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50 Years Ago, 1956

Eighteen years ago today Maine was swept by one of the worst hurricanes to be experienced in New England.

It was in the early evening of Sept. 21, 1938 that the first heavy gusts were felt in the Lewiston and Auburn area. The storm which cut a wide swarth to the west of the Twin Cities and knocked down huge quantities of trees in the Maine and New Hampshire woodlands, struck without warning.

Wind velocity in the 1938 hurricane was measured at Portland as 70 miles an hour and was estimated at 60 miles an hour here.

25 Years Ago, 1981

A promotional “horse race” apparently went haywire and Sampson’s supermarket chain may be left holding the bag.

There were supposed to be only two $1,000 winners a week in the contest sponsored by the 31 Sampson’s stores in Maine and New Hampshire, but Saturday’s running brought dozens clamoring for payoffs.

Sampson’s officials Monday were trying to figure out what went wrong.

One Sampson’s employee in Fairfield said that five to 10 minutes after Saturday’s pre-recorded horse race ended on TV, 11 people were lined up in the store with tickets showing the winning pony’s number.

At other stores in Maine, there were unofficial counts of up to 25 people holding winning tickets, each go for a cool grand.