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2009 Program Schedule

All programs are free. All are welcome.

*Programs are held at GHS Center- 20 Bay Point Road- Georgetown, Maine unless otherwise noted

 7PM    Tuesday    May 26, 2009    

Georgetown's Young Boatbuilders

Georgetown has been a center for boatbuilding for centuries, and the tradition continued this spring with two boats just completed by Georgetown schoolchildren. With the support of the school's principal and staff and guidance from Will Ansel and Bob Trabona, these young boatbuilders are learning a traditional craft and the art of teamwork. At our meeting the children themselves will explain the building process and what it means to them.

7PM Tuesday June 16, 2009

Governor Baxter's Magnificent Obsession

Georgetown's Howard Whitcomb will present an illustrated talk on his recent book Governor Baxter's Magnificent Obsession: A Documentary History of Baxter State Park. 1931-2006. By virtue of his researchon Percival Baxter;s vision for a park at Katahdin, Howard was a key participant in the state's campaign to acquire the Katahdin Lake parcel in 2006. He is a retired professor of political science at Lehigh University and is actively engaged with Friends of Baxter State Park and Midcoast Senior College (Bath/Brunswick) where he teaches regularly and chairs the curriculum committee. We look forward to hearing Whitcomb's insights into Governor Baxter, the man behind the Park.

June 28
Sunday
1- 4:00PM
 GHS Annual Meeting

1:00  Welcome, refreshments, displays
1:30   Business meeting, election of the board, committee reports, finances
2:15   The Clarence H. White, Jr. film—circa 1929 –of his family’s summer in Georgetown
3:00   Our history-based mini-auction

July 21
Tuesday
7:00PM
 The Stieglitz Circle Comes to Maine— Libby Bischoff, noted USM History Professor, will discuss the extraordinary summer of 1928 when modernist painter, Marston Hartley and prominent photographer, Paul Strand traveled to Georgetown to spend time with sculptor Gaston Lachaise and his wife at their summer residence at the entrance to the Indian Point Road.  It is of great significance that during that time both Hartley and Strand made key artistic and personal discoveries that continued to inform their work for the rest of their careers.  Professor Bischoff’s talk will focus on the details of the summer of 1928 in Georgetown and its implications for a modernism based in friendship and collaboration as well as lesser-known history of Georgetown as an important place of retreat for modernists as early as the 1890’s.

August 18
Tuesday
7:00PM
 Migratory Birds with Ted Allen—Many birds nest in Georgetown. Proximity to the ocean makes the beaches especially important stops for shorebirds on their way to and from nesting areas in the Canadian Boreal Forest.  Two plovers stop here and scrape depressions in the sand: the Piping Plover and the Killdeer. In addition to those that pass through during migration, many rarities are blown here by strong southwest winds which have been more common in recent years. Those that have appeared at the feeders of Jean and Lew Frank and others will be illustrated and some of their more colorful southern visitors will be shown.  We’ll see and listen to many of these birds in a Powerpoint presentation.

Sept. 15
Tuesday
7:00PM
 Adventures of a Marine Warden with Jodi McMahan— Returning from her new assignment in the Stonington, Deer Isle area, Jodi McMahan, former Georgetown Marine Patrol Warden, shares with us her many “interesting” encounters with marine life both in and on the water.

October 20
Tuesday
6:00PM
 Pot Luck supper at 6:00 PM –  “Characters” of Georgetown  at 7:00PM—Some would say that Georgetown has too many “characters”  to describe in just one program, but Georgia Kennett and others will attempt the feat by regaling us with stories of their favorites from both now and years passed.  No names will be changed to protect the innocent.

For more information call Carol or Rich Start (207) 371-2529 or e-mail:   info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.com