The J.A. Swedlund family is pictured in a 1910 Maxwell in Holyoke on May 10, 1910. Pictured in front with John Albin and Jennie is their third son, Lee. Their two older sons, Lloyd and Herman, are pictured in the rumble seat. In 1921, the Maxwell company was taken over by Walter P. Chrysler, who formed his own company, the Chrysler Corporation, in 1925, and the Maxwell line was phased out. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin' into the Past
Five Years Ago — Sept. 10, 2015
Chartwells, who provides the school menus and meals for Holyoke, Haxtun and several other surrounding area schools, has obtained an exclusive partnership with Nutrislice to provide 24/7 anywhere access to menus, nutritional information and allergy warnings for all meals served at the schools.
Gearing up to train teachers on Chromebooks before implementing them into a 1:1 device program for students, technology staff reported on their progress at the Sept. 1 meeting of the Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education.
Plans for renovated restrooms, dugouts and awnings at the local ballfield were discussed at the Sept. 1 Holyoke City Council meeting.
Ten Years Ago — Sept. 9, 2010
The name will change a little as well as the menu, but the doors of Dairy King in Holyoke are open again. Lizde Adriana Hernandez and family opened El Dairy King on Aug. 21. The menu still promotes hamburgers, fries and ice cream but now includes a little Mexican touch as well.
First United Methodist Church pastor Paul Sung recently spent 18 days traveling around parts of Africa ordaining ministers and spreading God’s word.
Twenty-Five Years Ago — Sept. 14, 1995
Since numerous visitors at the Sept. 5 meeting of the Holyoke City Council voiced objections to a recommended zoning change, council members voted to send the matter back to the planning commission for another public hearing. Nearly 30 people showed up at the meeting, and those who spoke disagreed with the planning commission’s recommendation that the west half of Block 7 in the Heginbotham Trust, First Addition be changed from a C-1 to an R-2 zoning. The property is bordered on the north and south by Melissa Lane and Kunkel Street and on the west and east by Belford Avenue and Baxter Avenue.
Nearly 90 generous individuals participated in supporting the newly organized Phillips County Healthcare Foundation’s “Inaugural Event” staged Sept. 9 at the Sunset View community room. The formal dinner affair included a keynote address by Nancy L. Sanders, family nurse practitioner, and entertainment provided by Arlan Scholl and Verne Bullock.
Clarence Kuhnke is celebrating his 90th birthday this week on Sept. 13.
Holyoke Police Chief Barry Winckler recently indicated that there have been numerous reports of burglaries and thefts all over town. He described the thefts as “weird.” In one instance, a rototiller was stolen and later found in a mangled condition. Other instances have involved the theft of a ceramic dog and an exercise bike.
Fifty Years Ago — Sept. 10, 1970
Willard Bolen was officially retired from the Holyoke Police Department on July 19, after serving with the department since Nov. 15, 1943, and as chief of police for 21 years. Bolen is presently town superintendent and has served in this capacity since 1953 and has two more years before retirement from this position.
Hot and dry weather continues to plague the area, with high temperatures in the high 90s and low readings staying in the 50s. The only measurable precipitation received to date in September was 0.02 of an inch, which fell last Wednesday, with an additional trace on Thursday.
Seventy-Five Years Ago — Sept. 13, 1945
Eastern Colorado experienced its first frost of the fall last night. The temperature in the government box here recorded 35 degrees, indicating such a light frost as to not seriously damage vegetation.
The Prairie Gem Club, in recognition of its services at the North Platte Canteen and other similar work for the armed forces, has been notified that a B-29 bomber was named for the club.
The appearance of a new washing machine on Holyoke’s main street Saturday night and a sign that the machine was for sale at a price almost unbelievably low brought home to us with new force the fact that the war is over. The reappearance of civilian goods long since absent from dealers’ floors is a pleasing reminder that at long last we are working back into peaceful normalcy. An automobile manufacturer also announces new cars will be in dealers’ showrooms within weeks.
With the end of the war and the starting of the school year, the laws concerning children that were forgotten while the conflict was on are being enforced again. Children will not be allowed to work promiscuously, as they have been doing, unless there is a dire necessity for their doing so. They will be required to attend a school unless they have legal permission to stay away. Governor Vivian has indicated to officials all over the state that the time to enforce all suspended laws is here.