100 years ago, 1917
Sixty men from Lewiston and Auburn, with several from all over the county, have reported to the recruiting station in Room 308, Manufacturers bank building, Lewiston, and signed for the Germany game in the fall. Roger A. Greene and his recruiting committee, with their handbills and posters, went out into the streets Wednesday after recruits and succeeded in bringing home to many of the men to whom they talked that here is an excellent chance to choose the branch of the service they wish. The Nelson Dingley battery of heavy field artillery is after 150 men by the Fourth. “We are not begging anyone to come into the battery,” said Mr. Greene. “All that we are trying to do is put the plain facts before those who are registered and liable to draft. Here is an attractive branch of the service and it’s up to them. We feel we have done our duty when we put the issue up to them.”
50 years ago, 1967
Two Auburn delegates to the United Nations Pilgrimage held last week in New York under the sponsorship of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs returned to their homes on Saturday evening following a ten-day trip, and there was one disappointment. Due to Russian Premier Kosygin’s attendance at the United Nations sessions, and the strict security measures, the young people were not able to visit the UN building. However, the delegates were thoroughly briefed on UN procedures by a number of UN representatives from member nations, who spoke to them.
25 years ago, 1992
Tales were told in sign language on the gymnasium stage Tuesday evening, as students in the Poland Community School’s sign language class demonstrated their recently acquired special communication skills for about 80 parents and friends. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade performed, some relating stories by spoken words, while others exercised their fingers in standard movements to convey meanings to the deaf. The pupils were trained by teachers Pat Monzel and Jean Oligny Moreau. Eleven two-student groups gave presentations on “Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.”
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