There will be a great rush of fishermen to the streams and lakes in Maine in the course of a few weeks, or as soon as the law comes off on trout and salmon. There are fully as many enthusiastic fishermen in New England as there are hunters and the majority of them realize that to enjoy gilt-edged sport they have got to go to the streams and lakes in the wilds of Maine. The number of fishermen has greatly increased within the past few years and from the number of letters the Maine Central officials and the various camp owners are receiving at the present time the coming season promises to be a record breaker.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Maine doesn’t have enough Salk anti-polio vaccine on hand to supply the requests from municipalities that wish to give free inoculations. Towns have requested 43,000 cubic centimeters of vaccine which the State is unable to supply immediately because there is no vaccine on hand. Dr. Dean Fisher, commissioner of the Department of Health and Welfare, said yesterday. Vaccine for use in clinics is coming into the department at the rate of about 5,000 cc. every week or ten days. Within 24 hours of the time it is received, this allotment is on its way to towns who have set dates for free inoculations.

25 Years Ago, 1981

NEW GLOUCESTER – Frances Lowe became the first woman in the town’s 207 year history elected to serve on the board of selectmen at the annual town meeting Saturday. Miss Lowe was unopposed for the position.

SOUTH PARIS – Downed trees and limbs, power outages and fires resulted from Saturday night’s strong winds which swept across Oxford and Cumberland counties. There were no reports of injuries or serious accidents as a result. The Lovell and Stoneham areas were devastated in early December by timber blowdowns from high winds. Saturday’s weather added to the clean-up which is still far from being completed.