September 24, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

The “Coconut Heads & Gooney Hens” Christmas Island Task Forces of World War II Christmas Island, Central Pacific, APO 915, will hold a reunion Sept. 13-16, at Cooperstown, N.Y. For information, contact Ernest Garrels, 402 Linn St., Benson, Ill. 61516.

M.E. Fall of 28 James St., Bangor 04401, wants to exchange two pink, red or white peonies for eight Nicatous potatoes for immediate planting. Telephone, 947-4897.

Bangor High School Class of 1945 will celebrate its 45th class reunion Saturday, July 21, at Alamoosook Lodge in Orland. Committee members have been unable to locate the current addresses of several classmates. Anyone with information on fellow classmates may call Betty Larsen at 825-3771, Jane Knight at 866-5612 or Joan Rosie at 947-8853, or write to the Class of 1945, 58 Eighteenth St., Bangor 04401.

Louise Snow of Penobscot has 15 records by Ronnie Libby of Charleston to give to anyone who calls or picks them up. Telephone, 326-8822.

June Guymon of 684 North 200 West, Logan, Utah 84321, is compiling a Tucker family history and is looking for information on a Polly Tucker who married David Ellenwood Corliss about 1798. She may have been the daughter of either Josiah Tucker or of Daniel and Dorcas Tucker, and probably was born in Cherryfield. Any stories, facts, dates or other information regarding these people would be appreciated.

Gilfred and June Vickers of Brownville Junction will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house given by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at the Brownville Junction High School Alumni Building. Mass will be said in honor of the couple at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Brownville Junction.

Former members of the 4060 Air Refueling Wing, Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, (71 Air Refueling and 341 Air Refueling) from 1951 to 1964 are trying to plan a reunion for September in Bangor, but they need help from fellow airmen on setting the date. Possible dates are Sept. 28-30 or an alternate date in early November in Las Vegas. Send your responses to either Jim Evertee, 1615 Woodcrest Land, Carrollton, Texas 75006, (214-242-1932) or Roger Holmes, 7714 Hartman, San Antonio, Texas 78209 (512-824-4709), and please include name, spouse’s name, address and telephone number in correspondence. For more information on the reunion contact Peter D’Errico at Bangor International Airport Department, Bangor 04401; telephone, 947-0381.

Annie Duran will celebrate her 92nd birthday on May 23, and it would mean a lot to her to hear from her old friends. She resides with her daughter, Margaret Higgins, at Box 390, Charleston 04422.

Some 2-month-old kittens need new homes. The kittens are box trained, and there are yellow and gray ones. The owners would like to have the twins kept together. Call 827-3535.

Five kittens need good homes. Three are long-haired and buff colored and two are gray. The kittens are box trained. Call the L&A Store on the Hudson Road in Glenburn.


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