120 Years Ago – March 17, 1904
New barber in town — Elmer Lewis of Eastport is expected to arrive in Caribou today and will be employed in Warren Leighton’s barber shop. Mr. Lewis is a first-class barber and has formerly been employed in the Parker house, Boston.
Making more room — Jos. D Uppling is enlarging his boot and shoe store by having the back partition taken down, thus giving him ample room to display his large stock of goods.
115 Years Ago – March 18, 1909
On the way to Chicago — L. W. Stevens left yesterday for Chicago for his third load of horses and will return Friday afternoon by express with 28 horses of the first grade. All looking for good horses remember the date, Friday March 26.
Looking for a place to stay — Quite a lot of excitement occurred at Fort Fairfield the other night when a young man about 17 years of age walked into the town office and asked for a night’s lodging giving for his reason that he had no place to stay and was out of work. When told that they had no place for him to stay and for him to go he did so and crossing the street picked up a large brick and threw it directly at the window of the Fort Fairfield National Bank, breaking it, evidently with the determination to have a night’s lodging at any expense, which he speedily got in the lockup. The young fellow did not make any attempt to get away but seemed glad to give himself up to the officers. He was brought before the court and given 30 days in Houlton jail.
100 Years Ago – March 13, 1924
Returned with new goods — Miss Marie B. Ouillette, milliner, has been away for the past two weeks attending the millinery opening in the interest of Tibbetts Millinery Co. She has just returned with a full line of spring millinery goods.
Left for New York on a buying trip — Chas. H. Hackett left last week for New York, where he went to purchase spring and summer goods for Hackett Bros. department store.
75 Years Ago – March 17, 1949
Washburn library board approves plan for war memorial — Proposed plans for a memorial library, which will honor the dead of two world wars and commemorate the valor and devotion of all men and women of Washburn who have served in the armed forces, have been drawn up by the Library board of Washburn.
School superintendent to speak to the Farm week group at Orono — Aroostook County will be well represented on the Farm and Home Week program at the University of Maine, Orono, March 28 to 31. Aroostook’s veteran song leader, George D. Findlen of Fort Fairfield, will take part in the opening program and the closing banquet. Hayden L. V. Anderson, Caribou superintendent of schools, takes part Thursday afternoon in the round table discussion of the critical problems of education in Maine.
25 Years Ago – March 17, 1999
VA Clinic larger and remodeled — On June 13, 1987, County veterans got a little more back for their service to their country when the Aroostook County Veterans Administration Clinic opened its doors at the Cary Medical Center. 12 years later and relocated to a larger and newly remodeled space at the hospital, the clinic is celebrating its presence in the county in a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Acting like winners — The Caribou High School drama team’s performance of ‘Why the Lord Came to Sand Mountain’ won them the Division I title this weekend at the Northern Regional Drama Festival. Under the direction of Daniel Ladner and Virginia White, the team performed Saturday at the Performing Arts Center in Caribou and will go on to compete at the same level at the end of March. The winning Caribou High School drama team: Christopher LaPointe, Brett McCormack, Barbara Skidgel, Anthony Lahey, Kevin Nibby, Jonathan Langley and Seth Robinson.
