News from the Island Falls area and beyond

Marion and Don Burton have arrived from their California home to spend the summer months at their cottage on Upper Mattawamkeag Lake. Both are former residents of the area and look forward to their summers here. Maurine Hannaford has returned home to Kennebunk after spending several days with her aunt, Riva Hawkes. Maurine is the daughter of the late Mike and Shirley (Donham) Harrison and a former resident.
Got a call from Brenda (Webb) Willette the other day and she has received a phone call recently from Kenny Oiler who is on his third deployment to Iraq. He is with Company 126 of the Air National Guard and is hoping to get leave sometime in November.
Island Falls Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet and reunion Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. at the municipal building. The secretary is seeking addresses and/or status of the following: Mary Hillman Amrein, Mary Dow Baker, Ella Wardell Gaudir, Dawn Payson, Safford, John Bagley, Robert Dumont, Gail Herbert Pickett, Patrick Michaud, Elizabeth Watson, Ressie Watson Buzzato, George Neunaber, Edda Hayden, Mary Stanley and Michael Porter. Please send information to Rebecca Drew 173 Belveredere Rd., Island Falls, Me. 04747.
My menagerie has shriveled to a few gold finch and the red polls. Have seen one deer in the past two weeks and that happened while my niece was here. She was very pleased to spot the deer while sitting by the picture window when the doe came out of the woods. Ran out with some old bread I had and the next morning it was gone. Unfortunately, it rained about all the time she was here but we did get in some shopping and ate out every day, usually meeting old friends and having a mini-reunion with them. My garden is growing pretty good — even have two small tomatoes on one plant. I am still seeing the black cat in the barn and he keeps busy trying to get my birds. Had a few pigeons in my front yard but, they were soon sent flying by my neighbors little cat as he was determined to try and get them all. Thank heaven they haven’t been back.