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From Our Files: April 29, 2026
May 3, 1951 Some Foster school children were injured when a log truck crashed into a school…
From Our Files: April 22, 2026
April 26, 1951 Construction will begin next week on a Dairy Queen building at M Street across…
From Our Files: April 15, 2026
April 19, 1951 Sweet Home’s high school board authorized a call for bids for the community’s anticipated…
From Our Files: April 8, 2026
April 12, 1951 “Two weeks from fighting snow to fighting fire” summarized the amazed and disgusted attitudes…
From Our Files: April 1, 2026
April 5, 1951 A flurry of activity noted in Sweet Home restaurants and taverns is due to…
From Our Files: March 25, 2026
March 29, 1951 City Council told a Eugene outdoor adventure advertising firm it must remove a billboard…
From Our Files: March 18, 2026
March 22, 1951 Frank Cameron was injured when a gas tank he was welding exploded in his…
From Our Files: March 11, 2026
March 15, 1951 Intention of residents of the 7th Avenue and A Lane area to have their…
From Our Files: March 4, 2026
March 8, 1951 A snow storm left nearly 16 inches of the white stuff in the city,…
From Our Files: Feb. 25, 2026
March 1, 1951 Three ministers, armed with petitions bearing 385 signatures (many of which came from the…
From Our Files: Feb. 18, 2026
Feb. 22, 1951 High Mass was conducted at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Lebanon for the five…
From Our Files: Feb. 11, 2026
Feb. 15, 1951 More than 10% of some 250 people who attended a state senate hearing came…
From Our Files: February 4, 2026
Feb. 8, 1951 Brilliant light flashes in the sky were observed in the east and resembled lightning,…
From Our Files: Jan. 28, 2026
Feb. 1, 1951 The last steam engine to see service in Sweet Home yards left here this…
From Our Files: Jan. 21, 2026
Jan. 25, 1951 A rodent control consultant reported to the Linn County health office that very little…
From Our Files: Jan. 14, 2026
Jan. 18, 1951 The impact of wind and rain buffeting the Pacific Northwest was felt by residents…
From Our Files: Jan. 7, 2026
Jan. 11, 1951 Seven newly built school bus stop shelters are now in use, and more are…
From Our Files: Dec. 31, 2025
Jan. 4, 1951 Too heavy, too high and too wide, reads the citation at the justice court…
From Our Files: Dec. 24, 2025
Dec. 28, 1950 Donn Bonham, former editor of The New Era, is now in Korea with the…
From Our Files: Dec. 17, 2025
Dec. 21, 1950 Late trains are the principal cause of overdue Christmas mail delivery, but mail carriers…
From Our Files: Dec. 10, 2025
Dec. 14, 1950 The Linn County telephone exchange will install 40 new suburban lines for Sweet Home…
From Our Files: Dec. 3, 2025
Dec. 7, 1950 The Junior Chamber of Commerce dressed the city up for a holiday appearance with…
From Our Files: Nov. 26, 2025
Nov. 30, 1950 A runaway auto wheel came to rest in the display window of Lew’s Sporting…
From Our Files: Nov. 19, 2025
Nov. 23, 1950 Preparations for the coming Christmas season are underway, with installation of five additional mail…
From Our Files: Nov. 12, 2025
Nov. 16, 1950 Wayne Roberts, who is spearheading a drive to pave 7th Avenue from K Street…