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Friday, May 25, 2018
Volume 14 • Issue No. 21
Darr Littlefield
Darr Littlefield with husband Ray and their pet pooch.
Craft Organizer Extraordinaire
By Staff Writer Nancy McCallum WELLS Life without craft is unimaginable to Darr Littlefield. Littlefield, a Wells resident, is known to many as the organizer of three annual craft shows held in Wells in July, September and November. But others with a longer memory remember her as the crafter who once made her living from her business Teasel Weed. Littlefield, a certified herbalist, made herbal cosmetics such as lotions and soaps, as well as “herbaceous creations” – wreaths, swags and potpourri. She attended as many as 42 craft shows per year.
Littlefield’s craft life spilled into the management side more than 40 years ago when the craft organizations she belonged to – The Society of Southern Maine Crafters and United Maine Crafters – asked members to volunteer to direct craft shows. Littlefield did this for several years, and then she and a crafter friend decided to organize their own show. They created a two-day show in Wells on the weekend after July 4, as there were no summer shows in Wells at the time. “We started the Summer Solstice Show on the lawn of the junior high school. There were probably 10 or 15 crafters,” Littlefield recalls. That
was 36 years ago. Shortly after, Littlefield took over the reins when her friend bowed out of the summer event. Also, the year after that first show, Littlefield took over a holiday show that had originally been run by the League of Maine Crafters. She continued to hold the show at its Portland location until 2006, when she moved it to Wells. A few years later, Littlefield added a third show to her schedule, when, due to the positive response to the summer event, she held a show the first weekend after Labor Day. All three shows are juried, with free admission. They are all two-day events and are held
at Wells Junior High School on Route One. Littlefield, who works full time as the administrative assistant for the Wells Chamber of Commerce, gets some help with the events from her husband Raymond Fortin. For many years Fortin prepared lunch items, while Littlefield baked the desserts. Over time, the demands of the show became too great, so lunch and snacks are now made by a local food vendor, “Beach Dogs Café.” Littlefield accepts about 80 vendors for the July and SepSee LITTLEFIELD page 10...
Local Towns Observe Memorial Day with Parades, Services YORK COUNTY Parades, speeches, and the laying of wreaths at memorials will pay tribute on Memorial Day to those who fought and died in America’s Wars. A partial list of local parades and ceremonies planned for Monday include: BERWICK Monday, May 28, 11 a.m.
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Arts & Entertainment 16-18 Business & Finance 19 Calendar of Events 13 Classifieds 40-43 Computer Lady 22 Health & Fitness 20-21 Home & Business 37-39 Library News 12-13 Obituaries 36-37 Pets 14 Puzzles 46 Real Estate 34-35,48 Sports 44-45 Where To Dine 27-33
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Parade starts at the Berwick Town Square and proceeds to Lord’s Cemetery, where a memorial service will be held. The parade will continue to the Somersworth-Berwick Bridge where a brief ceremony will be held in memory of those lost at sea. The parade will conclude where it started, at Sullivan Square, with a memorial service honoring area veterans who lost their lives in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I and II, Korea and Vietnam.
ELIOT Monday, May 28, 9 a.m. Parade from the Elementary School with services following at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. KENNEBUNK Monday, May 28, 2 p.m. The route will take marchers along Main Street and feature the Kennebunk High School band, among others. A free Memorial Wounded Heroes Concert will follow at 3 p.m. at the See PARADES page 8...
Future USS Manchester Set for Commissioning SEACOAST U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the official sponsor of the future USS Manchester and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined with the United States Navy to announce the commissioning of the future USS Manchester (LCS 14) on Saturday, May 26, at the New Hampshire State Pier in Portsmouth at 10 a.m. The USS Manchester will be homeported at Naval Base San Diego. Cmdr. Emily Bassett, a native of Seattle, is the com-
manding officer of the ship and leads the core crew of 71 officers and enlisted personnel. The 3,200-ton Manchester was built by Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The ship is
The future USS Manchester is shown here in Mobile Alabama at Austral USA Shipyard, where it was built. (courtesy photo/Austral)
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to 40-plus knots. Manchester is the second U.S. warship named for New Hampshire’s largest city. The first USS Manchester (CL 83), was a light cruiser commissioned in 1946, operating primarily in the Pacific theater and seeing action during the Korean War. It served three combat tours and earned nine battle stars before decommissioning in 1956. The ceremony will be livestreamed at: http://www.navy. mil/ah_online/live/ah-live.asp . The link will become active approximately five minutes prior to the event (9:55AM EST).
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