100 Years Ago: 1922
Babe Ruth today was suspended for three days by President Ban Johnson of the American League for the altercation in yesterday’s Cleveland-New York game which resulted in Umpire Dineen putting the slugger out of the contest after he had disputed a decision by Nunamaker of Cleveland at second base.
50 Years Ago: 1972
Ruth Frank’s call this morning about the annual meeting of the Maine Guild of Spinners and Weavers was an interesting one. The meeting was held at Shaker Village in New Gloucester and an account of the meeting appears else where on the page. It refers to the antique looms which were shown to the members. One of these was threaded, the threader long since dead, and it stood that way for many years. There are no longer weavers at the colony which at one time furnished the fabrics from this area. The looms themselves are antiques of value and Mrs. Frank said that the weavers did not attempt to use the small hand tools for fear their age made them brittle and they might be damaged by attempted use. Crafts in Maine are vitally interesting to more and more people and because of this, and the guild is setting up a neighbor to neighbor program with special groups interested in the ancient program, the retired handicapped veterans or youth.
25 Years Ago: 1997
In order to install the new Route 4 boat launch ramp and float at Lake Auburn, the project site will be closed to boaters and fishermen for two weeks in July. That is about the time it will take for the project’s contractor to remove the old strips of concrete used as a ramp and install a longer, wider concrete ramp and fiberglass float, water district trustees learned Wednesday. The ramp removal will begin on July 7 when Gendron and Gendron of Lewiston installs a turbidity curtain in the water to keep any silt stirred up during the work from reaching the Twin Cities’ water intake pipe, said Normand Lamie, water district superintendent. The intake pipe provides drinking water to residents of Lewiston and Auburn and is located at the same end of the lake. Then the contractor will remove and dispose of the existing 10-foot-by-25-foot ramp as well as several large boulders at the site, he said. Gendron and Gendron will install the new 18-foot-by-40-foot ramp and float, which should improve the launch site for boaters, he said. In addition to making the launch easier for boaters to maneuver around, the floating dock will keep feet dry since people won’t have to step into the water, Lamie explained.
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