Edward Love of Winter street, a well known athlete in the Lewiston High School narrowly escaped a serious accident. He was standing by the door inside a store on Main street when one of the clerks started to lower the transcom. The transcom did not move easily and the clerk gave a hard pull on the rod which controls it. He gave it such a yank indeed, that the transcom broke from its hinges and fell. Mr. Love was standing directly beneath it and the transcom struck him on the head, the glass breaking into a hundred pieces. The frame was around Mr. Love’s body. There was a small cut on his face while a sharp piece of glass struck the palm of his left hand, opening it to the bone. Otherwise than this, Mr. Love was not injured. As the transcom was a large one and the glass thick, it was a most narrow escape. As it is, Mr. Love will not be able to use his left hand for several weeks, probably.

50 Years Ago, 1954

By congressional mandate, and with most states concurring, Thursday will be Veterans’ Day – not Armistice Day. There have been two wars since the nation started celebrating the end of World War I. This fact helped to speed through Congress this year a resolution changing the day’s theme to one of honoring the veterans of all conflicts, instead of marking the return to peace after one.

Armistice Day first was designated by Congress as a legal holiday in 1938, but six of the 16 observances since then have found the nation fighting again – in World War II and in Korea.

25 Years Ago, 1979

Central Maine Medical Center officials in Lewiston, squeezed by soaring fuel prices and inflation have made successful efforts in finding ways to save energy. Efforts by the medical center have been rewarded by a 15 percent reduction in total energy consumption over the past two years, but CMMC officials hope for further savings during the coming year.