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“Jaguar in Maine”... and Other Stories from Our Collection by Leigh Breidenbach Chairperson, Collections Committee Celebrating and Preserving the History and Heritage of Maine Skiing • Summer 2017 SKI MUSEUM OF MAINE “Jaguar In Maine”... And other stories from our collection By Leigh Breidenbach Chairperson, Collections Committee The search for the winner of the 1963 of entries ranging from full fledge articles XK-E Jaguar in the ad below began when I and race results to three line news items. asked a simple question during a 2016 board This process took months and no entry of directors meeting, “Do any of you know was considered too insignificant. What anything about Ski Maine raffling off a came of all this work is bits and pieces of Jaguar in 1963?” To my surprise given the information, that when put together give significant historical horsepower sitting us stories we might never have known other around the table, no one had even heard of wise. Please turn to page 5 the promotion, let alone the winner. Now my interest was really peaked, raffling off a Jaguar seemed to be well ... a bit fancy for the ski scene in Maine. I come across the Ski Maine ad while systemically looking through the museum’s American Ski Annual Collection (1934 – 1975) page by page for any Maine connections; and found hundreds Upcoming Ski Museum Events Saturday, October 28, 2017 Ski Museum of Maine Snow Trail Leigh Breidenbach, Editor Summer 2017 Induction www.skimuseumofmaine.org Grand Summit Hotel [email protected] Sunday River Resort P.O. Box 359 Ne w ry Kingfield, ME 04947 (207) 265-2023 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Inductee Reception 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm - Dinner and Awards Founded in 1995, the Ski Museum of Maine is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established Dinner is $60 per person with the mission to celebrate and preserve the To made a reservation visit: history and heritage of Maine skiing. The www.skimaine.com/halloffame Ski Museum exhibits artifacts, photographs, artwork and documents at its location in or call (207) 773-7669 ext. 105 Kingfield, conducts educational programs to ski clubs, schools, libraries, historical and civic organizations, and hosts social events and activities throughout the year. The Mountains of Maine: OFFICERS Skiing in the Pine Tree State President: Wende Gray, Bethel Vice president: Gerry Thompson, Falmouth An exhibit created by the New Secretary: Russ Murley, Bethel England Ski Museum, augmented with Treasurer: Peter Weston, Scarborough considerable additional material from the BOARD MEmbERS Ski Museum of Maine, will be on display Scott Andrews, Po r tl an d at the Robinson House of the Bethel Leigh Breidenbach, Turner Historical Society, 10 Broad Street, Drew Cota, Carrabassett Valley Bob Farrar, Stratton through spring 2018. Laurie Fitch, Po r tl an d Cooper Friend, Ellsworth Cate Gilbane, Cape Elizabeth Tuesday through Friday Scott Hendricks, Bridgton Dave Irons, We s t b r o o k 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. Glenn Parkinson, Freeport Admission by donation Dave Ridley, Cam den Phil Savignano, Auburn For more info, call 800-824-2910 Dave Stonebraker, Hebron or visit www.bethelhistorical.org STAFF Executive director: Theresa Shanahan, Kingfield 2 From the president ... Have you downsized and moved to a new take a moment home lately? Decided to turn your basement to consider a into a wine cellar or clean out your attic once donation to the and for all? If you’re like me, a skier who Ski Museum. just couldn’t bear to abandon that pair of W h e n Head Standards or teal Rossi’s, it’s probably making a time to finally consider your ski collection’s donation of next life. Before you have a giant garage artifacts, sale, make a trip to the transfer station or documents, use those brochures to light the fire, please publications, Wende Gray photographs President, Ski Museum of Maine and other materials please keep in mind that although these items may have sentimental Maine Skiing value to you, they may not be of historic Heritage Society value to the museum. The Ski Museum accepts items which are clearly identified as The mission of the Ski Museum of specific interest to the history of skiing of Maine (SMOM) is to collect and in Maine. We collect and accept only those preserve Maine’s skiing history and items we are able to preserve, store and make heritage. available to the public in an appropriate History is the artifacts an manner. equipment, the dates and the races. The museum will accept only those items That is only part of what we collect you have clear title to and are given without and preserve. Heritage is the smell restriction as to their use or disposition, of the wet wool and the taste of the including selling the items. We may be able hot chocolate. It is the memories of to “repurpose” those old skis as Adirondack skiing’s past. chairs, wine holders, bird houses, or wall You can help us preserve Maine’s décor for sale at a fund-­‐raising auction. skiing history and heritage by The museum has a formal collections policy becoming a member of the Maine including deed of gift forms as well as loan Skiing Heritage Society and agreements. including a financial bequest to the To make a donation, please contact Museum in your estate plan. With Theresa Shanahan, the museum’s executive this simple act you can help preserve director via email at executivedirector@ our state’s ski history and heritage skimuseumofmaine.org phone 207-265-2023, beyond your lifetime. or Leigh Breidenbach, collection committee, For more information contact Ski chairperson at leighbreidenbach@gmail. Museum of Maine com, or if you are in the Kingfield area stop P.O. Box 369 by the museum. Kingfield, Maine, 04947 We n de Gr ay 207-265-2023 President, Ski Museum of Maine 3 From the executive director ... As the Ski Museum of Maine closes our fiscal year, I would like to thank all the members for their support to our Annual Giving Campaign and Membership Drive; this support allows the museum to continue our mission in many ways. This spring, the museum purchased the exhibit “The Mountains of Maine: Skiing in the Pine Tree State.” Created by the New England Ski Museum in Franconia; the exhibit illustrates a large swath of skiing history in this state. The exhibit will remain on display at the Bethel Historical Society through June 2018, after which will become our traveling exhibit and dedicated in the memory of a pillar of the Maine’s ski industry, John Christie. Beginning the spring of 2018, the Bethel Historical Society has offered to continue a Ski Museum of Maine exhibit permanently and will be housed in the Chadbourne Room here in Kingfield. This renovation will include at the Robinson House on Broad Street. Be fresh new paint, lighting, flooring and window sure to stop in and see our display featuring coverings. The renovation is slated to start in Oxford County ski history. The Bethel August with completion in time for a grand Historical Society is open Tuesday through opening over Homecoming weekend. The Friday from 10 am-4 pm and Saturday from museum is open daily until this work begins, 1-4 pm in July and August. but will be closed during the renovation, so Through the generosity of the King please check our website to see our progress. Cummings Foundation, the museum has Theresa Shanahan received a grant to renovate our current space Executive, Director Child’s ski and boot on display in the Chardbourne Room, Bethel Historical Society. 4 The mystery of who won took a full year to solve and it started with a casual conversation at a Christmas party. On this occasion I Corrections: approached John Thurston, since his father Mike was instrumental in Snow Trail Winter 2017 starting Sunday River and asked, “Do you know anything about Ski Maine raffling off a Jaguar?” and this time the answer was; “Yes, I Laura Creagan, Presidet of the signed up the winner.” John was 13 and had broken his leg on lower Agamenticus Ski Club Cascades early the winter of ’64, which left him free to do daily duties (ASC) asked us to as the unofficial Sunday River lodge mascot. Fast forward to June 2017 correct a few incorrect when I went back into my American Ski Annual notes and found a short facts and clarify the club’s mission. news item which gave me the final clues I needed to search for the winner; the official contest name, “Ski-Stakes” and the date the winner would be The ASC does not announced, March 9, 1964. A quick online search of the Maine State now, nor has in the past, groomed trails Library archives and up popped the answer complete with a picture of owned by the Kittery Miss Maine, Elaine Ouellette of Lewiston presenting the keys to James Water District. E. Thayer of Farmington, New Hampshire. Now the only remaining ASC stopped question is, did John win the Head Master skis and receive $5 for every grooming trails at entry form he signed? the York Land Trust The real mystery that I hope we never solve is how many more stories Highland Preserve after the 2015 - 2016 are waiting to be discovered in the ski museum collections? Thanks to a ski season. generous grant from the King Cummings Foundation we need to pack up and store our entire collection before we start renovations to our current The clubs mission and focus is on space. (See “from the executive director”, page 4) The sorting process educational cross started in earnest last April and each day is like Christmas, something country ski programs new to open and then repack! The packing process has afforded the and currently runs collections committee an unexpected opportunity to make an inventory youth, middle school and regional high of items we would like to add to our existing collections and displays.
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