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Another measure of growth was the erection of new build- ings on the campus. They were a new dairy barn; Aubert Hall, mainly for instruction in chemistry and physics; and Balentine Hall, the second dormitory for women. The old Goddard (or Frost) farmhouse was enlarged, remodeled, named North Hall, and used also as a women's dormitory.
Additions to the constantly increasing activities of the Uni- versity included the testing of gravels and other roadbuilding materials and a course in pulp and paper making in the College of Technology, and courses in music and journalism in the Col- lege of Arts and Sciences. Highmoor Farm, in Monmouth, had been purchased in 1909 for the use of the Agricultural Experiment Station; and Aroostook Farm, in Presque Isle, was bought in 1913
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for the same purpose. Other additions included a printing plant for University use and a forest tree nursery in cooperation with the Maine Forest Service.
The Extension Service grew much more rapidly at this time than any other division of the University. Farm demonstration work was started in three counties in 1912, and the acceptance by the State of the provisions of the Federal Smith-Lever Act of 1914 greatly added to the amount of money available for that purpose. Thereafter cooperative Extension work developed rapidly along three major lines - in agriculture with men, in home economics with women, and in 4-H club work with boys and girls. The first farm bureaus, now Extension associations, were organized in 1917, and by 1921 the Extension service was active in all parts of the state.
The First World War reduced the student body by nearly one half, reduced the faculty in number, but did not greatly in- jure the quality of instruction. However, inflation of prices and loss of receipts from tuition brought about a severe financial situ- ation. Most serious was the permanent closing of the College of Law because of lack of funds. The first students to receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws graduated in 1899 and the last, with one exception, in 1922. The total number of law graduates was three hundred and twenty-four. Among them were many men who became prominent as members of the bar in New England.
Clarence C. Little, 1921 - 1925, was Dr. Aley's successor. Again there was an interim of some months between the two ad- ministrations. During that time the administrative duties were performed by a committee consisting of Deans Hart, Merrill, Stevens, and Boardman. The University was still in financial difficulties. Although attendance was back to normal, buildings and equipment were sadly in need of repairs or replacement and the institution was $250,000 in debt. The utmost economy was practiced, board and tuition were increased, and appeals were made to the Legislature for additional funds. Yet not much was accomplished for some years toward reducing the debt.
However, progress was made in other directions. Adminis- trative changes included the appointment for the first time of a Dean of Graduate Study, George D. Chase; a Dean of Women,
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Caroline Colvin; and a resident treasurer, Frederick S. Youngs. Freshman Week, the first of its kind in the country, was inaugu- rated and the Maine Christian Association became especially ac- tive. President Little resigned in 1925. His successor was Harold S. Boardman, who had been dean of the College of Technology since 1911.
Persons who joined the faculty between 1922 and 1926 in- clusive and were still members in 1956 include Verne C. Bever- ly, Reiner Bonde, Kenneth G. Crabtree, Charles B. Croffutt, Charles L. Eastman, Howe W. Hall, John H. Hawkins, E. Reeve Hitchner, Fay Hyland, Lyle C. Jenness, William C. Kenyon, Ronald B. Levinson, George E. Lord, Warren S. Lucas, Charles H. Merchant, Yvonne Morin, Estelle Nason, Carl E. Otto, Irving Pierce, Bernie E. Plummer, Theron A. Sparrow, Albert M. Turner, Stanley M. Wallace, J. Howard Waring, and Frederick S. Youngs.
Noteworthy in Dr. Boardman's administration was the passage of the so-called Mill Tax Act by the Maine Legislature in 1929, for which much of the credit belongs to the late Edward E. Chase, of Portland, later chairman of the Board of Trustees and then an influential member of the Legislature. This act assessed a tax of one mill on each dollar of valuation of the property in the state for the support of the University of Maine. The Act increased the revenue of the University and made it continuous. Because of this permanence, the administration could make plans for a period of years, something it had never before been able to do.
Owing to the economic depression in the early thirties, the student body did not greatly increase during Dr. Boardman's ad- ministration, which ended with his resignation in 1934. Yet the number in the graduating classes increased from 265 in 1925 to 328 in 1934. However, as already stated, the number and type of new buildings is a good index of the growth of the University, because funds for their erection have seldom been available until long after the need for them has become acute. They included Colvin Hall, a dormitory for women; new greenhouses with a head house, a dairy building named Rogers Hall, and a home eco- nomics building named Merrill Hall for the College of Agricul- ture; Stevens Hall for the College of Arts and Sciences; Crosby
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Laboratory for the College of Technology; and the Memorial Gymnasium. This edifice with its gymnasium and indoor field was the gift of alumni, faculty, students, and friends as a memori- al to students and former students of the University who gave their lives in World War I.
Other changes included the appointment of a Dean of Men, Lamert S. Corbett; the development of an experiment station in connection with the College of Technology; the inauguration of a student health program with a resident nurse; and the organiza- tion of the School of Education with Olin S. Lutes as the first dean.
Arthur A. Hauck succeeded Dr. Boardman as president in 1934 and has already served longer than any other person in that position. His administration divides naturally into three periods -before, during, and since World War II.
Before the war the University continued to make excellent progress. The student body, including that in the summer school, increased from 1,765 in 1934-35 to 2,672 in 1940-41. New buildings included an annex to Aubert Hall, one of the technology buildings; Estabrooke Hall, a dormitory for women; the agricul- tural engineering building; and the shell of the new library. Completion of the library was delayed until after the war.
Other developments included an art gallery in Stevens Hall, a five-year course in Liberal Arts and Nursing, and an honors course. A business manager was appointed and a students' place- ment bureau was established. The University Forest was ob- tained for rescarch and educational purposes from the Federal government on a long-term lease. One of the earliest innova- tions was Maine Day, which reduced hazing and turned surplus cnergy of the student body into productive channels.
The Second World War burst upon the University with tre- mendous force. Registration of men in regular courses dropped from 1,485 in 1941-42 to a low of 189 in the spring of 1945. Thirty-nine hundred students and alumni saw military service and 174 gave their lives. Nearly two thousand of the men served as commissioned officers.
Instruction was continued in most courses for both men and women, but extensive changes were made to enable students,
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whenever possible, to complete their college training beforc en- tering the armed services. The colleges remained in session throughout the year, except for brief vacations between terms.
Beginning in 1868, two years of military instruction had been compulsory, and for a long time students who wished had joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps and received commissions as second lieutenants upon graduation. During the war many spe- cial training courses were given in connection with both military and civilian service. The University also took part in the Army Specialized Training Program from June 1943 until March 1944, when most of the more than a thousand men were assigned to combat duty.
Progress was made in other directions. In administration, Arthur L. Deering, director of Extension since 1930 and dean of the College of Agriculture since 1933, became the head of all the work of the University in agricultural extension, teaching, and research, a position since known as Dcan of Agriculture. At the same time an Advisory Council of prominent farmers and home- makers was approved by the Board of Trustees to advise with the Dean of Agriculture and the President of the University on mat- ters relating to agriculture and home economics.
The close of the war brought even greater and more urgent demands than the war itself. Veterans everywhere flooded col- leges and universities with applications for admission that they might complete their education. The University, as a state insti- tution, had a special obligation to accept all who were qualified. Early in 1946 plans were made to admit 3,200 students, fifty per cent more than the largest enrollment before the war.
The estimate was too small. Beginning with 1945-46, the total enrollment for the fall semester of that and the three following years was 1,243; 4,070; 4,760; and 4,796 respectively. The whole number of veterans enrolled for the five years from the close of the war to June 30, 1950, was 5,338. This extraordinary increase in the student body demanded similar increases in faculty, funds, classrooms, dormitories, and even a new campus.
Housing for veterans, single and married, was perhaps the most difficult problem to solve. Two new housing projects were complet- ed in 1946 with the aid of the Federal Public Housing Agency.
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One was the transfer to the campus of 23 buildings that had been used elsewhere by defense workers. These buildings, called the South Apartments, were designed to house 196 families. The other brought a number of barracks from the same source. They housed 690 men and were called the North Dormitories. Stu- dents living in the barracks received their mneals at first in a tem- porary dining room installed in one end of the field house in the Memorial Gymnasium. Later a cafeteria was erected for that pur- pose. During the next two years three large dormitories were built with funds provided by the Maine Legislature. They were Corbett, Dunn, and West Halls. The last was later assigned to women students and renamed Chadbourne Hall.
While these measures were in progress there were a thousand prospective students on the waiting list. Fortunately facilities at the United States Naval Station at Brunswick became available and a branch of the University was established there. The Bruns- wick Campus was in use from 1946 to 1949 and about eight hun- dred students were in attendance each year. Nearly all were both freshmen and veterans.
Necessary buildings erected since the war for classrooms, re- search, and general use include a new engineering building, Boardman Hall; the Animal Pathology and Plant Science build- ings; and the Memorial Union. The last named was financed par- tially by gifts secured by the Maine Alumni Association from alumni, faculty, students, and friends. Another new dormitory for men, Hart Hall, has been dedicated, and one for women is now under construction.
It is a far cry from the infant Maine State College of Agricul- ture and Mechanic Arts of 1868, with its one course of study, two instructors, and twelve students, to the University of Maine of today, with its large and distinguished faculty and its four thou- sand students. How far, a brief summary will show.
Administrative units in the University now include the Col- leges of Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, and Technology, School of Education, Graduate Study, Summer Session, Maine Extension Service, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Maine Technolo- gy Experiment Station, and the Department of Industrial Cooper- ation. The three colleges offer numerous courses in fifty general
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subjects ranging from agricultural economics to zoology. Hous- ing facilities have grown from two farm houses to ten large dormitories besides the North Dormitories, the South Apartments, the Trailer Colony, and the University Cabins. There are six- teen fraternity houses on or near the campus. Twenty-five large buildings are used chiefly for administration, instruction, and re- search, besides numerous smaller ones for various purposes. More than four hundred persons are serving on the faculty, including those engaged in Extension and research.
Thus the University of Maine has become by far the larg- est single enterprise in the town of Orono and a potent influence in molding the lives of its people. More than that, its influence is being felt in every community in Maine; and its graduates can be found in every walk of life, in every state, and in every major for- eign country.
Left: Merritt C. Fernald, Acting President 1868-71 and 1901-2 and President 1879-93 of the University of Maine. Right: James N. Hart, graduate (1885), Acting President 1910, Professor 1887-1937, and Dean of the University of Maine 1903-37, still living in Orono in 1956 at age of 95.
Congratulations to Orono on 150 years of progress.
Since 1869 this bank has been serving the people of Orono with Mutual Savings Accounts and Home Mortgage Loans.
Penobscot Savings Bank
A Friendly Bank
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Eastern Maine
since
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74 Hammond St.
Bangor, Maine
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Congratulations to Orono on its 150th Birthday from BOYD & NOYES, Inc. JEWELERS
23 Hammond St. Bangor
Compliments
of
COTT QUALITY BEVERAGES
18 DELICIOUS FLAVORS
Maine Distributors, Inc.
Bangor - Houlton - Caribou
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Nichols' Drug Store ESTABLISHED - JUNE 1, 1894
Do You Remember
WHEN we were known as MERRILL & NICHOLS?
WHEN we washed 15 lamp chimneys and trimmed 15 lamp wicks every morning?
WHEN the KICKAPOO medicine man allowed you to stick needles into his hypnotized Indian right in our old display window?
WHEN we sold whiskey for 75 cents a pint?
WHEN we opened the first soda fountain in town?
WHEN NICHOLS' LA GRIPPE PILLS would "cure" a cold?
WHEN the telephone exchange was located in our store?
WHEN there was a daily game of horseshoes in the back alley? WHEN you had your first ice cream cone at our fountain? WHEN we filled our 100,000th new prescription on May 25, 1929?
WHEN we modernized our store during the summer of 1948?
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From Your Friendly Pontiac Dealer
KELLY PONTIAC INC.
16 Summer St.
Bangor, Maine
Happy Birthday, Orono from
Thompson's
Veazie, Maine
The Bangor Floral Co.
(INCORPORATED 1925) G. W. GRAVES, Manager OFFICE AND GREENHOUSE 996 State Street Bangor Telephone 4569
Maine
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Footman-Hillman Dairies, Inc.
149 State St. Brewer
Telephone 2-4817
OPEN ALL YEAR
Stucco Lodge Motel 1382 State Street
M. R. B., Bangor, Maine TV and Telephone
Route 2, 4 Miles North, Bangor Proprietors: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stevens
THE HINCKS COAL CO.
Range Oil - Fuel Oil - Heating Equipment BOTTLED GAS Combination Windows - Gas Appliances DIAL 6478
11 Central St.
Bangor, Me.
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Compliments of
Striar Textile Mills
Orono, Maine
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Greg's Grocery
33 Grove St., Near South Apts. and the University of Maine
A FRIENDLY MARKET With a Large Variety of Foods WISHES ORONO A Happy 150th Anniversary
All Kinds, Types and Prices of Permanent Waves Telephone 6-3325
Peggy's Beauty Shop All Beauty Aids
Peggy Edgecomb, Proprietor 19 Park Street Orono, Maine
Compliments of
SILVER'S AUTO CO. INC.
P. O. Box 271
Orono, Maine
E. J. VIRGIE CLOTHING STORE 28 Mill St., Orono, Maine
Outfitters for the Men of Orono and The University of Maine for 43 Years. Our Sincere Thanks for your many years of Friendship.
Connors' Grocery
ALBERT DESJARDINS, Prop. 230 Main Street Orono, Maine
Orono's Barber since 1917
Casey's Barber Shop
1 Mill Street Orono
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Yes! On this Sesquicentennial Orono can indeed look back with pride on the "Good Old Days" but with the assurance of an ever increasing better future for all of us.
Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.
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CUTLER'S
Men's and Women's Store
OLD TOWN, MAINE
BEST WISHES TO ORONO
From The BYER MANUFACTURING CO.
74 Mill Street Orono, Maine
Did you know that the building we occupy was originally Orono's first Catholic Church, built in the 1850's?
Did you know that the building was later used as a moving picture theater before its present use as a factory?
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5-10 Treworgy's 5-10
Shop and Save the Self-Serve Way
The construction date of our building is unknown. We do know that it was used as a Fire House until 1874 at which time the hand pumpers and equipment were moved to the newly com- pleted first town hall. It was later used by Bert Webster, Guss Gilbert and James I. Park as a grocery store and after that as a restaurant. We occupied the building in the spring of 1950 at which time it was remodeled as you see it today.
44 MAIN ST. ORONO
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SCRIBNER'S
Building was Orono's Second Postoffice, 1833- Samuel Buffum, Postmaster 50 Main St. Orono
Compliments of University Barber Shop
L. M. SIDELINKER, PROP. 21 Mill Street Orono Building was built in 1850 as a general store
Richard S. Bradford
15 Main St.
Successor To G. S. HAYES AGENCY
Serving Orono for over 35 years from the office in the historic Kataadn Building
REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
FIRE, CASUALTY, & MARINE INSURANCE
SUCCESS
To Our Orono Customers On Your Sesquicentennial from
WIGHT'S SPORTING GOODS
44 Years Your Friends BANGOR, MAINE
BOSWORTH'S SUNOCO SERVICE
Hi-Test Gasoline at Regular Gas Price Batteries and Accessories Complete Lube Jobs 22 Main St. Orono, Maine
Compliments of
Radio Sales and Service
Tel. 6-2767, 32 Main St., Orono
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C. M. Page Co., Inc.
EXCAVATING TRENCHING CRUSHED STONE
WASHED SAND AND GRAVEL
Cement
REDEMIX Concrete
"Delivered in High Dump Mixers"
CONTRACTING
Margin Street ORONO, MAINE Telephone 6-2594
Finson Road
Bangor, Maine Telephone 7510
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BANGOR HOUSE
Enjoy a delicious meal in our beautiful NEW street floor dining room. Air Conditioned Background Music PHONE BANGOR 7321
Kinney Duplicator Co.
159 State St., Bangor, Maine A. B. Dick Products Royal Typewriters Victor Adding Machines Steel Office Furniture Maine Made Paper Phone: 8441
Swannie's Shoe Repair
Monument Square Since August 1927 MR. ELWOOD SLOAN, PROP. and MRS. ELWOOD SLOAN with Best Anniversary Wishes
Compliments of
MOTHER'S BREAD
Kenny's Esso Station
Located on the corner of Forest Ave. and Main Street, about where Penelope Colburn had one of Orono's leading homes 150 years ago.
TEL. 2-4601
BANGOR, ME.
DRINK Grant's
MILK A Complete Line of MILK Products
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Greetings from
ORONO'S OLDEST STORE Fred C. Park SERVING ORONO SINCE 1892
Copy from Accounts in our 1892 Ledger
P208 Mr. Frank Arnold
To Agate Kettle 1.00
Glenwood Parlor Stove 12.00
P200 Mrs. Gould
To Refrigerator 16.00
Brass Coil for Stove 8.50
P195 Chester Page
To 6 Window Screens 3.00
2 Screen Doors 1.60
P190 Prof. Flint
To 2 Burner Oil Stove 3.50
Repairing Cooker .10
P172 College. Prof. Stevens Dept.
To 7 Hours Work 1.75
1111/4 ft. 1/2" Pipe 3.34
4 -- 1/2" Ells .16
P243 Jack Ellis
To Oil Stove
.75
Cr. by 2 Shaves &
Haircut .45
P137
Mr. Wm. Hopkins
To 2 Spittoons .20
Jackknife .55
Axe
.65
Wash Boiler 1.00
PS4
Alex Latno
To 1 Hammock 1.25
1-#2 Pump 2.25
P114 Edgar Ring
To Repairing Tea Pot .05
Foot Bath
.60
Set Furnace Grates
6.00
P204 Congo Church
To 1 Barrel Lime 1.00
1 Bu. Hair .35
P215 Thomas Gilbert
To Lawn Mower 6.00
Sink Pipe 12#
.84
Fitting Same 1/2 hr.
.15
P227
Oak Hall, College
To Soldering Roof 31/2 hr. .90
2# Solder
.40
We wish to express our appreciation and thanks to our many customers and friends for these 64 years of successful service and pledge ourselves to give our best in the future
PARK'S HARDWARE & VARIETY 31-37 MILL STREET ORONO
People say, as they did 64 years ago-"You can find it at PARK'S"
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Established 1854 BACON AND ROBINSON
COAL COKE - OIL GAS HEATING EQUIPMENT Tel. 4576 Bangor
24 State Street
Compliments of NELSON & SMALL, INC. ORONO
Distributors of Crosley - Bendix and Coleman Products
ORONOKA RESTAURANT
Specialty of the House Cornish Game Hen w/wild rice stuffing Dubuque Porter House Steak Dubuque 1 lb. T-Bone Steak Dubuque Roast Beef Shish Khebab with tenderloin tips and rice pilauff
Smorgasbord every Wednesday Night 5:30 - 9:00
Catering to Private Parties and Banquets
On Route 2, Bangor Road across from Country Club
We serve home made pastry
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BRIGGS, INC. COLLECT
FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
Phone 9491
BANGOR
Agent for GREYVAN LINES
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To our FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
of ORONO
BEST WISHES
from a friendly store
HM Goldsmith 76-78 NORTH MAIN STREET, OLD TOWN, MAINE women's, children's, infants' ready-to-wear
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CONGRATULATIONS, ORONO, AND BEST WISHES
The Merrill Trust Co.
We thought you might be interested in knowing about former tenants who occupied the building in which our bank is now located. The building is generally known as the Kataadn Build- ing, and is located on "Monument Square" in the center of Orono.
· The building was first known as "The Stillwater Hotel" or "Wyman's Tavern." It was built in the early 1830's.
· The Stillwater Canal Bank, about 1835.
· Kataadn Club.
· W.C.T.U. Library.
· Telephone Exchange.
· Pool & Billiards ( Upstairs ).
· Orono Bank (1850's ).
· Law Office of Judge Charles J. Dunn.
· Office of Dr. Edward Tomlinson (about 1900's ).
· Old Town Trust Co.
· Merrill Mortgage Co.
· The Merrill Trust Co., since Nov. 20, 1933.
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AUCTION SALE
JULY 13 - 14 Orono Town Hall
Sponsored by ORONO - OLD TOWN KIWANIS CLUB
Proceeds Used to Support and Promote Youth Activities NEW & USED MERCHANDISE, INCLUDING ANTIQUES TO BE SOLD
Bargain Counter
Lunch Facilities
Compliments of -
Linkview Lodge Motel
On U.S. Route 2, Orono, Maine First Motel in Orono, built on 150 year old Homestead with beauti- ful view of Penobscot River and Appalachian Mountain range. MR. & MRS. ANDREW BUCHANAN Tel. 6-3635 Orono
Compliments of
Buffum Beauty Shop ORONO
CITIZENS OF ORONO
We Appreciate Your Patronage
STANDARD SHOE STORE
BANGOR, MAINE
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HISTORY OF THE BENNOCK STORE
NOW THE
Maine Bear Delicatessen
John Bennock Sr. was born in Scotland on Nov. 24, 1769. When a young man he went to Liverpool, England and was advised by a friend of his that he should go to America. He sailed from Liverpool on May 27, 1793 and arrived in Boston, Mass. on July 14, 1793. In January 1799 he returned to Liverpool to visit his mother and sisters and pay his friends what he owed them. This afforded him much pleasure and satisfaction. In May 1804 he returned to Boston and two years later, August 1806, he moved to Orono, Maine or that part of the town gen- erally called Lower Stillwater. He first lived in a very small house on the southerly end of Marsh Island. In about eleven months after he came here he lost a fine son, and about four months later lost his wife, and was left with three children. On March 26, 1809 he married Miss Holland, daughter of Park Holland Esquire. In the 1820s he started acquiring business properties in the Square, including the present location of the MAINE BEAR. Between 1832 & 1835 he built the Bennock Store. He died on January 7th, 1842 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
After his death the property was left to his children & heirs, John Bennock, Josiah S. Bennock, James H. Bennock, and many others. On April 28, 1873 Mary Ann Mailler, widow of James H. Bennock, became owner. On July 15, 1879 Eben Webster was appointed trustee by Lucy W. Bennock. On Feb. 7, 1905 the property was purchased by William J. Dugie and Jennie V. Derocher and George A. Perron. The store was then operated as a Chinese Laundry. On Oct. 29, 1913 Charles F. Nichols owned the property and sold it to Peter H. Kenny and Wilbert Kenny. On March 31, 1921 Henry A. Mitchell and Wendell G. Cunningham purchased and operated a meat market. On April 1, 1927 Herbert C. Bates purchased the property from Madolyn G. Cun- ningham and on Oct. 28, 1940 Margaret E. Madden purchased the store and on May 29, 1944 sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Allie M. Thompson and it is now operated as the MAINE BEAR DELICATESSEN.
We wish to thank all the fine folks that have patronized us in the past years and the many, many students, both present and graduated, from the University of Maine.
MR. AND MRS. ALLIE M. THOMPSON
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Best Wishes from
SAILOR & SONS, INC.
ORONO RED & WHITE SUPER MARKET
SPENCER ELECTRIC SERVICE
7 MILL ST.
ORONO
ATWELL'S CANDY STORE was the first business at this location, about 1850, followed by a general store, then by grocery stores until 1948 when we opened business here.
Compliments of
Marcris Beauty Salon
225 Main St. Orono, Maine
Video Engineering 19 Mill St.
Building was constructed about . 1850, and has usually housed dry goods businesses. Earliest known operators were Mr. & Mrs. William Heald.
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