• An old-fashioned barn dance with a fiddle for music was held last evening at the home of Miss Mary Buck, 694 Main St., Lewiston. Thirty-five couples danced on the barn floor to the tune of the fiddle and when the “orchestra” got tired, a phonograph was used. The barn was prettily decorated with flags and red, white and blue bunting, and everything was carried out with perfect arrangements.
• An official report for the year 1906 states there were in the state on the first day of April 18,590 horses and colts, 26,620 cows, 1,647 oxen, 19,259 young cattle and 31,125 sheep.
50 years ago, 1957
• Warm and dry weather this spring has enabled the Auburn Highway Department to get the earliest start in years on its tarring program.
CALAIS – A 50-man band of travelers was escorted out of Maine today because authorities said they had received several reports of thefts and pilferings from places where the group had stopped. State Police said the group consisted of “gypsies calling themselves Cherokee Indians.” Their motor vehicles bore North and South Carolina registration plates.
SOUTH PARIS – It’s expected that approximately 5,000 persons will stuff themselves on native-grown baked beans, brown bread, frankfurts, sauerkraut and homemade pies when this Oxford County community presents its annual Bean-Hole Bean Festival at the Oxford fairgrounds July 27.
25 years ago, 1982
• Sixty wild burros from California arrived at the Hill Farm in Freeport on Tuesday for a brief rest before being transported to new homes in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The people adopting them all paid $160 to cover transportation and other expenses for the trip to Maine.
• The Clover Hospice in Auburn will be a “real experiment” in Maine, illustrating an alternative method of caring for the terminally ill, the creator and part-owner of the facility explained during dedication ceremonies Tuesday afternoon.
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