115 Years Ago – Nov. 26, 1908
Moved to Limestone — A. H. Davis, after being a resident of Caribou for the past 25 years and having sold his farm, moves this week to Limestone.
New location — Dreamland Theater will open tonight, Wednesday, in its new location; the H. D. Collins opera house which has been leased by F. W. Mason and will thereafter be known as ‘Dreamland Theater.’ Mr. Mason will furnish the latest reels for the moving pictures, while H. Lee Craig will sing the latest popular songs. The services of Miss Estelle Brooks will be retained, and she will preside at the piano.
100 Years Ago – Nov. 29, 1923
Returned from trip — Olof Nylander, who left a couple of months ago to attend the 400th anniversary of Gottenborg, Sweden, Europe, returned home Tuesday. While gone Mr. Nylander visited England, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in the latter country going to his native town which he left 40 years ago, and naturally no one recognized him. He states that in Sweden the farmers have been unable to do but very little harvesting due to excessive and frequent rains. Most of the grain is still in the fields – too wet to put under cover.
New store owner arrives — E. A. Newbury, manager of the new 5, 10, and 25 cent store soon to open in the Lyman Hotel building, arrived in town Monday. The superintendent, F. R. Smith, and Wm. Stevenson arrived Tuesday. The store will open early in December.
75 Years Ago – Nov.25, 1948
Alcohol plant to close as govt. Refuses to cut prices — Clarke Distilleries, Ltd., potato alcohol plant, will cease operations here as a result of being notified by the U. S. Department of Agriculture that established potato prices for alcohol plants could not be broken, Paul Krause, plant manager, said this past week. He said that the potato surplus this year was larger than last but the purchase price of potatoes by the alcohol plants from the government was more. In order for his distillery to produce alcohol in a competitive market with larger producing alcohol plants, a 10 cent per cwt. Reduction of the established price had been requested from the Department of Agriculture. He remarked that the closing of the Caribou plant would be a loss of merely $300,000 per month which is paid to the Internal Revenue department for alcohol tax, and would add close to $3,000,000 to the cost of the support program. The Caribou plant employs 50 men and women when running to capacity operates on a 24-hour schedule.
25 Years Ago – Dec. 2, 1998
And the winner is — Richard ‘R.J.’ Wilcox, regional winner of the Marcia Rosen Award, was presented the plaque by Gayna Cook, Northern Maine adviser for Speaking Up For Us. The award ceremony took place at County Box and Pallet, where he works. Speaking Up For Us is a statewide self-advocacy group for people with developmental disabilities. Wilcox is one of only six people statewide to receive the award for 1998. In addition to the plaque, there was a $50 cash award and a certificate of achievement. Wilcox, the son of Myra and Richard Wilcox of Mars Hill, lives in Caribou. Cook said the award is given every year in the memory of Marcia Rosen, an adult with developmental disabilities who struggled to reach her goals and dreams but died before she could. After her death, her family realized that, perhaps, they could have been more supportive of her dreams of independent living. As a result, the daily decided to financially support the self-advocacy movement and to make special awards to individuals with disabilities who make special efforts to overcome problems and to achieve their dreams of independence.
