Rev. George E. Littlefield of Westwood, Mass., who left the pulpit that he might be free to speak the truths about Socialism, fearlessly and without restraint, addressed a mixed audience of about 100 people in City Hall, last evening. Harvey J. Smith, the Socialist candidate for mayor of Lewiston, presided and introduced the speaker with brief remarks.

The electrical apparatus recently purchased by the Auburn Water Commissioners is proving to be better than they had expected. Wednesday morning, Supt. Bisbee found that a six inch main sixty-two feet long was frozen solid. In just forty minutes by actual time, after the “juice” had been applied, the pipe was thawed out. Without the new contrivance it would have been necessary to have dug up a large amount of earth, which of course, would have been at least an all day job, besides involving an expense of probably $50 or more.

50 Years Ago, 1955

One school in Mechanic Falls is dark, gloomy, poorly ventilated and “not fit for cattle,” Clifford Jordan, principal of the town high school, told members of the Legislature’s legal affairs committee yesterday. “It is time the people built a building suitable for students,” he said. A bill to create a Mechanic Falls school district with a borrowing capacity of $160,000 met with no opposition at the committee hearing.

25 Years Ago, 1980

Making sure that the homes of low income, handicapped and elderly persons are warm and energy efficient is never an easy job. But despite the cold of winter and cramped working quarters, the carpenters of Oxford County Community Services’ weatherization program get the job done. If it takes crawling through eaves and attics, repairing a chimney, patching a roof, putting up storm windows, caulking, weather-stripping, blowing in cellulose or laying down fiberglass insulation, the carpenters do a comprehensive job.