100 Years Ago: 1922

The In and Out Club met Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Whitehouse, of Joselyn Street, Auburn. The host and hostess, who have moved recently into their new home, were not notified of the meeting, and the first intimation that a gathering was planned was when the rest of the club appeared.

50 Years Ago: 1972

An interesting discussion of Hall Brook’s book, “‘Rachel Carson at Work,” was provided by Miss Lilla Pearl at a meeting of the WLU Book Review Club, Thursday afternoon at the WLU Clubhouse in Auburn. A noted author and biologist, Miss Carson was born inland in Pennsylvania, but early developed a love of nature and sea and an interest in preserving it from pollution and as a result she wrote several books on the subject. Best known of her works are “The Sea Around Us,” and “Silent Spring,” the later touching off controversy on the dangerous use of pesticides. Among others were “Rocky Coast,” “Edge of the Sea,” “Under the Sea Winds,” and “Sense of Wonder.”

25 Years Ago: 1997

The Women’s Literary Union will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at the clubhouse, 19 Elm St. in Auburn, when the program will feature Auburn Mayor Lee Young. In addition to being mayor, Young has been chairwoman of AMWAC, secretary for L/A Growth Council, chairwoman of the Great Falls Plaza Action Team, treasurer of Family Planning for the State of Maine, chairwoman of Save Our City.   She has served as past president of the YWCA where she was chairwoman of the Pool Campaign. She was also a past chairwoman for United Way.

In charge of the hospitality will be Jeannette Cluff and Ruth Cluff.

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