100 years ago: “Dave Ramsay assisted us in looking through a window at the turkeys, and after slobbering for a few minutes we agreed upon spare-ribs – or bacon. This thing of being poor is most awful inconvenient upon state occasions.”
75 years ago: “With the object in mind of making a tuberculosis survey among school children in La Plata County, the first steps toward holding a tuberculosis examination clinic in Durango were taken at a meeting of the San Juan Basin Medical Society. It decided to hold such a drive here, to determine the extent of tuberculosis among the children of high school age from 12 to 19.”
50 years ago: “The Vanadium Corp. of America recently donated an estimated $3,000 in glass ware and laboratory equipment to schools in this area. Glyn Sharpe, Durango High School physics teacher said it would be used extensively in the high school, junior highs and elementary schools.”
25 years ago: “An estimated 300 candle-carrying carolers gathered in Rio Grande Land for the traditional tree-lighting ceremony and to herald a start of the Christmas season in Durango. Carolers sang along with music broadcast on radio station KDGO.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum, Their accuracy may not be verified.
