100 years ago: “The Graden dry goods department has been added to in the person of Lee Dynee, of St. Joseph, Mo., an experienced dry goods man, who is now connected with the big store.”
75 years ago: “Mrs. J.A. Clark was hostess at a neighborhood tea, one of those informal and unusually pleasant affairs that make the swiftly passing summer days so memorably enjoyable. Neighbors and friends dropped in for a bit of refreshment and to exchange views of the happenings of the day.”
50 years ago: “Steve Morris, David Zook and Steven Smith were on the old TV station road up Crestview, when they noticed that some children were teasing a snake. Sterling recognized it as a rattlesnake, and he and his friends killed it and chopped it up. It had seven rattles and measured about 26 inches.”
25 years ago: The Gaslight Twin, 102 5th St., was showing “Parenthood” starring Steve Martin. The billing read: “It could happen to you.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
