100 Years Ago-June 25, 1913
Aroostook Times
Home first-aid — Every home should be provided with an emergency medicine or first aid case, with this supply the mother is ready to meet nearly all emergencies: one roll absorbent cotton, one package sterile gauze, bandages of different widths, adhesive plaster, a card of safety pins,
Lysol or other antiseptic, boric acid, lime water, raw linseed oil, olive oil, turpentine, aromatic spirits of ammonia, essence of peppermint, and a good laxative such as epsom salts.
On the Ludwig farm — Among the prominent farmers of Houlton who have large crops all planted is Lawrence G. Ludwig who has 40 acres of potatoes, 15 acres of oats and 20 acres of buckwheat, the latter crop probably being as large as any in the County.
75 Years Ago-June 30, 1938
Houlton Pioneer Times
Frozen foods — The Snider Packaging Corporation began the packing of frozen strawberries on Tuesday at their plant at the former B & A repair shops. About 225 Houlton people are employed at the factory processing berries from the Grand Lake area, New Brunswick. The first of the 900-acre pea crop is expected to be ready for freezing in mid-July. In the newly constructed storage room where the temperature is maintained at 22 degrees below zero, workers wear heavy wool clothes, gumrubber shoes and mackinaws.
First Maine stewardess is Patten girl — Graduated with flying colors from the six weeks training school for stewardesses conducted in Chicago by American Airlines, Inc., Miss Donna Gertrude Smallwood of Patten was this week appointed to the flight personnel of the air line and stationed in Chicago, where she will fly the Chicago-New York route. Miss Smallwood was also graduated with a registered nurse degree in 1934 from The St. Luke’s Hospital of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
50 Years Ago-June 27, 1963
Houlton Pioneer Times
Softball under the lights — The men’s softball league in Houlton opened its season Monday night at Community Park with seven teams entered in the loop. This year, the league will have a lighted playing field at the park. Currently, there are only two lighted softball fields in Aroostook County, both at Presque Isle. The lights were brought from the Houlton Air Base and donors provided funds for the $700 project.
File photo 1963
READY TO GO TO WORK — William J. Estabrook, who was unable to work for nearly seven years as a result of injuries sustained in a fall, has completed a correspondence course with the National Radio Institute and is now equipped to do radio and television repair. His shop was located in his 126 Military St. home.
Linneus graduates — The graduation of the eighth grade of Roosevelt School was held June 12, with diplomas presented by Superintendent Joseph McBrine to the following students: Mary Elizabeth Adams, Gary Ross Barnes, Melanie Jane Bates, Roger L. Bouchard, Linda L. Crane, Myrna Joslyn Doherty, Rodney Dale Nason, Richard A. Rockwell, David William Russell, Avon J. Stewart, Mary Lou Tapley, Frederick Walsh and Terry Nason.
25 Years Ago-June 29 1988
Houlton Pioneer Times
New pastor welcomed — The First Congregational Church of Houlton UCC is welcoming Rev. Dale W. Arndt as its new pastor. Rev. Arndt graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1986 and has served for several years as associate pastor and music director at the Congregational Church in Bath. She is the mother of four daughters.
Teddy Bear Patrol — Teddy bears are in every law enforcement and ambulance vehicle in Aroostook County following a ceremony in Ames Department Store in Houlton on June 22. The “Teddy Bear Patrol” provides stuffed animals, which can be used to comfort and calm children at the scene of serious crimes and accidents.
