• George Harkins, who is working for A.M. Sylvester, had the misfortune to cut his finger quite badly Monday, getting it caught in the planter.
• Frank Brown, Ernest Smith, Leigh Smith and A.M. Sylvester have purchased DeLaval cream separators of H.B. Pratt.
• Cecil Goodrich is getting quite a run with his meat cart; he is at present buying eggs.
• Mrs. O.N. Bard has purchased a new driving horse of Harry Kinney.
• Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Spencer made a trip to Washburn in their automobile on Sunday.
• Miss Myra Turner, who has just been graduated from the Presque Isle Normal School, is visiting her parents for a few days previous to her taking her summer school at Perham.
• The annual Junior Exhibition at Caribou High School will take place June 21, in the school auditorium. The class has been preparing for the exhibition for the past two weeks and in spite of financial difficulties it is expected to be one of the best ever held.
• The yield per acre of potatoes are higher in Maine than in any other state. The 1930 estimate for Maine was 243 bushels per acres, while the U.S. average was 108.4 per acre.
• A 31 and one-half pound salmon was caught by Roy Wardwell and John Pierce in the Restigouche.
• Bob Johnson’s Moonbeam Pavillion in New Sweden was opened to the public Tuesday evening with a most enjoyable dance program.
• The Annual Mid-summer festival will be held at the church grounds of the Gustof Adloph Lutheran Church, Friday, June 23. Coffee will be served and an evening program will be presented. Music will be rendered by the Jemtland Band,.
• Professor Olaf T. Nylander of Woodland, has divulged the information that he turned 69 yearsold today.
• Mrs. Myrtle S. Cater, former Caribou resident, wife of retired State Adjutant General George Carter, and mother of J. Milton Carter received congratulations on publication of her first novel, “The Light in the Valley,” a well-written and heart-warming story of the Aroostook Valley.
• Herbert Aldrich, sales manager of the Maine Potato Bag Company, was elected president of the Caribou United Fund at a regular meeting of the board of directors held Thursday June 5, at the Hotel Caribou.
• General William K. Martin left Loring Air Force Base for a new post at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. He will be succeeded at Loring by Col. Selmon W. Wells, formerly commander of the B-52 Wing at Westover AFB, Mass.
• Forty nine students from Aroostook County were awarded degrees at the University of Maine’s 110th commencement exercises at Orono. Eight of those graduates were from the communities of Caribou and Limestone.
• Bernard “Mose” Johnstone, executive manager of the Maine Publicity Bureau, was guest speaker at the 10th Annual Meeting and Banquet of the Association of Aroostook Chambers of Commerce held Monday evening at the Hotel Caribou.
• Philip H. Brown was selected as general chairman for observance of Caribou’s Centennial during the following year and S.W. Collins accepted the request by directors of the Civic Round Table that he serve as honorary chairman.
• Scott Hunter and Denise Wyman were chosen as the outstanding male and female athletes at the Caribou spring athletic awards banquet, held at the Caribou High School cafeteria.
• Renee Picca, daughter of Juanita Lamire and granddaughter of Wallace and Irene Allen, was crowned 1983 Poppy Queen at ceremonies at the Caribou VFW Post Saturday evening, May 28. Second runner-up was Sherri McDougal, daughter of Everett and Eleanor McDougal, and first runner-up was Lisa Doak, daughter of Joan Doak of Limestone and Jerry Doak of Caribou.
• In order to improve their English skills, students in Dorothy McDonald’s sixth-grade class at Limestone Elementary School went an extra, voluntary week of school.
• Four Caribou High School students were accepted for membership in The Society of Distinguished American High School Students. Founded in 1968, the Society has honored some of the most outstanding high school students in the nation. Students from Caribou High School awarded membership were: Sue Thompson, Bruce Thibodeau, Kelly Collins and Gigi Ho.
• The Caribou Board of Education stiffened requirements at the high school at its meeting held Friday. The board unanimously approved raising the number of credits needed for graduation from 18 to 19, beginning with the current sophomore class.
• Limestone High School’s graduating class held the first alcohol-drug free graduation day. Instead of traditional post-graduation parties, the class went on a trip to Quebec City to celebrate their accomplishments without the use of drugs or alcohol.
