100 years ago: 1925

If a Lewiston man who was napping on the railroad tracks at the woodyard in the rear of Libby Avenue, Lewiston, had delayed his nap Friday afternoon just a few minutes, he would have been enjoying a more extensive nap.

Workmen in the yard found him asleep on the track, sprawled across it so one tracks served as a pillow for his head and the other a footrest. He appeared quite comfortable and was more or less annoyed when awakened.

A train drew into the woodyard only a few minutes after his awakening.

It was found that he had been enjoying the generosity of some friend in the home brew business.

50 years ago: 1975

Miss Cheryl Witherall and Mrs. Lorraine Boulet shared coronation honors last night as the Pine Tree Warriors held their 16th annual coronation ball at the Lewiston Memorial Armory.

Miss Witherall, a rifleman in the Warriors color guard, was crowned Queen for the year, receiving her crown from the outgoing Queen Monique Roy. Mrs. Boulet was honored as the Warriors’ Member of the Year, an honor newly established this year to give adults an opportunity to participate in the coronation honors. Mrs. Boulet received her crown from Bertrand Levesque, Sr, president of the Warriors’ corporation board.

Both women received bouquets of roses.

25 years ago: 2000

Sometimes the city’s street names sound the same. Other times they change names without warning. And sometimes their names make no sense at all.

Mason Street Extension actually labels four parallel paths, none of which touch each other. Manley is the name of a street, a court and a road. There’s also a D Street and a Dee Street.

“How did they go about actually naming their streets?” asked Mayor Lee Young.

Assistant City Manager Mark Adams spent 45 minutes Monday night, listing for city councilors the confusing names and the streets with no name at all. He listed more than 100 streets, roads and avenues with conflicts.

The upcoming switch to E-911 requires clearing up confusion about street names, officials said.

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