75 Years Ago Aug. 23, 1935
The annual water carnival is to be held tomorrow afternoon at Pomp's pond, bringing the season to a close at both public swimming beaches. The Pomp's pond committee is sponsoring the event this year, since the Legion members are attending the convention in Lowell. A truck is to stop at Shawsheen Village to pick up any children who wish to attend.
Three breaks were reported to the local police department this week. Nothing except some food was reported missing. Saturday morning a break was reported to have been made at the camp of Fire Chief Charles F. Emerson at Foster's pond. The thieves enjoyed a lunch, but did not steal anything else. A jimmy had been used to force a window. Sunday night or early Monday morning a break was attempted at the City Cleaners and Dyers Shop. A side window, boarded up, was found to have been loosened, but nothing was taken, and it is doubtful if entrance was gained.
Andover's World Series is to start tonight on the playstead at 5:45 when the Miller team, winners of the second half title in the Recreation league, will meet the Laundry, winners of the first half. The Miller team annexed the title this week when it defeated the Laundry 7 to 6. The series will be a two out of three affair, with the second game scheduled to be played on Sunday afternoon.
50 Years Ago Aug. 25, 1960
Picked teams of counters will be selected by wardens in all six precincts, to get the Sept. 13 primary ballots counted as speedily yet accurately as possible. The men - there are no women poll workers in the town - will be paid $3 hourly for the time they work after the polls close at 7 p.m. Those who are on duty during the 12-hour period when the polls are open will also be paid their usual $17 per day.
William R, Hickey - better known to most of Andover as Ray - will wind up 26 years of police work next Wednesday. Sgt. Hickey, whose tour on the Andover Police Department began back in April 1934, went on the department when times were tough, in the middle of the Depression. And thus he became, quite by chance, the first man to take an examination for the job. He recalls that 49 men applied for the one police opening that year—and the Selectmen were ill at ease. How to choose one out of 49? So they asked the state to prepare an exam, not under civil service, and promised to appoint the top man. Hickey headed the list, and joined a force that numbered a total of seven officers.
25 Years Ago Aug. 22, 1985
Officials from the Andover Police Department are working with the Haverhill Police Department on the physical similarities of the man responsible for the two armed robberies that have take place this week in the Merrimack Valley. At 3:50 p.m. Monday, a man entered the Bank of New England at 84 Main St. with a handgun, a paper bag and a note. He held a handgun to the teller's face, passing a note to the teller that demanded the money, (bank officials have yet to determine the amount) according to Andover's Det. Sgt. John P. Houlihan.
Photo caption: Andover firefighters Jim Landy, Dan Ferris, Walt Winward and Shawn Mason hope to see townspeople Saturday, Aug. 31, and Sunday, Sept. 1, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at their voluntary "Toll Booth" in Elm Square, where they hope to collect contributions to help fight muscular dystrophy.
Photo: Reconstruction of the parking lot behind old Town Hall, bounded by Park, Barnard and Bartlet streets, continues, with work crews excavating the old surface and preparing to lay a new one. Town Manager Kenneth Mahoney reports that the lot may be open for parking, although not totally finished, by the first week of September.
