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From Our Files: July 3, 2024
July 4, 1974 Due to adverse water conditions, diving in Foster Lake in search of the body…
From Our Files: June 26, 2024
June 27, 1974 Tomco Inc. revealed tentative plans for a $12-20 million completely automated timber products plant…
From Our Files: June 19, 2024
June 20, 1974 A&W reopened after extensive remodeling of the kitchen facilities and completion of a large…
From Our Files: June 12, 2024
June 13, 1974 The Chamber of Commerce voted to endorse the concept that the highest and best…
From Our Files: June 5, 2024
June 6, 1974 City Council and the budget committee are open to suggestions from the community about…
From Our Files: May 30, 2024
May 30, 1974 Some mill workers at Boise Cascade Wood Products Division on Highway 20 went home…
From Our Files: May 22, 2024
May 23, 1974 Sweet Home’s Karen Brown is a finalist in the Rockwell International “Prettiest Meter Maid…
From Our Files: May 15, 2024
May 16, 1974 Only a few Foster residents have heard Twilo Scofield pluck the entrancing sounds of the…
From Our Files: May 8, 2024
May 9, 1974 Russell Hurst came out of the dark and into the light after being hired by…
From Our Files: May 1, 2024
May 2, 1974 The Oregon State Health Division may likely force the annexation of Foster-Midway into Sweet…
From Our Files: April 24, 2024
April 25, 1974 “The future of industry in the Sweet Home area and how the chamber may…
From Our Files: April 17, 2024
April 18, 1974 Electric engraving pencils are available for loan through the library in an effort to…
From Our Files: April 10, 2024
April 11, 1974 David Allen Chetwood, 8, drowned after falling into the Lester Shingle mill pond. David and…
From Our Files: April 10, 2024
April 11, 1974 David Allen Chetwood, 8, drowned after falling into the Lester Shingle mill pond. David…
From Our Files: April 3, 2024
April 4, 1974 Heavy rains closed the Porta Via Motel on Long Street after the sewers in the…
From Our Files: March 27, 2024
March 28, 1974 Having served as temporary fire chief for 22 years, Ivan Hoy was finally permanently appointed…
From Our Files: March 20, 2024
March 21, 1974 A public hearing to determine whether a health hazard exists in the Foster-Midway area will…
From Our Files: March 13, 2024
March 13, 1974 Willamette Industries Inc. recently purchased Bauman Sawmill, Lebanon Sawmill, Bauman Lumber Company, Indianola Lumber, Lebanon…
From Our Files: March 6, 2024
March 7, 1974 Some people claim Sweet Home is often passed over by collegiate national fads, but things…
From Our Files: February 28, 2024
Feb. 28, 1974 A revision of the city maps of 17 Oregon communities, including Sweet Home, has been…
From Our Files – February 21, 2024 Edition
Feb. 21, 1974 New owners of the Santiam Drive-in Theatre, James and Audrey Christie, are having their spring…
From Our Files – February 14, 2024 Edition
Feb. 14, 1974 Westwood Lane and Strawberry Heights drainage problems led property owners to request assistance of the…
From Our Files – February 7, 2023 Edition
Feb. 7, 1974 Sentry Electronics Inc. on Pleasant Valley Road has begun producing automatic smoke and gas detection…
From Our Files – January 31, 2024 Edition
Jan. 31, 1974 Dr. JJ McCarthy, a chiropractor in Sweet Home, put his ice skating blades to the…
From Our Files – January 24, 2024 Edition
Jan. 24, 1974 Gasoline dealers met with the mayor to determine how they might be able to alleviate…