As can be seen, the cover of the Late February 1972, volume 4, number 12 issue of the Sugarloaf Irregular sported a curious photo. Inside, the picture is explained this way: "In a day of uptight people seeking the refuge of a not-so-uptight vacation spot, we submit our area as one of the most unuptight four-season recreation spots." The fellow in the photo, Red Stallion bartender Alec Boardman, was described as a "typical individual, fraught with worry, seeking the best of these two different worlds and trying in vain to rid himself of the city pace while hoping for an inner peace and serenity."

The intrepid Laura Dunham showed up in this issue offering a short history of Carrabassett Valley from 1928, when a veneer mill was built, to October 1971 when the Jerusalem Township became the Town of Carrabassett Valley. This history included the one year Diamond Match Co. produced matches in the former veneer mill, owned at the time by the Dead River Co. At about that time, the town consisted of "a store, a schoolhouse and a hotel."

There's a story, by P. Hall, reminiscing about the Narrow Gauge Trail. He begins by pointing out that at the time, there were about 15 trails on the mountain but he remembered when there were only about four. He proceeds to boast of his status as a true "ski bum," not even getting "Harv" at the ski shop to let him "test" out a pair of skies. "Harv" however, was willing if Hall thought he could get them paid up by summer.

There is a photo of Sugarloafer Ron Leonard "caught in what appears to be a practice session for an all-inclusive year-round new sport soon to be started at the Red Stallion Inn." In the picture, Leonard, in sweater and ski hat, has donned his skis and is attempting to remain balanced while straddling a large inner tube, while it floats in a swimming pool surrounded by snow...

The Whooizit appears again in this issue —and again, we don't have the answer. The clean cut young man is described in part this way: "As a teenager of the 50s (high school graduate of '56), our graduate rose through the ranks of the ski instructor world and in the mid-sixties formed his own chain of ski schools in the 'County.'" Part of the clue noted that he was "renowned for his irregular, bizarre and timely talent shows which he provides for Valley natives…"

Opposite the "Whooizit" is the poem by John Winn, "The Sinking of the 'Growler,'" immortalized later by

Jud Strunk, sometimes called "The Ballad of Flagstaff."

The Bag offered this teaser in its ad: "At the end of a touring jaunt — a cup of soup and a glass of wine … and change back from a dollar —You deserve the Bag today."

By this issue, the Sugarloaf Irregular was printing 18 issues a year.

Incidentally, the bathing beauty in the Oct. 15 Rear

View photo was identified for us as Maggie

Luce.