100 Years Ago: 1924

An Auburn man who is a musician, and therefore much interested in the music festival, read a few days ago, of the box of luscious McIntosh red apples, the product of the Chase orchards in Buckfield, which Homer N. Chase sent to Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, who was soloist at the festival here in October.

He accordingly wrote Mr. Chase the following letter: Dear Mr. Chase: What an irresistible tempter you are. If Eve fell for an apple, what do you suppose will happen to Mme. Matzenauer? Unless the Garden of Eden was in Maine, and the apple was a McIntosh red, Eve’s temptation was a mild one compared to that in which you have placed Mme. Matzenauer. Let us hope that she will fall for the apples, and the festival. If she does, why not take advantage of it for a return engagement? She is one of the really great singers before the public today and her return to Lewiston and Auburn would surely not fail to provide another rare treat to all music lovers in this section.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Four area young ladies have enlisted in the Navy. They are Bonita Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hanlin Libby of North Road, Leeds; Elaine Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barker of Hall Pond Road, South Paris; Sharon Gero, daughter of Patricia Gero of 87 Howe St., Lewiston, and Nancy Lee Cressey, daughter of Carolyn Hanraham of RFD 2, Mechanic Falls.

They are taking recruit training in Orlando, Fla., for nine weeks, and upon completion will have two weeks leave. Miss Woods enlisted under the school guarantee program, and will be attending Photographic Intelligence School in Denver, Colo. Elaine Baker, Sharon Gero, and Nancy Cressey entered under on-the-job training program, and will receive training on one of the Navy’s job fields.

25 Years Ago: 1999

Some television news stations led their noon programs by announcing that the remains of a human body had been found in the river. Closer inspection of the corpse at the state Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the body belonged to a beaver, which had apparently been dead awhile.

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