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Posegate Hall, the Phillips County High School dormitory, was built in 1918, east of where the administration building is now, with funds left by Isaac Posegate, a farmer who lived 10 miles west of Holyoke. The dormitory contained 29 rooms with accomodations for 54 people and was used as a place for teachers and students from remote districts to stay during the school week. When it was built, room rent was $1 per week for each student or teacher, and students were allowed to work around the dormitory for part of their room and board. The boys lived in the basement, faculty apartments were on the main floor, and the girls lived on the top floor. Posegate Hall was no longer used as a dormitory after 1936 and was then used for a variety of purposes, including housing for superintendent and teachers, teachers’ lounge and classrooms. The building was demolished in 1977 after the new high school was built. — Source: Phillips County Museum

Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago — Jan. 16, 2014
    Corey Koberstein recently added a rare white buffalo to his herd. It’s estimated that statistically, it’s possible that only one out of every 10 million buffalo are born white. The buffalo, named Lola, was born with white pigment, not to be confused with an albino buffalo.
    Vanessa (Timm) Tharp is planning a grand opening for her new salon, Serenity Salon & Spa, Jan. 18. The shop, located at 210 S. Sheridan Ave., will offer haircuts and stylings by Tharp, with room available for a few more stylists, plus spray tans and massage therapy by Kayla Knight and nail technician services twice a month from Brenda Jay of Wray.
    Holyoke Police Department has received multiple reports of vehicle tires being slashed in the southwest part of town. The tires were slashed late Friday, Jan. 3, and into the early morning hours Saturday, Jan. 4. Vehicles targeted included both those on the street and in driveways.
    
Ten Years Ago — Jan. 15, 2009
    A huge grass fire burned 600-700 acres west of Imperial, Nebraska, Jan. 6. Seven area departments aided the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department in battling the blaze.
    Megan Colglazier, an HHS junior, will get to witness president-elect Barack Obama being sworn in on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C., when she takes part in the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference.
    Ricardo Yadiel Goytia Juarez Jr., son of Ricardo Goytia Avitia and Aydaly Juarez of Holyoke, was born Jan. 2, claiming honors as the first baby of 2009 born at Wray Community District Hospital.
    Mike “Woody” Woodhead announced he has relocated his business, Woody’s Pivot Service LLC, to 416 E. Denver St. from its former location at 133 W. Denver St.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago — Jan. 20, 1994
    A gasoline fire erupted just before noon Tuesday at Leon Atkins Motors on the corner of Highway 6 and Highway 59 in Haxtun, and within a couple of hours the longtime business was destroyed.
    Dane Olofson recently won the local competition of the National Geography Bee. Micah Ginapp earned runner-up honors in the local competition. The school-level bee, where Holyoke fourth-graders answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the sixth annual National Geography Bee, which is sponsored by “National Geographic World,” the society’s magazine for children, and Amtrak.
    “Little Shop of Physics,” an outreach program of the physics department of Colorado State University, presented over 40 hands-on demonstrations for student exploration in the HHS old gym Friday morning.
    
Fifty Years Ago — Jan. 16, 1969
    Harvey Rober, Holyoke, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rober, caught a heifer at the FFA heifer wrangle contest at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 13. Young Rober will be required to take this heifer to the state fair in Pueblo next fall.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago — Jan. 20, 1944
    The Gold Coin Cream Station was reopened Saturday on Denver Street, where it had been opened last fall. W.O. Norman, former cafe proprietor and well-known to the people of this community, is the new station manager.
    A crew of men, working under a contractor who is repairing stations of the Burlington route, began last week to remodel the local depot. The second story of the building has been removed, making of the building a bungalow-type, with extended eaves. The depot is said by longtime residents to have been built here in 1887. It was larger than the one in use here in recent years, the east half having been moved to Sterling, where it is used in the work of the division there.
    A new business for Holyoke which should prove a great help to motorists, truckers and farmers is O.K. Rubber Welders, the electric rubber welding shop which J.L. Slover and D.D. Osburn opened here this week. They are located in the former Brown-Nash Motor building on Denver Street and operate under the name of Slover & Osburn. Both men are from Denver and plan to move their families here as soon as they can locate houses to rent.

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