100 years ago, 1911

On account of the holiday no Sun will be issued Monday morning. The paper of Tuesday morning will be of unusual interest on account of the big Labor Day celebration and other events of the holiday. Be sure to get The Sun Tuesday morning.

50 years ago, 1961

Mrs. Norton P. Keene, principal of the Lewiston School for Retarded Children, has announced the school will open for classes on Wednesday, Sept. 6.

Members of the teaching staff completed a course in June from Syracuse University on the care and teaching of retarded children.

Assisting Mrs. Keene in the operation of the school are Mrs. Lionel Hardy and Mrs. Maurice Fontaine.

Parents of returning children and those who wish to enroll their children for the first time are asked to register them on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

25 years ago, 1986

WEST PARIS — Fire destroyed the kitchen of Katie’s Kitchen restaurant on Route 26 here Sunday afternoon. The cook, Ernie Batchelder, was the only one on the premises and he was not injured, according to Fire Chief Phil Edmunds.

Edmunds said oil in the Fryolater ignited and Batchelder extinguished it several times, but was forced out of the building by smoke. The flames erupted again and consumed the kitchen before firemen arrived about 4 p.m., he said.