120 Years Ago – March 3, 1904
Caribou included in the World’s Fair — Caribou will be one of the Maine towns which will have an exhibit as the World’s Fair at St. Louis this year. W. E. Crockett of the Caribou Woolen Mill is getting ready a display of yarns which he will send to this exposition.
Sure to be a good time — Be sure and go to Foster’s hall next Thursday night and hear the local hits introduced in the ‘Old Maids Convention.’ The costumes alone in this comical entertainment will be worth going far to see. Tickets are on sale at White’s drug store, 35 cents.
115 Years Ago – March 1, 1909
Going on a buying trip — Dr. and Mrs. Bonney will start for Boston next Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bonney will buy her spring stock of millinery and also engage a trimmer. They expect to return Wednesday.
New position — Miss Jennie Wright, who has been employed in Boston the past year, has accepted a position in the office of the telephone company at Houlton, Miss Wright formerly lived in Caribou.
100 Years Ago – Feb. 28, 1924
Returned home but not for long — Jas. L Johnston returned home Friday from New York, where he had been with potato cars, and left Tuesday on another trip.
Law protects rabbits — ‘Rabbit hunters should keep in mind that the law protects rabbits from March 1,’ said Richard J. Upton, chief game warden for Kennebec county, on Wednesday. ‘This is the first year of the new law passed by the last Legislature—1923.’ As a rabbit breeds, or mates, in March, it is a wise law to protect them, which as the hunter knows, makes it better hunting for the next open season.
75 Years Ago – March 3, 1949
February had the highest snowfall on record — According to G. L. Courville, manager of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Caribou, 31.5 inches of snow fell during the month of February and constitutes the highest amount on record for any February since 1939. The closest approach to this record was 31.4 in February of 1942. Temperature on an average basis for this month was a normal 10.7 degrees. The coldest day, however, occurred on February 4 when the mercury dropped to 24 degrees below zero. The warmest day this month was 41 degrees on February 9. On Thursday afternoon, February 17, the day of the Winter Carnival Sportsmen’s dinner, the weather bureau at the airport clocked wind gusts of approximately 55 miles an hour.
Helping out — Assisting last week as receptionists at the Cary Memorial Hospital were Miss Dorothy MacConnell, Mesdames John Farrell, Wm. Harmon, Ronald Phelan, Walter Bishop and Loomis Chapman.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 24, 1999
Foster grandparenting a reward — Every weekday morning, Glenna Bragg takes the bus to Head Start in Washburn. She plays, reads books and generally has a lot of fun. Except she’s not a three or four year old, she’s a 63-year old grandmother Glenna Bragg is a foster grandmother for Head Start. Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with special needs children, reading to or playing with them, or helping with specific tasks. She found out about the program when one of her own grandchildren attended Head Start. At the time, she wasn’t old enough to be a foster grandparent — you must be at least 60. Once she reached that age, Bragg went knocking on ACAP’s door.
Chamber honors heroes — A fast-growing tax software company that moved to the city last year and a Caribou couple with decades of community service were honored Friday night at the Caribou Chamber of Commerce Annual dinner. The Caribou Citizen of the Year award went to Vivian and Phil Willey. The Willey’s were unable to attend the ceremony, the award was accepted by the Willey’s daughter-in-law, Doreen Willey.
