Monthly Archives: January 2008

YA Tittle Move Over for Tom Brady

Growin’ Up in Maine in the 1950’s the nearest pro football team to home was the New York Giants. Long before the Patriots arrived many Mainers were Giants fans with heroes like #14 quarterback Y.A. Tittle. Playing football was especially

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Incredible Submarine of Derby Maine

As youngsters Growin Up in Maine, all that my friends and I needed was a little imagination to find fun things to do all year round. In most cases our games cost nothing. In wintertime, and thanks to the DOT

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My Grandparents Raised Rabbits

It’s true my grandparents on my Mother’s side raised rabbits during the 1950’s, and at the time I was too naive to realize the reason why. I’m talking about the cute furry kind, and a decade later as a teenager

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First Degerstrom to Arrive in Maine

Johann “John” Degerstrom was the first of my ancestors to arrive in Maine from Sweden in 1870. Going back 10 years ago, I could only trace the paternal name about 100 years in America, and then through internet contacts I

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Awesome Snowslide Down Derby Hill

Around 1959 a group of adolescent friends and I gathered to create an olympic worthy snowslide down Derby Hill in Derby, Maine. As shown in the photo illustration we shoveled a series of snowbanks that curved left and then right

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