Down East October 1983

October 1983

The table of contents from the October 1983 issue of Down East.

Features

In Search of Aunt Deb

A pilgrimage into the past reveals the woman behind the legend of Westbrook College’s indomitable Deborah Morton. By Carol Brightman.

Fifty-nine, Going on Sixty

The Portland Symphony Orchestra warms up for a milestone anniversary with a bravura winter season. By Raymond J. Blair.

Making It In Maine

Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.

Autumn on ‘The Airline’

It’s a hundred straight miles of color from Bangor to Calais. Photographs by Joe Devenney.

Oh, To Be in Maine

For the true Mainiac, autumn is the season supreme. By Roy Barrette.

Down East Cookery: Duck

From the field or freezer, this wild fowl has a taste all its own. By Michael T. Kinnicutt.

Digging In at Potato Harvest Time

Fall recess is more work than play for Aroostook schoolchildren. Photographs by Richard Hackett.

Requiem for the Gundalow

Workhorse of the Piscataqua, it left a colorful history. By Richard E. Winslow III.

Maine— A Guide to Winter 1983/84

A special forty-page pullout section on winter events and activities in the Pine Tree State.

Departments

Room With A View

This day was going to be a model of beauty, I could see that already. The sun had not yet appeared, but the east reflected a rosy glow. By Caskie Stinnett.

For the Record

Lighting Up with Solar Power

My Maine

A Night to Remember

Down East Bookshelf

Speaking of Maine

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.

Outdoor Maine

Moose Hunt Referendum Shaping Up as Tight Contest

I Remember

The Great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947

Cover: “Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven” (27″ x 36″), oil on canvas, by Connee Jellison. Mrs. Jellison, a native of Mt. Desert Island, lives in Salisbury Cove and exhibits her work locally.