100 years ago, 1915
A long, grey scare-crow of an automobile, a skeleton with a barrel for a seat, and a big 25 painted on its sides, tore down the Portland road toward Danville Junction, Monday afternoon faster than the law allows and as fast as the road would allow. George Davis of Auburn was driving a Winton Six, owned by E. W. Penley and the passenger was George B. Beeman of Boston who was in Auburn overhauling the car. He was on the way to Boston but missed the 4:15 by two minutes. It was decided that they could catch the train at Danville. The telegrapher passed the word to Danville and the operator there passed it out and the natives lined the road to see the car racing the train. The train was overtaken and passed and in fact there was a two minute wait at Danville for the train. The distance to Danville is seven miles and the trip was made in 14 minutes.

50 years ago, 1965
Lewiston’s Police Commission voted Wednesday night to send a communication to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen requesting that collection of parking violation fines be transferred to the Lewiston treasurer’s office. Chairman Omer Girardin termed the present setup, under which the traffic bureau collects the fines, “very poor from an accounting and from an enforcement standpoint.” Girardin pointed out the traffic bureau has been playing “a dual role” in the case of issuing parking tickets and collecting the fine.

25 years ago, 1990
When Max Andrucki of Lewiston was about three years old, his father bought him an old metal bank in the shape of a globe. It cost 25 cents. Ten years later, that quarter turned out to be one of the best investments Martin Andrucki could have made, as the seventh-grader won the state geography bee sponsored by the National Geographic Society Friday at Colby College. His mother, Judy Andrucki, said the globe spurred his interest in geography and, “Ever since then, he’s been looking at maps.” As Maine’s representative, young Andrucki will join 56 other competitors in Washington, D.C., in May for a national event.

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