A list of schools in unorganized Maine townships prepared by Payson Smith of Auburn, state superintendent of public schools, shows 16 schools conducted for 15 townships at an approximate state expense of $1,400. Two townships had two schools each, and in one case a single school sufficed for the children of adjoining townships.

The state school superintendent states he expects next year to have such schools established in a considerable number of coast townships where the education of the few children has been neglected. He made a tour of the islands and unorganized coastal townships in September to ascertain conditions. The plan of these schools is that the inhabitants or the real estate owners of the townships must raise a part of the school money and the state will supply the rest.

50 years ago, 1957

• A $23 million expansion for Massachusetts’ Logan International Airport to keep the busy airport abreast of the jet age was announced tonight by the chairman of the state Airport Management Board. Chairman Joseph A. Mulhern also said that the airport is enjoying phenomenal growth and its income is “skyrocketing.”

• A 200-bed emergency hospital is due to arrive shortly for use by the Androscoggin County Civil Defense and Public Safety organization. The hospital is a complete unit and can be set up either in a large armory building or under canvas. It will be stored in a warehouse in Auburn.

25 years ago, 1982

NEW YORK – Call him crazy, call him funny, call him stupid – but you won’t be calling Andy Kaufman a Saturday Night Live guest anymore, at least if the show’s producers listen to its viewers. The NBC-TV program’s viewers voted the bizarre comedian off the show for good Saturday night in a live call-in vote reminiscent of last year’s phone-a-thon over the boiling of Larry the Lobster.