(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

10 years ago – Oct. 21, 1994

BANGOR – Two guide dogs raised locally in Greater Bangor graduated recently with their new owners from Guiding Eyes for the Blind, one of the nation’s leading guide dog training schools.

Guide dog Vaughn, raised by Bobbie White of Levant, a volunteer puppy raiser, recently graduated from the training school with new owner Maryann Gilliard of Schenectady, N.Y.

Guide dog Hadar, raised by Debbie Tatham of Newburgh, another volunteer puppy raiser, recently graduated with new owner John Gardner of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit organization, has been providing visually impaired people in the United States with guide dogs since 1954. From breeding to graduation, it costs almost $25,000 to prepare and match a blind person with a guide dog.

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INDIAN ISLAND – Island residents will hold a fund-raising dinner at the Indian Island Elementary School, followed by entertainment from Voices of the Dawn and the Welch Everman-Jay Bregman Jazz Ensemble from the University of Maine.

The fund-raiser will benefit reconstruction of the old elementary school, which had been used as the Kateri Family Center since a new school was built.

The refurbished building will house a multiuse recreational, community service center.

Most of the project has been completed, except for two rooms and electrical work.

Organizers hope their project will be entered in the USA Today “Make a Difference Day” competition.

25 years ago – Oct. 21, 1979

BREWER – Brewer High School Principal Malcolm Doble announced that Kyle R. Kirkland is the winner of the Century III Leaders Scholarship. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirkland of Brewer.

The 17-year-old senior is eligible to compete with other high school seniors throughout Maine for two $1,500 scholarships, two $500 scholarships and a $10,000 national scholarship that will be awarded at a conference of state winners in Willimasburg, Va.

Runners up in the competition are Katherine Davis, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis; Richard Ruhlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ruhlin; and Amy Banks, daughter of Mrs. Ronald Banks.

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BANGOR – “What will be the impact of the arms build up on humankind and the environment?” is the question that will be explored at the Conference on Arms Limitation at the Hammond Street Congregational Church.

The conference will provide information to the people of Maine and neighboring states on the nuclear arms race dilemma. Speakers will include U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie; the Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr., minister of the Riverside Church of New York City; and Dr. Betty Lall, professor of economics at Cornell University.

In addition to their presentations, there will be exhibits, question periods, a panel discussion, area group meetings, and a service of celebration led by Noel Paul Stookey and the Common Ground Dance Company.

50 years ago – Oct. 21, 1954

BANGOR – Mrs. Jack Littlefield was elected president of the Y-Wives Club at a meeting held at the YWCA. Other officers named were Mrs. Robert Basbos, secretary, and Mrs. Robert Blake, treasurer.

The group met at the “Y” and left their children and then had a free morning for shopping. During the afternoon the group worked on copper and other handicrafts.

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BANGOR – More than $200 was netted by the Bangor Parents Music Association in the presentation of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre, it was reported at a meeting of the organization. The money will be used to purchase musical equipment for the various Bangor High School musical groups.

It also was announced that a new Scotch drum has been purchased for the band.

Sonja Brown was rewarded as the student who sold the greatest number of tickets to the marionette show.

New members Mrs. Harold Epstein, Mrs. Fletcher Brown and Mrs. John Wibby were welcomed at the meeting.

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ORONO – State Police Sgt. Harold B. Carson of Bangor, who has announced his intention to retire after 34 years’ service, was honored by present and past associates at an informal gathering at the Farnsworth Cafe in Orono.

In addition to members of Troop E of Orono, to which Sargent Carson has been assigned in recent years, a number of out-of-town guests were on hand for the presentation of a traveling bag to the retiring officer.

Heading the guest list was Col. Robert Marx of Augusta, chief of the Maine State Police.

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ORONO – Nearly a hundred Maine publishers, editors and working newspapermen are expected on the University of Maine campus this week to observe Maine Newspaper Day.

They will hear, at the annual Newspaper Forum, three speakers nationally recognized in the field of American journalism:

Donald M. Murray, 1954 Pulitzer Prize winner and editorial writer for the Boston Herald, a forceful speaker, on “The New Role of the Editorial Page;” Herbert Brucker, well-known editor of the Hartford Courant and author and spokesman for the American press in the field of freedom of information, on “A Look at the Press Today;” and May Craig, Washington and worldwide correspondent for Maine’s Gannett Newspapers, on “Today’s Problems in Europe.” She recently returned from a tour of the European continent.

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ORONO – Two experienced engineers will be speakers at the joint meeting of the Maine Subsection and the University of Maine Institute of Electrical Engineers at UMaine.

Visiting engineers who will be the speakers are E.R. Coop, assistant district engineer, Southern District of the New England Electric System, Providence, R.I., and Bert W. Whitehurst, manager of the Titanium Division of Hawkridge Brothers Co., Boston.

Coop will discuss “Overhead Distribution Lines and Protective Equipment.” The subject matter will include methods of meeting future load growth in the installation of capacitors, regulators, or combinations of these. There also will be a discussion of some of the more promising designs for overhead distribution lines that will be less vulnerable to storm damage.

Whitehurst will discuss the “Engineering Profession.” He has had broad experience as a professional engineer in industry with Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., in the atomic field and in connection with the Professional Engineering Association.

100 years ago – Oct. 21, 1904

ORONO – The supper given by the ladies of the Congregational Church at the church vestry was greatly enjoyed by a very large company of guests. During the supper, fine music was discoursed by the orchestra of four pieces, which was an innovation at a church supper in this place and a very enjoyable one.

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ORONO – The annual supper, social and business meeting of the Nehemiah Guild of the Methodist Church was a very successful occasion. About 80 members of the guild sat down to a supper prepared and served by the men of the guild in a manner that did great justice to the aforesaid chefs and waiters.

The menu was fish chowder and all the trimmings. After the supper, several fine speeches were made by H.J. Woods, Mrs. Arthur Cole, the Rev. H.B. Haskell and Professor J.H. Huddilston. Mrs. Zelma Dike favored the company with a song, “Good Bye,” which she sang in a most pleasing manner.

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ORONO – Orono High School football team lined up against the Bangor High School eleven at Maplewood Park. The resulting score was 12 to 0 in favor of the Bangor team.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin