Staff Writer
• A horse belonging to Wallace Vance created quite a little excitement when he decided to “run away” and almost destroyed the windows of the Caribou Drug Store and nearly took down a telephone pole. It was finally caught in front of George O. Smith’s store.

• W.P. Hamilton, principal of the Caribou High School for seven years, commenced the practice of law in Caribou.
• Charles Guimond resumed his position in G.O. Smith’s grocery store after a week’s vacation. Malcolm Oak filled his place during his absence.
• Potatoes were quoted at $1.25 per barrel, the same price as they were at the beginning of September the previous year.
• Miss Sarah Trusty, who underwent an operation at the Gordon-Perry Hospital in Boston, was doing well and was expected to return home anytime.
• The heaviest shipments of potatoes ever made for this time of year were recorded, with Caribou shipping out 161 cars of potatoes.
• A new store operated by the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. opened in the spot formerly occupied by C.P. Hussey and Co.
• John S. Clark, who was the acting postmaster at the Caribou Post Office, was put in charge of the potato brokerage office of the W.P. Callahan Company.
• Miss Muriel Rouse resigned from her position as bookkeeper and cashier at the Maine Potato Bag Co., Inc., and spent the remainder of the summer at home.
• The personnel of Battery B, 152nd Field Artillery, of Caribou, returned from their two weeks’ annual field training at Camp Keyes, Augusta.
• Improvement in the storefronts in the business section of Caribou was quite noticeable, as many businesses, such as the Morgan Furniture Co., Daniel’s Market and Eddie Beaulieu’s Barber Shop underwent refurbishment.
• Clifton (Tip) Armstrong returned home after a lengthy trip out West and shared his adventures with the Aroostook Republican to put into print.
• Caribou Chief of Police Edward Tracy had all of his officers prepared to help students get back into the routine of going to school, in honor of National Child Safety Week.
• The renovations of the maternity ward at Cary Memorial Hospital were completed, with the addition of a second delivery room, a labor and recovery room, and making it more isolated from the rest of the hospital.
• Matt Williams was appointed fund-raising chairman for the Boy Scout Drive in Woodland set for October.
• Joe Virchow, of Caribou, was thrown from his crop-dusting plane when the craft ran into power lines, overturned and crashed on the Carson Road.
• Caribou attorneys, Solman and Solman, were appointed as exclusive representatives for Campbell’s List, a directory of selected lawyers who provide counsel to other attorneys.
• Estle Gallop, of Caribou, and of the local Birds Eye plant, was named United Fund campaign chairman.
• Bicyclists Betty Lavigne and Gary Decker passed through Caribou during their long distance trip, which started in Seattle, Wash.
• Dr. Philip B. Turner was elected as the new chairman for the Aroostook County Republican Committee.
• Rakel Meir, of Caribou, was chosen as second-runner up at the Miss Teen of New England pageant held in Worcester, Mass.
• Renee LeBrun, a native of Limestone, was hired as the new Public Relations Director at St. Joseph’s College in North Windham.
• The town of Caribou welcomed two new businesses, the Shirt Shop, owned by Dan and Sally Cyr and Dan’s Living Center, owned by Dan Foster.