100 years ago, 1912
The Would Be bowlers won two out of three strings and the total from the Has Beens last evening at the L. and A. alleys. Another game was scheduled but one team failed to appear. McNamara easily led with 96 and 261. Mike Cyr will go to Portland tonight to watch the first half of the match between Fred Pine and Archie Walsh, who start a 20-string match at Longfellow Square alleys.

50 years ago, 1962
Members of the Lewiston-Auburn Jewish community, in a gesture of holiday season brotherhood, will relieve Auburn police officers Christmas Eve so they can be home with their families between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. Ten members of Twin City Lodge, B’nai B’rith, have offered their services. The organization also offered its services to the Lewiston and Auburn fire departments and the Lewiston Police Department. The fire departments were not able to accept because the group is not trained for the work and the Lewiston Police Department already had made plans for a shift change to allow men to be home at some time during the evening.

25 years ago, 1987
ALF is hot, Teddy Ruxpin is not. “ALF (a brown, fuzzy, stuffed creature modeled after the puppet whose NBC television program bears his name) is really popular,” said Gary Bricker, manager of Tons of Toys ’n More on Center St., Auburn. “It’s really for the 8- to 14-year-old age group, but people of all ages are buying them.” They come in three models — stuffed, talking and wisecracking. Also popular is Captain Power, G.I. Joe dolls and Nintendo electronic game sets.