Headlines from 100 years of local news.
100 Years Ago – Nov. 15, 1916
60 years — Sixty years of wedded happiness is the record which Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Weed celebrated at their cozy home on Court Street on Nov. 9. It is a pleasant life’s journey up on which they look back happily and they are enjoying the years of later life in content and in good health. They were married in Monroe, Nov. of 1856 and nine children were born to them.
Last time I wrote about finding records of your ancestors’ service in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars. In this column we’ll examine the conflicts of the 19th century: the War of 1812, Mexican-American, Civil, and the Spanish-American Wars.
Ancestry.com, U.S. version, and Fold3 ( www.fold3.com) are good sites to find information on those who served. The National Archives (NARA at archives.gov) houses all military pension and service records until World War I. On this site there are forms allowing you to order copies of service and pension records.
By Anthony Brino Staff Writer BDN staff photo/Anthony Brino A section of the Presque Isle Bypass under construction, crossing State Street and meeting Route 167 near a site owned by contractor Ed Pelletier & Sons. Construction has begun on the first section a 7.5-mile bypass around downtown Presque Isle, and if this coming […]
HOULTON, Maine — Houlton High School has announced that Kate Newman has been chosen to receive the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award. Each year this prestigious award is presented to a high school senior who exemplifies the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism.
HOULTON, Maine — The Houlton United Methodist Church will hold its annual bazaar Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Breakfast
Breakfast is served with choice of cereal assorted fruit juice and white or chocolate milk.
Wednesday, Nov. 9 — Breakfast pizza.
Thursday, Nov. 10 — Apple Frudel.
Wednesday, Nov. 16 — Build your own Italian (ham and cheese), fresh salad bar, multigrain SunChips, fruit.
Thursday, Nov. 17 — Maine mashed potato, roast turkey and gravy, steamed green beans, homemade dark rolls, applesauce, cookie.
As you all know, the time is fast approaching for you to register and license your dogs and in order to do that they must be up to date on their rabies shots. To that end, the Houlton Humane Society will be hosting a Rabies Clinic Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Littleton Fire Department. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. you may bring your dogs, and cats.
Please make sure all dogs are on a leash and all cats are in carriers. The cost is $15 for a one-year rabies vaccination, $15 for a one-year distemper/parvo vaccination, $20 for a three-year rabies vaccination and $20 for a three-year distemper/lepto/one-year parvo vaccination. Please note that only cash or checks are accepted, we will not be able to process credit or debit cards.
Bill Hires takes part in Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
NEW LIMERICK, Maine — While most people were collecting candy Halloween weekend, Bill Hires of New Limerick was busy collecting some amazing memories.
Hires, a 92-year-old World War II veteran, got his first-ever glimpse of the some of the nation’s greatest monuments thanks to the Honor Flight Network.
The staff of Houlton Pioneer Times claimed 11 awards for journalism excellence recently in the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Maine Press Association.
The awards were presented Oct. 29 during the MPA’s annual awards banquet, held this year in South Portland.
