Description: "The stage of what was then the Pemetic High School - now [2011] Pemetic Elementary School Front Row Seated on Stage Floor - Left to Right: Unknown man Unknown man Unknown man Possibly Cuthbert Downey Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Irma (Donnell) Black (1915-1986) - Mrs. Paul Ernest Black Marguerite Mae Hamblen (1935-2004) - Later Mrs. Seldon Bernstein Roscoe C. Marshall (1911-1968) Wilma Jane Hamblen (1937-) - Later Mrs. Charles F. Turner Unknown man Joan Marilyn Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbur Terry John Donald Jumper (1914-1998) Florence Esperance Thatcher (1913-1990) - Mrs. Robins Herbert Thatcher, later Mrs. Vernon Sanford McFarland Unknown man kneeling Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Harold Townsend (1905-1989) Faith A. (Whitmore) Ramsdell (1919-2000) - Mrs. Ralph Ramsdell Cathy Bollars Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen (1915-2001) - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen Unknown man Charlotte Lurvey (1910-2000) Back Row - Left to Right: Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard (1909-1990) - Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard Milton Webster Norwood (1899-1990) Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986) Unknown man Unknown man Leslie L. Greenlaw (1913-1994) Ann Mary (Whitmore) Harkins (1930-) - Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Mary A. (Harkins) Sargent (1927-) - Mrs. Lennox Ledyard Sargent (""Bink"" Sargent) June B. (Hamblen) Sanner (1924-) - Mrs. William Walter Sanner Phyllis Norwood (1916-1999) - Mrs. James Franklin Norwood Paul Merrill Robinson (1918-) Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester (1925-) - Mrs. Warren R. Worcester Bernard Johnson (1908-1985) “The high school building is the third educational edifice to stand on the same lot...” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 – 1938 “Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Atherton built their house on Maple Lane about 1905. After Mr. Atherton died his widow sold the place to Peter T. Benson (1937), who moved the buildings to a lot on the Clark Point Road and sold to Russell White. The Atherton lot was then purchased by the town as a part of the school lot and the site of the new high school building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 158-159 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, the work of excavating for the foundation of a new high school building on the Southwest Harbor village school lot was begun.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 88 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, ground was broken for a new brick building for the high school to be built partly by the town and partly by a grant from the Federal government. W. H. McPherson of Bangor was the contractor.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938" [show more]
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Phyllis M. (Grindle) Herrick, Philip Clifton Rich (1941-) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010), David Clark Cunio (1942-), Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-), Ruthann Grindle (1942-) - later Mrs. Ralph Dennis Ellis and Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester Fenton, Linda Ann Grindle (1949-) baby on Ruthann's lap - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Jr. and Mrs. George Henry Dow Jr., Anne Tracy Carroll (1941-) - later Mrs. Donald E. DeGolyer, Juliemae Worcester (1941-) - later Mrs. William Peter Hopkins Front Row - Left to Right: Unknown, David Alfred Worcester (1944-1994), Janet Worcester (1946-) - later Mrs. James Robert Ellis, Charles Wallace Birlem Jr. (1944-), Alice Thurston (1945-) - later Mrs. Berndston" [show more]
Description: Left to Right: Esther A. (Thurston) Williams, Mrs. William G. Williams (1907-2005) Elizabeth M. (Thurston) King, Mrs. Stanwood Hart King (1905-2009) - owner of the Dirigo Hotel. Mary E. (Thurston) Fleming, Mrs. Paul E. Fleming (1912-1979) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - the head waitress at the hotel.
Description: Left to Right: Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley, Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Celestia "Lessie" Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Adoniram Judson Robinson (1875-1961) - mother of Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanely The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of Chester and Bertha’s daughter Ruth Celestia Stanley or Irene Mabel Stanley’s wedding, both of which took place in 1952. This photograph was taken at Chester Stanley's home - the Adoniram Judson Robinson house. The house shown in this photograph, next to the Robinson house, is 384 Main Street. [show more]
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Judy ? Rebecca Carroll Clark Foote Arthur Foote Middle Row - Left to Right: Nathan ?, probably Foote Roderick Pepper Clark Front Row - Seated on the ground - Left to Right: Caleb Foote V with "Stanzie" Pat Sumner Polly ?
Description: The party is shown in the den, the front room on the left of the house. Ruthann "Sugar" Grindle Fenton remembers that she was upset because she could not find her doll carriage. Someone had "borrowed" the carriage for her mother's surprise baby shower. The carriage reappeared "when Mum wheeled it home solid full of presents." Left to Right: Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1910-2003) Lucile A. (Farnsworth) Rich, Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) - hostess Lizabeth H. (Lawson) Rich, Mrs. Ronald Dean Rich (1912-1978) Eleanor Mary (Brown) White, Mrs. Russell B. White (1917-2002) Helen E. (Turnbull) Kelley, Mrs. Carlton Carroll Kelley (1918-1985) Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard, Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard (1909-1990) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - pregnant with John Paul Grindle (1952-) [show more]
Description: From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110. [show more]
Description: Back Row Standing - Left to Right: Ralph Dennis Ellis (1942-) Reynolds W. "Bouncy" Smith (1942-) Charles Fred Bradford (1942-) Coach and Grade School Principal - Bernard W. Johnson (1908-1985) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010) David Clark Cunio (1942-) Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-) Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Alphonse Morris Michaud, Jr. (1941-) Frederick Walter Pinkham (1941-2011) Henry Leighton Wass (1942-) William J. Carroll (1942-) Howard S. Dorr (1941-) [show more]