75 Year Ago – April 7, 1949
Lodge Of Elks Install Officers– Judge Harry H. Baulch was installed as Exalted Ruler of the Houlton Lodge of Elks at ceremonies at their hall Tuesday night. Other officers installed were: R. Lafayette Ervin, Esteemed Leading Knight; Darrell E. Hovey, Loyal Knight; J. Neale Bither,Lecturing Knight; D. Keith Lilley, secretary; Burpee Berry, treasurer; Floyd H. Ledger, Tyler, and Dwight E. Webber, trustee for the years.
50 Years Ago – May 1, 1974
Houlton Wins Annual Tourney At Rec Center– Saturday brought together at the Rec Center youngsters from Caribou, Presque Isle, East Millinocket, Millinocket, Woodstock and Houlton to compete in games of chess, checkers, table tennis and pool. The competition in the annual Northern Maine Tournament was tough and the scores were close but Houlton came in first, with Presque Isle a very close second and Caribou third.
Marine Grad – Marine Pvt. Mark L. Hogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon N. Hogan of Houlton has graduated from recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Physical conditioning, discipline and teamwork are emphasized during the 11 weeks of recruit training. He received instruction in close order drill, Marine Corps history, first aid, marksmanship, uniform regulations and hand to hand combat.
25 Years Ago – April 14, 1999
HHS Show Choir claims second- place honors – It was a little sining, a little dancing, colorful costumes and some explosions that earned the Houlton High School Show Choir a second-place finish at the High School Show Choir a second-place finish at the Maine State Vocal Jazz Festival held last weekend in Houlton.
Sleeper named to All-Maine Third Team, local players receive honorable mention– Houlton’s Willie Sleeper was selected to the 44th Bangor Daily News All-Maine team honors the state’s best 15 players. Selections were made by the BDN sports staff with ballots and input form high school and college coaches, Maine sports media members, high school officials and veteran basketball observers. Sleeper, a senior guard, averaged 16.5 points per game and 3.4 rebounds a game. He handed out 5.5 assists and recorded 3.4 steals. Sleeper finished his high school basketball career with 1,600 career points. Receiving honorable mention were Houlton junior Frank DiStefano and Southern Aroostook senior Sam Michaud.
