The sixty-second exhibition of the Oxford County Agricultural Society opened today under most auspicious conditions. The weather was perfect and the attendance was the largest ever before recorded at the opening of the fair. The exhibits this year are superior to those of last, and the management has been laboring unceasingly for months to make this year’s exhibition a record breaker. There are many new features at the Oxford County Fair this year, including a baby show, which was an unqualified success. There were baseball, band concerts and everything that goes to make up a first class County Fair.

50 Years Ago, 1954

Heavy rains which accompanied Hurricane Edna last Saturday, probably will mean a several thousand dollar repair job for the Lewiston Public Works Department, it was learned last night at the Lewiston Public Works Board meeting. A seven-foot sewer in back of the Lewiston plant of the Pepperell Manufacturing Co. and beneath a Maine Central Railroad spur track, was undermined by water and caved in Sunday morning, leaving a hole 35 feet deep with a 50-foot diameter.

25 Years Ago, 1979

Special vehicle registration placards for handicapped persons will be provided by one of several new motor vehicle related statutes which will go into effect at midnight Thursday. Other laws taking effect concern tractor trailer lengths, farm equipment use, high-speed chases, and license plates for auto dealers and 100 percent disabled veterans. Previously the law regarding special plates for the handicapped read that the plates would only be issued to registered vehicles, but the new law makes it possible for a handicapped person who does not have a duly registered vehicle to receive them. It is also possible for the spouse, parents, or legal guardian of a handicapped person to be issued the special registration, as long as the vehicle is used principally by a handicapped person.