100 years ago, 1909

PORTLAND — Commander Robert E. Peary is to make an exception in favor of Portland, his home city, to his rule to lecture only before scientific bodies. He will deliver a lecture on his trip to the North Pole in a local theatre Jan. 3 as a personal compliment to the city which gave him such a rousing welcome home on his return from the North.

50 years ago, 1959

The girls’ basketball team, sponsored by the Auburn Teenage Council, will appear in Boston Garden on Feb. 7 against a Boston team in a preliminary game to the Boston Celtics-New York Knickerbockers NBA game.

Plans for the event were announced yesterday by Patrolman Joseph Savignano, Auburn police juvenile officer, and Alton Tavares, Auburn industrial director.

25 years ago, 1984

FARMINGTON — The eighth annual Chester Greenwood Day is coming up Friday, Dec. 21, the official opening day of winter.

All interested in participating should contact a great-grandson of the late inventor of the earmuff, Ronald Greenwood, who headed up last year’s successful observance. He said he has had problems this year in getting a committee together.

Saturday night, Greenwood said he wants to keep the event alive as it appears “to mean so much to the townspeople.”

If nothing more, “I would to have the traditional flag raising ceremony on the lawn of the County Court House.”