A brief history Sarah Davis Jaquith was born in Wilmington, Massachusetts on 24 March 1832; the daughter of Joshua and Sabra (Gowing) Jaquith. She was married in Wilmington to Cyrus Lewis Carter on 5 February 1874. She died in Wilmington on 28 November 1907. Her WILL contained the following: "I give and bequeath to the Town of Wilmington the sum of Six Thousand Dollars in trust to invest the principle sum and to expand the income in maintaining courses of lectures for the benefit of the people of Wilmington"

The original Sarah Carter Committee of 1909 was: Arthur T. Bond, Chairperson Daniel T.Buzzell Caleb S. Harriman Robert H. Gowing James E. Kelley The present 2009 Sarah Carter Committee is: Elizabeth White, Chairperson Adele Passmore Ann Berghaus Andrea Houser Ann St. Onge

Ann, Dorothy, Elvis, Liz, Andrea - 2003 -

OUR 2009 PROGRAM WAS

....And Now MARK TWAIN

PERFORMED BY RICHARD CLARK

-- Our next program will be during the spring of 2010 --

Programs are held in the WILMINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM CARTER LANE WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Recent past programs have been: 2009 - And Now...MARK TWAIN (Richard Clark) 2008 - The "Accordian Warrior" Gary Sredzienski, Concert 2007 - The Gloucester Clog & Hornpipe Society Colonial, Celtic, & Sea Chanties 2006 - REX TRAILER Celebrating 50 yrs of "Boomtown" 2005 - Concert "Gallant Sons of Erin" Irish music of the Civil War 2004 - Lecture, Michael Tougias "New Englands Forgotton Places" 2003 - Concert, "A Night With Elvis" with Mike Slater 2002 - Concert, "The Jolly Rogues" Music from Colonial Days, Sea Shanties 2001 - Concert, "Two For The Show" Folk. Blues, Country, Swing Music 2000 - Lecture, Robert Pollock "Norumbega Park & Totom Pole Ballroom" 1999 - Concert, Peter Harvey "Songs of World War I & II 1998 - Lecture, Betty Bigwood "The Middlesex Canal" 1997 - Concert, Gail Rundlett Folk songs 1996 - Lecture, Gregory Deyermenjian "Glimpses of Paititi" 1995 - Concert, "Way Station" Bluegrass 1994 - Lecture, David Kruh "A history of Scollay Square" 1993 - Lecture, David Boeri "Alaska, The Last Frontier" 1992 - Concert, "New, New Orleans Jazz Band" Jazz 1991 - Lecture, Philip Walker "Renaissance Italy" ---------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST SARAH D. J. CARTER PROGRAM WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 1910 AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE "OLD ENGLAND & IRELAND"

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