Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1939

"… Library at UMF Description Miss Stone retired from Farmington State Normal School in 1939 after 39 years of service to the school."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… of Maine Gerry Mahoney – Author, historian, retired FBI Agent Bob McIntire – Hallowell Area Board of Trade – Maine Department of Education Jane…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She retired from the position of school nurse in 1928, when a professional nursing graduate was hired at her insistence."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The Torrent retired later between 1900-1920. The Tiger was built in 1835 and commissioned two years later in 1837."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… commercial; the sale of the furs would help to retire debts they owed to England. They learned that this area along the river was called Koussinok…"

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"Sumner Webber, the City Historian and a retired Hall-Dale teacher, brought a suitcase full of resource materials to the middle school and exhibit…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"At the outbreak of the Civil War 1861, Agry retired. Captian Benjamin Gould House, Winthrop Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library Captain…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… of the nineteen room mansion Knox built as a retirement home in Thomaston, the museum offers guided tours, programs, and classroom materials that…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"It closed its doors in 1976 with the retirement of its proprietress, Delia Frances Felix. Of thin polyester knits, there is a red high waisted full…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"She rose to the rank of Lt Colonel before her retirement from the reserves in 1962. The end of the war in 1945 was not the end of Mattie Pinette’s…"

McArthur Public Library

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"From 1961 until his retirement in 1978, he directed Harriman’s design department. During this period, he oversaw the planning of such notable…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"John Allan lived on Eastport’s Moose Island in retirement. And patriot Hopley Yeaton, native of New Hampshire and appointed by President Washington…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del retired in March 2005. He was a skilled worker and loved his job. He stills likes forestry and has twelve acres of land that he cuts for firewood."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"Dunn & Co. was established in 1866 after the retirement of key figures in the former company. Dunn and Elliot was the eventual surviving corporation."

Oakfield Historical Society

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National Archives at Boston

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… and several of them purchased summer cottages or retirement homes along the ponds and bay. During the 1960s and 1970s, Ellsworth's commercial…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… a residential community of middle age, wealthy retired summer visitors. Many of these "guests" stayed for a month or more and brought along their…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… he worked for Major John Quincy Adams Hawes, a retired Army surgeon who operated a pharmacy in downtown Hallowell."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… Jean Oplinger, Farmington Public Library, retired Library Director Theresa Overall, University of Maine Farmington, Assistant Professor Nancy…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"About 40 years ago, Robert P. Applebee, a retired U.S. Customs Officer, gave a talk on Thomaston’s shipbuilding years, based on his research at the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… work in the boatyards, lime industry or to simply retire, just as many did so many years ago. A number of residents are attracted to Thomaston’s…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… willed to the association by Elizabeth Stevens, a retired employee of the Laconia mills, and the energy of Robert McArthur, an Agent of the…"