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From our Files – Week of July 27, 2020

50 Years Ago -- July 30, 1970 As temperatures rise, so does Ft. Kent pool attendance -- Hot weather has driven up attendance at the swimming pool and some 168 youngsters have attended the daily swimming classes.

From our Files – Week of July 21, 2020

50 Years Ago -- July 23, 1970 Governor congratulates oldest citizen -- Fort Kent’s oldest citizen, Mrs. Cesarie Blanchette received the following letter from Gov. Kenneth Curtis when she celebrated her 99th birthday, July 15, 1970, at Northern Security Home in Eagle Lake:

From our Files – Week of July 13, 2020

50 Years Ago -- July 16, 1970 Fort Kent star pitcher tries out for Red Sox -- Glen Lamarre, star left-hand pitcher for Fort Kent High, has received another tryout offer, this time with the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are having a school for tryouts on July 17, 1970, at Capital Park in Augusta.

From our Files – Week of July 6, 2020

50 Years Ago -- July 9, 1970 Renovations may delay school opening -- Major renovations will start on St. Thomas School in Madawaska within the next week and the time needed for repairs could delay the opening, now planned for Aug. 19, 1970.

From our Files – Week of June 30, 2020

50 Years Ago -- July 2, 1970 Grand Isle youth volunteer to help -- Fourteen Grand Isle youth came up with an idea recently that gives them the distinction of a first in the state of Maine.

From our Files – Week of June 22, 2020

50 Years Ago -- June 25, 1970 400 sign up for Ft. Kent playground activities -- A total of 400 boys and girls have signed up for summer activities at the Fort Kent playground. Registration has been held at the pool for the various activities to be held this summer.

From Our Files – Week of June 15, 2020

50 Years Ago -- June 18, 1970 Trophies to be awarded at Fort Kent Loggerama -- Plans for the first annual Fort Kent Loggerama to be held on the St. Louis Church grounds on June 27 and 28, 1970, are well underway.

From our Files – Week of June 1, 2020

50 Years Ago -- June 4, 1970 Painting for Blockhouse -- Sister Annie Daigle of Fort Kent recently donated to the Fort Kent Blockhouse her oil painting of the first steel bridge across the Fish River in Fort Kent.

From our Files – Week of May 25, 2020

50 Years Ago -- May 28, 1970 Frenchville Residents Enjoy Bilingual Sonfest -- The Mrs. Germaine Tardif, Alma Cyr, Irene Labrie and Jeannine Tardif, were some of the hostesses when Bailey School students treated some 400 residents of Frenchville to a bilingual songfest recently.

From our Files – Week of May 18, 2020

50 Years Ago -- May 21, 1970 Centennial twins year old -- Brian and Bruce Bouley of Fort Kent only have 99 more years to go before they see Fort Kent’s bicentennial.

From our Files – Week of May 11, 2020

50 Years Ago -- May 14, 1970 Student Of The Month At Fashion School -- Gail LeBrun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emile LeBrun of Van Buren, has been named student of the month at Bernard’s School of Hair Fashion in Lewiston, Maine. Miss LeBrun is a 1969 graduate of Van Buren District High School.

From our Files – Week of May 4, 2020

50 Years Ago -- May 7, 1970 Scout Receives ‘Eagle’ At Honor Court -- Steve Young received the Eagle Award, the highest a Boy Scout can attain, when Troop 190 held a Court of Honor last Thursday at St. Thomas School. Ray Forest, district Scout executive, made the presentation.

From our Files – Week of April 27, 2020

50 Years Ago -- April 30, 1970 Friends honor organist at farewell party -- Mrs. Elizabeth Arseneault left Wednesday for Rumford, Maine where she will reside in the future.

From our Files – Week of April 20, 2020

50 Years Ago -- April 23, 1970 Headstart has sweet visit -- Van Buren Headstart children sampled maple sugar on an outing they took recently to Caron’s Maple Sugar Camp at St. Quentin, N.B. last Thursday.

From Our Files – Week of April 13, 2020

50 Years Ago -- April 16, 1970 Van Buren youth clean up town -- On the day after the nation observes “Earth Day,” over 400 youth in SAD 24 will march through the town of Van Buren armed with mops and brooms, rags and window cleaner, to express their thanks to adults by cleaning the town.

From our Files – Week of April 6, 2020

50 Years Ago -- April 9, 1970 Madawaska tax increase for 1970 -- The total tax increase for the town will be about two mills, according to town treasurer Mrs. Martha Dufour. “This will bring the total to about 78 mills per $1,000 valuation,” she further explained.

From our Files – Week of April 1, 2020

50 Years Ago -- April 2, 1970 Salutatorian -- Robert Corriveau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Corriveau of Keegan, has been named salutatorian of the 1970 graduating class of the University of Maine at Orono and will participate in commencement exercises with valedictorian Roger Hanscom of Brewer.

From our Files – Week of March 25, 2020

Mr. and Mrs. Jos Bolduc of Van Buren, who have such a successful venture of their Borderview Home for the elderly, are considering expanding their business by buying the dormitory belonging to the Daughters of Wisdom in St. Agatha, and turning it into a home for senior citizens. Sylvio Michaud, director of the St. John Valley Development Corporation, introduced Bolduc to St. Agatha residents and explained the possibilities of such a venture.

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