100 Years Ago: 1921
Among the Lewiston and Auburn people at Poland Spring on Saturday who had the pleasure of meeting the President and Mrs. Harding were Mr. and Mrs. Everett M. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Wilson, Mrs. Silas Bartlett. and Mr. and Mrs. Eban J. Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Bartlett were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Haskell. Mr. Haskell is assistant manager of the hotel at Tampa Bay where the Wilsons and Mrs. Bartlett have spent many winters. Mr. Haskell is cleric at Poland Spring House during the summer.
50 Years Ago: 1971
The 23rd annual Little World’s Fair, sponsored by the East Auburn Community Fair, will be held Saturday, and featured will be a brand new train ride for the kiddies. William R. Tiffany, a club member who designed and constructed the new train, named it ‘Puff and Toot’. The locomotive was built from a riding lawn mower and the cars, which can seat 12 youngsters, from plywood. This year’s event will be held at the rear of the new community building, from noon to midnight. Club members will be working at the fair site every night in preparation for Saturday’s big event.
25 Years Ago: 1996
Stuart F. Martin at 89 years of age isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. His right arm bears bandages to cover some deep scratches he obtained while picking raspberries at dawn. He drove into town before noon to run a few errands, but had to hurry, because his garden was waiting. An avid historian, Martin of Rumford Point, wrote his first book 16 years ago about Rumford’s roots. The 1,000 copies printed were sold out within four years. This spring, Martin had 600 additional copies printed of his “New Pennacock Folks: Early Rumford with Genealogy of First Families” in preparation for the town’s bicentennial A fifth-generation resident of Rumford, Martin began his book out of an intense curiosity and a strong desire to explore the beginnings of his community. He researched and compiled information for his book for seven years, poring over local history books, talking with residents, checking out tax records, college yearbooks, grange histories, and obituaries in old weekly newspapers.
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