10 years ago – Aug. 21, 1998

(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

BANGOR – It’s not just how many minutes you save with a helicopter – it’s what you do with the minutes you get. That’s the clearest benefit of the high-tech critical care helicopter that has made its debut at Eastern Maine Medical Center, according to Dr. Norm Dinerman, chief of emergency medicine at EMMC.

Maine is the last state in the union to have such an airborne transport system, Dinerman said. While Maine’s vast rural setting makes it an ideal candidate for such a system, the state’s historical poverty has been a major obstacle for funding it. On the other hand, it has not been economically feasible to fully equip rural hospitals with all the latest technology.

The solution at hand, said Dinerman, is LifeFlight of Maine.

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ORONO – Morse Field at Alfond Stadium is likely to be referred to as “the football field” for as long as the facility occupies its spot on the north end of the University of Maine campus.

The Black Bears hope to attract thousands of football fans to the pristine Astroturf playing field and the majestic grandstand on fall Saturdays for years to come.

Coach Terry Kix and the members of the UM field hockey team don’t seem to mind the football label, no matter how inaccurate. They are aware that the new facility would be only a dream had it not been for the university’s commitment to better comply with the requirements of Title IX gender equity laws by providing a facility that catered in part to women’s sports.

25 years ago – Aug. 21, 1983

BANGOR – William Cupp, Bangor voice teacher and the director of 17 musical productions, received a visit from a former theatrical comrade during a testimonial dinner at Pilots Grill.

David Hartman, host of ABC television’s “Good Morning, America” show, flew to Bangor for a two-hour visit with his former music director.

He praised Cupp and said Cupp got him started in his career by giving him the lead in a 1959 production of “Oklahoma” at Dow Air Force Base.

As a tribute to his former director, Hartman played a homemade recording of his daughter, Bridget, 3, warbling the song “Surry with the Fringe on Top” from the popular musical.

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BREWER – There’s just something about four days of live country music with more than 40 hours of performance by 20 or more name country acts.

Dick Stacy’s Country Music Festival will go on, rain or shine, at Brewer’s Doyle Field. The lineup includes Eddie Rabbitt, Hank Snow, Dick Curless, Johnny Paycheck, Porter Wagoner, Barbara Fairchild backed up by the Nashville Kitty Kats, Freddie Hart, Dave Mallett, Eddie Eastman and John Gold.

Many of the names of the other entertainers will be familiar to those who watch Stacy’s Country Jamboree. Charlie Tenen will present music by the Misty Mountaineers, the Hooper Family, Dave Dalton, Easy Ed and the Drifters, Stars of the Jamboree and special guest Slim Clark.

50 years ago – Aug. 21, 1958

BREWER – D. Clarence Kiah was named to an executive position with Eastern Corp. Kiah was named assistant sales manager of the company.

A native of Brewer, Kiah graduated from Brewer High School and from Bliss Electrical School in Washington. Since joining Eastern 25 years ago, he worked in the manufacturing and finishing departments of the paper mill and served in various positions in the paper mill operating office, gaining considerable experience in the working knowledge of processing stages that orders undergo from the paper machine to the actual loading for shipment. He then entered the sales department as resident sales representative, handling the guest house program whereby Eastern merchants and their customers are acquainted with the step-by-step process involved in the making of pulp and paper.

In 1956 Kiah was promoted to manager of mill sales and in 1957 he was appointed to the newly created position of manager of the order service department.

He is a member of the Kiwanis Club and Sales Executive Club. He is married to the former Katherine A. Samways of Brewer. Mr. and Mrs. Kiah have four children: David, now residing in Boston; and Annemarie, Daniel and Donald.

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BANGOR – A national trade magazine, Firemen, published by the National Fire Protection Association, in its August edition carried a Bangor Daily News photo of the blazing Snow and Nealley Co. foundry. The photograph was taken by NEWS staff photographer Danny Maher. The empty factory was destroyed June 18 by flames.

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HAMPDEN – Alison Duckett on Brown Rocket, Braley Gray on Morgan’s Pride, Carol Inforati on Rex and Linda Frost on Golden Boy – all members of the Penobscot Pony Club – went through their paces in preparation for a horse show and gymkhana in Hampden.

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BANGOR – Mrs. Dana Brown of Palmdale, Calif., was among the contenders to advance in the U.S. Amateur Golf championship. There are 16 golfers in competition after the fifth round of elimination.

Mrs. Brown is the former Evelyn Rice of Bangor and is a well-known Maine amateur golfer. She is the former Maine amateur champion and winner of the women’s golf championship five years in a row at the Penobscot Valley Country Club. Mrs. Brown scored a 1-up, 19-hole victory over Patricia Hahn of Wilmington, Del., in the fourth round.

100 years ago – Aug. 21, 1908

BANGOR – Exhibitors are already beginning to arrive for the Bangor fair, and an army of men is at work at the grounds getting everything in readiness. Every inch of space along the popular Midway is taken. The display of cattle and dairy products this year is larger than ever and the machinery building will be taxed to capacity.

Something entirely new in the entertainment line will be the two recitals on the great organ in the auditorium by Miss Mae Silsby.

Another novel attraction will be a bona fide Filipino village in the Midway.

Season tickets, entitling the holder to grandstand seats, are now on sale for $1.50.

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GREEN LAKE – Ebon Merrill, an old resident of this place who went to Nome, Alaska, seven years ago, and who had been given up for dead, has been located 20 miles from the post office in Nome, Alaska.

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BUCKSPORT – Some of the businessmen of the town are trying their hand at farming, the raising of potatoes attracting many of them.

Mr. Dinsmore of the Dinsmore Shoe Co. thought he would give his attention to some other crop. He is the owner of a lot of land on the shore of Silver Lake, and he thought the soil was just right for a good crop of beans. He planted four acres with old-fashioned yellow eyes. They are now looking fine and attract the attention of all who pass. The bushes are well-filled with beans and the crop has been estimated at 125 bushels or more.

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MILFORD – The new kindling mill to be erected in Milford by A.H. Gardner of New York is much discussed. The work on the building will give employment to several carpenters and builders, and when the mill gets in running order it is expected that between 30 and 40 men will be employed continuously. At any rate, it will be a new industry for Milford and will give this hustling little town quite a boost.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin