• The University of Maine opened this week for its 30th year with the largest total attendance in its history and an entering class of about 150, of whom about ten are women. A new, four years’ course in chemical engineering is offered, and additional courses will be given in mathematics, biology and other departments. The entering class is stated as exceptionally well prepared, and to contain a considerable amount of promising athletic material.

• The new game law in Maine allows the nonresident licensed hunter to take home with him 10 partridges, 10 woodcocks and 10 ducks – provided, of course he is expert enough to shoot them.

50 Years Ago, 1955

The board of directors of the Lewiston-Auburn Railroad Corp. approved last night a request by Canadian National Railway to eliminate the morning passenger train and provide bus service from the Lewiston Grand Trunk depot to Danville Junction.

Kenneth Baird, attorney for the railroad, said the proposal was an economy move by the railroad which is being hit by rising operational costs, and in some cases, decreasing revenue.

Baird said the evening train passenger service from the Lewiston and Danville Junction depots was eliminated years ago. Canadian National Railway patrons who get off the train at Danville are transported by bus to the Lewiston depot.

25 Years Ago, 1980

The discussion began to resemble the subject of the controversy – pinball machines – at a meeting of the Auburn Board of Appeals on Monday night, when board members and concerned citizens flipped ideas about the game machines’ possible effects on a neighborhood back and forth for nearly two hours.

About 25 residents of the Pleasant and Drummond streets area attended the session to present their views on the proposed reopening of the Pleasant Street Market. And, although several issues were raised, the primary concern was how three pinball machines might change the character of the neighborhood.