Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago
Oct. 10, 2013
    A notice sent to all registered Holyoke voters regarding a lodging tax question on the Nov. 5 ballot was met with its fair share of criticism at the Oct. 1 Holyoke City Council meeting.
    Phillips County recently received recognition as a 2013 Colorado Lottery Starburst Award winner for the Homesteaders Park playground, turf field and disc golf course. The County was one of 15 recipients of the award, which recognizes excellence in the use of lottery funds for community and conservation projects across the state of Colorado.
    Phillips County voters will see Phillips County Referendum 1A on the Nov. 5 ballot that asks if the local commissioners, with commissioners from other Colorado counties, should pursue becoming the 51st state of the United States. Phillips County commissioners say the ballot issue is a plea for better representation.
    
Ten Years Ago
Oct. 9, 2008
    Claudia Powell began as Melissa Memorial Hospital’s director of nursing on Sept. 29.
    Community members showed what Phillips County is all about when they rallied to dedicate Celebration 2008, a hometown gospel concert, to Brittney Ferguson and her family. After a 13-year hiatus, a Celebration concert performed by the faith community of Phillips County was held in the HHS auditorium Oct. 5.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Oct. 14, 1993
    The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously at its Oct. 7 meeting to appoint Scott McBee to fill the Phillips County sheriff vacancy.
    The first edition of The Dragon’s Lair, the new HHS newspaper, was published Sept. 29, and a special homecoming issue is scheduled for next week.
    A special city election has been set for Nov. 16 to decide whether the City of Holyoke should apply for an Impact Assistance grant on behalf of Golden Plains Recreation Center for its Peerless Center project.
    
Fifty Years Ago
Oct. 10, 1968
    After serving the people of the Holyoke area for almost 28 years, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Kelso announced this week that they will close the Farmers Produce on Oct. 15.
    Chairman Clyde Sperber of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee has reminded farmers that grazing is permitted on acres diverted under the feed grain and wheat programs as of Sept. 1, 1968.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Oct. 14, 1943
    A drizzling rain which began early Tuesday morning here and continued well into the afternoon soaked the landscape for the first time since before the grain harvest. The weather observer reports 0.96 inch of moisture.
    Denver headquarters of the United War Chest drive telegraphed C.E. Channer, president of the Lions Club, that a War Chest caravan would arrive in Holyoke Oct. 16. The trucks will carry guns and other equipment of the type used by our armed forces. There will be a number of the Women’s Army Corps members and soldiers in the caravan to show the equipment and take care of the exhibits.
    An “all-out” iron and steel scrap drive, and the establishment of “Victory Scrap Banks” throughout the nation to insure a steady flow of iron and steel scrap to the consuming mills, was announced recently by the War Production Board chairman. In Phillips County, the salvage committee has, with the cooperation of civic groups, set Oct. 22 as a holiday for the “Victory Scrap Bank” campaign. On that day, stores and offices will be closed, and it is hoped that rural and town schools will cooperate to make the day an all-out scrap collection day.