Pres* Run 4400 Copies Of Service 2 Sections In Aroostook HOULTON PIONEER TIMES County Tbe Only Newspaper in the World Interested in Houlton, Maine > VOL. 105 NO. 32 Houlton, Maine, Thursday, August 8, 1963 TEN CENTS Aroostook at the Crossroads! Teaching Assignments Filled The Great Marketing Mess Third In a series of articles on the crista facing Maine potato farmers as seen by industry leaders. For All Schools Of SAD 29 attended the 1University W (Editor’s Note — This is the third in a series of e. He has beeni teaching for articles on the Maine potato industry, its problems, its l»ast two years posit ion hopes and its affect on the economy of Aroostook Coun­ Also approved by the directors ty as seen by thoughtful farmers and business men. The was Ralph Prince for eighth grade math at the junior high. He will Pioneer Times again joins with other weekly news­ also coach varsity basketball and papers in the County in further appraising the future of baseball, and comes here from a teaching job in Washburn. the potato industry, with particular reference to the Miss Jean Gerry will teach kadvantages many leaders in the industry believe can Grade at Littleton. She is a na- be obtained through widespread adoption of a program ferred from biology to social stu- of centralized marketing.) The Aroostook potato grower has always been a HWC Officials A i gambler. He has to be. Each year he puts literally thousands of dollars into the ground and gambles that Impressed By b he will have a good growing season. And if he has his Dickey Plans | good growing season, he then gambles that he can get a favorable price for his potatoes on the market. \\ ater Company Stays As farmers, and especially as growers of potatoes, there are none better anywhere than those right here in Aroostook. They have been quick to take advantage of In Power Proposals the latest techniques and improvements and have be­ Officials of the Houlton Water Company and other businessmen come skilled in their use. None knows better how to in the area are watching with in­ protect crops from all threats. terest developments over the pro­ posed Passamaquoddy and St. It is the gamble that the grower takes when he John River power project. Several from the town were at Fort Kent enters the field of marketing that is of great concern Saturday to hear James K. Carr, to his neighbors and to leaders of the potato industry. undersecretary of the Interior, , While the average non-farming citizen must admire the and other officials explain the Mrs. Sadie Smith billion dollar project. grower for his ability to produce a better and better FIRM POWER AT DICKEY quality crop, certainly there is small room for admira­ High School Classes Proposed by Secretary of the ! tion of the system now being used to dispose of that Sadie Smith Interior Stewart L’dall, the pro- j Will Begin At 8:30 grain would provide for the eon- I crop. struction of a peaking power In the previous two articles in this series an at­ Will Be 97 Cla-s<*s at Houlton High plant at Quoddy by harnessing the I School will start one-half hour ocean tides, and a firm power j tempt has been made to draw attention to some of the On Saturday later than usual this year, ac­ source at Dickey on the St. John j problems the industry faces, and to stress the point that cording to Superintendent of with the erection of a hydro-elec- | Schools Hamilton Giberson. trie plant. a solution to these problems is absolutely vital if the New Brunswick Native Classes will In gin al M:3<> a.in., Members of the Department of 1 industry is to survive. This viewpoint is in accord with the same time as till other pub­ the Interior and the Army Corps Came Here In 1884; lic schools in Houlton begin of Engineers told of details of the the thinking of a growing number of responsible people Enjoys Best Of Health their day. joint project during the meeting throughout Aroostook who are fearful of the ruination The half-hour delay in start­ Saturday at the Fort Kent arm­ SALVATION \RMi 1.1 .ADI.RS — (apt. and Mrs. Harry Michaels and their two small daugh­ This Saturday will mark the ing classes has been made* to ory. The group also looked over ter- arrived in Houlton la-t «<>ek i<> take over the Salvation Army program. They come to Houl­ of their very livelihood. birthday of one of Houlton's old­ accommodate students from oth­ the sight of the proposed dam, at ton alter -pending tin* p.i-t three year- in Laconia, N.H. Their children are four-year-old Kath­ A system of centralized marketing — an orderly est residents. On that day Mrs. er towns in the School Admin­ Dickey. leen, and nine-inont li-old Heverly. ♦ (Pioneer Time* Photo) Sadie Smith of 70 Pearce avenue istrative District who will be It was pointed out that one of disposal of their crops — is believed by most leaders of will be 97 years old. coming to Houlton by bus, Mr. the advantages of the Dickey lo- j the industry’ to be imperative if growers are to find the Mrs. Smith, who resides at the Giberson said. cation was that the Allagash ; solution to their problems. It is not advocated as a cure- home of her niece, Mrs. John Bur- Schools in the other SAD River would not be flooded, as lock. was born at Scotch Lake in towns of Hanunond, Littleton would be the case in two other proposed dams on the St. John. Sherman Mills Is Preparing all, but it is put forward as a necessary first step, one York County, New Brunswick, in and Monticello will all begin Paul Coleman, manager of the that can, and should, be taken now. 1866. She came to Houlton in at 8 a.m. 1884, and this has been her home Houlton Water Company, also at­ Centralized marketing is an overall term that in­ since. tended a meeting at Boston Mon­ day, w'here again details of the For Annual Old Home Week cludes such aspects as centralized storage, packing, COOKED AT HOTELS SAD 29 Lists project were presented. Mr. Cole­ selling and shipping. It covers the handling of the crop During her early life she did a man said that he, and other offi­ SHERMAN MILLS - - The Katahdin Rangers Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of variety of work, including house­ Its Standing cials of independent power com­ once it has been harvested. keeping, sewing in a dress shop, panies, were impressed with the Millinocket will make its third annual appearance here August 15 when they head the For years it has been the practice of the growers to cooking at hotels here and in proposals, and were highly en­ grand parade along with the Sherman and Patten School Band opening the program Woodstock, running a restaurant, Committees couraged at this time. handle all of these items by themselves, as individuals. and serving for two years as a TO CONGRESS IN 19«4 for the 31st annual Old Home Week celebration at 10 a.m. There are about 900 of them who are doing this now’, matron at a Ricker dormitory. He said that field work at Dic­ She was marrfed to the late Appointments Made key will be completed this fall, Dinners will be served at 11:30 Contest at 4:30 and an auction at I On tbe grounds there will ha and with an outstanding lack of success, as the overall at the church vestry and Masonic 5 o'clock will be followed by sup­ rides, games, exhibits, a rummaga Herbert Smith in 1904. Mr. Smith By Chairman Ingraham and engineering figures will be was employed for 36 years at prepared this winter. The propos­ Hall dining room, both days. per at 5:30 on the grounds. sale and other attractions. return attests. The more this 900 figure can be reduced, The Rangers, colorfully outfit­ At 6:30 the Sherman and Pat­ Lunches will be on sale at lha Fogg's hardware store. He died in At Tuesday's Meeting al will be ready for presentation the stronger the entire industry can become, authori­ 1948. to Congress in 1964. ted in while, red and black uni­ ten School Band, under the direc­ bandstand. ties believe. If the figure could be cut in half, so one Despite her advanced age, Mrs. Five committees were formed Mr. Coleman said that with the forms and carrying the latest tion of music supervisor. Richard Committee members are R. M. Smith is in excellent health, reads Tuesday night during the regular power development, government musical instruments, will present Burr, will present a concert. Na­ Robinson, L. A. Gardiner, Corinna industry leader says, the system would be well worth every day, and if she is showing meeting of the Board of Directors officials estimate that electricity a drill at 1 o'clock at the athletic deau's orchestra will furnish mu­ Bragdon, Thomas. Ruth 8plan, trying. any signs of age, it is only in her of School Administrative District can be proluced for the entire field behind the gymnasium on sic for dancing at the gymnasium Beverly Rand and Merle Boa­ hearing. Her reading includes the 29, held at the junior high in New England area at a figure 25 the first day. starting at 9 o'clock. chard. The greatest single advantage of a centralized daily newspapers, and her ever Houlton.