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100 Years Ago: 1922

(from a store ad) Charming dresses that are regularly sold at $12.50. Developed in wool, crepes, jerseys and serge. Their quality bespeaks higher prices than their regular price. The newest fashion notes, trimming ideas, and hand embroidery are most effectively used. Many one of a kind models.

50 Years Ago: 1972

The judges for the Androscoggin Savings Bank’s Dress-a-Doll Contest to be held on Wednesday afternoon, Nov.15, at the main office are Mrs. Kenneth Curtis, Mrs. John R. Linnell, Mrs. Robert Clifford, and Miss Bernadette Morin. Judges will have to pick from 106 dolls entered in the contest. Five different categories to be judged are sensible dress, fancy dress, nationality costumes, character costumes and knit and crochet. After the judging, the dolls will be on display at an open house at the Minot Avenue office between 2 and 5 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 19, and after all, four offices of Androscoggin Banks. They will then be donated the week before Christmas to three agencies who will distribute them to needy children.

25 Years Ago: 1997

(from a Journal photo) The Rev. Scott Planting stands at the pulpit of the Fairbanks Union Church in Farmington with an old boat he is using to dramatize the church’s fund-raising theme: “How Seaworthy is Our Boat?” Planting on Sunday will place an anchor in the boat as a symbol of the stewardship campaign. The church operates the Care and Share Food Closet, which is collecting food for Thanksgiving.

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