100 Years Ago: 1923

A huge electric sign claiming to be the largest “this side of New York City” was attached to the building occupied by the New England Furniture Co. at 155 Lisbon St. Saturday morning. The sign is 48 feet long and 4 feet wide and has 860 electrics. It was made by Gibson of Portland.

50 Years Ago: 1973

Mrs. Ronald Logan will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Auburn United Methodist Women reporting on the 1973 United Methodist Women’s Assembly held recently at Cincinnati, Ohio. Officers will be elected at the business session and Abigail Circle members will serve refreshments during the social hour.

25 Years Ago: 1998

Many of us have experienced  pets “ruling the households” but we believe that Frank Celinski’s 21 year-old-cat has taken it to a new dimension. Teddy apparently believes in the old maxim “early to bed and early to rise.” According to Celinski he never gets to stay up beyond 8:30 because the cat lets him know when it’s time to go to bed. With this early morning routine Frank is usually awake around 3 am. Because of this early wake-up-habit Frank gets up around 4:00 and sits in the picture window. The Celinskis subscribe to two newspapers, both delivered between 4:30 and 5 am. When the first newspaper arrives, Teddy accomplishes his morning duties by accompanying Frank to pick up both papers, then goes back to bed.

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