100 years ago, 1916
The boys at Edward Little high school are attracting much attention with their new school hats. These are red and white, a skull cap, with “E.L.H.S.” across the front, with the class numerals under the letters. This is a new departure for the school and the hats are certainly making a hit.

50 years ago, 1966
The Androscoggin river, which will be classified for pollution control by the 103rd Maine Legislature, should receive “not less than a Class C rating,” Senate President Carlton Day Reed Jr. told a meeting of the Lewiston Go-Getters Club this morning, Senator Reed, Democratic candidate for nomination to governor in the June primary elections, said the classification should be achieved within 10 years. The speaker, who drove along the banks of the Androscoggin river from his home in Woolwich to the meeting, spoke of what he called intolerable conditions and said that “to provide for less than a “C” classification is intolerable.

25 years ago, 1991
Of the 500 graves at Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Mill Road, Auburn, 55 belong to veterans, and it is only those 55 that will be maintained — at least for the time being. The City Council Monday evening voted unanimously to accept responsibility for mowing the grass on graves there of military veterans — as required by state statute — but the rest will not be taken care of. In the meantime, Mayor Richard Trafton, acting upon a request by Ward 2 Councilor Joseph Deschenes, is going to appoint a committee to help organize and finance continued maintenance of the remainder of the graves at Evergreen and at 17 other “neighborhood” cemeteries scattered throughout the city’s 65 square miles.

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