(Programs are presented at 1:30 o'clock on the 1st Wednesday of each month, with the exception of June, July and August. Everyone is welcome, there is no charge.)

November 4, 2009 - The group Over a Cardboard Sea will entertain the Society with their 'music from days gone by' which will undoubtedly contain some Rudy Vallée music. The group has been described as historical interpreters of long-ago sounds, with a show that has an underlay of theater and vaudeville. The performance is free and open to the public... bring a friend an join us!

 

 

Rachel, Tim, Jimmy

December 2, 2009 - Richard Carney,Jr., will discuss his style of "Treasure Hunting". Antique bottles, clay pipes and doll heads are just samples of items he has found. Most are harvested from underwater dives at sites that historically served as hubs of activity. He can often be seen diving in the Presumpscot River just outside the Historical Society. Combining his diving hobby with his artistry,         Richard incorporates many found items, such as a sugar bowl lid, skeleton keys, an eight-inch bronze maiden figure head and  fishing lures, into his creative works of art.

January 6, 2010 - The Halidon Single-Tax Colony of Westbrook will be discussed by Peter Murray, a local retired fireman, historian and free lance writer. Peter now works as a chef and plans to have samples of some of the Danish foods which may have been prepared by the original Halidon residents. [To read about the Halidon Colony see Newsletter, Winter 2008.]

March 3, 2010 - Former Walker Memorial Librarians Diane LeConte and Patricia Larrabee will talk about the new children's book that they have written, Girl of the Past. It tells the story of a modern-day Westbrook girl who forms a link with Colonel Westbrook.

April 7, 2010 - Claude Bonang of Brunswick will present a musical program on the History and Art of Creating Music using Spoons, Bones and the Saw.

June 2, 2010 - Annual meeting - no program

2008-2009 Programs: Westbrook Then & Now Part II, Collecting Old Bottles, Maine Military Museum, Underground Railroad Quilt, Plight of Irish Longshoremen, S.A.L.T., Westbrook Pewter, Tom Nadeau's Artwork, 3rd Annual Westbrook Immigrants: Kourapis, Cairns, Fournier & LaViolette families.

2007-2008 Programs:Remembering Rudy Vallée, Gilding on Glass, Remembering Our Veterans, The Haskell Silk Mill, Westbrook Then & Now, Early American Folk Remedies, Exploring our Collection, 2nd Annual Westbrook Immigrants: The Woronecka, Zaharis, Conant and Guimond families.

2006 - 2007 Programs: History of Dowsing, Antique Bicycles, Just Black & White Photographs, Al Hawkes & Local Bluegrass Music, Placing Your Home on the National Register, Portland Trails in Westbrook, Maine Irish History, Northeast Historic Films, Westbrook Immigrants: The Turgeon, Gerhardts, Keating, Jensen & Rathgeb families.