100 years ago, 1914
George R. Hunnewell of South Auburn has already shipped more than $50,000 worth of furs to Paris this season. The first shipment was made in December when over $100,000 worth of choice skins were sent across the ocean to the French capitol. A large portion of these finally end up in St. Petersburg where they are largely purchased by the nobility. Quite recently he sent another invoice which included at least a dozen silver gray and black foxes. In the group of furs were eight silver grays costing $6,000 and a sea otter for which he paid $1,200.

50 years ago, 1964
Miss Constance Roussin of Lewiston is en route today to Philadelphia, Pa., where she is to inaugurate a Romper Room television show similar to one she has been conducting for the past seven years at Portland. Known to her TV kindergarten class (Channel Six) as Miss Connie, she taught history and Latin in Lewiston schools for four years before becoming a television personality. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Almo A. Roussin of 35 Barron Ave., Lewiston.

25 years ago, 1989
Community leaders are pushing to expand the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, a move that could cost taxpayers several million dollars, the Lewiston Journal reported Friday. The officials say they hope to attract a major commercial cargo hauler and that to do so they need to lengthen the airport’s runway by 1,500 to 6,500 feet and to build a reinforced tarmac to accommodate large cargo planes. About 15 officials from Lewiston and Auburn met Thursday for a strategy session called by the Lewiston-Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce regarding the airport. Those attending agreed that the airport must change in order to play a role in the cities’ economic development and that funding should be sought to turn the airport into a freight forwarding center.