Spooktacular

SPOOKTACULAR!

The Warren Day Committee Presents

2nd Annual Spooktacular

(a Haunted House Experience)

Sunday, October 31

3-8 pm

at

Warren Odd Fellows Hall

(Corner Rt. 1 & 90)

Ghostly Halloween Treats

MARSHMALLOW GHOSTS

Here's another treat to make for Halloween.

You will need:

12 ozs. white cancy coating

1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows

Chocolate decorating gel or assorted candies

Directions: In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Stir in marshmallows until coated. Drop by heaping tbsps. onto waxed paper; smooth and flatten into ghost shapes. Decorate with gel or candies for eyes. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

See other recipes for Halloween in the Maine Recipes blog

Halloween Arts and Crafts, Costumes & Other Fun

All kinds of Halloween fun for you and the kids can be found at http://familyfun.go.com/halloween

Look here for easy, inexpensive Halloween costumes for the kids.

See pumpkin carving ideas including printable templates

See craft ideas, party ideas, and recipes

If you need help, watch the How-to-videos

Have Fun! HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween Recipes

GHOUL-AID PUNCH

Float a creepy ice face in your Halloween punch bowl. Fill a Halloween mask with water (seal the opening with sturdy tape), freeze overnight, then remove the ice from the mask and float face up in your punch bowl.

FRIGHTENING FINGERS

1 cup butter

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. almond extract

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

red decorating gel

1/2 cup sliced almonds

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Divide dough into fourths. Cover and refrigerate for 30 mins. or until easy to handle.

Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll into 1" balls. Shape balls into 3" x 1/2" fingers. Using the flat tip of a table knife, make an indentation on one end of each for fingernail. With a knife, make three slashes in the middle of each finger for knuckles.

Place 2" apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake a 325 degrees F for 20-25 mins. or until lightly browned. Cool for 3 mins.

Squeeze a small amount of red gel on nail bed; press a sliced almond over gel for nail, allowing gel to ooze around nail. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Old Horror Movies

This trailer won't upload correctly, but go to this URL for a hilarious trip back in time. Some of these movies we used to watch on late night television on our college dorm TV. The host of the show at that time was funnier than the movies. He became a cult figure to us.

http://youtu.be/vpve3W6sq0U

Halloween in the South End

I love Halloween. Check out the trailer I put into a separate post called "Old Horror Movies." It's hilarious. Also see the Halloween Message to send to your friends. I will also include some arts and crafts if this site will cooperate. There is also a separate blog for Halloween Recipes. Again I apologize for the look or format of this blog. If they get the glitches out by post time, I'll fix it.

Even though I enjoy the holiday, I'm not one much for horror movies and the ones these days would give me nightmares for days. Remember the old ones we watched at the Strand and the Park Street Theater? They posted disclaimer warnings that a movie might cause fainting and the theater could not be responsible. Those old movies would be laughed at by today's kids who are used to wild special effects.

Turner Classic Movies has all the old horror movies for sale if you're interested. Go to this site: http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.comlist.aspcid=ho&subdept=1950&d=1&media=d&sRow=11

Halloween in the South End was always fun. We didn't have much money for costumes in those days, so I always wore the same thing. I found the oldest clothes I had at the time. The more rips and tears the better. I put on old shoes and maybe a pair of my Dad's mismatched socks. I tied a piece of rope around my waist for a belt and carried a bandana stuffed with paper and wound around a stick which I carried over my shoulder. I was a hobo. The only piece of costume I ever bought was a mask; usually just a simple black mask like the Lone Ranger wore. It probably cost all of 25 cents if that much.

Some of us who were in Madelyn Drinkwater's dance classes always had plenty of old costumes around we could wear for Halloween. The problem was they were usually of the skimpy variety and were not warm enough to wear in October in New England. By the time Halloween came around, we had usually outgrown them anyway. I think my sister wore a couple of hers, but I never did.

The treats we got when we went trick or treating in the old neighborhood varied from plain apples, to candy apples, to popcorn balls, to candy bars and candy corn. It was not necessary to Xray the heck out of everyone's haul so you could eat them as you went along if you wanted to. Sometimes we just got a handful of loose candy. I loved the candy corn and still do. It's my favorite Halloween candy.

My Great Aunt May made the best treats on Halloween. She was a great cook and a very creative person. One year she actually took oranges; cut faces in them; then took the orange meat out and refilled the cavity with ice cream. How she did it I'll never know, but we kids were delighted with them.

In those days, the emphasis was mostly on the treating and not the tricking. We were respectful of others property then. The worst thing that happened was that some grouch in the neighborhood got his car windows soaped up. There may have been some toilet paper strewn around too, but that was the extent of the tricking part of Halloween.

We always had some place to go to for a Halloween party. I think the Community Building sponsored Halloween parties for all the kids for a few years. I think they had a costume contest too. However, on the actual night of Halloween, if it was a choice between a party somewhere where we might get a small amount of candy, or actually going out and trick or treating, guess what we chose to do. We always did have a party at Girl Scouts though where we inevitably ended up bobbing apples. It was all great fun. The candy was even sweeter to me because my mother didn't let us have much in the house. She made baked goods instead and we always had apples around to munch on.

If I get a chance to dress up these days for Halloween, I do. I also like to wear a scary mask when I great the trick or treaters at the door. For a few years, I had a black cat I'd sit up in the door window while the kids were around.

Here in Georgia, it's the practice of some store clerks, especially in food stores, to dress up for the customers on Halloween. Some businesses also allow their employees to dress up on that day and some even have "best costume" prizes. I dressed up in the last job I had. One year I was Ozzie Ozbourne; once a Red Sox fan. Once years ago at another job, I dressed up as a mad bomber. I painted some round dowels red, put string in the ends of them; and taped them around my middle with duct tape. It's a good thing a cop didn't stop me on the highway on the way to work. It wasn't long after the bombing at Olympic Park that year here in Atlanta.

So those are my Halloween memories. I never pass up a chance to live it up a little on Halloween if the opportunity arises. The next time I go trick or trerating though, I think I'll knock on your door with a cocktail glass in my hand like an old teaching friend of mine used to do. Happy Halloween everyone.

Thanks for listening.

A Halloween Message For Your Friends

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN

A Teenager's Life

At this time of year in our high schools, kids are joining clubs, getting involved in activities in school and out and joining school teams. I may be wrong, but I believe we joined more clubs and were in involved in more activities then than the kids in high school do today. Many kids are more oriented towards earning some real dough and have after school jobs. For some it is a necessity, for others, they seem to be too anxious to grow up, but things change I suppose. College costs being what they are today I can certainly understand our teens if they want to get a jump start on those future costs. Many of them end up being in debt for thousands of dollars by the time they finish college.

I did have a part-time job in high school, but it was only on weekends, summers, and holidays. I worked at Newberry’s as I’ve said before. My parents would not let me work during the school week. Not many parents would in those days. I didn’t want to anyway as I enjoyed belonging to clubs in high school as well as playing on the girls’ basketball team.

Many of us joined a club because of the course of study we were taking. I actually took the business course, so therefore, I joined the Business Club. Herbie Hillgrove was the teacher who led that group. We were always involved in collecting one thing or another for charity as I remember. We even went after scrap metal.

A lot of the girls joined the Future Homemakers Club. Even if you didn’t take that course of study, every girl was required to take at least one year of Home Economics. I did not enjoy those courses I’m afraid. I had no idea if I was going to be a “homemaker” or not at that point in my life. I almost flunked my Freshman home ec course because I didn’t finish making a skirt in class. I had to go back and do some more sewing before I could pass the course. I’ve hated sewing ever since, unlike my sister, who is an expert seamstress.

I did adore my home ed teachers, however. I’m sorry I can’t remember all their names. My year book is gone now so I can’t even look it up. Maybe you can help me later on.

Anyway, what I wanted to say about the Future Homemakers Club was the fact that we all joined the club so we could do one thing at the end of the year—go to the club picnic over at Sandy Shores. I think we got out of school that day. We always looked forward to it and always had a great time.

Musically, I joined the band and the chorus. I started out with the sax in grade school and carried over with it into high school. The problem was that I played by ear instead of reading the music, which I couldn’t do if my life depended on it. Therefore, Chum Crockett put me on drums instead. I could keep a beat even if I couldn’t read music. I also played the cymbals in the combined schools band one year. At that time, I also played snare drum in the Port ‘O Rockland Drum and Bugle Corps.

I sang alto in the chorus. We all loved Mrs. Winola Cooper, who led the group. She always got the best out of us.

I was a Brownie and later a Girl Scout. I belonged to the scouts all the way through high school. We had some wonderful scout leaders. I’ve mentioned some of them before. I remember my mother being involved in the Girl Scouts as an assistant leader at one time. We also had Mrs. Post, Judy’s mother; Marie Studley, Verna’s mother; Mrs. Harriman, Judy’s mother; and Mrs. Whitehall, to name a few. All those girls were in my class in school. I enjoyed the scouts very much and learned a lot of life lessons that have served me well throughout my life. I always support the Girl Scouts every chance I get, usually by buying cookies. I love Girl Scout cookies.

I also enjoyed the ten years of dance classes I took from Madelyn Drinkwater. If you got a chance to read “I Hope you Dance,” on that other blog space, you will understand why I enjoyed those classes so much.

For sports, I played basketball. I was tall and lanky in those days. Today they’d call me a point guard because the girls today are all so much taller than I was. I played guard and later roving guard when the girls’ game went to a semi-full court status. We had great coaches. I think Mr. Plummer was one of them and then one of the Home Ec teachers whose name I can’t remember.

I did a lot of bench warming, but eventually earned my varsity letter and played more often as a Senior. I enjoyed playing with teammates, Joanne and Midge Grispi, Shearer Hooper, Andy Smith, Joan Knowlton, Earlene Saywood, and Barbara Staples, among others. One of my best friends, Sandra Sleeper, was our manager. I remember we always had a big bottle of quartered oranges to nosh on during half-time intermission. It was a tradition and I suppose it replenished our energy. Oranges never tasted better than at a basketball game.

We were a tough lot in the days when they didn’t call fouls for every little thing. I remember one player in particular who got very upset if an opposing player broke one of her perfect fingernails. She would come out with an elbow in a second. We got into trouble one year when we were playing out-of-town and were never asked back to that school. It was very intense at that game, to say the least.

One of the best things about those games was the fact that we got to wear pants to school (not dungarees, mind you, but slacks) on the days when we had a road game after school. Another good memory was all the songs we sang coming and going on the school bus back and forth to the games. If we won, we’d sing the school song at the top of our lungs. If we went as far away as Augusta, we often stopped on the way home to get supper, as it would be late by then, and Lord knows, teenagers need their food. I pity the waitresses in those small restaurants we invaded. There was no MacDonalds etc. up our way at the time.

I ran across this story of one of our games that was in the Courier Gazette, probably in 1959.  Anyone see  themselves here? This is some excerpts from that story.

Rockland Girls Victors Over Thomaston in High Scoring Tilt

                The outstanding ball handling of Elsa Ilvonen helped the visiting Rockland co-eds down Thomaston Tuesday afternoon 80 to 75.

The Rockland sharpshooters took an early jump on the Knox-Lincoln League leaders until they held a 15 point advantage in the closing minutes of the second quarter. Coach Larry Plummer took out the first string guards and Shearer Hooper for the remaining four minutes of the first half and Thomaston crept to within three points of the score.

In the last period, Joan Smith led a last minute surge by the Thomaston lassies to bring a Rockland 10 point lead down to five before the contest ended.

Elsa connected for 16 buckets and a free throw for 33 points and Shearer was credited with a dozen hoops and a charity toss for 25 points…

The loss puts Thomaston on a six and four record and Rockland on a .500 average for the season.

Rockland (80)

(Players were: Hooper, Smith, Ilvonen, Grispi, Peterman, Knowlton, Ferrera, Cross, Barton, Richards, Staples)

Thomaston (75)

(Players were: Beaudry, Ward, Smith, Starr, Starks, Abbott, Melgard, Morse, Hill, Feyler, Grafton, Brooks, Quinn)

Can you put a first name to the names here that aren’t mentioned in the story?

These are the good memories I have of my high school days. Rockland High School eventually became Rockland District High School, which my sister attended, as the first class to do so. I never went there. Now that the schools are being consolidated yet again, probably for the good financially, there won’t be any Rockland Tigers anymore. I, however, will always be a Tiger. I have the Varsity letters to prove it. Good luck to today’s teenagers as they rack up their own memories of their high school years. Study hard. Life isn’t always easy and you need all the knowledge you can get.

Thanks for listening.

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A Can of Maine Air

South End boys having fun in the water at Sandy Beach

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of press given over to environmental and energy issues up Maine way. Now I’ve said many times that Maine is about 20 years behind the rest of the country. That may be a good thing or it could be a bad thing. I’m not judging, you understand. I’m not sure I understand this hoopla about the placement or non-placement of towers for cell phones and wind towers off the islands which would produce, essentially, free power, is all about. I’ve been trying to keep up on the pros and cons of these issues but I admit I’m confused.

Another issue I’ve seen talked about lately is global warming and rather or not Maine is now seeing the effects of this phenomena and whether or not the air quality we always enjoyed in Maine is fast disappearing. For the first time ever I saw a report about Maine air quality being tested this summer.

This summer in Maine was very warm, to say the least. I had to go in search of sleeveless tops to replace the long sleeves and sweatshirts I brought with me. Because it was so warm I do believe it affected the environment. I actually was able to go wading down at Spruce Head with my sister and great-nephew without freezing my feet off. If I’d had another set of clothes with me that day I might even have gone for a swim. Unbelievable!

We’ve all seen the old pictures of teams of horses and men cutting ice up at Chickawaukee and teams of horses and carriages traveling over the ice in the bay to the outer islands in the winter. Even in my own childhood I remember more and worse snowstorms than you get up there now. I remember my father trudging through the snow to the top of the street to catch his ride over to the Cement Plant. I think he even wore snowshoes at one point. We kids would be home from school and enjoying every minute of being outdoors in the snow.

As for the aforementioned cell towers, I would like to put in my two cents worth. Hey, folks, when I have to go out into the middle of the street over in Thomaston in order to make a call on my cell phone, it’s time to rethink things. Find a place to put up a tower or two would you please. There, I’ll get off my soapbox.

Maineiacs have always been protective of their environment. We were isolated for so many years in terms of transportation and communication that I think we developed an isolation mentality. It’s one thing to want to protect the green areas around you. For the most part, I agree with that. However, there comes a time when we must move forward if just a little bit. If wind towers will help protect our environment for future generations in some way, I think they should be seriously considered.

One thing I would like to commend Maine for is the high level of recycling you are involved in. We have nothing like that here in Georgia. I did manage to get my appliances recycled when I purchased new ones; but we have no deposit law for cans and plastic bottles. I also appreciate the clean up done down at the Sandy Beach Park in the South End where these boys are playing in the above picture. We had to play next to the sewer pipes that ran into the water when I was a kid running around in the South End. Good job, everyone.

Gone are the days when I traveled home to Maine and opened up all my windows when I drove over the bridge in New Hampshire to let in all that “Maine air.” Remember those cans of Maine air we all bought  at Perry’s Nut House up in Belfast? Well maybe we need to get them out. If we all got together in a group and opened all our cans at once, maybe we could improve on the situation. What do you think?

Thanks for listening.



Recognizing Outstanding Rockland Citizens

The following is a guest blog by my brother, Theodore Sylvester,

 a true Southender, now of Owls Head

            Throughout its history, Rockland has made it a practice to recognize some of its outstanding citizens by naming streets, parks and buildings in their honor. Just to mention a few, there is Tillson Avenue, Talbot Avenue, Moran Drive, Gordon Drive and Ulmer. Just recently a street was named to recognize Capt. Richard Spear, a deserving honor.

            As for parks, there are Snow Marine Park, Mildred Merrill Park, Marie Reed Park, Wasgatt Field, General Berry Square, Berliawski Park, among others. As for buildings there’s McDougal School and McLain School.

            The point of this is to note that the city should now give consideration to naming a street, park or building in honor of my friend, Tom Molloy. He is retiring as a city councilor, after having served more years than maybe E. Allen Gordon. He has served more terms as mayor than anyone in the history of the city.

Other civic endeavors have been to be one of three authors of a book on Rockland history: “Home Front on Penobscot Bay: Rockland During the War Years of 1940-1945.” All proceeds from the sale of this book went for scholarships for Rockland youth. Tom also was the chairman of a committee that perfected an application that succeeded in Rockland being named a Coast Guard City. He continues to serve on the Gagnon Cancer Fund committee in honor of his long time friend, the late Bob Gagnon. Tom also was a member of the Share the Pride organization that, among other things, designed and erected a Hall of Fame at City Hall that recognized some of Rockland’s most famous persons. He also is involved in establishing an honor roll for veterans at the Legion Post. Over the years he also has been involved in other civic activities.

Professionally, Tom was a well-known and respected radio newsman for Station WRKD. He then returned to school where he earned a master’s degree in education. For many years he taught school in the SAD 5 district at both South School and Owls Head Central School, retiring four or five years ago. There are many of his pupils who will tell you Tom was the best teacher they ever had.

It’s now time that the city recognized Tom’s devotion to his city and for his many years of service. Here’s an idea. There has recently been talk of changing the name of South School as it now serves all elementary students in Rockland with the closing of McDougal School. Wouldn’t it be appropriate to rename that school the Thomas J. Molloy Elementary School?  After all, he went to school there, taught there, and is a native Rockland Southender.

Ted Sylvester is the retired Rockland Bureau Chief of the Bangor Daily News. In 2008 he was inducted into the Maine Press Association’s Hall of Fame. He also is a Rockland Southender.

The Fall of the Year

In the fall of the year folks up New England way like to be outdoors as much as possible before the long days of winter close in on them. Because you had such a warm summer this year, I expect you are ready for the 50 and 60 degree temperatures you are getting now.

Living in the south I almost miss digging out my wool sweaters. They were always so pretty and nice to pull on if the weather suddenly turned windy and brisk.

I do remember enjoying the change in the air. It gave you a lot of energy as I remember. To be outdoors raking leaves; picking apples; or taking a hike along a country road or trail are activities New Englanders often enjoy this time of year.

Do you remember horse chestnut trees and the fun we had with those inedible nuts? I understand the tree is in danger of becoming extinct. Do you know where one of the trees is at this minute?

It is a time of reaping, of collecting the harvest of pumpkins, squash, and Indian corn. It’s the time for a cup of cold cider and for leaf-viewing trips. Buses full of senior citizens are probably arriving to view the foliage as I write.

Of course there are always the football and soccer games to attend on a weekend afternoon. All the colleges have their homecoming activities now and tailgating parties abound.

As I looked through my art work and poetry related to this season, I found some things you might enjoy. The art was done many years ago as was the poetry pieces. I hope you enjoy them.

Autumn Knocked on my Door Today

Autumn knocked on my door today.

It came in its entire splendor,

And in the path of the whistling

Wind, came Jack in all his grandeur.

Jack touched the tips of my maple leaves

To turn them crimson and gold,

And the leaves that fell to grow no more

Flew swiftly to my doorstep.

Autumn knocked on my door today

Bringing warnings of days to come,

While I, watching its silent rain,

Remembered autumns of years gone by.

A certain sadness comes of this season

Recalling memories all but forgotten.

Autumn knocked on my door today,

And it spoke with its sun upon the land,

“I bring you abundance, glory, and courage to face the winters your soul cannot release.”

I replied only in the silence of my heart

With the contentment of one renewed.

Yes, renewed of hope and courage

To face sad memories perchance they should return.

Autumn knocked on my door today.

Getting Ready for Winter

Autumn wind swept skeleton leaves under my door.

It rattled the windows and wound its wily way

    around to the back yard patio.

Another gust shoed the summer dust away,

   cleaning nature’s house.

I watched an apple fall amongst rusty leaves,

    rolling to nestle with the rest,

    and I noticed the ash tree’s hair

     grows thinner every day.

Tabby’s fur grows thicker now;

The night air stings her nostrils and she

     scratches to come inside to nuzzle

     down into her favorite lap as if to say,

     “I’m ready for winter now.”

     Have a good autumn everyone and thanks for listening.

New Landscapes

In the personal landscape department, I was interested to read an article in the most recent AARP newsletter about what today’s college freshman sees as his or her own personal landscape.

The article noted that today’s freshmen don’t view the world in terms of Vietnam and Watergate like we did. Their world is framed instead by 911 and Afghanistan.

They cannot remember a world without computers or, in fact, a computer that doesn’t use CD Rom disks instead of floppy disks.

Few of them know what cursive writing is and have never seen a carousel of Kodachrome slides (remember that song "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon in 1973?). They also don’t remember hard line phones with a coiled handset.

To them, Clint Eastwood is a sensitive film director, not the “Dirty Harry” character we remember in his films.

College professors be warned and be aware. Here comes the next generation.

Welcome to All

Welcome to those of you who followed me here from the “old blog” site and welcome also to any new readers we have with us. Since I “moved” here late in August, I have been having a terrific time developing pieces I hope you will enjoy. Therefore, I not only am able to bring you a weekly blog, I can also bring you news of worthy benefits and good works going on in your communities; Maine recipes, many more pictures; and other news I think you should be aware of.

As I said before, this site doesn’t belong to me alone. You are also invited to send me your stories and suggestions for stories and any other information you feel the readers will enjoy. My friend, Jean Monroe, has already contributed a report on the Union Fair. I am not able to attend such events, so any reports you can give me on such affairs are greatly appreciated.

If you have pictures to share either with or without a story, please send them to me in an email attachment. Do not send professional shots as I would need permission to use them. Please label the who, what, when, and where we see in the picture. Do not imbed your pictures with your story as they will not load into the blog that way. If you want to send them to me snail mail, email me and I’ll send you an address to send them to. I can scan them on my printer. Unfortunately, I cannot return them to you.

You may also use this space to advertise any benefit for a specific group or individual that is coming up. Please give me about two weeks warning so I can get them in in time.

I welcome any suggestions you may have for this blog space. If I think everyone will enjoy it, I will include it here. I especially would like to see your comments on my blogs. There is a space for that at the bottom of each blog. If your comment doesn’t appear right away, be patient. It seems that I have to approve them and subsequently hit the correct box before they will appear.

Welcome again. Have fun. I look forward to my association with you and as always:

Thanks for listening.

Sandra

UPDATE - October 1

As we close the archive for September, there are a few things you should remember.

Maine Recipes: They will always appear in the Sept. 2010 archive as I just keep adding to them. The newest recipe entries always appear at the top. Check often, because I do add recipes quite often.

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