history

May 3, 1951   Some Foster school children were injured when a log truck crashed into a school…

April 26, 1951   Construction will begin next week on a Dairy Queen building at M Street across…

April 19, 1951   Sweet Home’s high school board authorized a call for bids for the community’s anticipated…

April 12, 1951   “Two weeks from fighting snow to fighting fire” summarized the amazed and disgusted attitudes…

April 5, 1951   A flurry of activity noted in Sweet Home restaurants and taverns is due to…

March 15, 1951   Intention of residents of the 7th Avenue and A Lane area to have their…

March 8, 1951   A snow storm left nearly 16 inches of the white stuff in the city,…

Feb. 22, 1951   High Mass was conducted at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Lebanon for the five…

Feb. 15, 1951   More than 10% of some 250 people who attended a state senate hearing came…

Feb. 8, 1951   Brilliant light flashes in the sky were observed in the east and resembled lightning,…

Feb. 1, 1951   The last steam engine to see service in Sweet Home yards left here this…

Jan. 25, 1951   A rodent control consultant reported to the Linn County health office that very little…

Jan. 11, 1951   Seven newly built school bus stop shelters are now in use, and more are…

Jan. 4, 1951   Too heavy, too high and too wide, reads the citation at the justice court…

Dec. 28, 1950   Donn Bonham, former editor of The New Era, is now in Korea with the…

Dec. 21, 1950   Late trains are the principal cause of overdue Christmas mail delivery, but mail carriers…

Dec. 14, 1950   The Linn County telephone exchange will install 40 new suburban lines for Sweet Home…

Dec. 7, 1950   The Junior Chamber of Commerce dressed the city up for a holiday appearance with…

Nov. 30, 1950   A runaway auto wheel came to rest in the display window of Lew’s Sporting…

Nov. 23, 1950   Preparations for the coming Christmas season are underway, with installation of five additional mail…

Nov. 16, 1950   Wayne Roberts, who is spearheading a drive to pave 7th Avenue from K Street…

Nov. 9, 1950 Four of the city’s six emergency vehicles are now radio equipped. Latest addition to the…