Jim Harvey is shown chatting with customers at Harvey’s Sweet Shop in Holyoke. Jim and Esther Harvey bought the Sweet Shop from Milton and Fern Deselms in 1954. When they first bought the Sweet Shop, they sold mostly candy (the penny kind, or even two for a penny), bulk and packaged ice cream, ice cream cones, sundaes, malts, sodas, fountain drinks and cold sandwiches. After deciding they needed a hot sandwich, Esther and her friend Inez Cranwell came up with the Yum Yum Burger. In the early days, they would open at 7 a.m. and not close until 11 p.m., or even later on Saturdays, and it was always the hangout for local teenagers. They sold the business in 1980 to Sonny and Mary Taylor. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
Dec. 20, 2012
Melissa Memorial Hospital was recently awarded a Nextpertise Integration Leadership Award for the efforts during the recent implementation of the electronic medical records within the hospital. Three MMH employees traveled to Orlando, Florida, for a NextGen User Group Meeting Nov. 11-14 and were surprised when MMH was recognized at a ceremony during the conference.
Heidi Spitz plans to open the doors at Heidi’s on Jan. 2 at 112 W. Denver St., which formerly housed the Buzzz Stop. Heidi’s will have a menu similar to what the Buzzz Stop used to offer, including specialty coffee drinks and wraps and paninis, and will also feature her cakes and other baked goods.
Ten Years Ago
Dec. 20, 2007
Francisco and Gabriela Caraveo have opened El Maizito De Oro #2 at 124 S. Interocean Ave. The new business is selling freshly baked goods and a variety of Mexican products. The original El Maizito store is located in Yuma.
Auditor Scott Szabo delivered the audit report at the Dec. 11 meeting of the Holyoke Re-1J Board of Education. Reviewing financials for the year ending June 30, 2007, Szabo noted that the district showed $294,860 in excess of revenue over expenditures.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Dec. 24, 1992
Having purchased the inventory and equipment from The Brown Frame Company, Deb and Vince Kropp of Holyoke are operating their Frame It Up business out of their home. Frame It Up has frames and mats available in many sizes and colors, and some prints are also in stock.
Close-up projection enhanced the Holyoke Elementary School Christmas program Dec. 17, as the new overhead screen in the HHS auditorium featured a closer view of those on stage.
Born on Jan. 14, 1903, Esther Brandt will be honored at a 90th birthday party Dec. 29 at her home.
Fifty Years Ago
Dec. 21, 1967
Widespread snow and a mass of frigid air have marked the weather picture of the Rocky Mountain area, the High Plains and part of the Southwest during the past week. Although northeast Colorado escaped the storm’s full force, 6 inches of snow fell in Holyoke Saturday night — the heaviest single snowfall in several years.
Nebraska Governor Norbert T. Tiemann recently sent a letter of congratulations to the Venango High School band and its director, Juan Huss Frausto, in recognition of the band’s being awarded its 39th consecutive “superior” rating, which is believed to be a national record.
The county commissioners of Phillips, Yuma, Kit Carson and Washington counties met Dec. 13 and, after much study and discussion, gave approval to combining the counties into an area Extension program, starting July 1, 1968.
Mrs. H.E. House of Holyoke was honored yesterday in observance of her 90th birthday.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Dec. 24, 1942
Colorado housewives will have fewer canned foods in 1943 because of the tin and steel shortage, and for that reason the Colorado State College experiment station is extending its research on frozen and dehydrated foods to find the best wrappers for them.
Collection of waste fats during the holidays is stressed by the women’s salvage committee. Between now and the first week in January, an unusual amount of food will be cooked in Colorado kitchens, and 1 pound of kitchen fat will make 37 anti-aircraft shells.