100 Years Ago: 1921

The Willing Workers of Ruth Rebekah Lodge will hold a meeting at 2 o’clock sharp, Tuesday evening. All members are requested to be present.

50 Years Ago: 1971

Three  Auburn 4-H club members are among. several from the area who are competing this week in the New England 4-H Dairy Show at the Eastern States Exposition. Exhibiting animals are Janice and Linda Keene and David Lane, Auburn; Cheryl Dunbar and Beverly Shores, Gardiner; Lee Roy Tillson, Augusta; Karen Markowski, Winthrop, and Lloyd Hardy, Farmington. Members of the Maine 4-H dairy judging team includes Colleen Hatch and David Lance, both of Auburn; Suzanne Shores, Gardiner; and Laura Perkins, Augusta.

25 Years Ago: 1996

Elizabeth Cooke, a Phillips resident and author of “Complicity,” will give her first public reading from her new novel, “Zeena,” on Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Phillips Public Library.

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