100 years ago, 1913
It was a merry party that met at the home of Geo. R. Hunnewell, So. Auburn, Thursday evening to assist in folding the thousands of circulars to be sent out to his agents all over the American continent. More than 40 of his personal friends turned out to this annual “bee” and many of them were from these cities. To fold more then 8,000 of these circulars is no easy job and this explains why it was called the folding party. Mr. Hunnewell does an immense business and has justly earned the title of the fur king of New England. The party commenced work at seven o’clock and the 42 people kept it up until ten o’clock when all was finished. After the lunch there was a dance until the wee small hours.
50 years ago, 1963
Four false alarms were telephoned to the Lewiston Fire Department within a 26-minute period last night, making fire-fighting units race to widely-separated sections of the city on rain-slicked roads. “It’s a wonder there wasn’t an accident,” one fireman remarked afterward. The first telephone call was a received at 5:53 p.m. and the caller reported a fire on the roof of the building at 298 Lisbon St. There was nothing. Other calls in succession falsely reported fires at 582 Main St., at 672 Sabattus St., and at River Road and Goddard Road.
25 years ago, 1988
Teen-aged pollsters at Walton Junior High School came within a few percentage points of accurately predicting U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s winning margin in Auburn in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. In its eight-year history, the Walton poll has gained a wining margin for its accuracy. The poll, conducted last week by 55 students in Scott Gowell’s civics and government classes, gave Mitchell, the Democratic incumbent, 81 percent of the vote in Auburn, compared to 16 percent for Republican challenger Jasper Wyman and 3 percent undecided. In yesterday’s voting, Mitchell received 82 percent of the Auburn vote while Wyman garnered 18 percent. The ninth graders polled 1,000 randomly-selected Auburn residents.
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