100 Years Ago: Nov. 17, 1910
• Although all the village schools in Caribou are closed for a short time, Leon W. Gerrish, superintendent of the Caribou-Limestone district, still has quite a number of schools under his charge — 23 in Caribou, and 13 in Limestone. This is exceeded only by six school districts in the state.
• The Misses Hazel and Ruth Cleary are visiting relatives in Bangor and will also attend the play and dance which will be held in the City Hall Friday night by the Knights of Columbus.
• L.E. Alley, who has charge of the Caribou hatchery at Otter Brook has some exceptionally good young trout this season, and last week placed 3,000 in the Caribou Stream.
• Fort Fairfield lays claim to the “Potato Queen: of Aroostook. Mrs. Cora Houghton has this year harvested 9,000 barrels of salable potatoes besides those she has kept for her own use; also 40 acres of oats and about 1,000 tons of hay.
• Miss M. Louise Thomas, principal of the Stockholm Grammar School, is spending the week at her home in Caribou.
• The potato market is still quite inactive, dealers stating that if it were not for orders from Cuba, there would be practically no demand at present prices, which, goodness knows, are low enough.
75 Years Ago: Nov. 14, 1935
• Hilarious gayety was the order of the evening Monday when the Henry B Pratt, Jr., Post, American Legion, sponsored its annual Armistice Dance at the P. of H. Opera House.
• Dale and Stuart Currier returned Tuesday from a hunting expedition at Portage Lake where Stuart was fortunate in securing on Monday a large deer. The boys realized it was a heavy one before they finished toting it out of the woods.
• An interesting sight can be witnessed this week and next at the Cross Lake thoroughfare where the process of stripping salmon for egg propagation is now in progress. Those who have seen this spectacle state that a remarkable large number of salmon are present there this fall and they run to very large size, many of them weighing 20 pounds. Ten pound salmon are very plentiful. A spectator saw one sweep of the net bring up 150 fish.
• All citizens of Caribou, Washburn and other towns in this immediate vicinity will be interested in the proposition for a new road to be built with government funds between Washburn and Portage Lake. The need for a more direct route from Caribou has been felt for a long time. The petition is headed by Nathan A. Currier of this town.
• Plans have been made by the state highway department to keep the main roads open throughout the county during the coming winter.
• Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Fraser and son, Philip, of Limestone were in town Wednesday. Mrs. Fraser is the Republican correspondent from the Morris district.
50 Years Ago: Nov. 17, 1960
• Aroostook’s first Key Club has been organized at Caribou High School and with a fine membership nucleus, the group’s charter night has been set for Saturday, Dec. 3 at the school. Sponsored by the Caribou Kiwanis club, the local Key Club is one of 17 in Maine and is the only one north of Pittsfield.
• The 1960-61 editorial staff for the “The Reflector,” the Caribou High School yearbook, has been announced by Mrs. David Haskell, faculty advisor, as follows: editors-in-chief are Bernette Dube and Beverly Koelle; associate editor, Dawn Crocker; senior editor, Barbara Grant and her staff, Barbara Belanger, Lorraine Laqualia, Rose Marie Gagnon and Jere Whitten; organizations editor, Nancy Thibodeau; her assistants, Linda White and Marion Tall; features editor, Duska Hemingway; assistants, Judy Jacobs and Karen Staub; sports editor, Gary Wyman; assistant sports editor, David LaBreck; copy editor, Janice Sweik; photography, James Mills; and art editor, Judy Sutherland.
• Army PFC Roger Anderson, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving H. Anderson, of Caribou recently received a safe driver award while assigned to the 126th Transportation Company in Karlsruhe, Germany. Anderson won the award for driving military vehicles 8,000 miles without an accident or traffic violation. He entered the Army in July, 1959, completed basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. and arrived overseas in December, 1959. of last year. PFC Anderson is a 1959 graduate of Caribou High School.
• Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week will be big days at J. C. Penney’s in Caribou. The popular Sweden Street store will formally open its new and greatly expanded premises to the public Thursday morning and after special ceremonies marking the occasion, shoppers will have three days to feast on special bargains which have been made ready in the finest of grand opening style.
• Mrs. George Carter, who is housemother at the Phi Mu Delta fraternity at U. of M. in Orono, is arriving to visit her son and family Mr. and Mrs. G. Milton Carter, through the Thanksgiving holiday.
• A total of 280 votes were cast in Stockholm on election day. The first vote was cast by Mrs. Carrie Nelson, the last by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buddy Sandstrom. The two oldest people to vote were Mrs. Christine Anderson, who is 88 and Mrs. Mina Beckstrom, 87.
