115 years ago – Feb. 20, 1907
New bank — The First National Bank of Houlton are making arrangements to build a new brick bank building the coming season at the site of the present wooden building . Work will begin as soon as the season opens.
Grocery prices advertised — Here are a few bargains listed: 18 lbs. sugar $1. Molasses formerly 35 cents, now 30 cents. Choice oolong tea 35 cents per pound. Choice black tea 30 cents. Beans 7 cents per quart. Y. E. Beans 9 cents per quart. Eight bars Swifts Pride Soap 25 cents. Stickney & Poors cream of tartar 30 cents per pound. Ten pounds onions 25 cents. Ten pounds soda 25 cents. Mixed starch 8 cents per pound. No. 1 Prunes 10 cents per pound. Spice 6 cents per 1/4-pound package. Red Alaska Salmon two cans for 25 cents. Cider vinegar 18 cents per gallon. Five pounds washing powder 18 cents. Canned pumpkin 11 cents. You can save money on your Flour in all the leading brands.
75 years ago – Feb. 13, 1947
Churchill elected — Phillip Churchill of the Taggett and Garley Co. was elected president of the Houlton Chamber of Commerce for 1947 at the close of the annual banquet held Thursday night, Feb. 6, in the Northland Hotel ballroom. Other elected officers were: Alan H. Clark of Houlton Farms Dairy, first vice president; Frank Totman of A.E. Mooers Co., second vice-president; Oscar P. Benn of F.A. Peabody Co,. treasurer; and Chauncey Robbins, executive secretary.
50 years ago – Feb. 16, 1972
Good citizen girls honored by DAR at tea — Lydia Putnam Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, honored the girls seen as good citizen representatives of their schools with a tea Monday at the Parkview Terrace. The following senior girls were presented with DAR good citizenship medals by the committee chairman, Miss Marian Fairley: Miss Rebecca Lee Bubar of Central Aroostook High School in Mars Hill, Miss Sandra J. Fogg of Island Falls High School, Miss Linda Bates of Hodgdon High School and Miss Barbara Ingraham of Houlton High School.
Houlton Bantams win — The high-flying Houlton Bantams after three games came out on top of Madawaska by a score of 3 to 1, to establish themselves the best in their class in northern and eastern Maine.
25 years ago – Feb. 26, 1997
Defense, teamwork yield EM title — The unrelenting defensive play and hard work, which was characteristic of the Southern Aroostook Lady Warriors all season long, paid off last week with their third Eastern Maine Class D title in the last five years. In the championship game, the top-seeded Lady Warriors stunned Jonesport-Beals, 61-38, with their devastating pressure defense. Southern Aroostook forced 11 turnovers in the first six and a half minutes of the game, and did not allow the Roalettes to score, while running up a 13-0 lead capped by a three-point shot by Shawna Lyons.
Dial-Safe program — Town officials are crediting the efforts of community-minded businesses with bringing the legacy of late Houlton councilor Lawrence Horton to life. Last week the Houlton Police Department took delivery of a computer system and accompanying software which will provide area elderly and shut-ins with a telephonic “check-up system,” according to HPD Chief Darrell Malone. Tel-A-Tend is a computer which telephones people who live alone at specific times. The system will signal an alarm to both authorities and designated third party in the event of a possible emergency.
