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April 23, 2010

Androscoggin Historical Society April 27, 2010

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News release from the Androscoggin Historical Society 
April 8, 2010 For immediate release 
For more information: Doug Hodgkin, 782-3072 or Russ Burbank, 784-8803 
History of two churches is topic 
for Historical Society on April 27 
The history of two Auburn churches will be the topic for the meeting of 
the Androscoggin Historical Society on April 27 at 7 p.m. in the Society’s 
headquarters on the third floor of the County Courthouse at Court and Turner 
Streets in Auburn. The public is invited to attend without charge. 
Betty Dexter will discuss the history of the United Methodist Church and 
Douglas Hodgkin, the history of the Court Street Baptist Church. Both are 
active members of their churches. 
Among questions they will answer are why, simultaneously in the period 
1859 to 1861, did the Methodists and both of the Baptist denominations create 
Auburn churches through secessions from the Lewiston churches of each 
denomination; and why were there two brands of Baptist churches locally. Both 
speakers will illustrate their talks with slides. 
Betty Dexter was born in Greenville and is a graduate of Rockland High 
School. She has degrees from the University of Maine and Boston University 
School of Theology. She taught school in India and was an elementary grades 
teacher in the Greene and Auburn school systems. 
Hodgkin will base his talk on research for his book, Baptists of Court 
Street, Auburn, Maine, which was published last year. A native of Lewiston 
and a Lewiston High School graduate, he has a B.A. from Yale University and 
M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University. He is professor emeritus of political 
science at Bates College. 
In retirement, he has written several books on local history, including 
Frontier to Industrial City: Lewiston Town Politics, 1768–1863 and Historic 
Lewiston: The Grange at Crowley’s Junction. His most recent book, The 
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad Company 1872–2009, is being published this month.

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