Peekin’ into the past

Five Years Ago
Feb. 28, 2013
    First Baptist Church of Holyoke is set to celebrate its 125th anniversary and a new church facility during a month-long celebration in March.
    Recognized as a person who is curious, innovative and progressive and stands out as a future leader, Darci Tomky of The Holyoke Enterprise was announced as the winner of this year’s Rising Star Award at the awards ceremony of the Colorado Press Association annual convention Feb. 23.
    Beginning Aug. 5, the United States Postal Service will be eliminating Saturday deliveries of all mail nationwide.
    
Ten Years Ago
Feb. 28, 2008
    Jennifer Hayes and Katie Andersen and their mother Susan Hinck have started their home-based business of Henry Hayes Honey, which sells honey-based products, including all-natural honey and lip balm.
    Chad Stroh claimed the 119-pound championship at the 2A state wrestling tournament Feb. 23. He is the first sophomore from HHS to claim the gold on the state mats.
    Parking a truck on residential streets and alleys is now considered a misdemeanor, thanks to the passage of a new ordinance by the Holyoke City Council.
    Rural residents with exempt wells for watering livestock, lawns and gardens would be allowed to begin legally storing rainwater in 5,000-gallon cisterns under a proposed law being considered by the Colorado Senate this week.
    
Twenty-Five Years Ago
March 4, 1993
    Ken and Kristie Ham lost their home and basically all of their possessions in a Thursday morning fire at their country home 6 miles west and a half mile south of Holyoke.
    In a move designed to enhance efficiency while continuing to serve a multicommunity area, Dudden Implement company has opted to close its Grant, Nebraska, facility and to expand the scope of its Holyoke location.
    With 17 years experience in garage door installation and repair, Joe Renner has started his own business in Holyoke, Garage Door Service, offering sales, installation and repair of commercial and residential overhead garage doors and electronic garage door openers.
    Jim Oliphant, newspaper columnist, freelance writer and pastor of Holyoke First Christian Church, has announced the completion of his first book, “Life at the Peak or Life in the Pack.”
    
Fifty Years Ago
Feb. 29, 1968
    Haircuts for adults will go up a quarter to $1.75 here tomorrow, March 1, and they’ll be $1.50 for kids under 12. Shops in surrounding towns upped the price, so Holyoke’s two clippers, Merle Foster and Gerald “Bud” Brewer, were forced to follow suit.
    The resignation of Ernest Maurer as superintendent of Holyoke School District Re-1J was accepted at a meeting of the board of education held last Wednesday night. Maurer became Re-1J superintendent last summer, succeeding Charles Steward.
    An organizational meeting of the Holyoke Area Arts and Humanities Council was held Tuesday evening. Mrs. E.W. Sprague was elected temporary chairman.
    A proposed huge project which would bring Missouri River water to the High Plains was aired at the annual meeting of the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce last Wednesday in Alliance, Nebraska.
    
Seventy-Five Years Ago
March 4, 1943
    Only seven of the tuberculin tests made by Mrs. Ruby Daniels, nurse from the state tuberculosis association, at the clinic at Holyoke High School last week were positive. A total of 152 persons, students and adults, were given the “patch” test Monday of last week.
    A mark of 17 degrees below zero Tuesday morning was recorded here by the official government thermometer, for the third-coldest night of the winter.
    Holyoke High School students were offered a governmental setup within their own body Tuesday morning by Rev. Clare J. Hayes, pastor of the Methodist church, following the approval and pledge of support by the Lions Club, the town board, the Methodist church, the high school and other organizations of the town. Purpose of the organization is to develop a youthful organization to promote and acquire recreational facilities for the town.
    About 4,000 pounds of butter were sold by Clover Blossom Creamery to the quartermaster corps of the war department Monday by Fred R. Peterson, owner of the creamery. Under the regulations which became effective a short time ago, butter manufacturers must set aside 30 percent of their total production monthly for the government.