100 years ago: Feb. 27, 1908
George Munson and son Levi, who have been hauling lumber at Stockholm have returned home to Caribou.
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Ward drove over to Fort Fairlfield on Sunday spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Wilcox.
The members of the Grammar and Intermediate schools participated in a very exciting mouse hunt Tuesday morning. The rodent made his way into the lower room by way of the hot air pipes. After a display which would have done credit to a better cause the little creature was dispatched. It might be well to state that the visitor referred to is the only one for the term.
While Olef Sodergren was eating dinner Monday of last week a small sharp bone became lodged in his throat. It remained there causing considerable annoyance until last Saturday when he visited Caribou and had it removed by Dr. Upham.
The hired girl in a certain house can stand on her head. One day last week, when the men were all gone she went out to the shed and stood on her head on an empty flour barrel, but the head broke out of the barrel and she fell in. The nails caught on her clothes and she could not get the barrel off. She had to be sawed out.
All the lumber for the new starch factory at the station has been hauled to the site, and also a large amount of dry wood, sot that all is ready to start in building early in the spring to be ready for the fall business.
75 years ago: March 2, 1933
The New Sweden Athletic Club staged its first annual winter sports carnival last Saturday, when athletes from New Sweden, Caribou and Fort Fairfield took part in the list of events on the program prepared by the club. Weather conditions were ideal for this first attempt and the result was a very large gathering, estimated at more than 500 many coming by train as well as by snowshoes and skis to attend the affair. The events began immediately after the arrival of the morning train from the south, and took place near the New Sweden Station. The starting point for the distance races and dashes was the street between the stores of A.H. Anderson and A.H. Tournquist. The skating rink of Bob Johnson is also located at this point and was the scene of the skating events and the exciting hockey game between the Caribou Comets and the New Sweden team. Following the races in the afternoon the crowd hiked up the hill to watch the ski jumpers. The 10 and 12 year old jumpers from Fort Fairfield won the admiration of the crowd for their courage.
If you have no rubber boots or high galoshes you are out of luck in attempting to travel the streets of the town the past three days for we have been having April first weather. The kind that comes in this section when the weather man decides that we have had enough of snow and attempts to get rid of it as fast as possible.
Elbert Kelly narrowly missed serious injury a week ago when his Travelair plane hit a hidden boundary marker on the runway at the Caribou Airport. The cone shaped marker was covered with snow and not visible as the plane struck it. Both skis were broken, the propeller bent and one wing damaged.
Taking advantage of the fact that the nightwatch was at the upper end of the Sweden Street business sections, some vandal threw two pieces of hardwood through the glass in one of the big windows and door of the barber shop of Fred Giberson. The police were promptly on the scene but as identification of the perpetrator could not be made, the clues are very meager.
The Limestone Dramatic Club presented the comedy, “Aaron Slick of Pumpkin Crick” Tuesday evening with a cast comprised of: Benjamin Phair, P.E. Thornton, Mrs. Viola Robbins, Miss Ellen Fifield, Eva Chase and Phyllis Kirkpatrick.
50 years ago: February 27, 1958
The Caribou Kiwanis Club has announced the establishment of a fund for the purpose of furthering the education of Caribou’s younger generations. The fund will be available to any Caribou High School senior who is planning to enter college in the following semester.
Another step in the expansion of Caribou’s business section will be taken tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. when the doors will open to the largest and most modern J.J. Newberry store north of Boston.
The piano pupils of Mrs. Parkin Briggs presented a recital for their parents and a few friends at the Briggs residence Saturday during the afternoon and evening. Mrs. Briggs served refreshments following each recital.
The Peppy Pals 4-H Club held two meetings last week at the home of the leader Mrs. Ted Herrick. At the first meeting the group made draw string bags and refreshments were made and served by Colette Cyr.
Among those from town who attended the dance with Ray McKinley’s orchestra at the Officer’s Club at Loring Air Force Base Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bouchard, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Collins, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gabrielson, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bunnell, Mr. and Mrs. William Bunnell, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Nisbet, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Espling, Mr. and Mrs. James Murchison, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bouchard Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Eli Etscovitz, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lander, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Sirois and Mr. and Mrs. John May.
The tables turned at the J.C. Penney store Ladies Day, when the women took over management and the men became salesgirls. The charming damsels were Carla Durost, Regina Roy, Mrs. Louise Miller, assistant manager, Mrs. Adelaide Dow, manager, Dani Fowler and Jackie Howlett.
25 years ago: March 2, 1983
A Tuesday night fire at Colby Cooperative Starch Company has destroyed over 2,000 tons of starch and 500 tons of pulp, stalling company plans to improve its financial status. Four fire departments and 47 firemen fought the blaze for 11 hours.
Ten-year-old Heidi Hartman, the daughter of Mrs. Dawn Frost of Caribou, was crowned the 1983 Little Miss Caribou at the pageant held at Caribou Junior High School. The pageant theme was “Video Wizardry.”
The Caribou School Board unanimously endorsed a new pilot program using a computer to aid management of the Hilltop School’s lunch program during their regular meeting.
Last year’s defending champion in the State of Maine Championship Arm Wrestling’s 171-199 division, Gary St. Peter not only defended his title but also won the 200 pound unlimited division in finals of this year’s arm wrestling championship held at the Caribou Armory.
Shirley Griffeth was crowned the Caribou Lioness Club’s “Lioness of the Year” at the organization’s annual “Night on the Town,” banquet held at the Jade Palace. She was crowned by her predecessor, Lioness Lauretta Blackstone. There were 165 ladies who attended the club’s annual banquet that featured a mock wedding presented by Terry’s Wedding Apparel, and the introduction of the Miss Caribou contestants who performed a hula dance for guests.
George Munson and son Levi, who have been hauling lumber at Stockholm have returned home to Caribou.
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Ward drove over to Fort Fairlfield on Sunday spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Wilcox.
The members of the Grammar and Intermediate schools participated in a very exciting mouse hunt Tuesday morning. The rodent made his way into the lower room by way of the hot air pipes. After a display which would have done credit to a better cause the little creature was dispatched. It might be well to state that the visitor referred to is the only one for the term.
While Olef Sodergren was eating dinner Monday of last week a small sharp bone became lodged in his throat. It remained there causing considerable annoyance until last Saturday when he visited Caribou and had it removed by Dr. Upham.
The hired girl in a certain house can stand on her head. One day last week, when the men were all gone she went out to the shed and stood on her head on an empty flour barrel, but the head broke out of the barrel and she fell in. The nails caught on her clothes and she could not get the barrel off. She had to be sawed out.
All the lumber for the new starch factory at the station has been hauled to the site, and also a large amount of dry wood, sot that all is ready to start in building early in the spring to be ready for the fall business.
75 years ago: March 2, 1933
The New Sweden Athletic Club staged its first annual winter sports carnival last Saturday, when athletes from New Sweden, Caribou and Fort Fairfield took part in the list of events on the program prepared by the club. Weather conditions were ideal for this first attempt and the result was a very large gathering, estimated at more than 500 many coming by train as well as by snowshoes and skis to attend the affair. The events began immediately after the arrival of the morning train from the south, and took place near the New Sweden Station. The starting point for the distance races and dashes was the street between the stores of A.H. Anderson and A.H. Tournquist. The skating rink of Bob Johnson is also located at this point and was the scene of the skating events and the exciting hockey game between the Caribou Comets and the New Sweden team. Following the races in the afternoon the crowd hiked up the hill to watch the ski jumpers. The 10 and 12 year old jumpers from Fort Fairfield won the admiration of the crowd for their courage.
If you have no rubber boots or high galoshes you are out of luck in attempting to travel the streets of the town the past three days for we have been having April first weather. The kind that comes in this section when the weather man decides that we have had enough of snow and attempts to get rid of it as fast as possible.
Elbert Kelly narrowly missed serious injury a week ago when his Travelair plane hit a hidden boundary marker on the runway at the Caribou Airport. The cone shaped marker was covered with snow and not visible as the plane struck it. Both skis were broken, the propeller bent and one wing damaged.
Taking advantage of the fact that the nightwatch was at the upper end of the Sweden Street business sections, some vandal threw two pieces of hardwood through the glass in one of the big windows and door of the barber shop of Fred Giberson. The police were promptly on the scene but as identification of the perpetrator could not be made, the clues are very meager.
The Limestone Dramatic Club presented the comedy, “Aaron Slick of Pumpkin Crick” Tuesday evening with a cast comprised of: Benjamin Phair, P.E. Thornton, Mrs. Viola Robbins, Miss Ellen Fifield, Eva Chase and Phyllis Kirkpatrick.
50 years ago: February 27, 1958
The Caribou Kiwanis Club has announced the establishment of a fund for the purpose of furthering the education of Caribou’s younger generations. The fund will be available to any Caribou High School senior who is planning to enter college in the following semester.
Another step in the expansion of Caribou’s business section will be taken tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. when the doors will open to the largest and most modern J.J. Newberry store north of Boston.
The piano pupils of Mrs. Parkin Briggs presented a recital for their parents and a few friends at the Briggs residence Saturday during the afternoon and evening. Mrs. Briggs served refreshments following each recital.
The Peppy Pals 4-H Club held two meetings last week at the home of the leader Mrs. Ted Herrick. At the first meeting the group made draw string bags and refreshments were made and served by Colette Cyr.
Among those from town who attended the dance with Ray McKinley’s orchestra at the Officer’s Club at Loring Air Force Base Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bouchard, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Collins, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gabrielson, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bunnell, Mr. and Mrs. William Bunnell, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Nisbet, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Espling, Mr. and Mrs. James Murchison, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bouchard Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Eli Etscovitz, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lander, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Sirois and Mr. and Mrs. John May.
The tables turned at the J.C. Penney store Ladies Day, when the women took over management and the men became salesgirls. The charming damsels were Carla Durost, Regina Roy, Mrs. Louise Miller, assistant manager, Mrs. Adelaide Dow, manager, Dani Fowler and Jackie Howlett.
25 years ago: March 2, 1983
A Tuesday night fire at Colby Cooperative Starch Company has destroyed over 2,000 tons of starch and 500 tons of pulp, stalling company plans to improve its financial status. Four fire departments and 47 firemen fought the blaze for 11 hours.
Ten-year-old Heidi Hartman, the daughter of Mrs. Dawn Frost of Caribou, was crowned the 1983 Little Miss Caribou at the pageant held at Caribou Junior High School. The pageant theme was “Video Wizardry.”
The Caribou School Board unanimously endorsed a new pilot program using a computer to aid management of the Hilltop School’s lunch program during their regular meeting.
Last year’s defending champion in the State of Maine Championship Arm Wrestling’s 171-199 division, Gary St. Peter not only defended his title but also won the 200 pound unlimited division in finals of this year’s arm wrestling championship held at the Caribou Armory.
Shirley Griffeth was crowned the Caribou Lioness Club’s “Lioness of the Year” at the organization’s annual “Night on the Town,” banquet held at the Jade Palace. She was crowned by her predecessor, Lioness Lauretta Blackstone. There were 165 ladies who attended the club’s annual banquet that featured a mock wedding presented by Terry’s Wedding Apparel, and the introduction of the Miss Caribou contestants who performed a hula dance for guests.
