Charles Harriman the world’s champion pedestrian began his week’s stunt at the Bates-St. rink, Lewiston at 12:05 o’clock. At the last moment his challenge of $100 to any one who would follow him for the week, had not been taken, and alone he started on schedule time to break the world’s square heel and toe walking record. Mr. Harriman has promised to walk a half mile beginning every half hour day and night for six days and six nights and is to walk each half mile inside of five minutes. If he does it, it will be “goin’ some.” Mr. Harriman is 57 years of age and has won races and medals in all quarters of the globe.

50 Years Ago, 1956

Traveling conditions in Farmington were reportedly fair. Trunk highways were open but on some of the back roads there were drifts. The week-end storm deposited 10 and a half inches of snow. In mid-evening, the temperature was reportedly 15 below zero.

Highway crews in Phillips worked to open drifted roads. Twelve inches of snow fell here in the week-end storm and strong winds whipped up drifts. At 8 p.m. the temperature was 10 below zero.

25 Years Ago, 1981

It’s one of the most expensive toys one can give oneself: a movie theater, complete with brass chandelier, spacious auditorium, carpeted lobby, track lighting, a newly constructed projection booth, the best new screens, a new sound system. But there it is, open for business in Norway, a town that hasn’t supported a movie theater since the 1950s. The Opera House Theater is open after a year and a half of postponements, financial hitches, alarms and excursions, bringing cars to Main Street after dinner and daring to contend with beano, color television, the grange, electronic video arcades and municipal meetings for time – and money – in an area not notably keen on nights out that don’t have some sort of practical result.