100 years ago, 1917
Friends in town have received a letter from William J. Wilson, formerly an employee of The Sun who enlisted in the Milliken battery and is now of the 101st Trench Mortar Battery. In his letter Mr. Wilson said: “Well, we are on our way to ‘some-where.’ We are at a (deleted by censor). Can’t say much as we are not allowed to. You know just how it is. This is a great trip. Never thought I would ever make it. Will tell you all about it, if we ever come back. I am in hopes that we will all come back some time. We have the band with us and it plays for us all the time. It helps us fellows out a lot to break up the monotony.

50 years ago, 1967
Equipment valued at almost $400 was apparently stolen Tuesday forenoon in Auburn when a group of workmen briefly left the area in which they were working. They had been cutting down a tree at Lake Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The workers left their tools beside the road and made a trip to the Auburn dump. When they returned, they discovered the equipment was missing. Stolen were a blue Homelite chainsaw, valued at $150; a 150-foot one-inch bull rope, $80; two 150-foot quarter-inch lines, $25; six pairs of climbing spurs, $90; a five-foot spade, $5; and a 16-inch toolbox, $30.

25 years ago, 1992
(Photo Caption) Kindergarten students at the Western Avenue School in Auburn have been busy searching for their missing friend, the Gingerbread Man. Officer Friendly, Kim Sleeper of the Auburn Police Department, “captured” him and returned him to the classrooms of Ruth Farnsworth and Connie Jacques. In the photo, Officer Friendly explains to the children how a police officer can help a child who has become lost and frightened, like their Gingerbread Man.

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