Staff Writer
100 Years Ago: April 29,1909
• Kenneth Gammon sent to the Republican Office this week a mammoth egg laid by one of his flock. The egg weighs 3 and seven-eighths ounces and makes a good meal for a hungry editor after writing a slanderous article. • Silas Hatch has purchased the Oliver Hardison farm two miles south of the village.
• Harry O. Stevens started Wednesday for Chicago for his seventh car of horses for L.W. Stevens and Son. Mr. Stevens is a thorough horseman and can tell good horse flesh when he sees it.
• While not perfect, the present season has been a good sap season and quite a quantity of maple sugar and syrup have been made in this locality.
• Quite a deal in Limestone real estate took place last week when the Mansor grounds, comprising of about 3,400 acres were purchased by H.A. Chase and Son and Harry Leighton. It is the intension of the new owners to divide the property, which is located two and one-half miles from the village, into farms, each to have 100 acres.
• W. E. Crockett and son, Clair, are building a garage on Water Street where they will carry all kinds of repairs, etc. The building will be about 40 by 80 and will have a machine shop. In connection with the number of automobiles which will be in Caribou and vicinity, this summer it would seem as if this new business would prove a good thing.
75 Years Ago: April 26, 1934
• Malcolm Holts recently purchased the store at Perham, formerly owned by Mrs. Josie Roberts.
• With the opening of the road between Caribou and Fort Fairfield, the Paramount Theatre of the later town calls attention to coming attractions in the advertising columns of the paper.
• James Cox entertained several of his friends at a party Monday evening, the occasion being his birthday.
• Pius Sirois, proprietor of the Specialty Shoe Store, left Wednesday for Boston and New York, in the interests of his store.
• During his recent visit in Boston, Alfred Thomas, proprietor of the Grange Shoe Store, took a course in measuring for men’s suits and plans in the near future to be equipped to measure for high grade made-to-order clothing.
• The Henry B. Pratt, Jr. Post 15, Department of Maine is among the first of several hundred American Legion Posts to be cited for significant service to education in accordance with a plan which the American Legion and the National Education Association are co-operating.
50 Years Ago: April 23, 1959
• Miss Laura Etscovitz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Etscovitz and Warren Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Griffin won first honors at the annual Junior exhibition presented by the Class of 1960 under the direction of Richard Pratt. Miss Etscovitz presented, “Why,” by Robert Libott and Griffin presented, “Darius Green and His Flying Machine,” by James Trowbridge.
• Army Pvt. Roger J. Espling, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Uno Espling of New Sweden has completed advanced individual training with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
• Theodore Cummings was nominated as King Lion of the Caribou Lions Club.
• The stage is just about set for the Caribou Teachers’ Club Minstrel Show with proceeds earmarked for the club’s scholarship fund. The Minstrels are being directed by Dave Haskell with Bert Pratt as interlocutor. Director of music is Ken Matthews.
• Mrs. Stewart Currier is teaching home economics at Caribou High School since the resignation of Mrs. Greta Scanlon.
• A/1C Ronald Langley has recently been on a TDY mission as personal photographer for base commander Col. John Reggalds of Elgin, AFB, Fla., on a chamber of commerce good-will tour.
