• Farmington now has as fine a water supply as can be found anywhere – perhaps the best. It is a gravity system from a mountain pond 350 feet above Broadway square and a little over five miles away. No endeavor has been spared to make the line in every way the best possible.

• The 15th anniversary of the Central Maine General Hospital, Lewiston, will be observed on Friday evening Dec. 28 in Kora Temple hall.

• The total pack of corn in Maine this year will run behind last year’s pack by 800,000 cans, according to some of the largest packers of the State. This season’s pack is only about 800,000 cans, as against 1,400,000 cans last year. The price of the product will be advanced a little in the wholesale price, it is said, but this probably will not affect the retail price.

50 Years Ago, 1956

• Some valuable Auburn business property stands in the way of the scheduled $1,870,000 State and Federal highway construction project, especially in the area where it is contemplated to install the traffic circle at Washington Street and Minot Avenue.

• READFIELD – Pussywillows in full bloom were picked Wednesday, by William Whitten. Mr. Whitten was in the woods with his nephew, Michael Turner, looking for a Christmas tree when he saw the blooms most unusual just a few days before the holiday.

25 Years Ago, 1981

BANGOR – A book the New York Times described as having “great emotional impact” because of its “quiet eloquence” and “emotional restraint” goes on trial in federal court Monday. The author of “365 Days,” Dr. Ronald Glasser, is among those scheduled to testify in the U.S. District Court case, reported to be the first time a book-banning conflict in Maine has gone to court.

•Law enforcement officials from other areas of the state say “neighborhood crime watch programs” – a concept being considered by residents of Auburn’s Goff Hill – have been successful in increasing citizens’ awareness of crime.