1906 Calendar of the Wesley Church at Calais, Maine; Norman LaMarsh, Pastor

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1906 Calendar of the Wesley Church of Calais, Maine; Norman LaMarsh, Pastor.  

Brochure of 4 cards with handwriting on the reverse of each.  See images of all panes at the end of this post.

People mentioned, in order

• Pastor Norman LaMarsh, an Ontario, Canada, native, who led several Maine churches; known as the blind preacher
• Moses Young, leader, January 7
• George Glidden, leader, Jan 14
• Mrs. Willis Hill, leader, January 21
• Benjamin Gardner, Leader, January 28
• Charles Hatfield, leader, February 4
• H. A. Belmore, leader, February 11
• Mrs. Allen Hodgins, leader, February 18
• Mrs. Fred Carlow, leader, February 25
• Mrs. Moses Young, leader, March 4
• Mr. Flynn, leader, March 11
• Mrs. Mahar, leader, March 18
• Miss Annie Hill, leader, March 25
• Mrs. George Glidden, leader, April 1
• Mrs. Benjamin Gardner, leader, April 8
• Mr. Nichols, leader, April 15
• Mrs. Hallowell, leader, April 22
• Charles Hatfield, leader April 29
• Mrs. Spearin, leader, May 6
• Mrs. S. Hill, leader, May 13
• Moses Young, leader, May 20
• John Belmore, leader, May 27
• Mrs. Benjamin Gardner, leader, June 3
• George Glidden, leader, June 10
• Charles Hatfield, leader, June 17
• Mrs. John Belmore, leader, June 24
• Miss Carrie Pettigrove, leader, July 2
• Mrs. George Glidden, leader, July 9
• Mrs. Benjamin Gardner, leader, July 16
• Mrs. Willis Hill, leader, July 25
• Mrs. Moses Young, leader, July 30
• Mr. James Pettigrove, leader, August 6
• Moses Young, leader, August 13
• E. Flynn, leader, August 20
• Mrs. Allen Hodgins, leader, August 27
• Benjamin Gardner, leader, September 3
• Mrs. Herbert Mahar, leader, September 10
• H. A. Belmore, leader, September 17
• Etta Hallowell, leader, September 24
• George Glidden, leader, October 1
• Willis Hill, leader, October 8
• Mrs. Benjamin Gardner, leader, October 22
• Mrs. George Glidden, leader, October 29
• Mrs. Moses Young, leader, November 5
• Mrs. J. Spearin, leader, November 12
• Mrs. Salem Hill, leader, November 19
• Mrs. Willis Hill, leader, November 26
• H. A. Belmore, leader, December 3
• A. Gove, leader, December 10
• Moses Young, leader, December 17
• Etta Hallowell, leader, December 24
• E. Flynn, leader, December 31

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Panes, in order:

1885 letter from L. F. Lambert & Co. Clothiers, Gent's Furnishing Goods, in Calais, Maine to George D. Perry & Co. in Machias, Maine

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September 22, 1885 letter from L. F. Lambert & Co. Clothiers, Gent's Furnishing Goods, in Calais, Maine to George D. Perry & Co. in Machias, Maine.

The letter concerns the receipt of a suit in the wrong color and the non receipt of other items.  Transcription at the end of this post.

L. F. Lambert - Loring F. Lambert (abt 1850-1900)

George D. Perry - presumably George D. Perry (1862-1943), whose mother's maiden name was Dudley - George's middle name may have been Dudley.

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1831 Document from Ecclesiastical Council at Robbinston, Maine, to Dismiss Revd. Calvin White; addressed to Gen. John Balkam, Postmaster and Deacon

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1831 report from an ecclesiastical council held at Robbinston, Maine, to determine whether or not to dismiss Rev. Calvin White from his church there. 

The document was addressed to Reg. John Balkam, Postmaster, Robbinston, Maine.

Mentions:

• General John Balkam (1770-1832), Postmaster at Robbinston, Maine - short biography in The Bangor Historical Magazine, Volume 3, No. 10, April 1888

• Rev. Calvin White (1799-1884) at Robbinston, Maine, a native of Massachusetts and graduate of Monmouth Academy and Bangor [perhaps meaning Bangor Theological Seminary]. After his dismissal from Robbinston, Rev. White pastored in several Maine towns until he went to Massachusetts churches from 1841 to 1847, whereupon he returned to several positions in Maine; until again moving to Massachusetts in 1857, to a farm in Amherst. He married 1) Miss Mary Nye Dickson of East Machias in 1841; upon her death he married 2) Ellen Maria Nickerson of Boston, Massachusetts

• Rev. Wakefield Gale (1797-1881) of Eastport, Maine [who would himself part ways with his church in Eastport in 1835].  See other posts that feature 1828 and 1835 letters from or to Rev. Gale.

• Rev. Robert Crossett of Dennysville, Maine - Rev. Robert Crossette (1799-1872) - held the post in Dennysville for 12 years, until leaving in 1842

• Benjamin R. Jones, Delegate, of Dennysville, Maine - Benjamin Richards Jones (1776-1858)

• Rev. Aaron B. Church of Calais, Maine - Rev. Aaron Billings Church (1797-1857), graduate of Andover Theological Seminary; after his Calais post, Rev. Church pastored in Princeton, Illinois; he was the twin brother of Rev. Moses Billings Church (1797-1871).

• George Downes, Delegate and Scribe, of Calais, Maine - presumably George Downes (1794-1869)

Transcription - please leave a comment if you have corrections and/or can fill in the blanks

at Robbinston on the twenty sixth day of July 1831

At a council held in pursuance of Letters ___ from the Congregational Church of Robbinston to advise with regard to dissolving the Pastoral connection between the Revd. Calvin White with said Church & People.

Present as Members from the Church at Eastport Rev. Wakefield Gale; from Church in Dennysville Rev. Robert Crossett;  Pastor & Benjamin R. Jones, Delegate; from Church in Calais, Rev. Aaron B. Church, Pastor & George Downes delegate.

The council were called to order by Rev. W Gale. The Revd. Aaron B. Church was chosen Moderator & George Downes Scribe.

Prayers were offered by Revd. Gale. On Motion Rev. Robert Crossett it was voted that the meetings of this Council be private.

Voted to adjourn to 2 o'clock this afternoon.

The Council met. The communications of Revd. Calvin White to the Church asking a____ & also the Record of the Doings of the Church thereon & also the original call to Revd. Calvin White were read & after having fully heard the Parties & the evidence adduced by them 

It was voted unanimously that it is expedient to recommend a dissolution of the Pastoral connection between the Revd. Calvin White & his Church of People.

Voted that Revd. Aaron B. Church, Revd. W. Gale & George Downes be a committee to make report of the doings of this council to the Parties thereto.

The above named Committee made the following Report.

Whereas for various reasons the Revd. Calvin White has deemed it his duty to request his Church & People to unite with him in calling a mutual Council  to advise & assess in dissolving the Pastoral connection with them & whereas they voted unanimously to comply with his request. Therefore an ecclesiastical council has convened at Robbinston on the 26 July 1831 & in view of the considerations & facts which have been presented by the Pastor & by the Church of people, The Council are of unanimous opinion 

That it is expedient that the connection between Revd. Calvin White & the people of his charge cease at the expiration of the present year of his Ministerial Labors. And it is the desire & Prayer of this Council that the blessing of Almighty God may rest abundantly upon both the Parties concerned in this decision.

Which Report being read was unanimously accepted.

Voted to adjourn to the house of ___ [Joseph perhaps] Briggs in Robbinston at 8 o'clock P.M. of this day.

Council Met according to adjournment & made report of their doings to the Parties concerned

They being present.

Voted to adjourn Sine Die

Signed Aaron B. Church, Moderator

George Downes, Scribe

A true copy of the Record of the above named Council

Attest George Downes, Scribe

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1881 letter from Seth O. Rogers, Inspector, Grand Army of the Republic, at Bath, Maine, to George P. Andrews, Esq., Commander of "Meade" Post No. 40, G.A.R., Eastport, Maine

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November 4, 1881 letter from Seth O. Rogers, Inspector, Department of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, at Bath, Maine, to George P. Andrews, Esq., Commander of "Meade" Post 40, G.A.R., at Eastport, Maine.

Nothing on reverse.

Transcription:

Office of Inspector
Bath, Me. Nov 4th 1881
Geo. P. Andrews Esq
Commander "Meade" Post No. 40 G.A.R.
Eastport, Me.

Dear Sir and Comrade
Enclosed please find "Cipher" of the "unwritten work", the receipt of which you will please acknowledge.

Fraternally Yours in F.C. and L.
Seth O. Rogers
Inspector, Dept of Maine

Seth Osborne Rogers (1837-1916)

George Peabody Andrews (1842-1914)

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The map below gives land routes, but missives such as this might well have been carried by sea.

c1900 Photograph of Jimmy Raeish, "friend of Carl Ross"; by a studio in Calais, Maine

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c1900 photograph of a young man identified as "Jimmy Raeish, friend of Carl Ross". The photograph was taken at the studio of H. D. McKay of Main Street, Calais, Maine.

 From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

James Albert Raeish (1884-1929) was born  in Auburn, New York, son of Albert Raeish and Ada (Lyon) Raeish. The 1900 Federal Census of Calais, Maine, shows that James was living there with his mother and father, who was working as an electrician.

In 1910 in Oregon, James, by then an attorney, married Melva Jane Johnson, a native of Saint John, New Brunswick.  She was the daughter of Margaret Gertrude (MacLellan) and John M. Johnson, who moved the family to Calais, after Margaret's death. 

Carl Ross was presumably Carl Wilbur Ross (1883-1950), a native of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, across the St. Croix River from Calais, and son of Henry Butler Ross and Lilia Miranda (Bridges) Ross.  In 1908 in Massachusetts, Carl married Eva Celeste Fraser, also a New Brunswick native, daughter of John A. Fraser and Florence Melva (MacLellan) Fraser.  Carl and Eva then moved to Portland, Oregon.

The MacLellan connection between Melva and Eva presumably explains how James and Melva came to meet.

Melva died in 1950 in California. It appears that James married twice after that. He died in 1974 in Alameda, California.

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1902 Schedule Pamphlet of the Washington County Railroad in Washington County, Maine

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1902 Pamphlet of the Passenger Train Service of the Washington County Railroad, "The Only All Rail Line to the Eastern Coast of Maine", with general offices in Calais, Maine.  

Printed by J. A. Sears of Calais, Maine - possibly John Albert Sears (1842-1924)

H. F. Burpee, General Passenger Agent - possibly Harry F. Burpee (1869-1930)

N. P. Baker, General Superintendent

R. W. Kelley, General Manager

The pane with the map and the stage connections enlarged:

The other panes:

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Photo Booklet of the ? Reunion of the Class of 1926 at Calais Academy in Calais, Maine; possibly 1951 or later

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Booklet of photographs bound by ribbon in the school colors of the Alumni Reunion of the Class of 1926 at Calais Academy at Calais, Maine.  The year the reunion was held is not stated, but possibly 1951 or later.

The booklet was printed at the Harvey Studios in Calais, Maine.  

The only clue in the booklet is the handwritten name of Don Mitchell on the back cover. He may have been Donald N. Mitchell (1907-1987), either a Class of 1926 student, a teacher or a guest at the reunion.

I'm assuming that the first two photographs in the album are a contrast between the students at the time of graduation and, later, at the time of reunion.

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Images of pages, in order:

Advertising Postcard from Unobsky's Store in Lubec, Maine, to Hilda Spear at 6 Barron Road in Eastport, Maine

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Undated postcard sent to Hilda Spear at 6 Barron Road in Eastport, Maine, by Unobsky's a store in Lubec, Maine.

Hilda may have been Mrs. Hilda (Leland) Spear (1894-1989) or Miss Hilda Elizabeth Spear (1904-1979), a veteran of World War II. 

Notice how close Eastport and Lubec are by sea but by land separated by the large estuary of Cobscook Bay

Vintage Ticket to the Washington County, Maine, Agricultural Fair at Machias, Maine

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Ticket to the Washington County Agricultural Fair at Machias, Maine, undated.

There was a Washington County Agricultural Fair in the 1950s and 1960s; this ticket was perhaps from that era or a previous one.

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