Staff Writer
100 Years Ago: March 10, 1910
• Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Sherwood have returned from a three-week trip to the Boston and New York markets.
Photo Courtesy of Jerry Drake
1966 — Nothing but ice-covered, ghostly looking walls remained Tuesday of the four-story Solman building at the corner of Main Street and Vaughn Avenue, and even they came tumbling down a few hours later when Brescia Construction crews with building wrecking equipment took over as a safety measure. By Tuesday night, however rubble was burning furiously and firemen were still hard at work early Wednesday morning using thousands of tons of water in an effort to prevent an outbreak in the adjacent Hackett building on Main Street. Firemen worked for nearly two days in zero or sub-zero weather as the mercury dipped as low as 25 degrees below zero.
• Frank Riley purchased this week the Bartlett Block. This block includes stores occupied by Riley and the Fox Clothing Company.
• W. P. Hamilton, who has his house on York Street nearly completed, is planning to build another on South Main Street on the site of the one which was burned a few weeks ago.
• Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Powers are in Bangor this week visiting relatives.
• Potatoes are between 65 and 75 cents a barrel at this time.
• Miss Mildred Lombard, while on her way home from the South, stopped in New York and studied the new permanents which are done, using neither machine noR electricity.
• Richard Stevens, assistant management of the J.J. Newberry Store has been transfer to Everett, Mass., where he will hold a similar position.
• The many friends of L.P. Theriault will be glad to hear that he has recently been appointed supervisor of the rural electrification survey.
• A successful skating carnival was held at the Holy Rosary rink, Wednesday evening for the benefit of the church. It was under supervision of the Rev. Wilfrid Turcotte, assistant pastor and Ernest J. Pelletier, general chairman of the event.
• Murray Currier is one of two candidates vying to the position of Chief of Police, the other being Forrest W. Clifford.
• Eight thousand chickens were destroyed in a spectacular $33,000 fire early this morning on the Perham Road. Also lost when a large barn fell to flames were eight cows and an undetermined amount of machinery. The buildings were owned by Merle Russell.
• Peter Henderson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Henderson has been elected president of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at Colby College where he is currently a senior.
• George Malm, Lloyd Griffeth, Gordon Anderson and Gary Malm recently attended the Future Farmers Father and Son banquet held at Teague Park School.
• It has been announced by the U.S. Border Patrol in Van Buren that the federal government has authorized the building of a new border patrol station.
• The largest boat display in Aroostook history gets underway here tomorrow. The Aroostook County Boat Show, sponsored by the Caribou Rotary, will open its doors at the General Carter Memorial Armory at 3 p.m. and will run through Sunday, March 15. Eleven firms have contracted for space at the event.
