Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago

Oct. 12, 2017

The bell will ring at the Wages church south of Paoli in Yuma County on Oct. 15 as it celebrates 100 years. Dedicated March 19, 1916, the church is past due for its 100th anniversary.

For many who have lived in the Pleasant Valley community, the ballpark and community center were the site of frequent social gatherings. From softball and baseball to card parties and baby showers, that plot of just about 3.5 acres brought community members together time and again. Now, about seven years since the facilities have been used, it’s the community that is being asked to make a decision about what should happen moving forward.

Cierra Sullivan competed in the duathlon at the USA Triathlon National Championship in Bend, Oregon, June 17 and qualified for the International Triathlon Union competition in Odense, Denmark, in July 2018.

Ten Years Ago

Oct. 11, 2012

Tom Bennett was one of four people to be inducted into the Colorado Baseball and Softball League Hall of Fame on Sept. 29.

Around 150 area students came alive on stage Tuesday night, Oct. 2, when they performed with the Young Americans during their 2012 International Music Outreach Tour. Most of the grade 4-12 students who participated in the three-day music workshop were from Holyoke, but others were from Haxtun and Julesburg. They worked with the college-age Young Americans on singing, dancing, theater and much more.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

Oct. 16, 1997

A small group of Phillips County citizens gathered Monday night to ask questions and express opinions about the proposed 1% county sales tax. Attempting to answer those questions were commissioners Keith Sharpe, Jim Mort and Jack Kennedy, administrative assistant Randy Schafer and assessor Mary Belle Rafert.

When students came to school on Oct. 9, there was a mysteriously placed outhouse on top of the building. It was removed and later appeared on the senior class parade float.

Young people from the Holyoke area participated in the Special Olympics Northeast Area Bowling Competition last Saturday, Oct. 11. The event was held at Indian Lanes in Yuma, with about 50 athletes competing from northeastern Colorado.

Fifty Years Ago

Oct. 12, 1972

Above-seasonal temperatures in the area has contributed to the excellent progress being made with the sugar beet harvest. According to Gordon Friede, Great Western Sugar Company agriculturist, the Holyoke beet dumps are taking in about 8,600 tons of sugar beets per day.

The possibility of forming a Toastmasters International club in Holyoke will be discussed at a meeting to be held Oct. 18 in the junior high wing of the elementary school. Toastmasters provides its members with a program to improve their abilities in public speaking and conducting meetings and to develop their leadership and executive potential.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Oct. 16, 1947

The remodeling and redecorating which has been going on at the Peerless Theatre for the past five weeks will be completed the end of this week. All of the inside has been repainted, and new house lights, 75 feet on each side of red and green neon lights, have been installed. The running lights have been changed to green neon lights, three on each side. On each side of the theater, there are three large paintings, “Flamingo,” “Treasure Island” and “Desert Land.”

Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, Little Willie, Careless Campers, a chuckwagon and many other colorful floats and banners glorified the annual Fire Prevention Week parade on Friday, Oct. 10, which was sponsored by the local fire department.

Don Loflon, his Hammond organ and his 10-piece band, which proved very popular with dance enthusiasts of Holyoke on Sept. 25, will again make his appearance at the Legion Hall on Oct. 23.