Saturday, July 1 Antique engines and other early mechanical devices - early gasoline, diesel, and steam engines - operate and learn about them first-hand. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. This meet is in partnership with the Maine Antique Power Association (MAPA).
Robert Charles (Bob) Meixell, 93, of Westport Island, Maine, died May 13, 2022. Born Feb. 11, 1929, in Wind Gap, PA, he was the son of the late Russell and Katherine (Troxell) Meixell. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from high school.
Obituary: Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr. (Blackie)
BRUNSWICK - Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr., 89, of Brunswick and formerly of Madison, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2021, .
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Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr. (Blackie)
BRUNSWICK – Ernest “Ernie” R. Merry Jr., 89, of Brunswick and formerly of Madison, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2021, following a brief illness.Ernest was born on July 23, 1931, in Berre, Mass., to Ernest R. Merry Sr and Edna (Post) Merry. At the young age of four his family moved to Cornville, ME. He attended local schools and Skowhegan High School. In 1948 he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to an engineering unit building air bases in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and England during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1952 at the rank of Corporal.Ernest worked on the family farm and in the woods. In 1960 he went to work for North Anson Reel Co. where he worked for sixteen years. He then went to work for Madison Paper Co