100 Years Ago: 1924 Hollis Bradbury, Bates ’27, entertained seven of his friends at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alden G. Bradbury, 115 Whitney Street, Auburn, Saturday evening. After a bracing hike on snowshoes in the early part of the evening the party returned to the Bradbury home where everyone enjoyed “Listening […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 This year visiting day at Skowhegan High School will be Wednesday, March 5th. School will be in session from 3:30 to 9 pm with 5 to 6 for lunch. This change is made so that all citizens who are unable to visit the school during the regular session may come. The […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 A very pretty leap year dancing party arranged by Mrs. Ralph G. Haskell, Mrs. Charles Corey, Mrs. Bernard Haskell and Miss Dorothy Macomber was held at the Stevens Mills Grange Hall last evening. Forty-two couples attended and music was furnished by Perry’s Orchestra. The hall was attractively decorated, the color scheme […]

Because there was no Feb. 29 in 1974 and 1999, the entries for 50 years ago and 25 years ago will come from the March 1 papers of those years. 100 Years Ago: 1924 The second auxiliary benefit dance for Home for the Aged Women to be held at  Mrs. Heth’s Academy tonight, will draw a […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 The L-A Cycle Club has just been organized in Auburn with 28 charter members who are all ardent motorcyclists. At present there are no women members but they are eligible for membership and several are expected before the season is underway. The club’s first banquet will be held March 10 in […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Mrs. Levi S. Griffin of Stockton has in her possession a sled built by her father, the late Sylvester B. Pendleton, in the year 1851, when he was 14 years of age. It served him faithfully, descended in due time to his children, was used by his grandchildren and still going strong […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Deputy sheriffs in Portland reported the youngest bootlegger. After they arrested a cobbler on a charge of rum selling they questioned a 12-year-old boy, who admitted that he was the cobbler’s accomplice, carrying liquor from the shop to customers for $2 a week. He was sent home with a warning. The […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 One of the youngest of Auburn’s talented musical children is little Dorothy Rawson, who is a pupil of Albert L. Auger. Mr. Auger has arranged a piano recital for this seven-year-old Miss for Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock. 50 Years Ago: 1974 American and Canadian snowshoers headed for home Sunday night following […]

100 Years Ago: 1924 Two Freeport men while working in the woods this week cut down a large Hemlock tree which was hollow-hearted. In the tree they found 50 pounds of honey in excellent condition. 50 Years Ago: 1974 Maine’s unpredictable weather forced a lot of improvisation upon the officials of the International Snowshoe Congress currently […]