100 years ago: “Jim Conway of the upper Florida, and C.O. Cox of Griffith were among those who brought cream into the San Juan Creamery through the mud. The creamery churned 500 pounds of butter yesterday.”
75 years ago: The Kiva theater was showing Frank Copra’s “You Can’t Take It With You” starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart. The billing read: “The most eagerly awaited screen event of the year turns out to be the happiest hit in years!”
50 years ago: “‘I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was some kind of a bad joke at first,’ Americans across the country said after they’d heard the news of Pres. John Kennedy’s death. And Durango was no exception.”
25 years ago: “Christmas shoppers wading into the post-Thanksgiving rush face a little added pressure this year: tight inventories. That’s a business decision prompted by a long-running slump in the retail business, but for consumers it means limited selection and shortages of hot-selling items.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum, Their accuracy may not be verified.
