100 years ago, 1908

Lake Auburn never looked any prettier than it did Sunday, says an Auburn man. The wind was blowing a gale from the northwest, stirring the water into waves as large as a hogshead which broke regularly into whitecaps. Under the bright autumn sun the water reflected no less than five different shades of blue and green. It was a picture that no artist could paint.

50 years ago, 1958

Auburn Patrolman Roger Ouellette, who in off-duty hours is a skin diving enthusiast, was called upon yesterday to do a little good Samaritan work at Lake Pennessewasse at Norway.

A Norway businessman, who owns a camp on an island in the lake, started yesterday morning to haul some rocks out to his camp to build a rock wall.

He loaded the rocks into three aluminum canoes and started to haul them out into the lake. When he was about 150 feet from shore the rocks proved too heavy a load for the light crafts and all three sank.

Ouellette was called from his Auburn home and, donning his diving equipment including air tanks, he dove into 15 feet of water and floated the canoes by unloading the rocks.

25 years ago, 1983

Area residents will have an opportunity to see first hand what goes on in the shops and laboratories at Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute, when the Auburn school opens its doors for its annual open house, to be held Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

According to CMVTI’s director, Nelson Megna, this year’s open house will feature demonstrations and exhibits in all the institute’s 11 technical and trade areas, and faculty and staff will be available to answer questions about admissions procedures, financial aid, and program offerings.

Refreshments will be served, free of charge, by students from CMVTI’s newest program, food preparation technology