June 9, 2010
Godfrey Memorial Library Recognizes New Young Essayists
Family stories were the order of the day as Godfrey Memorial Library celebrated the authors in its Annual Family History Essay Contest, Monday June 8, 2010. Students from four towns, (Durham, Portland, East Hampton and Hebron) entered essays which shared stories of the special people in their families. Each essay must have some exhibit with it, many choosing to have photographs, but some did hand drawn art work or maps. Many of the authors brought the subjects of their essays to the party.
There are two levels in the contest: Level 1 for grades 4 and 5; and Level 2 for grades 6-8. A panel of judges read all the essays from each level and, using a scale of 1-5 rated all the elements of the essays. The total scores determined three top 3 winners in each group. All participants receive certificates of achievement, but the top 3 in each group received prizes: cameras, art sets, scrapbooking kits.
The top winner in the first level – grades 4 and 5 – was Caroline J. Thompson from Gildersleeve School in Portland. Second prize went to Aubrey Figoras of The John Lyman School of Durham. John Herbert Mosley VI from Gildersleeve School in Portland, won third prize.
In level two – grades 6 through 8 – the top winner was Taylor Muncy of the East Hampton Middle School in East Hampton. Second prize went to Kylie Flanagan of the RHAM Middle School in Hebron. Annie MacLachlan of the RHAM Middle School of Hebron won third prize.
Every essay becomes part of the permanent collection of the Godfrey Memorial Library. Each is cataloged and listed in the Godfrey Memorial Library’s Online catalog as well as the OCLC WorldCat (which is a listing of the holdings of libraries all over the world.) Anyone wishing to look for what holdings the library has, can go to www.godfrey.org and click on the Search tab to find the online catalog, or call the library at 860-346-4375.
The Godfrey Memorial Library is a library of genealogy and local history and was founded by Fremont Rider in 1947 as a “…free public library of books, pamphlets, periodicals and other materials in the fields of American biography and genealogy and in related fields…” The Library has continued with its mission of collecting genealogical materials. Its list of titles include a number of genealogies, reference books and indexes, including the 226 volume American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). AGBI is the largest genealogical reference set ever published.
All the Attendees:
Caroline J. Thompson, John Herbert Mosley VI, Nathan Fecteau, Colby Townsend,
Aubrey Figoras, David Halsey Mann, Jr., Michael Olayos, Taylor Muncy, Grace Pelletier, Kylie Flanagan, Annie MacLachlan
The Top Six:
Aubrey Figoras, Annie MacLachlan, John Herbert Mosley, VI, Kylie Flanagan, Caroline J. Thompson, Taylor Muncy.
