From Our Files

Nov. 23, 1950   Preparations for the coming Christmas season are underway, with installation of five additional mail…

Nov. 16, 1950   Wayne Roberts, who is spearheading a drive to pave 7th Avenue from K Street…

Nov. 9, 1950 Four of the city’s six emergency vehicles are now radio equipped. Latest addition to the…

Nov. 2, 1950   Bud Hall, high school junior, received two stitches for a cut on his neck…

Oct. 26, 1950 KGAL owner Gorden Allen reported construction on the powerful new radio station in Lebanon is…

Oct. 19, 1950   A Halloween and hard-times party will be held at the high school by the…

Oct. 12, 1950   Members of the Sweet Home Active Club are talking about a project to construct…

Oct. 5, 1950   Paul Bailey, student manager for the Sweet Home football team, was treated for electric…

Sept. 28, 1950   As many as 16 arrests were made this week on a variety of charges.…

Sept. 21, 1950   The Crusade for Freedom campaign is now underway. A proclamation was issued outlining the…

Sept. 14, 1950 After an eight-week strike, employees of Willamette National Lumber Company in Foster went back to…

Sept. 7, 1950 Jackie and Ed Bishop, Sweet Home brothers wanted in this area by federal, state and…

Aug. 31, 1950 Police are looking for a capricious clock snatcher who took two electric clocks from the…

Aug. 24, 1950 A modern, new lookout, which will be manned for the first time next year, was…

Aug. 17, 1950 A six-foot raised center island is included in plans for widening of Main Street. It…

Aug. 10, 1950   City Council approved the purchase of a new one-ton flatbed truck to replace the…

Aug. 3, 1950   City Manager Jess Parker announced the widening of Highway 20 through Sweet Home is…

July 27, 1950   The second application of anti-mosquito spray (DDT) is scheduled this week in the early…

July 20. 1950   The city’s first flag pole was erected on the side of the local police…

July 13, 1950   The subject of a three-week manhunt, Jerry Macomber, 27, was nabbed in Medford after…

July 6, 1950   The Sweet Home area received its first 1950 anti-mosquito spray by air and pickup…

June 29, 1950   Police are looking for a marauder who apparently rode out of the woods on…

June 22, 1950   A recent census revealed Sweet Home’s rise in population made it the highest percentage…

June 15, 1950   Police Officer Albert Osborn was cleared of a manslaughter charge at a preliminary hearing…

June 8, 1950   The city will receive the first of three anti-mosquito sprayings in June. A contract…