From Our Files: Aug. 7, 2024

Ringing up groceries for the last time is Alice Rice. The friendly smile and deep voice have been a part of the Safeway checkout counter for the past 14 years before Rice’s recent retirement in 1974.

Aug. 8, 1974

 

Bob Waibel took first place in “The World’s First Loggers Pentathlon” held in Brownsville. Waibel, who coordinated the event, was timed at 1:35.5 minutes in the five events – log shop, axe throw, choker setting, obstacle pole and hand bucking. Two hours of jackpot axe throwing, in which spectators participated, climaxed the show which was viewed by those attending the Sweet Home Elks picnic and others in Brownsville Pioneer Park.

 

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