115 Years Ago-Mar. 23, 1898
• Miss Louise Levasseur has resumed her position as clerk in J. A. Clark’s dry goods store.
• L. W. Stevens will leave Friday for Boston after a carload of good horses, and in April will exhibit his horses at his stable on Sweden street.
100 Years Ago-Mar. 19, 1914
New from the East Washburn Rd. — We hear that Herschel Collins finished his lumbering for the winter in this place last Friday. Wilder Bull was on this road trying to find homes for his children aged eight, six and two years old; we don’t know whether he succeeded or not. Miss Gertrude Churchill invited a few of her lady friends Thursday afternoon; they tacked a puff for her in good shape after which she served an oyster stew.
A bank for Limestone — Limestone businessmen are endeavoring to bring about the establishment of a bank in that town. At present, they are forced to bank at either Fort Fairfield or Caribou, both some distance away. A bank in the town would be a great convenience.
75 Years Ago-Mar. 23, 1939
Yankee Clipper engineer is Stockholm man — Melvin C. Anderson of Stockholm has been promoted in the field of aviation to flight engineer by Pan-American Airways. The former resident of Stockholm is aboard the new huge Pan-American (Yankee) Clipper destined for trans-Atlantic air crossings. Melvin Anderson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Anderson on the Lebanon road in New Sweden, attended Stockholm High School for three years and one year at Ricker Classical Institute.
J. C. Penney’s Founder’s Day sale — The advertisement features handkerchiefs, 3 for 10 cents; 24 x 48 terry bath towels, 37 cents each; rayon dresses $1.33 each and work gloves with grain leather palms, 25 cents each.
50 Years Ago-Mar. 19, 1964
New high school for Caribou — Caribou is to have a new high school building. This decision was reached with little debate by members of the Representative Government Tuesday night at the annual town meeting at the high school when the vote was 50 to 30 in favor of the $1,155,000 facility proposed by the School Committee.
Silent Spring comes to Maine — Excerpt from “On the Trail” column by Bill Geagan: “Recommended reading — The sad report on Maine’s big and beautiful Sebago Lake, then Rachel Carson’s book, ‘Silent Spring.’ In case you weren’t listening, a recent news release from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Game reports, ‘Results just received from the 1964 analysis of a 22-fish sample of Sebago salmon show the fish to contain amounts of DDT exceeding the safe limits set by the United States Government for human consumption. “
25 Years Ago-Mar. 22, 1989
New potato improves chips — The door is now open for Maine potato growers to expand their share of the chip potato market with the joint release of a new potato variety by the Maine and Pennsylvania agricultural experiment stations. Somerset’s ability to hold good chipping color over time gives Maine growers a product they’ve never had before and one that should become a new entry into the winter chip processing market.
Theriault named outstanding student — Scott D. Theriault of Caribou has been selected as the recipient of the Maine Council on Vocational Education’s “Outstanding Special Needs Student” award. A student in the welding class at the Caribou Regional Vocational Center, Theriault’s achievements were recognized during the Maine Vocational Association’s annual conference at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.
