115 Years Ago: May 13, 1897
• Miss Hattie Matthews, daughter of Hon. S.W. Matthews of Augusta, recently graduated with high honors from Emerson’s School of Oratory, Boston.
• Mrs. P.L. McNelly who has been very successful with her embroidery classes the past winter, will make it a permanent business. All those desirous of taking lessons are invited to call at Mrs. McNelly’s residence and make necessary arrangements.
• William R. Trusty has leased the shop in the basement of the Donworth Block, corner of Main Street and Vaughan Ave., where he will keep bicycles to let and will also do repairing.
• Miss Madge Goud arrived home Saturday from Farmington, where she has been attending normal school.
100 Years Ago: May 9, 1912
• Quite a good many men are away on the log drive and farmers are experiencing considerable difficulty in getting sufficient help to put in their crops. Wages are from $25 to $30 per month and board.
• The bridge over the Caribou Stream on Main Street is being repaired. This bridge was first built in 1845.
• Sylvester Wright is preparing to build a new home this summer.
• A.B. Smith, the manager of the Sherwood department store, is visiting the Boston and New York markets in search of the latest and best merchandise. This is the third trip Mr. Smith has been obliged to make this season. He writes that he has found some exceptional merchandise at very low prices.
75 Years Ago: May 13, 1937
• The collection of garbage and rubbish from the homes of this village will start Saturday, according to Mrs. N.M. Howard, chairman of the Civic League committee. All will remember the great convenience this service was to the householders last summer. They are again expected to take advantage of it and are requested to be ready, when the truck comes, with 50 cents for the first month’s service.
• The local state dispensary of alcoholic moisture did a rushing business last week — so much so that Saturday night the “good news” board was plentifully besprinkled with blank spaces, denoting that the store had run out of that brand. The shelves were rapidly taking on the appearance of Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. The face that the Caribou store serves as an oasis for the allegedly dry towns of Presque Isle, Washburn and Limestone, accounted for a considerable part of the shortage.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Kelley announce the engagement of their daughter, Edith Cheryl, to Kenneth Ouelette, son of Mrs. Tressa Ouelette. June 10th is the date set for the wedding.
• Miss Ruth Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ward, of Limestone and Carl Ireland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Ireland of Fort Fairfield were married April 30. Miss Ward is a graduate of Limestone High School, class of 1935, and the groom is a graduate of Fort Fairfield high School, class of 1931.
50 Years Ago: May 10, 1962
• Pvt. Richard S. Anderson, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Anderson, Caribou, completed recruit training, April 25, at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. The new Marines next report to Camp Lejune, N.C., for individual combat training.
• Jerry White and Ronald Harmon, students at the University of Maine, were home over the weekend.
• Mrs. Arnold Forsman of Stockholm entertained one afternoon in honor of her daughter Karen’s eighth birthday.
• As many as 600 persons may attend some of the events in the Maine State Junior Chamber of Commerce convention here Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 25-27, said the convention’s vice chairman and publicity directory, Dick Waitt. “Indications are that this convention will be one of the largest ever held by the Jaycees in Maine,” Waitt reported. The parade to be held on Saturday may be the “the largest and most colorful ever seen here.”
