Bruce Tucker

Emery “Stan” Littlefield was a native of Alfred and a long term PML trustee. He was an engineer and surveyor and lived in the Conant House in the village. His wife Betty ran Conant House Realty for many years and seemingly sold every parcel of Alfred land at least twice. Stan was a dignified and thoughtful man who cherished his Alfred community and always acted in its best interest

Benjamin P. Snow was a graduate of Bowdoin [1855] and Bangor Theological Seminary. He served as clergyman at Alfred parish Church 1875 to 1881. An educator as much as a clergyman, Snow began the Alfred Reading Club in 1877 which eventually possessed nearly 2000 books. After leaving his clergy post in Alfred in 1881, Snow held several clergy and headmaster positions but retired to his beloved Alfred in 1903. He spoke at the PML dedication in 1903 and served as PML’s first librarian 1903-1907....

Benjamin C. Jordan was a very successful lumberman in York County. He owned thousands of acres of woodland in southern Maine. He operated sawmills in Sanford, Springvale, Emery Mills, E. Waterboro and the Shaker mill in Alfred. Jordan was very active in local affairs and a member of Alfred Parish Church. He also helped found the summer Baptist colony- Ocean Park- in Old Orchard Beach. He lived in a mansion on Waterboro Road that became the Blue Door Inn which burned in the 1980’s. BC Jordan...