100 Years Ago: 1922 Strawberries are now selling as low as 25 cents for a quart box. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A tea honoring Auburn’s retiring teachers was held at  Fairview School Wednesday afternoon, sponsored by the Auburn Teachers Association. Those honored and the school they are retiring from: Elizabeth Duplisea, Fairview; Lillian Kelley, Edward Little […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The regular meeting of the Lake View Club met Saturday evening, May 20. at Lake View Grange Hall. The meeting was called to order by the president. It was decided to have a five-cent collection at each meeting. Rev. T. Ernest Ham gave an interesting talk, which was appreciated very much. […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The forsythia bushes are all in bloom in Lewiston Park. Considerable expenditure has been made the past year to beautify this public garden spot and the row of shrubs planted the length of the park, along Pine Street is a great addition, and a big advance in true civic spirit. 50 […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 A Lewiston woman who is prominent in civic affairs called on The Sun Monday morning to voice her indignation at the use of the Lewiston city park for auto parking spaces. Among other things the park looks shabby enough now without making a roadway of it. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Rep. […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The annual Junior-Senior party at Jordan High School was held last evening. As the hosts, the Juniors were very successful. President Richard Pettengill of the Junior class welcomed the Seniors, whose President, James J. Roche responded fittingly. The assembly hall was prettily decorated. Music was furnished by a five-piece orchestra. The […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Hundreds of Lewiston-Auburn people inspected the renovated Berry Paper company Saturday afternoon and there will even be more Saturday night when the reception hours are from seven to nine. All of us are interested in the development of our city, and here was an indication in significant and impressive form. There […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 There is at least one Auburn man who doesn’t like the idea of daylight saving. He thinks if it hadn’t been for the dusk of the early morning hours that he would not have come downstairs ready for breakfast at quarter of three, one morning this week, under the delusion that […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Lewiston and Auburn are to have a branch of the Kiwanis club. Many prominent Lewiston and Auburn men are interested. The organization meeting will be held at 12:15 o’clock today in the gymnasium of the Auburn Y.M.C.A building. Portland is the other Maine city to have a Kiwanis club, altho there […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 J. H. Lempert and W A. Billings, both of Auburn, were among the purchasers of government constructed houses at a recent auction in Bath. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Atty. Gordon Stein of Pine Tree Legal Aid will be the speaker at next week’s meeting of the Auburn Exchange Club. He will […]