From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Archives
Letter to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita Lanpher)
Four.page handwritten letter and envelope with return address, written by Lucie Smallidge (daughter of Laura Richardson) to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita) and dated September 21, 1988; mentions going to school in Northeast Harbor and values of people in NEH when she was growing up. Mentions effort to see "Goldie"; Lucie's brothers Curley and Galen, sisters Leola and "Skoot," who was married to Don McEachern; and her grandparents Olin and Luch Richardson; her mother, Laura, and Laura's sister Lucretia. Her uncle Olin Richardson had the gas station and store in Town Hill for many years; she had another uncle named Bide Richardson. Describes Lucie's love of music and work with the elderly in nursing homes. Nomenclature: Letter