Staff Writer
100 Years Ago • Dec. 4, 1907
The Aroostook Times
Thanks, Foggs — We have received from the well-known firm of Almon H. Fogg Co. their annual calendar for 1908. This is the 35th year that these have been sent out and none is more welcome than this neat and convenient reminder, occupying as it does a place by itself.
Off with the phone — There was very little regret expressed to the representative of the Aroostook Telephone Co. when he appeared here at the Times to remove our Independent Telephone. One telephone with good service is worth a dozen with indifferent service and under present management we shall expect the same prompt service that has characterized the Aroostook Telephone Co. for some time.
Bank delays — It looks as though the officers of the First National Bank would not be able to get into their new building before the first of June. When the work was started, it was fully expected that the building would be complete and ready for occupancy during the winter months.
Work has been greatly retarded by a delay in getting the granite and now comes the news that they will not be able to get their new vault before April 1.
50 Years Ago • Dec. 5, 1957
The Houlton Pioneer Times
Military news from around the region — Spc. Third Class Ray J. Cullinan, a graduate of Oakfield High School and son of Mrs. Evelyn Richard, was recently assigned to the U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Jay, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Gary L. Dwyer, whose wife Hope lives on Park Street in Houlton, was recently a guest of the Seoul Rotary Club. Dwyer is assigned to Company B of the 19th Infantry Regiment.
Gerald Bither, aviation electrician’s mate third class, USN, of Houlton, returned to San Diego after taking part in a search operation resulting from the crash of a Pan American airliner between San Francisco and Honolulu.
Army Pfc. Kenneth Prescott, son of Mrs. Ina Prescott of Island Falls, is a member of the First Cavalry Division in Korea. The 23-year-old soldier is a graduate of Island Falls High School and was employed by Kaufman Allied of Maine before entering the Army.
Pioneer Times File Photo
50 YEAR REUNION — One of the guests was said to have commented, “It’s a long time between meals.” He was referring to the 50 year gap between the times the 1932 Houlton High Cross Country team had been the guests of the Houlton Rotary Club. The team that won the national championship in 1932 was honored by the club in 1982 with a luncheon at Parkview Terrace. Pictured here, from left, are: Roy Gartley, Lawrence Brown, Rotary President Craig Bean, Mrs. Mildred Stinson Merritt, Fred Murphy, Garald Wiggins and John Millar, master of ceremonies and organizer of the team recognition.
25 Years Ago • Dec. 8, 1982
The Houlton Pioneer Times
Honored team — Four of the five members of the 1932 cross country team at Houlton High School who won a national championship and the wife of their coach were guests of the Houlton Rotary Club Monday noon at Parkview Terrace. Fifty years ago, the team made their championship run at Newark, N.J.
Honored farmers — Arnold and Gerald Miller of Littleton and their families were honored as Outstanding Conservation Farmers for 1982 at the Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual awards banquet.
