Locally Owned & Independently Operated VOLUME 16, ISSUE 41 PO Box 75, North Waterboro, ME 04061 • 247-1033 • [email protected] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018
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ACTON • ALFRED • BUXTON • CORNISH • HOLLIS • LIMERICK • LIMINGTON • LYMAN • NEWFIELD • SANFORD/SPRINGVALE • SHAPLEIGH • WATERBORO FREEEVERY FRIDAY OMMUNITY NEWSPA YOUR C PER SHOP LOCAL www.waterbororeporter.com Locally owned & independently operated VOLUME 16, ISSUE 41 PO Box 75, North Waterboro, ME 04061 • 247-1033 • [email protected] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 Exploring the horror Alfred village cemetery and Alfred Parish Church were recently the setting for a film crew depicting a funeral in 1918. Paul Haley plays the pastor of a small church. COURTESY PHOTOS Film on 1918 influenza From left, Tony Cappucio, Tommy Decker, Pat Cappucio, Mike Breen, Ken Guay and instructor Frank Vivier at a knife-making class at 19th Curran Homestead Village in Newfield. PHOTO BY C.J. PIKE epidemic set in Alfred One hundred years ago, a Bruce Tucker, “Germs and dis- deadly influenza strain broke ease laid low far more young men Bringing back blacksmithing free of its origins in World War than the Kaiser’s shot and shell.” I training camps and spread into A new film, 1918, explores BY C.J. PIKE class and they basically used very weeks long and covers all of the the general population. The so- the horror of the first modern similar methods as my grandfather basics of coal fired forging includ- called “Spanish Flu” struck down pandemic through the lens of a Frank Vivier is a master at his did, except they used a propane ing safety, tools, materials, heat- victims in the prime of life, and community in Maine caught in craft of blacksmithing, and an in- burning forge, and were making ing, bending, piercing, and form- spread quickly via the new inno- its wake. The film was recorded structor at 19th Curran Homestead their knives out of a piece of scrap ing steel objects. Students are also vations of air, rail, and steamboat over the summer by Alfred resi- Village, where he gives classes in metal steel. They forged the blade introduced to forge welding. travel. dent Fred Greenhalgh and co-pro- knife making. using blacksmithing techniques, Mike Breen of Wells, was tak- In panic, governments shut ducers Christine Marshall (South I stopped by to see what the and then heat treated the blade ing the class for the first time and down public spaces and public Portland) and Jeremy Kasten classes were all about and watched with an oil quench. After that, they said that it was going well, he was gatherings. In Boston, schools, (Berwick). the men working on their knives. prepared brass rivets and hard- learning a lot, and he would take government buildings, theaters, “We wanted to do a horror It reminded me of the days when wood scales for a handle, which it again. He received the class as a even retail stores were ordered movie that wasn’t about a mon- I would hang around my grand- was applied with epoxy, according birthday present. closed. In Alfred, schools were ster that jumps out at you and father and watch him make horse to the class standards. The class is open to all ages closed for six weeks during the goes ‘Boo,’” said Greenhalgh, shoes for his horses. I spent hours Classes that Vivier teaches are for both men and women. Most height of the epidemic and the “Instead, it’s about a greater hor- with him and it was just fascinat- usually two days over a weekend of the men in the class were about Parsons Memorial Library closed ror: what’s more terrifying than ing to watch him as he made a and the students are able to com- the same age, except for Tommy for two weeks. Young and old seeing people die all around you horseshoe out of a piece of metal. plete the knife during that time. Decker, who is a teenager from were struck down by the flu, and and not understand what’s hap- There were five men taking the The more extensive class is six (Continued on page 4) the virus was as cruel as it was pening, or how to stop it?” inexplicable: one family might The Alfred Parish Church was be completely slain by the dis- one of the principal locations of thing and sees if it works. “It ease, while another across the the film; the filmmakers used the GETTING FIT should be about changing one’s street was untouched. By the time historic church to depict scenes diet, not just for weight loss, but the epidemic had run its course, where the congregation grapples for lifestyle changes, healthy the flu would claim more than with the effects of the virus. The changes,” she thought. “Seeing 675,000 American lives, a greater Town of Alfred supported the ef- LOCALLY your body and making chang- death toll than that of World War fort by allowing recording in the es that work for your body. You I. In the words of local historian (Continued on page 3) Support group is what gets people discouraged. know your own body, and you “People don’t want to see numbers know your phase of life.” She for healthy living on a scale,” she said. “They want to wanted it to be open to all ages, be encouraged.” After all, it’s hard male and female, and everyone BY CYNTHIA MATTHEWS to be healthy in this day and age. helps each other. And, it should So, Harrigan started thinking be free. “I felt it needed to be ac- Theressa Harrigan was about what a good weight loss cessible to people, to help them thinking about weight loss this group would be. Those weigh-in with healthy living,” Harrigan summer. “I’ve been to weight programs just didn’t work for her. said. loss groups,” she said. “You pay So, what would? “They say if you can envision to ‘weigh in.’ You get on a scale She thought everyone should a support group, you should start in front of a stranger, and they measure their success they way one,” said Harrigan. So she did. tell you how much you’ve lost. they want. It shouldn’t be tied to The group started meeting in You follow their diet and they a number. Measurements, whatev- August at the Bonney Memorial tell you how much you should er they may be, ought to be made Library in Cornish, a communi- lose.” It’s all about facing a in the privacy of one’s own home. ty space, and therefore, a space number, and that, says Harrigan, Third, everyone does their own (Continued on page 8) PAGE 2 Friday, October 12, 2018 REPORTER Community Calendar TWO-DAY RUMMAGE the second concert in this series is Bar Mills. SALE at Cressey Road United Mary Johnston Letellier a Lyric DISCOVER GIRL SCOUT slaw, fruit crisps FREE-WASTE RECY- Email Methodist Church, Gorham, off Soprano with Angela Olszta ac- EVENTS for potential members news@waterboro Route 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fri- companying her on the piano. This and volunteers Oct. 16 at the Carl J. CLING DAY Saturday, Oct. 20, day, Oct. 12 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on performance will be Sunday, Oct. Lamb School, Springvale at 6 p.m. 8-11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, reporter.com Saturday, Oct. 13. Clothes, dish- 14 at 3:00 pm. Tickets for the show and Oct. 17 at the North Berwick 178 Elm Street, Biddeford. Help VILLAIN: DEBLANKS - es, books, furniture, toys, puzzles, $10 per person or a season pass $35 Elementary School, North Berwick Catholic Charities keep e-waste out Saturday, Nov. 3 · 2:30 p.m. (for small appliances, house plants, per person. Purchase tickets at the at 5:30 p.m. For more information of landfills. We are collecting, TVs, Kids) and 7:30 p.m. (for Grown- jewelry, etc. at low, low prices. door. For more information on this about Girl Scouts or to see a full computers, computer parts and up Kids) - Saco River Theatre, Markdowns on Saturday and “fill- event and other upcoming events list of Discover Girl Scout events, printers, leftover stereo equipment. 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. a-grocery bag for a dollar” from 11 visit www.barmillscommunity- visit girlscoutsofmaine.org or call Questions? Call 956-1457 or e-mail Tickets are Donate-what-you-can! a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Coffee, church.org. Mary, a lyric soprano, 888-922-4763. [email protected]. Reservations: 929-6472 or www. muffins, and donut holes in coffee who lives in Buxton will perform FIRE & ICE: LIMERICK CALLING ALL QUILTERS! sacorivertheatre.org. This “Day shop Friday morning. One of best varied selections of the most cele- FIRES & ICE STORM Thurs., The Evergreen Quilt Guild will of Giving” fundraising event will recycling events around! brated arias written from the clas- Oct. 18, 7 p.m. at Limerick Brick meet on Monday, Oct. 22, from include a raffle and prizes. SRT Limerick Boyscout Troop 329 sical period to the modern day era. Town House. Presented by Shirley 6-9 p.m., at St. David’s Episcopal will split the proceeds of the eve- PASTA DINNER Saturday, Oct. LEGO CLUB Waterboro Pub- Keller and Limerick Historical So- Church, Route 1, two miles south ning show with Sexual Assault 13 from 5-7 p.m. at the Brick Town lic Library is offering a Lego®Club ciety. Photos, videos about fires: St. of Kennebunk Village. Evergreen Response Services of Southern Hall, Main St, Limerick. Proceeds for children in grades K and up. Matthews, 1989, Main Street Sales, Quilters usually meet the 4th Mon- Maine.