AUBURN – The East Auburn and Pleasant Plains schools observed Arbor Day today with a general clean-up. Miss Bradford and Miss Bane conducted the usual recitations in the forenoon and in the afternoon directed the children in the work of cleaning up the yard.

VINETTE’S DOUGHNUTS – The following recipe is recommended by a Lewiston woman who says she always has good luck with it: Sift all together 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, ¼ teaspoon ginger, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt. To this when sifted add the yolks only to two eggs (if a little of the whites goes in, it doesn’t hurt), 1 cup of milk, 1cup of sugar, flour to roll.

50 years ago, 1957

• The U.S. Weather Bureau, noting that this region hasn’t had a soaking rain since April 9, tonight held out slight hope that “perhaps over the next day or two, the forest fire situation will be not quite as bad as it has been the past few days.”

BALTIMORE – A Mother’s Day card that puts in a plug for father was quickly sold out today at a downtown stationery store. Designed for hubby to send to wife, the front reads:

“You rate a lot of credit, dear, in one way or another…”

The inside winds up:

“But remember, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be a mother.”

25 years ago, 1982

In an area known for its French ancestry and culture, Lewiston-Auburn appears to be experiencing a boom in “folk arts” that goes beyond French culture to embrace the art and music of almost all ethnic groups.

In recent months, Lewiston-Auburn has become the home of DownEast Friends of the Folk Arts, an organization promoting and supporting the folk arts statewide. In addition, it is home for a member of one of the Northeast’s most popular folk groups, while Bates College is offering a course in folk music.