100 years ago, 1915
A private hospital to be known as the “Turner Street Private Hospital” will open its doors for service, June 21, and will be under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn Sawyer and Miss Etta M. Burnside. They plan to conduct a general hospital with special attention to surgical and maternity cases. There will be no limit to the staff of physicians, any doctor being at liberty to place his patients in the institution. There will be 12 or 15 rooms including a well equipped operation room. Miss Burnside has recently completed six months study with surgical specialists and Mrs. Sawyer has conducted a private hospital at Woodfords for two years.

50 years ago, 1965
A Louisville, Ky., man today notified the Lewiston police department that his pocket was “picked” of between $350 and $400 at the Central Maine Youth Center the night of the recent Clay-Liston heavyweight fight. John E. Tarrant, in a letter to Police Chief Joseph H. Farrand, said he was bumped by a “hard looking young lady” as he entered the Arena the night of the fight, May 25. He said he knew he had the money in a gold money clip valued at about $25, because he remembered putting it into his pocket. According to Tarrant, he was not reporting the matter because the money might be found, but because of insurance purposes. Several other people have reported to police that they had been accosted by pickpockets during the fight, and a group of alleged “dips” was arrested a few days later at Philadelphia. They were believed to have been in Lewiston at the time of the fight.

25 years ago, 1990
The Auburn Middle School Music Association has invited the public to attend a tree-planting ceremony at Auburn Middle School at 12:45 p.m. today in memory of Sarah Jean Agren, Middle School band member who was killed in a skiing accident in December. Mayor Richard Trafton will be among the speakers, the band and chorus will perform, and recipients of the Sarah Agren scholarship awards will be introduced.

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