DEAR SUN SPOTS: Sometime back in the early 1970s while attending the Fairview School in Auburn, I brought a football that had been autographed by the Miami Dolphins to school. We had recently moved to Maine from Orlando, Fla.

The football had been given to my brother and me by our father, who was terminally ill with lung cancer. At recess I accidentally kicked the football onto the roof. The janitor was notified and said he looked for it but was unable to find it.

I am asking your readers if anyone has a Miami Dolphins-autographed football from that era if they would please ask around and find out where the ball came from. I know it’s been a long time, but it would be one of the few items my brother and I had as a gift from our father.

Thank you for your help. — Patrick McKinney, Oxford

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I have two questions for you. I hope you can answer them for me.

What day of the week was May 19, 1934?

The other is: Is Sister Gilberte Boisvert, who collects the stamps for people in Africa, related to Father Marc Boisvert who does the work in Haiti? I wonder since they are both from Lewiston.

Thank you very much. — Heidi, Dryden

ANSWER: According to the dayoftheweek.org, it was a Saturday.

As for the Boisverts, Sun Spots does not have a way to ask either one, so she turned to Jean Gastonguay, who sent the May 3 request for help for the Haiti charity. He wrote the following:

“I don’t think that they are related. Sister Gilberte was my sixth- and seventh-grade teacher at Holy Cross School in 1952-53. In the 1970s, I taught two of Fr. Marc’s sisters at LHS. It’s a small world, but I don’t think that they are related.”

If readers know differently, Sun Spots hopes they will let her know.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: As an officer of the Franco-American Veterans Post 31 of Lewiston, I wish to say how proud I am of all the individuals who helped placed American flags by the plaques of our veterans at St. Peter’s Cemetery on Saturday, May 19.

With more than 20 Lewiston High School Army cadets and more than 30 Lewiston Middle School students, plus many veterans and friends helping to place more than 2,600 flags, it was one of the largest groups ever to help out.

As many of us veterans are getting older and have a hard time placing the flags, our thanks goes to all who did help, including Mayor Robert Macdonald and former Mayor Paul Dionne and state Rep. Peggy Rotundo. It was unbelievable.

On Saturday Franco Post 31 Commander Willie Danforth was unable to attend due to a state convention, so Maurice Dutil was in charge with the help of L & A Veterans Council Chairman Ray Boulet and Gerry Raymond, director of the cemetery, explaining to the group where to place the flags.

It was a wonderful morning. Again, my thanks and thanks from all the veterans who can no longer participate. And a special thanks to all the youths for doing a wonderful job. — Bert Dutil, [email protected]

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