Watch for Brenda Davis’s walking tour this Thursday on the streets of Kingfield in her quest to raise awareness about the severity of hunger in Maine. Davis is the executive director of Cross Road Ministries and raised over $120,000 for local communities and their food pantries. The walking tour is part of the Maine Credit Unions Campaign for Ending Hunger, which has raised over $3.1 million in the past. Look for Brenda in her yellow vest, hard hat and fast stride down Route 27 in Kingfield, just one of the 56 communities she’ll visit this tour.

We ran into Clay Tranten last week who was very eager to tell us about the newest addition to his family. No it’s not a hound dog, this time his daughter Katherine gave birth to Clay and Carolyn’s first grandchild, Haylee Grace. How long will it be before Clay has this little girl out coon hunting with him? Congratulations to the parents, Katherine and Garrett!

Eustis was incorporated Feb. 18, 1871, according to the 1938-39 Maine Register. Its population in 1870 was 342, it was 321 in 1890, 508 in 1910 and 601 in 1930. Willis M. Sylvester was the postmaster for Eustis and Harold T. Ricker served Stratton. Guy B. Durrell, A. A. Berry and Hugh Sylvester served as Stratton’s selectmen. For Stratton, the town clerk was Enoch Williamson and the treasurer was J. B. Carville, who also served as the collector. Vance Wilbur served as constable and Lee Ricker was the road commissioner. The Stratton Public Library, with John B. Carville serving as librarian, contained 2,000 volumes.

With Thanksgiving coming up, the deadlines for the Dec. 2 issue will be earlier than usual. Anything you need published in that issue (letters, obituaries, news briefs, etc.) should be here before noon Wednesday, Nov. 25. If you want a display ad, the deadline is noon Tuesday, Nov. 24. The classified ad is 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. We will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 & 27, and will reopen Monday, Nov. 30 at our regular hours. Happy Thanksgiving!