100 years ago: Colorado College students Miss Sophie Paul and Miss Glady Bendure performed in “The Critic.” The comedy was described as the year’s “most pretentious given by the college folk.”
75 years ago: Draft board No. 31 in Durango reported 764 registrants in the 20 to 44 age group in La Plata County.
50 years ago: The Dolores County Future Farmers of America sent two livestock-judging teams to the district livestock-judging contest at Mesa Junior College in Grand Junction.
25 years ago: Two 16-year-old boys were cited for shoplifting and underage drinking at Town Plaza and released to the custody of their mother. Two hours later, police arrested the same two after they drove their mother’s car into a signpost and parked truck.
Most items in this column are taken from The Durango Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
