100 years ago, 1914
The “mayflower man” is again busy! He brought his season’s first lot of trailing arbutus to Lewiston on Patriots’ Day, having found the first blossoms the day previous. This first basket of flowers contained ten bunches. The basket, Thursday, held twenty-one good-sized beautiful bunches and it did not take the “mayflower man” long to dispose of his wares. He says that this is an off season with the tiny pink and white flowers. They are not plentiful and are not as lovely as some seasons. While picking the flowers, Wednesday, he said his hands fairly ached with the cold.

50 years ago, 1964
(Photo caption) Two former Auburn women, Sister Leone Marie and Sister Marie Celestine, are serving in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia as missionaries with the White Sisters. Sister Leone Marie is the former Pauline Rita Gastonguay and Sister Marie Celestine is the former Doris Gastonguay, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Adrien Gastonguay, formerly of Auburn, and now of Methuen, Mass. Sister Leone Marie is shown in the top photo on the road to St. Damien’s while Sister Marie Celestine is shown in the lower photo with an African Sister and a friend at Bembeke.

25 years ago, 1989
Lisbon’s new town manager, Michael Miller, his wife Leslie, and children, Sara and Brett, were guests at a welcoming reception Sunday afternoon at the high school cafeteria. About 100 attended, including selectmen and most of the members of the various town boards and department heads. Miller arrived in Lisbon on Friday afternoon after a two-day drive from Canton, Ohio. He and his family have moved into a home on Summer Street in Lisbon Falls and he will take over as town manager on Monday morning at a salary of $37,000 for the first year.