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From our Files – Week of October 12, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Oct. 12, 1972 Hope for local employment office -- A note of optimism entered the picture concerning the possible closing of the Madawaska and Houlton Maine Employment Security Offices.

From our Files – Week of October 5, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Oct. 5, 1972 Van Buren ends search for doctor -- Van Buren has finally found a doctor to fill the vacancy made in the town’s medical service when Dr. Sanfacon left Van Buren Sept. 17, 1972. The new doctor is Dr. William Chan.

From our Files – Week of September 28, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Sept. 28, 1972 Building bridges -- Work on the $1.5 million international bridge project between Van Buren and St. Leonard has been progressing according to schedule. The cement work on the upper structure of the bridge started in early September 1972 and continued for about two weeks.

From our Files – Week of September 21, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Sept. 21, 1972 Dolls for needy -- Mrs. Omer Dionne of Fort Kent has been collecting old dolls. With the help of Mrs. Raoul Corriveau and her daughter, the old dolls are touched up, dressed with new clothes made by Mrs. Dionne and Mrs. Corriveau, and made pretty. The dolls will be distributed at Christmas to low income children.

From our Files – Week of September 14, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Sept. 14, 1972 Sister leaves Valley -- After having served as a teacher of French for the past six years, Sr. Dolores Pelletier has left the Valley to prepare for a new form of service within the church.

From our Files – Week of September 7, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Sept. 7, 1972 Enrollment down -- Early enrollment figures for Madawaska’s elementary schools (grades K-6) show a decrease of 68 students when compared with last year’s September report. The largest drop in enrollment is to be found in the primary grades, especially in kindergarten and grade one.

From our Files – Week of August 24, 2022

50 Years Ago -- Aug. 24, 1972 Direct dialing -- Beginning Sunday, Oct. 1, 1972, Valley residents will be able to dial station-to-station long distance calls themselves without going through the operator. This service will be provided by both New England Telephone and Continental Telephone. The service will be available to the people of Madawaska, Grand Isle, Van Buren, Frenchville, St. Francis and Fort Kent.

From our Files – Week of August 17, 2022

50 Years Ago -- August 17, 1972 Going, going, gone -- McDonald’s Site -- The Picard house on the corner of Main and Mill streets literally bit the dust last week in 1972, to make way for the McDonald’s hamburger establishment that will be under construction soon.

From our Files – Week of August 10, 2022

50 Years Ago -- August 10, 1972 Madawaska service league all-stars -- The Madawaska Service League All-Stars traveled to Presque Isle Aug. 10, 1972, to compete in a single-elimination tournament. The members of the Madawaska team were Andrew Page, Kevin Sirois, Jim Meyers, Mike Lavoie, Don Violette, Tom Guerrette, Mike Morin, Dennis Collins, Darryl Pelletier, Greg Campbell, Jim Hachey, Ron Pratt, Ernie Colemand and Jeff Cyr.

From our Files – Week of August 3, 2022

50 Years Ago -- August 3, 1972 Getting it done -- Work was being done on the new shopping center going up on Fox Street in Madawaska. Irwin Cooperman of Boston, Massachusetts, who is in charge of leasing the facilities to merchants, reports that the Zayre’s store is scheduled to open in November 1972.

From our Files – Week of July 27, 2022

50 Years Ago -- July 27, 1972 Cyr was honored at a banquet -- Raoul Cyr of Madawaska was recognized at a banquet held July 2, 1972, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Close to 200 people attended the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event honoring Cyr on his retirement as postmaster of the Madawaska Post Office.

From our Files – Week of July 20, 2022

50 Years Ago -- July 20, 1972 Three sets of twins attend Wallagrass School -- Three sets of twins will be entering Wallagrass Elementary School in the fall of 1972. This is unusual since the school has a small enrollment in grades K through 6. The twins are Kevin and Sharon Coulombe, Janet and Janice Belanger, and Ronald and Donald Daigle.

From our Files – Week of July 13, 2022

50 Years Ago -- July 13, 1972 Television tower awaiting assembly -- “It’s like having a car with no wheels,” said Madawaska town manager Louis Cyr of the arrival of the 300-foot-plus television tower and its impending construction. Cyr’s point is that the question of whether or not the tower will be operational in the near future depends upon the actions of Maine Microwave.

From our Files – Week of July 6, 2022

50 Years Ago -- July 13, 1972 Madawaska bus drivers participate in a workshop -- Bus drivers participated in a safety workshop conducted in 1972 by Reno Deprey, a driver education instructor at Madawaska High School.

From our Files – Week of June 29, 2022

50 Years Ago -- June 29, 1972 Airport nears the end of construction -- After five years of planning and work, the Northern Maine Regional Airport is finally becoming a reality. The airport is expected to be ready for operation by July 22, 1972. Construction is entering its final stages.

From our Files – Week of June 22, 2022

50 Years Ago -- June 22, 1972 Van Buren-St. Leonard bridge construction -- The reconstruction of the bridge resumed in May of 1972. The new bridge will be 10 feet higher in the center than the original and will be four feet higher on the ends.

From our Files – Week of June 15, 2022

50 Years Ago -- June 15, 1972 Daigle graduated from Hope -- Cecile Daigle graduated from Hope School in June of 1972 and was presented with a trophy and a scroll plaque by the staff. Her classmates baked her a cake and all the students and staff members had lunch with Cecile before she left the school.

From our Files – Week of June 8, 2022

50 Years Ago -- June 8, 1972 Musical Nadeaus -- The “Nadeau Family” of Van Buren will furnish the music for the eighth-grade graduation dance to be held Thursday, June 15, 1972, at the Fort Kent Elementary School gym. The Nadeau Family were the top winners of the amateur hour show held at Fort Kent last month. The Nadeau Family are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nadeau of Van Buren.

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