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From Our Files (Sept. 8, 2021)
Sept. 7, 1971 White’s Electronics initiated the four-day workweek, a move that had been in discussion for a…
From Our Files – The New Era 25/50 Years Ago – August 14, 2019
Aug. 14, 1969 A thousand balloons, each with a certificate inside good for free merchandise from area merchants,…
From Our Files, January
January 5, 1967 Frank Kikel, a resident of Sweet Home for 15 years, was elected as mayor of…
From Our Files, December
December 29, 1966 Marine Private Gary L. Gill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gill of Route 1,…
From Our Files, November
December 1, 1966 An election which would establish district boundaries and elect a board of directors for the…
From Our Files
November 10, 1966 Two Sweet Home youths were arrested this week and charged with taking a city parking…
From Our Files: The New Era stories from 50 and 25 years ago
April 9, 1959 The Sweet Home city library will hold an open house from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.…
From Our Files: Looking back on 80 years covering the Santiam Playground
February 26, 1959 The Sweet Home Business and Professional Women’s club will sponsor a “Miss Sweet Home” contest…
From our Files: Looking back on 80 years of covering Sweet Home
February 19, 1959 Oregon’s history on wheels, the Oregon Historical society’s Van of History, will roll into Sweet…
History From Our Files
July 25, 1957 With the roar of a Lion, a smoldering spark burst into flame Tuesday night and…
History: From Our Files
July 19, 1956 A Sweet Home housewife learned early this week that she had submitted a winning entry…
History column can make for interesting reading
Scott Swanson Sometimes, when you’re plugging away, it’s easy to lose perspective. It happens in journalism, just as…
From Our FilesMembers of the city council at Tuesday’s meeting approved a rate hike increase by Sweet Home Sanitation Co. and a request by Citizens Valley Bank for vacation of the western portion of the alley which exits on 10th Avenue between Main and L
Dec. 29, 1977 Members of the city council at Tuesday’s meeting approved a rate hike increase by Sweet…