April 27, 1950
The town celebrated the dedication of the high school’s new auditorium, the completion of which climaxed a building program at the $1 million high school that’s been in almost continuous progress since the first modern unit was completed in 1936. Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public instruction spoke on the history of the union high school movement after the turn of the century that was the result of recognition of a school problem in Oregon. The goal, he said, was to offer all a high school education.
Crawfordsville fourth graders entertained visitors and school friends with a pet show, star of which was a skunk named Oscar. Amiable and de-scented, Oscar rivaled in his stellar part by a hen, who obliged visitors by laying an egg during the show. Also exhibited were puppies, cats, a baby rabbit, a pigeon, turkeys, goldfish and a kid goat.
A recent poll at the high school revealed more girls (114 of them) want to be housewives and more boys (71) want to be truck drivers. Other aggregate interests include: secretary – 101, beautician – 74, teaching – 67, aviation – 54, bookkeeping/accounting – 54, music – 54, medicine – 51, auto mechanic – 50, forestry – 37, police – 37, agriculture – 35, armed services – 33, civil service – 28, telephone/telegraph – 24, logger – 23, law – 21, radio/electronics – 15, selling – 15, carpentry – 10, mill mechanic – 10, mill worker – 6, plant nursery – 4.
April 24, 1975
The council voted 5-1 to make the final payment for work done on 18th Avenue after blasting the poor workmanship. Councilor Frank Kikel pointed out the unevenness of the lifts and the way in which the street flared into Long Street and other major intersections. “This is the most poorly laid city street I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been here,” he said.
The council entered into an agreement with Staley Excavating to haul sludge away from the city’s new wastewater treatment plant on the South Santiam River. Staley plans to haul the waste to a 300-acre site at Fern Ridge. In November, the city proposed to purchase 20 acres in the Pleasant Valley area and dump the sludge there, but area residents reacted violently to the idea.
Months of hard volunteer labor bore fruit when 350 people crowded into the new Senior Citizen – Community Center on Long Street for the facility’s dedication open house. The effort began nearly four years ago, replacing the old facility on Main Street west of 12th Avenue.
April 26, 2000
The family of Etta L. King received an award from the National Weather Service for 60 years of service in the Cooperative Weather Program. King operated her hydrological weather station at her Holley home, 40240 Hwy. 228. Various family members took charge of the weather observations, testing the velocity and depth of the water, throughout the years. The data was published monthly in the publication for the National Climatic Data Center in North Carolina.
Sweet Home got its first look at preliminary plans for developing Sankey Park and dealing with Sankey Pond. The architect’s drawing presents a pond area that includes two pools along the course of Ames Creek. He proposed altering the course of the stream.