Keywords: Girl's schools
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Site Pages
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears
"Well, boys and girls, every year on a warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
"The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood. They also would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or…"
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"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"… drama production, public speaking contest, and a girl's club. By the 1950's, Scarborough’s extra curricular opportunities flourished, with student…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong
"… was never any solid evidence that he murdered the girl, but he was considered a solid suspect, and was arrested and held for nearly a year until…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4
"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."
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Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again
"… bringing forth children, educating the boys and girls for weal or woe; she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea, perhaps…"
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"… parochial or private high schools--boys and girls. Many went off to college. The philanthropic spirit in Biddeford was to thank for most of the…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"Eventually all other schools shut down, including Blue Hill Academy, and the only two left standing were the Consolidated School - which served the…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113
"Daniel K. Pomroy "girls who bore a bad name" Liz Widow Clark Mary E. Suratt Balloon ascention Jim Dunning"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866
"… Martin (1855-1889) was part of a group of 26 girls who participated in Solon Wilder's floral concert on Monday, July 2, 1866."
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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines
"… were able to save 9 of them but an 8 year old girl was swept away. The winds at their peak were 120mph and stayed at that speed for more than 2…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life
"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall
"… one play there that—oh, Leora Wyman had, she had girls come here one time and it was, the hall was lovely. It was big, it was beautiful."
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"… was a public building, though, like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings."
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"“The two prettiest girls in Surry—Phebe and Ellen.” Then right beneath it in a different hand: “They are not so.” Phebe’s losses had not yet aged her."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history
"… One family story involves Laura Turner, an island girl who married Dana Burns in 1907. When he died 3 years later, she went to work at the Massey…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943
"Billy Burke's girl." "Jerome at bottom" "Clifford Stevens- left" "Laurence Burke on right" "Stewart Moody at bottom" "The aviator is some Beatham"…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History
"Skyline Farm Riding School: 1944 - 1970 Ready to Enjoy a Ride Ca. 1955 X In the early 1940’s, Abby Dolloff married Carleton (Carl) R."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3
"The teams were made up of only boys, but the girls could cheer for them. The Presque Isle boys were named the Indians, but Dorothy cheered for the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"Even though I am older and less of a silly girl, I still have kept this journal, much to the hilarity of my older sister. Mr."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity
"… the transition from rivals to teammates, with the girls’ team winning state championships in 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2003."
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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley
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