100 Years Ago: April 13, 1911
• Fred Forbes is in Bangor this week on business, buying coal for his next winter’s trade.
• Eight-hundred and twenty-five tickets were sold from the different points on the B&A for the Potato Growers Convention held in Houlton last week, thus showing that the farmers are taking a keen interest in potato raising.
• Albert Kelley met with a bad accident last Thursday. While helping a man to get his horse up out of the road near his place, Mr. Kelley went to unhitch one of the traces and the horse kicked him in such a way as to throw him backward with great force, striking on a fence stake and fracturing his ribs.
• Wesley Armstrong, who has been working in the woods at Sheridan, has returned to Caribou.
• Thomas Martin, who for more than two years has been employed by John Vaillancourt in his barber shop, has severed his connections with Mr. Vaillancourt and taken a position with Michael O’Regan.
• Potatoes are $1.15 to $1.20 per barrel today.
• A special train on the B&A was run from Caribou to Presque Isle last Thursday when 25 Masons went to that town to attend the annual meeting of Aroostook ouncil A.& S.M.j
75 Years Ago: April 9, 1936
• A big Martin bomber landed at the Caribou Airport last Saturday forenoon, the first plane to visit here this season. The plane was piloted by Lieut. G.E. Williams, a native of Presque Isle, who came here from Langley Field, Virginia, on a visit to his mother, who has been ill. He was accompanied by Sgt. J. J. Barnhill, crew chief and they had as a passenger Sgt. C.E. Soderstrom, a native of Stockholm, who took the opportunity to pay a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Soderstrom of Stockholm and his sister Mrs. Merle Libby, in Caribou.
• Autoists report that the road to Fort Kent is rather rough, especially around Notre Dame, where the road is plentifully sprinkled with frost holes and caution should be used or the motorist may find that he started out with 75 horsepower, but finishes with two.
• The stores that will display merchandise at the Fashion Parade held in conjunction with the BPW Easter Dance Monday evening are: Pattee’s, Bishop’s, Mrs. Evelyn Bonney, Mrs. Nellie Tarris, J.C. Penney Co., R.N.L. Brown’s, Anderson’s, Marr’s, Alice Dainty Shop, and Wakem’s. Mildred Lombard and Mrs. Mabel Allyn will model styles in coiffures.
• A capacity house greeted the Sunday evening showing of “Wife vs. Secretary” at the Powers Theatre. The patrons of the theatre appreciate the high grade of pictures Manager Flora books and it is often noted that films are often shown in Caribou previous to their appearance in the theatres of Portland and Bangor.
• Jospeh Corriveau, Fernald Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sandstrom of Stockholm were in attendance at the theatre Sunday evening.
• Misses Maxine, Avis and Lorraine Harmon were the guest artists at the Hussey Theatre in Mars Hill Wednesday evening. They are well known for their singing talent and are known as the Harmony Sisters.
• The Garden Club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Stella Frost. During the business meeting plans were discussed for the development of Teague Park.
