Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 6

Gardiner watch repair By JOHN TOOLE -Gardiner Bureau GARDINER Stanley Hardy Stevens is getting ready to close his small shop off Water Street where labored almost 40 years to keep people on time 1 Saturday afternoon lock the door to his SH Stevens store the one withthe words in watch repair" painted on the window' for the last time 'Til be doing business out of my home at 116 Bangor St (in Augusta) just past the Bangor Street Fire Station said Stevens stationed below the "Keep Smiling" sign that hangs above the counter in his store He's planning on offering oily limited services from his home beginning June 10 going to keep $10000 like a said Stevens pointing to -oney He's never seen a watch likethat in Gardiner although he recall! working on one lady's watch that was so expensive-he kept only the movement to work on and made her take the casing with her But watches reveal a wealth he insists tell how affluent somebody is by their watch or by thiir walking down the street he said Stevens claims to have no regrets about his semi-retirement end move-from Gardiner really time -that I give up the he said enjoyed being in business in Gardiner had good relationships with my he said "There are a lot of nice people in Gardiner tion five competitors within walking distance He got acquainted with pis customers through daily newspaper advertisements which he Sraduafly curtailed and ultimately iscontinued as business 'became brisk and his shop became known Eventually his competitors all of them t- disappeared made number six when I carte here" he said I'm all alone" Stevens said his is a fading business facts of the case are that there seem to be anybody taking up the watch repair trade" he said He blames the decline on the switch from mechanical to electronic watches which are cheaper and more accurate he He alio thinks self-employment as a watch repairman is unattractive to most is a 56-hour a week business and very few people want to put in that much time he said says of electronic watches sell millions of them every Gone are the days when people found a watch they liked and kept jt forever younger people I know have got three or four kicking around that Postal on a wall of the shop are' pages taken' from magazines showing watches adorned with diamonds bearing price tags sometimes above Named oid timer Brian RMarsoo of Augusta who celebrated 30 yean pf service with Central Maine Power Co on Thurs- day has joined Central Maine Power's Ola Timers Club Marpon joined CMP in 1955 a a jbnior draftsman becoming a draftsman in 1956 an electrical draftsman in 1964 engineering as sistant in 1968 and lead construction Inspector in 1983 He Is a 1951 graduate of Cony High School and a 1955 graduate of Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute Marson is a member ofthe Maine Association of Engineers Pediatrics open house An open house will be held at the Vinthrop Family Pediatrics Center on June 5 from 430 to 7 The occasion is being held to ceu ebrate completion of the center built as a home in 1790 and now the office of Dr Burtt Richardson Jriiand Dr Helen MitcheU The office also serves as an educational facfiityf or children parents arid community groups as well as a museum and lending li-" ary-- Tbose planning tCr attend the open house should call the center at 877-2114 by rz? Credit For tiie third consecutive year Maine credit unions grew faster in 1984 than all other credit unions in the United States Maine credit unions Increased loans outstanding by SSperceht com- pared to 27 percent nationwide From 1963 to'1984 asaets-in Maine increased 17 percent to a total of $710 million while total Savings deposits increased 208 percent to 8640 piil- lion Ted Desveaux' president of the Maine Credit Union League also re- ported a membership increase of 62 percent Maine now nai 363446 credit union members Desveaux said or' my nose to the grind stone 10Q percent" he said SH Stevens is set bn semi-retirement at the age of 72 "The older you get the more you hate to get up in cold weather and all that sort of he said Born in Sidney on June 8 1912 Stevens has lived in Augusta since 1929 He had worked in Augusta jewelry stores beforfe starting a shop erf his own in Gardiner on Feb 10 1949 man I was working for (in Augusta) went out erf business and he closed the Stevens explained "I looked around for some place to park my carcass that's about it" He settled on th Water Street loca cializes in exotic varieties of beer coffee cheese and gourmet crackers but wine isthe big ticket item Hop Grape stocks about 1500 bottles of it--' with little duplication Fashion Focus F6r Summer Sundresses At Craig Schuler recently opened his new store at7 Union St in Hsllowell -V 7 You caff find exotic beers wine and much more at A bare necessity I becomes a luxury when Malia adds the polish This satin shadow-box jacquard cotton is printed with absolute ji Its inner resource: 7 a builtHn bra Open Sundays 1-5 Daily Closed MemorialDay actually a hobby that turned into a business for me said Sbhuler who grew up in Santa Fe NM and worked as a marketing executive with Ross Laboratories in Columbus Ohio before moving to Farmington four years ago Hop Grape wine selections in-' elude more than 40 kinds of champagne non-alcoholic and kosher wines and wines from France Germany Italy (including Sicily) Spain be way Portugal Greece Australia Chile er refe his wife who bought floor Upstairs finish The from lot be way growth up approximately 323 percent' of the population Interest-bearing' checking accounts called share draft accounts'in credit unions- continue to expand Over 100 credit unions now provide this service to 85000 accounts Over -12 million share drafts are' written -and paid each month with a total value in excess of $70 million according to Credit Union League figures Desveaux said the reasons for continued growth are the competitive rates and variety of options on both savings and loans programs as well as the addition of many financial services being offered members It! v- signs contract LStieiwnd'ServiceS' Ad' ministration 4GSAfhas signed a contract with Dube Travel Agency fcTeur of Lewiston a travel firm established 88 years irijptol in conjunction with tmMariagemvJteripro fraitfwbfcb is designed tuprovide cost-efficient travel and accommo aSSSiBSBBSgtt' From officesin Lwkoiv Soui 9rtland Aagusta and Livermore FalhDube "mom tbisiJ Fnamesagen itivaDesignlf-MatJse PpindtoribfVeMtfe idvertising lagettcviof conservation ami ss for the iirreutly programs customers reducetheifUsf ktirithttillative representative of WMKH Business Radioaiso will serve as the rigrin cy director of media lawllvingin Portland? Libby also Isa television sptAesmarifor: amen to council mRiuittj ff Howe of Burgess fc Leith of Augusta has been elected to tbeNuveen advisory council'll John Nuyeeri A Co Inc: Is a- ri tionwide Investment banking firm specializing in municipal bonds and tax-exempt unit investment trusts- and fuhdsr The advisory csuriciVjis-com-prised of a select group: of invest-: merit professionals cited for excellence in financial counseling in the field otlax-exempt securities 77 7 Volunteer roster lithe Service Corps of RetiredEx-ecutives (SCORE) has a volunteer jester of retired people ready to counsel owners of small businesses pV people thinking about going into pusinesa' SCORE members are available for counseling on Tuesdays Wednesdays ana Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm in room 501 of the Edmund Muskie Federal Build- ing at 40 Western Avenue-iriAiigus 5- 1a RRWZEN0W SPECIAL By JOSEPH OWEN Staff Writer HALLOWELL Chile has the only vineyards in world uncontamir nated by phylloxera a burrowing -louse- which European ana American vines in the 19th century -'Does that mean wines from Chile tastes bettpr worse or just different from those bf the rest of the world? That's a matter for you and Craig SchulOrto Work out Schuler opened Hop n' Grape recently -a store at- 7 Union St where: he stocks wines from Chile and sever- al other countries The store also spe Health group takes part in project Medical Care Development an Augusta-based health Care organization has beep awarded a three-year con--tract from the UJS -Department of Health and Human Services to work with the' Red Crescent Society of Saudi Arabia to improve emergency medical services in-that country -The first year of the contract has been funded for $12 millidn The project calls fpr a team of emergency medical services experts fo leave for Saudi Arabia this month Medical Care Development ultimate-' jy will have a team-ofninefull-time professionals in the kingdom whp will' be aided by short-term 'emergen? -cy medical consultants from Maine The National Standard Emergency Medical -Techriician-A curriculum ill be used to train the Red Crescent Society ambulance- attendants The University Of Southern-Maine's Col- lege of Education through Center will award certificates of achievement tg Saudi Arabian attendants win suc-eessfuily complete the courses Kannabec Journal OINAFERAZZI beans which Schuler believes consti-tute the widest variety of beam in Cmtral Maine Schuler also owns a country store in Farmington where he lives with Karen a native of that town works for the state The Schulers the building where the Hallo-well business is located on the first and-they plan to move into an apartment there When they remodeling it structure is set back substantially Union Street hidden behind Market of people say to back said Craig Schul-ec referring to the business location gotjots of parking" He said he alsd wanted to avoid potential flooding when -the Kennebec River rises: Business hours are -11 am to 7 every day except Monday when store Is cf Sat MANOR -si I Authorized 1 I May 25 Sun May 26 9am to 6pm the United States and occasionally Japan the lone employee said ne is not a wipe expert but -knows enough to advise people prop: eriy while selling it to them- The store also sells more than 25- brands of imported and premium do- mesticbeer and 16 kinds of coffee- Plumbing Service Installation Stone Cooper FuiCo: 7 Augusta' 623-4747 Noted Maine Hypnotist -IN-- -AUGUSTA TUESDAY 1 MAY 28 LOSE WEIGHT! 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