100 Years Ago-June 25, 1914
Washburn church dedication — Tuesday, June 30th, is to be a great day in the history of Washburn Methodism. The scheme of enlargement and improvement of the church which was begun some time ago, is now practically complete and Bishop Hamilton, D. D., will hold the dedicatory services.
News from New Sweden — The largest circus of the season is scheduled for New Sweden next Monday. John C. Johnson makes a trip every Friday with his meat cart but generally the demand is greater than the supply. The spruce moth that began the deadly work on our beautiful trees a year ago are again with us in greatly increased numbers.
75 Years Ago-June 29, 1939
‘Our Town’ makes theatrical debut — On Thursday next the Caribou Concert Band will present one of the most unusual plays ever shown on the stage. Last year, “Our Town” won the Pulitzer Prize as the most outstanding contribution to American drama.
4-H Club news — Mrs. Avis Dudley, leader of the I’ll Try Hustlers girls club of Mapleton, showed eight members how to can rhubarb juice and demonstrated the making of a buttonhole. Mrs. Adelia Beckstrom, local leader of the St. Francis girls’ club, held an egg cookery meeting June 17th at her home. Mrs. Charles Bourgoin, leader of the Daigle girls’ Butterfly Club, showed the girls how to make dark muffins.
50 Years Ago-June 25, 1964
Two timely books — The American Association of University Women presented two books to the Caribou Public Library this week. “Integration vs. Segregation” by Hubert H. Humphrey, and “The Peace Corp” by Pauline Madow, were presented by the association’s president Mrs. Warren Horton of Presque Isle. The presentation is made annually to a library within the state.
Foote crowned first “Miss Sugar Beet” — Excerpt from the “Let’s Look Around” column by Doug Costello: Possessing beauty, personality and talent of no ordinary nature, this young lady (Barbara Foote) was a real winner. Her ability at the piano left nothing to be desired and Caribou has a truly regal queen for 1964.
25 Years Ago-June 28, 1989
Black Bear Open tees off in Fort Fairfield — A field of 158 players teed off in the Black Bear Open held at the Aroostook Valley Country Club in Fort Fairfield last Wednesday. The team of Jeff Williams, Ed Phillips, Bob Allen and E. Allen Hunter finished first as the gross winners at 16 under par. The team of Gary Chessa, Gary Stetson, Jeff Flanagan and Dennis Pierson were first in low net with a score of 49. Following closely with a score of 14 under were Rob Kieffer, Curt Anderson, Ted Tornquist and Rick Solman.
Van Buren/St. Leonard celebrate bicentennials — The communities of Van Buren and St. Leonard, N.B. are planning to jointly celebrate their bicentennial. In 1789, both sides of the St. John River were settled as one community, La Grande Riviere. In 1842, a treaty not only separated the community, but separated it into two countries, a unique situation along the St. John River Valley.
