Page/Post Updates – November 2023

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Don Taylor

I made the following changes/additions to the website during November 2023.

Education

Grammar Schools

Dunstan School

Added photo – Student Photos – (Dunstan) Class of 1939.

Class of 1951
Added Photo – Dunstan Grammar School Students – Grade 3 – Back (names).

Early Scarborough High Schools

Photo of the Scarborough High School 1895 Class
Class Photo 1895

Class of 1895

I added the Class Photo – 1895, it includes:

Annie Moses, Edgar Staples, Ed Snow, John O Libby, Louis Peterson, Mabel Leslie, Clara Pillsbury, Grace Cook, Perley Libby, Harry Small, Carrie Libby, Ruth Bartlett, Addie Vaill, & Martha [Hill?].

The New High School 

Class of 1937

I added: Scarborough High School Class of 1937 class photo. (Digital Maine)

People

Genealogy

I created a new menu item and page for Genealogy. In it I added:

Linwood Dyer Genealogy Collection

Linwood Dyer assembled a large collection of Genealogical Materials. Included with the material are many 3-ring binders regarding various family lines. Among them is “Scarborough Families.”

Scarborough Families

Scarborough Families – A – 2023.01.16

Scarborough Families – B – 2023.01.16 (pages 1-100)
Scarborough Families – B – 2023.01.16 (pages 101-191)

Organizations

The Oriental Council 

I added: Ledger – Nonesuch Hall Members & Minutes 1887-1950 (with gaps)

Surnames – M

I added:

Milliken

Videos

I added:

The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough
by Rodney Laughton
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Page/Post Updates – October 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by scarbo7_wp

Education

SHS Class of 1928

Added photo: Girls Basket Ball Team, 1928 to Digital Maine.

SHS Class of 1931

Added photo: Class Photo – Class of 1931 to Digital Maine

Events

Community Events

1958 – Scarborough 300th Anniversary

Added clippings from the Portland [Me] Sunday Telegram, June 29, 1958.

Library->Places->Maps

Newsclippings

Mapcase – Folder 26 – Houses

Added: [Date unknown] Hughie Milliken Homestead (68 Payne Road).

Links

Scarborough Focused Links
Locales

Prouts Neck

Added link to: Prouts Neck History on Instagram

People

Organizations

I added: Riverside Riding and Dining Club.

Nine Horses and Riders – circa 1936.
Six Horses and Riders – Nov 1936.

Surname Files

I added: D — Durgan surname file.

I added: Leary – Scarborough Families – I J K L, Pages L-35 to L-38 – LEARY – 2023.01.022.

I added Mitchell – Scarborough Families – M, Pages 156-176 – MITCHELL – 2023.01.023.

I added: Family Register – David (1805-1878) & Mary Plummer (1810-___)

Videos

To the Videos page, I added:

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The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Don Taylor

A talk by Rodney Laughton

Vintage photo of the Skillings Cabins, Junction Route 1 & 9, West Scarboro, Me.
Skillings Cabins, Junction Route 1 & 9.

On Sunday, November 5th, at 2:00 p.m., Rodney Laughton will talk about the roadside cabins of Scarborough. Before automobiles provided another travel option, vacationing visitors to Scarborough arrived by train, ships and even horse and carriage, usually staying at accommodations at Prouts Neck or Pine Point. Beginning in the 1920s, with the increasing availability of the automobile, a new type of lodging appeared—the roadside cabin. This program will focus on those businesses that were built in Scarborough. Rodney Laughton, the current president of the Scarborough Historical Society, is a lifelong resident of Scarborough who has been researching and documenting Scarborough history for more than forty years.

Now available on YouTube.

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Page Updates – September 2023

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Don Taylor

Research

Annual Reports

Added Town of Scarborough Annual Report – 2004

Surnames

M

Added: McKenney Envelope – Lynwood Dyer – Maine Room.

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SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RESUME PROGRAMS

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Don Taylor

SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RESUME PROGRAMS
Early Scarborough Tourism
By Linda Snow McLoon

After a long break from offering public programs due to the Covid outbreak, the Scarborough Historical Society will resume presenting programs with speakers at the Scarborough Public Library on Sunday, October 8, beginning at 2:00pm. Speaker Linda Snow McLoon’s program, Early Tourism in Scarborough, will look at the factors that brought visitors to Scarborough in the 19th century, the modes of transportation they used to travel here, and the early summer hotels and cottages in Scarborough that attracted tourists.

The Scarborough Historical Society has scheduled a full roster of programs for the coming year. The next program on November 5will be The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough. Rodney Laughton will tell the story of how a whole new type of lodging popped up – the roadside cabin – after automobiles became available in the 1920s.

VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE

Early Tourism in Scarborough by Linda McLoon

For more information, call the library at 396-6279 or the Scarborough Historical Society at 885-9997.

Photo of three young people in a boat.
SCARBOROUGH’S EARLY TOURISM by Linda Snow McLoon
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