Members of the Curry family who have visited the Curry homestead during the Summerfest activities include Phil and Polly Curry of Pine Point; Alan and Terri England, of Orrington; Carole Varney of Bangor; and Eddie Webb of Winterport.
Other visitors were Gary Springer, Texas, Charles and Joan Pelkey and family, Minnesota, Donna Pelkey, North Carolina and Barry Pelkey, South Portland. During the week visits were made to Josephine Curry and daughter, Susan and Ellen and also to “Tat” Springer in Houlton and to Kathleen McManus in Patten. All have since returned to their homes after enjoying all the Summerfest activities.
New fall hours at the Katahdin Public Library will begin on Sept. 3. The new hours are Monday 9 a.m. to noon and 1-6 p.m.; Tuesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Thursday 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. This is a change as it will no longer be open on Wednesdays. The library will be closed for lunch on Monday and Thursday, but not on Tuesdays. A children’s reading time will be held each Thursday beginning Sept. 5 at 10:30 a.m. for preschool children and this will include a half hour of stories and coloring.
The library has wireless access, three on-line computers, printing and copying, a genealogy area, local history items and books by local authors. Contact rdrew@katahdin.lib.me.us. The Historical Society will hold a two-day yard sale on Friday-Saturday, Aug. 23-24 on the grounds of the society from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. On Friday there will also be a food sale, so come and browse around and to also get some good home baked goodies. Mrs. Phyllis Jenkins and daughter, Riva, from New Hampshire have returned home after spending a few days with Riva. While here they enjoyed touring around the area, checking the family camp on Mattawamkeag Lake and meeting old friends, and eating in the local restaurants.
I finally put some sunflower seeds in one of my feeders hoping that the little birds will find them, but alas, I checked it out later in the day and there was a big gray squirrel eating every single seed just as fast as he could and he soon had cleaned the feeder. Needless to say, I am not doing that again — not until the weather gets cooler, anyways. I was happy to see late one afternoon a deer and her two fawns grazing in my back yard. the fawns were having a wonderful time leaping and chasing one another until the mother finally got them into the woods and out of sight.
