This Saturday, Aug. 10, from 8 a.m. to noon, come and load up on fabulous bargains: all sorts of temptations, from curios to antiques, kid gloves to opera tiaras, iGames to chess sets, – along Cross Point Road's annual 5 Mile Yard Sale! The Edgecomb Congregational Church, at the Eddy Road end of Cross Point, will offer free coffee and use of its bathrooms while you are roaming up and down the street, collecting treasures. Also at the Church, you will find brownies, pies, home-made doughnuts, cookies and breads, along with Gloria Bailey's extraordinary baked beans, offered by the Edgecomb Thrift Shop. This annual bake sale raises funds to assist with our community's fuel needs this coming winter. You'll find these edible treasures in the lower level fellowship room the church. Of course, the Thrift Shop itself will also be open. Call 207-563-5236 for more information.

Next Saturday, August 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., or whenever the food runs out, come to enjoy the Edgecomb Congregational Church Fourth Traditional New England Public Supper! For details, call the Church at 207-882-4060 or Gail Boudin, 207-882-7972. They can always use volunteer cooks, servers, set-up and clean-up crew.

Cheers for Englebrekt Road neighbor Barbara Belknap! She will be appearing in the upcoming Lincoln County Community Theatre production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" August 15-18, curtain time 7:30 p.m. Call 207-563-3424 or www.atthelincoln.org for details.

As autumn approaches, heralded by black-eyed Susans and Queen Anne's lace, the Edgecomb Historical Society is starting to uncurl from its aestivation (the opposite of hibernation). You should know that historical societies trade newsletters and website lore. Some time ago, EHS received an article from the Newcastle Historical Society about the "Cochran Wedding Quilt," donated in 2010 to the NHS by Anne Moore, a descendent of the Cochrans, who lives in Florida.

I will abbreviate the article: This quilt was made by various friends from Newcastle, Damariscotta, and very likely, from Edgecomb, to celebrate the marriage of Robert Cochran and Annie Whitcomb Baker, October 1, 1885. The couple both were from long-time Newcastle families, from the mid-1700s. Mr. Cochran and Miss Baker were joined in matrimony by the Reverend Charles Holyoke in Edgecomb. [The article does not say which church.] So here is an historical game for y'all to play: Each patch on the quilt was donated by a different friend (no surprise here, this was a common type of commemorative gift). Your challenge, can you identify any of the names as Edgecomb residents, your own ancestors, perhaps? There are eight rows down, seven across.

For reasons of space, I will set out one row in this and in forthcoming columns, thus ensuring I will always have something to say for seven more weeks! Here is the list from square 1.1 to square 1.7: 1.1: Elizabeth Sheersson (?), 1.2: A. Chase, 1.3: Mrs. John Cunningham, 1.4 Elizabeth Chase, 1.5: C.M. Ryan, 1.6: B.C. Cunningham, 1.7: Antoinette Pinkholm (probably Pinkham). Many of the spellings may differ from the names now commonly used. For instance, people named Pool and people named Poole may well be related.

Also, a square further down is altogether illegible; legibility may be a factor in deciphering several others, but heroic NHS members Nancy Hartley and Geraldine Hanley have made their best guesses. The quilt will be on display for two months each summer for visitors to enjoy at the NHS (Taniscot Firehouse) museum, beginning in July. I urge everyone to go admire it, whether you have an ancestor enquilted or not.

Surrounded by my own New York state ghosts, but no such quilt resides at 234 River Road, 207-633-2978, and jocam@tidewater.net.