Out and About

 

May 12, 2013

Fifteen members of Alcyone #71 Milbridge and two members of Irene # 97 of Ellsworth attended the Eastern Star stated meeting Thursday evening in Milbridge. A Mother’s Day program was given to recognize all mothers. We were glad to have Madelyn and Charlie Phinney back with us from their winter resident in Florida.  Refreshments were served after the meeting. Another great evening was had by Star friends.

The graveside service for Susie (Tucker}, Leighton, Brewer was held Friday morning at the Greenwood Cemetery in Milbridge, and afterwards all attended the gathering at 44 Degree North Restaurant in Milbridge, Maine for a luncheon.

I had a nice call from Dr. Benjamin Carr of Hancock asking about the house that he own at one time on the dike in Addison. He wanted to know if there was any way he could see the pictures that I took of it. He connected with me on Facebook and was able to see all of the pictures. He also told me a bit about the history of that house. It started out as a dance hall at Ripley Point in Harrington, then was moved to a spot on Church Hill Lane and used to raise turkeys. Later it was moved to the dike, and was sat up as a clam shop and worm business. Later Bryon Lamson a carpenter of Addison put a pitch roof on it to make it into a home for Dr. Carr. He told me that he had the best house on the dike. Well, yes of course, it was the best house as it was the only one there at the time. He was very sad to hear that it had burned.

I received a letter form Florence (Crowley) Mayne formerly from Addison recently. She and her husband Robert Mayne Sr. will be celebrating their 50^th Wedding Anniversary on June 16, in Browns Mills, New Jersey where they live. They were married in the Addison Methodist Church in 1963.

 Florence is the daughter of the late Lawrence and Gladys Crowley of the Ridge Road in Addison and granddaughter of Neil and Pheobe (Joy) Plummer.

Florence and Robert have two children Sarah Ann (Mayne) Smith and husband Daniel of New Jersey, and Robert Mayne Jr. of Elmira, New York. They have two granddaughters and six great grandchildren.

If you wish to send a card to wish them a happy anniversary, their address is 412 Chippewa Trail, Browns Mills, NJ  08015 or give them a call at 1-609-893-7313.

I had a nice Mother’s Day; we enjoyed a meal on Friday evening at 44 Degree North Restaurant in Milbridge. I received two plants and a gift card to buy one at a local florist shop along with cards and phone calls from my children. I also had a nice mess of smelts brought in to me.

This weekend I was able to get some fiddle head greens to put in my freezer for the winter. I took inventory of one of my freezers and found that I still have plenty of fiddleheads and strawberries to use up. I guess we did not eat as much as I thought out of that freezer. It sure looks empty, so we  must of ate something.  Won’t be long before we start planting the garden and decide on what we need to plant for the winter supply.