Dear Sun Spots: Thank you for your column that does a great service to so many people.

I have read with interest the many local men and women who were fortunate to make the trip to Washington, D.C., for the dedication of the WWII Memorial.

My father was in the war from 1943-1945 and earned a Purple Heart. He was unable to make the dedication so I am writing to ask if any Sun Spots column readers would be so kind as to share a copy of photographs they may have taken at the memorial. I can be reached at (207) 933-4229. I am willing to pay all costs involved in copying, mailing or picking them up. My Dad would be thrilled. Thank you so much. – Sandy Porter, North Monmouth.

Dear Sun Spots: Looking for patterns for Monk cloth. Monk embroidery also called Swedish Weave. Will pay reasonable price and or return postage. I have just started my first project in Swedish Weave. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. I can be reached at (207) 583-6622. – Lucretia Rand, Harrison.

Dear Sun Spots: The following is the answer to the song in the June 9 paper. I can also send this reader the music if she has e-mail. – Beverly Pratt, East Poland.

Ain’t we crazy-oh ain’t we crazy

This is the way we pass the time away

Ain’t we crazy-oh ain’t we crazy

We’re gonna sing this song all night today

It was midnight on the ocean

Not a streetcar was in sight

As I stepped into a drugstore

To buy myself a light

The man behind the counter

Was a woman old and gray

Who used to peddle shoestrings

On the road to mandalay

Good evening sir the woman said

Her eyes were bright with tears

As she put her head between her feet

And stood that way for years

Her children, six, were orphans

Except one tiny tot

Who lived in a house across the street

Upon a vacant lot

It was midnight on the ocean

Not a horse car was in sight

The sun was shining brightly

For it rained all day that night

‘Twas summer in the winter

And the rain was snowing fast

While a barefoot boy with shoes on

Stood sitting in the grass

The cows were making cowlicks

The bells were ringing wet

The bumblebees were making bums

And smoking cigarettes

A man stepped in a stable

And came out a little hoarse

So he jumped upon his golf club

And rode around the course

The sky was dark and gloomy

While the sun was shining bright

The lightning and the thunder

Danced around with all their might

The moon it cast a shadow

Tho the air was black as night

And everything that you could see

Was hidden out of sight

The crickets played their mouth harps

While a frog played on it’s drum

And dogs barked to the music

While the hummingbirds did hum

Horseflies galloped to the beat

And mayflies did their dance

And insects of all kinds

Lined up to wait their chance



Dear Sun Spots: Danville Junction Grange 65 will hold an indoor yard sale Saturday July 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the grange hall.

This sale is to raise funds for building repairs. Tables will be available to rent for $10 by calling Wes of Glenys Ryder at (207) 783-6897. There will be a food table and white elephant table as well as soup and sandwich luncheon. Thanks for your help. – Glenys Ryder, Danville.

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