Peekin’ into the past

Five Years Ago
Aug. 2, 2012
    Karen Weaver recently joined the staff at Regent Park Nursing & Rehab and Carriage House Assisted Living Facility as the new marketing director.
    An application form for revocable encroachment of the City of Holyoke rights of way and an exhibit involving an excavation permit were approved at a special meeting of Holyoke City Council July 24. The need to have such permit forms in place was called to the council’s attention in June when the contract company working for EAGLE-Net requested a permit to occupy street rights of way to install fiber-optic lines to schools and libraries.
    Citing schedule and time conflicts, East Phillips County Hospital Board member Steve Deaver resigned his position during the regular meeting July 24.
    
Ten Years Ago
Aug. 2, 2007
    Close to 700 people took a chance on the new event at the Phillips County Fair, the combine derby. Even with only two combines competing, it still proved to be a real crowd thriller.
    Bette Lou McCormick has retired from Melissa Memorial Hospital after serving in many capacities at the facility for nearly 50 years.
    Upon the resignation of Brad Frantz from the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, Wendy Dalton has stepped in to fill the vacant position as deputy sheriff.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Aug. 6, 1992
    Limitations on the expansion of gambling moved one step closer last week as the Moratorium and Parachute Committee submitted 101,153 signatures to the secretary of state, mandating a statewide moratorium until the year 2000.
    To resolve the alley dispute in Phillips County Industrial Park east of Holyoke was the subject of a resolution approved by the Board of County Commissioners at its July 31 meeting.
    Dr. Richard Lamb, who has a practice in internal medicine in Sterling, will be available in Holyoke once a month for half-day clinics.
    A crowd of over 100 filled the Phillips County Fairgrounds community room Friday evening to hear the comments of candidates for county, district, state and national offices.
    
Fifty Years Ago
Aug. 3, 1967
    The Rainbow Cafe, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Dale Glover for the past three years, has been leased by Mrs. L.X. Wernet, who took over operation of the business Monday of this week.
    Darrel Schafer, Phillips County Extension agent, announced Monday the resignation of Mrs. Gerald Brewer, Extension secretary for the past 15 years.
    The Venango, Nebraska, centennial year activities will be culminated by an Old Settlers Day picnic and celebration on Sept. 2.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Aug. 6, 1942
    Rains Saturday night, Sunday and Tuesday have halted the wheat harvest over nearly all of Phillips County, and little progress has been made since that time. A severe hailstorm struck the Wages section and the northern part of Yuma County Saturday night and did serious damage to the corn and feed crops and some damage to buildings.
    Miss Vera Close, home management supervisor of Phillips and Sedgwick counties for the past five and a half years, is expecting to find other employment. The home management department has been abolished all over the region in the recent restricted budget.
    Initiation of members in the recently organized Spur Club, Holyoke’s riding organization, was held Sunday afternoon at the Holyoke Sales Pavilion. The club now has about 30 members.
    It was stated yesterday by Cealo Mohawk, lifeguard and swimming instructor at the Holyoke pool, that Zelda Zeiler, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Zeiler, achieved an outstanding record for submarine swimming when she swam 120 feet underwater. The world’s record was set in 1935 by a Cuban girl, Tresa Gomez, age 11, who set the record at 90 feet for girls of that age.