100 Years Ago: 1924 Gustave Simard of Lewiston owns the second largest bakery in Maine, yet he never made a loaf of bread himself. His bakery, known as Simards’s Bakery, produces and distributes to the retail trade nearly two million loaves a year. The average weekly sale in the wintertime is 37,000 loaves; and about […]
100 Years Ago: 1922 The East Auburn Benevolent Branch held an all day meeting at Central Maine General Hospital. Six members were present. The day was spent sewing for the hospital. A box luncheon was served at noon with coffee furnished by the hospital. Five dollars was voted to be given to the East Auburn […]