100 years ago: 1918

If you want the powerful drama that glorifies the screen — the drama of a story that millions have read and are eager to see in its superb picturized form — you want to see “Riders of the Purple Sage,” Friday and Saturday of this week at the Empire. It’s a classic in film-craft in William Parnum and Zane Grey. William Fox has hitched together the greatest team on the title pages of pictures or popular novels today.

50 years ago: 1968

Members of the Executive Committee of Auburn citizens who are planning for the Auburn centennial next year met last night with a representative of the firm that will produce the observance. A representative of the John B. Rogers Producing Co. of Fostoria, Ohio, conferred with the chairman of various subcommittees involved in the preparation of plans for the centennial observance. M. S. Fitzherbert, general chairman of the centennial committee, said tentative plans presently call for the eight-day observance to be held early in June but a final decision on the date will be made at a later centennial executive committee. A gigantic spectacular will be held six nights at Walton Field with the general theme of the production related to the history of the city. At least one mammoth parade is planned during the week, he said, and one of the features of the observance will be the selection of a centennial queen.

25 years ago: 1993

The Daycare Connection will hold its monthly meeting on Dec. 1, from 7-9 p.m. at the Auburn Middle School. Local storyteller Dorothy Darling will present the telling of a modem Christmas tale. In celebration of the holiday, members are invited to bring their own children to enjoy this special Christmas performance. The Daycare Connection welcomes all child care providers to their monthly meetings. Training certificates are awarded at each meeting.

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