10 years ago – Oct. 30, 1993

(As reported in the Bangor Daily News)

BANGOR – The Bangor-Brewer bridge advisory committee is closer to consensus on a final design for the Penobscot bridge replacement, but no final decisions have been made.

During a meeting at the Department of Transportation on Hogan Road in Bangor, Larry Roberts, a DOT bridge design engineer, presented the group with options for two-lane, three-lane and four-lane bridges.

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ORONO – A scientist, an AIDS activist and a Micmac Nation leader will be honored at the eighth Maryann Hartman Awards ceremony at the University of Maine.

This year’s recipients are conservationist and UMaine research associate Joan Brooks of East Eddington, AIDS educator Mary MacDonald of Portland and Mary Philbrook of Presque Isle, the first woman to be elected leader of the Maine Micmacs.

25 years ago – Oct. 30, 1978

ORONO – At Hermon High School’s Debate Tournament on Oct. 21, Orono High School’s varsity team, Karen Carr and Thomas Smith, placed fifth. Carr also was ranked as fourth varsity speaker.

Orono’s novice teams compiled even better records, Mark Herrington and Helena Weston placed fourth as a team, with Herrington placing fifth as novice. His partner, Weston, is an AFS student from Sweden.

Anna Lindley and Mike Shottafer won the trophy for second place and Lindley was ranked top novice speaker in the tournament. Eight Maine high schools with a total of 28 debate teams participated.

50 years ago – Oct.30, 1953

BANGOR – The sale of a large business block on Main Street – the so-called Dolan Block – was announced here.

Maurice Gotlieb of 19 East Summer St., Bangor, disclosed that he has purchased the structure on the corner of Main and Hodsdon streets from Charles H. Milan of this city.

Gotlieb said he bought the property as an investment. The purchase price was announced as “around $100,000.” He said he will continue to use the building for stores and apartments. The block now contains several business establishments on the street level with apartments on the upper floors.

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BANGOR – The status of current plans for the new Bangor Civic Auditorium were discussed by Alan Woodcock Jr. at the season’s first luncheon meeting of the Bangor-Brewer Community Council at the YWCA.

The plans for the auditorium are 80 percent along a “time road” to reality which started in 1945, said Mr. Woodcock, who expressed his opinion that completion will be in 1955.

According to the architect’s plans at this point, Woodcock stated, there will be 7,500 permanent seats in the structure, plus facilities for conventions. Such facilities, asserted the speaker, are a most important feature of the new auditorium, since conventions will bring a substantial amount of new business to the city.

Indoor ice skating facilities also will be incorporated in the building and Woodcock stated he has been assured by the architect that the auditorium, with properly arranged drapes and an audience of approximately 2,500 persons, would be very suitable for musical programs such as concerts.

100 years ago – Oct. 30, 1903

BANGOR – One of the most attractive show windows that has been seen in Bangor for a long time is in the store of Albert Lewis on State Street. The window has been decorated in honor of the coming football game between Bangor and Portland, and contains pictures of several high school teams of the past as well as several banners and a varied assortment of football armor. The window was arranged by Tommy McCann, team coach.

There is a picture of the champion team of last year, and another of the 1901 team. One of the banners is very large, being one of several presented to winning teams of the past. In the center of the window a football field has been laid out, with the lines and checkerboard as called for by the rules. Two teams are lined up in the center of the field. A small football is placed between the contending giants to give a realistic effect, and the window on the whole is very attractive and suggestive.

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BANGOR – Commencing Monday, the wholesale meat houses of Armour and Co. and Swift and Co. will abandon their expensive stables and discontinue the free delivery of goods – which means, of course, that in the future retail dealers will have to pay for the delivery of their meat. It is understood, however, that wholesale houses have agreed to lower their prices a little for the benefit of the retail dealers, so that the price of meat throughout the city will remain practically unchanged.

“The new arrangement,” said an official to a Bangor Daily News reporter, “although in the nature of an innovation here, has long been successfully practiced in the larger New England cities. The action of the wholesale houses is entirely natural, and has long been expected – for the expense of keeping many horses, delivery wagons and drivers has been found much greater than the proportionate benefits resulting from free delivery. Practically all of the more prominent retail dealers have delivery wagons of their own, and for the few that haven’t, the wholesale houses stand ready to make profitable arrangements with competent truckmen. The new arrangement will mean, of course, a great saving of money for both Swift and Amour, nor do I think that any of the retail dealers will be seriously inconvenienced.”

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BANGOR – The steamer City of Bangor, under Capt. Howard Arey, ran aground on a sand bar off the mill of the Eastern Manufacturing Co. in Brewer yesterday noon while on her way out of the river. She had been compelled to stop on account of a raft of logs – which, by the way, have caused more profanity in the pilot houses of the big boats this season than any other one thing, more than fog, even – and while drifting with no steerage way, buried her nose firmly in the bar.

She whistled for assistance, but no tugs were in the river at the time and after waiting until shortly before 1 o’clock, she backed off under her own steam. The steamer listed but very little as the tide ebbed, and at no time was there any desire on the part of any of the passengers to get ashore.

The log rafts have delayed the steamers time after time this summer, and now that one has been sent ashore by them, the officials think that something ought to be done.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin

BREWER – The Youth Fellowship group of the North Brewer-Eddington Methodist Church held a Halloween costume party in the vestry under the supervision of Mrs. Barbara Adams.

Halloween stunts and games were played. Prizes were: for the funniest costume, Everett Lantz; the most original, Irving Everett; and for the prettiest, Dolores Swett.

Refreshments were served under the direction of Audrey Fox. Marie Tomlinson, Jeannette and Elaine Orcut were in charge of the decorations. Also attending were Celia Seymour, Nancy Letteney, Wilda Fox, Anne Smith, Donald Winslow, June Letteney, Jack Butterfield, Vaughn Holyoke, Glenn Fox, Robert Lobley and George Howard.