• July 7 went on record as being the hottest day of the year, the thermometer reaching 96 degrees in the shade.
• Workmen began raising the large block of Sweden Street occupied by H.D. Collins and W.C. Spaulding.
• Caribou changed it’s state road to embrace Sweden Street, it’s principal business thoroughfare. Sweden Street was being greatly improved.
• Murray Briggs and George Hannah both received injuries while dealing with exploding firecrackers.
• The market for hay changed drastically as it was in good demand at a high price during the previous year, but farmers had a hard time selling any hay which they had left over.
• The barn owned by Louis Violette burned to the ground, with a heavy loss of farm machinery.
• The Caribou Golf course was well described in an edition of “Golf in Maine,” issued by Harry C. Webber of Bath, editor of the Bath Daily Times.
• The Caribou baseball team defeated Presque Isle by 6-4 during a very well played game.
• Limestone firemen held a field day at the high school, playing baseball, enjoying a high school band concert, eating supper and dancing.
• The much heralded and anticipated beverage, beer, made its first appearance at a number of retail places in Caribou.
• A special town meeting was called in Caribou to discuss legalizing Sunday sports.
• Dr. Frank O. Blossom assumed the office of president for the Caribou Rotary Club.
• Three young men were placed in jail after evidence led to their arrest for a string of break ins throughout Caribou, Crouseville and New Sweden.
• Miss Judith Hallowell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hallowell of Caribou, received a prize as ”the most versatile girl” at Colby College in Waterville.
• Maynard G. Akerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Akerson of Stockholm, was appointed acting Sergeant in Germany, where he was a member of the 4th Armored Division.
• Caribou had its coldest June in 20 years, with an average temperature of 54.5 degrees, 22 days of rain and four days of thunder and lightning.
• Nearly approximately 400 people attended the annual Midsommar Festival in New Sweden.
• Robert McGuire, Norman Currier, Lewis Bearce, Atwood Davis, A. W. Spaulding and Eva Ryder attended theRep.State Convention in Portland where Vice President Richard Nixon was a guest.
• More that 4,000 people turned out to watch Limestone’s annual Fourth of July Parade.
• The fledgling Caribou Municipal Ambulance Service took a step forward as John Forestall and Bruce Washburn were hired as two of the three-person staff.
• With only .88 inches of precipitation recorded in Caribou for June, the Maine Forestry Bureau said local forests were very dry and susceptible to fire.
• Cary Medical Center, in cooperation with General Supply Corporation and Ames Department Stores, sponsored the first annual Cary Medical Center Memorial Golf Tournament at the Caribou Country Club.
• A. Carolla Haglund, associate professor of history, emeritus, of Framingham State College was a guest speaker at New Sweden’s 112th Midsommar Festival.
