From Our Files

by Staff Pioneer Times
9 years ago

Headlines from 100 years of local news.

PT FromFiles 18 16File photo 1991 
GRAND OPENING — Shiretown Coins had a grand opening last week at its new location. The store was formally located upstairs at 37 Market Square. The owner Galen Wilde said the winner of the American gold coin was Joyce Tapley. Attending the opening are, left to right: Walter Goodrich, representative of the Houlton Retail Trade Board; Nancy Ketch, executive director of the Houlton Chamber of Commerce; Peter Chase, Chamber of Commerce; Karen Wilde, Galen Wilde, proprietor; Tim Wilde, Dale Lowe, Town Council and Heidi Lee, secretary of the chamber.  

 

100 Years Ago – May 3, 1916

 New position — Miss Geneva Astle, who has been attending Houlton Business College, has accepted a position as bookkeeper and stenographer for L.L. McLeod.

 Newly appointed — Mrs. Seth S. Thornton has been appointed by the president of the Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs as one of the judges in the prize contest of stories which has been conducted by the Lewiston Journal. The prize-winning stories will be published in book form, making Volume II of “Maine In History and Romance.”

 

75 Years Ago – May 1, 1941

 Apron sale — Methodist women of Mars Hill had an apron sale and tea. Mrs. Doris Hoar and Mrs. Erene Walls were co-chairmen at the annual apron sale and tea held at the Methodist church vestry Tuesday afternoon by members of the Susanna Wesley Club.

 Contest — Ricker Classical Institute is sending four speakers to the University of Maine Speaking Contest. The speakers are: Milton Adleman of Mars Hill, oration; Priscilla Mattoon of Presque Isle, extemporaneous; Marcella Stitham of Littleton, humorous; and Freda Moran of New Limerick, serious.

 

50 Years Ago – May 5, 1966

 New bikes — Harold Valley and two of his children, Patty, 7, and Jeffrey, 9, showed off the bicycles that will be given away by the Chester L. Briggs Post American Legion during the annual Fourth of July celebration.

 Scholarship — On behalf of the Aroostook County Medical Society, Dr. Clyde I. Swett, treasurer of the society, presented a check for $300 to Dr. Robert E. Lovett, vice president for development at Ricker College. This sum will be matched by the college for a scholarship award in 1966 to a Ricker pre-medical student in Aroostook County above the freshman level.

 

25 Years Ago – May 1, 1991

 Special visit — Making a special visit with deaf students at Houlton Elementary School was Ralph Sadano, sign language coordinator of Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. Students received instruction on sign language and deaf culture.

 Celebration — The Immigration and Naturalization Service is celebrating its centennial in 1991. The Houlton Town Council proclaimed May 6-12 as Immigration and Naturalization Service Centennial Week. The INS was created in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrison.