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Bangor Public Library Annual Report 1949
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The 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz.) in World War II, 9 August 1944 to 9 May 1945
Get PDFFighting across 18 major rivers and scores of smaller streams you have accomplished some of the longest sustained marches in the history of warfare. You have liberated or conquered more than 31,000 square miles of territory, including 600 cities and towns and 4,000 inhabited places.
You have captured 540,000 enemy soldiers and killed or wounded at least 89,000 others. ANGERS, CHARTRES, FONTAINEBLEAU, MELUN, MONTEREAU, CHATEAU-TIERRY, EPERNAY, HEIMS, VERDUN. METZ, TRIER. SAARLAUTERN, KAISERLAUTERN, WIESBADEN, KASSEL, WEIMAR, JENA, REGENSBURG. BRAUNAU, LINZ and STEYR were but milestones in your zone of advance.
The pathway to our goal has been costly and the blood of dead and wounded comrades marks our way to the liberation of Europe. Let us remember their sacrifices as we exalt in the victory of our arms. Let us prove to them by our conduct now that they did not die in vain; that we have the fortitude to put aside selfish interests and carry on with firm justice and resolute determination to irrevocably crush the Nazi menace and establish freedom and right in war-torn Europe.
We have won the war. Let us now win the peace. We shall not for an instant lower our guard. Through our conduct, dress, bearing and example, we shall always maintain the high standards of a well trained and a well disciplined Corps.
Walton H. Walker, Lieutenant General, United States Armyhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1061/thumbnail.jp
The Oracle, 1949
Get PDFWe seek the truest gold
As our time to leave has come
And we look back on years gone past
We laugh a bit -- we cry a bit
We wonder why they\u27ve gone so fast.
And, as yet, we forward look
To our part in a world of strife,
As forty-niners sought before
We seek the gold of life.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bhs_yearbooks/1013/thumbnail.jp
Maine the Land of Remembered Vacations 1949
Get PDFA newspaper editor upon returning home after recently visiting Maine wrote the following in his paper:
It was hard for us to leave Maine and all of its beauty and charm. Booth Tarkington has written: \u27To my mind: \u27Maine is the most beautiful state we have in this country, but even more appealing is its homeliness. It is easier for a stranger to feel at home in Maine than in almost any other place I ever knew. That is perhaps the reason why so many visitors cease to be visitors and get to think of Maine as home.\u27
We had begun to feel what that great author felt as he penned those words. Some day we are going back to that state of 2,500 lakes and 5,147 rivers and streams; the state where the clouds sleep amid the spruce on the hill-tops; the state where the mountains meet the sea; where artists and authors capture the inspiration of the magnificent scenery and thrill the world. Maine, what a priceless collection of memories of fine people and scenic beauty we took with us as we left the state!https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1311/thumbnail.jp
The Tentative School, Park, and Recreation Plan
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The following report is a condensation of a more complete Schools, Parks and Recreation Report which is on file in the Planning Office. It indicates the preliminary ideas of the Planning Board on parts of the Master Plan.
Briefly the report discusses the following subjects: 1) The need and the location of future elementary schools. 2) The coordination of school play areas with city recreation areas. 3) The need and the location of future recreation facilities such as Playfields // Playgrounds // Parks of all types // Indoor facilities // Swimming pools // And other special facilities
These are tentative ideas. This report is published so that all the people of Bangor will be able to express their opinions before these ideas are adopted as parts of the Bangor Master Plan.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1259/thumbnail.jp
Annual Report, Bangor, Maine: 1949
Get PDFDuring 1949 various improvements were made in civic operations andl services but there are still many more improvements left as a future challenge to all of us that we know are needed in order to see our city grow.
In 1949 plans were made for future school building; new facilities were provided for both study and recreation. The next step in the Wilson report was taken when employment of architects to start the new school project for the West side was authorized but we still have unanswered the need for an expanded school budget that will give an amount sufficient for adequate maintenance and a budget that will enable Bangor to be competitive in the procurement of school teachers.
During 1949 improvements were made to our existing sewer system and additional new sewer lines constructed. But here again we still have areas that need improvement and also areas with no service. We also have not answered the request of many of our people for water service in our outlying districts.
These problems cannot be answered in any one year but rather call gor long range planning.
We also recognized in 1949 that we must make further study in the problem of financing a municipal auditorium and steps were made in this direction by the formation of a committee to engage in such a study.
We trust that you feel the year was brought to a successful close as indicated by a substantial cash surplus and by the improvements and the services which were given. The success of operation is due entirely to each employee of the City of Bangor and to each member of the various committees who have given utmost of their cooperation lo help make the successful year.
Many photographs add to the story of 1949 Bangor. Page 55 includes a picture of the Thomas Hill Standpipe being restored to pre-World War II white.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_ban_report/1000/thumbnail.jp
The Traveler: Two Decades: Random Notes
Get PDFMaine is a vast State, compared to its New England neighbors. And, in comparison with many States of greater territory, it has long stretches of wilderness country.
Those who have been to Katahdin want to go again. Those who haven\u27t been often express a longing to get at least a glimpse of that section. But even most of those who have been near or on Katahdin know no more about the country to its north than they could gain from their summit viewpoint.
An exception is Myron H. Avery, captain, USNR, a Lubee native who is the State\u27s leading authority on Katahdin and its environs and who has been a prolific writer on the subject.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1140/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Public Library Annual Report 1948
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The Tentative Street Plan
Get PDFAn analysis of the needs to change the streets and traffic patterns in Bangor, Maine, complete with diagrams and maps.
Sample text:
Times have changed.
In the early days of Bangor\u27s growth, making a new street was no problem at all. Survey a couple of straight lines over any kind of land, uphill or downhill; scrape out between the lines; perhaps throw back a little gravel, and the street was ready for business. As the city grew more streets were laid out in the same way. It was a mechanical process, and the result was a mechanical system of straight streets intersected at right angles by other straight streets. Except for a period of Spring mud, this expanding, gridiron street system provided pretty decent roadways for the surreys, buckboards, and Bangor Buggies.
Times have changed. The leisurely pace of the surrey has given way to the speed and pounding of the automobile. The old street system just isn\u27t built for the onrush of traffic. Streets, which are natural traffic arteries, are in many cases too narrow to carry traffic efficiently. Too many intersections cut the efficiency still further, and cause too many accidents. More accidents are caused by the slippery grades of up and down streets.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1258/thumbnail.jp