100 years ago: March 2, 1911
• Joseph Brown has purchased the Perley Merrithew farm on the Presque Isle Road, the consideration it is understood, being $7,000. Mr. Merrithew has not decided whether to buy another farm in Aroostook or to move to the southern part of the state.
• M.L. Hutchinson’s Laundry is now a busier place than ever, he doing considerable of the laundry coming from Presque Isle since the burning of the laundry building in that town last week.
• Remi LaFleche is home for a short time from Bowdoin College. He is at present in charge of the Caribou Drug Store on Sweden St., in place of the regular clerk, Charles Gammon, who is in charge of the Main Street store of the Caribou Drug Co., during the absence of the proprietor, Harry Tranor.
• Miss Hazel Tobin has accepted a position in the office of O.L. Keyes, Esq., taking the place of Miss Grace Denton, who has entered the Presque isle Normal School.
75 years ago: Feb. 27, 1936
• The new rifle range at the Caribou Armory was a popular place for lovers of the sport of shooting during the three days of the winter carnival. Caribou’s Battery B won the cup with ease in the First Battalion 152nd Field Artillery Pistol Championship contest. Sgt. Snowman of Battery B was high point man with 153; closely followed by Sgt. Poland, with 152 points and Sgt. Ketch with 145, both of Battery B.
• Miss Muriel Gallagher, teacher in the High Street School, was crowned the 1936 Winter Carnival Queen. the coronation ceremony took place during the Legion carnival Ball at the P. of H. Opera House, when a crowd that packed the hall and balcony almost to suffocation, gathered to witness the impressive ceremony.
• The courtesy of the Caribou Water, Light and Power Co. in turning on the ornamental street lights during the three nights of the carnival — at their own expense — was very much appreciated by the carnival committee and all others.
• In the list of senior officers elected at Harvard University last week, Gilman Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Sullivan, who has distinguished himself throughout his course by his debating ability, was named class orator.
• The Caribou High School National Honor Society welcomed five new members, all seniors: Olen Holmes, Milton Bailey, Marie Lovely, Dorothy Morgan and Irene Griffeth.
50 years ago: March 2, 1961
• The Caribou Sewer District Trustees have decided to plan for a sewage treatment plant in Caribou within the next two years. The situation, in which the town has been ordered by the state to take action toward construction of the plant was explained to the budget committee Monday night by the trustees. Disposal of town sewage in the Aroostook River has been classified as a ‘nuisance’ under which circumstances it must take steps to abate pollution according to state laws.
• Nancy Anderson’s, last year’s carnival queen, crowned Sharon Frost and Roland Monson King and Queen of the winter carnival at the Woodland Consolidated School.
