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| File photo 1963 The natural beauty of the strawberry fields on the farm of H.C. Cushman, Grimes Road, was enhanced by the presence of Joann Labrie, “Miss Caribou,” left, and Sharon Dow, “Junior Miss Caribou,” who were getting ready for the Kiwanis Club’s Strawberry Festival. |
115 Years Ago-Aug 18, 1897
• Among the late attractions at the fish hatchery is a crane, shot in the wing by some young sportsman and sold to D. E. Johnson superintendent of the hatchery.
• Someone with more pluck than principle entered the yard of A. V. Gould Tuesday and stole a box of money and carried it about 20 rods where he was obliged to drop it.
100 Years Ago-Aug 14, 1913
• Cash preferred — The employers of the Standard Veneer and Box Company (Stockholm) feel happy on account of the company running their mill on ten hours per day; also that they are going to have weekly pay days. Now if they would pay in money instead of checks, as the help has some difficulty getting checks cashed among the different merchants of the town.
• Caribou area locals — Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hayford and daughter, Alicia, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kitchen and daughter, Alice, in company with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pendell of Caribou and Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Greenlaw of Presque Isle were calling on relatives in Spragueville Sunday. Fred S. Brown started Monday for the Boston and New York markets to purchase fall and winter goods for the Smiley & Brown dry goods store.
75 Years Ago-Aug 18, 1938
• An unusual accident — Monday witnessed an unusual automobile accident at the foot of the Prestile Hill, two miles from Caribou, as a bakery truck operated by Armand Bouchard of Caribou, plowed through 12 guard rail posts and took a plunge down a 100 yard steep embankment coming to rest amidst a clump of bushes. The phenomena was the diagonal path down the 45 degree embankment made by the vehicle which rested right side up without rolling over. Bouchard suffered a severe shaking up and shock and is still a patient at Cary Memorial Hospital.
• Businessmen speak out — Roy Simpson, acting as chairman at the regular Caribou meeting, asked various Rotarians to list their classification and explain why they are in their particular business. Speakers introduced were Mickey McGrath, insurance; Norman Currier, furniture retailer; Grover Hardison, civil engineer; A. H. Fletcher, potato shipping; Nate Currier, ladies’ gowns; E. J. Johnston, retail jewelry; F. J. Blackstone, dairying; Walter Bishop, women’s apparel; J. B. Swaim, electrical service; Dr. F. L. Gregory, surgery; F. E. Pendelton, law and Clyde Morgan, undertaking.
50 Years Ago-Aug 15, 1963
• In and around Caribou — Mrs. Alma Sleeper and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Sleeper motored to Bangor to attend the opening of their son and brother, Mitchell Sleeper’s new expanded store. Mrs. Robert C. Henderson has set Sept. 16 as the tentative date for the opening of her Happy Tot Nursery School. Martha Jane McIntire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McIntire of Caribou, has been accepted as a new student at Ricker College for the 1963-64 academic year.
• Uninvited breakfast guest — Mrs. Hazel Magill, Reservoir Street, was pleasantly surprised when awakened early in the morning by “a delicious aroma of bacon and eggs,” she testified in Caribou District Court Wednesday, but the surprise turned out to be not so pleasant after all. She tiptoed to the kitchen door to investigate and discovered she had an unannounced guest, a man who was making himself “right at home”preparing to sit down to the meal he had cooked on Mrs. Magill’s stove. Using a flashlight, she cautiously telephoned a neighbor, “Call the police, there’s a man in my home” and the 26 year-old intruder was taken into custody by town police.
25 Years Ago-Aug 17, 1988
• Teaching via television — Caribou High School has been selected as one of 23 original satellite sites for the Community College of Maine Instructional Television System, Superintendent Gary Johnston announced. The CCM/ITV program will be offered to surrounding communities and feature instruction from the University of Maine, via television, for both students and teachers.
• Rec tennis players honored — Trophies were recently awarded by Tennis Director John Habeeb to the following participants in Caribou Parks & Rec Department’s summer tennis program. Age 10-12 girls: most valuable were Jennifer Hunter and Lise Carter; most improved was Tiffany Pelletier. Age 10-12 boys: most valuable were Erik Salminen and Brian Hunter; most improved was Ben Blanchette. Age 13-15 girls: Anne Bernard was named most valuable and Amy Rolfe, most improved. Age 13-15 boys: Troy Caverhill was most valuable and Ryan Thibodeau, most improved. Age 16-18 boys: Branden Pierson and Rudy Hoffert were named co-most valuable players.
