The book “Music and Musicians in Maine” includes the following information: “In the Spring of 1926 the personnel of the Portland Orchestral Society was as follows:
Arthur F. Kendall, Conductor
E. Raymond Shaw, Concert Master
Violins:
Charles E. Bourke
Ila Can
Reginald D. Connor
Christopher Connolly
Henry C. Cook
Mrs. Harry Dalton
Lincoln Draper
Mrs. Botho Felden
Abraham Fineberg
Earl L. Flagg
Robert F. Fredette
John S. Gardenier
Joseph Greenwald
Munroe Hamilton
Ira W. Hamilton
Mrs. Maude Hovey
Helen S. Kelley
William F. Kerr
Thelma Latham
Everett Lombard
Vladimir Orlows
Harriet F. Pease
Louis Rapaport
James C. Riggas
Irvin Robbins
Samuel A. Sampson
Ethan A. Soule
Eleanor Spear
Herman L. White
Violas:
Prudence M. Burke
Clinton W. Graffam
John A. Gilmartin
Frank L. Prince
Violoncellos:
Valeria Carignan
Mrs. F. N. Deane
Mildred M. Dugan
Dr. Botho Felden
Lillian M. Schwenke
George A. Shackley
Basses:
Fred F. Hubbard
Ralph E. Knight
Maurice Wade
Flutes:
Herbert G. Jones
Walter L. Josselyn
Harold M. Lawrence
Oboe:
Frank H. Little
Clarinets:
Percy C. Chipman
Blanchard Comeau
Wendall Doherty
Mollie Jones
Bassoons:
Harry P. Lowell
Lloyd E. Morse
Horns:
Carl Brown
Randall Colby
Arthur H. Stevens
Maynard A. Young
Trumpets:
Hyman Fineberg
James Nettleton
William W. Simontoa
Trombones:
Orville Duplessie
Charles Odlin
Marion L. Schwenke
Tuba:
J. Howard Crangle
Harp:
Grace M. Tibbetts
Timpani:
Carl Liberty
Alston W. Parker
Percussion:
Frederic L. Downs
Floyd Hera
Donald R. Parker