25 Years Ago – May 26, 1999
Littleton man raises 500-pound birds ‘for the fun of it’ — what began as idle curiosity has now become a profitable hobby for Richard Pellerin of Littleton. He raises ostriches. “I just raise them as a hobby,” said Pellerin. “I love animals and had some ducks once and they disappeared. I also had some geese, but I gave them away.”
50 Years Ago – May 22, 1974
Received award — Donald Burtchell, the manager of Grossman’s Lumber in Presque Isle, received a “store of the year award” from district manager Neil Ross.
50 Years Ago – May 15, 1974
Over $1,800 Is Realized By Ricker Walk-A-Thon — Over $1,800 was realized from the Walk-A-Thon sponsored Saturday by the Ricker College Student Senate. One-quarter of the proceeds, before expenses, will go to the Houlton Recreation Department, with the balance going to the college.
115 Years Ago – May 20, 1909
Lowell has an automobile — E. L. Lowell of the Mars Hill View is the second newspaper man in the county to have an automobile. Bro. Fogg of the Houlton Times being the first. Mr. Lowell now rides about the county in a Ford runabout.It is wrong and naughty to envy the good fortune of others, and so we don’t; but we cannot help wishing we had an automobile.
99 Years Ago – May 14, 1925
Breaking record — The Presque Isle Starch Factory broke all records for the month of April, grinding up 35,366 barrels of potatoes.
50 Years Ago — May 8, 1974
$4 million in damages — The worst flood in the history of Fort Kent surged on a Wednesday afternoon in May 1974, after an ice jam let go in the upper St. John River.
50 Years Ago — May 1, 1974
Ice perils Allagash bridge – THE Allagash bridge over the St. John River had a huge ice jam that threatened to destroy the bridge on April 24, 1974.
25 Years Ago – May 12, 1999
Thompson received an award — Arthur H. Thompson of Thompson Associates in Presque Isle was presented the Lester A. Rosen Humanitarian and Achievement Award by the Union Central Life Insurance Co.
75 Years Ago – May 12, 1949
Getting started on the Birds Eye-Snider plant — Workmen prepare forms for the cement pouring and start of construction on the large concrete and brick building at the Birds Eye-Snider plant in Caribou.
75 Years Ago – May 12, 1949
175 Houlton Students To Take Part In Music Festival Saturday — This Saturday will mark the exodus of the greatest number of students ever to travel under the banner of the Black and White to an interscholastic activity.
