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Barbara Cloutier
User ID: 1139804 Sep 17th 9:04 AM
I believe that I recognize several of the people in the photo submitted on September 17.

Front row: Marguerite Ervin, Dot King, Mrs. Coulimore?, Erma Maxim.

Back row: Gladys Wentworth?, ?, Thelma Brown, Mrs Ervin (can't remember first name), Opal Weed, Buelah Sprague, Laura Cook?, ?, Nola Sawtelle, Mina Hobbs?

Barb Cloutier

Jackie Emerson
User ID: 2463104 Sep 17th 9:01 PM
My father (Jerome) and I think the people in the Sept. 17 photo are: Front row - Marguerite Ervin, Dot King, Luella Hutchins, Erma Maxim; Middle row - Glaydes Wentworth, first thought this might be Grace Philbrick and then again maybe not, Thelma Brown, Marion Ervin, Opal Weed, Leatha Moses or Laura Cook, Nola Sawtelle, ?; Back row - Beulah Sprague, possibly Til Moses or Clair Hutchins

Jane Quimby Biscoe
User ID: 2463104 Oct 18th 7:55 AM

Seeing the pictures of the auditorium in the Stewart Library Building brought back a flood of memories! That auditorium was truly an all-purpose space; EVERYTHING went on there, from the Firemens' Ball to basketball games to graduations to town meetings. I would love to have Cattail readers share their memories through the Forum! I think it is so great that the Levi Stewart Players have regrouped and are once again active.I am so very proud of what Corinna is doing every day to revitalize itself.

Wayne Brown
User ID: 9836983 Oct 24th 10:20 AM

All I can say right now is a rousing AMEN to Jane and her memories of that auditorium. My memories go back beyond hers and I share the FEELING.
I wonder how many hundreds of times I must have climbed the stairs - somehing I could no longer do, How many basketball games attended - often keeping score; how many times I was on that stage?

Norm Clarke
User ID: 8255903 Oct 26th 2:26 PM
I too have very fond memories of the town hall auditorium. Somehow, you knew I would.
It's amazing and great that the place still looks and smells virtually the same as it did 30 plus years ago. The many basketball games, a lot of which I was score board operator and possession arrow flipper. A most important job I might add. Without which, chaos would have reigned, refreshments would have gone unsold and no winners would emerge. Much like the last presidential election.
I remember decorating for a few graduations and a few proms. Attending a few of those proms with good and bad memories. Many dances and events. In later years, the various plays. Those players, including brother Bruce, may never get their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but they did, and will, put on some great shows. I guess they will have to settle for a brick on the Corinna walkway.
I remember the countless times I gazed out the windows in the back of the hall down towards Main Street. Watching the steam rise from the mill, the cars and people go back and forth and the seasons change from year to year. The lights from the stores that are no longer there. I wonder if any of us could ever imagine then, the complete metamorphosis that has taken place.
Through it all, the one constant that has remained is the town hall and the auditorium. Standing in this hallowed place will take you back in time in an instant.

Brian Knowles
User ID: 0617234 Oct 28th 7:27 AM
Surely Norm you meant to say 40 years ago!!!!

Norm Clarke
User ID: 8255903 Oct 29th 6:26 AM
Brian, That's why I said 30 plus. Sounds better. Sorta like saying $1.98 instead of $2.00? Hate to admit to getting older. Someone told me I had the body of a much younger man. They then said that I should give it back because I was getting it all wrinkled. I think I'm like the old auditorium. I get better with age?

Barbara Cloutier User ID: 1139804	Sep 17th 9:04 AM I believe that I recognize several of the people in the photo submitted on September 17. Front row: Marguerite Ervin, Dot King, Mrs. Coulimore?, Erma Maxim. Back row: Gladys Wentworth?, ?, Thelma Brown, Mrs Ervin (can't remember first name), Opal Weed, Buelah Sprague, Laura Cook?, ?, Nola Sawtelle, Mina Hobbs? Barb Cloutier
Jackie Emerson User ID: 2463104	Sep 17th 9:01 PM My father (Jerome) and I think the people in the Sept. 17 photo are: Front row - Marguerite Ervin, Dot King, Luella Hutchins, Erma Maxim; Middle row - Glaydes Wentworth, first thought this might be Grace Philbrick and then again maybe not, Thelma Brown, Marion Ervin, Opal Weed, Leatha Moses or Laura Cook, Nola Sawtelle, ?; Back row - Beulah Sprague, possibly Til Moses or Clair Hutchins
Jane Quimby Biscoe User ID: 2463104	Oct 18th 7:55 AM Seeing the pictures of the auditorium in the Stewart Library Building brought back a flood of memories! That auditorium was truly an all-purpose space; EVERYTHING went on there, from the Firemens' Ball to basketball games to graduations to town meetings. I would love to have Cattail readers share their memories through the Forum! I think it is so great that the Levi Stewart Players have regrouped and are once again active.I am so very proud of what Corinna is doing every day to revitalize itself.
Wayne Brown User ID: 9836983	Oct 24th 10:20 AM All I can say right now is a rousing AMEN to Jane and her memories of that auditorium. My memories go back beyond hers and I share the FEELING. I wonder how many hundreds of times I must have climbed the stairs - somehing I could no longer do, How many basketball games attended - often keeping score; how many times I was on that stage?
Norm Clarke User ID: 8255903	Oct 26th 2:26 PM I too have very fond memories of the town hall auditorium. Somehow, you knew I would. It's amazing and great that the place still looks and smells virtually the same as it did 30 plus years ago. The many basketball games, a lot of which I was score board operator and possession arrow flipper. A most important job I might add. Without which, chaos would have reigned, refreshments would have gone unsold and no winners would emerge. Much like the last presidential election. I remember decorating for a few graduations and a few proms. Attending a few of those proms with good and bad memories. Many dances and events. In later years, the various plays. Those players, including brother Bruce, may never get their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but they did, and will, put on some great shows. I guess they will have to settle for a brick on the Corinna walkway. I remember the countless times I gazed out the windows in the back of the hall down towards Main Street. Watching the steam rise from the mill, the cars and people go back and forth and the seasons change from year to year. The lights from the stores that are no longer there. I wonder if any of us could ever imagine then, the complete metamorphosis that has taken place. Through it all, the one constant that has remained is the town hall and the auditorium. Standing in this hallowed place will take you back in time in an instant.
Brian Knowles User ID: 0617234	Oct 28th 7:27 AM Surely Norm you meant to say 40 years ago!!!!
Norm Clarke User ID: 8255903	Oct 29th 6:26 AM Brian, That's why I said 30 plus. Sounds better. Sorta like saying $1.98 instead of $2.00? Hate to admit to getting older. Someone told me I had the body of a much younger man. They then said that I should give it back because I was getting it all wrinkled. I think I'm like the old auditorium. I get better with age?