SEBEC VILLAGE — Victorian lace, linen tablecloths, freshly
ppicked flowers and parasols were the prevailing items at tea time
TThursday at the Sebec Reading Room on the shores of Sebec Lake in
SSebec Village.
The occasion was the seventh annual English Victorian Tea,
ssponsored by the Sebec Garden Club. Hostesses and waitresses for
tthe tea, as well as some of the guests attending, wore shirts,
bblouses, dresses and aprons of the Victorian period. Several of the
gguests carried parasols.
Tables were set with china and silver, bringing a glimpse of
wwhat used to be. Refreshments served at the tea included Scottish
sshortbreads, scones, banberry tarts, Welsh teisen lap, lemon
ccurd, finger sandwiches, fresh strawberry tarts and pots of
ttea and ice-cold lemonade.
Chairman of the tea was Elsie Watters, past president of the
SSebec Garden Club. Assisting her were officers Anita Johndro,
ppresident; Heather Crozier, vice president and hostess for the
aafternoon; Kathleen Watters, treasurer; and Joyce DoLittlecq,
ssecretary.
Music for the afternoon was provided by Adam Hutton, a sophomore
aat Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft, playing selections on his
vviolin.
Waitresses, dressed in frilly blouses or dresses trimmed with
llace, included Emily Watters, Connie DeRosey, Susan Morris,
LLauralyn Arbisi, Louise Tremble, Sally Lane Allen, Jillian Morris,
SSusan Dow, Melissa Watters, Darcy Johndro, Melanie Baird, Jamie
BBeard and Syria Manuel. Working in the kitchen were Ruth Nason,
AAlta Clark, Anita Johndro, Ramona Hamlin and Mary Downs.
According to Crozier, there were guests from throughout the New
EEngland states and Denmark and Hawaii. Everyone connected with the
eevent felt it was a social and financial success.
Proceeds from the tea are used for club and community
bbetterment projects. Some of the projects include the planting and
ccaring of flowers throughout the community. The building where the
ttea was held is shared by the Sebec Snowmobile Club, and both
ggroups are in the process of working on the building.
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