"Signs of spring keep popping up everywhere now," declared the April 1973, volume 5, number 15 issue of the Sugarloaf Irregular describing its cover. "Activities forgotten all winter come alive. But a sport left unpracticed for months, makes some people rusty as Dennis Corkum, bartender at the Sugarloaf Inn, proves with his first spring kite-flying attempts."

"We aim to please," was the motto of the Sugarloaf Area Association secretaries, according to a Pagethree story. June Parsons and Flora Ellis of Stratton, and Laura Dunham, Kitty Moody, Nancy Carey and Suzanne Jordan all of Kingfield, were the team answering "never-ending telephone calls, questions and complaints" that came in during the ski season. And, as of this issue, the phones would be manned year-round. A few statistics on the association were compiled for the article: 4,000 people from all over the U.S. and Canada were booked through the reservation service in nearby inns during the ski season. Over 30 inns took advantage of the association's reservation service. There were 1,806 beds to accommodate guests in the Sugarloaf area from Eustis to Kingfield.

"Visual pollution, although not overpowering, still plagues us," wrote publisher Dave Rolfe in an editorial accompanied by nearly a dozen photos of what Rolfe characterized as "problem signs." Rolfe pointed out that Route 27's new designation as a "Scenic Highway" implied a responsibility by every member of the community to correct the "scenic pollution."

Sugarloaf Area Security Service advertised its services by noting that over $20,000 worth of property had been stolen in the previous eight months. The company was offering to check property daily for $35 a year. The Chickadee Restaurant on the Auburn-Turner town line was enticing folks driving up to Sugarloaf to "take a break from driving and satisfy your appetite." The Bag's ad billed itself as "Udderly Fantastic!" and sported a drawing of a milk cow.

There were four classified ads in this issue: a 28-foot Dark Harbor Sloop for sale, a six-week, live-in job tending two children, a 1954 Jeep for sale for $400, and a Cable Nelson Piano for $250.

The S.C. Noyes Co. in Rangeley, was selling a 10- room log construction ski lodge in Eustis completely furnished, with over four acres of land and a guest cottage

for $40,000.