115 Years Ago – Mar. 7, 1907
Returned from automobile show — C.F. Millar and Jerry Smith, manager and president, respectively, of the Aroostook Motor Carriage Co., incorporated, returned Monday from Portland where they had been in attendance at the automobile show.
While gone they purchased six automobiles and left orders for three more. They have letters of inquiry from a large number of people in different towns of the county and anticipate selling several autos.
Gone to Houlton for tests — D.E. Johnson, O.A. Stromberg, Lew Denton, Wm. McDougal and Mr. Irving went to Houlton Saturday for the purpose of taking examinations for rural mail carriers.
100 Years Ago – Mar. 9, 1922
Receives commission — On Wednesday, March 8, Geo. H. Howe received his commission as postmaster of the town of Caribou. Mr. Howe was appointed by Pres. Harding some time in January,, and his appointment confirmed February 7. Mr. Howe was born in Boston and came to Caribou in 1871. Soon after coming to this town, while then contained only 1,410 inhabitants, Mr. Howe entered business, operating a general merchandise store in the store now occupied by Scates & Co. Later on he engaged in the lumber business and the manufacture of potato starch. He has been mail carrier on route number five for the past seventeen years and his patrons along his route hold him in the highest esteem. C.A. Billington, who has been acting postmaster for some time, retires followed by the best wishes of all.
75 Years Ago – Mar. 6, 1947
Local Birds-Eye Plant manager feted at party on promotion — A group of Caribou businessmen and citizens honored Franklin Delaney, superintendent of the Birds Eye-Snider Caribou plant, Tuesday night at the Vaughan House. Mr. Delaney has recently been promoted as manager of the company’s plant at Fairmont, Indiana, for which locality he will leave Caribou next Tuesday. Joseph Nevins, who has been assistant under Mr. Delaney for the past year, has been promoted to superintendent of the Caribou plant. Approximately 50, including employees of the Bird’s Eye-Snider plant, were in attendance.
Praise for a job well done — Bernard Lynch, driver of the town’s new scraper and plow, deserves much praise for a job well done in handling the street conditions throughout the storm which paralyzed Aroostook and most of Maine last weekend. Mr. Lynch was continually at work and the town streets were passable most of the time.
25 Years Ago – Mar. 5, 1997
A smoother trip — Joe Butler, a senior at Limestone Community School shook hands with Dr. Jay Reynolds after accepting a check for $1,200 on behalf of eight local students. Reynolds donated the money to the group in an effort to help the students meet funds required to make the trip to Washington, D.C., in the spring. The week-long event, called Close-Up, gives the students the chance to learn about the Federal government and attend seminars and workshops by people connected with government agencies. They will also attend Congressional sessions where they will get to meet with their senators and congressmen. Reynolds, a Fort Fairfield native, practices medicine at the Health Center in Limestone.
