100 Years Ago: 1922

A West Sumner correspondent says: “The crops In this section have not suffered a great deal on account of the rain but the roads are getting almost impassable. The water is over the roads in many low places.”

50 Years Ago: 1972

An Auburn girl was this past week elected governor of Girls State, held at Husson College, Bangor, under sponsorship of the American Legion. She is Juliann Knowles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neville J. Knowles of 383 Court St. Auburn, a student at Edward Little High School. Another ELHS student, Barbara Gould, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Gould Jr. of 118 Grandview Avenue, Auburn, was elected secretary of state. Two other Auburn girls, Linda Kennedy and Janet White, also attended Girls State. Miss Knowles will be one of three Maine girls attending Girls National at Washington, DC. At ELHS, she was secretary-treasurer of her class for two years, a member of the Student Senate and school newspaper reporter. She has been active in the American Field Service program.

25 Years Ago: 1997

Master storyteller John McDonald will offer an evening of traditional Maine humor at 7 pm Thursday in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College. Children are especially welcome and the public is invited free of charge. McDonald performs throughout the country and is the founder of the Maine Storytellers Festival held annually in Rockport. His appearance at Bates is part of the 1997 Speech and Debate Institute. Students from eight states are studying at Bates this summer

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