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| File photo 1938 Four of the outstanding slalom performers on the third and closing day of the Fort Fairfield Winter Carnival were, from left, Pearce of Ft. Fairfield, Carter of Caribou, Smith of Aroostook Central Institute, and Pouliot of Caribou. |
115 Years Ago-Oct. 6, 1897
• Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Merrill and two daughters arrived from Danforth Monday. Mr. Merrill is the new proprietor of the Vaughn House and will take charge of this hotel tomorrow.
• C. A. Lunt shot a deer in H. S. Hardison’s grove one mile from this village.
100 Years Ago-Oct. 2, 1913
• Fakirs are fake movie makers — Reports have reached the area of a set of moving fakirs who have been successfully working in New England. Their scheme is that of going into a town and contracting for the making of a series of local motion pictures. They set up a dummy camera without an inch of film in it, turn it loose on anything that anyone wants taken, and after collecting a deposit disappear to parts unknown.
• Of local interest — A. G. Vose, the well-liked manager of the local telephone service, has purchased the Clarence Young house on Vaughn street. Chas. A. Erickson of New Sweden, who has been tax collector of that town for six years, and is also deputy sheriff and constable was in Caribou Tuesday.
75 Years Ago-Oct. 6, 1938
• Cheaper air travel — Sharp reduction in airplane fares between Bangor, Millinocket, Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou have been announced by Boston Maine Airways. The new rates will not only reduce through fares but also apply between airports in Aroostook County so that it is now possible to fly in a transport plane for as little as 60 cents — the new one-way rate between Presque Isle and Caribou.
• Powers recalls newspaper’s history — An interesting talk with D. D. Powers during his recent visit to this office revealed that the Aroostook Republican had been in their family since the date of the paper’s establishment in 1880. Mr. Powers recalls the first editor and owner was Samuel W. Matthews, who at that time was also supervisor of schools. Other editors following were A. W. Hall, who married the daughter of the paper’s founder, followed next by Florence Collins Porter, later being sold to L. J. Pendell, the owner until the present corporation.
50 Years Ago-Oct. 3, 1963
• At The Hop — In their advertisement, the Caribou U. S. O. is sponsoring “another big “Record Hop” at the Caribou Armory, Saturday, Sept. 21 from 8 p.m. ’til midnite, featuring twist, slop, lumbo and mash potato dance contests. Admission 50 cents.
• September snow — Challenging anyone in Aroostook County to question her crown as “Miss First Snowball Maker of 1963,” Mrs. Oscar Levesque, Frenchville Rd., claims the title. Coming home from a meeting through the blizzard Thursday evening that left a white blanket of snow, Mrs. Levesque made a large snowball to prove to her aging mother that there was a snowstorm this early, the 13th of September. The snowball, dated with colored ink, is still in her possession in her refrigerator’s freezer compartment.
25 Years Ago-Oct. 5, 1988
• Locals land roles in Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” — What began as a pleasure trip to Bangor turned into a horror story for six central Aroostook County residents last month, and they loved every minute of it. Cheryl Kelly of Caribou, along with her husband, Jim, brother-in-law Norman Patterson Jr., and friends Susan Doherty, Lorraine Thibodeau, and Luella Hewitt, landed “extra” parts in the Warner Bros. film to be released next year.
• Five advance in Hotshot competition — Aroostook County’s tradition of excellence in the Pepsi Hotshot competition continued Saturday with five County youth qualifying for the area finals. Kim Chatham of Limestone was one of the five, as were Caribou’s Tina Guillemette, Easton’s Clint Adams, and Shari Scullion and Craig McFarland of Presque Isle.
