115 Years Ago – Apr. 15, 1902
Telephone line expanding — The telephone line will be extended from Limestone to Van Buren this coming summer. The line has already being pushed forward toward Houlton, already having reached Medway, and poles have been scattered from that town to Sherman.
Striking glass — It is reported that an Italian while using a pick and shovel at Millinocket last week, struck a lump of hard blue colored clay, disclosing a glassy-looking object. The man picked it up and made up his mind that the “find” would bear investigation. Accordingly, he took the train the next morning for NYC where he sold it for $13,000.
100 Years Ago – Apr. 18, 1917
Chlorine apparatus — The Caribou Water Co. has recently installed an apparatus for mixing chlorine gas with the water at the pumping station. A letter from Mr. Evans at the State Laboratory, where an analysis of the water has been made since the new process has been used, states that the water is now fit and safe for drinking purposes.
New flag — Clerk of Courts M.M. Clark has ordered a new flag, which will be placed on the Caribou Court House as soon as it arrives.
75 Years Ago – Apr. 15, 1942
Ice-out contest –The question of who in Caribou is the best forecaster of the time that ice will go out the Aroostook River and Cross Lake has aroused among local fishermen such heated arguments the past several years that the Aroostook Republican has taken steps to dedicate the issue this year for once and for all. Many claim credit for forecasting this date correctly, but others think Gordon Frazier controls the ice-out date at Cross Lake.
Victory workers — Principal Ernest Pelletier, Sincock School, Caribou, announced this week that students from his school for the past two weeks had purchased Defense Stamps totaling $200.10. Sales at the school this week amounted to $112.70 and last week $88.40.
50 Years Ago – Apr. 18, 1967
Fort fire — Fire, possibly originating from an electrical source, completely razed the Roger Flannery Building on Fort Fairfield’s Main Street Monday night. Adjacent wooden buildings, one containing Ayoob’s Market, and the Callahan property, an empty shell, were not damaged by the fire.
Grants — Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine, was advised today that the Office of Education ahs the annual federally-impacted school aid grants to Fort Fairfield, Easton, Woodland, Stockholm and Biddeford. Woodland will receive about $4,168, of which $3,126 will be paid immediately, while Stockholm will receive about $2,977, of which $2,232 will be paid immediately.
25 Years Ago – Apr. 15, 1992
New Miss Caribou — 17-year-old Nichole Kelley was crowned 1992 Miss Caribou at last Saturday evening’s pageant at the Performing Arts Center. Kelley is a Caribou High School senior and the daughter of Michael and Kim Kelley of Caribou. The new Miss Caribou was also named the contestant who achieved the highest pageant ticket sales.
Survivor to speak — The social studies department and student council of Caribou High School will host a county-wide observance of the Holocaust, Thursday, Apr. 30. The guest speaker for this event will be Judith Magyar Isaacson. Mrs. Isaacson is a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp. The public is invited to attend her presentation at the CPAC at 2 p.m. She will be available for interviews before the presentation.
