Sunday morning the farewell mass was said in the old St. Peter’s church, Bartlett street, which structure is soon to be torn down and a fine new edifice erected in its place. During the building process of the proposed large new church, services will be held in the annex recently constructed for this purpose. The sermon was very able and Fr. Mothon spoke impressive and feelingly. He briefly reviewed the history of the old church, which was built in 1871 at a cost of nearly $75,000. The safety of the church has been condemned, and some months ago, as announced in The Sun at the time, it was decided to erect a new church.

50 Years Ago, 1955

The prosperous but wary cement industry may have to expand its facilities after all – especially if the super-duper highway program is piled on top of a continuing building boom. At least the Bureau of Mines thinks so. It believes the industry will have to increase its capacity by 15 per cent within two years, by 40 per cent within five years. Cement companies are producing and selling three times as much cement as they did in 1944. But they’ve expanded their capacity only about 18 per cent in that time, and now they are operating at near capacity – although demand for their product increases each year.

25 Years Ago, 1980

Thanks to a state law passed last year, most senior citizens living in nursing and boarding homes will receive $30 per month, instead of the $25 they are getting now from their Social Security checks. The allowance is more money than some of the elderly residents will ever use, while others may still find the sum too small to pay their personal expenses, according to officials in two Lewiston-Auburn nursing homes and a state government spokesman interviewed by The Journal. An estimated 7,500 residents in the state’s nursing homes and 3,000 others living in boarding homes are eligible for the $5 increase.