Description: Elsie Maude Twining was born June 17, 1892 on Gotts Island. She died June 1975 in Bangor, ME. Her father is Oliver J. Joyce, her mother is Nellie Hannah Gott, and she married Albert Snow Twining.
Description: Harold L. Wedge was born on December 21, 1912 to Franklin Edward Wedge and Lillian Amanda (Bracy) Wedge at Cranberry Isles, Maine. Harold married Evelyn M. Bourne, daughter of Joseph Bourne and Annie (Moody) Bourne. Harold L. Wedge died on July 25, 1986 at Cranberry Isles.
Description: Katherine Noble was born on April 10, 1880 to Palmer and Martha (Libby) Noble in Calais, Maine. She graduated from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in 1911 and spent six years doing private nursing. She then became District Nurse of Worcester, Massachusetts for about six years. She came to Southwest Harbor, Maine in September 1933 as Director of the Tremont / Southwest Harbor Nursing Service. She retired in May 1950 and died on March 18, 1971 in Calais, Maine. [show more]
Description: "Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, President of Dartmouth College, had a summer place in Manset and one of the 38's was built for him. There was a big launching party with many of Hopkins' friends present. Kenneth Roberts, the famous historical novelist was a good friend of President Hopkins and the boat was christened "Lively Lady" after Roberts' widely-read novel." Dr. Hopkins was able to engage the service of Derby Stanley to be his captain. Derby lived in Manset and was one of the fishermen who turned part-time bootlegger during prohibition. He was a terrific storyteller, a good seaman and swore like a trooper. Derby always maintained that he never broke the Volstead Act, but merely "bent the hell out of it." He believed the government had no right to deny a person an alcoholic drink…" - The Hinckley Story by Benjamin B. Hinckley, Jr., p. 21-23 , published by Pilot Press, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1997 Ernest Martin Hopkins was born on November 6, 1877 to Adoniram J. and Mary Cheney (Martin) Hopkins in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. Ernest married Celia E. Stone (1877-1950) on February 2, 1911. Ernest Martin Hopkins became the 11th President of Dartmouth College in 1916, serving there until his retirement in 1945. Ernest Martin Hopkins died on August 13, 1964 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. [show more]
Description: Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.
Description: Naval Radio Station in Bar Harbor under the commission of Alessandro Fabbri. The Station began operations in 1917 and was deconstructed in 1934.