President's Message
Dear Members and Friends,
It seems hard to believe that we are approaching the time of year when volunteers are invited to help us ready (clean) headquarters on March 18 beginning at 9 A.M. in preparation for our BHHS opening day on Saturday, April 1st!
We are excited to announce that our new exhibit, All Roads Lead to Bar Mills 1855 - 1956, will officially be open from 9 -2 on April 8! A video presentation prepared by Saco River Community Television of the exhibit will be playing on the first floor as well. Lots of volunteer labor and time have gone into the planning and creation of this exhibit, which is one of several on the drawing board in the next few years covering the villages of Buxton and Hollis. The old Bar Mills fire truck will be on display in the parking lot. Refreshments will be served. We hope you will visit us on April 8th!
It seems hard to believe that we are approaching the time of year when volunteers are invited to help us ready (clean) headquarters on March 18 beginning at 9 A.M. in preparation for our BHHS opening day on Saturday, April 1st!
We are excited to announce that our new exhibit, All Roads Lead to Bar Mills 1855 - 1956, will officially be open from 9 -2 on April 8! A video presentation prepared by Saco River Community Television of the exhibit will be playing on the first floor as well. Lots of volunteer labor and time have gone into the planning and creation of this exhibit, which is one of several on the drawing board in the next few years covering the villages of Buxton and Hollis. The old Bar Mills fire truck will be on display in the parking lot. Refreshments will be served. We hope you will visit us on April 8th!
I am excited to announce, as well, that editing is near completion on a winter project of producing a booklet of Alida Rogers Wolf’s memoirs of her Six Months Teaching (and living) in Buxton, Maine in 1923. Alida taught at the S. D. Hanson School and boarded at the Haseltine house on Long Plains Rd., just up the street from the former school. Her memoirs were sent to us by her son, Robert Wolf, who gave us permission to use them. Included in the booklet is house and family information collected by Don Kopp, who now lives with his wife, Ba, in the very same house where Alida boarded. This fascinating booklet will be available for sale in our Museum Shop this spring.
Be sure to check our 2017 list of programs in this newsletter. The program committee has done their best to assemble a varied and interesting schedule of events for the year!
Best Regards,
Jan Hill, President
Be sure to check our 2017 list of programs in this newsletter. The program committee has done their best to assemble a varied and interesting schedule of events for the year!
Best Regards,
Jan Hill, President