100 years ago, 1914
The Central Labor Union has been busy preparing its program for the celebration at Lake Grove in East Auburn on Labor Day. Numerous boats on the lake have offered to participate and a schedule of field events has been arranged. The first two men in the century sprint will carry away a traveling bag and sweater for their exertion, 150 cigars to go to the relay winners and prizes of two dollars and one dollar to the winners of the sack race. The water carnival is destined to be a feature and about 10 boats are now being decorated for the parade. The big event is expected to be the contest for the Auburn Boat Club cup.
50 years ago, 1964
The Bates Manufacturing Co. has been awarded a contract totaling more than a million dollars for the manufacture of special cloth for the armed forces, it was announced Monday. The office of U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie reported to The Sun that the Bates Manufacturing Co. will share in a $1.7 million contract for the goods with a Rhode Island firm. The contract is for the manufacture of 1,184,500 square yards of cotton and nylon sateen cloth, a water repellent material which will be used by the armed forces.
25 years ago, 1989
Wednesday’s first annual safety self-inspection of the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport showed the airport is safe, Airport Director Mac MacKinen said Friday. “It was a basically good inspection,” he said. “There were no major problems.” He said police and fire officials joined him and airport maintenance personnel in the inspection. They did not have enough time to inspect all of the airport and will have to look at some runways and a hangar at the end of September, he said. Suggestions for improvements included adding a couple more fire extinguishers and a few more exit signs, MacKinen said. Some wiring problems were noted and are being taken care of, he said. Some of the ramps and taxiways are starting to crack and need to be repaired, but he said airport management had been aware of those problems prior to the inspection.
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