From our Files: Headlines from 100 years of local news

100 Years Ago-July 10, 1912
Aroostook Times
    Dependable delivery — The Post Office department has added an additional mail carrier for the Houlton office. Joseph Hogan has been appointed as the new carrier to provide delivery service for a number of residents on the outskirts of town.
    Sold — Chester Feeley has purchased the Raymond Currie house on Washburn St. through the C.W. Harmon & Co. real estate agency
    In tune — Ready to perform at funeral, church and concert settings were members of the Commercial Male Quartette: B.E. Anderson, first tenor; P.S. Berrie, second tenor; M.H. Bailey, first bass; and E.E. Churchill, second bass.
75 Years Ago-July 15, 1937
Houlton Pioneer Times
    Anonymous gift — Through the efforts of D.H. Corson, former superintendent of Hodgdon Schools, several persons of wealth, both within and outside the state, loaned the district $45,000 to underwrite construction of a new high school. The original school was destroyed in a 1935 fire.
    Fires in Cary — Fires recently destroyed the Baptist Church at Skedgell Settlement in Cary and the farm buildings of Perley McKissick there. Both fires were of unknown origin.
    Bad for tourism — Reports of impassible roads north of Bangor in Aroostook County were causing many Canada-bound tourists to cross over the border at Calais rather than at Houlton and points north.
50 Years Ago-July 12, 1962
Houlton Pioneer Times
    Remembering Bob Ruth — Sportswriter Larry Reece reminded readers why the ball field at Community Park is named Bob Ruth Field.
Pioneer Times 1962 file photo
REMEMBERING RUTH — The local ball diamond honors Bob Ruth, inset, who was killed in action during the World War II fighting at St. Lo in France at the age of 24. The four-sport standout at Houlton High was attending UMO in 1941 when he was drafted into military service. Approximately 2,000 people attended the formal dedication service in 1948.
    On patrol — David K. Hoyt, Houlton police officer, was busy checking the newly-installed courtesy boxes on the parking meters around Market Square, including one popular one in front of Al’s Restaurant.
    Replacement sought — Five veteran teachers and an administrator were leaving Ricker College according to President C. Worth Howard. They are Richard Slocum, George Pennington, Roy Bither, Dr. Prohazka, Dr. Diaz and Dr. Clyde Lytle.
25 Years Ago-July 15, 1987
Houlton Pioneer Times
    New logo — Nancy Ketch, marketing director, and Walter Goodrich, a member of Houlton’s Retail Trade Board and the Houlton Chamber of Commerce, unveiled a new logo designed by Tim Finemore of Northern Maine Planning Commission. The logo “Houlton History’s Hiding Place” will be available to businesses to use on their communications to the public.
    Site of new bank — The home known as the Mooers’ homestead, located on North Street, as well as the former Roninson Music building at the corner of North and Maple streets, were being dismantled to create room for the new Houlton branch of the Katahdin Trust Company.