Historical Society & Village School Museum


Wessaweskeag Historical Society

Corner of Dublin Road and Elm St. (Rt. 73) in South Thomaston

P.O. Box 12 South Thomaston, ME 04858

Wessaweskeag Historical Society ~ whs.beverly@gmail.com

Meeting Agenda: 

5:30pm    Review of current business

6:00pm    Potluck dinner

6:45pm    Featured presentation begins

The Wessaweskeag Historical Society was founded three decades ago and is a nonprofit, charitable organization anchored in South Thomaston. It maintains an archives and museum, hosts monthly potluck suppers on the second Thursday of the month and heritage programming available to the public. The Society also hosts the annual Heritage Day, sponsors local historic preservation and cooperates with kindred community organizations. Higher education for local youth is supported through the Society’s scholarship program

November 14, 2024:     The Shocking Truth about Defibrillators by Dr. Cliff Dacso, MD, MPH, South Thomaston Health Officer.

We are delighted to have Dr. Dacso as our guest speaker on Thursday, November 14th. The Historical Society has recently purchased a Defibrillator and it is now installed in our facility. This life saving piece of equipment is invaluable and we all need to learn the “ins and outs” of how to use it.

Cliff Dacso is the Local Health Officer for South Thomaston. He has a lifelong connection to Spruce Head Island where he has lived full-time since before the Pandemic. He received his undergraduate and graduate education in history and philosophy of science at the University of Pennsylvania, his MD from Baylor College of Medicine, master of public health from the University of Texas and MBA from Pepperdine University. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. With his wife Sheryl, a health care lawyer, he has three children (two of whom are physicians!) and six grands. Cliff is strongly committed to equitable access to high quality health care and sees patients at the Knox Clinic in Rockland where he is Chief Clinical Officer. In his spare time, he is chief medical officer of a biotech startup in cancer treatment (CoRegen, Inc.) and a proud member of the South Thomaston Fire Department.

We expect the program to begin at approximately 6:45pm.

Library Volunteers

Many of our loyal group of volunteers head to warmer climes for the winter. We welcome newcomers who have 2-4 hours per month to work with our slimmed-down winter workforce. Contact Pennie Alley at 594-7416, or stop by the library if you can help. We need folks with simple computer skills, or those who want to straighten shelves, run copies, pick up materials at the Post Office, drop off books at our "free shelves" at the town office. If you've got time, we will fill it.

 

Library Donations

Do you have used books to donate? We are able to accept donations on an appointment basis. The library will continue to use (with the donor's permission) a few used books for sale in our "Book Nook", our annual fundraising event, or to stock our reading shelves at Town Office. If you have good nearly-new books that you think would be a good addition to our circulating collection, please call us at 596-0022 for an appointment to review your possible donations.