Coming in at a mere 12 pages like the issue we perused last week, the Jan. 5, 1976 Sugarloaf Irregular Vol. 9, No. 11 was touting a special Aprés-Ski section and the complete rules to Backgammon.

In the Classified section (all of six ads…) ran the following: 33 ACRES, Hampden Highlands of Kennebec Rd. Swap for something interesting in the Sugarloaf area…

Under "Town News," ran an article titled, "Sugarloaf full for vacation." The gist of the story was that a Presque Isle couple arrived at Sugarloaf (Dec 29) for their first visit and found "no room at the inn." There was no lodging within a 30-mile radius. Directed to the Sugarloaf Area Association "and after many telephone calls and a few tears, Mrs. Dunham discovered that the last chance they had without going an additional 24 miles to Farmington was a hide-away couch at the Country Cupboard house in Kingfield if they didn't mind having people going through their room to go to the bathroom.

That same page featured a five-generation photo of the Morrell family: Mrs. Pat Lane, grandmother; Mrs. Winona Raymond, mother; Mrs. Zylph Morrell, great-grandmother; and Mrs. Gail Crockett, mother of the baby in the photo, and the baby, Darlene.

And there was an article about John Hall celebrating his 76th birthday and looking back over his years in the area.

And yes, they really did publish the complete rules to backgammon with the headline: "Everything you wanted to know about backgammon (so THAT's what it's called!) but didn't want to appear gauche by asking…"

"Thank Hank" did not appear in this issue. Instead this notice ran: "Hank caught a bad case of the Manhattan Flu over New Year's and is at this point in no shape to give advice to anyone. Recovery and return are imminent, however…"

"Sawdust" carried: "Sugarloaf Irregular schedules its own Olympics." There were 15 events including: Red Stallion Steeplechase — Contestant is timed to see how long it takes him to get served at the Stallion;

Demo Marathon — Points awarded for longest time spent on a pair of demo skis without ever buying any; Jeez, the ski shop must have adjusted the bindings wrong — Points awarded for most incredible disaster in boarding a T-bar or chairlift; and Do you mind if I smoke? Oh, not at all! — Non-smoking contestant attempts to survive gondola ride with three smokers; oak leaf clusters if they all pull out pipes.

Near the end of this issue, appears a photo of a parker clad individual standing nearly waist-deep in snow and aiming a snow gun. The caption read: "It never rains but it pours. Put in a snowmaker and what happens? You wake up one morning and have to dig your way down to it."