115 Years Ago-Feb. 23, 1898
• A new postoffice has been established at the Cross lake thoroughfare on the Fort Kent road and Frank Guerette is named as the first postmaster. The office will be supplied from Jemtland until a stage route is established.
100 Years Ago-Feb. 19, 1914
• Open for business — Two new local establishments advertised in this week’s newspaper. “Notice — I have opened a place of business in the Cook shop on Washburn street and am prepared to do all kinds of welding and woodwork,” A. B. Spooner. “New Barber Shop — A Barber Shop has been opened in connection with the Vaughn House. The shop is in charge of Mr. J. W. McArthur, who is well known in this town for his skillful work. The public is cordially invited.” Vaughn House, W. E. Cobb, Prop.
• Stockholm grammar school burns — Fire was discovered Thursday morning in the grammar school building. All possible means were taken to save it, but with the high winds the fire gained very rapidly and before help could get there the upper part of the building was in a mass of flames. The loss is estimated at $4,000 with an insurance of $1,000.
75 Years Ago-Feb. 23, 1939
• Sportsmen’s Show exhibitors listed — Exhibitors at the Aroostook Sportsmen’s Show held in the local (Caribou) armory Feb. 22-25 are: Almon H. Fogg Co., Rice & Miller Co., Edwards & Walker Co., Emery Waterhouse Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Remington Arms Co., Roderick Studio, State of Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Game, Old Town Canoe Co., Chesley Electric Service, Smith & Wesson, Dept. of Wildlife Preservation, University of Maine and Hines & Smith Company.
• Predictions for a new year — From an article by Charles M. Upham, Engineer-Director, American Road Builders’ Assoc. …”More homes will be built than in any other year during the past decade. More kitchens will be equipped with electrical refrigeration. Air-conditioning units will become as commonplace as the electric fan. … More homes will know the enjoyment of radio, with television practically a certainty. More families will own automobiles. Better and safer highways will be built to sufficiently serve this increased motor-vehicle traffic.”
50 Years Ago-Feb. 20, 1964
• Public television comes to The County — WMEM-TV (Channel 10) in Presque Isle begins operations Monday to become the second station of the Maine Educational Television Network to go on the air. All of the programs to be carried by the station during the immediate future will be the same as those being televised by WMEB-TV (Channel 12) at the University of Maine Orono campus. When facilities become available, programs designed to meet local needs will be carried.
• Latest models at Kiwanis Auto Show — The sixth annual auto show put on by car dealers and associated businesses in the Caribou area will feature 17 American and 20 foreign new model cars on display together with NASA space exhibits. Among the cars featured for 1964 are the: Olds Ninety-Eight Holiday sports sedan; Chrysler New Yorker; compact Dodge Dart; Buick Skylark sports wagon; redesigned Chevrolet Corvair; Cadillac Coupe de Ville; American Motors Rambler Classic and the Mercury Comet Cyclone.
25 Years Ago-Feb. 22, 1989
• Bringing up baby — Mrs. Hurley’s child development classes at have added an interesting addition to the Caribou High School corridors this week. In an effort to duplicate the sense of mother- and fatherhood, students substituted either a five pound bag of flour or sugar, or an egg, for a newborn baby — complete with a birth certificate. For one week they were the responsibility of the “mother” or “father” and some interesting developments took place. One was abandoned in the cafeteria and the mother charged with neglect and abuse. Several willing grandparents did some evening babysitting.
• At the Bowl-A-Drome — Senior Top Bowlers in this week’s “Down the Lanes” column are: Elwood Jewell, 106; Cederic Campbell, 103; Donald Michaud, 101; Joe Habeeb, 100; Walt St. Peter, 99; Ritchie Habeeb, 99; Arey Fitzpatrick, 98; Phil Tomlinson, 96; Alphy Michaud, 96 and Jack Lancasteer, 96.
