100 years ago, 1918
The various Auburn department heads are hard at work on the inventories asked for by Manager Otis, and because the work is new, and in many cases has never been done before, it is proving a sizable job. Manager Otis is working on the budget, and he requests all who contemplate asking for improvements on streets or other city property, to get their requests in as soon as possible. Says the manager, “Requests for improvements that come in now, will stand a better chance for being included in the budget. It is of vital importance to the city not only that conditions be reported to the council, but because it is the one time in the year when petitions should be presented for any contemplated improvements for 1918.”

50 years ago, 1968
Golfers of Lewiston-Auburn who plan to watch Big Three Golf on NBC Sunday afternoon will be interested to know that the Big Three — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player — will be sharing the TV screen with a couple of homefolks, Prof. and Mrs. Robert G. Berkleman, of 431 Main St., Lewiston. Last July the Berklemans, who spent May and June in Portugal, were driving through Scotland, and they stopped overnight at St. Andrews so they could pay a brief visit to the world-famous golf course.

25 years ago, 1993
(Photo Caption) Shirley Simond and Rita Gagnon are checking out the big “chaudrons” (cooking pans) that will be used to make pea soup, one of the traditional items being featured on the menu at an old-fashioned sugar shack dinner to be served by the Knights of Columbus Council 106 on March 13 at the KC hall on East Avenue, Lewiston. The proceeds from the event will help fund the Festival de Joie planned for August.

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