Yesterday …

10 years ago – Jan. 24, 1992

(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

ORONO – Twelve members of a Vietnamese family finished a 10,000 mile journey to Orono Wednesday night, bringing little with them but the clothes on their backs and the hope for a better life in America.

The group – nine adults and three children – range in age from 3 to 71.

They fled years of political persecution and dim hopes for their children’s future to join their relatives.

Their arrival signals the end of a 17-year saga of paperwork and frustrating delay, the group said Thursday.

Few of them speak English and they relied on Hanh Bulhon of Orono to translate their sentiments.

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HAMPDEN – Winners in the Hampden Rifle and Pistol Club’s 51st conventional .22-caliber and international centerfire pistol match held Jan. 19 included top overall scorer John Hubbard of Bangor.

Hubbard won the match with a combined score of 1132, including 863 or 900 in the .22-caliber and 269 of 300 in the international centerfire portions. He also was first expert in the .22-calliber portion of the match.

25 years ago – Jan. 24, 1977

ORONO – Julia Wallace, Julie Treadwell and Robin Leonard scored 16, 14 and 13 points, respectively, Saturday, to lead the Orono High School girls basketball team to a 68-34 victory over Bucksport.

The win was Orono’s fifth in nine games while Bucksport, which was lead by Liz McCann’s 10 points, is now 1-9.

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BANGOR – The Bangor City Council Monday night turned down an attempt by Councilor Paul Zendzian to designate a portion of the City Council Chambers a no-smoking area. An attempt by Councilor Patricia Finnegan to amend the order to include the whole council chambers was similarly turned down by the council.

50 years ago – Jan. 24, 1952

ORONO – Plans for a Valentine dance at the YWCA Feb. 16 were made at a meeting of Beta Sigma Phi sorority held Wednesday night at the “Y.” Mrs. Mildred Seabury, vice president, presided at the meeting, at which Miss Gloria McLeod, a member of the Lambda chapter of Waterville, was the speaker.

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HAMPDEN – The Hampden Broncos racked up their eighth victory against two losses here tonight by defeating Hermon by the exact score of the first game between the two clubs, 48-44.

The Broncs, with all five men sharing in the scoring, gained an 18-10 lead in the first chapter and held a 26-20 margin at the half. Hermon dropped back in the third, trailing 39-31, but roared back in the fourth in a bid that fell just four points short.

100 years ago – Jan. 24, 1902

On Thursday, William Lynch of Boston, representing G.W. Stevens, the contractor of the new fire-alarm system, arrived in town and made a thorough examination of the work, pulling in all the boxes and inspecting the lines and all the appliances.

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OLD TOWN – The Old Town Fireman’s Relief association received its first donation on Thursday, when a check of $50 was passed to the treasurer by the Jordan Lumber Co. as a token of appreciation of the work done in the Jordan plant. Tickets are on sale for the grand annual ball by the association, on Feb. 7th, which promises to be one of the social events of the season.