Christening of the Doris E. on June 25, 1963
Meredith, New Hampshire

"Making her initial voyage to the Meredith Town Dock, Byron Hedblom's newest addition to his Winnipesaukee fleet was christened Tuesday morning by his five year old granddaughter, Wendy Miner"

Participants from Left to Right:
Brad Sprague (Meredith Town Selectman and owner of Sprague Transportation Company), Archer Scribner, Meredith Town Manager Archer Byron Hedblom, holding bottle Wendy Miner (Wendy Lubetkin), Byron Miner (sitting), Doris E. Hedblom (for whom the boat was named), Kim Bennett (Kim Stein), Janet Miner (Janet Dodge), J. Oliva Huot, former Mayor of Laconia (wearing hat - Joseph Oliva Huot, later became a congressman).

See also a story from a local paper (pdf file)

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