By Will Tuell

Calling it “quite a journey,” proprietress Vivian Walls-Patten of Walls TV, Appliances, and Home Furnishing, joined customers, family members, and friends in celebrating the business her late husband Bernard “Bernie” Walls founded in the summer of 1969 on Saturday, Aug. 3. While a lot has changed in Machias since the Walls came to town — Walls' commitment to serving the people of Washington County has not gone out of style, both Walls-Patten and her son Randy Walls, who manages the store on Main Street, said in interviews with this publication.