Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago
March 12, 2015

The commercial building at 130 E. Denver St. in Holyoke (formerly D. Scott Realty) was purchased by Allyn and Sheila Robinson on March 4. They will be using the building for R & B Catering, a catering service focused on barbecue.

Paoli Farmers Cooperative and the Scoular Company jointly announce that the two companies have formed an agreement to partner on grain marketing and handling activities at the cooperative’s facility in Paoli.

Ten Years Ago
March 11, 2010

A K-9 program is in the works for law enforcement agencies in Phillips County. Undersheriff Thom Elliott and Deputy Michael Grant spoke with members of the Holyoke City Council at their March 2 meeting about plans for the program.

The temporary suspension of the code enforcement program came as a result of safety and liability issues at the March 2 Holyoke City Council meeting. A 6-1 vote suspended the program until both pepper spray and a tactical baton were readily available to code enforcement officer Dawn Worley and she successfully completed a training program for using the baton. Worley completed the training the following day and was back to work immediately.

Heidi Black recently began performing chiropractic duties at Brandt Chiropractic Clinic in Holyoke.

HHS freshman Jaydin Goldenstein will spend a week in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic Aug. 2-9, playing for the USA 15 and under baseball team at the Latin American Baseball Classic.

Twenty-Five Years Ago
March 16, 1995

The process of deciding future housing needs and the financing of those needs in the Phillips County area was begun March 13 with a meeting between state officials and local government, finance and construction representatives. Approximately 40 people attended the meeting, which was sponsored by the Phillips County commissioners.

Contracts were signed March 8 completing the purchase of Double G Flying Service from Gary and Lauri Gibbs and Midwest Air Ag Inc. from Jack and Peni Carson by Steggs Aerial Spraying of Imperial, Nebraska. As of now, the chemical spraying operation will be run out of the former Midwest Air Ag hangar at the Holyoke Municipal Airport.

American Legion Post No. 90 and its auxiliary celebrated the local post’s 75th anniversary on March 13. It was organized by World War I veterans on Jan. 26, 1920.

Fifty Years Ago
March 12, 1970

All persons who own a motor vehicle are required to have his or her vehicle inspected and a new sticker on said vehicle every six months, according to law, says Holyoke Police Chief Forrest Watson. Each sticker has a number on it, meaning at the end of the month that your sticker shows, you have to renew it by an inspection.

Holyoke business houses may soon have a new parcel post delivery service if the Colorado ICC grants the United Postal Service a license to operate in Colorado. UPS now operates in 41 states and offers daily pickup and delivery service to the customer’s door.

The vocational carpentry class, under the supervision of William Lakin, has been authorized to enclose an area off the corridor near the high school principal’s office for a student center. At the present time, there is no suitable place for high school students to gather informally when they have time not required for study.

Robert W. Elliott is the new owner of the Holyoke Drug Company, having recently purchased the business from Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Guggenmos.

Seventy-Five Years Ago
March 15, 1945

Frank C. Walker, postmaster general, wrote a letter to F. B. Flanagan, acting postmaster here, that he is appointed postmaster of Holyoke, his duties to begin upon receipt in Washington of a bond from him. The bond was enclosed with the letter. As Mr. Flanagan has endorsed the bond and returned it to the postmaster general’s office, he is now postmaster with all duties appertaining to the office.

Telephone calls into the state revenue department from all over the state say that many people are of the opinion that the doing away with the sales tax tokens meant the repeal of the sales tax law, just the same as the service tax law was repealed. In many instances, purchasers of goods have refused to pay the sales tax. Merchants want the information spread that the sales tax law is still a reality and must be paid, that the only thing that was done was to change from token to cash.