Thanksgiving dinners will cost a tidy sum this season. Native turkeys are a thing almost unheard of while it will not be everyone who can even get western birds. However, there is a plenty of chickens and fowls although they will bring a good sum.

Kentucky turkeys are selling wholesale at 22 to 24 cents a pound while native birds bring from 28 to 30 cents but the supply is very short. Most of the western birds, it is said, were sold in transit, many of them going to Canada where the price is about 10 and 20 cents.

50 Years Ago, 1956

• The first severe northeaster of the season hit the Twin Cities yesterday with a mixture of snow and rain. The large, wet snowflakes which started falling about 2:30 a.m. piled up rapidly during the morning to a depth of 4.75 inches.

• A Lewiston family, away for the weekend, returned to find someone had stolen a quantity of vegetables from the cellar during their absence.

Mrs. John Plourde of 9 Jones Ave., said entrance was gained through a cellar window and about a bushel of potatoes and a peck of carrots were stolen.

The thief left behind the containers which held the vegetables and also ignored several canned items in the cellar.

Lewiston police are investigating.

25 Years ago, 1981

Maine residents – ranging from state prisoners to Gov. Brennan – gobbled down “turkey with all the trimmins'” as usual this crisp Thanksgiving Day.

Sunshine and seasonably cool temperatures were reported throughout southern Maine all day, while clouds lingered over northern Maine until the afternoon.

Deer hunters, however, ran into problems when they tried to have their deer tagged, because most tagging stations closed for the holiday, according to State Police in Scarborough. A state police spokesman said he was telling successful hunters to call game wardens or to drive to one of the few tagging stations that were opened.