75 Years Ago – September 22, 1949
Folk Dance Festival To Be Held At Recreation Center — The Recreation Department announces a Folk Dance Festival at the Center for four days, September27-30th. This Festival is being sponsored by the Houlton P.T.A. ‘s, the Woman’s Club, and the Recreation Center. The purpose of the festival is to become better acquainted with folk dancing and square dancing. The Recreation Center would like to have folk and square dance parties at least once a month at the Center for the adults. This type of dancing is lively, colorful, and enjoyable. It is not a new type of dancing, in fact it has a long and interesting history.
Ruth Receives Promotion — Frank H. Daggett, vice-president and general manager of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, has announced the appointment of Samuel P. Ruth, formerly of Houlton to the position of Superintendent Car Service with offices in Bangor. Mr. Ruth entered service with the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in January 1929 as messenger in the Engineering Department in Houlton; subsequently serving in the Operating Department as clerk stenographer in Caribou and as a Clerk in the office of the Superintendent of the Northern Division in Houlton. He was transferred to Bangor in May 1942 as chief clerk in the office of the superintendent of the southern division and served in this office until his present promotion.
50 Years Ago – October 30, 1974
Campaign Aims At Sending 300 Youngsters To Camp — A unique fund-raising campaign aimed at sending 300 Maine children to camp in perpetuity is off to a good start and gaining momentum. The $750,000 fund raising drive launched by the Susan L. Curtis Foundation in Portland last month has received $150,000 in pledges as of mid-October. The money is going into a perpetual endowment program, the Susan Curtis Endowment Fund, to send Maine children aged 7-13 to Camp Susan Curtis in East Stoneham. The fund-raising campaign will culminate December 12 in Augusta with a testimonial dinner for Governor Kenneth M. Curtis, after whose late daughter the Foundation and Camp are named. The lovely campsite located on Trout Lake near the White Mountain National Forest is the realization of several years of planning and dreaming by compassionate Maine citizens and officials.
‘73 Potato Price Led To Record Cash Farm Income — Maine Potato Farmers enjoyed the best prices for their produce in nearly a decade which contributed substantially to the 1973 record Maine Cash Farm Income of $407,216,000, according to figures released by the Maine Department of Agriculture.
25 Years Ago – November 3, 1999
Feeney Resigns As Principal — Houlton High School Principal Joseph Feeney resigned Monday after a more than 20 year career as a teacher and administrator in the SAD 29 school system. Feeney will start his new position of principal/superintendent in the Pownal school district, located on the Freeport border, on Jan. 2. Feeney will also work with the school board, handle budgeting, as well as duties within the k-8 elementary school and oversee the Special Education Department.
Vital Pathways Recognized — Vital Pathways has been recognized by the state for its outstanding community volunteer efforts. The organization was one of 73 to receive the “1999 Maine’s 100 Award” presented at a “Celebration of Service” dinner Oct. 4 at the Augusta Civic Center. Jennifer Connolly, chairman of the Governor’s Service Awards Committee, said the Maine’s 100 Award has been in existence for five years. “It’s given for outstanding volunteer service in a community,” she said. Connolly said Vital Pathways was actually considered for the governor’s award for business as well.
