100 years ago: About 35 “of the Ignacio folk” were in town to attend “the big picnic” at Fort Lewis.
75 years ago: The price of “staple work clothing” was reduced by the OPA “to relieve pressure at the retail level which might have forced an increase in the prices that working men pay for their jumpers, overalls and work shirts.”
50 years ago: Gov. John A. Love reappointed Mrs. Arthur Ballantine, co-publisher of The Durango Herald, to the advisory council for Colorado’s Commission on Higher Education.
25 years ago: La Plata County Commissioners announced that Bob Bright of Arlington, Texas, would be the county’s new planning director.
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.
