115 Years Ago-Oct. 27, 1897
• Potatoes from $1.10 to $1.20 per barrel today.
• Peter Sodergren, the prosperous Sweden Street grocer, started Monday for a week’s business trip to Boston.
100 Years Ago-Oct. 23, 1913
• Lost and found — While Winnie Harris was plowing for Perham Lumber Co. eleven years ago he lost his gold watch. A few days ago as they were digging potatoes in that field the watch was found in good condition save that the second hand now rusted off.
• Of local interest — Ralph Roberts moved last week into the David Caughey house on School street. S. B. Lister has moved from York street to the E. A. Huston house on Washburn street. Geo. T. Cox is building a new house on Roberts street.
75 Years Ago-Oct. 27, 1938
• Getting ready for winter — J. C. Penney Company’s “end of the month features” include the following products: 25 percent wool single blankets, $1.98; Children’s heavy bloomers, 25 cents each; cotton batts, 49 cents and outing flannel, 10 cents/yard; men’s flannel shirts, 79 cents each; and heavy cotton ribbed union suits, 57 cents each.
• Corliss honored by poultry council — Best Vocational Agriculture Poultry Boy in New York and New England is the distinction given 15-year-old Ray Corliss of Sherman Mills by the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council. Cackle and Crow poultry trade paper awarded a trophy cup to Ray, and the NEPPCO exposition made possible his trip to New York City.
50 Years Ago-Oct. 24, 1963
• O. P. Pierson — It was like “homecoming” last Thursday at Hotel Caribou where the Maine State Chamber of Commerce held its annual business meeting and dinner featuring presentation of industrial achievement awards. It was fitting during the course of the evening that the inventor of the quick frozen French fried potatoes, O. P. Pierson of Caribou…should be paid tribute. Pierson’s job (at Baxter-Snow Flake of Brunswick) was to successfully can French fried potatoes. In the spring of 1945, Pierson reported he couldn’t “can French fried potatoes, but it would be possible to freeze them to beat hell!!”
• Magazine features local artist — A magazine article by Wilda Hutcheon, artist and photographer of Caribou, has been published by the North Atlantic Christian in the October issue. Her writing, “Pioneers in the 20th Century” has been listed as the lead article and the magazine also features on its cover a portrait photograph by Mrs. Hutcheon.
25 Years Ago-Oct. 26, 1988
• Husson locates in Caribou — Husson College held an open house Monday at its new continuing education site located in the Caribou Learning Center on Bennett Drive. Husson began offering classes in Caribou on Oct. 3, after moving from Loring Air Force Base where the college had been located since 1978. The college has had a site in Aroostook County since the mid 1970s.
• Collins Pond picnic area proposed — Attorney Ferris Freme will review a proposed agreement between Caribou Lions Club and the city to establish a new picnic area. Caribou Mayor Richard Fortier, a Lions Club member, made a presentation to the council asking that the city agree to own and maintain property at the intersection of Robert and Caribou streets bordering Collins Pond.
