Patten Pioneer Days keeps folks busy, fed, entertained

by Staff Pioneer Times
11 years ago
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Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
HAVING FUN — The McNally family had one of the most humorous floats in Saturday’s Patten Pioneer Days parade with their “McNally Farm Stone Age Family Roast” float.		 Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
BOATLOADS OF FUN — A group of children ride in a canoe for the “Family and Friends of Lori Rogers and Caleb Scribner” float.
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Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
MMMM! — Steve Giles pulls out a fresh plate of biscuits cooked over an open flame.		 Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
LONG LINES — Hungry patrons wait their turn in line at the Patten Lumberman’s Museum for the bean-hole bean luncheon.
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Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
MOOSE IS LOOSE — The Ellis family entered this creative float of a massive moose, complete with hunters chasing behind.		 Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
CLASSIC RIDE — All smiles as he rides in the Patten Pioneer Days parade Saturday is Tony Bowers.
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Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
COLORFUL DISPLAY — The Patten Pentecostal Church had a colorful float full of balloons.		 Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
OH BOY! — Lizzie Knowles fries up doughboys at one of the food booths for Patten’s Pioneer Days Saturday morning.