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2006 SBHS Public Meetings

Date Subject or Activity  
April For coffee, tea and pastries. Larry Kelsey will provide introductory information and lead visits to the Main, King's Colony, and McFarland cemeteries.  
May It¹s movie night again, with more selections from old home movies made in South Bristol.  
June Bud Warren will speak on "Tidemills of Midcoast Maine."  
July Thompson Ice House Preservation Corp.’s annual, “Ice Cream Social” event. SBHS contributes: Ellen Shew spinning yarns exhibit, and Wayne McFarland lobster trap construction demonstration.  
July Annual SBHS meeting - Election of Officers and Trustees. 7:30 pm Dave Andrews will present "Boats and Boat Builders of South Bristol." Some of you will remember Dave's presentation of his preliminary research several years ago. Dave prepared this revised and updated talk for presentation in May at the Maine Maritime Museum symposium.  
July A special exhibit of photos of South Bristol people and places, circa 1968, taken by Ann Hillis will open at the Annual Meeting and continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  
August Introduction of the new SBHS publication, A History of the Families and their Houses: South Bristol, Maine by the late Hoyt Landon Warner. Guest speaker will be Steve Foote, Trustee of Maine Preservation, a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the preservation, protection and vitality of Maine's historic places.  
September "Old South Bristol" - an evening of stories, Q & A, photos led by Donna Plummer and panel.  

October
The S Road Schoolhouse - introduction to the history of the schoolhouse; photos, artifacts collected to date; discussion of plans for making its restoration a reality.