100 years ago,1910

Percy Canham, who had for several months past been employed by the Kennebec Journal as assistant on the night desk has resigned his position and severed his connection with the paper Friday night to return to his home in Lewiston. During his residence in Augusta Mr. Canham made many friends among his associates and others whom he met while there.

50 years ago, 1960

The Lewiston Public Works Department has its new sand spreader in operation and just in time for efforts to curb the slippery road conditions on city streets. The new sander is the first owned by the department. It was installed on one of the PWD’s trucks by the municipal garage workers. The spreader has a five cubic yard body with twin discs and an 18 horsepower auxiliary engine. It is expected the PWD will be after a second sand spreader in next year’s budget.

25 years ago, 1985

When someone offers you drugs, just say no.

That was the message offered to schoolchildren in the Lewiston area Thursday night at an anti-drug abuse presentation sponsored by the Lewiston Lodge of Elks.

Speaking on the subject were Major League baseball player Billy Swift of South Portland; world karate champion John Jenkins of Lewiston; Dr. George Dreher, medical director of St. Mary’s Hospital’s Chemical Dependency Unit; Bill Hayden, drug counselor at the Androscoggin County Jail; and “Doug,” a recovering teenage alcoholic.