75 Years Ago – March 18, 1948
Peabody Is Named Council Chairman – Arnold Peabody was named chairman of the HOulton Town Council at the organization meeting held following the town meeting Tuesday after the new members were sworn in.
115 Years Ago – Mar. 19, 1908
Growing in size — The enlargement of the cloak department in Pattee & Co.’s dry goods store makes an improvement of a very noticeable nature, giving this large firm a much better, more desirable and lighter place to display the large line of cloaks carried. The room has been fitted up in a very handsome and convenient manner.
100 Years Ago – March 22, 1923
Book by former Aroostook resident — The Star-Herald was in receipt of a copy of “Flashes of Thought”, a book of witty and humorous short stories and worthwhile selection, compiled and published by Alfred W. Hall, Portland, Maine, a former resident of Caribou
75 Years Ago — March 11, 1948
Elks Women Bowlers In Win Over Caribou Six – In a five-string match here Saturday afternoon between the women howlers of the Houlton Lodge of Elks and a team from Caribou known as the Elite Six, the hostesses turned back the visitors by a margin of 131 pins, the outcome being determined not on points but on total pinfall.
100 Years Ago – March 15, 1923
Station agent on B. & A. became an inventor — N. A. Robertson, formerly a resident of Marysville, N.B., a station agent of the B. & A. Railroad at Oakland, became an inventor.
115 Years Ago – Mar. 12, 1908
New occupants — The store recently occupied by Miss Evelyn Smith as a millinery store next door to the post office is being remodeled and will be occupied some time next month by the American Express Company.
50 Years Ago — March 15, 1973 100 seniors visit department store — Some 100 senior citizens from the St. John Valley toured Zayre’s Department Store in Madawaska last week in 1973. Taking part in the tour were senior citizen clubs from Fort Kent, Madawaska, Frenchville and St. Agatha. In addition to the tour, free […]
115 Years Ago – March 5, 1908
Repairs being made — C. H. Merrill has been making repairs on the ever-popular Vaughan House, repainting the dining room, and repapering and painting the rooms on the upper stories. The work is under the supervision of W. W. Gatherer.
75 Years Ago, March 4, 1948
Pierson Is Named As Exalted Ruler – Earl Pierson was nominated for exalted ruler of the Houlton Lodge of Elks at a meeting held Tuesday night. He was named to succeed Thomas C. Vose who has served the lodge for the past year.
100 Years Ago – March 8, 1923
Potato market — he potato market was a little more accurate and prices were distinctly better. $1.50 was the rule in price in Presque Isle, with few moving from farmers’ hands to shipping points. One of the prominent buyers told the Star-Herald reporter that in his opinion, the supply of Mountains was running low.
