Potatoes are at $1.65 a barrel

16 years ago
Compiled By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
100 Years Ago: February 11, 1909

•    The insurance adjusters were in Caribou last week adjusting were in Caribou last week adjusting the loss of fire of the new high school building. The full amount of the insurance, $20,000 will be paid in a few days.

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1959 — The ‘Goats’ of the “Tufted Tutors”, Brothers of the Brush Chapter, are looking ahead to fancy goatees for the Centennial Celebration. In front from left are “Roc’ Cyr and Ken Matthews. In back are: Hugh Hamlin, Eldon Giles, Wayne Harper and Ted Thibodeau. Another ‘Goat’ at Caribou High School is Dave Haskell.

•    George Umphrey, Washburn’s efficient selectman was in Caribou recently. Mr. Umphrey still has faith that the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad will fulfill its promise and build the famous cut-off branch.
•     Potatoes are at $1.65 a barrel.
•    Bert Kelley was injured Saturday night at the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad station by being caught between a  moving freight car and the door of a potato house, having two ribs broken.
•    Samuel Lister, who has been employed for some time at the pumping station, resigned Saturday night and has gone into the well drilling business. Frank Tobin has taken his place at the pumping station.
•    William Sharpe of Caribou recently purchased from J.W. and F.A. Witherly, an excellent two-year-old colt by the Clysdale stallion Ornament(10,603) for $225.

75 Years Ago: February 22, 1934

•    While the Caribou High School Snow Team was able to achieve only second place at the state interscholastic winter sports meet in Rumford, making the first departure in six years of championships, the local boys returned with the most unusual honor of having smashed three state records. The most outstanding race of the day was the 100 yard ski-dash in which Bernard McNeal broke the state record, dropping the time from 17-2.5 seconds to 16 flat.
• Milton Snowman of Woodland and Abiah Fenlason of Caribou, went to Florenceville, N.B., on Saturday, where they each bought a team of horses.
•    The partnership which existed between N.A. Currier of Caribou and Marion H. Porter of Fort Fairfield, doing business under the name of May’s Shop in Fort Fairfield, has been dissolved by mutual consent.
•    The potato market has advanced to mostly $2.50 per barrel in the central part of Aroostook County, or the highest level reached since the spring of 1930.
•    Richard Vance, an employee at the Maine Bag Co. factory on Limestone St., suffered a painful injury when he caught his hand in the large rotary press, breaking one finger and badly lacerating the back of his hand. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Sincock.
•    Bion Niles, who has for a long time been the meat cutter at the Mitton Poland Co., has assumed managership of Lyman’s market. Mr. Niles has already done a great deal more to improve conditions at this market, bringing it strictly up to date. New sanitary meat display cases will be installed soon.

50 Years Ago: February 19, 1959

•    Councilors Paris Snow and Arthur Iott, whose town council terms are expiring, will seek re-election in March.
•    Loren K. DeMerchant Jr., 18 of Caribou has enlisted in the U.S. Army for a period of three years. He chose an assignment to a 16-week course in aircraft electrical repair.
•    Caroline Anderson and Barry Blackstone were named Valentine’s Day King and Queen from grade 3 at the Perham School. Sylvia Blackstone and Terry Tarr were chosen from grades 3-4; Cynthia Hallowell and Marvin McBreairty reigned over grades 5 and six and Amber Todd and Sonny Pelky were royalty from grades 7 and 8.
•    Congressman Clifford D. McIntire has announced from Washington that a contract for construction of a completely new masonry post office building in Limestone has been awarded.
•    The tournament-bound Caribou Vikings, defending Eastern Maine Champs will journey to Bangor on Wednesday to take on all comers.

25 Years Ago: February 22, 1984

•    Mrs. Fannie Chapman of Caribou was recently honored on her 90th birthday. Mrs. Chapman has 12 living children, 41 grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
• James Nadeau of Caribou recently served as acolyte to His Holiness Pope John Paul II, in a mass honoring the ecclesiastical university in Rome. Nadeau is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Nadeau of Caribou.
•    Arthur Berkoski, selling 800 tickets for the New Sweden Health and Educational Council and Penny Hedman, selling 7,936 tickets, were crowned King and Queen at the New Sweden School Winter Carnival coronation.
•    Margaret Wardwell of Stockholm was recently honored at a reception held at the Stockholm School in recognition of her retirement from teaching after serving 25 years in the classroom.
•    Kristie Wedberg was crowned Miss Caribou 1984.
•    Caribou High School Viking Tony Michaud scored a game-high 33 points in the Viking’s 66-61 win over the Stearns Minutemen last Friday.

 

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    1959 — Centennial Year “Brothers of the Brush” are organizing into chapters around town and one group with honors in mind are the “Tufted Tutors” of CHS. Here, the ‘Three Bears’ are,  from left, Don Grant, Joe Bryant and Francis Thibodeau.