75 Years Ago -  Aug. 2, 1945 Pfc. Trainar awarded good conduct medal -- Colonel James R. Gunn, Jr., commanding officer of Florence Army Air Field, announced the award of the Good Conduct Medal to Pfc. Arline L. Trainar of Presque Isle.

75 Years Ago -  July 26, 1945 Inducted through local board No. 2 -- The list of registrants inducted through local board No. 2 were as follows:

75 Years Ago -  July 19, 1945 Jamieson structure to fall -- The demolition of the old Jamieson building on State Street had started. The tearing down of the new building, which was handled by N. W. Downing and Son Co., was to make way for the construction of a modern theatre.

75 Years Ago -  July 12, 1945 Abbott appointed -- David K. Abbott of Presque Isle was appointed executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, which was announced by President Frank A. Smith. Abbott, a graduate of the University of Maine, had been affiliated with the Federal Land Bank and the Presque Isle Production Credit Association.

75 Years Ago -  July 5, 1945 Commander promoted -- Lieutenant Colonel Howard H. Maxwell, commanding officer of the Presque Isle Army Air Field, was notified of his promotion to full colonel. Col. Maxwell arrived in Presque Isle October 1944, and assumed command of the Presque Isle field, which was a unit of the North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command.

75 Years Ago -  June 28, 1945 Sgt. James Powers awarded Bronze Star -- Sgt. James N. Powers, of RED No. 2, son of Mr. Patrick Powers of Presque Isle, and a member of the 802nd MP Co., was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an armed enemy during the period, June 6, 1944, to May 9, 1945, in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany and Czechoslovakia.

75 Years Ago -  June 21, 1945 St. Pierre promoted to corporal -- At the headquarters, Pacific Division, Air Transport Command, it was announced that Wilfred St. Pierre of Presque Isle, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zelix St. Pierre, was promoted to Corporal in the United States Army Air Forces,

75 Years Ago -  June 7, 1945 Lillian Blanchard at Brooke General -- Lillian E. Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Vinton Blanchard of Presque Isle, a member of the Women’s Army Corps, left First WAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for technical training at Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

75 Years Ago -  May 31, 1945 Annual Convention Aroostook WCTU -- The 65th Annual Convention of the Aroostook County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was held at the Methodist Church in Presque Isle May 23, with the president, Mrs. Gladys Sweet of Houlton, presiding.

75 Years Ago -  May 24, 1945 Sgt. Clyde Dumas won Purple Heart -- The Purple Heart was awarded to Sgt. Clyde Dumas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dumas of Presque Isle, who was wounded Mach 29 in the 9th Armored Division in Germany. He returned to duty after a period of time.