Scout, museum head honored

BANGOR – Eagle Scout Michael Mower, 17, of Bangor, and Carroll Adams, outgoing president of the Curran Homestead farm museum in Orrington, received honors at the museum’s annual meeting and recognition dinner Jan. 12 at the Oriental Jade Restaurant.

Mower, a student at Bangor High School, earned the Youth Volunteer Award. For his Eagle Scout project he coordinated the building of 260 feet of white picket fence at the museum.

The project included design tasks, purchasing materials, constructing the fence, digging post holes, painting the fence and enlisting volunteers to help with the labor. Mower, the son of Glenn and Vicki Mower, was assisted by Dick Stockford, a member of the museum’s board of directors.

The fence will have a memorial gate and those who wish may purchase a fence picket to commemorate a loved one, said Irv Marsters, treasurer of the museum.

Carroll Adams was given the Volunteer of the Year Award. He was cited for his long-term involvement with the museum, his role in developing storytelling to educate youngsters about rural farm life, and for steering the organization through the process of making the homestead handicap accessible.

At the meeting, a new slate of officers was elected. They are: Karen Marsters, president; John Mugnai, vice president; Jerry Hughes, secretary; Irv Marsters, treasurer; and Carroll Adams, immediate past president.

The following members of the board of directors also were elected: John Mugnai, Karen Marsters, Cathy Martinage, Dick Stockford, Carroll Adams, Robert Croce, Donna Holyoke, Robbi Hughes, Jerry Hughes, Irv Marsters, Fred Hartstone, John Hannington and Paul Shumaker.

A recent donation to the musum, Irv Marsters said, is a Bangor sleigh owned in the late 1800s by Charles Jewel Webber.

To learn more about the Curran Homestead farm museum, call 945-9311.