DEAR SUN SPOTS: For the rest of the summer, there will be garage sales to benefit Loaves & Fishes. The Thursday and Friday garage sales will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dominican Convent, 61 Lisbon Road, Sabattus. Garage sales also will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the former Daddy’s Diner, 762 Sabattus Road, Sabattus.

There will be new items weekly. New or good used items will be accepted at both places during the garage sale hours only. The proceeds will benefit Loaves & Fishes. For more information, contact Ellie Brown at 375-4747. — Claudette Therriault. www.sabattusdominicans.org

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Many years ago we had a Bonanza restaurant in Lewiston. I remember that it was in the mall on Lisbon Street, also known as the “Bradlees” mall. Am I correct? And did the restaurant later move to the other mall on East Avenue? When did it close? Thanks for your information. — Louise, Lewiston

ANSWER: Sun Spots gets a lot of questions about restaurants closing. These events often don’t make the news (or closed pre-Internet), but readers frequently have personal knowledge of them and write in about their experiences. Let’s hope that’s true in your case!

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I love your column. It helps so many people connect in different ways.

Over 40-plus years of doing demolition work, I have found — and put aside — many items. Maybe someone knows something about them or can put me in contact with someone who does.

* 1904 Flossie Rand report card from Webster School;

* Bates Mill check stub showing 40 hours of work with earnings of $54.40 (before deductions) dated Sept. 29, 1963;

* Advertisement shaped like a postcard from when Sam Wise was running for mayor;

* Photo taken at 365 Lisbon St. of three gentlemen standing in front of what looks like a grocery store;

* Front and back page of a Lewiston Journal dated March 4-8, 1905. On Page 15 it shows patterns that could have been ordered for 10 cents each;

* Several war medals that looked like they might have belonged to a lodge. Some say “Franco American Worcester Mass/Union Saint Joseph Council No. 159, Lewiston, Maine, 1900”; or “G.A.R. New Hampshire Veteran/G.A.R. Groveton, New Hampshire;”

* Medal ribbon that says “Camp John C. Jenness 23 Annual Encampment of the N.H. Veterans Assn. at the Weirs, August 22-26, 1899;”

* A gold medal that pins onto a uniform that says “Lieut. Clark Stevens Post. No. 95” and a Jacques-Cartier ribbon, Lewiston, Maine, dated 1972. Most of these medals and/or ribbons were made by Whitehead and Hoag and Co. in Newark, N.J.

Thanks for any help you can give me. I can be reached at 782-6042 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Please leave a message. Thanks. — Bonnie Chabot, No Town

ANSWER: The Androscoggin Historical Society may be interested in adding some of these items to its collection. You could contact them at 784-0586 or 786-2129.

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