100 Years Ago: March 25, 1909
• While walking up North Main hill towards her home one night last week, Miss Grace Jewall was run into by a “double runner” used by boys sliding downhill and knocked down and rendered unconscious. While no serious results came from the accident, Miss Jewall received several cuts and bruises.
• Potatoes were selling Saturday for $1.95 — $2.07 per barrel.
• It is quite probable that several new automobiles will be owned by Caribou parties this summer. Among those who have ordered new machines, so it is reported are Dr. M.L. Bonney, Lyman Goud and F.J. Laffaty. There are others contemplating purchasing. D.D. Powers and J.H. Glenn already have new cars ordered, the one for Mr. Powers having arrived several weeks ago.
• While coasting down North Main Street hill with a party of friends one evening during the week, Mrs. J. C. McGrath fell from the sled and received severe cuts.
• Miss Ethel Lovely of Masardis is visiting her sister, Miss Maud Lovely, the competent assistance bookkeeper for Shaw and Mitton.
75 Years Ago: March 22, 1934
• The 15th birthday of the American Legion was fittingly observed last Thursday evening with a supper and joint meeting of the Henry B. Pratt, Jr. Post and Auxiliary.
• Girls and boys of the Woodland Center School receiving 100 percent in spelling for the last six weeks are Ethel Langley and Chester Milton. Those who received an ‘A’ grade in arithmetic were Maynard Milton, Alain Knowlton, Winnifred Milton, Keith Milton and Kenneth Lloyd.
• Sam Lister is drilling a well for the new consolidated school building in the Wright district.
• Clarence White and Fred Peterson went to the automobile show at Bangor this week in style, flying down from Presque Isle. The trip was made in considerable less time than two hours.
• Marie Violette of Stockholm will open a bakery shop at her home Saturday. She will also hold a millinery opening on the same day.
• Caribou residents attending the annual town meeting voted to approve a total of $187,414.00 in appropriations.
50 Years Ago: March 19, 1959
• The Brothers of the Brush Committee of the Caribou Centennial is ready for business according to chairman Leo Kieffer. Buttons have arrived and certificates are available.
• Miss Rae Harmon of Caribou will be among 38 members of the Girls and Men’s’ Glee Club from Boston University who will leave Friday for a concert tour of New England and New York.
• Mr. and Mrs. Mel Moir and daughter, Faith, are planning to attend the Ice Capades in Bangor.
• Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solman and Dr. and Mrs. George Corey have left for Boston to attend the New England Basketball Tournament.
• Marguerite . Rasmussen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rasmussen of Woodland, will graduate from the Golden School of Beauty Culture in Portland, where she has been studying for the last nine months. Immediately following the completion of her courses there, she will leave for Kittery where she will be employed in a beauty salon for the spring and summer months. She has already enrolled at the Aroostook State Teachers College and will return to Aroostook next fall to begin classes in Presque Isle.
• While walking up North Main hill towards her home one night last week, Miss Grace Jewall was run into by a “double runner” used by boys sliding downhill and knocked down and rendered unconscious. While no serious results came from the accident, Miss Jewall received several cuts and bruises.
• Potatoes were selling Saturday for $1.95 — $2.07 per barrel.
• It is quite probable that several new automobiles will be owned by Caribou parties this summer. Among those who have ordered new machines, so it is reported are Dr. M.L. Bonney, Lyman Goud and F.J. Laffaty. There are others contemplating purchasing. D.D. Powers and J.H. Glenn already have new cars ordered, the one for Mr. Powers having arrived several weeks ago.
• While coasting down North Main Street hill with a party of friends one evening during the week, Mrs. J. C. McGrath fell from the sled and received severe cuts.
• Miss Ethel Lovely of Masardis is visiting her sister, Miss Maud Lovely, the competent assistance bookkeeper for Shaw and Mitton.
75 Years Ago: March 22, 1934
• The 15th birthday of the American Legion was fittingly observed last Thursday evening with a supper and joint meeting of the Henry B. Pratt, Jr. Post and Auxiliary.
• Girls and boys of the Woodland Center School receiving 100 percent in spelling for the last six weeks are Ethel Langley and Chester Milton. Those who received an ‘A’ grade in arithmetic were Maynard Milton, Alain Knowlton, Winnifred Milton, Keith Milton and Kenneth Lloyd.
• Sam Lister is drilling a well for the new consolidated school building in the Wright district.
• Clarence White and Fred Peterson went to the automobile show at Bangor this week in style, flying down from Presque Isle. The trip was made in considerable less time than two hours.
• Marie Violette of Stockholm will open a bakery shop at her home Saturday. She will also hold a millinery opening on the same day.
• Caribou residents attending the annual town meeting voted to approve a total of $187,414.00 in appropriations.
50 Years Ago: March 19, 1959
• The Brothers of the Brush Committee of the Caribou Centennial is ready for business according to chairman Leo Kieffer. Buttons have arrived and certificates are available.
• Miss Rae Harmon of Caribou will be among 38 members of the Girls and Men’s’ Glee Club from Boston University who will leave Friday for a concert tour of New England and New York.
• Mr. and Mrs. Mel Moir and daughter, Faith, are planning to attend the Ice Capades in Bangor.
• Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solman and Dr. and Mrs. George Corey have left for Boston to attend the New England Basketball Tournament.
• Marguerite . Rasmussen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rasmussen of Woodland, will graduate from the Golden School of Beauty Culture in Portland, where she has been studying for the last nine months. Immediately following the completion of her courses there, she will leave for Kittery where she will be employed in a beauty salon for the spring and summer months. She has already enrolled at the Aroostook State Teachers College and will return to Aroostook next fall to begin classes in Presque Isle.
