100 years ago, 1914
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50 years ago, 1964
An Auburn minister had his guardian angel riding with him this morning as he took an unexpected ride down Auburn’s Goff Hill — backward. The journey ended when the car smashed into a house. Rev. Harold R. Patterson, 30, of 9 Vernon Street, walked away from the vehicle apparently unscathed after his harrowing journey which ended when the car slammed into the Nelson Sedgeley home at 1 Lake Street. Rev. Patterson, according to police, was operating an automobile owned by Robert Marshall of 17 Winter Street at the time of the mishap. The minister stated that the power brakes on the auto failed when the engine stalled as he climbed Goff Hill. The vehicle then rolled back down Court Street onto the lawn of the Sedgeley home where it dug tip the lawn and some flowers before smashing into the building.
25 years ago, 1989
The Bennett Mine, located off the Paris Hill Road in Buckfield, is the site of renewed mining activity after 20 years of lying dormant. Ron Holden Jr. of Norway is living out his boyhood dream of running his own mining operation. His brothers, Steve and Dennis, and Gary LaVerdiere, a longtime family friend, are helping with the project. Roy McKay, a retired blasting specialist, also drops by several times a week to lend his expertise to the effort. Holden first became interested in mining as a young boy. He and others spend a great deal of time watching the mining activities of Frank Perham.
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