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Bangor Radio Value Days Window Shopping, Wlbz Radio
Bangor Radio Value Days Window Shopping, Wlbz Radio
WLBZ Radio Station Records
Irving Hunter makes his way around downtown Bangor, Maine, to describe items in store windows that will be on sale for Bangor Radio Value Days. He mentions several of the participating businesses and describes products at Freese's Department Store, Farrar Furniture Company, Standard Shoe Store, J.J. Newberry Store, Crown Jewelers, and the W.T. Grant store. Not dated; circa 1955.
Interview With Rufus Googins, Proprietor Of The Jed Prouty Tavern In Bucksport, Wlbz Radio
Interview With Rufus Googins, Proprietor Of The Jed Prouty Tavern In Bucksport, Wlbz Radio
WLBZ Radio Station Records
Bill Mincher interviews Rufus Googins, at the time proprietor of the Jed Prouty Tavern in Bucksport, Maine. They discuss the aspects of the tavern that have hardly changed since the early 1800s, the historic role of the tavern keeper as interacting with the guests, the fact that Mr. Googins had decided to donate the property across the street to the city for a park, and that an article would also appear about Googins and other Bucksport "characters" in the upcoming January issue of DownEast Magazine. Recorded November 19, 1954.