Staff Writer
100 Years Ago: October 28, 1909
• John Hale, Aaron Giberson and Fred Giberson, returned Thursday night from a hunting trip to Beaver Brook. They felt more than repaid for their trip as they shot a large moose.
Oct. 22, 1959 — A group of Junior Fire Marshals are seen with one of Caribou’s fire trucks at the Holy Rosary Parochial School. The Holy Rosary pupils were among the 2,000 students successfully evacuated Wednesday afternoon in the first fire drill of the new school term. The drills, carried out under the direction of the Caribou Fire Department, were part of a delayed Fire Prevention Week program. Caribou schools were closed for the potato harvest during the actual Fire Prevention Week.
• The rush at the starch factories does not seem to lessen any; on the contrary, it seems to be increasing, reminding us of 14 or 15 years ago when long strings of teams were waiting their turn to unload. At that time many farmers got tired of waiting and started for home and dumped their loads of potatoes into the river. Now it is the farmer who gets to the factory first early in the morning who can unload and return home.
• Jarvis Jelley has purchased L.W. Pelletier’s new house on Park Street.
• For four successive seasons George O. Smith, Chris and H. Miller have gone to Harvey Siding on a hunting trip, their little expedition last week, making the fourth trip and each fall they secured all the deer allowed by the statutes — this year being no exception.
• Ralph Lloyd and Bryon Thomas of this town will start Monday for Butte, Mont., where they will spend the winter. Mr. Lloyd has relatives in that place.
• Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton of Limestone were in Presque Isle Sunday.
• The first edition of the Colby Echo, the weekly newspaper of Colby College, was recently issued. The names of R. Irvine Gammon and Lendal C. Mahoney, both of Caribou, are on the staff as assistant editors.
• Only one deer so far has been reported at the inspection station at Currier Bros. store in this town and that one was secured by Mildred Anderson of Saco.
• Those who had occasion to motor over the road between here and Presque Isle Saturday afternoon, witnessed a strange sight for this part of the country. A large herd of government cattle were being taken by road to Presque Isle. Considering the size of the herd, traffic was not impeded to any extent — the ‘punchers’, keeping a land clear, in real Western fashion.
• Murray Currier went out this morning and bagged a large fox. This is the third which he has shot in three successive mornings.
• Donald Dorsey, Jr., has left for Fort Dix where he has enlisted with the National Guard for six months of active duty.
• Earl Peterson, Jr., of Stockholm has accepted the job of plowing snow this winter for that town.
• The list of paralytic polio victims in Aroostook County has mounted to 28.
• Graves Supermarket in Caribou has been really, “ringing the bell’ of late. At least Manager Will Bell has been getting a hatful of tributes and awards for his store.
• Caribou’s first school fire drill of the new term was conducted and described as an absolute success by Fire Chief Don Woods. Upwards of 2,000 pupils were evacuated from five schools and in every case, a minimum time was used to get the children clear of the buildings.
Oct. 22. 1959 — One of the first deer reported in Caribou, Wednesday, was this one bagged by Linwood Ouellette, right. At left, is James Martin who was with the successful hunter. Meanwhile, the annual Hunter’s Breakfast, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, in Caribou, was one of the most successful ever held. The attendance at the Legion Home was believed to be a record. As usual, valuable prizes were a feature of the event.
