YESTERDAY

As reported in the Bangor Daily News

10 years ago — date, 1984

Reynold Perry and a structured agenda defused on Monday what promised to turn into a disorderly, emotional repeat of the last Bangor council meeting here, when townspeople rallied against the prospect of a solid waste incinerator being built in their town. Perry, chairman of the Penobscot Valley Solid Waste Project, told a crowd of about 160 Monday, “We’re not going to debate anything … anybody who’s out there ready for a good fight, it’s not going to be with me. That’s for sure.” Perry said he intended not to argue but clear up some “misconceptions” about the regional solid-waste project which has the backing of 22 communities in eastern Maine.

It’s called the Project 1990 Ad Hoc Committee, and its job, simply stated, is to determine where Brewer has been, where it is now, and where it hopes to be in the future. And if that challenge isn’t enough, the group is expected to submit its all-encompassing report to the mayor, with a hefty list of recommendations, by July. The 1990 Committee was formed in February to scrutinize every aspect of life in Brewer. Membership is diverse, and includes about 16 people from almost every walk of life — those who live in Brewer and those who work there each day.

25 years ago — date, 1969

Many boys who have never known what it is like to have a father or an older brother will be given the chance to enjoy the rewards of male companionship through the efforts of a stepped-up Big Brother program that has been in existence on a small scale for a few years but has never had a full-time director until now. Carroll Moutfort has been named executive director of the Big Brother organization in this area. He has received a B.A. in history and an M.S. in guidance counseling form the University of Maine.

The Bangor City Administration will begin its move Thursday into the new city hall building, the former post office on Harlow Street. City Clerk Jay E. Alley, in the absence of City Manager Merle Goff, said Tuesday that several departments would move Thursday and Friday of this week. City Hall will be closed to the public those two days for the moving job. Several departments will remain at the old building until next week.

50 years ago — date, 1944

Because Red Cross War Fund totals last night had reached 96.7 percent of quota, the $125,610 tabulated in late returns was so near to the $130,000 goal that Chapter Chairman Sherman N. Shumway, in a telegram to Red Cross headquarters in New York, assured the New York War Fund leaders that Penobscot County would meet the 1944 quota. Many Penobscot communities, including several that are now well over quota, have reported that Red Cross benefits are scheduled for today and during the early part of next week.