From Our Files

Dec. 28, 1972 Wally Mathers bought the Frontier Room and Tourist Cafe from Rose Carter, who owned the…

Dec. 21, 1972 The high school student body was concerned about classmate Randy Johnson, who recently lost his…

Dec. 14, 1972 Week-long freezing temperatures and snow storms abrupted many locals with freezing water lines. When the…

Editor’s note: We’ve discovered that the Dec. 4, 1997 edition is missing from our bound archives, so we’re…

Nov. 30, 1972 More than 100 items have been donated for the Roy Clover Memorial Fountain Radio Auction.…

Nov. 23, 1972 Sweet Home Junior High opened a new elective class for boys only: home economics. It’s…

Nov. 9, 1972 Voters in the Midway and Foster area turned down annexation to the city of Sweet…

Nov. 2, 1972 The local International Woodworkers Of America (IWA 3-265) reported the federal pay board granted a…

Oct. 26, 1972 A tentative proposal to renovate the high school was approved by the school board and…

Oct. 19, 1972 A memorial fund has been established to erect a memorial fleur-de-lis fountain in honor of…

Oct. 12, 1972 Police Chief Roy Clover, 56, who served the force since 1948, died this week of…

October 5, 1972 The City Council was handed a petition opposing annexation of Foster and Midway to the…

Sept. 28, 1972 Through chattering teeth, a boy from Boy Scout Troop 62 (Foster) quipped, “Neither rain, nor…

Sept. 21, 1972 Employees of the 24-hour Tourist Cafe at 1234 Main St. went on strike and are…

Sept. 14, 1972 Harold (Jack) Roberts, his granddaughter Yvonne Slack (visiting from Walnut Creek, Calif.), and Ray Riggs…

Sept. 7, 1972 Vern and Gladys Topp were Sunnyside Park’s first campers when it opened this weekend, but…

Aug. 31, 1972 Construction at Sunnyside Park is nearly complete and it will be open for campers and…

Aug. 27, 1972 The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality informed City Manager Michael Gleason that continuance of the…

Aug. 17, 1972 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will clear logs and debris that has jammed Wiley…

Aug. 10, 1972 The Sweet Home Planning Commission approved conditional use of 2.5 acres at 12th and Elm…

August 3, 1972 A new event slated for the Sportsman’s Holiday will be a treasure hunt. A spokesman…

July 27, 1972 The Sweet Home Green Peter Boat, Yacht and Regatta Association assisted in placing a new…