Town Records | Pine Hill Falls

Lost & Found Item No. 55: a bus ticket

N° 55 · 2019

Route 2 ticket, Burlington, Vermont. It belonged to Raymond, a former bus driver who came to Pine Hill Falls in 2019. There’s a handwritten date on the back.

Notebook Pages

A worn, stained green spiral notebook with a pen, on a wooden desk

Green spiral notebook. Written in block capitals, a technician’s handwriting. Translated from the French.

WED. 10/29. 6:40 PM. ARRIVED PINE HILL FALLS (NOT ON GPS).
3:12. FOOTSTEPS OUTSIDE. BAREFOOT. MANY.
SCHOOL CLOSED. NO KIDS.
DON’T EAT.

Twin Pines Motel Guest Register (excerpt)

Bound in green cloth. Columns ruled by hand.

Twin Pines Motel guest register: dates, names, addresses, license plates and room numbers. The Emergency contact column is empty on every line. The last line, dated today, is waiting for a name.
Date	Name	Address	License plate	Room
2016	████ ███████	Concord, New Hampshire	NH ███ 4██	4
2017	████ ███████	Albany, New York	NY █7█ ███	2
2019	Raymond B█████	Burlington, Vermont	VT ██2 ███	7
March 14, 2020	Claire W██████	Worcester, Massachusetts	MA ███ ██1
September 12	Mr. and Mrs. ██████	Hartford, Connecticut	CT 1██ ███	5
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Memorandum, 1963

Typed sheet, yellowed. The black bars are original. Translated from the French edition of the novel.

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SECRET

MEMORANDUM No. xx-63-117

Date: March 18, 1963

From: Colonel Harold J. Whitcomb, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Establishment of the Pine Hill radar station (Aroostook County, Maine)

Pursuant to directive xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, the construction of a radar station is hereby ordered approximately four miles northwest of the town of Pine Hill Falls. The station will be officially attached to the Northeast early warning network. Its actual mission is defined in Annex B.

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Since the fall of 1955, xx individuals have been identified as having stayed in Pine Hill Falls without any missing person report ever being filed by a relative. The persons concerned share a common profile: isolated individuals, with no known family ties and no employer likely to report their absence. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Preliminary observations confirm a retention phenomenon. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. No direct intervention in the town is authorized.

Personnel assigned to the station will be selected primarily from candidates with strong family ties. Married staff will be housed on site with their spouses. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The facilities will be built to the specifications of Annex C. Under no circumstances shall the power supply to the protective devices be interrupted.

Any contact between station personnel and the residents of the town is prohibited. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Annexes B and C: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Colonel Harold J. Whitcomb

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