115 Years Ago-Mar. 30, 1898
• At a regular convention of Lyndon Lodge No. 46 K. of P., the first rank was conferred upon Jacob Hedman and the third rank upon Richard Smith.
• Hiram E. Ward and Miss Ada M. Wilcox were married Monday by Rev. Stanford Mitchell at the home of the groom on Summer Street.
100 Years Ago-Mar. 26, 1914
Real estate deals — The advertisement reads: “Two Good Chances for Investment.” Farm six miles from Caribou, 160 acres, $6,300 if sold at once. Also, Double tenement house in the thriving town of Washburn, bungalo style, 12 rooms with garage for each tenant, price $3,800. Mr. C. L. Stoddard, Washburn; Mr. L. E. Tuttle, Caribou. Or write Aroostook Real Estate Agency, Houlton, Maine.
News from Van Buren — Mr. Adrien Currie was in this town Tuesday, in the interest of his moving picture business. Mr. S. W. Brown made a business trip to Masardis Tuesday in the interest of his Employment Business delivering men to C. A. Trafton, lumberman. Mr. Dolphus Lamore is building a new house on Alexandria st., finishing the outside with vulcanized clapboard. Our hustling young attorney, George J. Keegan has just returned from Houlton where he has been in attendance at Probate court.
75 Years Ago-Mar. 30, 1939
Things to watch for — From the “Behind the Scenes in American Business” column: Sliced bananas in cans. License plates free with the purchase of a used car. Cotton fabric covering for meat to preserve freshness. A convertible coupe with an automatic top which can be raised or lowered by a turn of a switch. Real news for hosiery dealers is a toeless stocking which has a gusset-like section through which the exposed toe peeps unashamedly.
New Sweden Scout troop formed — Aroostook District’s thirty-first unit came into being recently. Under the able direction of Asst. Dist. Comm. Robert Powell of Caribou a new troop has been formed in New Sweden. This is the sixth new (Boy Scout) troop that has been formed in the Aroostook district of the Katahdin Council in the past six months.
50 Years Ago-Mar. 26, 1964
Curling club planned for Caribou — Members of the Caribou Curling Club met Monday and decided to launch a financial drive for a local facility second to none in New England. The club’s goal is a head house (club rooms) and adjoining curling rink that will cost from $50,000 to $65,000. The plans call for at least three lanes of ice.
Note of acknowledgment from Mrs. Kennedy — Carolyn Joann Young, daughter of C. R. and Iris Young and a seven-year-old Holy Rosary pupil in Caribou is the recipient of a letter from Mrs. John F. Kennedy acknowledging receipt of a note of sympathy following the assassination of the late President. In a plain envelope, with the flap bordered in black and the signature “Jacqueline Kennedy” in the upper right hand corner, Carolyn Young received the following reply: “Mrs. Kennedy is deeply appreciative of your sympathy and grateful for your thoughtfulness.”
25 Years Ago-Mar. 29, 1989
Street named for Aldrich — The new street in the Caribou Light Industrial Park will be named Aldrich Drive in honor of the late Herbert N. Aldrich who served on the Caribou City Council for 22 years, from 1960 through 1971 and again from 1973 through 1981. A former city mayor, he was credited with initiating the city’s industrial loan program which has attracted new business to Caribou.
Savage and Monahan in 3-point title shootoff — The first annual three-point shootoff was held Saturday at Easton High School with the overall champion determined by a shootoff of the two top scorers of the day, Fort Fairfield’s Jerry Monahan and Presque Isle’s Heath Savage. Both players scored 14 out of a possible 25 in earlier round action. Savage edged Monahan in the finals to win the county championship.
File photo 1989
Solman Distributors captured the playoff championship in the Caribou Recreation Department men’s basketball league with an 89-87 win over County Optical. Playing for the champs were, from left, front row: Dick Salminen, Rick Umphrey, Mike Gagnon, Dave Sterris and Frank McElwain. Back row: Jeff Holmes, Paul Soucie, Mike Eaton and Tom Umphrey. Absent for the photo were Lee Morrow, Allen Hunter, Willard Hamilton and Tom Osgood.
