100 Years Ago: 1921 Grace Merrill, a Lewiston girl, is one of the members of the musical comedy company at Lake Grove this week. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A watercolor painting entered in the third annual art festival, sponsored by the Androscoggin Valley Art Association, by a Lewiston man won first prize by the judging […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 The Country Club which Lewiston and Auburn have been asking about for many months will be organized at the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce rooms on the evening of July 22nd, according to notices which have been mailed to the subscribers in the Martindale Holding Corporation which purchased the property and organized […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 Spanish war veterans and their women auxiliaries and all members of the Grand Army, are cordially invited to the annual outing, which will be held on Sunday. Those planning to attend should be at the GAR  hall at 9 o’clock at which time the truck leaves. 50 Years Ago: 1971 More […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 How many cones of ice cream can one small boy eat in an afternoon, given sufficient opportunity? Well, even those who served the refreshments to the little guests of the Lewiston and Auburn automobile dealers Tuesday didn’t get the answer, because after 600 children had consumed over 2,000 cones, it was […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 The brick walls of the new Y.M.C.A  building are climbing steadily skyward. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Mayor Robert W. Clifford of Lewiston spoke briefly at the cornerstone laying ceremonies for the new Lewiston Comprehensive High School and then he put the cornerstone in place. Other dignitaries at the Friday ceremony included […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 MacMillian’s ship, the “Bowdoin,” arrived Sunday evening in Wiscasset, where it will remain some time before leaving for the Arctic regions. Many Lewiston and Auburn people motored down to look over the ship for the last time before it sailed on the exploration expedition which will keep MacMillan and his crew […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 Members of the Kappa Beta Sigma Club of E.L.H.S , who have been at a house party at a camp on Tripp Pond have returned to Auburn. Misses Maud Huskin and Jessie Alley, both Edward Little instructors, were chaperones. Those in the party were Misses Mary Conant, Thelma Everett, Betsy Jordan, […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 The young people of the Elm Street Universalist church will hold a lawn party on the lawn before the church on Wednesday evening of this week. If the weather is unpropitious, it will be held in the vestry. Ices and soft drinks will be served and a short entertainment will be […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 George G. Glbbs found a dollar on a river ferry boat the other day which he is anxious to return — strange as the statement may sound. It was in an envelope on which was written “Lucky Dollar.” On the bill itself was written in ink: “My last dollar, Helen.” 50 […]

100 Years Ago: 1921 The State field day of the Daughters of the Revolution will be held at New Meadows Inn, Thursday, July 14. All members of the Dillingham Post who plan to attend are requested to notify Regent Mrs. A.M. Penley as soon as possible. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Mrs. John M. Beale of Auburn and […]