• New plate glass windows were placed in position in the south side of the bank block, replacing the ones destroyed in the fire when the Vaughan House stables were burned.
• D.D. Powers purchased a new Buick automobile. This increased the number of autos owned in Caribou to 24.
• Workman were busy raising the building of W.C. Spaulding and H.D. Collins on Sweden Street. The Cary block was also being raised, and the Jones building, occupied by F.L. Oak was also expected to be raised.
• James H. Glenn left for Denver, Colo., where he went as one of Maine’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
• C.H. Merrill, proprietor of the Vaughan House, commenced the building of a new barn, replacing the one that was destroyed by fire.
• During the month of June, 342 bushels of potatoes were shipped over the Bangor and Aroostook Rail Road, bringing the total from the crop of 1907 up to 6,006,044 bushels,
• Charles R. Steeves of Millinocket, who made the first trip to and from Bangor, inaugurated a new fast airplane express between Caribou and Bangor.
• During an electrical shower a bolt of lightning struck the yard of John Anderson between the house and the store, but did no damage.
• The Limestone team of the new Aroostook County League played their first game in Easton, losing by a score of 6-2.
• Eighty-seven students graduated from Caribou High School, receiving their diplomas and words of wisdom from the famous educator, Dr. Payson Smith.
• The pupils of the Belanger School of Connor had a picnic supper with their teacher, Miss Marcia L. Carter, at Madawaska Lake.
• The North Caribou boys played a great game when they defeated the Van Buren Collegians 8-7.
• High winds took down a large evergreen tree on the lawn of Nelson Damboise. A neighbor reported that the weather bureau informed her the wind blew up to 60 mph.
• Sandra Lander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lander, of Caribou, was named to the Dean’s List at the liberal arts unit of the State University of New York.
• After a month of extensive interior decorating and renovating, Briggs Hardware Company opened its doors, completely modernized in retail merchandising.
• Eleven Caribou High School students received scholarships and valedictorian, Reginald Burleigh, was also presented with a bronze statuette at the recent graduation exercises.
• A number of Caribou boys won heats and captured prizes in the 1958 Maine State Soap Box Derby held in Brewer. For Caribou, Robert Kenuk, representing By-Low Supermarkets and Jimmy Tardiff, for Briggs Hardware Co., both won heats.
• Buildings, cars and people were dwarfed on Sweden Street when a Grumman Avenger wheeled through the street, being towed to the airport.
• Henry Ouellette of Caribou won two cash prizes for catching two of the largest salmon at the Sportsman’s Inc. annual Fishing Derby, the first one weighing four pounds even, and the second weighing in at three pounds, eight ounces.
• A summer heat wave broke Caribou’s high temperature record, reaching a high of 92 degrees, beating the previous record of 89 degrees, set in 1941.
• Caribou educators formed the group, Aroostook Computer Educators, which gave teachers the opportunity to discuss the idea of getting computers for classroom use.
• Caribou Police Chief Vern McKenney said the main offense that occurs during the summer months is the theft of bicycles, most of which occur when the bike is not locked up properly.
• Almond Cote was named the new executive director for the Limestone Development Foundation, in which he worked on coordinating community development and attracting new businesses.
• A fishing derby, canoe race, potato recipe cook-off and a beer garden were among the new additions to the Potato Blossom Festival’s schedule of events.
