Wilton – One of the heaviest thunder storms in the history of the town, visited this place Saturday and lasted from 11 a.m., until 4 p.m. Miller Brothers’ entire set of buildings, 25 tons of hay and farming tools were burned. Lightening also struck the cupolas on the barns owned by L. H. Gould and Eugene Tufts. Trees were struck and damage done to telephone lines.

50 Years Ago, 1956

WILTON – “Stonerock” Briggs says he has struck it rich on Storer Hill at Carthage.

The veteran Wilton prospector says that he and Donald Stewart of Wayne last week “discovered a vein of valuable minerals in Carthage, Maine – gold, copper, nickel, sulphur and zinc.”

The find, which as yet has not been assayed or otherwise verified by any official agency has been assayed by Briggs who says it contains tree gold in quartz, sulfite ore, lead, zinc, sulphur, gold and a little nickel as well as a bit of cobalt.

In a letter to the Lewiston Sun, Briggs said he had “traced the vein for over one-half mile and the vein runs true to the usual direction of the veins which start in the Carolinas and end in Canada.”

25 Years Ago, 1981

In response to “a lot of complaints” about loud motorcycles this summer, Lewiston police have started a crackdown over the last two weeks that appears to have already had some impact, Lewiston Police Sgt. Thomas Carey said Monday.