, Kingston Hill, and served until 1936. From 1940 to 1943, he was pastor of the First Church of God, Salem Street, Providence. In 1947, he was pastor of the Nazarene Church, Wakefield. He established the First Church of God, Allen Avenue, Peace Dale, and was its pastor from 1948 to 1951. From 1951 to 1962, he was pastor of the First Church of God, Rochester, N.Y., and from 1963 to 1972, pastor of the Narragansett Indian Church. He was again pastor from 1972 to 1977 of the First Church of God, Rochester. He was a member of the First Church of God, Peace Dale.

Mr. Mars was an evangelist from Maine to California. He was a charter member of the Charlestown Historical Society. He held the title of prophet for the Narragansett Indian tribe. He was a member of the New York State Ministers Association, and the Northeast Group. He attended the former Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island, the Zion Bible Institute, and Anderson College, Anderson, Ind. He was ordained Sept. 11, 1938, at the former First Church of God, Kingston Hill. He was also a carpenter, cabinetmaker and building contractor.

Besides his wife he leaves three sons, Harold S. Mars Jr. of Houston, Texas, David K. Mars, former chief sachem of the Narragansett Indian tribe, and the Rev. Roland C. Mars, both of Charlestown; a daughter, Janice L. Hill of Charlestown; two brothers, the Rev. Kenneth T. Mars of Wakefield and Harry N. Mars Sr. of Richmond; a sister, B. Elizabeth Champlin of Wakefield; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the First Church of God, Allen Avenue, Peace Dale. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Wakefield.

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Regarding "underlinked" status
Part of the reason Rev. Mars is underlinked, is that the Narragansett tribe as a whole is underrepresented on Wikipedia. For instance, the only entry for "Narragansett Church" concerns an Anglican church located in the town of Narragansett. But the Narragansett Indian Church has no page, in spite of its crucial importance in establishing the continuity of the Narragansett nation and ensuring its recognition by the U.S. government.

I am hereby creating an orphan page for the Narragansett Indian Church and I urge other editors familiar with this history to create a page for it. I also urge the creation of other pages regarding the history of the Narragansett people, and the addition of links to Rev. Mars, in order to keep this page active. - Wwallacee (talk) 13:11, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Providence Sunday Journal Magazine story
It turns out the Sunday Journal Magazine is not archived by the company that maintains the digital database of the Providence Journal Archive. If anybody has a paper copy of this story, could they scan it and link to it in the article page? -Wwallacee (talk) 13:42, 9 December 2018 (UTC)