100 Years Ago: 1922 Miss Close is not only the moving spirit in the whole scene but she is a very versatile young woman as well. For the most part she directs the performance from a point of vantage, but she doesn’t allow any pauses in the rehearsal for want of performers. At one point […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 About 30 couples attended the Y.P.C.U. dance at Mrs. Heth’s Academy Friday evening. Hobbs Orchestra furnished music and ices were served by the committee during the evening. The hall was prettily decorated in blue and white, the Y.P.C.U. colors. Mrs. W. A. Kelley, Miss Gladys Fogg, Ralph Fogg, Miss Adaline McLaughlin, […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The senior class of Jordan high have chosen as their class play, “The Private Secretary.” The complete cast has not been chosen, nor the date. It will probably be given at city hall. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The Lewiston Police Department has received 30 congratulatory letters from students at Mexico Junior High […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Scores of snowshoer enthusiastics trailed off over Goff Hill into the snowy distances on Sunday. It was not very good snowshoeing, for the snow was very light, except where covered by a slippery crust, which made walking difficult and even a bit dangerous, but the weather in the middle of the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Mrs. E. Milton True entertained at auction Monday evening. Two tables were set for the game. Mrs. John Rollins and Ralph Ashton won the first prizes and Dr. L L. Crites and Mrs. Ashton, consolation. 50 Years Ago: 1972 John G. Shelley of Lewiston, artist and art teacher by profession and […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Following the sale of all of his theatrical holdings, and his formal retirement as vice president of the Maine and New Hampshire Theater Company, William F. Carrigan stated that he does not intend to return to organized baseball. Complete details of the big transfer were given in late editions of the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The latest outdoor sport according to a well grounded report has been originated by a local janitor and consists of an attempt to shoot icicles from the edge of the roof. That report further stated that after firing some twenty shots at the target the gentleman finally had to climb up […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Four or five boys have made a skiing slide with a ten foot jump on the slope from Sabitis to Ash Street near the junction and the stunts do not only attract the attention of those in the nearby houses but also the passersby. Monday evening traffic was nearly blocked on […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 When there’s any snow at all it is sliding time on the Frankia Field in Lewiston. It is the one best place in all the city for the sport and has been such for many years. The old timer looked out the one-man car window toward the field where a crowd […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Friday of this week was Guest Day for the Tyngton club of Wilton. It  was also a dramatic afternoon and “The Maid ” was presented in a credible manner by club members and was much enjoyed by the guests. Mrs. Mary E. Bass and Miss Elizabeth Bass were the hostesses 50 […]