While out driving, City Marshal Wing measured the distance around the city park. The cyclometer on his carriage registered the distance as just one half mile.

The cream of the Maine racing stock will be seen in Lewiston. The horse racing at the Maine State Fair grounds promises to be of the highest order as the very best trotting and pacing stock in the State will be represented. More than seventy-five entries have been made and the liberal purses offered insure an exhibition of liberal patronage.

50 Years Ago, 1955

Employees of the Lewiston Public Works Department will get time and a half pay after 45 hours a week, according to a decision of the Finance Board last night in a closed door session. Alphonse Verville, a PWD employee, had told the board there would be “friction” if a decision on the overtime pay was delayed any further. Verville is the president of the AFL local representing PWD employees. “Almost everywhere workers get time and a half after 40 hours,” said Verville, “We are asking for time and a half after 45 hours.” He described the request, which was first made last spring, as an “adjustment” not a raise in pay.

25 Years Ago, 1980

Americans by the thousands are seeking legal relief from their debts, as inflation and recession make it harder to pay the bills and a new law makes it less painful to go bankrupt.

The record for bankruptcy filings by individuals – 224,354 – was set in the year that ended June 30, 1975, and it looks like this year will break the record.

Statistics for June 1980 are not available yet, but figures from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts show that in the 11 months from July 1979 through May 1980, there were 215,710 bankruptcy filings by individuals. That’s 21 percent more filings than there were in the same period a year earlier.