Name/Title
ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
1111.374.0001Scope and Content
Red scrapbook, 1941-1942, 11 1/2' x 8 1/2 inches, miscellaneous photos, newspaper clippings, cards, etc. Some of Islesboro. Compiled by Alice L. Pendleton, who gave it to the Islesboro Free Library.
Church:
Rev. Maitland Alexander summer resident from Pittsburgh preaches at Christ Church; new organ played.
Island Life:
"50 middle-aged" women from Camden and Islesboro knit mesh bags for the Navy (no names given); Tarratine Club tombstone tournament won by Mrs. Charles Cushing and Mr. Marshall Field; postcard depicting scene near ferry terminal
Obituaries:
Capt. Nahum Pendleton, of steamer Sheldrake, 75
Profiles:
John M. Dodge, 76, skipper of tanker, Malay. The Maylay was torpedoed off the coast of North Carolina. [See the email attached to this accession (1111.374) for information provided by Captain Dodge's granddaughter Francesca Knight Zurla, dated December 19, 2025. The email includes photographs of other related items in her possession. The Lighthouse Museum holds two items pertaining to Captain Dodge: a shell casing from the SS Malay (LH.2022.001.107) and framed documentation of his Distinguished Service Medal (LH.2022.001.225). Both items can be found in this catalog in the Lighthouse Museum (LH) entries.]
Vernon Leach, first Islesboro boy to join Navy
Mrs. Charles Leonard arrived at F.O. Beach cottage
Mrs. John Sloan to stay in Philler House
Miss Lucille Alger in Decker House
Sea:
The North Haven, last of island steamboats to be taken over by the Navy; W. S. White recently acquired by Navy.