YESTERDAY …
10 years ago — Feb. 19, 2005
(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)
BANGOR — After more than 10 years, Jeff Wahlstrom is stepping down as president of United Way off Eastern Maine. Under his low-profile leadership, the organization has more than doubled its annual contributions, redefined its mission and established a more effective way to support the hardscrabble region it serves.
Wahlstrom announced his resignation to his board of directors this week, but will stay on until his successor is named and ready to take over.
Most comfortable behind the scenes of the projects he’s involved in, Wahlstrom is quick to credit the upfront talents of his staff, the vision of his board, and the resourceful nature of Eastern Maine’s nonprofit community with the many successes of his tenure.
25 years ago — Feb. 19, 1990
CASTINE — “Looking for a Ship,” a new book by John McPhee, will feature Maine Maritime Academy professor G. Andrew Chase as one of its central characters.
Chase was the second mate aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes in 1988 when McPhee joined the ship for 40-day voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Valparaiso, Chile. McPhee focused on Chase and on the ship’s captain as a way of portraying life in the merchant Marine.
Chase graduated from MMA in 1979 and has sailed worldwide on commercial ships. He serves as an assistant professor of nautical science at the college and is the skipper of the academy’s schooner, Bowdoin
BANGOR — Dozens of alumni of the neonatal unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center gathered for their annual meeting, gripping balloons and checking out a year’s growth.
The assembly marked the 10th anniversary of the meetings of those who spent the first few days of their lives in the Hilda C. Rosen Neonatal Special Care Unit.
The center was started in 1982 and serves babies from all over the state, according to June Lane, director of the unit.
BANGOR — First place winner in the 1990 Maine Cup design competition sponsored by Florist Transworld Delivery was Bill Sheehan, owner of Lougee and Frederick’s florists in Bangor.
50 years ago — Feb. 19, 1965
BANGOR — Barbara Sproul of Bangor was crowned Snow Queen at the Husson College frosty fantasy dance, climaxing the winter carnival at the school.
Miss Sproul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sproul, was elected by the student body. She is a freshman in the department of secretarial science.
Mu Sigma Chi fraternity won first place in the snow sculpture, a large St. Bernard. Kappa Delta Phi fraternity placed second with Donald Duck, followed by Bell Hall coeds and Snoopy.
The winter carnival was the first on the Husson campus.
BREWER — The board of directors and trustees of the Brewer Public Library Association acknowledged through president Mrs. Agnes Ames, the receipt of a legacy of $18,007.38, one half of the residue of the estate of Miss Charlotte Hardy.
Miss Hardy stipulates that income, only, from this fund shall be used and that it shall be known as the Fanny Hardy Eckstorm Fund.
Fanny Hardy Eckstorm, was born in Brewer, attended Brewer schools, Abbott Academy in Andover Massachusetts, and graduated from Smith College in 1888. She married the Rev. Jacob Eckstorm of Chicago. They had two children before he died in 1899, when she returned to Brewer.
She was the first superintendent of Brewer schools. A prolific author, her books covered ornithology, local history, genealogy, Maine woods, woodcraft, pedagogy and Maine Indians.
When Brewer Library was organized in 1908 with a capital of $12, Mrs. Eckstorm was one of the volunteer librarians and a member of the first executive committee. Both she and Miss Hardy were members of the library association.
A special bookplate will be acquired for the Fanny Hardy Eckstorm Fund books.
100 years ago —Feb. 19, 1915
OLD TOWN — Postcards have been received from Dr. E. M. Marquis; also a letter by Mitchell Duplessis, which was written from Paris, France, where he is now located in the famous American Ambulance Service of the American Hospital of Paris, where the WWI wounded are cared for.
BUCKSPORT CENTER — Two heifers belonging to Frank Curtis, which had become wild this past summer, were recently captured by Frank Lampher after a number of people had made unsuccessful attempts to catch the animals.
BANGOR — Every child should be given a small allowance as early as 5 years of age and should be free to spend it as he pleases. Parents may advise but should never require him to spend it in any definite way. He should learn by his own experiences. If he never buys things he will very effectually be kept in ignorance of the real value of money.
In the course of time a child should become financially responsible for his own acts. If he breaks windows or injures any property he should pay the damage out of his own money. If this plan is followed he should never be scolded for the act. He should receive sympathy and encouraged to do the right thing, make good the loss as well as he can.
Children 6 years of age readily learn to understand financial obligation, and, properly taught, develop the will to repair or pay for damaged articles.
The giving of money for acts of politeness and kindness is objectionable. These should be paid for in equivalent acts of politeness and kindness.
Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin