BETHEL – More than 260 participated in the Bethel Historical Society’s House and Garden Tour on June 18 and 19, visiting 11 houses: Prodigal Inn and Gallery, Engdahl House, Rivendell House, Gamble House, Hammons House, Vogt House, Drummond House, Kennett House, Richard Frye House, Bingham House and the Dr. Moses Mason House.

The home owners are Bryan and Cindy Adams, Allen and Jackie Cressy, Josiah and Joanna Drummond, Marlene and Lawrence Engdahl, Gail and William Frongillo, George and Ginny Gamble, Ed and Mary Jo Kennett, Charles and Edith Seashore, Frank and Janet Vogt, Tom and Marcey White.

The Steering Committee that made the plans was composed of Co-Chairwomen Virginia Gamble and Mary Alice Bancroft, plus Jan Stowell, Susan Herlihy and Wende Gray.

Among those who assisted in the houses, helped with the luncheon or sold tickets were Lucy Nordahl, Lorrie Hoeh, Mary Jane Shiverick, Becky Kendall, Lyn Ramsey, Diane Smith, Barbara Mahler, Mabel Kennett, Beth Brough, Lucia Schwarz, Amy Davis, Caroline Gould, Ginny Keniston, Marilyn Sahlberg, Sue Bartlett, Sue Farrar, Sylvia Clanton, Becky Dahlke, Tineke Ouwinga.

Also, Lynn Zimmerman, Trish Walker, Dorothy Bartlett, Helen Morton, Jim MacGregor, Hugie Davis, Davene Mitchell, Sandra Seaver, Judy Hills, Nancy Mercer, Cathy Autry, Sue Cross, Shireen Vincent, Barbara Lapham, Barbara Douglass, Polly Davis, Jean Waite, Jan Stowell, Margie Finley, Mary Isham, Priscella Walker, Ginny Cole, Lida Isles, Carol Nielson, Jackie Van Leuven, Annie Hastings, Ruth Holmes, Mary Keniston, Marna McGinnis, Doris Peterson, Karen Bean, Jane Hosterman, Betty Ann Hastings, Ann Morton.

Also, Holly Brown, Kristi Boucher, Lee Barth, Florence Hastings, Sharon Lyon, Connie Thurston, Alberta Merrill, Mary Crane, Peggy Wight, Ellen Crocker, Darva Delaney, Laurie Flanigan, Carol Hatch, Jean Owen, Ginny Walker, Sue Fiske, Marguerite Graham, Sarah Tucker, Joy Yarnell, Jo Barker, Kate Kelly, Richard Hoeh, Mary Eichel, Bill Herlihy, William Andrews, Norma Salway, Warren Stearns, Jack Nordahl, Dexter Stowell, Walter Hatch.

Jack Nordahl designed the booklet.

More information about the society and its activities may be obtained by calling 824-2908 or 1-800-824-2910, e-mailing [email protected] or visiting www.bethelhistorical.org. The mailing address is P.O. Box 12, Bethel, ME 04217-0012.