100 Years Ago: 1922 A “snappy” entertainment will precede the minstrel show rehearsal, Thursday evening, at the Lewiston Post of the American Legion. Jack Bergeron, a professional boxer, who was a Canadian soldier, will tell some stories and box three rounds with Tom Breen. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The mud season is upon us and […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The TMTM Corp of Girl Reserves held a party last night at the Blue Triangle Rooms, to which the girls invited their boy friends. The club rooms were decorated in blue and gold, the corps colors. Dancing and games were enjoyed, and ice cream, and cookies were enjoyed for refreshments. 50 […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Mrs. L.H. Morrell of Webster Street, Lewiston, cooked the first dandelion greens of the season Wednesday. 50 Years Ago: 1972 At the Wednesday evening meeting of the Community Little Theater Association three Bates College students, Sarah Jo Pearson, of Connecticut, George Papageorgiou of Greece, and Alan Dunham of Carver, Mass. presented […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 When patrons of the new Strand Theater in South Paris entered that delightful amusement for the first time on Monday night they found something different which no other picture house in Maine has and which met instant approval from one and all. This was the aisle lights which eliminate the stumbling […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Red winged blackbirds and purple grackles are reported among the feathered arrivals. 50 Years Ago: 1972 The Edward Little High School Dramatics Club will be putting on “Enter Laughing” by Carl Reiner for their senior play. It is a comedy in two acts. It is a story about a young boy […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Rehearsals are to start at once for the E.L.H.S. Senior drama, “Bachelor Hall,” to be presented in Auburn Hall, April 20 and 21. “Bachelor Hall” is a comedy in three acts and had its original presentation in the Hollis Street Theater, in Boston. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A special program on […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 “The country roads are in better condition than those in the city,” says a West Auburn man who went to the city the other day. This man’s sleigh was upset on Gamage Avenue by slewing into a bad rut. 50 Years Ago: 1972 A raw late winter afternoon this week found […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 The East Auburn Benevolent Branch held an all day meeting at Central Maine General Hospital. Six members were present. The day was spent sewing for the hospital. A box luncheon was served at noon with coffee furnished by the hospital. Five dollars was voted to be given to the East Auburn […]

100 Years Ago: 1922 Proof that higher education does not divorce the feminine interest from the home is advanced by coeds at Boston University. Records at the college show that 80 percent of the 9,000 students, most of whom are girls, are either partially or wholly self-supporting. They earn their tuition by filling positions ranging […]

100 years Ago: 1922 One of the surest signs of spring — the boards have been removed from the Court House steps in Auburn! 50 Years Ago: 1972 The new K-mart Shopping Center being constructed on Center Street, Auburn, is rapidly taking shape with store officials now anticipating a summer opening. When finished, the large […]