AUBURN — The Androscoggin Historical Society elected officers and board members for the 2019-20 year. New board members are Joline Froton, Everett Bertrand and Sonia Jack.
A native of Lewiston, Froton graduated from Lewiston High School and was employed at Bates College for 27 years, where first she managed the post office and then the college store. She served as the administrative assistant for the Androscoggin Historical Society for six years. Her volunteer work includes 15 years at Maine Adaptive Skiing and Recreation. Froton is the mother of two daughters and a son and grandmother of three. She enjoys traveling, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, knitting, and reading historical novels.
A resident of Minot, Bertrand graduated from Poland Regional High School and completed a double major in economics and history at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. At Wheaton, he was head resident advisor and a member of the history club and the men’s rugby team.
He attended junior semester abroad at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. As an intern at Androscoggin Historical Society, he transcribed the letters of Edward Little for publication in Douglas Hodgkin’s book”Dear Parent”– a biography of the founder of ELHS. His work history includes customer service at TD Bank and his current employment as a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch.
Graduating in 1979 with a bachelor of science in elementary education from University of Maine at Farmington, Jack taught at St. Peter’s School in Lewiston and Webster School in Auburn. She retired from teaching in 2016, having completed 33 years in Litchfield. She taught every grade level from K-8 in those years. She taught social studies for most of her 37 years in education and, therefore, has a great interest in history. She now volunteers at the Dempsey Center once a week. She states that her husband and her four grandchildren “are the light of my life.”
Officers elected at the annual meeting were Curtis Jack, president; Cathy McDonald, vice president; David Chittim, treasurer; Douglas Hodgkin, secretary. Board members re-elected were Penny Jessop, Stephen Marsden, Rick Morris, Merton Ricker, Beverly Robbins, Ethelind Wright, David Young, and Elizabeth Young.
