Elf improvement In 1977, a reporter from The Times Record tagged along with Santa Claus as he made his rounds to various locales in the Mid-coast region during December. Not wanting to appear shaggy before his big night, the jolly old elf popped in to see barber Nazaire D’Auteuil so he could look “just so” for Christmas, according to the caption that accompanied this photo when it originally ran in The Times Record. Other photos from Saint Nick’s 1977 Mid-coast meanderings will appear later this month.