100 years ago: “A colorful, tuneful, palpitating avalanche of fun and frolicsome entertainment filled Red Men Hall when the Smart Set Minstrels held forth to a house that went home with aching sides from laughter and with sore palms from applauding the actors.”
75 years ago: SUNNYSIDE – “The benefit dance given by the Eureka grange was well attended. The proceeds from the dance were given to the Charles Rhodes family whose home was recently destroyed by fire.”
50 years ago: “Mrs. Ronald DeVere was hostess to Xi Alpha Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at her West Animas Valley home. She gave the group a most rewarding lesson in fine Italian cooking. Mrs. Ruby Kroeger presented a cultural program on ‘Emerald Isle.’”
25 years ago: “Fort Lewis College’s first graduating class of the 1990s greeted the new decade with hoots and shouts as 632 graduating and near-graduating seniors received recognition.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
