Thompson Corner Prentiss

Ray Thompson's Farm; these buildings and many across the road burned in the early 60's. The potato house across the road (lower left corner) is still there. Ray let me work weekends,as a 13 year old , in the winter of 1954.I walked from home (the Jake Place on Tar Ridge), stayed overnight with Ray, Mary, and Lizzy and ate with them. My uncle Merle Worster was milking 76 cows in three barns. During 'haying' my uncles Vernon Worster and Ben Dill maintained the machinery with Delmont Worster, Carroll Worcester,Durwood and Galen Thompson and others helping with the hay and silage. When haying, at noon we often would get ourselves a quart bottle of 'Kist Soda' at Belle Butterfield's store to go with our lunch.Many happy memories. Clayton and Virginia Worster now own the farmland on Thompson Corner

Myself and my siblings spent a lot of time here at Uncle Rays when we were real young. I remember being afraid of the roosters as they loved to chase us and another memory that Grampy Bill Baldwin would tell us is how Uncle Ray was once gored by one of his bulls. Was sad to hear about the fire..

We live here... I would love to hear from people about the history of the farm and people who lived here.... Our home was built on the old foundation and the foundations, from the silos, are still here... The potato house is still standing, across the road and the store is still standing.... Bick and Sue Murchison

many fond memories of his home. I lived there in my early childhood. Ray Thompson was my Grandfather. Whenever I go to Maine I always go up to "the corner" and remember the GOOD TIMES. Always visit the cemetery(both Thompson and Baldwin) What a pleasant surprise to see this photo..Does any body know if the pond is still there?

I believe most of these buildings burned in 1971 or 1972 , I know it was in may , and I was driving the first fire truck to reach the scene !

These places burned on May 22, 1972. The fire started in or around one of the barns. The cause was never really determined. Ray and Karleen Proctor owned Thompson's farm at that time. The fire burnt the farm, went up the road, burning more buildings, jumped across the road, burning my grandparents home, Denzil and Agnes Lothrop. Then burnt Garages belonging to Ben Dill. Finally burning my home, which belonged to my parents, Carroll and Shirley Worcester. This place was my great grandfather and great grandmother's home and business, Seward Worcester. It did spare the home of Eldon and Ruth Scott. Their place was home to Belle Butterfield store.

I lived here from 1997-2009. My husband Andrew and I bought the house, that was rebuilt on the old foundation after this farm burned, from Ray & Karleen Proctor.