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Show Clipper-reflex ,i Language arts meet set at ,' davis high . KAYSV1LLE Parents of .-. Davis District students and others interested in a new writ-ing writ-ing program being implemented im-plemented in the district may attend a language arts public information program Tuesday. ; 7 p.m. at Davis High School. ,.: . TO BE held in the music i room, it will be conducted under direction of secondary . i language arts supervisors Dr. ,;; Don Lockhead and Yvonne . . Middleton. tb : Maine Site Of Gemstone Finds making the state one of ihe top four gemstone producers in the country. National Geographic News Service Gemstones have soured in value in the last few years and the rockhounds sniffing around Ox lord Count), Maine, are well aware of it. A HILLY, forested region in the western part of the state. Oxford County was the scene in 1972 of one of the largest tourmaline finds ever made in North America Discovery of the rich deposit de-posit at an abandoned mine-near mine-near the small town of Newry touched off a sort of gemstone fever in the state which spread far beyond its boundaries, attracting amateur rock-hounds rock-hounds from all over the country. THE Sl'RGE in gemstone prices continues to diaw people peo-ple to the country and not without reason. David Baskin. a mineral land assessment specialist spe-cialist at the Bureau of Mines, estimates that gemstones valued at more than $1 million were found in Maine in 1479. |
