Peekin' into the Past

Five Years Ago
Dec. 27, 2012
    Holyoke and much of northeast Colorado experienced the first major blizzard of the year Dec. 19. Holyoke received 3.4 inches of snow in the winter storm that blasted the area.
    At the Dec. 18 Holyoke City Council meeting, council members approved three ordinances dealing with parking on residential lots, public nuisances and marijuana.
    Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, the musical duo known as the Okee Dokee Brothers, have received a Grammy nomination for Best Children’s Album. Mailander is the grandson of Marie Mailander of Holyoke.
    With 1,407 reported cases as of Dec. 8, Colorado’s pertussis epidemic has exceeded the number of cases seen in the state going back at least six decades. The last time Colorado experienced this level of whooping cough was in 1948, with 1,833 cases.
    
Ten Years Ago
Dec. 27, 2007
    Soon, all truck drivers could lose the ability to apply for parking permits on residential streets. This possibility was discussed by the Holyoke City Council members at their regular meeting Dec. 18.
    Kansas officially notified Nebraska last week that they want actions taken to bring Nebraska into compliance with the Republican River Compact Settlement. Colorado was also sued by Kansas in the same suit as Nebraska and is also a party to the 2002 RRCS, but Colorado’s first compliance test will not come until next year.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Dec. 31, 1992
    As 1992 draws to a close this week, Highline Electric Association purchasing agent John Jung finishes a 24-year career with the local company. While Dec. 31 will be his last day of work at HEA, Jung’s official retirement date is set for Jan. 21.
    A warm spell from Dec. 24-27 ended abruptly when the mercury reached a high of only 19 degrees Dec. 28. The previous day, a 57-degree high was recorded in Holyoke.
    Monthly educational seminars provided at D&D Farms of Holyoke were featured in a story called “A Professional Touch” in the December 1992 edition of “Hogs Today,” a Farm Journal publication.

Fifty Years Ago
Dec. 28, 1967
    Gust C. Anderson of Haxtun, a director of Highline Electric Association since its organization in December 1938, has retired. He is the last member of the original board to remain active in the association.
    A new television and radio repair shop is expected to be opened here soon by Bill Roark in the building at 118 W. Denver St., which was last occupied by Holyoke Auto Parts.
    Local sports fans are in for a special treat tomorrow evening as ex-Dragon athletes meet the present HHS varsity in what appears destined to become an annual varsity-alumni basketball game.
    Increased rates for all classes of mail except parcel post and international mail will go into effect Jan. 7. “Even with the new rates of 6 cents for first-class mail and 10 cents for air mail, postal service is still a real bargain,” declared Holyoke acting postmaster Everette Lappart.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Dec. 31, 1942
    More than 200 kinds of foods, ranging from applesauce to soup, will be strictly rationed under plans the government announced tonight. With a few exceptions, all canned and dried fruits and vegetables and soups will require ration coupon “points” for civilian purchase, starting in February.
    A worksheet will be placed in the hands of every farmer in the state by USDA war boards prior to Jan. 12, farm mobilization day. Inquiries on the worksheet call for information which will guide war board agencies in helping the farmer overcome difficulties standing in the way of full-scale operations.
    A total of 982 of the registered voters in Phillips County failed to vote in the November election and are no longer qualified voters. All of them must register to be eligible to vote at any future election, announced Emma Kramer, county clerk and recorder.
    The Enterprise received this week a clipping from a Baltimore, Maryland, paper. Following is the clipping, under a Fort Morgan dateline: “There wasn’t any question about the success of the test blackout at Holyoke. Sent by the Army to observe the blackout, Lt. James R. Norris flew over the little town and never knew it.”