(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

10 years ago – July 22 1994

BANGOR – A Bangor chiropractor appears to have found a way to determine whether people with chronic pain actually are improving from their treatments.

The technique could help doctors and insurers determine whether patients are truly hurt or feigning injury.

“Separating true pain patients from patients who believe they have pain, or patients who have no pain but are malingering, has always been a challenge for doctors, insurers and others working in the Workers’ Compensation area,” said Moshe Myerowitz, who devoted more than two years to the research.

Myerowitz said the research underwent a thorough peer review process and has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.

“Here we are in Bangor, Maine – a rural area, not Harvard Medical School – and we’re talking about a project that could have ramifications over the entire country,” said the chiropractor.

Myerowitz uses a technique called scanning surface myography to measure electrical activity in the muscles of patients who complained of such spine-related nerve problems as numbness or tingling in the neck, arm, lower back or legs.

The hand-held device, linked to a computer, shows the intensity of spasms in a muscle, according to Myerowitz.

25 years ago – July 22, 1979

BANGOR – “It was a bad day yesterday, but it could have been worse.”

Capt. Larry Kissinger ought to know. For two tense hours Saturday afternoon he circled Bangor International Airport while he and his crew of four tried everything they knew in efforts to get the left main landing gear to come down.

Kissinger was finally forced to bring the Convair 880 down on the right wheel and nose gear, and land on a foamed-down runway in what observers said was one of the most brilliant pieces of flying seen at BIA in a long time.

With emergency procedures in effect at the airport, Kissinger brought the plane down without injury, without causing a fire and without doing much damage to the craft.

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BANGOR – Last July 20, Fred Trimm of Bangor stood up after a noon meal at the state armory here and told his classmates he had never dreamed of celebrating his 30th birthday “in a place like this.”

Trimm, then a full-time supply sergeant for the 112th Medical Company, was spending two weeks as a student, or candidate, at the Maine Army National Guard’s Non-Commissioned Officers’ Leadership School.

On Friday, Trimm celebrated his 31st birthday at the same place but “sitting on the other side of the table.”

He’s what they call a TAC sergeant, one of three at the school designed to develop men and women of the Maine Army National Guard into qualified NCOs in two short weeks.

50 years ago – July 22, 1954

BANGOR – Attendance at the weekly meetings of the Bangor-Brewer Lions Club has shown considerable improvement during the past few weeks, according to club officers. The reason for the sudden upsurge in attendance is credited to a unique weekly raffle in which only members not present have a chance to win – or lose.

Each week one member of the club who did not attend a meeting or make a previous excuse wins custody of a live pig. He must feed and care for the porker until the next meeting. He can get rid of it only by attending a meeting and passing the task on to another member.

The custodian of the pig for the coming week is William Smith, who won the dubious honor at the club’s weekly luncheon meeting at the Penobscot Hotel. Smith inherited the pig from Armand Andrle, who in turn received it from Milton Beverage.

From all reports, the pig is thriving on the plan. Club members haven’t decided yet what they will do with the pig when it is full-grown.

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BANGOR – Mrs. Louise Page, telephone operator at Dow AFB, was presented a cash award by Col. Robert Layton, base commander.

Mrs. Page received a $50 check for designing a switchboard key guard, which will safeguard an operator from breaking any toll call requiring uninterrupted service. It also enables the operator to remain in the same position while the call is received.

Before Mrs. Page’s key guard was put into operation, if a break was caused, it would require from five to eight minutes to restore the connection and necessitate the operator changing position while the call was being received.

The key guard was adopted by the awards committee and has been in operation since March.

Mrs. Page resides at 149 Warren St., Bangor.

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ORONO – Four University of Maine students from the Bangor area, who are in the public management course, are getting some practical experience this summer working as interns to Maine town and city managers. They are learning first-hand what makes the wheels of municipal government go ’round, and in addition they will do other chores for their summer bosses. These may include such projects as mapmaking, ordinance revision, and highway and sewer construction.

Participating in the summer program are:

Roland Dubay of Old Town, at Old Town under Manager Archer Scribner.

Ralph Eye of Bangor, at Bangor under Manager Joseph Coupal.

Lloyd Rowe of Brewer, at Brewer under Manager Roland Stewart.

Richard Meyer of Bangor, at Augusta out of the office of the governor.

100 years ago – July 22, 1904

BUCKSPORT – Following is a list of some the photographs recently received from the Library Art Club and placed in Buck Memorial Library. They are of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, 1900, with scenery of upper Bavaria and are very beautiful: Village of Oberammagau, Street in Oberammagau with the church, Street in Oberammagau showing the manner of painting their houses and The Kofe [Alp, 4,335 feet high] with cross on the summit.

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BUCKSPORT – A large number attended the recital given by Arthur Beaupre of Bangor and were much pleased with the work of this talented young artist. The program was given wholly from memory and was most beautifully rendered. Many thanks are due Miss Lillian Ames, through whose instrumentality so many were given the great privilege of hearing Mr. Beaupre.

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HAMPDEN – The Christian Endeavor Summer School is growing in numbers, but it does not need to grow in interest so far as teachers and pupils are concerned, for as one lady put it, the teachers themselves become pupils when not on the platform.

After devotional exercises, Miss Koch with her pleasant smile steps forward. A lesson in recitation had been assigned and each does the best possible.

“Have you noticed the nicety with which a certain one of the instructors addresses us, his language and the command of the English language?” she asks. “It is the careful attention to little things that gives this effect.”

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin