Christian Civic League of Maine

The Christian Civic League of Maine was established in 1897 in Waterville, Maine. An earlier organization for male residents of Waterville and vicinity, the Enforcement League of Waterville, was established in 1894 to campaign against intemperance and to encourage the enforcement of Maine's laws against the sale of intoxicating liquors. The name of this organization was changed in April 1897 to Christian Civic League of Waterville. The Christian Civic League of Maine was incorporated in 1905. Its purpose was to educate the people in good citizenship; to arouse and maintain throughout the state of Maine a reverence for law; to secure the enactment of the best possible laws, their impartial execution, and the choice of competent officials to that end; and to suppress the liquor traffic. The League's office is currently in Augusta, Maine.

Paul K. Stewart, a Portland attorney, was born in 1916. He graduated from Portland High School in 1932, from Bates College in 1938, and completed his law training at Cornell University Law School in 1941. He was admitted to the Maine bar and practiced in Portland until going into the army in 1943. After the war he returned to his law practice and was active in Portland politics. He served as superintendent of the Christian Civic League of Maine.