From Our Files: Jan. 29, 2025

A 32-foot Douglas fir sits poised for a 3,735 mile journey across the states to represent the state in the Oregon Log project. The Sweet Home and Lebanon Jaycees will showcase the log in Miami at the 1975 National Jaycee Convention.

Feb. 2, 1950

 

Local thermometers indicated a low between one degree and minus seven degrees this week. Pipes froze, automobiles were stalled and fuses blew on power transformers. Most trouble, however, was caused by storms during the weekend. Power and telephone service was out in wide areas and snow on the Santiam Pass forced a bus to turn back.

 

Postmaster Nealia Haven announced a map showing which streets will have foot delivery and which will have mounted delivery is posted in the post office lobby. Delivery should begin in April. She requested residents begin to have all mail addressed to their street and house numbers. Residents with foot delivery service are to use door slots or mail boxes placed on the house. Door slots must be at least 30 inches from floor level. Regular rural mail boxes will be used for the mounted delivery service.

 

Sweet Home Jaycees who worked on the Oregon Log Project in 1975 are, from left, Bill Kliever with son Biff, Ray Thompson, Randy Myers, Ken Gregory on truck, Cody Carson, Jim James and Mike Waddle.

Nurse Ethel Emmert braved harshly cold weather and knee-deep snow to reach 2-year-old Carolyn Ann Weigman, who was suffering with pneumonia. George H. Weigman, who lives above Sunnyside on the Quartzville Road, called Dr. Langmack’s office on behalf of his child.  Three trees were blown across the Tally Creek Bridge so it couldn’t be crossed. With help from Carlyle Slater, Emmert carried oxygen and penicillin three miles through the snow to the home and stayed there overnight until she could be taken to hospital the next day.

 

Rev. W.H. Cooksley of the Evangelical United Brethren church reported that since Linn County failed to match state relief funds, no money is available for relief. As such, the Sweet Home Ministerial Association set up a food and clothing depot at 1135 Long St. to serve 30-50 area families. Churches will take turns managing the depot, and food and clothing will be solicited from homes and organizations.

 

Jan. 30, 1975

 

Last week’s heavy snowfall kept Pacific Power & Light crews on the go as widespread outages were reported. The manager for PP&L said the outages were the worst he’s seen in his four years, adding that 30-40 spans of wire were down during the weekend.

 

Mona Conley is first in line to buy candy from Camp Fire Girls in 1975. From left are Brenda Moore, Kim Green, Linda Hommel, Kathy Bruce, Chris Bruce and Lynette Poland.

Sweet Home’s six month experiment in free two-hour downtown parking ended successfully when the city council authorized the removal of the parking meter poles. A councilor was initially skeptical of the plan, noting the loss in meter revenue and fines, but later admitted the free parking was working better than he expected.

 

The two-year struggle to build a handball court at Northside Park appears over when the council agreed to convert the concrete structure into an interim storage area. They approved using already budgeted funds to put a roof on the building, light it and provide a minimal amount of heat. City Manager Dave Crutcher said the Park Board feels it would be too costly to put the court into a playable condition. Former City Manager Mike Gleason expected donated materials to help with the cost, but those materials never surfaced.

 

Feb. 2, 2000

 

Former owner Ruth Blanchard Home Town Drugs’ grand opening of the pharmacy’s new drive-thru window and remodel in conjunction with a celebration of 50 years in business. Blanchard and her husband, John, opened Economy Drugs in 1949 in the former post office. She recalled Long Street was still gravel at the time, and Saturday nights’ entertainment was watching the fights come out of Bill’s Tavern. Dave Redden acquired the business in 1982. Since then, he renamed the business and began remodeling it.

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