Out and About

May 29, 2019

How time flies, I guess when your busy it just does. I don’t remember when I was growing up that it went this fast.

Well I finally got my lawn mowed for the first time this year on May 23, in between the rain days. I had to wait for the lawn to dry out and Saturday was a good day to finish up the mowing and also burn up the brush pile I had out back. What a production that was; first I had to track down the fire chief to get the fire permit, then get out the garden hose and hook it up and wait for the wind to die down. It all came together about 7 pm when I lit my fire. The one thing I missed was having my son Zeb in the mid of all of this. When ever he comes home he wants to have a gathering around the burn pile with his friends. Needless to say he is somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean on a ship working and not here. I was able to keep the fire under control and was thankful that it went well for me. Of course no worries the next day of it starting up again as it poured all night and the next day. I could not ask for a better time to do it. Now all I need to do is rake up the rest and make it presentable for the rest of the year.

On Friday May 24, all of the 5^th & 6 graders attended the Memorial day Ceremony at Narragaugus Jr./Sr. High School.

Bob Hall, Richard Grant, Ed Browne, Keith Smith and Cheif King came from the Veterans Home in Machias for the program to be recognized for their service. Sgt. Edward K. Brown was also wished a happy early 100^th birthday on June 25^th.

Friday evening folks turned out to hear Luther Choate speak at the Pleasant River Historical Society on the years he has trapped animals. He demonstrated how to set a trap that he used and lots of pictures of animals from his game camera.

On Saturday I showed my husbands nephew Brett Leighton and his wife Michelle where the Columbia Cemetery is so they could find the grave sites of his ancestors. While I was there I put out flowers on several of my great great grandparents and 3 great grandparents as well. Afterwards I headed to Harrington for my grandson’s ball game at Bigalow Park.

Later on I took Carroll to the Columbia Cemetery to see the flowers that I put out before we headed to Bayview Take Out on Beals. Another productive day on the home front.

Monday on Memorial Day Carroll and I had a lovely cook out at our sons camp on Schoodic Lake. The weather was perfect, just right with the sunshine. Our grandson Konner took his first dip in the lake for the season. He said it was still quite cold.

Later on we drove to three different cemeteries, Columbia, Columbia Falls and Milbridge to add more flowers on our ancestors family plots and then for an ice cream before we returned home.

May 28, was our grandson’s last Spring Concert, as he will be heading to Junior High in the fall. All of the students did a wonderful job with this Concert.

During the day on Tuesday I returned to the Columbia Cemetery to find a specific lot and also cleaned the two stones so they were readable. There are so many of the older stones that are covered with moss and a lot that needs to be repaired. I just wish the Cemetery Society would hold a workshop with MOCA on how to clean and fix the grave stones. A couple of days with many hands would do wonders in cleaning up the stones and it does not cost much to do it, just your time.

Upcoming Events:

Public Supper

Cherryfield Congregational Church Supper will hold their first supper for the season on June 12, 2019 at the Church. Dinner served at 5:30 pm.

Historical Societies

Pleasant River Historical Society

Pleasant River Historical Society will hold their second round table talk at the Wreaths Across Gym, Columbia Falls at 7 pm. Bion Tibbetts will give a presentation/talk of old buildings in Columbia Falls.

Milbridge Historical Society

Milbridge Historical Society will open on Saturday June 1^st for the 2019 season.

On Tuesday, June 18, Wayne Smith will give a presentation/talk on growing up on a farm in Cherryfield at 7 pm at the museum.

Lubec Historical Society

Lubec Historical Soc. will open for the 2019 season on Monday, June 17^th through Columbus Day. Hours of Operation are Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10 - 3.

On Tuesday, June 18th “Jane Bell” Of Tide Mill farm will give a presentation/talk on the history of Tide Mill Farm & the importance of farming at the Lubec Historical Society.

Come join us at 6:00 pm at our Historical Society building for this presentation, refreshments will be served afterwards.

Jonesport Historical Society

Jonesport Historical Society will have their first meeting on June 27, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Sawyer Building. William Bimbo Look will give a presentation on the Seaweed Harvesting Industry.

Get Well wishes to Richard Alley of Addison and Darlene Dowling of Harrington hoping they are both on the mend.

Condolences to the families of Colon Smith and Sheila Tenlangelo.

Photo: Veterans: Bob Hall, Richard Grant, Ed Browne, Keith Smith and Chief King

Photo: Luther Choate guest speaker at the Pleasant River Historical Society.