100 Years Ago; 1923

The churches at North and West Auburn were opened for the first time for the summer on Sunday. Rev. C. S. Cummings supplies pulpits for the 19th consecutive summers. Sarah Staples entertained Cummings at lunch on Sunday.

50 Years Ago: 1973

(Sun Journal photo) Participants in the program at the Edward Little High School National Honor Society induction ceremony from the left are: Lydia Demers, Kristen Roberge, Yanna Krupnikov, Christine Caron, Tricia Marois, David Weiss, Sen. Susan Collins, speaker, Kristen Courtney, Melissa Thornton, Rachel Myers and Sara Newbury; missing from photo, Roxanne Davis.

25 Years Ago: 1998

Ray Spencer of the Lewiston Auburn Skating Club will show slides as the Portland Skating Club holds its first annual business meeting Thursday evening at Westcustogo Inn, Yarmouth, following a social hour and buffet. The club, formed last summer with the opening of the Riverside Arena, now includes a membership of about 80 people from the Portland, Brunswick and Lewiston areas. They attend weekly sessions devoted to recreational figure skating, instruction and pairs dancing at  the Riverside Arena. The social hour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. with the buffet at 7:30.

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