100 years ago, 1913
John D. Clifford, Jr., Lewiston, was on Tuesday, admitted to practice law before the Maine bar at the opening of the September term of the supreme court of this county. He recently passed the state examination with high marks. His admission was moved by Hon. Frank A. Morey. Mr. Clifford was educated in the public schools of Lewiston. While at High school he was captain of the football team and a point winner in the shot put. At Bowdoin he did not play football on account of an injury to his knee but won his letter in the Maine intercollegiate meets boosting the sixteen pound shot. His legal education was received at Harvard law school, Georgetown University and McGill, Cuddy & Morey’s law office.
50 years ago, 1963
The county Civil Defense organization, in cooperation with Auburn and State CD officials, has started rehabilitation an underground bunker at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. This will be used in the near future for training of shelter managers for approved and licensed shelters in the Androscoggin areas. Fred T. Soucy, plans and training officer, and George Scudder, communications, went to the Federal CD College at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., where they underwent training for one week. Three days of the training period were spent living in a shelter with 41 other persons.
25 years ago, 1988
Firefighters spent Friday night battling a fire in bales of hay in a field off Loring Avenue, working with a crew from the Public Works Department and the Water District to control the flames. The fire, which consumed 37 rolls of hay, each weighing about 800 pounds, “was definitely set by three kids who were seen running from the scene,’ said Fire Department Capt. Charles Berube. Efforts to control the fire, reported shortly after 6:30 p.m., were hampered by the fact that the closest water supply was about three-quarters of a mile from the scene. Tank trucks were used in relays to keep firefighters supplied with water. Fire Chief Clifton Smith said, “It is a nuisance-type fire. It’s not going anywhere, but it is an expensive nuisance.”
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