100 years ago, 1916
There is an interesting display of fruit in the windows of Oscar W. Jones, the Auburn druggist which is attracting much attention. The display consists of 15 varieties of Maine apples and one can easily sea why one of Maine’s products are so much in demand throughout the country.

50 years ago, 1966
(Photo Caption) Senior students at St. Dominic’s High School for Girls, who also serve as library aides, help Sister Marie Goetan, 0. P., the librarian, unpack and sort a recent shipment of 700 books. Supplied by the government under the Title 2 program, the shipment consisted of 600 books for St. Peter’s Grammar School, which Sister Goetan serves as principal, and 100 books for the high school. Working on books in the background are Louise Dussault and Monique Belanger. Nearer the camera are Nancy Phillppon and Sister Goetan. Linda Houle works at the table in foreground.

25 years ago, 1991
Long-awaited renovations to the Lake Auburn Towne House will begin within the next couple of months now that the Auburn Housing Authority has been awarded a modernization grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. A total of $274,000 from HUD will be added to $40,000 provided by the housing authority, said Executive Director Richard Whiting. Whiting said residents of the elderly housing facility on Lake Auburn Avenue have been anxious for modernization to begin, but often elderly housing takes a back seat to family housing when HUD doles out money.

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