Sept. 21, 1950
The Crusade for Freedom campaign is now underway. A proclamation was issued outlining the purpose of the crusade: that freedom among nations is in danger by the increasing aggression of the Russian Empire as it practices military conquest and annexation of helpless people; the military tyranny has taken under Communist control 14 free nations in five years; and a nationwide committee seeks opposition to the aggression and supplant the “Big Lie” with truth. Mayor Ed Cardwell inaugurates a “new birth of freedom” campaign and seeks citizens to sign the Freedom Scrolls.
Sept. 18. 1975
Highway 20 construction work began with the tearing up of the roads between 9th and 18th avenues. Crews will remove existing paving, grade it and repave it. The project is expected to take 14 months.
Construction of the Roy Clover Memorial Fountain is underway, now almost three years after the death of the former Sweet Home police chief. It will utilize part of a 14-foot diameter plug obtained from the Corps of Engineers. The plug was used in construction of Foster Dam. A rock wall will be built around the fountain, which will send water over the rocks.
Sept. 20, 2000
A $10,000 endowment scholarship fund was established in the name of Jim Riggs. Last month’s all-school reunion raised $17,000 for the fund, which was added to an anonymous $6,000 donation, bringing the Sweet Home Alumni Foundation’s total to about $47,000.
The National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps, Alumni Chapter 4 and the Willamette National Forest recognized those CCC members who devoted themselves to the development of the Longbow Organizational Campground on the Sweet Home Ranger District with new signs at the popular destination spot. Longbow Campground was constructed in the 1930s by CCC Camp 2907.