100 Years Ago: 1924

“The Sign Post,” a comedy skit acted by Billy Miller & Co. is the star act of the vaudeville, at Music Hall the first half of the present week.

The three characters, Mrs. Peck, who wants a divorce because her husband is so good she can’t stand him any longer; Henry Peck, the model husband, determined to prevent the divorce, and the consulting lawyer for both parties, who claims to be “head of his own house,” are well taken. There is some amusing dialog and clean comedy in this tabloid drama. Peck likens himself to a guidepost, because “he can point the way but can’t go himself.” By a clever subterfuge the discontented wife is made to change her mind about the divorce and the lawyer is repaid with a generous fee. His sudden collapse from a masterful man to a submissive husband, like a deflated balloon, was an ending received with appreciative laughter, Monday.

50 Years Ago: 1974

A surprise party at Blanchette Hall held recently honored Mr. and Mrs. Alphee Pratte of 32 Goffe Street, Lewiston.

Many guests attended and presented the Prattes with a purse of money in a silver bowl, honoring their 30th wedding anniversary.

Hosting the party were their three daughters and their husbands, Michael and Camille Laliberte, Richard and Solange Pepin and Marcel and Bibianne Laliberte and their son and his wife, Jean and Donna Pratte all of Lewiston.

25 Years Ago: 1999

A 39-year-old man who became a priest in June was found dead Thursday morning in his bed at the Holy Family Church rectory on Sabattus Street in Lewiston.

Peter Conroy apparently died of natural causes, said Sister Rita-Mae Bissonnette, a chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. She said a state medical examiner will perform an autopsy.

Conroy’s death was discovered when he didn’t show up to perform the 7:30 a.m. Mass, Bissonnette said.

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