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Houlton area From our Files – Week of August 10, 2020

100 Years Ago - Aug. 18, 1920 Addition to business — The Houlton Machine and Repair Co., have recently installed a public gasoline tank in front of their place of business on Mechanic Street.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of August 3, 2020

75 Years Ago - Aug. 9, 1945 Pvt. Bellefleur at the PI Army Air Field -- Pvt. Stanley J. Bellefleur, Limestone, arrived at the Presque Isle Army Air Field after a trans-Atlantic flight in an Air Transport Command C-54 Skymaster plane of the North Atlantic Division’s “Snowball” fleet.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of August 3, 2020

100 Years Ago - Aug. 11, 1920 New lighting system — Manager Belyea, the new owner of Lakewood, the popular resort on Nickerson Lake, has recently purchased a Westinghouse Lighting System, and is having it installed.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of August 3, 2020

115 Years Ago - Aug. 9, 1905 Boat - - W.L. Oak and Fred Ladau have purchased a naphtha launch for use on the Aroostook River. The boat was made in Old Town. Twenty feet in length, it can carry six to eight people.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of July 27, 2020

100 Years Ago - Aus. 4, 1920 Returned to Houlton — John Chapman, who formerly worked for the Putnam Hardware Co., in the accounting department, leaving there to enter the U. S. service, has returned to Houlton and has entered the employ of B. S. Green as a salesman.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of July 27, 2020

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.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of July 27, 2020

115 Years Ago - Aug. 2, 1905 New Houses -- John W. Harmon has commenced work on two new houses he will erect this summer on Park Street.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of July 21, 2020

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:

Caribou area From our Files – Week of July 21, 2020

115 Years Ago - July 26, 1905 Church -- The moving of the Methodist Parsonage was completed last week. The barn has also been moved and placed on the new parsonage grounds.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of July 13, 2020

115 Years Ago - July 19, 1905 New Job -- Peter C. Everett of Haverhill, Mass., has secured a position with the Caribou Cigar Company.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of July 13, 2020

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.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of July 13, 2020

100 Years Ago - July 21, 1920 Training — Robert Yetton, whose compensation for vocational training has been approved, has started in on his work having chosen telephone work as his line. New switch boards are being installed in parts of the county and he is out learning, while experienced men are teaching him the ins and outs of this work.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of July 6, 2020

100 Years Ago - July 14, 1920 Leased a room — Mr. Bugbee who conducts a restaurant in the Thibadeau Block has leased the connecting room in rear of his present location and will open it up in connection with his lunch counter and will use the new part for ladies.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of July 6, 2020

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.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of July 6, 2020

115 Years Ago - July 12, 1905 Steamer-- Several citizens went up the river for the Fourth of July on the Steamer “Alta” last week.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of June 30, 2020

115 Years Ago - July 5, 1905 New industry -- A new industry has been in operation the past two weeks at King’s Grove, Mars Hill, it being the distillation and manufacture of cedar oil from cedar boughs.

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of June 30, 2020

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.

Houlton area From our Files – Week of June 30, 2020

100 Years Ago - July 7, 1920 New prices — Beginning July 5 the motion picture houses advanced their admission prices, being the last line of business throughout the country to raise their prices to meet the advancing costs of everything that goes into the making of a Motion picture.

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