The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 2007 2006-2007 Annual Town Report Prepared for the Citizens of Sanford/Springvale, Maine Sanford (Me.) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs Repository Citation Sanford (Me.), "2006-2007 Annual Town Report Prepared for the Citizens of Sanford/Springvale, Maine" (2007). Maine Town Documents. 846. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/846 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Town of Sanford / Village of Springvale Northeast Corner of Springvale, blizzard of 1888 Photo by Fred Philpot, Courtesy of Sanford / Springvale Historic Society and Paul Auger 2006-2007 Annual Town Report Prepared for the Citizens of Sanford / Springvale Maine This Annual Town Report is Dedicated to William E. Roberts January 7, 1922 - January 13, 2008 William E. Roberts was a town father in the best sense of the word. He was born in Springvale and was a 1940’s graduate of Sanford High School. Af- ter attending Tilton Junior College and Farming- ton Normal School, he returned to Springvale in 1943 to work in the family business alongside his mother. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and joined the war ef- fort as a Radar Operator on the USS Cleveland. Follow- ing WWII, he spent the next 50 years working in the family home heating and hardware business.