From the pages of the Livermore Falls Advertiser  

75 years ago:  

In order to better meet the needs of the youth of this vicinity, the School Committee of Livermore Falls has decided to establish a course in Agriculture in the high school. This will be a four year course and will be carried on with the cooperation of the State and Federal Governments.

This decision was reached as the result of a survey made within the school and after conferences with the State Supervisor of Agriculture in Orono. The opinions of representative citizens were sought and found to be favorable, in many cases enthusiastic.

Thurston Howes, principal of the Livermore Falls Grammar School, has organized a Bicycle Club at the Grammar School building. The first meeting found about 50 members present. Meetings will be held every other Tuesday for the remainder of the year.

A safety committee will promote safety among its members and throughout the town. There will be a bicycle inspection for all bicycles of members in the club, with stickers placed on bicycles passing inspection.

The safety committee plans to draw up ordinances for members of the club to follow, in the hope that unsafe bicycle practices may be improved. If interest in the club continues, it is planned to have a court with officials drawn from members of the club.

Lowell Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller of Macomber Hill, North Jay, was the Franklin County boy who won the lamb in a contest sponsored by the Maine Department of Agriculture. He was awarded the lamb on the basis of a letter in which he told his qualifications for raising a lamb.

The meeting of the Alden class in Livermore Falls on May 20 will feature Mr.s Ilse Rowe who will show pictures of her recent trip to Cuba.

The Jay Sunday School class of Mrs. Ernest Wilkins hung her a May basket.

50 years ago:  

Police chief Cecil A. Ryder informs the Advertiser that due to the careless indifferent attitude of many youths who have bicycles, he is obliged to enforce regulations as set forth in the Revised Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Maine.

Regulations to be enforced include riding as far as practicable to the right except when making a left turn; riding astride a regular and permanent seat; bicycles ridden at night must be equipped with headlights and rear reflectors as well as working brakes; and stopping to allow passage of pedestrians guided by a guide dog or using a cane for the blind.

Any person who violates any of these provisions shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25, or imprisonment of not more than 10 days, or both.

The First Annual Livermore Falls Rotary Club auction will be held Saturday, May 22, at Moore Fuel and Heating Company on Park Street.

Members of the Rotary Club have been collecting articles of usable merchandise for several weeks.

The Selectmen of Livermore Falls have announced the appointment of Mrs. Agnes Ryder as police matron. Mrs. Ryder will be called upon to act as matron when a woman prisoner is to be detained briefly at the local station and will accompany her when she is transferred to Auburn or other destination.

50 years ago, it was rumored that Livermore Falls is shortly to be lighted by means of electric conduits running across Fayette from Mount Vernon. It is said the dynamo, shortly to be put in, will be powerful enough to run cars also if there appears to be business enough in sight to make it profitable.

Berry Hill Orchard Co. was advertising 100 pound bags of lime for $0.90 and 80 pound bags of 5-10-10 fertilizer for $2.60.

Many Fayette roads are still unsettled and in bad condition. Apparently the deep frost is not entirely out of the ground yet.

25 years ago:  

Selectmen from Livermore, Livermore Falls, and Fayette will meet with the SAD 36 Board of Directors to discuss the school district’s $5,435,245 budget at a special meeting on May 23. SAD 36 Directors are expected to discuss priorities, give explanations of budget items, and address specific concerns of the selectmen.

The school budget for Jay will seek voter approval for a $5,363,328 1990-91 budget. School committee members met with Superintendent Grayson Hartley this week and voted to adopt the budget and supplemental articles. This budget is a 14 percent increase over last year’s budget.

The Brettuns Community Building will be used by the Helping Hands Food Bank one day a week to provide food to area citizens who qualify for this service. The program will be funded by United Way.

The program will be a two stage one. The first is emergency service, with restrictions, since there are many families that have nothing to fall back on in times of crisis. The second will provide continued weekly services for qualified recipients who fall through the cracks of other available programs.

The Livermore Falls High School Marching Band did itself proud this past Saturday. The high steppin’, good soundin’ Band won first place in its division at the Maine State Parade in Lewiston this weekend. Congratulations for a stellar performance.

Kindergarten students at Livermore Falls Primary School concluded a recent science project by making rainbows and constructing bubble pipes. During the program, the youngsters studied and experimented with rain, evaporation, and how light breaks into different colors to form a rainbow. Big bubbles created with the bubble pipes showed many beautiful colors.

Charity Rebekah Lodge will plant a tree at the site of the town Gazebo on May 29 at 2 p.m. The tree planting is in observance of the Living Legacy Project of Rebekahs Internationally.