115 Years Ago – June 11, 1908
More room for seating — Dreamland theater is now being held in the opera house instead of the dining room, and affords plenty of room for the crowds which attend. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
Helping out — Thomas Webster of Bangor is employed in the American Express Company’s office in this town for a few days, taking the place of W. H. Hasleton, who has gone to Dexter to pack his household goods preparatory to moving to Caribou. He will occupy a rent in one of the new houses built by O. A. Atherton.
100 Years Ago – June 14, 1923
In Caribou for business — John C. Wright of Ashland was a business caller in Caribou Saturday. Mr. Wright was accompanied by J. W. Sholley, the inventor of the non breakable peavey handle for which he is receiving orders from all lumbering sections.
Remarks from convention — In its write-up of the librarians’ convention in Bangor last week, the Commercial says: ‘Ada M. Britton, librarian at Caribou, concluded the morning’s meeting with a most interesting talk on Children’s Book Week. The speaker substituted at the last moment for Mrs. Kate K. Estes, whose absence was necessitated and her address was of decided value.’
75 Years Ago – June 10, 1948
Pattee store bought by Skowhegan firm — An important business transaction occurred in Caribou this past week when the Pattee Company, operated for the past 51 years by N. A. Currier was sold to Robert Crane of Skowhegan. The Crane store will be operated similarly to other Senter stores, which are located in Lewiston, Bath, Bangor, Rockland and Skowhegan, and which were originated by Kennedy Crane, father of the new local proprietor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crane and their four children plan moving to Caribou when suitable living quarters are obtained.
Government purchased spuds for alcohol ends here Saturday — Paul Kraus, manager of the Clarke Distilleries at Caribou, said this week that the plant is planning to operate until the current supply of potatoes runs out. He stated that they were expecting a surplus of Southern potatoes, as in previous years, and that the plant is now under normal operation with a crew of 30 to 40. Speaking for Fred P. C. Hagan, chairman of the Aroostook County Agricultural Conservation Committee, this week, Carvel D. Foster said the government will cease buying potatoes on Saturday of this week for use at the alcohol distillery. Clarke has been buying under a diversion plan which ends this week. Hagan said the starch diversion program, under which eligible growers and shippers sell to factories, would be effective through June 30.
25 Years Ago – June 17, 1998
Sample cheers audience — Maine humorist Time Sample visited the Cary Medical Center on June 5 while he was in the area for the third annual Senior Reach Professional education conference held the same day at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. He entertained more than 200 Cary employees with some of his renowned Downeast humor.
Education conference — The Third Annual Senior Reach Professional Education Conference was held June 5 at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. Those there to speak were; Sharon Berz of the Aroostook Area Agency on Aging, Maine Humorist Tim Sample (who gave a talk on ‘Humor in the Workplace’), Dr. Britt Anderson (who presented an Alzheimer’s update), Cary’s Director of Community Relations and Development Bill Flagg, and Dr. Raveendran Meleth (who discussed aging research), Dr. Anderson is a neurologist and Dr. Meleth is an internist at University Hospital in Birmingham, Ala,; both are specialists in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Meleth returns to Cary Medical Center every other month to conduct a Memory Clinic.
