May (Tibbetts) Jarvis, my Tibbetts genealogist 2nd great grandaunt, was involved with the Tibbetts Family Association for years, evidenced by
photostat copies she kept of numerous invitations to the meetings:
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| The yellow pushpins mark the places where the Association met, according to May's invitations and the newspaper article shown below. |
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| I am not sure if May made it to this meeting. Some more info on Charles W. Tibbetts here. This and the following photostat images from a copy of the Tibbetts family lent to me by a cousin. Courtesy of Katherine Rainey. |
I think of Maine as being so cold, but then, I have never been there. Apparently
Ogunquit Beach is a popular beach resort, especially during the hot, humid summers.
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| A bathing scene from a postcard, about 1910. From Wikipedia. |
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| The next year the meeting was held in Sanford, Maine. |
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| More on the Casino, Central Park, in Somersworth, New Hampshire here. |
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| By 1939, George W Tibbetts and secretary Rosa Shorey were still going strong in the group. A chicken dinner and cake sounds nice! |
The following year May Jarvis had her work on display for the association, which met back at Ogunquit Beach:
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| Part of the article on the Tibbetts Association meeting in 1940. From Biddeford Daily Journal, September 12, 1940, Page 5 (NewspaperArchive). |
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