• It is understood that several new houses will be erected in Caribou this year, among them being W.P. Hamilton’s who is already building for Dr. W.E. Sincock and P.N. Hight.
• Miss Crissie Garden, the Clark-Jerrard Co.’s competent and efficient bookkeeper is enjoying a two-week vacation.
• Miss Lottie Merrill is assisting in the Caribou National Bank during the absence of W.L. Lowney, who is engaged in the filling of his new ice house.
• Ray N.L. Brown left Tuesday for Boston and New York markets to select spring and summer goods for the A.V. Gaud and Co. store.
• Ruel C. Small who has a fine position in Bangor, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Small.
• The attendance record was broken at Limestone Saturday for the seventh annual winter carnival. One of the finest programs in ice racing was presented by the racing fans that kept the crowd thrilled from 10 a.m. until late in the afternoon.
• Selections for the candidates for Caribou Winter Carnival Queen were announced this morning. They consist of three girl students who were selected by popular vote at the high school yesterday and three town girls selected by vote of merchants contributing to the prizes. Candidates are: Emmeline Clark, Alice Nevers, Virginia Small, Irene Bouchard, Helen Barnes and June Cameron.
• The family of Ollie Wardwell of Perham are all recovering from the measles. All six children have been ill.
• Herbert Snowman is confined to the house with chicken pox.
• The playing of the high school band at the basketball game Friday night is very much worth mentioning as the band is a great credit to the high school and to the training of its leader, Mr. Simmons.
• Three seniors at Caribou High School have been named finalists in the 1959-60 competition of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation program. The students are Edward Donahue, Warren Griffin and John Bero. Over 550,000 students were tested in the 1959-60 competition which began last April. Results have been pared to 10,000 finalist from which the merit Scholars will be selected in the spring.
• The curtain goes up Friday on the Caribou Kiwanis Club’s second annual Auto Show and its boosters say the exhibit will have all the glamour of a professionally arranged Detroit presentation.
• Melvin Anderson, Charles Anderson, Waldo Holmquist and Matt Williams, all of Stockholm, visited the Kiwanis Boys Camp at Mud Lake when the Boy Scouts were there over the weekend. Herbert Lausier returned home because of illness.
• The Rec will be closed Friday afternoon in order to decorate the hall for a big dance. The event will commence at 8 p.m. and end at midnight. Admission will be: stag, 50 cents and 90 cents for couples.
• Maynard Lombard motored to Milo recently to deliver a palomino stud colt, High Acres Pride, to George Dean. Earle Bubar accompanied Mr. Lombard.
