From Our Files: Aug. 13, 2025

Corry and Johnny Ray Valentine size themselves up against some large watermelons that will be given away in the city recreation programs Summer Festival family picnic at Sankey Park in 1975.

Aug. 17, 1950

A six-foot raised center island is included in plans for widening of Main Street. It will divide the street into two 31-foot travel ways, each providing for two lanes of traffic with an eight-foot parallel parking strip.

Winners of the Frontier Days beard contest were Duke Johnson, of Holley, for “handsomest bush;” Walter Peden, of Sweet Home, for “reddest growth;” and Guy Oliver, of Sweet Home, for “most novel trim.” The third…

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