Sheriff Charles S. Cummings says that since the famous meeting in the DeWitt took place he was approached by a representative of a certain brewery. The man brought along with him plenty of papers to prove his identity with the business. This man, says the sheriff, offered to send into the county a “barrel of money” for election purposes, the amount of which if used would re-elect the sheriff beyond a doubt, if the sheriff would let him. The sheriff says he told the man that he needn’t try to arrange a deal with him as he wouldn’t consider it for a minute. “If I am defeated,” said the sheriff in telling of the incident,”it won’t be because I have entered into any deals. I have administered this office honestly.”
50 Years Ago, 1954
LeBlanc’s Cleaners & Dyers, one of Maine’s oldest and most progressive cleaning and dyeing concerns, will observe its 70th anniversary simultaneously with the dedication of its new modern plant at 11 Lafayette St. Open house was held at the plant with the first 100 women visitors receiving corsages. Co-owners of the company, Julien O. LeBlanc, and the firm’s 25 employees will be on hand to greet visitors. The firm actually has been in existence 94 years since it is the successor of the Old Lewiston Steam Dye House, founded in 1860 by the father of the late Henry Free at 139 Main St., Lewiston, and now the location of one of of LeBlanc’s four branch stores.
25 Years ago, 1979
Lisbon Falls – Damage was apparently minimal in a smoky fire in the basement section of Camden Yarn Mill (formerly Worumbo Mill) on Canal Street. According to a fire department spokesman, Deputy Chief James Kelly of the Lisbon Falls Fire Department, the blaze began in the area of the basement in the portion of the mill located closest to Route 196. About 15 to 20 500-pound bales of raw material stored in the basement caught fire.
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