100 Years Ago: 1921
The Poland Paper Company will be shut down soon while rope belts are being put on a large wheel on the engine to make It possible to start it on low water.
50 Years Ago: 1971
The first comprehensive history to be written has been published and the books are being distributed. The book,” A History of Wilton” has been written by Mrs. Ruth Adamo, a reporter for. the Lewiston Sun-Journal for many years. The book is divided chronologically into five time periods, the first period being from the early settlers’ days in 1783 through to 1850, The four other time periods narrate the history of Wilton through to 1971.The 60-page book contains 23 old photographs and three illustrations by the authors daughter, Miss Starr Adamo. ‘The cover is blue lettered gold and has a drawing of the Soldier’s Monument and flag pole in Monument Square in Wilton. : A news reporter for many years. Mrs. Adamo has always had a keen interest In the history of Wilton along with her news reporting. She has been a reporter for the Sun-Journal for the past 10 years in the Wilton area. Since her high school days she has. reported for the Franklin Journal, the county’s bi-weekly newspaper. and also has worked with other newspapers including the Livermore Falls Advertiser and the Wilton Times. ” The history of Wilton” will be available in both soft and hardcover books and Mrs. Adamo plans on having the new history: book at the Wilton Academy alumni reunion Saturday. where the author will autograph each book sold. The book is being published by the Rumford Publishing Company.
25 Years Ago: 1996
There were great-grandmothers, and school children. natives and newcomers, university professors and woods workers, all gathered in the Weld Town Hall to listen to poetry. Before the evening was over listeners had joined together in laughter and tears and an appreciation of its special beauties, and the way it links their lives together. The occasion was vested with a dignity that enters few other public events: Writing down one’s thoughts is rare enough in this culture, and writing them down as poetry is rarer still. But whatever a poem is, humorous or eligiacal, pious or thought-provoking, when it’s published and read it becomes part of a lasting record. Few of the readers were professionals, but all of them read well. Seth Vining read a poem called “Weld” that he wrote in 1996 when he was in third grade, and then he read another poem, also titled “Weld,” written by his father Randall when Randall was an eighth-grader. Rusty Lee read “Sunset from Center Hill Weld,” by Florence Allen Lee, my mother,” said with understated but evident pride.
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