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New Maine Memory Network Items- Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service ca 1960
- Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945 Standing together in the kitchen of the Odd Fellows Hall on Swan's Island are sisters Hildreth Turner Vennie (1912-1966), Bernice Turner Carlson (1901-2001) and Marjorie Turner Stinson (1914-1999). They were the daughters of Fred & Flora (Sellers) Turner. The woman in the back is Mrs. Enna Templ […]
- Velma Morse, ca. 1940
- The Whitehill family 1950-1959
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Event-full: Lessons Learned from MCHP Gatherings
Now that the kick-off gathering for each MCHP community has been held, attention turns to gleaning the collective wisdom of what happened at them. What were the “best practices?” What might communities do differently in the future–say, in June, when … Continue reading
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The Benefits of Participation
Woody Allen once quipped: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Sounds easy enough, but there’s still another 20 percent that involves doing something. You’ve got to participate actively in the experience in order to reach out and grab success … Continue reading
A Structured Brainstorm
Here’s the kind of problem you want to have at a community event: Running out of room to post the sticky-backed flip chart paper due to a flood of good ideas. That was about the only predicament the Cumberland/North Yarmouth … Continue reading
Sharing the Harvest in Guilford
While the weather didn’t cooperate for Guilford Historical Society’s Annual Harvest Fair on Saturday, October 3, shuttering craft tents and impacting attendance, there were plenty of takers for the bountiful potluck lunch. And with good reason. Just have a look … Continue reading
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Clearing the Way to Collaboration in Blue Hill
“Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations.” So wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in the second volume of Democracy in America, published in 1840. “In democratic countries knowledge of how to … Continue reading
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