115 Years Ago: Jan. 7, 1897
• John E. Smart has purchased the dwelling on Bridge Street owned by Don A. H. Powers, Esq., of Houlton.
• Miss Ada Dow has charge of the switchboard at the telephone station.
• There has been a slight advance in the prices paid for potatoes since last week. Sixty and 65 cents per barrel is the price today.
100 Years Ago: Jan. 4, 1912
• The whistle of the Stockholm lumber company’s mill is a welcome sound. The mill has been shut down several weeks but repairs are being made and it is expected to start in a few days.
• Arden Hale, Jr. left for Orono Monday where he will take a special agricultural course at the U. of M.
• The high and village schools began their winter term on Tuesday.
• The Arcturus, the paper issued by the students of the high school, has just been printed at this office and is a most creditable issue, with several very readable articles, reflecting credit on the scholars and the school.
• Abell Violet, Neal Leighton, Frances Patter, V. Hester McDonnell all of Limestone, attended the New Year’s ball at Fort Fairfield.
75 Years Ago: Jan. 7, 1937
• A new era in the enjoyment of motion pictures is promised to moviegoers in this community when the Powers Theatre presents Mirrophonic Sound, the most discussed topic in motion picture circles in the last 10 years. The debut of Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound, set for next Sunday at the Powers Theatre, will be marked by an elaborate program of film fare. The feature picture, “Cain and Mabel,” will be the first picture to be shown in Aroostook County using this equipment. You will hear the real voices of popular stars, Clark Gable and Marion Davies, for the first time. Moviegoers, who remember the first so called “talking” pictures, can remember how ‘tinny’ the talking voices, the singing voices and the sound effects were. There were many who confidently predicted that “ talking pictures never would get anywhere.”
• Mr. and Mrs. Anslie Dow and Miss Hazel Maskell spent New Year’s with Mr. and Mrs. John Hodsdon and Miss Edith Knowlton.
• The monthly meeting of the Cary Hospital Auxiliary was held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Brown home. A considerable amount of sewing was accomplished for the hospital.
• Several store cellars were flooded Friday night when, following the heavy rains of the day, the water which comes down from Collins Hill at the upper end of Prospect Street could not enter the clogged Sweden Street sewer near the Methodist church and, following the line of least resistance, swept down Sweden Street, finally reaching the lowest level near the foot of Record Street. The waster rose above the sidewalk level and onto the floor of the store of Currier Bros. and flooded the cellar of their building. There was also about two feet of water in the cellar of Spauldings.
• Avon Brown, electrician of town, wired Waldo Norton’s home on the Madawaska Road for electricity Saturday and power was turned on for the first time Saturday night on the new extension of the electric line extending from George Hallett’s to Earl McDougall’s, a distance of something over a mile.
50 Years Ago: Jan. 4, 1962
• One New Year’s baby was born at Cary Memorial Hospital in Caribou. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Wark at 10:35 p.m. The new baby weighed seven pounds, one ounce. Mrs. Wark is the former Joyce Meuse. Mr. Wark is employed with Northern Sales and Service.
• Chances of maintaining the current tax rate for another year in Caribou are considered, “good” at this time. There is even a possibility of a slight reduction in the rate. The rate set in 1961 was about $27 on the thousand.
• The Caribou Evening School will begin its 12th year Jan. 15. This year eight courses will be offered including shorthand I, shorthand II, typing I, typing II, bookkeeping 1, business math or consumer economics and basic sewing. A charge of $7.50 is made for each course, plus books and supplies with the exception of basic sewing, which will be $12.50 because of class time being two hours.
• Mr. and Mrs. Fernald Anderson of Stockholm entertained at Christmas Eve supper Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Anderson, Judy and Susan; Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Anderson, Peter and Nancy; Miss Vivien Anderson, Francis Anderson and Gale Anderson.
• Among the students returning to Aroostook State Teachers College after the holidays are Miss Wendy Lombard, Miss Judith Jacobs, and Miss Lynn Espling.
