115 Years Ago – Dec. 12, 1907
A company doing great work — The Caribou Hydraulic Company is a local institution, a local industry and is already giving steady employment to several men. The company has considerable work in view, and is now busy making brick of a superior quality.
75 Years Ago – Dec. 11, 1947
Members inducted five new rotarians — The Monday noon meeting of the Presque Isle Rotary Club was devoted to the induction of five new members. Harold E. Bryant gave the charge to the following new members:
75 Years Ago – Dec. 4, 1947
Fire destroys building and equipment — Three new Jeeps, a demonstrator and a large amount of farm and garage equipment were destroyed by a fire which caused damage estimated at $12,000 at the farm of W. Jerome Dickinson on the White Settlement Road here Tuesday morning.
75 Years Ago – Dec. 4, 1947
New pumper arrived — The long-awaited pumper for the Presque Isle Fire Department, which arrived accompanied by Fire Chief Herbert H. Treffry and Carl Porter, representative of the Mack company, combined fire-fighting efficiency with one feature which made answering calls in cold weather much more comfortable and less hazardous for the firemen
75 Years Ago – Nov. 27, 1947
Teams tied in women’s bowling league — At the end of the fifth week of bowling in the women’s bowling league, sponsored by the Houlton Recreation Department, the Democrats and Elks are still tied for the No. 1 position with a total of 17 points each.
75 Years Ago – November 27, 1947
Anderson boosted the 1948 potato goal — An increase of 5 percent over 1947 potato acreage was among Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson’s 1948 farm production goals. Although the emphasis in 1948 goals was on grains, both bread grains and livestock feed, the broad program for the coming year called for continuation of high wartime levels of farm production.
115 Years Ago – Nov. 28, 1907
New streetlights — Three new streetlights have been placed on Broadway during the past week, on the corner of Limestone street near the B. & A. crossing, and it is useless to add that they will be appreciated by residents of that section of the village.
75 Years Ago – Nov. 20, 1947
Charles C. DeLong received an award — Charles C. DeLong, of this city, was awarded the coveted Nash Ten Point Award for outstanding automobile service as a Nash dealer.
75 Years Ago – Nov. 20, 1947
Enrollment up in Junior Red Cross — “Enrollment in the American Junior Red Cross as of November 19 has greatly exceeded both in numbers of pupils enrolled and in contributions the 1946 record,” stated Mrs. R. Chauncey Robbins, Junior Red Cross Committee Chairman of the Southern Aroostook Chapter, American Red Cross.
115 Years Ago – Nov. 21, 1907
Several changes being made — C. P. Hussey is making several changes in the interior of his store, putting in a large number of shelves which will be filled with Edison records. Mr. Hussey is recognized headquarters for Edison phonographs and supplies.
