100 Years Ago: 1921

The Natural History club will meet at Nezinscot Park in Turner all day. Monday, June 27, with a basket dinner. The theme for the day will be “John Burroughs.” Miss Edna Johnson will give a short sketch of his life, and members will respond at roll call with artifacts from his life.

50 Years Ago: 1971

(From a journal Photo)
It was everyone for himself Tuesday as neighborhood children held an MS Carnival at the Paul Marcotte home on Champlain Ave, Lewiston. In a group firing wet sponges at the two clowns are Bruce Austin, Tom Martel, James Marcotte, Roger Patry and Michelle Guilmette. The two clowns are Marc Guilmette, the object of the wet sponge, while Mark Austin looks on.

25 Years Ago: 1996

When Dennis Grasso of Livermore was about 12 years old, he found a set of old golf clubs down in the cellar of his family’s New York home and sneaked out onto a nearby golf course to play. He and his friends would go out at night, and stay until they got chased off. Golf courses were private clubs then, and sneaking onto the East Chester course was the only way to get in. Grasso doesn’t have to do that anymore — now he owns his own nine-hole course. In between, there has been 41 years of golfing, starting with caddying at the course he used to get chased off, and ending up as a golf pro, owner, and manager at his own club. Last February, Grasso and Jane Smith bought the Maple Lane Golf Club in Livermore, converted part of the old farmhouse to a restaurant, and moved upstairs. Smith is a native Mainer, and Grasso finds himself happier, for the summer months.

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