Staff Writer
• Charles Mills lost a very valuable horse.
• The Andrew Norell family, Reubin Anderson family and H. H. Hackett family were in New Sweden to attend the reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Norberg.
September 1958 – Off to South America from Caribou was this family of five who plan to make an 18-month trip in their unique converted panel truck. The 1946 vehicle stores everything the family needs from beds to food and has a vista-dome up front for the children. Slogans on the truck are “South America or Bust” and “Don’t cry baby, I’ll be back … going to South America in this ole hack.” Shown at center, seated on the running board of the truck is Mrs. Ray Long, the former Tillie Wakem of Caribou, who, with her family, spent a week visiting Mrs. Long’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Wakem, Washington Street. At left is her husband, a salesman truck driver from Indiana and at right their 10-year-old son, Larrie. Penny is 9 and next to her father, Rae-Kay, is 11.
• S.W. Collins and Son, who had been making many improvements on their store, put in large plate glass windows.
• Wilbur Roberts resumed his position as clerk in the Garden Clothing Co. store after a two-week vacation.
• Hon. James I. Garfield of the United States Cabinet, Secretary of the Interior, was a dinner guest at the home of Hon. and Mrs. Willis B. Hall on North Main Street.
• The Caribou baseball team did itself proud in the games played at the Presque Isle Fair, winning both of their contests.
• The offices in the Caribou National Bank building on Vaughan Avenue, formerly occupied by the late Judge John B. Roberts as a law office, were taken over by Municipal Judge Donald C. O’Regan.
• Hon. Clinton Howard, chairman of the United Committee for Law Enforcement was set to speak at a dry rally held at the Methodist Church.
• Miss Alice Anderson resumed her position at the Aroostook Trust Company, after enjoying a two-week vacation.
• Miss Rena Mills accepted a teaching position at Tewksbury High School in Tewksbury, Mass.
• A parade was set to be held, involving the cast of “Henry’s Wedding,” a play that was to be presented at the high school the following week.
• Former Caribou resident, Tillie Long and her family stopped to visit her mother, Mrs. Margaret Wakem, before the family set out on their 18-month road trip to South America.
• William Haney, of Caribou, returned to the area from a three-month tour of Europe before heading back to school at Cornell University Medical College in New York.
• Omer J. Toner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omer A. Toner, of Caribou, reenlisted in the United States Navy, after serving since 1954.
• Mrs. Philip Harmon was elected president of the Caribou Women’s Republican Club at a picnic luncheon and meeting.
• Dr. Leland White and David Roberts were initiated into the Caribou Chamber of Commerce Pilot Club, an organization focused on stimulating membership growth in the chamber.
• Caribou firemen were called to two fires in the same afternoon, to the home of Ward Grant on Sweden Street and to another residence on Court Drive, the damage of the two fires totaling over $3,000.
• Members of the large equipment operations class at the Caribou Regional Vocational School at the Caribou High School, were hard at work constructing a pond on the Caribou Country Club golf course.
• Cary Medical Center employees and patients were saddened by the death of orthopedic surgeon Francis W. Chan, M.D., who had treated patients of the hospital since 1970.
• About 400 Caribou residents signed a petition to be sent to the MDOT, expressing their disapproval of the closing of a Route 223 bridge.
• Philip Howard accepted the position of Limestone Development Foundation executive director after the former director, Almond Cote, decided to step down from the position.
• A surprise dinner was held at Yusef’s restaurant, in Caribou, in honor of Elizabeth P. Beaulieu, for her 40 years of employment at the McLauchlan Agency.
• Labor Day weekend proved to be a great finish of the summer months, with new record high temperatures in the mid-80s achieved.
September 1983 – Pictured above is a sarcastic “Thank You” to the DOT from Caribou residents inconvenienced by the closing of a bridge on Route 223, which they feel should be repaired or replaced with state funds, some of which are generated by the state gas tax.
