Sunday, the first day of July was to many anglers the most important of any day this season so far as the sport with rod and handline is concerned, for on that day the law went off white perch, a fish which is justly claimed by many anglers to be more worthy of attention than any other fish that swims in the lakes, ponds, and rivers in Maine. Not even the gamy trout and landlocked salmon or the less gamy but larger togue are excepted by these fishermen, who have learned through long experience with the perch’s gamy qualities and the excellent taste of the perch in the pan or in a chowder, to respect this little fish more than other.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Lewiston’s Company E. commanded by Capt. Milton W. Purington, was named the outstanding unit of the entire 103rd Regimental Combat Team based on performance at summer camp at Camp Drum, N.Y. this year. The streamer for the top company in the 103rd was awarded Captain Purington at a final review by Col. Robert E. Jensen of Westbrook, 103rd RCT commander. Company E also received a streamer as the outstanding unit in the Second Battalion consisting of companies in Lewiston, Auburn and Norway.

25 Years Ago, 1981

What do you call something that plays with (and teaches) your children, does your taxes, helps prepare your dinner, beats you at chess, lets you fly an airplane (or spaceship) without ever leaving the ground – and does much, much more? A computer, of course. Originally used by government, the military, and giant corporations, computers are now used not only by small “mom and pop” businesses but by many individuals right in their own homes. For while the old image of a computer was a massive machine, replete with flashing lights and spinning tape reels and attended by swarms of white-coated men, today’s microcomputers are actually no larger than an electric typewriter, which is also what they look like.