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From Our Files: Dec. 3, 2025
Dec. 7, 1950 The Junior Chamber of Commerce dressed the city up for a holiday appearance with…
Songs of the Santiam: Local poet’s work preserves history
By Roberta McKern For The New Era At the East Linn Museum, we have been browsing through a…
From Our Files: Nov. 26, 2025
Nov. 30, 1950 A runaway auto wheel came to rest in the display window of Lew’s Sporting…
From Our Files: Nov. 19, 2025
Nov. 23, 1950 Preparations for the coming Christmas season are underway, with installation of five additional mail…
From Our Files: Nov. 12, 2025
Nov. 16, 1950 Wayne Roberts, who is spearheading a drive to pave 7th Avenue from K Street…
From Our Files: Nov. 5, 2025
Nov. 9, 1950 Four of the city’s six emergency vehicles are now radio equipped. Latest addition to the…
Wily politics, wild cattle and … wolves? played into Oregon’s birth
By Roberta McKern For The New Era In association with the East Linn Museum, we have been looking…
From Our File: Oct. 29, 2025
Nov. 2, 1950 Bud Hall, high school junior, received two stitches for a cut on his neck…
From Our Files: Oct. 22, 2025
Oct. 26, 1950 KGAL owner Gorden Allen reported construction on the powerful new radio station in Lebanon is…
From Our Files: Oct. 15, 2025
Oct. 19, 1950 A Halloween and hard-times party will be held at the high school by the…
From Our Files: Oct. 8, 2025
Oct. 12, 1950 Members of the Sweet Home Active Club are talking about a project to construct…
Send in the Cavalry: The Oregon Volunteer Cavalry – 1861-1864
By Roberta McKern For The New Era The Oregon Volunteer Cavalry played a significant role in maintaining order…
From Our Files: Oct. 1, 2025
Oct. 5, 1950 Paul Bailey, student manager for the Sweet Home football team, was treated for electric…
From Our Files: Sept. 24, 2025
Sept. 28, 1950 As many as 16 arrests were made this week on a variety of charges.…
From Our File: Sept. 17, 2025
Sept. 21, 1950 The Crusade for Freedom campaign is now underway. A proclamation was issued outlining the…
From Our Files: Sept. 10, 2025
Sept. 14, 1950 After an eight-week strike, employees of Willamette National Lumber Company in Foster went back to…
From Our Files: Sept. 3, 2025
Sept. 7, 1950 Jackie and Ed Bishop, Sweet Home brothers wanted in this area by federal, state and…
Greener grass a big driver in settlement of Sweet Home
By Roberta McKern For The New Era Mankind – pardon, “humankind” – has ever been inclined to go…
From Our Files: Aug. 27, 2025
Aug. 31, 1950 Police are looking for a capricious clock snatcher who took two electric clocks from the…
From Our Files: Aug. 20, 1950
Aug. 24, 1950 A modern, new lookout, which will be manned for the first time next year, was…
From Our Files: Aug. 13, 2025
Aug. 17, 1950 A six-foot raised center island is included in plans for widening of Main Street. It…
From Our Files: Aug. 6, 2025
Aug. 10, 1950 City Council approved the purchase of a new one-ton flatbed truck to replace the…
From Our Files: July 30, 2025
Aug. 3, 1950 City Manager Jess Parker announced the widening of Highway 20 through Sweet Home is…
From Our Files: July 23, 2025
July 27, 1950 The second application of anti-mosquito spray (DDT) is scheduled this week in the early…
From Our Files: July 16, 2025
July 20. 1950 The city’s first flag pole was erected on the side of the local police…