100 Years Ago: 1924

Miss Ellen Mae Stetson, talented pupil of Miss Marion Murphy, will be one of the features of the Triangle Club minstrel show on April 30th. at the club rooms, 86 Main Street, Auburn.

The Triangle Club was the first of the many in the Lewiston-Auburn YWCA to be organized and so is often referred to as the “Mother Club.” From time to time it has given various entertainments but this is an entirely new venture. However the club holds much talent and so it is certain the evening will be a pleasant one.

50 Years Ago: 1974

“Career Day” for the Junior Class of Winthrop High School will be held next Wednesday and will be sponsored by the Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Winthrop Rotary Club in cooperation with the Guidance Department of the high school. Eben Thomas, is the director.

Mrs. Elizabeth Didley is the BPW Career chairman and Ledhan Edwards is the Rotary chairman.

Students were interviewed as to their interest in future careers and the various categories in these areas of their interest include: aviation, police work, and law enforcement, engineering, architect drafting, carpentry, lawyer, insurance, banking, executive secretary, journalism, art, popular music, liberal arts, computer programming, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed rehabilitation, child development, elementary, junior high and high school teaching, land use planning, dental hygiene, physical therapy, medical lab technician, practical nursing, marine biology, armed services. Students who were not available or absent from school at the time of the interviews will be assigned according to their wishes to the various categories.

25 Years Ago: 1999

The 11th annual Geiger Bros./Montello School Author’s Night will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Wednesday, April 28 at the Lewiston Middle School.

Activities get under way when students arrive by stretch limousine at the door and are met by a version of “the media.”

The “Night of Stars” theme is subtitled “The Force is Within You.” Seventy-two students, kindergarten through six, will be recognized as authors or illustrators in this Academy Award-style affair.

As part of their Adopt-A-School partnership, Geiger Bros., and Montello collaborate on an anthology of student works. Geiger produces and prints the 32-page booklet containing stories and drawings by Montello Elementary School students selected by teachers and members of Geiger Bros. Adopt-A-School Committee.

Geiger Bros. Associates and Montello staff, posing as members of the “press,” autograph hounds and adoring fans, will attend along with students, families, Montello staff and the public. Tuxedoed host Peter Geiger and Gus LeBlanc will present each student with an “Oscar,” along with a guest appearance by Darth Vadar, 3CPO and Yoda.

The evening will also provide an opportunity to recognize Montello teachers for their role in creating the anthology.

The material used in Looking Back is produced exactly as it originally appeared although misspellings and errors may be corrected.