100 years ago,1911

Shortly before 9 o’clock last evening officers Shea and Langelier broke up a “house party” on Railroad Street. The alleged hostess was Sarah Dubois who lives at the famous Jacques house. Her guests were Victoria St. Germaine, Sadie Brackett and Mary Jutras, all of whom are more or less acquainted with the police.

The women were not in a particularly happy frame of mind as they were taken to the station in the patrol wagon and for a time after their having been locked up at the police station resounded with their cries and vile language. All were charged with intoxication.

50 years ago, 1961

The Androscoggin Valley Square and Compass Club will be given a demonstration of direct distant dialing by a representative of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. at its meeting tonight at the clubhouse, 50 Elm St., Auburn.

During this demonstration calls will be made direct to club members on the West Coast, without the help of an operator. After the meeting the annual cribbage tournament will get under way under direction of Charles Creighton.

25 years ago, 1986

GORHAM, NH — A historic date has been entered in the records of the Mount Washington Observatory — on Jan. 8, 1986, the observatory’s new Snow Cat made its maiden trip to the Summit.

With Ken Rancourt driving and observatory director Guy Gosselin “riding shotgun,” the load included shift crew members Jonathan Lingel and Al Oxton. Other passengers were Jennifer Beatty, a former observatory employee, Professor Tom Schmidlin of Kent State University and Scott Dothe of “U.S. News and World Report.”