Peekin’ into the Past

Five Years Ago

Sept. 24, 2015

Bill and Duanna Bradley announced that they have made the tough decision to temporarily cease their regular business hours at Bradley’s Body Shop, located at 110 S. Sheridan Ave., effective Sept. 1. They are taking time to catch up on work already scheduled and will plan a downsize of their operation.

Connie Troutman, who has been Holyoke’s postmaster for three years and was officer in charge for three years prior, will be retiring Sept. 30. Troutman’s 20-year mark with the postal service was Sept. 16.

Melissa Memorial Hospital and Family Practice of Holyoke welcomed their newest family nurse practitioner Sept. 21. Jody Halcott has recently moved to Holyoke and is excited to begin her duties.

Ten Years Ago

Sept. 23, 2010

Holyoke FCCLA members Molly Brandt, Erin Vieselmeyer and Ben Martinez coordinated the Every 15 Minutes program, which took place at HHS on Sept. 15, with a mock accident staged at the corner of Jules Street and Heginbotham Avenue.

Sarah Heermann, a senior at Holyoke High School, earned reserve champion in western division, third in gymkhana division, fourth in working ranch horse and seventh in English division in the Level II 16-to-18-year-old division at the Colorado State Fair Aug. 27-29 in Pueblo.

Randy Finley will soon be returning to Holyoke offering dance classes in his Durante’s Dance Studio. The instructor taught in Holyoke about eight years ago and is now back to teach tap, jazz, ballet and tumbling for ages 2-80.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

Sept. 28, 1995

Sunday, Oct. 1, the Church of the Nazarene of Holyoke will celebrate the arrival of new pastors Marlene and David Schram. In July, after several years of dedicated service, Rev. Harold Quarles retired, leaving the church without a senior pastor. Rev. Marlene Schram will resume that position in October, with her husband Dave working at her side as co-pastor.

First Security Bank of Holyoke has a new assistant vice president, as Jeff Franklin assumed his duties in this community last week. The local bank is a branch of First Security Bank of Fort Lupton, where Franklin has been employed for the past three years. He left the assistant vice president role there to accept the position in Holyoke.

Thirteen enthusiastic bicycle riders circled the high school track Saturday morning, Sept. 23, raising money for the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The youth covered 198.75 miles, and a total of $1,492.71 was pledged to the riders for the Wheels for Life event.

Fifty Years Ago

Sept. 24, 1970

Life membership in the American Legion was presented to Harvey Conklin, Holyoke, by Holyoke Legion Post 90 at the ladies’ night dinner meeting on Sept. 14. The membership was given to Conklin in recognition of his outstanding service as post adjutant.

Sept. 28 will signal the start of the 1970 sugar beet harvest, and most of the beet receiving stations of the Sterling factory of the Great Western Sugar Company will be open. This is about a week earlier than the harvest usually is started. The harvest will not go into high gear until Oct. 9 when beets will be stockpiled for later processing. During the Sept. 28-Oct. 8 period, only enough sugar beets will be received to supply the daily slicing capacity of the mill.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Sept. 27, 1945

Holyoke Day will be Friday, Oct. 5. The Holyoke Municipal Airport will be dedicated, the Turkey Growers Association will hold their “Turkey Day,” and the pilots attending the airshow with their planes will furnish a thrilling program of flying at the airport, 1 mile east of the standpipe.

The late summer and early fall drouth which has gripped this territory was broken Tuesday evening when heavy showers fell. Rain continued falling into the night, and at 4 a.m. a heavy downpour of almost cloudburst proportions, accompanied by small hail, struck this community.

Just now there are no teachers for over 500 schools in the state. The number may reach 750 as the harvest seasons end and the pupils are ready to return to their school classes.