100 Years Ago-Aug. 29, 1912
Farming with dynamite — Keystone National Powder Company is offering a free demonstration, “Farming with Dynamite,” to be held at the Crescent Farm, one mile out on Old Presque Isle Road; recommended for clearing land of stumps, boulders, tree planting, breaking up sub-soil, hard pan and draining wet land.
Sewing Circle sale — The Sisters’ Sewing Circle of Woodland recently held a sale of useful and fancy articles in the Lundgren schoolhouse. Ice cream, cake and coffee were for sale; also a fishpond was available.
Entertainment at the fair — The Northern Maine Fair Association has engaged Capt. Thomas Baldwin, an expert aviator, to make two flights daily during the three days of the fair. A bicyclist has also been secured who, at a height of about 60 feet, will leap a 60-foot gap twice each afternoon.
75 Years Ago-Sept. 2, 1937
Certified seed acreage up — The acreage of potatoes entered for seed certification this year in the Northeastern states and provinces is reported to be 56,784 acres which is 39 percent greater than the acres entered in 1936.
Mail rerouted — The regular daily mail plane was unable to make the port of Caribou yesterday due to foggy conditions. The ship left Bangor on schedule but was required to land at the Houlton field due to fog, with the mail then transferred to the train.
Future nurses — The Misses Anita Gahagan of Caribou, Winnifred Monahan of Houlton, Eva M. Leavitt of Limestone, Clara Gallow of Millinocket and Dora Brawn of Hartland, N.B., have filed application to the nurses training school at Cary Memorial Hospital.
50 Years Ago-Aug. 30, 1962
Bulging at the seams — Caribou High School, originally constructed for about 650 students, opened its doors this week for the 1962-63 school year with upwards of 1,000 students enrolled. According to Principal Jess DeLois, every available space has been converted into classroom space, including the press room, old athletic office and janitors’ room.
Lions Club landowners — The Caribou Lions Club burned the mortgage on its Picnic Grounds last night in a ceremony that climaxed a 13-year project to provide the town with a recreational area on the Washburn Road.
Valley golf — Tony Ashman, an Air Force sergeant from Loring Air Force Base and Ruth Hutchinson of Caribou copped the lead positions in the men’s and ladies’ divisions of the 1962 St. John Valley Golf Tournament at the Aroostook Valley Country Club.
25 Years Ago-Sept. 2, 1987
Radio station sold — Aroostook County’s first radio station, WKZX, has been sold to broadcasters Dennis H. Curley and Richard F.W. Chandler for an undisclosed price. WKZX, located on the Washburn Road in Presque Isle, began service in 1931. Curley and Chandler own CANXUS Broadcasting Corp. of Caribou and have operated Caribou’s only radio station, WCXU, since last November.
AFB new west gate — Loring Air Force Base officials announce construction will begin this month on a new West Gate and Visitor Control Center primary entrance to the base. In the meantime, the East Gate will be the main base entry point.
Serviceman honored — Staff Sgt. Nelson Ketch, son of Alton N. and Brenda Ketch of Caribou, has been decorated with the seventh award of the Air Medal at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
Washburn historic site — The Benjamin C. Wilder House in Washburn has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places. Thought to have been constructed in 1852, the house typifies upper Aroostook County dwellings built during this time of settlement in the region.
