100 years ago: Miss Florence Ruffe entertained the School Ma’ams Sewing club, and enjoyed “chatting, needlework and a comprehensive program of eats.”
75 years ago: Mrs. Julian Friant, James M. Noland and E.H. Bader were scheduled to speak about the all-out war effort at the courthouse.
50 years ago: Two hundred seventy-five first-, second- and third-grade children were inoculated against measles in an attempt to eradicate the disease from School District 9-R.
25 years ago: Seventeen-year-old Tracy Pryor suffered a seizure while driving southbound on Florida Road and went off the west side of the road at Chapman Hill. Her vehicle struck three support poles of railing; the top pole pierced the hood of the car, went through the windshield and exited the passenger-side window.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
