New England Diary

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Unknown friends

“I take a seat in the third row

and catch the eulogies. It’s sweet

to see old friends, some I don’t know.’’

— From “At My Funeral,’’ by Willis Barnstone, a native of Lewiston, Maine, now living in California

Lewiston mills on the Androscoggin River circa 1910 during the city’s mill town heyday.

In Lewiston, view from the steps of Bates College’s Hathorn Hall looking toward quad and Lindholm House, the admissions office