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He is survived by his widow, Mabel F. Wiggin of Cornish, and several cousins.
Funeral services were held at the Stanley Funeral Home, on Aug. 4th, and interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls. Rev. Henry O. Megert, pastor of the Riverside Methodist Church, officiated.
Woodbury, Mrs. Blanche Colcord (70), d. 1950. Mrs. Woodbury was the widow of Ned K. Woodbury of Cornish. She was born in Porter, the daughter of Wilson and Harriet Colcord. She came to Cornish with her parents as a young child. She is survived by sev- eral cousins.
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OBITUARIES
Wormwood, Robert Fulton (83), d. 1942. Mr. Wormwood, well known in the newspaper field of New England for 59 years, died on Friday, Jan. 30, 1942, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Garland of North Parsonsfield. Mr. Wormwood was born in Porter, June 15, 1858, son of Darius and Abbie Ellen Wales Wormwood, and attended the schools of his town. He was twice married; first to Annie M. Stacy of Porter, in 1884; his second wife was Mrs. Anna Bullock of Biddeford - they were married in Boston in 1907. He had two children by his first wife, Mrs. Bertha M. Doe of Kezar Falls and Mrs. Florence Garland of North Parsonsfield. Mr. Worm- wood was publisher and editor of the Oxford County Record, Kezar Falls and Fryeburg, from 1883 to 1892. He was on the editorial staff of the Portland Express from 1892 to 1900, and from 1900 to 1941 as editor of the Biddeford Evening Journal. Mr. Wormwood had also been associated with newspapers in Lewiston, and with other Portland papers besides the Portland Evening Express. In the Sept. 10, 1887 issue of the Oxford County Record there is an "obitu- ary" of an unusual interest, penned by Llewellyn A. Wadsworth, which reads: "Clara Ella Wales, the gifted poetess whose beautiful poems have so often graced the columns of the "Record," has given love's last kiss and the last hand clasp of friendship, and passed to the life immortal. Her age was thirty-three years. We do not grieve that the weary martyrdom is ended, and the suffering heart that for sixteen years has beat but a Death March, is at rest. We have known her thirty years; we first learned to prize her moral and mental worth in our first school in 1864, during which she never received reproof or censure. We never have taught or observed but one pupil who equalled her in correct deportment. Consumption wasted the rose bloom from her cheek, and yet she lingered on, beguiling many a lonely house with flowers, music and poetry. As her poems evinced, she possessed an ardent love for the true, the pure, and the beauti- ful; and her gentle heart often lavished its treasures in fond and lov- ing remembrance of the friends and associations of childhood. Her gentleness and tender regard for the happiness of others, won many friends, to whom her excellent character and model example will re- main a precious legacy. Cheered by the Christian's hope, refined and
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purified by afflictions, she bore her sufferings with resignation, re- minding her friends of the sad, sweet lines of Percival:
"There is a sweetness in a woman's decay, When the heaven-sick soul is stealing away."
No place on earth treasures for us so many pleasant memories tinged with sadness, as Kezar Falls. Another now is added, "Some sweet day by and by, 'on the golden strand, where life's bright waters lose their silver spray, we hope to meet the dear ones for whom our friendship has ever been fadeless and changeless.'"
XXVI
DISTRICT SCHOOLS
As previously pointed out, the work of dividing up the town into school districts began in 1803 and was continued until thirteen dis- tricts had been established. As time went on the population in the remote districts decreased and as a result the one-room schoolhouses gradually passed out of existence - the last one to be closed was the Porter Village school (First District) in 1948.
An outline of the physical appearance of the first schoolhouse in Porter has already been made; it now remains to sketch, in some de- tail, the salient features of the educational system employed. The following documents will serve as illustrations.
SCHOOL REGISTER OF DISTRICT NO. 7
Sarah F. Taylor, Teacher.
John Cole, Agent.
Commencing June 5th 1854.
Ending 28th of July, 1854.
Length of School in days, 44.
Whole number of Scholars, 22.
Average number in attendance, 16.
Wages of Teacher per month, or week, not including board, $1.621/2 per week.
Number of weeks the Teacher has taught School previous to the present term, 29.
Name of Scholars: Age
Name of Scholars: Age
Margaret Merrifield
17
Almira Sawyer 10
Lydia A. Stacy
15
Hannah J. Sawyer 7
Elizabeth Berry
15
Maria N. Gilpatrick 7
Phebe A. McDonald
13
John W. Cole 14
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Sarah F. Berry
13 Freeman C. Stacy 13
Sally Bradeen
12
George E. Stacy 12
Sarah A. Tripp
12 Moses S. Stacy 7
Ruth E. Stacy 10 Richard W. Bradeen 7
Sarah M. Stacy
4 Levi C. Ridlon
8
Nancy S. Tripp
8 Samuel Berry
6
Mary A. Tripp
4 Daniel T. Tripp
6
SCHOOL REGISTER, FOR 1862-1863
Name of the Town Porter
Number of the District Ten
Name of the Agent
Timothy H. Brooks
Name of the Teacher
Daniel O. Blazo
When the School commenced Jan. 12th 1863
When the School closed March 25th 1863
Length of the School in days, 51/2 days in a week 60 1/2
Whole number of Scholars in the District Forty-one
Whole number attending School Thirty-three
Average number 27 69/121
How many in Winter School did not attend in Summer Eleven
Wages of Teacher, including board Twenty-two dollars
Wages of Teacher in addition to board Sixteen dollars List of books used in School:
Arithmetic, Greenleafs series. Grammar, Browns. Geography, Colton & Fitches. Readers, Progressive. Spellers, Progressive. U. S. History, Other books, Smith's Elementary and Greenleafs.
REMARKS
The teacher will learn from the agent the exact number of scholars having their legal residence in the district, whether living at home at the time or not.
The teacher will find it necessary to note the attendance and ab- sence of pupils in half days, in a memorandum from which he will fill up his Register at the close of his school, reducing the whole to weeks and tenths.
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To find the average attendance, add the column of "days present," and divide the sum by the whole number of days in the session.
Character. P. D. I. Punctuality, Deportment, Improvement. It is recommended that teachers keep a careful account of the punctual- ity, deportment, and improvement of each pupil, for the information of the Committee, using such descriptive terms or numbers as they may please, or the Committee may direct, to indicate the character of the pupils in the several respects named.
Male teachers reckon their wages by the month, female teachers by the week.
It is recommended that Teachers, at the close of each term, make a written Report to the Supervisor or Committee, of the condition and progress of their schools.
REGISTER
Names of Scholars: Ages. Entered Left. Days Days Character
Absent. Present. P. D. I.
Sally J. Hubbard
15
(Information in the original left out here)
Juliet Colcord
11
Olive Philbrick
15
Sarah Towle
13
Ester J. Sargent
12
Maria Philbrick
9
Amand Sawyer
8
Sarah Stone 9
Lucy A. Hodson
10
Mary E. Sargent
9
Vesty E. White
6
Lydia A. Sargent
20
Anna Brooks 17
Asahel Brooks
19
Wilson Colcord
17
Thomas Brooks
14
John Colcord
14
Ivory Towle
15
Ira O. White
11
Alonzo Hubbard
12
Y
School Group in District 4, at Kezar Falls, around 1882. The building was formerly used in the early 6th District on the then Daniel Towle property, now the Horace Day farm. The building was moved to Kezar Falls in 1842. Years later it was used as the Advent Chapel. Front, seated, left to right: Ralph Merrifield, Sherman Stanley, Guy Shaw, Stacy Weeks, Jacob Leslie Mason, Curtis Shaw, Roy Lord, Roy French, Ad- dison Ridlon, Clarence Emery, Bernie Ridlon, Myrtle Stacy, Grace Stanley, Flora Lord, Ethel Stacy, Bertha Gilpatrick,
Susie Weeks, Harry Lord, Nelson Stacy, Nora Ridlon, Mary Danforth, Rose Chapman, teacher. Back row, left to right: Bert Smith, Orman Stanley, Fred Towle, Lester Weeks, Sid- ney Stanley, Arthur Smith, Byron Lord, Wirt Ridlon, Ed Weeks, Alphonso Clemons, Elmer Emery, Charlie Hubbard, Florence French, Lizzie Ridlon, Josie Mason, Grace Gilpat- rick, John Clemons, Gertie Stacy. In the left doorway, left to right: Frank Hubbard, Oliver Stanley.
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James E. Hodsdon 6
William Philbrick 6
Abial Downs
15
Emily Stanley 15
Ida A. White
9
Almira Downs 8
Moses A. Sargent 18
Mary Sargent 6
Susan Brooks 21
Mary L. Stone
6
Isaac L. Hubbard 18
Oliver D. Rice 11
SCHOOL REGISTER FOR 1868-1869
Name of the City, Town or Plantation Town of Porter
Number of the District 4
Name of the Agent
L. D. Stacy
Name of the Teacher C. H. Randall
Taught how many schools before 4
When the School commenced Nov. 30th 1868
When the School closed Feb. 13th 1869
When the school was visited by the Committee
Dec. 8th & Feb. 13th
Length of the School in days, 51/2 days in a week
50
Whole number of Scholars in the District
Whole number attending School
34
Average number 26 nearly
How many in Winter School did not attend in Summer Wages of Teacher, excluding board $1.00 per day Price of board per week $2.00
REMARKS (Same as in preceding Register)
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REGISTER
Names of Scholars: Ages. Entered. Days
Days
Character
Absent. Present. P. D. I.
Nellie M. Weeks 12
Gertrude E. Weeks
7
(Information in original document left out here)
Clara E. Cousins
9
Susan E. Chapman 9
Zalinda J. Stacy 16
Nettie H. Cousins
11
Emily A. Stacy
14
Mary J. Merrifield 14
Olive J. Stanley
12
Mary G. Stanley
5
Naomi Stacey
13
Vienna Stanley
9
Eunice L. Edgecomb
10
Emogene F. Edgecomb 6
Millie Crowell 12
Thorp A. Lawrence
14
Thomas J. Edgecomb 11
James A. Stacey 10
Frankie Pendexter 8
Herbert I. Stanley
9
Herbert L. Ridlon 9
Lincoln Cousins 6
James Chapman
7
Martin L. Stacy
7
Harry Johnson
17
Preston J. Stanley
16
Wallace Chapman 8
Willie O. Merrifield
13
Francis A. Fox
10
Edward Parker
15
Edward Fox 11
Charlie O. Stacy 4
Eddie G. Stanley ?
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SCHOOL AGENT'S CENSUS RETURN, 1878.
"I hereby certify, under oath, that the following is a correct list of the names of the scholars belonging to this District, between the ages of four and twenty-one years, as they existed on the first day of April, 1878.
(signed,) Albion H. Blake
Agent of District No. 1. Town of Porter.
Personally appeared Albion H. Blake and made oath to the above Certificate. Before me, Jesse Colcord, Justice of the Peace in Oxford County, April 24, 1878."
Names
Ages
Names
Ages
Wilis S. Cole
9
Charles A. Holmes
19
Emily S. Sawyer
19
Emogene Holmes
15
Clara P. Cole
5
Elmer I. French
17
Lucy W. Cole
4
Fred M. French
4
13
Alberto E. Hurd
18
Orin Chamberlin
8
Emma F. Hurd
17
Fred W. Brown
15
James E. Hurd
13
Mary I. Nutter
8
Ida M. Hurd
8
Cora S. French
8
Elmer E. Holmes
17
Sydny G. French
5
Willie J. Holmes
10
Lizzie S. Wentworth
16
Alonzo M. Holmes
6
Everett Wentworth
12
Laura E. Holmes
17
Curtis S. Wentworth
8
Charles D. French
17
Fred Wentworth
7
Charles F. Libby
20
Emma Philbrick
18
Alonzo Libby
18
Eva M. Bickford
11
Emma Libby
16
Alonzo Bickford
9
Melvin Libby
8
Alice Bickford
. 6
George Chapman
5
Carleton French
12
Preston Downs
9
Oscar F. Wiggins
18
Willie Cook
7
Lyman Towle
10
William Fox
18
Gusteen Kenerson
19
Walton P. Sawyer
5
Mabel Cross
4
William P. Cross
7
Charles E. Cross
9
Arthur E. Blake
7
Cora V. Blake
18
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Evvia W. Rice
7
Lillian M. Rice 12
John W. Rice
19
Nellie Stanley
12
Nettie Stanley
14
Willie Stanley
16
Alonzo French
12
Rendall French
16
Josie Jenkins
16
Sarah Jenkins
20
Martha Golduarth
15
Zenovia A. Rogers
8
Irving R. Towle
14
Lucy Edgely
8
Jennie Edgely
7
George W. Edgely
6
The following items come from the official School Records of the Town of Porter:
April 30, 1833. Sarah Moulton, teacher, received five dollars a month for her services and allowed one dollar per week for board. Board was bid off at .93 a week.
1841. Lowest bidder on boarding teacher was James Hurd at .70 a week.
1843. To James French .60 a week mistress' board.
1843. To James French .88 a week master's board.
1847. To Ira Chase .32 a week for mistress' board.
1847. To Ira Chase .66 a week for master's board. The lowest re- corded bid.
1842. A vote was taken to receive scholars from other districts by paying 17 cents per week.
1860. Voted that schoolhouse be kept locked and used only for school, religious worship and funerals.
1884. Voted to have three terms of school.
1st to commence 2nd Monday in May (8 weeks) .
2nd to commence 2nd Monday in Aug. (10 weeks).
3rd to commence 2nd Monday in Nov., and teach until re- maining money is used up.
1884. Old school house sold to R. G. Heard for $68.00. Voted to raise $550.00 to build a new schoolhouse.
1886. Board was bid off at $1.50 a week. 1887. (April) Voted that the Agent should repair the blackboard in the schoolhouse in District No. 8, and have notices printed and put up in the schoolhouse that there should be no spitting of to-
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bacco on the floor. To the Agent, John S. Hurd, of said District. C. D. Redlon, District Clerk.
1888. Voted to pay $4.75 per week for teaching.
1893. (April) Voted to paint schoolhouse in District No. 8. Voted for Agent to buy the paint and let painting out to the lowest bidder. Bid off by C. H. McDonald for .89 per day.
Each School District had an agent whose duty was to hire the teachers, obtain the boarding places, and provide fuel for the schools. He had to practice a strict economy inasmuch as the amount of money raised for support of these schools was not more than $100 annually per district.
The Advent Chapel in Kezar Falls (District 4) was used as a school- house until 1889 when the schoolhouse on Main Street was completed. In 1925, all children above the 5th grade were conveyed to Kezar Falls. The schoolhouse in District No. 2 and No. 8 were closed in 1929, this left only one of the thirteen schools intact. This one, as mentioned earlier, had to close its door in 1948.
Porter High School was established in 1904 by an appropriation of $250.00. There were 45 students enrolled - Harvey D. Gran- ville was the teacher. Its first graduation exercises were held in 1907 - the graduating class consisted of three students, namely; William Batchelder, Herman Page and Shorey Weeks. It became a Class A High School in 1908. $200.00 were raised annually for the support of this school until 1919 when the present high school build- ing was erected. 40 students graduated in 1924 - the largest on record; the smallest, only one student, graduated in 1917, 1918, 1920. There was no graduating class in 1910. From this digression, we'll now return to the District Schools.
According to the official School Records of Porter, 157 teachers taught school in the Town of Porter during the period, 1869-1879. Obviously there was no lack of schoolmasters and school mistresses - many of whom were native sons and daughters. Porter, like its neighboring towns, has always placed a high value on education, and a great number of its citizens have contributed their share in enrich- ing the world of thought!
Now only three out of the original thirteen one-room school-
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houses remain to remind the passer-by of those little joys and sor- rows of yesteryear, and they implore the passing tribute of a sigh!
To all who love to hear the very mention of the district school- house, the following poem, "Reminiscences of School Days," by Levi L. Cook,will strike a respondent chord. But, before we quote this elegy, let's present a biographical sketch of its author. Levi L. Cook was born in 1866 in what is locally known as the "Cook Neigh- borhood" of Porter. He was a descendant of one of the first settlers (Stephen Libby) of the town. According to the Teacher's School Register for 1871-2, he was a pupil of the school mentioned in his poem at the age of six; his teacher, Ebra A. Wood. This one-room schoolhouse (now in ruins) stood in District No. 6.
As a young man, he taught school in his own home town, and later became a Superintendent of Schools. He was a poet of note, an architect, and an outstanding naturalist. He had a keen apprecia- tion of the beautiful and the symmetrical in nature and art. His ideas were original, and in his many public speeches he delivered his thoughts with force and eloquence. His knowledge of local history and Indian lore excelled the average and which his lectures bril- liantly illustrated. His camp at Colcord Pond was filled with the craftsmanship of a woodsman and Indian artifacts. Mr. Cook died in 1939. In his "Introduction" to his poem, Mr. Cook says:
"The thought expressed in the following stanzas were suggested to the mind of the author by a recent visit to the old schoolhouse on Norton's Hill in Porter, Maine, where thirty years before he was enrolled as a pupil. At that time, no more thrifty or prosperous people inhabited any part of the town, than were the frugal and in- dustrious citizens of Norton's Hill, but the change of conditions during the past thirty years is, indeed, sad to witness. Only three of the homesteads are now occupied, where thirty years ago was a thickly settled neighbourhood, with large families.
"The privileges afforded pupils at that time, as compared with those of today, were extremely meager, although at that time they were considered fairly liberal. The author, then but a small lad, was obliged to travel over two miles each day, and during the winter on snowshoes, to attend his school.
The Rand School in District No. 11 in 1900. The teacher here is Isaac Drowns, one of Porter's most experienced District School teachers. The pupils are unidentified.
Porterfield (Lord) School Group, early 1900s. John Chapman, teacher.
CENTER SCHOOL
Center School (1918), with large black-board "down front," typical of "district schools."
"Head of the Pond" schoolhouse. It stood near the upper end of Bickford Pond.
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"On the pleasant Sabbath morning in April, referred to in the first stanzas, as the writer approached this dear old spot, his thoughts were filled with sadness as he contemplated upon change since the days of long ago. Not a sound save the sweet notes of a few of the first harbingers of springtime was there to break the almost painful stillness, and before his mental vision was spread a panoramic view of the experiences of thirty years ago, and as the inspired artist rap- idly wields his brush to preserve the glorious tints of a gorgeous sunset ere it fades to the sombre gray of evening, so the author eag- erly traced the burning thoughts as they crowded thick and fast upon his uninitiated pen.
"Dear reader, if the perusal of these simple lines is in any way in- strumental in affording you pleasure or aids in the least in renewing the fires of friendship, which the lapse of time, and the cares of busi- ness may have caused to grow dim, then indeed will the writer feel that he is amply rewarded, and his labor not in vain."
Reminiscences of School Days
Once, in the early spring time On a pleasant April day, I strolled me to a lonely spot On a hillside far away, And my soul was filled with sadness As I thought of days of yore,
When groups of merry children Gathered round the old schoolhouse door.
Long I stod, and gazed, and listened, And in fancy I could hear Again the ringing laughter Of the youngsters coming near.
Long I stood, and gazed, and listened, Yet, my waiting was in vain, For those merry lads and lassies Ne'er would gather here again:
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Then I passed inside the doorway And I viewed the inside aghast, For the change was sad to witness Since the days so long gone past. Naught was there but desolation, Each old wall was black and grim, The windows, they were broken, And the roof was falling in.
But the old familiar benches On the sunny eastern side All were there, and again I sat me In the one I occupied; One thing then I missed most sadly 'Twas the teacher's old red chair, Where, with word, or knotty problem We would all at times repair.
On the desk top just before me In the same board worn and old, Was the jack knife's carved initials Of two names cut rude and bold; I remember well who cut them "Twas my seat-mate U. S. P. While the other just beneath it, Was the letters L. L. C.
Just across in the opposite corner There was naught but vacancy, Once 'twas filled with a source of comfort 'Twas where the woodpile used to be; And when grim and cheerless winter Gave full vent to his cruel ire, How we crowded close together Round the roaring open fire.
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Sweet indeed, those days of childhood, When, with hearts both light and gay We assembled here together, On the hillside, day by day; Here was learned some wholesome lessons Mixed with childrish care and strife, Here was formed the warmest friendship That would last us all through life.
Long ago this merry party Parted here, one night for aye, And how sad the separation When each to each had said, "Good-Bye"; For, ne'er again would they assemble On this dear old sunny spot, But sweet indeed are the hallowed memories, That will never be forgot.
Where is now the merry party That assembled here each day? They have all dispersed and wandered Far away! Far away! Some of them, are men of genius, Some of wealth, and power, and fame, Some have earned by hard endeavor For themselves an honored name.
Some have gone away in silence To a school in Heaven above Where the Lord Divine is master, One that's ruled by holy love; They have passed beyond the hearing Of the teacher's calling bell, For a larger spoke their ages As it tolled their funeral knell.
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When at last I vaguely started To pursue my homeward way, Every rock and tree and hilltop Called to mind another day; And, as I turned and gazed in silence For one more look ere we should part How those tender recollections Seemed to cluster round my heart.
Dear old House! Thou must still linger Here, through winters drear and chill, Yet, my thoughts will often visit thee Alone, upon the hill, In my memory hangs a picture Unsurpassed by human skill, Of a plain, old fashioned schoolhouse, On a bleak and lonely hill."
XXVII
PARSONSFIELD-PORTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Organized in 1946 Incorporated, 1953 Officers, 1955-56
President Mrs. Ina Stanley Emery
Vice President
Mrs. Marie Norton
Secretary Mrs. Edith Smith
Treasurer
Mrs. Mildred Stanley
Auditor Miss Margaret Strout
Custodian Mrs. Flora Nason
Committee Chairmen
Membership:
Parsonsfield Mrs. Mildred Banks
Porter
Mrs. Mildred Stacy
Sunshine Mrs. Florence G. Norton
Ways and Means
Mrs. Margaret Tucker
Reporters:
Sanford Tribune Mrs. Helen Merrifield
Portland Press Herald-Express Mrs. Pansy Staples
"Reflections" Organ of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society
Editors: Miss Margaret Strout Mrs. Ina N. Emery
Charter Members of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society
Parsonsfield: Mrs. Kathryn Baily Sidney R. Batchelder
Porter:
Curtis Chapman Pauline Chapman
Dr. William Teg, left, author of this History. Ina Emery, founder of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society. Orion
Stanley, Charter Member Treasurer. Edith ( Mrs. Vincent Smith,), inset, Charter Member Secretary, and still serving in 1956.
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Mrs. Christine Boothby E. Harry Boothby
Linwood Burbank Miss Marion Burbank Allen Chellis Mrs. Carol Doe LaForest Doe
Mrs. Isabelle Emery
Frank D. Fenderson
Laura J. Fenderson
Jose W. Fenderson
George French
Earle Glidden
Miss Hazel Hasty
Mr. Thomas Henderson
Mrs. Thomas Henderson
Fred N. Leavitt
Elsie Leavitt
Sewell MacDaniel
Florence MacDaniel
Mr. Nils Nelson
Mrs. Svea Nelson
Miss May Brit Nelson
Mrs. Florence G. Norton Fred A. Nutter
Edith Nutter
Clarence Pierce
Esther Pierce
Harry Pratt
Miss Louise Sanborn
Raymond V. Smith
Edith Smith
Mrs. Marguerite Churchill Mrs. Bertha M. Doe D. R. Garland
Mrs. Florence Garland
Mrs. Bernice Goodwin John Greenan Carl Hammond
Claude Kelly
Mrs. Helen Merrifield
Mrs. Alice Merrifield
Mrs. Lydia Milliken
Clarence Sawyer
Harriet Sawyer Paul Stacy
Carl Stanley
Fannie Stanley
Orion Stanley
May Stanley
Preston J. Stanley
Sidney B. Stanley
Miss Margaret Strout
Ralph Tucker
Margaret Tucker
Mrs. Evelyn Watkins
Mrs. Blanche Woodbury
Brownfield: Mrs. Elsie Mains
Cornish: Walter Pulsifier
E. Wakefield, N. H. Mrs. Henry Furber
New Haven, Conn .: Mrs. Ellen Libby Eastman
Home of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society.
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Raymond Smith, Jr. Miss Velma Smith
Aubrey Tabor Helen Tabor James Tabor
New York: Henry Parsons
Saco:
Dr. Laura Black Stickney
Skowhegan: Mrs. Florence S. Higgins
Home of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society
A Dream That Materialized
In a nutshell, here's how and why a dream was transformed into an historical society - "Reflections" is the informant. It was on August 27, 1946, that sixteen persons from Parsonsfield and Porter convened at Norton's Hall in Kezar Falls to put life into a cher- ished dream. Mrs. Ina Naomi Emery was the author of that dream! The erstwhile dream, once organized to function as an entity pre- sented a promising outlook. Mrs. Emery was unanimously chosen by those assembled to superintend the growth, development and progress of the association. Thenceforth, and now for a decade, Mrs. Emery has served as President of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society.
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