From Our Files

Jan. 11, 1951   Seven newly built school bus stop shelters are now in use, and more are…

Jan. 4, 1951   Too heavy, too high and too wide, reads the citation at the justice court…

Dec. 28, 1950   Donn Bonham, former editor of The New Era, is now in Korea with the…

Dec. 21, 1950   Late trains are the principal cause of overdue Christmas mail delivery, but mail carriers…

Dec. 14, 1950   The Linn County telephone exchange will install 40 new suburban lines for Sweet Home…

Dec. 7, 1950   The Junior Chamber of Commerce dressed the city up for a holiday appearance with…

Nov. 30, 1950   A runaway auto wheel came to rest in the display window of Lew’s Sporting…

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…