100 years ago, 1917
The sugar blockade in Lewiston and Auburn is broken for the present. Fifty thousand pounds of sugar arrived in Lewiston Monday — a car load — for F. G. Davis & Co., and has been distributed by this wholesale firm of grocers to their customers, and on Tuesday F. G. Davis & Co. have not a pound of sugar on their premises. “This morning,” said Mr. Davis, “we turned our teams to work immediately we received the car load of sugar and we apportioned it out to the shopkeepers who have orders with us in what we believe to be a fair and proportionate supply. All of them got their share and every person in these cities should be able to get a little sugar for his needs.” The price at which the wholesaler handles this sugar is strictly regulated by the government, as it is for the retailer.
50 years ago, 1967
The original HO! HO! HO! man — Santa Claus himself — arrived in Lewiston and Auburn this morning to the delight of thousands of Twin Cities youngsters who gave him a warm, but noisy welcome. Auburn Mayor Clyde E. Goudey and Lewiston Mayor William Rocheleau, Jr., headed a parade witnessed by several thousand area residents as it made its way from Auburn into Lewiston after the units assembled at South Goff Street.
25 years ago, 1992
Central Maine Technical College’s new building for nursing, allied health and occupational health and safety will be named for Geneva A. Kirk, a Lewiston educator and former trustee of the technical college system. The building is expected to be completed by January and a formal dedication of the 40,000-square-foot $4 million building will be held in the spring. “Geneva Kirk has been an educator in the City of Lewiston and has been active with Maine Teachers Association and the National Education Association,” said Richard Bastow, chair of the CMTC Architectural and Civil Engineering department. “And she has been involved with all kinds of public and private ways to help people.”
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