AUBURN – This afternoon the Lewiston and Auburn Electric Light Company finished the installation of three sets of lights in this village, and late today the lights were turned on for the first time. There is one light in front of Martin’s store, one near the bridge on the River Road and the other is in the upper part of the village. There are four lights in each set, and they are a great improvement to this place.

• E.C. Gowell was awarded a verdict of $.03 in a civil case brought by him against James Hiltz for work done for which he claimed he never received any pay. When the case was tried a short time ago in Auburn, the verdict was for the defendant.

50 years ago, 1957

BOWDOIN – Snow fell in some spots tonight and rain in others. The result, as far as Route 201 here was concerned, was utter confusion. At least 14 automobiles slid off the road on a one-mile stretch as motorists rode from rainy sections into places where snow had fallen without chance to slacken speed.

• AUBURN – Several hundred area residents visited the first Western Auto store in the Twin Cities during its opening yesterday in New Auburn. The Western Auto store, owned by James F. Pollard, is on Second Street. The building, formerly The Community Theater, has been completely remodeled.

25 years ago, 1982

Employees at the Auburn Mall were surprised Monday to receive a letter from Nova Scotia informing them that an Auburn Mall balloon landed in Nova Scotia. The orange helium-filled balloon came down in the town of Tatamagouche, a town of approximately 600 people on the north shore of Nova Scotia, during a snowstorm on Nov. 27.

Carol Davis, marketing director at the mall, said the balloons were handed out on Halloween weekend and on the weekend of the celebration of Santa’s arrival on Nov. 26. “We’re assuming that it was (from) a Child’s World weekend on Oct. 28, 29 and 30. To travel 600 miles and to survive a snowstorm is just unbelievable,” Ms. Davis said.