100 Years Ago - Feb. 2, 1912
Several Andover people have met with very unpleasant experiences in connection with the Lawrence strike during the week. While going to his place of employment on Monday morning, Thomas Peters of Frye Village received a severe cut on the head as he was alighting from a Belt Line car. Fred Morrison of Elm street also had difficulty on the same morning, being held up by a group of strikers who endeavored to keep him from going to work. He finally managed to get by them, however, and reached the mill safely.
Several pedestrians were startled on Sunday by the reckless driving of a chauffeur on Main street. The machine came around the corner of Chestnut street, careened down Main street, and finally, when apparently headed straight for the sidewalk and Whiting's display windows, was thrown back into its course by colliding with the granite post on the curbing.
There will be a leap year party in the town hall this evening under the auspices of the Wadsworth club, an organization of local young people.
75 Years Ago - Jan. 29, 1937
A Phillips academy student was saved from drowning Sunday in Pomps pond when George G. Brown Jr., 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Brown, of Andover street, crept across the ice on his stomach and held out a long pole to the student who had crashed through the thin ice. Mr. Brown assisted his son, a Boy Scout belonging to troop 74, in pulling the lad to safety.
Intensification of the Red Cross flood relief drive for victims in the Mississippi Valley was decided upon last night at a meeting of the local Red Cross officials who are faced with the problem of raising a quota of $1,600, five times the original quota set last Monday when the appeal came through. Up to last night, only $590 had been collected.
The F.W. Woolworth Company this morning opened their new five and ten cent store at 46 Main street, having been able to secure a suitable location here after several years of waiting. It is on the site formerly occupied by Peterson's Men's store. The new building adjoins the Arco building and the Barnard property, and extends much farther to the rear than any other Main street store, capping the brook which passes under Main street.
50 Years Ago - Feb. 1, 1962
Local voters will have their pick from six candidates for selectmen and four for School Committee when they go to the polls March 5. The only unopposed candidate is Charles G. Hatch, seeking re-election as moderator.
Town Manager Thomas E. Duff sees no special tax disadvantage to the town in cluster zoning. The question had arisen as to the ultimate ownership of the "green areas" in the cluster zone, and whether tax income will be lost to the town. The area of responsibility also had been explored, with some local officials wondering who will eventually own the land and be responsible for it.
Over 1,000 people enjoyed the hospitality of the Rolling Green Motor Inn Sunday, during an Open House celebration that preceded the formal opening of all facilities on Lowell Street. A ribbon-cutting ceremony, with municipal officials and the Motor Inn ownership and management represented, began the Open House.
25 Years Ago - Feb. 5, 1987
A commitment to implementation of the proposed computer and master plans for the Andover schools was requested by Superintendent Kenneth Seifert at the meeting of the School Committee Tuesday evening. John Givens, a junior high teacher, explained that in the seventh grade, students should have a keyboarding course and in the eighth grade concentrate on applications.
For years, residents living in the south end of town have suffered electrical power problems that their neighbors in other sections of Andover have not shared. For the most part, however, they have simply lived with the problem as a fact of life, until Jan. 25, that is. On that fateful day, known to sports enthusiasts as "Super Bowl Sunday," a three-hour outage left South Andover and Ballardvale residents T.V.-less, frustrated and angry. The disgruntled residents drew up a petition demanding that the electric company give its 2,000 customers the same quality of electrical services afforded the town's other citizens.
