100 years ago: 1918
The all-day meeting of Auburn Grange on Saturday was one of the events of the season. It was a combination affair, as there was a program in the forenoon and still another in the afternoon. A large part of the afternoon was given over to the Christmas trees, and these made a royal time for the children and incidentally for the older ones also. The committee to arrange the Christmas trees was made up of Mrs. H. M. Woodman, Mrs. Dora Scritton, Mrs. Rose Haskell, Mrs. Ira Nevins, and Mrs. W. H. Thomas. The trees were loaded with presents and decorated with tinsel.
50 years ago: 1968
Eleven American soldiers freed by Cambodia landed in Washington D.C. and were sped to Walter Reed Army Hospital for a quick medical checkup before going home for Christmas with five months of back pay in their pockets. The soldiers turned out in brand new uniforms. arrived in an Air Force jet and immediately boarded an Army bus. Chief Ralph W. McCullough of Columbus, Ga. expressed thanks to Cambodian chief of state, “for, releasing us in time for Christmas.” The men were captured last July when their riverboat strayed from South Vietnam into Cambodian waters.
25 years ago: 1993
The city’s Lending Opportunity and Neighborhood financial program has hit the bulls-eye, says city housing specialist Ken St. Arnand. The program, designed to provide financial assistance to low and moderate families, was approved by the City Council in April and is now beginning to effect Lewiston’s neighborhoods. Andre Miquelon, the first to purchase a house through LOANS, is rehabilitating his family’s future home at 27 Lowell Court. ‘They’re helping us rehabilitate the whole house. We got a new furnace, new chimney and we’re putting in sheetrock. Here I am 51, and I finally own my own home.” Miquelon said he is a diabetic and has had three heart bypass operations. “No bank wants to give you a mortgage if you’re on Social Security.” But, thanks to Lewiston’s LOANS program, Miquelon not only received a 30-year mortgage but the city also financed his down payment on his new home, the closing costs, and a home improvement loan at an interest rate of less than 2 percent.
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