From our Files: Headlines from 100 years of local news.

Compiled by Karen Donato
Staff Writer
100 Years Ago-Sept. 7, 1910
Aroostook Times
    Houlton — A hobo, who had broken into a way car on the B&A early Saturday morning, was brought to Houlton and put in jail to await a hearing. The above-mentioned class of traveling men is very numerous this fall in Aroostook County, every freight bringing from five to 15 of the most undesirable members of the “Sons of Rest.” The best way to rid the neighborhood of them is to round them all up and set them to work.
    Horse feeder — A new automatic horse feeder, for which patent rights will be applied, has recently been made by T.V. Holdaway and Sidney C. Shea of this town. The appliance is simple and inexpensive and can be made to feed one or 30 horses at a time.
75 Years Ago-Sept. 5, 1935
Houlton Pioneer Times
    Famous flier — Col. Clarence Chamberlain, famous transAtlantic flier and one of America’s leading airmen, winged his way over Houlton on Friday of last week shortly before noon in his nine ton Curtis Condon plane. Many local people, attracted by the roar of the twin motors, watched the huge ship as it soared on its journey to Caribou and Presque Isle.
    Nickerson Lake — The marksmanship of Mrs. Marian Neal was the feature of the seventh annual field day of the Houlton Fish and Game Club held at Crescent Park. Neal proved herself the class of Houlton’s sharp shooters by scoring a 49 out of a possible 50 in the rifle shoot, her score being the highest ever shot in the Houlton Club.
Houlton Pioneer Times File Photo
AAUW OPEN HOUSE — The home of Mrs. Peggy Gordon was the setting for an open house for the Houlton Branch of the American Association of University Women. Ethel Ferguson is pouring at the coffee table and with her are from left. Mim Carter, Jane York, Co-President Peggy Gordon, membership Vice-President Betty Anderson, Diane Langworthy, Arlene Edgar and Mary Lowe.
    Buzz saw accident — Albert Murchie, 55, of Hodgdon lost all of the fingers on his right hand and a finger and part of the thumb on his left hand while working in the barrel mill at Cary. Murchie’s wife died two years ago, leaving him with 12 children.
50 Years Ago- September 8, 1960
Houlton Pioneer Times
    Presque Isle — About 3,000 persons were on hand Friday afternoon to hear and see the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Sen. John F. Kennedy at the Presque Isle Airport.
    New Limerick — The first major tilt-up concrete construction of a major farm type building in the state of Maine is now going up on the Station Road for Linwood Hand and Herman Estabrook, potato growers and shippers. The slabs are 17-feet by 190-feet and are poured right on the job in 2-inch by 6-inch forms. Each slab weighs 12 tons. The dimensions of the facility are 70-feet by 180-feet by 16-feet, all above grade.
    Harvest help — The largest local border crossing of New Brunswick workers for the Maine potato harvest will take place at the Houlton station when about 1,000 Canadians will be processed prior to entering Houlton.
25 Years Ago-Sept. 4, 1985
Houlton Pioneer Times
    New director — A Houlton native has been selected to head the Portland district office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Eugene “Mick” Fitzpatrick, 41, will come to his new position from Phoenix, where he served as deputy district director since December 1982.
    Bridgewater — A committee has been formed to preserve the Bridgewater Town Hall, a building constructed in 1894 and in its heyday host to a variety of activities running the gamut from political to purely social.
    Houlton — A community youth center that has been much talked about these past few months, is well on its way to becoming a reality. The former Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church building on Randall Avenue has been purchased to be used for this purpose.
    Annual picnic — The annual picnic of the Dunn Furniture Company was held at VaJoWa Country Club in Island Falls. Sandra Howland Dunn received the Salesperson of the Year award. Mrs. Dunn is the Display Coordinator as well as working in interior design. Dee Butler Henderson and Danny Hoyt each received Outstanding Employee awards.