100 Years Ago-Sept. 21, 1910
Houlton — H.M. Crabb who spent one day of the Fair in Presque Isle has done a large business at truck gardening this season and performed all the labor himself. Mr. Crabb has raised 3,700 head of cabbage, had 165 hills of squash, 90 hills of cucumbers, 500 tomato plants, one–to-two acres of peas and one-to-four acres of carrots, turnips and beets.
Streetlights — With the low price that the town of Houlton pays for its electricity, it does not seem that it is necessary to shut off the streetlights on moonlit nights, as the streets in town are so shaded that the moon does not illuminate them.
Westfield Pit — Forty-two cars, stored at the Westfield Pit were rendered useless Sunday, by hoboes, who removed the waste and oil from the journal boxes and used it for fuel to cook their stolen potatoes.
75 Years Ago-Sept. 19, 1935
High enrollment — Houlton High School opened last week with an enrollment exceeding 500 students.
Houlton — Sam Smith of 28 Columbia Street can boast of quite a squash story. He raised in his garden five Blue Hubbard squash from three seeds, the combined weight of the five being a little over 100 pounds.
Football — Houlton High football practice is getting down to serious business these days as Coaches Huse and Tibbetts and Charlie Allen are putting the boys through their second week of strenuous drilling. Captain John Bamford, Hal Bossie, John Millar and George Humphrey all look good on the wing. Looking for line assignments are Bob Ruth, Alex Munro, Tubby Adams, Fred McCarthy, Stan Hutchinson, Mike Paradis, Vernon Titcomb, Atwood Smart, Harvard Cumming, Stubby Bates, Don Waye and Elvin Hatfield.
50 Years Ago- Sept. 22, 1960
Community pool — Houlton Rotarians will donate the entire proceeds of their fifth annual radio auction toward the construction of a community swimming pool.
Leading the State — An official of the State Department of Economic Development estimated yesterday that there is more business, commercial, industrial and development activity per capita going on at this time in Houlton than in any other community of comparable size in the state.
New Worthy Advisor — Clara Niles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Niles, is the new worthy advisor of the Houlton Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls. Miss Niles was installed by Linda Smith, outgoing worthy advisor, at the Masonic Hall ceremonies. Assisting Miss Smith with the installation were, Mrs. Clayton Niles, Marilyn Hoar, marshal; Clayton Niles, assistant marshal; A.A. Hutchinson, chaplain; Dorothy Hand, pianist and Martha Wilson, recorder.
New chief — Former Houlton Police Sergeant Arthur Libby was sworn in Tuesday as Houlton Police Chief. He has been acting chief since the retirement of Chief F. Lincoln Magaw.
25 Years Ago-Sept. 18, 1985
Lions Club — The Houlton Lions Club will be holding an auction to raise money toward a portable community bandstand.
Tennis champ — Matt Perry took the championship in a double elimination tennis tournament conducted by the Parks and Recreation Department on the newly surfaced courts at Community Park. Dean Clukey was the runner-up.
Hiltz retires — Mrs. Virginia Hiltz was guest of honor at a retirement luncheon last Tuesday at the Tower Restaurant given by the Bangor Publishing Co. Mrs. Hiltz had completed nearly 29 years in local news work, first with the Houlton Pioneer Times and most recently with the Bangor Daily News bureau.
Junior Miss — Mary Inman was selected by the five judges as Greater Houlton’s Junior Miss 1986 at the Houlton High School auditorium. Mary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Inman and is a senior at Houlton High School. First runner-up was Teresa Haggerty and second runner-up was Kim Clukey.�
