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From Our Files (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 25, 1973 A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus…
From Our Files (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 18, 1973 City Manager Michael Gleason said an increase in vandalism is costing the city thousands of…
From Our Files (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 11, 1973 Shawn Patrick Lindley was the first baby born of the Sweet Home district this year,…
From Our Files (Jan. 4, 2023)
Jan. 4, 1973 A local business has been using a recycled material for several years and it might…
From Our Files (Dec. 28, 2022)
Dec. 28, 1972 Wally Mathers bought the Frontier Room and Tourist Cafe from Rose Carter, who owned the…
From Our Files (Dec. 21, 2022)
Dec. 21, 1972 The high school student body was concerned about classmate Randy Johnson, who recently lost his…
From Our Files (Dec. 14, 2022)
Dec. 14, 1972 Week-long freezing temperatures and snow storms abrupted many locals with freezing water lines. When the…
From Our Files (Dec. 7, 2022)
Editor’s note: We’ve discovered that the Dec. 4, 1997 edition is missing from our bound archives, so we’re…
From Our Files (Nov. 30, 2022)
Nov. 30, 1972 More than 100 items have been donated for the Roy Clover Memorial Fountain Radio Auction.…
From Our Files (Nov. 23, 2022)
Nov. 23, 1972 Sweet Home Junior High opened a new elective class for boys only: home economics. It’s…
From Our Files (Oct. 9, 2022)
Nov. 9, 1972 Voters in the Midway and Foster area turned down annexation to the city of Sweet…
From Our Files (Nov. 2, 2022)
Nov. 2, 1972 The local International Woodworkers Of America (IWA 3-265) reported the federal pay board granted a…
From Our Files (Oct. 26, 2022)
Oct. 26, 1972 A tentative proposal to renovate the high school was approved by the school board and…
From Our Files (Oct. 19, 2022)
Oct. 19, 1972 A memorial fund has been established to erect a memorial fleur-de-lis fountain in honor of…
From Our Files (Oct. 12, 2022)
Oct. 12, 1972 Police Chief Roy Clover, 56, who served the force since 1948, died this week of…
From Our Files (Oct. 5, 2022)
October 5, 1972 The City Council was handed a petition opposing annexation of Foster and Midway to the…
From Our Files (Sept. 28, 2022)
Sept. 28, 1972 Through chattering teeth, a boy from Boy Scout Troop 62 (Foster) quipped, “Neither rain, nor…
From Our Files (Sept. 21, 2022)
Sept. 21, 1972 Employees of the 24-hour Tourist Cafe at 1234 Main St. went on strike and are…
From Our Files (Sept. 14, 2022)
Sept. 14, 1972 Harold (Jack) Roberts, his granddaughter Yvonne Slack (visiting from Walnut Creek, Calif.), and Ray Riggs…
From Our Files (Sept. 7, 2022)
Sept. 7, 1972 Vern and Gladys Topp were Sunnyside Park’s first campers when it opened this weekend, but…
From Our Files (Aug. 31, 2022)
Aug. 31, 1972 Construction at Sunnyside Park is nearly complete and it will be open for campers and…
From Our Files (Aug, 24, 2022)
Aug. 27, 1972 The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality informed City Manager Michael Gleason that continuance of the…
From Our Files (Aug. 17, 2022)
Aug. 17, 1972 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will clear logs and debris that has jammed Wiley…
From Our Files (Aug. 10, 2022)
Aug. 10, 1972 The Sweet Home Planning Commission approved conditional use of 2.5 acres at 12th and Elm…
From Our Files (Aug. 3, 2022)
August 3, 1972 A new event slated for the Sportsman’s Holiday will be a treasure hunt. A spokesman…