100 years ago, 1910

At a special meeting of the mayor and aldermen last evening it was voted to allow a swimming pool to be built at the city park and to connect the pool with the water system and the sewer. A quorum of the Lower Board was not present but councilmen attending the session of the mayor and aldermen signified their approval of the measure.

50 years ago, 1960

Northern lights were flashing in spectacular fashion last night and many telephone calls about the brilliance in the sky were received by The Sun and Twin City police.

Observers said the display was as vivid as any seen in this area in years. In some sections of the city the lights appeared to include flickering streaks of green and yellow in large amounts.

One Lewiston observer said the lights seemed low in the sky, almost like light-colored fog constantly rolling in and out, and they seemed to cover the whole sky, not just the northern section.

25 years ago 1985

Employees of the Lewiston Coca-Cola Bottling Plant have voted 25-11 to withdraw from the union which has represented them since about 1976.

“They (Local 340) have now been decertified as the bargaining agent for Coca-Cola,” said Portland attorney Herbert H. Bennett, who represented the company.

With the success of the decertification in Lewiston, Bennett said, the Teamsters “are now completely out of Coke.”