100 Years Ago: July 30, 1908
• A new corporation known as the Pitcher, White, Briggs Co., was organized for the purpose of buying Aroostook County potatoes.
• F.A. Rines, the junior member of Rines Market Co., of Boston, Mass., made a trip up to the Caribou area on business.
• Thomas V. Doherity, formerly of Caribou, was nominated for representative to the legislature at the democratic caucus in Houlton.
• An ice cream social held on Mrs. Eugene Philbrick’s lawn was well attended and a net sum of $10 was taken from the sale.
• A message was received from the Holy Ghost Society stating that the world was coming to an end in October, which was really too bad at the time, especially as Aroostook had the promise of such abundant crops.
• Many of the city’s citizens were taking advantage of the ideal summer weather and were sleeping outdoors, as evident by many a lawn having a tent for that purpose.
75 Years Ago: August 3, 1933
• Ex-Governor, Percival Baxter was in Caribou, accompanied by Harry Wright of Bath, while touring important towns in the county.
• Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a thank you note to the editor of the Republican, William Robbins, thanking him for sending her a copy of the paper including the story of her visit to Caribou.
• J. C. Glover, of Portland, spoke at the weekly meeting of the Caribou Rotary club, discussing the improvements and updates made in retail business.
• Senator Marcus A. Coolidge, of Mass., was a guest in Caribou for a short time when he and his traveling companions stopped in Caribou on their way to their fishing club in New Brunswick.
• Two bikers from Boston, Richard Cutter and Stanley Jensen, stopped at the Republican office on their way back home after a Boston to Edmunston biking trip.
• Miss Leatha Langley, of Caribou, was chosen as Miss Eastern Maine and will go on to represent the area in Atlantic City later in the season.
50 Years Ago: July 31, 1958
• Highlights of the annual meeting of the Maine Potato Council in Limestone included selection of Miss Cheryl Waddell of Mapleton as the Potato Blossom Queen and the re-election of E. Perrin Edmunds of Fort Fairfield to a fourth term as president of the council.
• Major Moody E. Deaton was the lone survivor of a B-52 crash in Limestone, which took the lives of eight people.
• Carole Hodson, a salesgirl at Taylor’s Shoe Store in Caribou, won the “Outstanding Clerk” award in a contest sponsored by the Board of Trade during Super Dollar Days.
• Clinton A. Clauson of Waterville, Democratic candidate for state governor, was a guest speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Caribou Kiwanis.
• Johnny Mattson and his crew were busy tearing down old businesses in town, including the building owned by Frederick Anderson, formerly known as the Nick Wessell store.
• Two Caribou businessmen took enviable catches of salmon from the Restigouche, Gerald Belanger of Belanger’s Electric bringing home a 23 lb fish and Al Knight, sales manager of WFST caught a 20 lb salmon.
25 Years Ago: August 3, 1983
• Sisters Sheila and Dawn Jepson and Eric Espling, all of New Sweden, were the recipients of scholarships from the New Sweden Health and Education Council.
• David J. Lyon, formerly of Caribou, was hired as the new superintendent of schools in the Sherman-Patten area.
• Jim Cote, Caribou race car driver, was questioning the reasons behind his driving suspension at the Aroostook County Speedway.
• Twelve members of the Caribou Kiwanis club volunteered their time to work on repairs to the old Snowman schoolhouse in preparation for its grand opening as a museum.
• Approximately 30 Caribou merchants participated in the fifth annual Sidewalk Sale-a-bration, when businesses offered special sales and deals on products.
• “The Body Shop” bowling team, made up of Anna Gallup, Adele Ayoob, Sam Collins, Walter Bishop, Laura Johnson and Cecile Castonguay, won the first bowling tournament held at the Caribou Nursing Home.
