25^th Anniversary Quiz Answers

1. Q: Which husband and wife team, both nurses, were the first Beth El social committee chairs?
   A: Barbara and Alan Foth.
2. Q: Which boy was the first Beth El Bar Mitzvah? (Hint: He is now a member in his own right along with his wife and young daughter.)
   A: Seth Harrow
3. Q: Which girl was the first Beth El Bat Mitzvah? (Hint: She has returned to the Bangor area and is a practicing psychiatrist.)
   A: Jessica Davidson
4. Q: Which two brothers, not twins but 18 months apart, became Bar Mitzvah on the same day? (Hint: Their mother served in the Maine Legislature.)
   A: Benjamin and Daniel Walker
5. Q: Who built the ramp on which to roll the ark at the Unitarian Church, and, for a while, in our present building? (Hint: He is Beth El’s official elder statesman.)
   A: Dr. Mel Brown
6. Q: Who was the first baby formally named during a Beth El Shabbat service? (Hint: Her mother is the only woman to be a President of Beth El.)
   A: Julie Pancoe
7. Q: Who performed the first Beth El bris and who was the baby? (Hint: The baby’s father, when President of Beth El, gave out lollipops to kids for the asking.)
   A: Dr. Ron Blum performed the bris on Max Brooks
8. Q: Who was the first person hired to teach the students in the religious school?
   A: Roberta Chester
9. Q: What was the final vote that determined that Beth El would conduct all services at the Unitarian Church?
   A: 49-48
10. Q: Name all the Beth El presidents
    A: Sid Block, Mark Roth, Jeff Sosnaud, Philip Brooks, Ellie Pancoe, Irwin Gross, Don Lewis, Sandy Blitz, Richard Silver, Noah Nesin, Gary Friedmann.

If you have any other interesting memories or anecdotes about the early days of Beth El, send them to the Beth El office and I will be sure to have them published in the Newsletter during this year of celebration.