100 Years Ago: 1924
The members of the Lewiston and Auburn MotorCycle Club have had, and are planning for some social events this winter in preparation for runs this coming summer. The last meeting was at the Auburn Y when 34 were present at a banquet. A.E. Parker acted as toastmaster and several speeches were made. Following the banquet three reels of pictures were put on by Lawrence Marston and Edward Lane., followed by dancing.
50 Years Ago:1974
Mu Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority meeting Tuesday at Farwell School heard an interesting summary of Auburn School System’s Volunteer Services.
Speaker was Mrs. Ralph Noel Jr., RN., coordinator of the volunteer service program which involves screening applications for volunteers on a one to one program, classroom helpers, resource personnel , health programs and library assistants.
She reported that during the last school year 197 volunteers donated a total of 5,906 hours of their time in one of these categories to Auburn School children.
The program, recently funded under a Federal grant, started in 1970 and now includes almost 200 volunteers from ninth grade students to an 83 year old retiree.
Mrs. Noel is very enthusiastic about the program and encouraged interested people to contact her at her office at Chamberlain School.
25 Years Ago: 1999
When Clover Health Care celebrates its 25 anniversary this year, a few of the people marking the milestone will be residents who have been part of this community since its earliest years.
“We have a few residents in their early 60s, but the average age here is mid-80s. More and more, we have a lot of people in their 90s,” said Donna Rousseau, public relations director for Clover.
Clover’s facility is widely recognized as Maine’ s first true continuing care community, offering nine levels of care for elderly adults. In addition it has fostered intergenerational relationships between the old and young by housing a 24-child preschool center on site.
“Clover was the very first facility in Maine to introduce the full continuum-care-concept. It has been a flagship for many of the facilities in Maine and New England that have been built on this concept,” Rousseau said.
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