115 Years Ago – Mar. 19, 1902
Spring is in the air — It is reported that several robins have been seen and wheels have taken the place of runners almost entirely in the village.
Reading — No one should fail to attend the reading by Maj. Holman F. Day in Clark’s Hall on Tuesday evening. Mr. Day is widely and favorably known all over the state as a poet of much merit. He is now giving humorous readings from original productions. He should have a large attendance.
100 Years Ago – Mar. 22, 1917
Car of precision — You must meet the new Jeffery Six, the car of mechanical precision. A giant in power refined to a creature of gentleness and beauty, fleet; 70 miles, and more if you want it, better than any hill, and maximum power at the speeds you use. It seats seven and can be yours for $1,365 free on board shipping point, Kenosha.
75 Years Ago – Mar. 19, 1942
Fire destroys station — Fire completely destroyed the Canadian Pacific Railway station early Tuesday morning at an estimated loss of $5,000 as reported by Fire Chief Murray Mockler. The alarm was blown around 3 a.m. The cause of the fire is undetermined.
Enroll today in the Caribou Unit of the Maine State Guard, drills will be held one night each week in the Armory. Extensive Military Training available including rifle practice, formations and maneuvers. There will also be an opportunity for special study. You can apply at the office of Walter Day at the Vaughn House. Quota nearly filled. Enlistments will probably close this week.
50 Years Ago – Mar. 22, 1967
Temporary parking — Assurance that the town of Caribou will receive credit under the Urban Renewal Authority for any money expended to purchase and raze buildings in the area of the town “square” to make way for a temporary parking area has been received from the office of U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie. Proposed is the razing of Pattee Block on High Street, the Clara Piper property, the present site of G.M. Morgan Furniture Co., the Nelson Gagnon building, now housing the Specialty Shop, the T.W. McLachlan building; the site of the former Cary Block, and the burned out location of Scates Drug Company.
25 Years Ago – Mar. 19, 1992
Farmer aids in cancer research — A Caribou broccoli farmer for the last three years has donated his produce to a cancer research study at John Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, MD. A team of John Hopkins researchers has identified and isolated a potent chemical found in Andrew Ayer’s produce that appears to protect human cells against cancer-causing chemicals. The researchers published their findings in two papers in the March 15 issue of the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”.
Principal nominated — Madeline Belanger, principal at Teague Park Elementary School, has been nominated by the Caribou PTA for consideration as the 1991-92 National PTA Phoebe Apperson Hearst Outstanding Educator of the Year. Belanger was nominated on the basis of her accomplishments and her outgoing goals for education and PTA. She has been an elementary principal for the Caribou School Department since 1984.
