115 Years Ago-July 1, 1897
Signs of fashion — Pattee and Company report having sold more than 300 trimmed hats this season.
Great fishing — A.L. Oak and John F. Jerard made a fishing trip to Madawaska Stream where they captured 60 trout. The largest fish, caught by Mr. Oak, weighed two pounds.
Wins bicycle — B.T. Parsons guessed the correct number of beans in a jar at the Combination Clothing Co. store and to him was awarded a new bike. Fred Flyclon and John Gammon were runnersup in the promotion.
100 Years Ago-June 27, 1912
Attend growers’ meeting — A.M. Sylvester, E.L. Smith and August Linquist went to Houlton to weigh in on a meeting of the Potato Association.
Pilgrimage to Quebec — A great number of North Caribou residents traveled to Ste. Anne de Beaupre and every one came back well pleased.
Sign of summer — Edwin Heath of the East Road found the first ripe strawberry of the season on June 19th.
Career change — Miss Maud Grant, who has been a compositor at the Republican for several years, has resigned her position and entered the employ of Benjamin Michaud in his bakery. Miss Grant’s position is being filled my Miss Charlotte Somerville.
75 Years Ago-July 1, 1937
Future farmer wins double honors — William Crandall, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Crandall of Caribou, was elected state president of the FFA organization and took first-place honors in public speaking.
Career move — Atwood Anderson, who has been in the employ of the local A.&P. store for the past two years, will enter the post office today as a substitute carrier. Young Anderson comes naturally to the postal delivery service trade as he comes from a family rooted deeply in the business. His father A.A. Anderson is a carrier in the local office, his grandfather retired from the postal service at New Sweden, his uncle is a rural carrier out of Stockholm, and another uncle is postmaster at New Sweden.
For outdoor meetings — A new speaker’s stand is being added at Thomas Park in New Sweden in preparation for upcoming summer events.
New trading stamps store — “Plaidland,” an outlet on Russ Street operated by the Plaid Stamps Company, opened with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by store manager Lloyd M. Grant, Don Collins of the Caribou Development Corp., Phil Peterson of the C of C, and L.M. Cutchin, who owned the building.
Graduation Night Party — A novel idea to promote safety during high school graduation season apparently paid big dividends as local police reported no accidents or out-of-control parties on graduation night. Credit for the “quiet evening” was attributed to the Community Party thrown for the Caribou High Class of 1962 featuring a buffet-style banquet at the Hotel Caribou followed by dancing and games and ending with breakfast at 3:30 a.m.
