DEAR SUN SPOTS: To the woman in search of a nice piece of hardwood to use for a wedding cake for her daughter’s wedding (July 6), Premium Specialty Hardwoods boasts exotic hardwoods from the Maine woods and around the world. Local artisans use the woods to masterfully create elegant to rustic furniture and many useful wooden items.

Wood slabs, board lumber, etc., and Maine-made furniture are all for sale and on display for locals and tourists in the Maine artisan’s wood gallery. At the Premium Specialty Hardwoods complex you will find an expansive beautifully arranged showroom with friendly folks who will share their knowledge of the wood and unique operations, and there may be an opportunity to chat with one of the on-site artisans working on a “masterpiece.”

My husband, a master Maine guide, purchased a beautiful slab of hardwood for approximately $20 a couple of years ago from Premium Specialty Hardwoods and made a trophy board for my monstrous small-mouth bass. It is a one of a kind, and it is beautiful!

You can find Premium Specialty Hardwoods at 1180 Route 2, Rumford, ME 04276, 207-364-7500, premiumspecialtyhardwoods.com. Watch out for the carved black bear that will greet you at the entrance- a chain saw-carved, wooden bear created by one of the many talented artisans. Best wishes. — Nancy Carpenter via email

ANSWER: Sun Spots has seen chain saw-wielding carvers at fairs and such. Quite amazing.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am looking to find out if there is anyone who knows anything about the following people: Christmas Tree Charlie, Alcohol Mary, Johnny Twinkle Toes, Kusty Wilcat and Fosie Newell. They lived in the Greenwood area. — Martha Ricker, Bryant Pond

ANSWER: Sun Spots would have thought this was a joke if not for the fact that she knows there’s a road in Greenwood named after Alcohol Mary.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Thank you for your good advice regarding adding a phone number to contact information. Space providing, could you put this in your column? Regarding the search for Edward Little High School Class of 1943 alumni (which appeared July 8 in Sun Spots), those with information can also call Theda Rolerson at 312-5234. Thank you. — ELHS 70th Reunion Committee

ANSWER: With computers so ubiquitous, it’s easy to forget how many people still don’t use them. Or would prefer not to!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Edward Little High School Class of 1958 is happily preparing for its 55th class reunion. We’re hoping some of your readers can help us locate the following classmates: 

Cecile Boisvert Delaney, Claudette Carpentier Pressey, Dale Alton Dickinson, Ruth Gatchell Gorman, Richard Luma Guay, Richard Edward LeClair, Lawrence Martin McGibbon, Gail Monroe McNay, Barry Henry Morrissey, Mary Ann Peach, Renald Benoit Roy, Ruth Rubin Deletesky, Joyce Snowman Tripp, Ronald Linwood Turner, Claudette Veilleux and Jeannette Violette Hendrick.

If anyone has information to help us, please call or leave message for Dorothy Crowley Noel at 207-783-4322 or email me. Thank you. — Barbara Norcross Mushlit, barb.mushlit@gmail.com

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am searching for a 2010 Lake Region High School yearbook to purchase. Or if one of your readers have one and are willing to give or sell for a reasonable price, please contact me at 754-3445. Or if you have any information on how to purchase a copy, it would be greatly appreciated. — C.D., Lewiston

DEAR SUN SPOTS: In answer to Gail’s request for the lyrics and music for “Little Red Patch” (July 8), I have both in my possession and will be happy to send them to her. — lprue2@roadrunner.com, 562-7620

This column is for you, our readers. It is for your questions and comments. There are only two rules: You must write to the column and sign your name (we won’t use it if you ask us not to). Please include your phone number. Letters will not be returned or answered by mail, and telephone calls will not be accepted. Your letters will appear as quickly as space allows. Address them to Sun Spots, P.O. Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04243-4400. Inquiries can also be emailed to sunspots@sunjournal.com.

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