ANDOVER — The 37th annual Andover Olde Home Days will include a photography exhibit and a speaker on the opening of the Telstar Satellite project, hosted by the Andover Historical Society.
The Andover Photography Exhibit will be displayed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, in the Andover Town Hall. Categories are portrait, landscape, flower, birds, animal, unique, and black and white. Adults and children can submit up to 28 photos, four a category.
Photographs can be submitted from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, and Thursday, Aug. 3, and from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Anyone wishing to drop off their photos by appointment can call or text Ray at 207-344-5706.
Each photograph must have the photographer’s name and town printed on the reverse side of the picture. This is an amateur contest, but spots for professionals who would like to display their work can be found. Volunteers are needed to help organize the exhibit.
The 13th annual Andover Olde Home Days Road Race will take place on Saturday, Aug. 5. Registration will be at the Andover Elementary School from 7 to 7:45 a.m. and participants should be at the school at least 15 minutes prior to the race.
A one-mile fun run and a one-mile walk will start at 8 a.m. and a 4.5-mile run will start at 8:10 a.m. Divisions for the 4.5-mile run for adults are 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and up. Divisions for the one-mile run for boys and girls are 0-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14. The one-mile walk is open to all ages.
Registration for the one-mile walk and run is $5; the 4.5 mile run, $20. Make checks payable to Andover Service Circle. Mail to Andover Service Circle, 187 East Andover Road, East Andover, ME 04226. There is plenty of parking at the Andover Elementary School. The race benefits the Andover Service Circle.
Information regarding the road race may be obtained by contacting 207-357-3828.
A participant in the 1962 Telstar Satellite Project will be a guest speaker during Andover Olde Home Days on Saturday, Aug. 5. The Andover Historical Society will present Joel Dulberg, who will speak at 2 p.m. at the Andover First Congregational Church.
Dulberg has had an award winning career working behind the camera since the early days of television. The highlight of his talk will be his connection to Andover and the Telstar Communication Satellite.
Dulberg was a cameraman on the first satellite television transmission in July 1962. He and a second cameraman were televising then in Washington, D.C., as he spoke via the Telstar satellite to the head of AT&T, who was calling him from the Andover Earth Station. Earlier in the day, the satellite transmitted a live picture of the American flag blowing at the Andover Station to a station in France.
The image of Johnson was transmitted to Andover and shot up to the Telstar satellite and received in France. That was a moment that changed global communications forever, as the importance of that transmission is still seen in daily lives to this day.
Dulberg’s list of lifetime credits include working with Fred Rogers on his first show, “The Children’s Corner,” that eventually led to “Mr. Rogers” on PBS. In 1958, he met Mike Wallace and worked on his early interview shows and teamed up with him again a few years later at CBS.
Other areas of work include the “Tonight Show – America After Dark” and working on an interview with former President Dwight Eisenhower at his farm in Gettysburg.
In 1968, Dulberg was involved in another monumental TV event, as he became one of nine staff members on the premier of “60 Minutes” and spent a 30-year career behind the scenes with the show before retiring to Maine.
Following the talk, a video will be shown of that day that changed the world forever.
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