50 Years Ago August 8, 1973
Bishop Promoted By Air Force To Master Sergeant – Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bishop of Island Falls has just received word that their son, Walter John, has recently been promoted to master sergeant.
50 Years Ago — Aug. 2, 1973
“Family garden” boom – What started as a simple “family garden” is turning into an agricultural boom for Gerald Desjardins of Van Buren. Desjardins displayed a 14-inch cucumber, one of the many products his little venture had developed.
25 Years Ago — July 22, 1998
Mother of the year — Mrs. Azilda Leonard of Grand Isle, Maine was selected as the Mother of the Year, by the ladies of St. Anne in St. Gerard’s Parish. Mrs. Leonard has three children, nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
100 Years Ago – August 2, 1923
Field artillery batteries left for camps — A special train left Caribou Saturday morning about six o’clock for Augusta, Maine, and had as its passengers the Caribou battery. On its way down the line, it picked up Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield and Houlton batteries. The boys spent two weeks in training at the camps in Augusta. Capt. Walter Cassidy was in charge of the Presque Isle battery.
75 Years Ago – July 29, 1948
Large crowd attends the New Sweden anniversary — A large gathering attended the 78th anniversary of the settling of New Sweden Sunday afternoon at Thomas Park. Services were conducted there in the spacious music bowl. Mrs. Agnes Anderson, 83, the only remaining survivor of the 51 Swedish settlers who, under the leadership of W. W. Thomas founded the town, was present at the celebration.
25 Years Ago – July 29, 1998
Veterans clinic moving to expand quarters — The VA Clinic will be moving to the Caribou Office Park at 1 Hatch Drive for 60 to 90 days during the construction, said Bill Flagg, Cary director of community relations and development.
50 Years Ago — July 25, 1973
Old Dyer Brook Church To Be Re-Opened Aug. 26 – The Dyer Brook Community Church, located on the knoll of a hill along Route 2 in Dyer Brook has been closed and vacant for many years. Some say as long as 40 years. It is being readied for a formal reopening on August 26.
25 Years Ago – July 29, 1998
Worster won Spudland Open — Dana Worster took a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s round, then proceeded to shoot par for his final 18 holes to win the 31st annual Coca-Cola Spudland Open, held Saturday and Sunday at Presque Isle Country Club.
75 Years Ago, April 1, 1948
National Guard Open House On Army Day – Battery B, 152nd F.A. Bn. Maine National Guard will hold an Open House in its Armory at the Houlton Municipal Airport April 6 in observance of Army Day, it was reported by Sgt. Hugh Stearns of the U.S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station.
115 Years Ago – April 2, 1908
Replies to the question — A New York newspaper has been printing a series of replies to the question: ‘How can a family of three live comfortably on $2000 a year.’ The editor of the Biddeford Journal feelingly retorts that up here in Maine almost any of us would be willing to undertake the experiment without preliminary instructions.