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Carrie Palmer dead at 95 DEXTER - - One of Dexter's most venerated citizens. Carrie T. Palmer, died Friday at the Dexter Nursing Home after a long illness, at the age of 95. Mrs. Palmer, active in church and community affairs until her confinement to the Nursing Home, was honored this year by the Eastern Task Force on Aging as its oldest volunteer and for being instrumental in bringing Meals for Me, to Dexter. Born May 1, 1884, in Colum- bia, Falls, the daughter of the late Abijah and Aurilla (FIoyd) Tabbutt, she was a graduate of the Castine Normal School and attended the New England Conservatory of Music. A resi- dent of JDexter for nearly 60 years, Mrs. Palmer was a music and art teacher. She married the late Ernest Palmer superintendent of schools, and continued teaching for a time. She then operated a small hat shop, but during World War I, took a civil service exam. Mrs. Palmer then worked 37 years for the Dexter Post Office, entering as a mail order clerk and later serving for a time as assistant post master. Vital to the Universalist Church here, she served as Sunday School superintendent, deaconess, founded the Clara Barton Guild, and was a member of the Ladies Aid. Before moving to Dexter, she lived in Bar Harbor, and was a past Matron of Harmony Chap- ter, OES, Bar Harbor and a past president of the Bar Harbor Study Club. Other affiliations included Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge, Dexter, where she was past noble grand; a past president of the Ladies Auxili- ary No. 8, Patriarch Militant, IOOF; and the Dexter Grange. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Henry W. (Helen) Parsons of Dexter; %