100 Years Ago: 1922 Commodore W. E. Longfellow of the Massachusetts Safety Council American Red Cross, gave an exhibition of life saving at the Auburn YMCA pool last evening before a large and interested audience. Previous to the life saving exhibition, he conducted a first aid lecture. Many boy and girl scouts and members of […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 That automobile exhibition hall at the Fairgrounds will be ready Sept.1st., according to V.S. Darling, one of the promoters. He states that a program for the automobile show is already well under way, that all of the available space has been rented and that for the first time in the history […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The Grace Lutheran Church, 336 Main Street, Lewiston will lay the cornerstone Sunday August 27 at 4 o’clock. The Rev. Paul Loeber of Boston, will preach the service. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The cost and means of taking Sacred Heart School students into the public school system was the subject of […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 A.H. Damon, an Auburn contractor, has been awarded a contract for remodeling the top floor of the old Edward Little High School building into four up-to-date classrooms. The placing of the contract followed the meeting of the school board and manager and the Mayor were present Monday night. An extreme effort […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The tree stump that has protruded from the sidewalk in front of the Cushman-Hollis factory, Court Street for two years has at last been removed, a curbing placed there and the sidewalk constructed. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Renovations at Fairview School in Auburn will cost about $3,000 and not $24,000, according […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 “We’re going to build this highway,” declared Mr. Darling yesterday. “And we are not going to stop there. Sometime In the near future we will continue the boulevard around the Lake, and will then possess one of the most beautiful drives in the country. He briefly sketched the plan. If the […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Auburn citizens interested in the movement to build a road from Dennison Street to the gate at Mt. Auburn Cemetery should attend the council meeting in the city building Monday night at 8 o’clock. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A slipper manufacturing firm, which will employ 40 persons to start and will […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The historic Maine State fairgrounds is the scene of much activity, great preparations being made for the 61st exhibition Sept. 4-8. Work is progressing rapidly on the 100 foot square addition to the exhibition building which is being built by the Lewiston-Auburn Automobile Dealers Association The huge grandstand which was found […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 People thru South Portland a few days ago all stopped to look at an entirely new version of a motorcycle — at least that is the only adequate description. It was ridden by a young woman. The bicycle itself was similar to those which many women rode when bicycle riding was […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Again the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vickery was the scene of gayety when on Wednesday night the YWCA  girls were carried to their farm by automobile for a corn roast. The lawn was decorated with Chinese lanterns, and the big stone fireplace, all aglow with their sharp pointed sticks […]