100 years ago, 1915
Ned Bishop, dare-devil auto-race driver, who is behind the big automobile racing meet to be held on the State Fairground, Monday, July 5th, is in Lewiston hard at work upon arrangements for the event. He declares that it is going to be the greatest sporting event Maine ever seen. The two features of the day will be the last and next to last race. This next to the last race is what is known as an Australian pursuit race. In it four ears are stationed at different points on the track. At the drop of the flag each car starts on a wild race around the track. As fast as a car is overtaken it drops out of the contest. The free-for-all race will be a contest between the winners of the day.

50 years ago, 1965
Lewiston broadcasting executive Faust O. Couture has applied to the Federal Communications Commission to sell radio stations in Lewiston and Augusta. He would sell radio station WCOU in Lewiston to the Androscoggin Radio Corp. The owners of Androscoggin Radio Corp. are John C. Libby of Lewiston, WCOU station manager who has been with the station since 1939, and Harry Ferguson Jr. of Lewiston, a WCOU salesman who has been associated with the station many years.

25 years ago, 1990
The Auburn Community Band kicks off its summer season Wednesday evening at the Dunlap courtyard on Court Street in downtown Auburn. The 7 p.m. concert begins the ninth year of Wednesday-night performances offered by the band to the Auburn and Lewiston communities. Conductor Milt Simon of Durham, who founded the band in 1982, said this year’s group is by far the biggest and best. The 40 band members range in age from 13 to 79, and are residents of Auburn, Lewiston and surrounding towns.

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