Welcome to our fall
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, Sept. 15,
2019, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Parsonsfield-Porter
Historical Society
Last formal showing of the Exhibit
“HER-STORY”
Remembering the
Suffragettes who in 1919
finally won the right
to vote for women in Maine
and
Honoring some of the other remarkable women of
our towns
and the State of Maine
by telling a few of their
stories.
Come tour the house and view
all the exhibits, browse our scrapbook collection and albums.
at
History House
92 Main Street in
Kezar Falls Village
(Rt. 160)
FMI call 625-7019
One of our favorite local remarkable ladies included
in this exhibit is Dottie Locke.
This is
HER STORY:
Dorothy Gilman Locke
(1921-2016)
Dorothy
Gilman, known to most as Dottie, only child of Arthur and Olive (Gray) Gilman
was born in Porter, Maine on the family farm which would remain her life-long
home. Unlike most farm girls of the time, Dottie attended the University of
Maine Orono receiving a degree in Education in 1942.
She
worked for Piscataqua & York County 4-H Extensions, taught four years at
Cornish High School, then fourteen years at Sacopee Valley High School teaching
home economics to many still living.
More
importantly, Dottie exemplifies the truth that one need not do extraordinary
things to be an extraordinary person.
While working full-time, maintaining a busy household with her husband
Clayton Locke, and the mother of two she still found time to work for the
betterment of her community through her work with the Porter Grange, Riverside
Methodist Church, LMR Club, Porter Union Workers and Parsonsfield-Porter
Historical Society among others.
Dottie
was skilled at sewing, knitting and a wonderful cook and used these skills
often in her community service. She was known for years as "the pie lady".
She
passed away Sept. 19, 2016 at the age of 95.
Dottie's portrait in First Person Rural: A Portrait of a Maine Town by Patricia Turner
