100 Years Ago: 1922

When patrons of the new Strand Theater in South Paris entered that delightful amusement for the first time on Monday night they found something different which no other picture house in Maine has and which met instant approval from one and all. This was the aisle lights which eliminate the stumbling and feeling ones way in the dark, when entering the theater along the way to a seat when entering the theater at such times as a picture is being shown. These lights are placed on the floor, the fixtures being cemented into the concrete floor, so that they are permanent, and as the lights are of substantial construction there is not much possibility of their being injured by an accidental kick. It might be supposed that the illumination from these lamps would affect the showing of pictures, but this is avoided by means of shades at the top, which throw the rays upon the floor where they provide ample illumination for the patron who is entering or leaving and you have no perceptible effect upon the picture. These floor lights are required in most of the larger cities as part of the equipment of the theater.

50 Years Ago: 1972

Two Lewiston High School students get on the job vocational training in photography, the result of a co-operative education program recently introduced at L.H.S. Sharon Dubay and Ron Carrier learn camera techniques from their new employer Ray Philbrick of Tash Studios in Lewiston.

25 Years Ago: 1997

A Wilton woman is on her way to Washington. D.C, to meet with second lady Tipper Gore and U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Mary Elwell, a trustee of the Family and Community Education National Association, is In the nation’s capital for a board meeting with seven trustees from other states. “We will focus our discussions on children and television,” Elwell said this week. The other trustees are from Oklahoma, Nevada, Washington, Kentucky, Wyoming, Florida and North Carolina. Family and Community Education was formerly known as Extension Homemakers. Ten years ago, the group was instrumental in bringing the children and violence on television issues to the national forefront. Elwell and other trustees represent 35,000 women throughout the United States. Their emphasis this year is on literacy. environment and children, Elwell said. She said that while in Washington, DC. the trustees will meet with Sens. Snowe and Collins and will have lunch with Tipper Gore, the wife of Vice President Al Gore. The group will also be given a tour of the White House.

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