The annual Harbor House Flamingo Festival is whimsical, lighthearted and decidedly pink, this fun filled family festival truly has something for everyone. The four day festival celebrates the plastic flamingo lawn ornament and features flocks of residents and visitors decked out in pink. The event kicks off with a lobster dinner on Friday evening. Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast prepared by volunteers from the U.S. Coast Guard followed by the Flamingo Parade down Main Street. Other activities include a craft fair and kids carnival, open house at the Coast Guard Station, and a 4 mile fun run.
Description: The annual Harbor House Flamingo Festival is whimsical, lighthearted and decidedly pink, this fun filled family festival truly has something for everyone. The four day festival celebrates the plastic flamingo lawn ornament and features flocks of residents and visitors decked out in pink. The event kicks off with a lobster dinner on Friday evening. Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast prepared by volunteers from the U.S. Coast Guard followed by the Flamingo Parade down Main Street. Other activities include a craft fair and kids carnival, open house at the Coast Guard Station, and a 4 mile fun run. [show more]
In November, the Southwest Harbor Public Library holds a lantern walk as an observance of the changing season and a celebration of the darkening days. Participants meet at dusk in the High Road parking lot and a walk down Causeway Lane to Causeway Bridge, where a seasonal story is told. A lantern making event occurs prior to the walk. After the walk, participants are invited to go to the library around for a simple meal of soup and bread.
Description: In November, the Southwest Harbor Public Library holds a lantern walk as an observance of the changing season and a celebration of the darkening days. Participants meet at dusk in the High Road parking lot and a walk down Causeway Lane to Causeway Bridge, where a seasonal story is told. A lantern making event occurs prior to the walk. After the walk, participants are invited to go to the library around for a simple meal of soup and bread.
"Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13.
Description: "Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13. [show more]
The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938.
Description: The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938. [show more]
This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant at 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Man Beverly Louise (Hill) Stanek, Mrs Howard G. Stanek (1934-) Man Man Jack Hadlock Gilley (1933-) Jay J. Boomer (1935-) Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Audrey June( Wass) Estvanik, Mrs. Stephen Estvanik (1935-1917) Judith May (Carroll) Stockbridge, Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. (1935-) Jeffery Allen Robbins (1960-) - son of Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Marguerite Mae (Hamblen) Murphy Bernstein, Mrs. Seldon E. Bernstein (1935-2004) Elizabeth B. (Emerson) Kelley, Mrs. Shirley R. Kelley (1934-) Janet (Newman) Cutliffe, Mrs. Dawson Ronald Cutliffe (1935-) Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger, Mrs. Richard H. Bulger (1935-2004) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley
Description: This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant at 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Man Beverly Louise (Hill) Stanek, Mrs Howard G. Stanek (1934-) Man Man Jack Hadlock Gilley (1933-) Jay J. Boomer (1935-) Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Audrey June( Wass) Estvanik, Mrs. Stephen Estvanik (1935-1917) Judith May (Carroll) Stockbridge, Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. (1935-) Jeffery Allen Robbins (1960-) - son of Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Marguerite Mae (Hamblen) Murphy Bernstein, Mrs. Seldon E. Bernstein (1935-2004) Elizabeth B. (Emerson) Kelley, Mrs. Shirley R. Kelley (1934-) Janet (Newman) Cutliffe, Mrs. Dawson Ronald Cutliffe (1935-) Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger, Mrs. Richard H. Bulger (1935-2004) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley [show more]
Left to Right: Probably mother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II Unknown woman Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - groom Unknown man Eleanor Lucille Clark Gesner - bride Arthur Foote II - brother-in-law of the bride Rebecca Carroll Clark Foote - Maid of Honor - sister of the bride Roderick Pepper Clark - father of the bride Grace Clark Carroll Clark - mother of the bride Unknown minister - Herbert Mortimer Gesner? - father of the groom? Unknown man - probably brother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - brother of the groom
Description: Left to Right: Probably mother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II Unknown woman Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - groom Unknown man Eleanor Lucille Clark Gesner - bride Arthur Foote II - brother-in-law of the bride Rebecca Carroll Clark Foote - Maid of Honor - sister of the bride Roderick Pepper Clark - father of the bride Grace Clark Carroll Clark - mother of the bride Unknown minister - Herbert Mortimer Gesner? - father of the groom? Unknown man - probably brother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - brother of the groom [show more]