Stanley Russell HoweStanley Howe has served as the executive director of the Bethel Historical Society since 1974. He is a book review editor for the Maine Historical Society's journal, Maine History, and a member of the publication's editorial board. He attended high shool in Bethel at Gould Academy and later received an MA in American History at the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Canadian History from the University of Maine. He is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, the Maine Historical Society, the Canadian Historical Association, and the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. Since 1976, he has edited the Bethel Historical Society's quarterly publication, The Courier, and authored numerous reviews in scholarly journals and New England newspapers. Publications include A Fair Field and No Favor: A Concise History of the Maine State Grange (Maine State Grange, 1994) and Two chapters in Maine: The Pine Tree State from Prehistory to the Present (University of Maine Press, 1995). Read More Read Less