115 Years Ago- Feb. 3, 1897
• Shaw & Mitton, Boston Branch Store, S. W. Collins & Son, C. J. Tornquist & Co., E. H. Rackliffe and Peter Sodergren have agreed to close their places of business Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week at 6 p.m.
• Business on the Limestone branch of the B. & A. is improving from ten to fifteen cars of lumber, potatoes and pulpwood being shipped through Caribou every week.
100 Years Ago-Jan. 30, 1913
Local legislation — The following bills introduced in the legislature will prove of interest to Aroostook. Mr. Smith of Presque Isle presented a resolve appropriating $500 for the purpose of screening the outlet of Squaw Pan in Aroostook County in order to prevent the escape of salmon and other edible fish from the lake. Mr. Irving of Caribou offered An Act to Incorporate Connor Plantation.
Cleaning bee — The students of the North Lyndon School had a cleaning bee last week, thoroughly renovating the building. For the labor performed, the superintendent gave the school $6, with which a new clock was purchased for the schoolroom.
75 Years Ago-Feb. 3, 1938
Ladies fly free — Announcement is made by J. V. Sheehan, General Passenger Agent of the Boston & Maine Airways Inc., that now effective the airways will permit any man purchasing a ticket for transport between Bangor and Caribou, the privilege of taking a lady along with him on any of the regular scheduled flights.
Tourism group seeks public support — W. B. Blair of Island Falls, president of Aroostook-in-Maine Inc., more recently designated as a “regional Chamber of Commerce,” will call a meeting of stockholders, numbering approximately 125, to decide the final destiny of the organization.
50 Years Ago-Jan. 31, 1963
Caribou BPW hosts speaker — Fred Bennett, personnel manager at the Birds Eye plant, was guest speaker at a recent dinner meeting of the Business & Professional Women’s (BPW) Club held at Hotel Caribou. He was introduced by Program Committee Chairman Mrs. Bennett and his topic was “Women Workers in Production.
Fire takes Powers homestead — A remodeled 20-room homestead, prepared for occupancy by the owner, Kenneth G. Powers, went up in flames Tuesday night. The home had been built 85 years earlier by Mr. Powers’ grandfather and contained family records and photographs dating back generations.
25 Years Ago-Feb. 3, 1988
Garden Club flourishes — Following a successful Christmas House Tour in December, Caribou Garden Club members prepare for their next major project, a Standard Flower Show scheduled June 25 at the Caribou Rec Center. The Christmas House Tour included public visits to the homes of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Huck, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Plourde and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brescia.
In our own back yard — February is Potato Lovers’ Month so the Maine Potato Board and radio station WEGP have joined forces in promoting the Maine potato “right in our own backyard,” according to MPB Marketing Director Jane Fowler and WEGP Program Director Mike McPherson.
