75 Years Ago-February 24, 1949
Local Girl Named Aroostook Champion Speller in Caribou – Miss Byrna Mae Porter, 16- year-old Houlton High School Junior won the senior spelling contest and became the Aroostook County champion speller for the second straight year at the Caribou Winter Carnival
10 Years Ago — Feb. 12, 2014
Maude Moring named most senior citizen — Maude Moring, born in 1917, was named the town’s “Most Senior Citizen” by the Ste-Agathe Historical Society and was presented a golden cane Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Montfort Heights.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 17, 1999
Grocery chain’s campaign a success — Hannaford Bros. Co., parent company of Shop ’n Save and Hannaford supermarket, announced that its holiday fund-raising program, “The Joy of Sharing,” raised more than $70,000 for the Salvation Army.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 17, 1999
Caribou company makes what others in the state don’t — BMW Manufacturing Co. in Caribou is the only company in Maine who takes flat pie
75 Years Ago-February 17, 1949
New Dealership Will Open – A new automobile dealership will be in business in Houlton next week when E. A. Grant and Son officially open their Lincoln Mercury sales and service facilities on Military street at the intersection of Main.
25 Years Ago — Feb. 10, 1999
Times publisher names new general manager – St. John Valley Times Publisher Don Levesque has announced that Maurice Morin has been appointed as general manager of the newspaper and commercial printing shop.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 10, 1999
$2,000 Donation — Leo Paquin, executive director of Catholic Charities Maine’s Caribou office, accepted a $2,000 donation from Sister Mary Kelley and Brian Sipe from St. Mary’s Catholic in Presque Isle.
75 Years Ago – Feb. 10, 1949
Bird’s eye manager awarded cup — Estle Gallop, manager of the Houlton branch of the Bird’s eye Snider division of General Goods Corporation and Joseph D. Nevin, manager of the Caribou branch, were awarded cups at a company banquet in Houlton Friday emblematic of the safety record of their two plants during the past season.
25 Years Ago-February 17, 1999
Parker reaches hoop milestone – East Grand High School senior Nic Parker wasn’t going to miss his final high school basketball game, despite suffering torn ligaments in his knee.
50 Years Ago — Jan. 30, 1974
They carried away the cow – As part of Sampson’s weekly “family night,” various cuts of meat are given away to lucky shoppers. Store manager Bob Williams said approximately 250 people arrive each family night “and we feel the public really enjoys this weekly get-together.”
