From our Files: Headlines from 100 years of local news.

Compiled by Karen Donato
Staff Writer

    Ludlow — Mrs. A.J. Chase had an apple-paring bee at her home Friday evening, which was largely attended.
    Record breaker — Probably the largest load of potatoes that has been hauled this year was brought in by McCluskey Bros. on Thursday from their farm on the Ludlow Road, three miles out, when they had on 75 barrels. This large load hauled by one pair of horses on a Taber roller-bearing wagon was made possible by the ease with which this well-known wagon runs. One such wagon can be seen at the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum in Littleton.
    Littleton — Albert Henderson was presented with two eggs laid by the same hen, one weighing 4 ounces and measuring 7.5 inches x 8 inches, the other weighing 1.2 ounces and measuring 3 x 3.5 inches.    

    North Road — Miss Helen Melville began her duties as teacher at the Hone School on Monday and Miss Audrey Hutchinson at the Henderson School.
    Monticello — Mr. John Britton has given up his office in the Crabtree building and is now selling potatoes.
    Hammond — Dan Fitzpatrick and M. G. Carpenter received their government cattle to pasture, 25 head apiece.
    4-H Club News — Daniel Miller, leader of the Houlton 4-H Club attended the local contest of the Little Women’s Club of New Limerick. A demonstration of making muffins was given by Pauline Pipes, as part of a play in which all of the members participated. Winnifred Leavitt of Houlton gave a tap dance. Miss Doris Brown sang a song, playing her own accompaniment on a guitar.

    Good catch — A 40-year-old brunette is really shaming the male fishermen this summer at Pleasant Lake in Island Falls. Mrs. Keith Edwards had caught 36 landlocked salmon, the largest weighing six pounds and seven inches deep.
    Donation — Houlton High School has recently acquired an aquarium to be used in the biology lab through the generosity of Mr. Edwin Arnold, manager of F.W. Woolworth Co. This was made available to the school as a public service gesture.
    Honored with tea — Mrs. Fred Greaves, Mrs. Harold Cates and Mrs. Ervin Putnam entertained at a tea last week at the former’s home in honor of Mrs. Peter Murray Willis of Behill and London, England.
    Dyer Brook — Former students from Dyer Brook Central School who are attending high schools in nearby towns are Charlotte Marrison, Helen Townsend, Charles Slauenwhite, Delmas Hastey and David Shields, Island Falls High School; Stanley Wellington, Patten Academy and Jeanette Mitchell, Milton Daggett, Ricker Classical Institute.
Houlton Pioneer Times 1959 File Photo
MAINE PRODUCTS — Mrs. Harry Bass, left and Mrs. John Rogers hold Maine made products that will be on sale during the Country Store sale, an event sponsored by the Aroostook Hospital Free Bed, Aid Association.

    Jail move squelched — An attempt to move the Aroostook County Jail has met with opposition. The committee failed to provide the necessary votes to reaffirm its recommendation of closing the Houlton facility and building a new one in Caribou.
    Community Concert — Director Larry Hutchinson has announced that the 1984 Christmas Concert will be held at the Houlton United Methodist Church. Hutchinson has been the director for the last 13 years.
    Soccer news — The varsity soccer teams of Houlton High School are out of action until after harvest. The girls team is 8-1-2 and the boys tied Van Buren and beat Presque Isle 2-0 ending a nine-game losing streak. The Shires are now 2-9-1. The girls team will leave for Ireland next week and play two games in Limerick.
    Sherman Mills — Miss Jaime Dyer was selected as Miss Old Home Days over Labor Day weekend. Kim London directed the pageant and Phil Falulkner was the master of ceremonies. Jaime is the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dyer and was chosen out of 14 contestants. Last year’s winner, Kelly Stubbs crowned the new queen.
    Idea Contest — Susan Gricus, a member of the faculty at Hodgdon Elementary School was listed as a winner in the 1984, 4-star Teaching Idea contest sponsored by the magazine “Instructor.” She was awarded $50 for the contribution and article that will appear in the October issue. Her entry was termed by the editors, “One of the best among the hundreds of entries.”