Within two months of the special town meeting, in March 1978, the Nobleboro Historical
Society was organized with the following members serving as interim officers: Robert E.
Dunbar, president; John Studley, vice president; Marjorie Sheldon, secretary; and George
F. Dow, treasurer. Bylaws were drawn up and plans made for a Founders Day Membership
Dinner, which was held June 3, 1979. This event drew 91 members. Elected to serve as
officer were James Lewis, president; Barbara Pinkham, vice president; Regine Winter,
secretary; and George Dow, treasurer. Elected to serve as trustees were Evelyn Cross,
Robert Dunbar, Nettie Starkey, John Studley, Margaret Wellman, and Harold Witham.
Committee chairmen also serving as trustees were Ruth Dow, Sally Dunbar, Orland Bunker,
and Donald Edwards. By that first annual meeting, membership in the Nobleboro
Historical Society totaled 170 charter members.
The bylaws approved at the meeting included the following stated purposes:
- To collect and preserve historical memorabilia and important records relating to the
town of Nobleboro
- To encourage and promote interest in Nobleboro history among schoolchildren and
the general public through exhibits, lectures and other special events
- To maintain and operate the old Hawthorne schoolhouse as an historical reference
center for the public, by lease or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Society
and the Town of Nobleboro
We continue to operate under these bylaws and have set goals for the coming years. They are:
- Update the Center’s displays of artifacts and Nobleboro History
- Increase our depth of knowledge about Nobleboro’s history so we can share with individuals and
groups
- Grow the Nobleboro Historical Society membership to include younger generations of
old Nobleboro families and those of us “from away” in Nobleboro
To fulfill these goals, the Society has:
- Applied to the State Archival Dept for grant monies to help preserving our archives and manuscripts
- Begun cataloging artifacts with a renumbering system and entry into a computerized database
- Updated the display of artifacts in the Society building
- Made plans to link the database activity of artifacts with our web site
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