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AUBURN — The Androscoggin Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the society’s headquarters, on the third floor of the County Courthouse at Court and Turner streets. Betty Young will speak on the topic, “Edward Little and his High School” and the public is invited to attend without charge.

Young, who lives in Danville, is a member of the society’s board of directors. She graduated from ELHS in 1973. Many of her ancestors attended the school, beginning with her great-grandparents in the mid-1800s. Her father portrayed Edward Little during Auburn’s centennial in 1969.

Other programs planned at the headquarters during the 2009-10 season include: Oct. 27, “Wool – Sheep to Textile,” by Martha Elkin; Nov. 17, “Poland Spring: Hotels, Water and Community,” by Jason Libby; Feb. 23, “Snowmobiling History: A Museum in Turner,” by Paul Bernier.

Also, March 23, “Harriman Architects and Engineers; Its Architectural Legacy in Androscoggin County,” by Mark Lee; April 27, “150 Years of Methodists and Court Street Baptists in Auburn,” by Betty Dexter and Douglas Hodgkin; May 25, “Gettysburg’s Lost Battles; Civilian Struggle in 1863,” by Professor Margaret Creighton, also the annual dinner meeting, which will be held in the High Street Congregational Church.

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