Staff Writer
The Aroostook Pioneer
Warm-ups — The Ricker and high school ball teams are beginning to limber up for the season’s games. It now looks as though each school would have a strong team.
Houlton High will have last year’s battery which was a good one. Leighton, a student who came to Ricker from Coburn, will do the pitching for RCI boys while Roy Good will be on the receiving end.
Both teams have strong candidates for the field positions.
The Houlton Pioneer Times
Spring floods — The water in rivers and streams in the Houlton vicinity rose considerable this week following two days of rain coupled with the annual spring run-off.
Schools in Oakfield, Smyrna, Dyer Brook and Merrill were closed on Wednesday due to a washout on the North Road in Smyrna where the East Branch of the Mattawamkeag came over the road about a foot.
The Houlton Pioneer Times
Racing — The end of the Meduxnekeag River Race headquarters were on the Foxcroft Road, a good place for rest and relaxation, as well as, refreshments.
Spectators and racers watched as canoes ended the 10-mile course in the seventh annual race sponsored by the Houlton Rotary Club. Proceeds from the race are expected to exceed $2,000.
Best time was clocked by the team of Douglas Howard and J. Dunn, who paddled the course in a racing canoe in 1 hour, 26 minutes and 17 seconds. Winner of the 17-foot Old Town canoe was Charlie Smith of the North Road in Houlton.
Pioneer Times File Photo
BABY BUNNY — Eighteen years ago, Andrew and Heather Clark, the children of Cheryl and Barry Clark, didn’t have to worry about missing the Easter bunny as this picture from April 1990 attests. The little bunny in their basket was one of 14 belonging to a litter owned by Thelma Fowler. The “runt of the litter” was saved by Mrs. Fowler when she brought it in the house after birth and nursed it to health. The 14 “minis” were a variety of colors and remained small as they matured.
