100 Years Ago-June 24, 1914
Aroostook Times
Dr. Booker T. Washington to lecture in Houlton — Dr. Booker T. Washington, who is to be the guest of the Hon. Payson Smith for a week in Maine, will lecture in Houlton on the evening of July 3rd, in the Methodist Church under the auspices of the Houlton Woman’s Club. There will be no admission charged, but a collection will be taken for the benefit of Tuskegee Institute, of which Dr. Washington is Principal.
Gigantic July 4th celebration — The half-page advertisement touts the following July 4th Celebration events in Houlton: a national salute of 21 guns at sunrise; exciting horse races; a startling and magnificent display of fireworks; and the largest and finest street parade of militia, trade floats, decorated fire apparatuses and automobiles; civic organizations, and calathumpians ever seen in Aroostook County.
75 Years Ago-June 22, 1939
Houlton Pioneer Times
Sunday movies get Council vote — The Council voted to allow the showing of Sunday movies in Houlton by a vote of 4-3. In addition, Arthur Newhouse was granted a permit to operate a moving picture house on Kendall Street, a license was granted Louis Newhouse to operate an employment agency on Bangor Street, and a license was granted William J. Thibodeau as town auctioneer for a year.
Of local interest — Miss Jean Dickinson, a student at Madawaska Training School, is passing the summer vacation with her mother, Mrs. Clair Dickinson, Florence Avenue. Two Houlton teachers were wed as Miss Rachel Ann Fowles and Huse H. Tibbetts of Houlton were married Monday night. Mrs. Harriet Blood left Thursday for Bar Harbor where she will be employed during the summer.
50 Years Ago-June 18, 1964
Houlton Pioneer Times
Pheasant release in Houlton — The Maine Fish and Game Department announces a total hatch this year of nearly 35,000 ring-necked pheasants. The Houlton Fish & Game Club will receive 300 of these birds that they will raise and feed with club funds. The state will match the birds being raised by the club, with 600 pheasants to be released in the Houlton area in late summer.
Commencement speaker notes ‘nuclear stalemate’ — “No nation, not even the greatest and most powerful, not even the United States or the Soviet Union, is a political ‘great power’ in the old classic sense of the term.” This remark was made at Ricker College’s commencement Monday afternoon by Arnold Cantwell Smith, Assistant Undersecretary of State for External Affairs of Canada, calling our time an age of nuclear stalemate and widespread self-determination.
25 Years Ago-Apr. June 21, 1989
Houlton Pioneer Times
Local students honored — Midshipman Sean Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Stevens of Houlton, has been named to the dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy for the 1989 spring semester. Houlton Grange No. 16 awarded Karla Drake of Houlton High School and Shawn Brennan of Hodgdon High School each a $100 scholarship through the Dollars for Scholars program. Maurice Sheehan of Katahdin High School, son of Tom and Susan Sheehan of Mr. Chase, was the regional recipient of the Veterans for Peace Scholarship Award for 1989.
File photo 1989
FAMILY AFFAIR — JoAnn Dunphy and her daughter, Amanda Dunphy, prepare for the University of Southern Maine graduation in the Cumberland County Civic Center. Mrs. Dunphy earned her master’s degree in educational leadership while her daughter, a 1985 HHS grad, received her elementary education degree.
Lee Apartments host open house — Lee Apartments, located on outer Military Street, opened its doors March 15 for occupancy. Owners Brenda and Roger Habrle will open the doors Friday and Saturday for the public to visit.
