100 years ago, 1918

The men’s banquet under the auspices or the ladles’ aid, West Auburn, will be given May 9th at the vestry. West Auburn people, who have had much illness in the family, found a big Maybasket hung at their door Thursday evening. There were provisions of all kinds in the basket, besides a sum of money.

50 years ago, 1968

The president of Executive Airlines, Inc., which serves the Auburn-Lewiston area, today announced plans to purchase additional aircraft, the first of which will be delivered next month. Joseph C. Whitney said at Boston that the order, for six Beechcraft Model 99 airlines, represents an investment of more than $2.1 million. The firm holds options to purchase two more of the aircraft.

25 years ago, 1993

The Lewiston City Council will hold its final public hearing Tuesday on the 1993-94 Community Development Block Grant program, and vote on amending the current program to allocate $10,000 for a Tall Pines playground. Lewiston will receive $1,073,000 in CDS (kinds for the coming year. The single biggest chunk of money, $200,000, will go to revitalization of the city-owned Bates Mill. The rest will be disbursed to about 50 agencies and city programs, including Head Start’s Childhood Enrichment, American Red Cross disaster relief and Kennedy Park swimming pool rehabilitation. If the council approves the $10,000 proposed for Tall Pines, half of it will come from a past year’s funding for a Cote Street playground design and half from current money for Sunnyside Park basketball court improvements.

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