100 years ago, 1912
In the primary school at West Auburn Christmas exercises were held yesterday afternoon, and many visitors came to hear the children and see their joy over the exercises, the Christmas tree and the gifts. This is the close of a fourteen weeks term taught by Miss Mae Marston. While this is Miss Marston’s first school, she has done splendid work, and the children and parents have come to think a great deal of her. In all these fourteen weeks, six children have been neither absent nor tardy, and some of them have a long way to come.

50 years ago, 1962
The third shift at the Raytheon Co. will be reduced to a skeleton crew, it was reported last night. It is believed workers on the shift will be allowed the opportunity to go on other shifts on a seniority basis. Addition of two production lines on the first and second shifts will allow a group of women, all with three or more years of experience, to go back to work Monday. They were laid off a few weeks ago.

25 years ago, 1987
The collapse of a parents’ fundraising group has left members of a local boosters’ club scrambling to raise money to buy jackets for members of Lewiston High School’s championship football team. The Blue Devils Sports Family, which has provided money for championship jackets in past years, was disbanded this summer. More than $4,000 remaining from past fundraisers was placed into escrow, with the proviso that it be used for scholarships. “The jackets will be received one way or another,” said Skip Capone, coach of the football team.

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