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At Stanstead College, day of Cadet Inspection, May 31, 1955. Governor General Vincent Massey speaking, with him on platform Principal Lloyd MacPherson. In front row, Charles Carroll Colby II, Jessie Maud Colby, John H. E. Colby.

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Growth
1955
Stanstead, Québec

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Charles Carroll Colby II, M.Arch., son of Dr. Charles W. Colby joined the Board in 1951 and was elected to the executive committee in 1958. As chairman of the building committee during 16 years of growth and change at the College, he was responsible for the basic planning of most of the buildings on the campus today, including Bugbee House, LeBaron Hall, and the gymnasium. During his long association with the College, he was a major contributor to the financial campaigns of his time.

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A first home for the museum
1973
Stanstead, Québec

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"In 1972, Mr. Arthur E. Curtis started his presidency at the Stanstead Historical Society with a big problem to solve. The Registry Office had to be vacated within a year and a new museum had to be found. A committee, headed by Lorne Ogilvie, investigated several choices and decided that the Elementary Catholic School building in Beebe would be the ideal choice. It was a solid building with four spacious rooms and a large room in the basement. The estimated cost of the building, improvements and move was $30,000.

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Charles Carroll Colby II
1963
Stanstead, Québec

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A building fund was started and Mr. Charles C. Colby generously offered to provide half the money if the society could raise the other half. Mr. Colby had been a dedicated member of the society for many years. He was a life member and an advisor to the executive committee. His interest in Stanstead was natural as most of his ancestors for three generations had spent at least part of their lives there, starting with his great grandparents Dr. Moses French Colby and his wife Lemira Strong. Throughout his
career, which included a post graduate degree in architecture from Harvard University" Stanstead Historical Society Journal 1979 Vol. 8.

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Committees 1979/80 of the Stanstead Historical Society
1979
Stanstead, Québec

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The meeting was held at the Mansur School House, where the first meeting of the SHS was held in 1929. (Left to right, kneeling front row) Honorary Vice President Helen ‘Dolly' Lovat (Mrs. Charles C. Colby), Honorary Legal Counsel John H. E. Colby, Grace Colby (John's wife), Rosalie Hudson, Charles W. Colby (Helen's son); in the middle of back row, Diane Colby (Charles W.'s wife). Both John and Charles Colby were members of the Advisory Committee.

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The most successful in the history of Stanstead College
1939
Montréal, Québec

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John H.E. Colby, Q.C. (1917 - ) He lived at Carrollcroft for ten years. Although practicing law in Montreal, he remained attached to Stanstead, serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Stanstead College from 1975 to 1978. Under his chairmanship an ambitious fund-raising effort from 1989 to 1994 was the most successful in the history of Stanstead College and raised over three million dollars which resulted in construction of Webster House (girls dormitory), improved academic facilities, enlarged library and updated computer facilities.

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Helen Lovat Colby
1978
Stanstead, Québec

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Helen Lovat (Dolly) Colby was introduced to the Eastern Townships in the 1930's by her husband, Charles C. Colby. He had been raised in Montreal, but his ancestors had lived in Stanstead for three generations and the family kept a summer cottage at Magoon Point on Lake Memphremagog.
Dolly was born in Larchmont, New York, on May 5, 1907, the daughter of Eugene and Gertrude Opie. Her father was a Virginian and her mother came from Montreal.
Dolly and Charles were married in 1935 in New York, where he was working as an architect/industrial designer. At the
outbreak of the Second World War they moved to Montreal.
From 1976, following the death of her husband, Dolly resided in Stanstead in the house built by his grandfather, The Honourable Charles C. Colby. In addition to maintaining Carrollcroft in pristine condition, she kept busy with a wide variety of personal and community interests.
Dolly was keenly interested in the Stanstead Historical Society for many years. She was a life member and an Honorary Vice-President.
Her son, Charles W. Colby and his wife, Diana, live in Montreal with their two children, Lindsay and Charles. Robert and his wife Gretchen live in Boston with their three children, Jessie, Robert and Anthony, Edward and his wife Sara live in Montreal with their two children, Emma and Graham.

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Official Opening of the new Colby-Curtis Museum
1993
Stanstead, Québec