100 Years Ago: 1918

Sale of Grand Stand Boxes and Reserved Seats for the week of the Maine State Fair, Sept. 17, 18, 19 and 20, will open Wednesday morning, Sept. 11, 1918, at Callahan’s, 216 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Price of Reserved Seats for the whole week of the Fair is $1.00, the price of boxes for the week (6 seats) $8.00 and $9.00. Boxes also of 8, 9, 10 and 12 seats each for sale. The sale during the week of the fair will open each day beginning, Tuesday, Sept. 17th at 9 A. M., at the Grand Stand Ticket Office, Fair Grounds. Admission to the Grand Stand, 25 cents. Reserved seat tickets, including admission to the Grand Stand, 35 cents each, or $1.00 for the four days. Box seats, including admission to the Grand Stand, 60 cents each. Charge for automobiles to the park will be 50 cents each, or $1.50 for the season ticket. All will enter the Main St. gate.

50 Years Ago: 1968

Directors of 17 Women’s Job Corps centers will hold a four-day conference starting Monday at the Women’s Job Corps Center at Poland Spring. Robert G. Lake, director of the Poland Spring center, said it marks the first time such a conference is being held at a women’s center, the others having taken place at JC headquarters in Washington. The group will discuss plans for improving educational, vocational and counseling programs at their respective centers.

25 Years Ago: 1993

Michael Menes, billed as “The Thinking Man’s Juggler,” will bring his mix of contortionism, spontaneous visual humor, quick change and crafty illusion to the Celebration Barn Theater at 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Menes, who has performed from Singapore to Barcelona, is described as “a poly-kinetic performance artist who juggles ideas and idiosyncrasies, escalators and elevators, bowling balls and tubular bells.” Last year’s performance by Menes at the Celebration Barn was sold out, so reservations are recommended. This year he will present new works featuring gizmos, contraptions and special effects. Menes has an extensive background in dance and theater. He’s trained with masters Tony Montanaro and Michael Moschen and was awarded state fellowship grants in 1987 and 1990 by the New Jersey State Council on the arts. This summer he was given the Founders Award by the International Jugglers Association in recognition of artistic excellence. Menes recently returned from television work in Portugal and cruises to South America, the Caribbean and Alaska. When not on tour, he makes his home in Buckfield. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. at the Celebration Barn, which is at 190 Stock Farm Road off Route 117. Tickets cost $6 for adults and $4 for children, 12 and under. For more information or reservations, call the box office at 743-8452.

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