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Vol. 6, No. 30 · Thursday, August 3, 1967 Ten Cents Tournament Winners
Tee-off time for the Twilight League tourney was 1 p. m. Sat- A table by the clubh9!JS@ pisplayed the trophies to be won. urday. Story on Page 12 (Photos by Mike Brigham)
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THE TOWN CRIER is published each Thursqay evening by the TOWN CRIER PUBLICATIONS. e!ommunitlf We hope to be of help to th/3 citizens of the·towus in our coverage through NEWS, INFORMATION, ;J.l.o~ pit al AND LOWER PRICED ADVERTISING. We accept no financial r esponsibility for errors Receptionists are: Friday, Hilda Brown; Saturday, Effie in advertising but will gladly print correc.tj.ons. Hamlin and Pearl Day; Sunday , Adelia Leonard and Eva Le Copies ~f most photos appearing in THE TOWN gacy; Mopday, June Dasha; Tuesday, Carla Hamlin; Wednes CRIERmav be obtained through our office. day, Grace Doble; . Thursday, Frances Hamlin. If you have news or available photos of any sort ADMISSIONS WEEK OF JULY 24TH: we urge you to call an editor or drop in. Dead MILO: BROWNVILLE: line will be Monday Noon but we would appreciate Alyce Hoskins Mae Price copy received earlier in the week. Classified, ads 50 cent minimum including up to Michael Walker Alton Knox 12 words, 3 cents for each additional word. Dis Katherine Wibberley Deborah Coburn play ad space by the column inch. Stella Sprio Ida Watson Olive Phiibrook Isabella Miller EDITOR- Joanne Brigham Brenda Jenkins Axel Carlson Milo 943-7384 William Paul Chester Bragg Sr. Elizabeth McLaughlin NORTH WINDHAM: BRADFORD: Kathleen Kelly SANGERVILLE WOMAN Carol Rhodes SEBEC STATION: If you want to BUY, SELL, HONORED ON 85TH NO. BRADFORD: Gertrude Packard RENT or SWAP, try "Town BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY . Barbara Dugan SEBEC: Crier" Classified. Mrs. Bert Farrar was bon- CHARLESTON: Sandra Holt ored at a party given at her Muriel Day PASSADUMKEAG: FOR SALE home July 18th by Mrs. Mil- MILLINOCKET: Wilmot Waltz Tractor manure spreader on dred White, the occasion being Sheryl Coie HOPKINTON, MASS. rubber, extra good, not power Mrs. Farrar's 85th birthday Bessie Grey take-off. $125. 00 or trade. anniversary. Refreshments DISCHARGES: Bradford - Tele. 327-4594. featuring a birthday cake with MILO: BROWNVILLE: candles were served by Mrs. Walter Patterson FOR SALE Dale Stubbs White. Mrs. Farrar received Katherine Wibberley Ida Weston Combination gas & oil range. many cards and gifts. Those L~:~cy Peavey Stuart Hilton Cash or weekly payments. present besides the guest of Michael Walker Nina Davis Mrs. Delia Estes, Brownville honor and hostess were Mr. William Paul Eleanor Berg Jet., Maine. Phone 965-3725 and Mrs. HazenPoole of Mon- MILLINOCKET: Mae Price FOR SALE son, Mrs. Doris Stewart, Mrs. Carol !Ulodes Axel Carlson Birch kitchen cabinets, pic Ralph Porter, Miss Marlene Sheryl Cole Alton Knox ture windows. Mill Work. Poole, Mrs. Nazier Clukey and Deborah Coburn John Hoskins, Knowles Ave. Barbara, and Linda White. SEBEC: HOPKINTON, MASS: Milo Sandra Holt Bessie Grey BABYSITTING WORCESTER, MASS. EL JOBEAN, FLA: COTTAGE FOR RENT Will take care of one or two Susan Clark James Babkirk Schoodic Lake cottage avail children for working mother TRANSFERRED: Fred Hanson, Bradford and William Buckley, able after August 19th. $35. 00 in my home. Call 943-2042 Milo to Eastern Maine General Hospital; Gertrude Packard, a week. Call or write to Roger Mrs. Shirley Farrar Sebec Station to St. Joseph's Hospital, Bangor. Parlin, 3 Birch St. Winthrop , 28 Pleasant St. , Milo Maine . Tel. 337-8034. PICIIPS I CAMPERS
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The Guilford Kiwanis Auction will take place on August 10,11 and 14 at 6 P.M.
The Milo Jaycees are spons oring Amateur Boxing on Aug ust 26 a.t the Milo Town Hall.
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IS YOUR AD MISSING FROM THIS SPOT? ~a~~rnooa~ ©~aoow REMEMBER -IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE! Phone 943-2260 Milo 1=-- Page 4 'I'HE TOWN CRI-ER ------·------~ CHARLES R. CUDDY CHOSEN AS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY AND TOWN MANAGERS TO GATHER AT U OF M PISCATAQUIS COUNTY OFFICE OF ECON. OPPORTUNITY New England city and town managers v.>ill gather at the Uni At a special meeting of the Central Community Council held versity of Maine Orono campus: Wednesday through Friday, in Dover-Foxcroft on July 31st at 7:30p.m., Mr. C. R. Cuddy August 23 to 25, for the twenty-second annual managers' iti. was chosen as coor dinatOr. sti tute and discussions of regional approaches to problem-solving He has previously served in a similar position in a rural area and management-employee relations. in California carrying on projects very much the same as those Henry D. Harral, director of the Fels Institute of Local and now in operation in Piscataquis County. State Government at the University of Pennsylvania, will give Mr. Cuddy has been active in various civic affairs and is well the keynote address on regional approaches to problem- solving recommended. He is married and has Lhree children. Mr. Cuddy at 9:15 a.m. in 130 Little Hall. will move .his family to this area and assume his duties early Two speakers, WilUam ~.MacDonald, consllltan.tfor the State in September. Mr. Rozelle, the present coordinator, will con of Maine and former coordin9-tor of the State Planning Project, tinue to work with Mr. Cuddy for a short time. and Richard C. Hartman, director of the national service to re Mr. Cuddy was born in Maine and expressed his eagerness to gional councils, National League of Cities and National Associa return to his native state. tion of Counties, will p1·esent state and regional concepts of planning at the· afternoon session. MAINE CIVIL DEFENSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS Dr. Stephen B. Sweeney, director emeritus of the Fels Insti Courses for training in Disaster Action are in preparation for tute, will analyze and evaluate regional approaches at the con Augustpresentationin four Maine areas by the Maine Civil De cluding session on problem-solving. fen.Se and Public Safety Agency, acting in conjunction with the Officials of the International City Managers' Association will AmericanRedCross, according to State CD Director Leslie H. speak at an evening session at 7:30p.m. in Little Hall. Speak Stanley. ers will be David D. Rowlands, Tacoma, Wash. , ICMA pr esi The course offive hours duration will have as ins tructor Miss dent; Woodbury E. Brackett, Auburn, ICMA past president ; Gay Guthrie, caseworker supervisor of ARC Disaster Services, Richard H. Custer, West Hartford, Con.'l., and Corwin E-lwell, Alexandria, Va. , and is open to general public attendance, al Brattleboro, Vt., both ICMA vice presidents; and Mark Keene, though it is particularly geared for members of Police and Fire executive secretary of the association. departments, Health and Welfare personnel, Red Cross Offi CityMa.nagerDavid D. Rowlands of Tacoma, wash., will give cials and volunteers and Civil Defense workers. The programs the keynote address on management-employee relations Thurs are being arranged by Mrs. Jackie Vaughn, Maine Red Cross day (August 24). Employee attitudes will be described by Peter field representative, Mrs. Bernice Rideout, CD Communities M. Damborg, executive secretary of the Maine State Employees Service officer, and Farnham Folsom, CD Health Service officer. Association; Robert C. Violette, city manager, Portsmouth, The one-day classes will be held at the CD Emergency Oper N.H. ; and Barnett I. Shur, corporation counsel, Portland. ating Center, State Office Buil<:fing, Augusta, August 8 and 9; . Afternoon speakers will be Miss Marion E. Martin, Maine Red Cross headquarters, Bangor, August 10; CumberlandCoun commissioner of labor and industry, and Prof. Edward T. Dow ty, CDandPublicSafety Agency, Windham, August 15; Andros ling, Institute of Public Service, University of Conn. coggin County CD and Public Safety Control Center, Auburn, Friday morning speakers will be Merle F. Goff, Bangor city Augusta 17. manager, anq John w. Church, New England regional manager Subjects to be presented during each day of the series will in of the American Arbitration Association. cludeEffectsofDisaster, Red Cross and Government responsi Joseph R. Coupal, Jr., former Bangor city manager and now bilities, how a Disaster Operation is organized, and Meeting executive director of the Iowa State Highway Department, wi.ll Emergency Needs. be the luncheon speaker at the closing session on Fri.day. Advance registrations, preferably before August 18, may be sent to the U. M. Bureau of Public Administration, 29 North RENTS AVAilABlE? Stevens Hall. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUR TELEPHONE Superintendent Richard Sawyer of S.A.D. No. 41 has re The standard telephone contains 62 different materials wl>..ich quested that locai cltizen.s who now have, or will have a · come from all parts of the world. They range from the most vailable in the fall, rooms and/or apartments for rent to valued --- gold ---to the most ordinary ---·paper. teachers, phone his office where a 'rent file' is being set Resources of nations on every continent but Antarctica are up to be used in connection with L'1e hiring of new teach used to provide telephones. Gold, for example, comes from the ers. United States, South Africa and Australia and is used in elec trode plating in Lh.e transmitter dome. Paper, made from Can adianandSwedish wood pulp, is used for the subscriber.'s tele phone number plate. Other familiar raw materials used are: aluminum, carbon, · -; chromium, copper, cotton, lead, nickel, nylon, rayon, ruhbE:r, SHELDON POOLE r silver. steel, tin and zinc. REPRESENTATIVE OF METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURA:NCE And tht;re are materials vtith more exotic names, stlch as selling beryllium, molybdeum, vanadium and palladium. Palladium is Life and Hospl.tal Insurance a precious metal that is noted for its high electrical conductivity 19 Cliuton Street, Milo, Me, Phone 943-7428 and resistance to corrosion. It's used for practically all elec·· trical contacts in the telephone, THE TOWN CRIER Page 5 Pine Tree Camp Expa~ding
Malcolm Drummond has added to the mo_dern a~pearanc_e of (P hoto by Matt Troy) his Triangle Service Station in Guilford ~th the mstalla_tion of a sign in the new Mobil design. The sign, together With the The Pine Tree Camp for Crippled 9hildren re:-o{>ened la~.t Sun day after being closed for a week. The Pine Tree ~am~ IS lo - modern pumps which were installed last summer has. cr~ated for this station one of the most modern appearances m Piscat- cated in Rome, Maine and is running on .your ~ontnbutions to aquis County. (Photo by Matt Troy) . Easter Seals. This suJl'lmer, ""!i th. the completion o: many new camp b Ul'ld'ngs 1 . • the camp is able to. take wheelchair cases.ki The Camp has a main dining hall and also beach and doc. nga Deliver Us From The Wicked facilities for those children who can learn to swim and enJOY One by J. Candella good time in the water. . Watchtower Study - 3 p. m. The camp will run until the end of Augus~ . Festivals of P raise to Jeho Lunch was served and a short vah based on Lev. 23:2 busines s meeting followed at TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 which time they discussed the Bible study with aid of book tour they were to take in Aug- 7 p.m. . . ust. They then visi ted several Life Everlas ting in Freedom local. flower gardens . of the Sons of God -Chapter 11 QL~ ur r11 Richard W.. Sweetser:, son of "God's Neutral Congregation Mr: and Mrs. B . M. Sweetser GUilFORD or Neutral Nations, Which?" has completed his basic train COMMUNITY CHURCH THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 ing at .Fort Gor don, Georgia. HOLDSSMORGASGORD Mi nistry School 7 p. m. DOVER·FOXCROFT He is now attached to the 434th Rev. Leslie Craig, Pit§tgr Qf The smorgasbord held Fri Service Meeting '8p .. m . Army Band; the Congregational Cln~.rgh, day night at the Community Mr. and Mrs. Wendall How Church and sponsored by the filled the pulpit at tile Uni
I PageS ------~------~~~T~H~E~T~O~W~N~C~R:-IE___ R MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY NEWS '4(jJ U£4f, RETIRED TEACHERS OF ''FRESH WATER AND THE MAGIC MEMBRANE" "~~ ~ c;, l•~ ,_ PISCATAQUIS COUNTY Making fresh water out of ocean water is a project that really · \:.. -'-' HOLDThe Retired PICNIC Teachers As so- appeals to the imagination. Just think of the. millions of square oi 11~~ ciation of Piscataquis County m'iles of dry land which could grow food for the hungry millions v met Tuesday, July 25, at the of people in the world! "The desert shall rejoice, and blossom picnic area on the Dover-Milo as the rose." Will this prophecy come true in our time? SANGERVI lE road with231rembers present. A great deal of research in desalination is being done now, l The business meeting was con- both by private industry and at universities. Much of the re- SO. SANGERVILLE GRANGE ducted byMrs. Effie Bolton of search is sponsored by the United States government, though South Sangerville Grange met Israelandothernationsarealso hard at work. A number of test July 22nd. Routine business Dover-Foxcroft, president. A nominating committee, Mrs. Plants have been built and some are working at practical jobs· · · was conducted by Master Keith like the plant at Guantanaino, Cuba, which supplies our base Edgerly. A donation was voted Bernice Sterling of Dover Foxcr0ft, Mrs. Vivian Bray there. for Bryant Pond Camp. June ofMonsona.nd Mrs. Eva Scrip- Now it seems that those desalination projects may have im- Smith and Alice Jackson were plications not only for food supply and water .supply • but for reported ill. Ann Chase of ture of Milo, was appointed to prevention and cure of water pollution. Why not? The basic Dover-Foxcroft who has J'ust bring in a slate of candidates problem is one of water purification, whether the contaminant returned from a trip to Haiti for offices for the coming year. is salt, sewage, or any other pollutant. If you can get salt, or with a Bap'· tist Youth Group· Mrs. Esther Pennington has the sewage, out, then the water could come out so clean you spoke and showed slides. A resigned as treasurer and Could drink it. Jus.t don't tell anyone where it came from! Mrs. Hilda Taylor was appoint donation was given her for the ed as interim treasurer for It's no problem to purify water .. • every ocean liner has a dis- pump· fund, a proJ·ect to help tilling plapt big enough to make all the water it need s f or crew bring clean water to Haiti. the remainder of the year., One and passengers. The trick is to do it cheaply enough for general Strawberry shortcake was teacher . from each town was consumption: theaveragerate of municipal water in the United appointed to solicit member- servedbythecommittee, Bar- ship of retired teachers. States is only 25¢ to 4~ per thousand gallons. · bara Edgerly, Linda Ellms, A really cheap method has still to be invented; but a break- and Ruby Clukey. The time and place of the through may· come any day. Much progress has been made al- next meeting will be announced ready. A huge new desalting plant to be built on a man -made is- MILO at a later date. landoffthecoastofCaliforniais expected to provide 150 million DERBY MOTHERS' SERVICE CLUB NEWS gallons of water per day for less than 2 5¢ per thousand gallons, The Derby Mothers' Service Club met in the home of Mrs. according to the Office uf Saline Water of the Department of the ~lanche Smart on July 25 with eight members attending. Mrs. Interior. The catch is that this price can be reached only be Jane Cook from Clinton, Conn. was present. Mrs. Lila Smith cause the desalting facility will be built in conjunction with a was co-hostess and a special cake was given by Mrs. Gladys huge power plant. Because the two will be built together and be Ricker for the birthdays of club members in July. Those hon cause they will both be' enormous, the water price can be low. ored were Mrs. Grace Collins, Mrs. Mildred King, Mrs. Lila It's a wonderful achievement, but not applicable to all situations. Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Brown. Therefore scientist$ are. still looking into other possibilities. The meeting was c;:onducted by Mrs. Lila Smith. Mail was read Right now distillation processes command a virtual monopoly from SP5 Allen Whittaker, Lt. Col. Allan Jose, OFC Eugene for sea water conversion·, and distillation i.s expected to remain Jay apd Richard Burton EN2, all in Vietnam, Mrs. Ida Merri in the forefront for the next decade. But there'are other new thew, and family of Mrs. Maude Parker. Anew name was added processes, some of them extremely promising, particularly for to the Club file, James Karpowicz, who is stationed at Fort pollution problems. A little booklet called "The A-B-Seas of Bragg, NorthCarolina. He_willbesent a basic gift and a special Desalting,'' put out by the Department of the Interior, tells in letter from Mrs. MildredKing. Hismother, Mrs. Pearl Pratt, simple language about thir.teen different methods of water puri will be invited to join this club. Psg. Sgt. Harold Morrison is fica tion... various types of distillation, 'chemicalmethods, free in town on leave before going to Ft. Riley for training and will zing, evaporation, and passing through semipermeable mem then go to Vietnam on assignment in August. Sgt. Arthur Brown branes. is now stationed in California after returning from overseas. A better name for those membranes is "magic membranes." Mrs. Gladys Ricker requested that club members bring in art The idea is to make·a sort of magic plastic sheet which will let icles for the fair as soon as possible and Mrs. Marian Cunning water go through, but not salt or other contaminants. Then you ham would like gifts for mysterys sent in. Renewal of a local just push your water through and out. Presto! Fresh water! paper went to .Larry Rideout. Work at this meeting was packing It really works •.. test plants have been huilt and much of the overseas boxes of miscellaneous articles and a large donation current research is devoted to finding new magic membranes to them was given by Mrs. Vera Smart. These went to Ronald suited to all kinds of purposes. Curtis, Larry Rideout, Douglas Smart, Richard Burton, Eugene The breakthrough in desalination and in advanced treatment Jay, Raymond Me Donald, Ronald Dugas, Philip Gray, Allen of wastes of all kinds may be made some day soon, by some Whittaker, Leroy Curtis and Allan Paul. quiet scientist, workinginhis lab, who discovers a better magic Pictures of much interest from Vietnam were sent to the club rnei.nbrane. This may well be the greatest achievement for peace by Lt . Col. Allari Jose. and human welfare in our generation, for it will br ing clean, The next meeting will be held in Stockton Springs with 1\llrs. fresh water to a thirsty world. Ida Merrithew on Tuesday, August s: · Members wishing trans portation are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Marion Williams or Mrs. Gladys Ricker. Cont1d on Page 9 THE TOWN CRIER Page 7 LOCAL BRIEFS Guests of Rev. Ida Folsom the e ngagem entof their daugh Stanley Hatch. DOVER-FOXCROFT a t the Parsonage on Saturday ter, Juanita Ma rie to Elwood Reginald Sanbcrg has been Cont'd from Page 5 wer e Beatrice Harrington and Emer y , son of Mr. and :Mrs . horre on leave frotr' Guam w !dell Emery of Sebec. The annual picnic meeting of Harr iette Riorden of Portla nd, visithis mother and step-fath Mr. and Mrs. R. E . •Torda n the Piscataquis Retired Teach and Alice Lowell of Phipps er, Mr. and Mr s . Sam Good and sons, Stephen and Scott of ers Association was held at the burg, Maine. These ladies r idge, Jr. Cape Elizabeth were overnight picnic grounds on Glidden Hill, were former pupils of Miss At the public card party held guests of Mr. and Mrs . Dwight Sebec, Tuesday, July 25. A Folsom. Friday night, July 28, the Merrill July 22nd. short business meeting was Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Men?. ies scores wer e as fo llows: For Mrs. Stanley W. Merrill held. A donation was taken to of Wayne, N.J. are spending ladies , high-Margaret Butler, spent a few days last week at go towards the scholarship three weeks at their ·Bower low - Maud Stanchfield . For Cape E lizabeth as Lale guest of fund. Atthefallmeetinga $100 bank shore camp. Mr. and men, high-Alvah Perkins, low Mr. and Mrs. PhilipDearborn. schol.a!'ship will be presented Mrs. Le\vis of New Jersey ar e Douglass Rennie. Albert B. Har vey , a retired to some worthy student in Guil their guests for two weeks. school superintendent formPl' ford. A social time followed. Mrs. Elwin H. Grant, Mrs . GUilfORD ly ofDover -Foxcroft , his son . The next meeting will be held Guy Connors and Mrs. Wayne A pink and bl ue s hower hon in--law, Robert Stapler from . in Milo, the last Tuesday in Macorrber spent a day in Bel oring · Mrs. Lorene Bridges C leveland, Ohio and Mr . Har · September. Place of meeting fast attending the Arts and was held at the home of Mrs. vey's sister, Mr s. William to be announced. Crafts Fes tival. Alice Rollins Sunday afternoon. Hesketh were in town Saturday Mr. andMrs. ChesterDowns Mrs. Fred Rogt'rs of Unity The guest of h0110r received calling on friends and rela left Friday for Troy, N. H. to visited her mother, Mr s . Guy many gifts. Rcfreshn'cnb tives. visit their daughter and hus Connor s over the weekend. were served and the shower Mrs. Rachel Mowatt was a band, Mr. and Mrs. Lar ry The Happy Hookers Rug Club cake was made by Mrs. Dal dinner gues t of her sister and Foss. Mrs. Foss, ·.with her bad a beautiful display of rugs cida Roll.i ns. Co-hostes::. wa,; husband , Mr. and Mrs. Earl four children, returned with at the Legion Hall Friday after Mrs. Barbara Whiting of Ab Humphrey in Sangerville on .her parents and with them will noon and evening whi ch was bot, Sunday. spend their vacation at their well attended. They received Guests attending were Mrs. Mr. and lVIrs. Richar d Goss camp at Boyd Lake. mn.ny favorable comments. Florence Br idges, Mrs. Caro- of Meriden. Conn. and Mrs. Miss Dorothy Hesketh, daugh Mrs. Alberta Dwyer of Still 'lynDickinson , Mrs. Viola Tay Sadie Scribner of Cha.rleston ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman water has b een the gues t of her lor of Parkrr.an: Mrs. Eliza called on Mr. Goss' aunt, Hesketh, accompanied by her cousins , Mr s . Marion Brown beth Bickford and Miss Bev Mrs. Ralph Harvey, Sunday. cousin, George William Lev and Mrs. Geraldine Miller. eriy Whiting of Abbot; i\1rs. Mrs. Villa Reeves of Hamp ensalor of Bangor left Tuesday George B. Smith left Monday, Alice Bridges and Mrs. Ar de.n Highlands ·is the guest of August lstforCanberra, Aus July 23, for Hartford, Conn. lene lVlerrill of Sangervill~: her sister-in'-law, Mrs. Harrv tralia by the Dutch Overseas where he has employment. Mrs. T heima Bessey of Mon P ackard at East Dover. . Airlines. They will be visiting Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Lee son; Mrs. Cheryl Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Gordan War their brother and cous in , Dr. and son Lawrence of Towland, Mrs.. Ma rilyn Buchanan of ren of Inglewood, Calif. are and Mrs. John Hesketh and Conn. were recent dinner Willimantic:: Mrs. Viola~ma ll visiting his father, Ha r ley family, LisaandBrian. George guests of Mr. and Mrs. George a nd Mrs. Ell.aHobinsonofDov Warren. will return in a n··onth . Miss B. Smith. cr- Foxcr oft; Mrs. JeanDell Mrs. MinaMacketanddaugh Hesketh will remain for sev Paula Hews, daughter of Mr. aire of F armington; Mrs. Dai ter, Vir gi nia of South Portland eral xronths. and Mrs. Paul Hews 11ew to cida Rollins. :\1 rs. Margucri te have been visiting Mrs. Mack One day last week thirty-two Ann Arbor, Mich. on Saturday Sav.'Yer. f\'lisses :;\1ary Kay and et's sister, l\'irs. Erlon Rich people went on the bus furnish to r epresent Maine in the girls Jennifer Rollins and Mrs. Opa! ardson of Seb ec. edby the "Old American Com division in the Nationa l ,Junior Rollins of Guilfo;:d. Herbert Grant is stationed munity Center to attend the Arts Chaml-er of Commer ce safe Guests unable to attead sent driving roadeo. in Ge rmany and is a IT'ember :tndCrafts Festival a t Belfast. g1fts. uf the .\rmy Band. They also visited the beautiful Ricky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ra:vmond Mc Mrs. Fred Packard of St H:nbn1· ,•. !:!r<' Mr. Weeks of North Dexte1· burn have been on a vacation will need to remain in the hos ca lier3c n$tutd:t\..'•J~!~~r-ls. ~/e! has rece ntly purchased eleven trip to Vermont. The Austin's pital a while longer for s kin non Kn:;~Jt;~ \lh1 ha~ beer. a head of Aberdeen Angus cattle visited r e latives and friends grafts and treatment. He was guest ·"if ~1r. ;lnd ~i:·s rr:tr.i-: of Foster Gray. in Burlington, Vt. and in other injured at the bowling alley in R:.~k<:z:--.;::; 101 st>vt·ral w~'ct,s. Mr. andMrs. HollisCarpen near -by towns. March when the explosion took Mr. an:i l\lrs. ·\Urr,,j H~~~ ter and daughter, Carol ol Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. place . mo:-;d h·'t :_:!·;tu day for Clew'· Rochester, N. H. were wel•k• Washburn, with his fami.ly Mr. and Mrs. Gordon War .. land, Ohiu fr•t n. we.._k's vis. t end guests of Mr . and Mrs. from Schenectedy, N. Y. met r en and Miss Vicki Rus sell of wi.th friend::.. B roui us Klimavicz. his parents at Burlington and Inglewood, Calif. are s pend :rvrrs. 1\l:tn on L nv•"ll is .sltb took them to South Hope, Vt. ing a few weeks at the Cla.r ence ABBOT sti tu tmg as e lerlc in Me Ia nson's where they visited friends and Libby caiT'p at Sebec Lake. Miss Kathy Sanberg ha!:l gone store dar-;,\!-{ th~~ abst nee ui relatives. They also visited Mr. a ndMrs . Charles Good to Meriden, Conu. to visit her ~,l!· B , Ghn:·s lhln.mond. the Shelburne Museum. ine of Atkinson have announced uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C11nt'd on Page s
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FILM, FLASHBULBS, CAMERAS & CAMERA CASES Ross Drug Phone 876- 6.21 Guilford, :rv.Iaine in Boothbay Harbor on Tues Donna, Jeffrey and Kevin ·of day. Tullahoma, Tenn.; Mr. and Mr. andMrs. Charles P erro Mrs. Carl Perkins, Mr. and and daughter, Ruth, of Old Mrs. Frank Dawes, Jr., Beth Town were guests of Mrs. Ag and Peter all of Bangr,.· . Mr. nes Hilton over the weekend. and Mrs. Stephen Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lindsay Cathy, Kim, Reese, Tammy and Mr. and-Mrs. Clinton Lind and Darcy of South Portland; say were in Portland on Sun Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mack, day as guests of Mr . and Mrs. Michael, Michelle and Marvin· James Lindsay. ofGreenland, N.H.; Dt. E.R. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holm Biggers of Portland. es, Bill, Ricky and Mar cia of Mrs. Anna M. Aldrich of Westboro, Mass. have spent Medfield, Mass. died Tuesday the week with his mother, Mrs. morning at a nursing home in . Marcia Holmes. that city. Mrs. Aldrich was a Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gal.:. resident of Guilford for many Mrs. Isabel Cudhea receives certificate for $100 Savings usha are spending a few days years. Bond from Don Strout and Carl Hamlin (on tr uck) at Friday att.heRobinsoncottagein Kor- Friends of Mrs. John Me- · drawing . (Photo by Mike Brigham) ea and various parts of the Sorley will be sorry to hear coa.st. that she fell at her home in Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Pem- Farmington, Maine and broke Milo Merchants held their annual "Shop In Daze" last week berton and Mrs. W.A. Stans- her hip. with twelve $5. 00 gift certificates and two $100 Savings Bonds bury of Richmond, Virginia Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stan being awarded to lucky winners at two drawings; one held Fri have r etur ned to their homes. ley Steeves on Sunday were day evening and one on Saturday afternoon. at'ter a two week visit with their Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steeves Mrs. Isabel Cudhea of Milo won the savings bond at Friday's daughter and fam ily, Mrs. Al- and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm drawing and Mr. Mariano Delgardo of Milo won Saturday's big vin P erkins. Steeves and daughter, Shelly, prize. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Par~ of Clinton. C
G. Murray, J. F. Dunn and D. T. Stevens shown filling the sh ower in camp. at Chu Lai, Vietnam.
Dear Folks, Guess 1have fallen behind in my correspondence again. Things Women's ALL WEATHER have p een pretty busy and hectic here in the area for the past COATS two weeks so I will try to bring you up to date. A couple of days after my last letter we had a terrible accident here in the battalion. On the 13th \ve had a patrol in the ready SUMMER ST RETCH S'LACKS area just across ,.the street from our hut waiting to be picked up Originally $9.00 N 0 W $5 .00 for insertion. They had just closed in a semicircle around the patrol leader for a briefing when a hand grenade on one of the men's cartridge belt exploded, killing him and wounding six others. No one knows for sure what happened, there was no D R E S S E S irom $). 00 S H 0 E S from $). OO warning "pop" when it became activated and the man evidently was unaware it was armed as he gave no warning. It was just SHORTS AND OTHER ITEMS AT lucky, if that is the word, that a second before it exploded he TERRI F FI C VALUES! Ship N' Shore Sleeveless had turned to his left to adjust his equipment. He was standing on the extreme left of the platoon and the grenade that exploded BLOUSES $1.98 2 was on his right hip, so by tur ning the blast was directed mostly Town & Country and $ . 98 away from the platoon. It was bad enough as it was, the four of SHOP MILO & $AVE us living in the hut had just left it minutes befor e and when we .CLOTHI . N G STORE went back we counted thirteen shrapnel holes in the hut. picked up. One of the helos, a ch-46, hovered with its wheels We embarked part of the battalion up to Da Nang on the 15th, in•the water , dropped the rear ramp and the crew chief plucked all of battalion supply, most of motor pool and some of com the pUots out of the water. One was burned quite badly but both munication. It was the first time I have had to do this since I will be okay. I guess it is normal to "look out for your own". went to embarkation school so I had some doubts about it work It makes you wonder how they can react so fast. ing out like .it is supposed to, but it went off smoothly. There This past week we have been pretty busy \vith administration hasn't been any more talk of the rest of the battalion moving up work, fitness repor ts, reports on corrective action taken after so I will probably leave from here. the big inspection last June 30th and updating orders and bulle On the 16th we had a plane cr.ash into the ocean about a mile tins. or two off our beach. It was a Phantom Jet, no one knows what The VC seem to b e taking more aggressive action against the happened, at least here in the Bn., but as it passed overhead Recon. teams. They seem to be doing what we ha:ve bee n won it just burst into a ball of ilam e for a second, the pilot and ra dering 11 why they haven't" for the past year . we have always dar operator e jected and the plane fla1ned up once more and said if they just r ealized there .were only so many places out dropped into the sea near where the t\vo chutes landed and ex there that we can use for landing zones and they are being used ploded. In no time , in fact, almost as soon as the chutes hit the over and over, they could ·'raise cane" wi tl1 us. It looks like they water, there were eighthelos over the area and both pilots were Cont'd on Page 12 THE TOWN CRIER Page 1· LOCAL BRIEFS Cont'd from P age 8 WABI-TV 8:30 Tbc LtM:V Show 5:00 Mainland on Greece 5:00 Newly-.! O..mo 9:00 Andv Griffith · fi:30 Sports!T'Mt Holiday 8:30 Lawrence W~lk SANGERVILlE Chmnel S 9:30 rar.tilv Affair 6:00 Frank M cGee 9·:30 PicadiUy Palt\ec THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1967 10:00 Coro~et Blue 6:30 'tho Smltll•onl•n 10~30 Summer Focus Mrs. Grace Ulman of Spring 7 ~00 Couutcy Cara ..•an H:OO Nows 7:00 Anttnal Socu:ts 11:30 Battle 'flleatro 7:30 Lucy-Dest Comedy Hour 'l'UESDA.Y, AUG. 8 , 1967 7:30 Walt Olsuuy Prct~cn ts "Submarln~ Swhnwk" Valley, N. Y. is the guest of 8:30 My Three Soru; i :OO l:.iUli!~t Hobo 8:30 I.cn•a :Mnko A Ofdn) ; SUNDAY, AllG. 6, 19~7 her sister and br other-in- law, 9·00 Th,u·s. Night Mo,lo 7:30 Dak~nrt 9:00 Bonanza. thOO Bugs Bunn)' ''Ghcugis Kahn" 8:30 Spotlight 10: 00 Tlw Snlnt S:30 Magllla Gorl\ln Mr. and Mrs. Norris Leighton. 11: :.10 News 9:30 Petticoat Junction 11:00 World 1'h1s Woolwnd 9:00 WorW of Youth F lUPAY, AUG. 4, 1967 10:00 The Peter Harvey Show )1Q~OAY , AUO. 7, 1967 9:30 Beany & Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Louis Veto of 7: 00 1'h..e Riflen-~n 10:30 CBS R<>ports 7:00 Pany Ouko 10:00 Linus tho Lionhearted 7:30 Wild Wild West 11:00 !\owe 7:80 The Monk••• 10:30 Powr Potamuw Providence, R.I. arrived Mon 8:30 Hogan's Heroes WEDN£SDAY, AUG. 9 .1967 8:00 I Dream of Jeannie 11:00 Bullwink!c day fo::: a visit with her par 9:00 Frid:ty l'ight Movie 7:00 Bo'·erly Hillbillies 8:80 Captain Nloe 11:30 Discovery ''Fail Safet• 7·30 Loat In Space 9:00 Road West 12:00 Sun
REi !lnut~ly Nrms Ei 0 SPECIAL Of MILO DRIVE IN THE WEEK! THEATRE MILO, MA I NE R AUGUST, 1967 R "GEM" ~ Thul"$day & Friday, Aug. 3 and 4 TENT CAMPER Double Feature Program '1 THE SAME PRODUCT CAN BE DIFFERENT. ~ Yes - - even though it be made by the same reduced to $5 95.00 manufacturer and contain the exact ingredients R carefully made the same way, when you get R it there may be a serious difference. Here g are a few examples. E GOlF CARTS ALL MEDICINES MUST BE PROTECTED. When a carton of medicine is received, if it from $2).85 R is exposed to heat, some products will lose R their potency. If stored near the sun or a radiator, the first few bottles may be satis factory, but the rest may soon lose their A FEW 0 strength. Rubber elastic and plastic sick 0 CANOES room aids are also changed by improper storage. · R ·-R LEFT@ $J85•00 Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 5 and 6 EVERY HEALTH-AID CAN BE AFFECTED. USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN Double Feature Program They too must be protected against hazards ';I and aging. Inventory must be controlled to ri FOR GUNS FOR FALL! prevent old stock. If storage is not wat-ched R quality suffers. R PHAR:VIACISTS ARE PROTECTIVE EXPERTS ~11LO SPORT Throughout our college of pharmacy studies, E! emphasis is placed on the proper storage and g control of everything we supply. With <>ur SHOP knowledge and training you are safe when R you secure all medicines and health-aids from R About 75 golfers and wives us. attended the steak banquet which followed the tournament 0 0 A second round of the Twi YOUR PHARMACY light League started Tuesday, R R' August 1, and will run for five DAGGETT'S weeks each Tuesday night. PRESCRIPTION CHEMISTS Championship for this round ~ ·';l will be played on Sept. 2nd. Phone 943-77 80 For DeJ>endahle Deliveries R Main Street Milo, Me. RLETTER FROM VIETNAM Cont'd from Page 10 @ M-8-67 (Printed in U. S. A.) have finally realized it. Nearly everyinsertionis now being made g g under fire, notmuchbut enough to discourage the insert. There are an~ -helo stakes, barbed wire, mines or people (not always armed VC but someone who can report to them that a team has R@O RE R· '1 R 0 RE R ';l R 0. Rgone in, how many, what weapons and what direction they went) on near ly a ll likely landing zones. It has hurt us, in the last week TWILIGHT LEAGUE TOURNEY NO. 2 TEAM- SHANKERS : it has cost us one killed and eight wounded including the loss of Cont'd from Page 1 D. Chase five legs. The troops are starting to feel it more ·than they did D. Nutter a few months ago, especially the ones that make it through 40- Tll.e first Twilight League 50 patrols. Most are about 20 years old and some look 30. I 18-hole championship play-off W. Rendzia, Sr. G. Robinson can't say I'll be sorry to leave here. Speaking of leaving, we was held at the Katahdin Coun should be hearing something on our flight dates soon. There are try Club last Saturday after G. Larson NO. 3 TEAM - HACKERS quite a few leaving the Bn. in August and even more in Sept. I noon. The winning teams were: should leave around the middle of the month. I'll be surprised NO. 1 TEAM- BLASTERS: D. Varney if H's any earlier. I'lllet you know as soon as I find out. I am H. Vanadestine H. Dwelley getting to feel shorter than short, now we can say we're next. B. Simpson M. Weatherton Guess this is about it for now. 1 am "clinging to the rigging". A. VanDyne G. Larson and counting the days. I am not even starting any long conver J. Kinney G. Robinson sations. Take care now. G. Burgoyne Trophies were awarded these three teams. Love, Darrell