115 Years Ago: April 15, 1897
• The dam across the Aroostook River is completed and B.D. Whitney, who is conceded to be one of the best dam builders in New England, and who has charge of the work, informed yesterday that water would be running over the top of the dam Thursday.
• Potatoes reached the 90-cent mark during the past week. From 80 to 85 cents is the price today.
• H.L. Cates, the White Mountain Telephone Co.’s Aroostook superintendent, has been inspecting the telephones in Caribou and has placed them in first class order. Mr. Cates renders very efficient work for his company.
100 Years Ago: April 11, 1912
• Vernon Hight and Woodbury Berce and the Misses Blanche Farrington and Clara Collins returned to Colby College Monday, having spent the Easter vacation at their homes in this town.
• A small blaze occurred at the round house Friday, but with no special damage.
• It is understood that Mrs. E.A. Drake has sold her fine farm on the Old Washburn road to Freeman Buzzell.
• In a few weeks it will be time to have your pianos tuned and put it in trim for the coming summer. Alfred Strobeck of New Sweden is ready to do the work in a first class manner at a low price.
• Miss Carlotta Pendell entertained about 18 of her friends at her home on High Street last Friday evening. Candy pull, Welsh rarebit, etc. were served by way of refreshments and a general good time was enjoyed by all present.
75 Years Ago: April 15, 1937
• It was announced today by J. Fred Smith, general manager of the Bangor and Aroostook Transportation Co. that effective Monday, May 3, they will inaugurate a new through bus service between Caribou and Bangor, daily, including Sundays. Modern streamlined buses accommodating 33 passengers will be used in this service, providing comfortable and convenient highway service for its patrons.
• Miss Sylvia Greenier, a member of the senior class of the high school, is employed the National Youth Administration as assistant in the Caribou Public Library for the service assignment. The library is now serving 2,183 registered school children and the NYA service is great help in rendering assistance to the students.
• Waldo Hardison was one of the athletes on the track team of the University of Maine to receive his letter award last Saturday.
• The baseball squad at Caribou High School has started spring training in the gymnasium with many veterans back and a promising looking crop of new men. Coach Epstein hopes to be able to start the team practicing outdoors with one or two weeks. The battery men had been loosening up their arms for two or three weeks before the rest of the diamond boys began practice. The pitching squad lines up with Jimmy Higgins doing regular duty and Wilson Hitchcock doing relief duty, other than four rookies who show promise of making good in coming years. They are Jimmy Durost, Cecil Hardacker, Peter Corbin and Emery Plourde. The catching duties will probably be divided between Don Robinson and Buster Henderson with Ralph Anderson acting as a substitute.
• New members of the Caribou National Honor Society were initiated and presented with Honor Society pins at a meeting held on April 12. New members include Seniors: Grace Anderson, Frederick Johnson, Raymond Dow, Allen Pike, Evelyn Sodergren, Phyllis Knox, Celia Smith, Keith Gallagher and Gwendolyn Whiteneck; Juniors: Jack Sullivan, Elizabeth Johnson, Jean Goodwin and Amos Fletcher.
50 Years Ago: April 12, 1962
• Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met at Hotel Caribou for its rituals. Mrs. Forest Ayer, president, assisted by Mrs. Charles Agte, vice president, conducted the Pledge Ritual for new members, Miss Iris Mahoney, Miss Janet Wood, Mrs. William Chase and Mrs. William Malloy. They also conferred the Ritual of Jewels Degree upon Mesdames John Phelan, Eldon Churchill, Michael O’Donnell and Malcolm Ingraham of Limestone.
• The BPW Club held its annual birthday party and dinner meeting at Hotel Caribou with 30 members present. Mrs. Mary Ahern, oldest past president in attendance, cut the cake.
• New officers for the Caribou Jaycees were elected at the Nylander Museum Monday night. Donald Susee is president; Richard Hatch, first vice president; and Robert Getchell second vice president. Philip St. Peter. Everett Milton, Albert Akeley and William Anderson were named as directors.
• Members of the Caribou High School Class of 1932 will hold their 30th anniversary reunion on Aug. 5, this summer at the Madawaska Lake camp of Mr. and Mrs. Newman Doyle.
