With four floors of old stacks and two floors of new, it is apparent that a considerable amount of walking is required of the circulation assistants. Lee Leighton, part-time assistant, returns from the stacks with a patron's selection of books.
At the circulation desk, First Assistant Mrs. Carol Phelps using the new charge out machine checks out books to a patron, while a young man waits for his book selections to be brought from the closed stacks behind the circulatión desk.
The large main lobby contains the public card catalog on the left, the circulation desk in the background and several thousand of the newer fiction and nonfiction books available for circulation.
Bangor Public Library founded in 1883 opened its doors on Harlow Street on December 20, 1913. The main building houses three public service departments--Circulation, Children's and Reference. Behind the scenes departments include Office personnel, Accessions and Classification Department, Catalog Department, Periodicals and Binding Department and Extension Department. The stacks are located at the rear of the building.
Showcases the history of Cole's Express through photographs, a timeline, maps, and more. Includes photographs of over 200 employees circa 1977. "We would like to share with you a brief history of our company, Coles Express. It all began here... 1917... A.J. 'Allie' Cole started a freight and mail route from Enfield Station to Lowell and Burlington. With hard work and pioneering people a Maine company was born. We started small, and it wasn't always easy going. Horses and wagons soon gave way to trucks, and new ideas filled local needs. In 1925 the company moved its base of operations to Bangor."
Each year in the State of Maine one person in every five needs a hospital! Will there be a bed at Eastern Maine Medical Center for you--for your loved ones--for your employees and members of their families when it is needed? Use of medical-surgical beds at Eastern Maine Medical Center--the major complement of the Medical Center is up 9.2% in the past year. Serving a six-county area of eastern Maine, the Medical Center has been increasingly subjected to a squeeze between ever-increasing changes and improvements in medical practices and the demands of serving the actual needs of the area's residents. Until now, these needs have been met on an "immediate funds available," expediency basis. Now, it has become imperative that a major project of modernization and replacement of outmoded equipment and facilities be undertaken. No longer will piecemeal efforts meet today's needs and those of the future.
Features color photographs of Bangor sites and institutions and advertisements for local businesses. Also includes brief overviews Brewer, Old Town, Hampden, Hermon, Orono, Veazie, and Bucksport. "An invitation: We sincerely hope that this carefully prepared publication will give you, the reader, a deeper insight into and a better understanding of our area-wide community. The ageless tradition of downeast hospitality is largely responsible for the genuine warmth and welcome felt by those who pass our way. If you are looking for a change of pace, a new beginning, a pleasant vacation, a new location for group meetings or conventions, or just a great place to get away from it all it is all here for you."
The Greater Bangor Chamber of Commerce and its member firms take pride in presenting the Bangor area story. We are pleased to make available this book, which presents the assets of the Bangor area in words and pictures.
Details the history, local government, education, municipal services, recreation, and planning and development of Bangor, Brewer, and Hampden circa 1973. Among the pictures are the Bangor International Airport and the Paul Bunyan statue.
Many more pictures could and perhaps should have been taken to fully show all the varied and diverse activities that go on both in full view of the public and behind the scenes at the Bangor Public Library. However, I have tried to give the viewers of these photos a bird's-eye-view of some of the highlights of the activities carried out in their library. It is my hope that through these pictures the viewer will have a better understanding and appreciation of one of the community's prime sources of educational as well as recreational materials.
This book has a purpose. It is designed to bring you up to date with Penobscot County. It will indicate the direction the economy is developing, and depict why Penobscot County is a superior place in which to live. It has been prepared under the auspices of the Penobscot County Commissioners with the cooperation of town officials and advertisers loyal to regional development. We hope it will encourage you to visit Penobscot County, begin a business, establish an industry, build a life. We hope you will pay our message the close attention we feel it deserves.
The 1979 Crusader is dedicated to an outstanding group of people who comprise the John Bapst Golden Anniversary Fund Drive Committee. It is dedicated to each and every member with special note to Mrs. Josephine Profita, General Chairperson, and the Very Reverend Richard Harvey, Chairman of the Board, for their unending loyalty and dedication. Because of their efforts, thousands of dollars were raised for renovations, salaries, instructional supplies, a new heating and plumping system, and all around support of the school. This yearbook is dedicated to them not only for this reason, but also because through their generos-ity and unselfishness they have ensured the continuation of John Bapst as an institute of higher education and more importantly as an institution of Catholic education in the greater Bangor area.
The 1978 CRUSADER staff dedicates this yearbook to the graduating classes of John Bapst High School. Throughout the 50 years that Bapst has been standing, forty-eight classes have graduated leaving the traditions of the past, memories of the days shared and expectations of the future years which have grown to become a part of us... What distinguishes one group of classes from another? Students will come and go leaving empty desks for new students to fill. Many faces will be remembered, but how many will be forgotten? Memories, happy or sad, will separate our span of years from others. Whether one may recall the LTC championship, freshman inistions, the girls PVC-B track championship, loyalty song, the remorse felt after losing a game, the retreats; they are ours to keep and hold to remind us of our high school years. Our span of years is unique and is different from others. We will be remembered for what we did in our four years at Bapst. As we have watched other classes graduating, sometimes we may have thought what it would be like to graduate, to decide what college to go to, to make decisions, to be on our own. As we now look forward to our future we feel that our years at John Bapst have built a solid foundation with which to face whatever challenges our lives may hold. We leave one chapter behind with all the necessary information to move on to the next.
Frank J. Murray began his teaching career along with the class of '77. Already familiar with the John Bapst community, he soon became one of the most respected members of the staff, by both teachers and students. He was also the one called upon whenever any job had to be done. To merely list the positions Mr. Murray has held during our four years at John Bapst would be an injustice to him. For it is with his extra dedication that he established himself as a true leader, an educated teacher and a respected friend. His courage has been undaunted, his honesty has been impeccable and his integrity has been faultless. He will truly be an in-spiration for us, the graduating class, in the years to come. So, Mr. Frank J. Murray, teacher, track coach, football and basketball coordinator, S. A. C. moderator, Key Club advisor, and friend, we, the class of '77, would like to dedicate this edition of the Crusader to you for all the things you've done for us during our years at John Bapst.
The graduating class of 1976 proudly dedicate this volume of the "CRUSADER" to MISS ELIZABETH HOULI-HAN. Miss Houlihan was a graduate of Mt. Mercy Academy in Waterville and furthered her education at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. Better known to all as "Miss Betty", she keeps a watchful eye on the library daily. Her quest to hold the school record for catching smokers in the second floor bathroom has yet to be matched. Her tireless efforts have encour-aged her softball teams to "keep a stiff upper lip" and to do their best. Miss Betty has been an everpresent influence in our days at Bapst, always making sure (in her "soft, gentle voice") that we had sent in all our applications and ordered our announcements. Although this is our final year at John Bapst, we will always remember Miss Betty for the long, trying, hours she put in preparing us all for that one big dayGRADUATION! (and believe us it wasn't easy!) In light of this, we would like to take this time to thank her properly for all her help and let her know her actions do not go unnoticed and are appreciated. THANK YOU MISS BETTY!
It is with great pleasure that the Class of '75 dedicates the 1975 CRUSADER to Miss Elizabeth Houlihan, our yearbook advisor. Better known as "Miss Betty", she is familiar to all John Bapst students; either for her fine teaching ability, or for her firm belief in the necessity of firm discipline in the library. We take this opportunity to acknowledge her tireless efforts in preparation for commencement exercises, and thank her sincerely.
Each year it has become traditional for the graduating seniors to dedicate their year-hook to a person who has been an inspiration and a guide throughout our high school years. In keeping with this tradition, The Class of 1974 wishes to honor Mr. Harlow Floyd with this edition of the yearbook. It is indeed rare in such a short time as four years to become completely mystified with any person. It is not so rare, however, when that person is as unique a man as Mr. Floyd is. Harlow Floyd is a man like none we have ever met before. In him, every student can find a model of what we should try to become once we have left John Bapst. His courage is undeniable, his intelligence extraordinary, and his honesty unquestionable. John Bapst is lucky indeed to have such a man; the Class of 1974 is lucky to have been able to learn from him. We must now leave our beloved John Bapst, and in doing so we leave behind these next pages as our final tribute to this school and to the people we shall always hold dear to our hearts. The memories we have will always be cherished; and we thank Mr. Harlow Floyd for making them so.
Each year it has become traditional for the graduating class to dedicate their yearbook to a person who has been both an inspiration and a guide throughout their maturing high school years. And so, in keeping with tradition, the class of '73 wishes to dedicate this yearbook to the memory of Sister Claude Marie. Many years from now Sister will be remembered as the teacher whose greatest contribution to our class was that she believed in us as individuals, each possesing the unique capability to succeed in life. She will also remain in our memories as one of the most stubborn individuals any of us shall come across again... Sister Claude Marie once said that we were the class she had always searched for. With us she could become her real self, dropping all protec-ive shields. She believed in a great, hidden potential within the limits of our class and she was determined to put that potential to work. We now depart from the halls of John Bapst, leaving the following pages as a final testimony to the achievements of the class of 1973. It is with great sorrow to many of us as we go out into the world that Sister Claude Marie will no longer be there to push us on. We must now believe in ou-selves as she once believed in us. We can only that in the years to come, when we have each found our vocations in life, we will be able to sit back with confidence, sure that Sister would have been proud of us, as would all those who likewise believed in the spirit of our class, taking pride in proving that their faith was not mislaid.
In the past few years during which the future of John Bapst was in jeopardy, there have been several dedicated and concerned people who have fought to maintain this great institution. Many times, the people who contribute the most to a cause are the ones who are underrated and their accomplishments go unrecognized. We the students of John Bapst do not wish to underestimate the work of the John Bapst Quarterback Club. Since its formation, this organization has performed valuable services for the school. In the past, they have been responsible for the purchasing of football equipment, a whirlpool bath, Girls' Basketball uniforms, a washer arid dryer combination, and the new gymnasium floor. Everything this club does is for the benefit of the students at Bapst. The money that they raise through their dances, the Annual Boxing Show and other projects, is continually being put to good use. This year one of their most successful ventures was the 1971 Homecoming which attracted hundreds of former Bapst alumni to the festivities. It is with great pride that we say "thank-you" to the hard-working members of the Quarterback Club.
Through the years it has become customary that the editors of this annual leave a few words to the remaining students at Bapst. We eagerly use this privilege to look to our past and Bapst's future. Our four years at John Bapst have been a tremendous experience; it has been a great joy and yet it ends upon a note of sorrow--Looking back, we find that we have been provided with a superior education, surpassing any readily available. It was more than academic schooling, though, for we were engaged in a lesson in life. Making new friends, changing ideas, facing crises, all were part of our education. We would wish to leave this treasure for those who follow also to experience, yet we find this inheritance endangered. Our school, like our country, is embarking upon a new era, an era which shall determine whether or not it shall survive. The future is bright, but there are many pitfalls along the way. Only you who follow can make the foggy dream of a continuing John Bapst a reality.
In Memoriam: Daniel J. Feeney, Bishop of the Diocese of Portland. September 12, 1894-September15, 1969. The death of a man of such great dignity and determination, compassion, and concern, is always a shock to those with whom he was in contact. But rather than expressing sorrow for his departure, let us thank God for the life he gave us. In twenty-three years of dedicated service to his diocese, he proved a true proponent of Christian education with the founding of some twenty Catholic schools in the diocese. To his most valuable possessions--his many accomplishments as head of this diocese--we, the students of John Bapst High School, 1969-70, would like to add love and esteem. May he rest in peace.
