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...zero gravity aboard Skylab. Garriott had an even more unusual experience; he lost his balance on his first evening back home when his wife turned off the lights as they were going upstairs to bed. "I can't stand up unless I have a visual reference," he complained. Helen Garriott flicked the lights back on and his balance was restored...
...communities for which Route 1 is Main Street. Cherryfield, Columbia Falls, Jonesboro, Machias--all are homes to an average of several hundred inhabitants who use the road to drive to the fields during the day, and perhaps to Machias in the evening to see a movie or eat at Helen's Restaurant...
This down-to-earth quality, combined with a small-town atmosphere, creates a scenario of rural life and attitudes which is all-pervasive in Washington county. It's a region in which the undertaker in the town of Cherryfield also runs the ambulance service and where Helen's, a small restaurant in Machias famous for its pies, can become a county center. "You'll meet more people from Washington county here at Helen's than you will in the whole damn town," said one middle-aged man in baggy brown trousers and frayed shirt, scooping up his blueberry cream...
Even non-residents attest to Helen's culinary prowess. Affixed to the wall by the cash register is a slightly crumpled napkin on which is written: "I've been a driver for 29 years and I bring my truck 40 miles out of the way to eat at Helen's every chance I get. And I'd take a longer detour...
...HELEN L. SMITH...