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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 20 the stars and stripes wednesday september 17, 1980 modern living m Maine. By Richard h. Growald United press International is  Princi is of and she docs nut  Suur help walking up Ami Down stairs like when she goes ugh.  she said. Yep for yes blooms As thick in Rural Maine As Pine Trees and is delivered crisply like a Good Jio Tato Chip. Burned Down. Yep. The flames took that big Fine three Story mar Jot the barn too and All the cattle she said. When was All the excitement of 1914," mrs. Prince   Atli dry Mills was first a pc colonial Indian settlement Hen a Center for farming and logging later a Mill Center my now is a place of White Frame collages american Norman Davis shows off a Deerskin in his garage at dry Mills Maine. Flags on poles a Lake and a summer Refuge from traffic noise parking meters and mass anything. It is the kind of place where the yellow Deer Cross ing Roadside sign is in the Middle of town. Not unnaturally dry Mills lies near pleasant River. Mark and Scott Richardson the Brothers who re treated from Portland to take Over the 80-year-old town general store have put out signs. The pizza and italian sandwiches sign serves locals in a slate which perhaps has More pizza Parlours than lobster Dens. For the tourists is the storefront sign Worms and  dry Mills May not be Madison Avenue Hul it has its smarts. Tourists bring income and Are served. Dry Mills is no trap. The Richardson Brothers cite the acc Cal Day when a German made Auto came with burp ing engine into Woody Wood s garage across the Road. The Driver introduced hims Las president Carter s minister in Washington and said his Church was five blocks from the White House and what please was wrong with his engine. Well Woody fixed it in a few minutes and the presi Dent Carter s minister asked How much and Woody said nothing because it was t much and the minister insisted on paying $10. And Woody said Well if ii pleased a tourist to pay s10." Scott Richardson said. Before tourists were recognized As a resource mrs. Prince her Mother her grandmother and the indians called be local body of water dry Pond. Now locked with Trout and other tourist ticklers. Dry Pond is called Crystal Lake. Norman Davis 57, goes into his garage opens the Freezer and nulls  a Deerskin. I buy and sell pm. Yep he said. Davis spent most of 30 years As a truck Driver. Then he loss Palic nce Wilh the Road life. He came Back to his roots. And the outdoors life of dry Mills. Beside the garage sit iwo Oul House sized Cabins on sled runners. In Winter he drags them Oul onto the ice of dry Pond locals have some trouble remembering to Call i Crystal Lake. Through a Hole in the Bottom he cuts through the ice and Lowers the fishing line from a Jig Slick. A Jig Slick is not longer than your forearm and has Cross Slicks and is Laid at the Side of the Hole the baited and hooked line Down in the Walcer. When a fish Biles inc stick jiggles. That s fun for Davis. Work and also pleasure is the trapping and the dealing in skins. Hunters brought in 59 Deerskin last season gelling paid $4 to $7 for the hides Davis Sells to tanners. A Muskrat skin brings Aboul inc same. A Fox skin will Felch $12 to $85, an our skin $40 to $90. A Raccoon May fetch from $.1.50 to $50. The big Deal is the Fisher. A Fisher is a big vicious animal in the cat family Davis said. In is Brownish  with an out Doorman s res pct he us. What a Ixl Are breathtaking colors of the Smoky Mou ruins. In the dark How can 1 feel the pulse and excitement of new York City where David Harlman going to work and a passed out wino arc the Only things on the Street what i xxx is a vacation if you can t keep awake through lunch we were the fill family e we 0 we re Guing  i m basically sadistic " no ,.it makes sense1 Ali c of e Ulf a enters a inc  
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