BATH — The Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room announces its eighth annual Town History Series, jointly sponsored by Patten Free Library and the Bath Historical Society.
On six consecutive Saturdays, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a. m., residents of towns served by the library will present aspects of their towns’ histories in the Community Room of the Patten Free Library.
The schedules is as follows:
— Jan. 21, Bath: Peter Goodwin and Robin Haynes: “History of the Patten Free Library”
— Jan. 28, Arrowsic: Fred Kahrl: “Saving Squirrel Point Light Station”
— Feb. 4, Georgetown: Rich Start: “The Terrible Fire of ’34”
— Feb. 11, Woolwich: a panel: “Stories of Woolwich Schools”
— Feb. 18, Phippsburg: John G. Morse IV: “Phippsburg Then and Now”
— Feb. 25, West Bath: Frank Roberts and Charlie Burden: “The Littlefield School: West Bath’s Historic One- Room Schoolhouse”
This year’s series will be dedicated to Barbara Esmond, longtime volunteer in the History Room.
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