100 years ago: 1919

The Wallace H. White Jr. Club of Lewiston will hold its first meeting of the municipal campaign in Republican headquarters Tuesday. George S. McCarty, whose fame as a speaker is not slight will be the principal speaker, Robert J. Hogdson will preside. Politics is getting ready to stir In Lewiston. While it is believed that Mayor Lamaire will be a candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket there may be something now in the style of mayoralty candidate in that party when the curtain rises.

50 years ago: 1969

Miss Helen Delahanty, librarian of Montello Junior High School Lewiston, will be the hostess for the Twin City Library Council when they meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at the library of the school. The meeting will be preceded by a gathering of the community on assignments. Committee members are Miss Amy Sherman, Auburn Public Library; Mrs. Muriel Landry, Lewiston Public Library; Mrs. Dorothy Ludwick, Webster Junior High School; Mrs. Dorothy Kern, Edward Little High School; Mrs. Kathryn Marsh, Lewiston High School School; and Miss Delahanty.

25 years ago: 1994

The city of Lewiston made history Monday night as it swore into office its first African-American mayor, businessman John Jenkins, along with the newly elected members of the city council and school board, Jenkins took the oath of office from City Clerk Gerry Berube. Jenkins repeated the words of the oath exactly as dictated to him until Berube reached the line “the city of Lewiston,” at which time Jenkins changed them to the great city of Lewiston. A professional motivational speaker, Jenkins delivered his inaugural address without a written speech. Instead, he said he wanted to speak from the heart. In a theme that was to carry through to the festivities at the reception afterward, Lewiston’s new mayor said, ”These are the days of miracle and wonder,” a lyric he attributed to Paul Simon’s album, “Graceland.”

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