100 Years Ago: 1924 Pupils in the Merrill Hill School, Auburn were dismissed yesterday morning because of the coldness in the rooms of those grades. Every effort was made by the janitor (who worked Sunday and came on the job at 4 am yesterday) to get the building heated to no avail. Some of the […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Gustave Simard of Lewiston owns the second largest bakery in Maine, yet he never made a loaf of bread himself. His bakery, known as Simards’s Bakery, produces and distributes to the retail trade nearly two million loaves a year. The average weekly sale in the wintertime is 37,000 loaves; and about […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The Commercial Travelers are working hard to make their 1924 Minstrel show a success. The last rehearsal was a tribute to Coach Rayburn who remarked that the show was shaping up much better than he dared to hope. This year’s show will be much better and more elaborate than last year. […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 A large flock of geese flew over Unity going northerly in their direction. This is another of the signs of an early spring, say those who watch the weather signs. 50 Years Ago: 1974 The Merri-Makers of United Methodist Calvary Church are having a progressive supper starting at 5:30 pm on Thursday. Those […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Mrs. Merritt Farnum entertained a newly formed auction club at the Hotel Atwood last evening. The members of the club have not decided on a name as yet, but expect to choose one before the next meeting which will be held at the home of Mrs. Frank Peck, Feb.5. The first prize last evening was […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The “Old Gang Minstrels” is to be staged in Auburn Hall, the night of Washington’s birthday, February 22nd, by a group of talented local young men. Frisby Robinson of Lewiston is in charge of the show which promises to be one bone of the amateur hits of the winter. Rehearsals are […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Executives of the Lewiston Community Services Inc. are loud in their praises of Thomas Malenfant and Fred Nadeau, employees of the street light department, for their efforts on behalf of the organization’s skating rinks and toboggan slide. The assistance offered by these individuals was not in any way connected with the […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The sentiment in Maine is overwhelmingly in favor of President Coolidge, and the Maine delegation to the Republican National convention in Cleveland will be unanimously in his favor. This opinion was expressed by Governor Baxter in a statement today. 50 Years Ago: 1974 The dedication of the new organ at the Auburn […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The Scotty Holmes Orchestra, under Art Spaulding of Portland which furnished music for dancing at the Shrine Club party of last evening and Miss Marion Murphy were the stellar attractions. Myriads of rainbow colored lights made a delightful effect. Other lights had been softened which gave an air of enchantment to […]