From Our Files

Aug. 23, 1951   The Sweet Home swimming team now has a name. Henceforth, the local splashers will…

Aug. 16, 1951   A crowd attending the annual Frontier Days festivities got their first glimpse of the…

Aug. 9, 1951   Alice Cook was identified as the Frontier Days queen. The blonde is employed at…

Aug. 2, 1951   Frontier Days’ annual Buckaroo Breakfast will be sited this year at the city park…

July 26, 1951   Support in an x-ray drive was urged in an attempt to procure chest x-ray…

July 19, 1951   Three Sweet Home boys, unidentified due to being underage, were found guilty for being…

July 12, 1951   Sweet Home’s water situation got worse when an overworked water pump gave up under…

July 5, 1951   No local holiday celebrations marked the Fourth of July in the past nine years…

June 28, 1951   Sweet Home’s Mayor Eugene Ellis issued a letter to residents urging cooperation with water…

June 21, 1951   A new flare-up in the 240-acre Wiley Creek fire southeast of Foster caused fresh…

June 14, 1951   The city park will soon offer a variety of play equipment to youngsters. Park…

June 7, 1951   The Sweet Home fire department will sponsor a carnival next week on M Street…

May 31, 1951   Traffic in Sweet Home was re-routed off M Street on 10th and the Holley…

May 24, 1951   In the face of one of the worst farm labor shortages in recent years,…

May 17, 1951   First aid treatment for fracture and wound victims of an atomic explosion, their examination…

May 10, 1951   Sweet Home grade schools will join with the high school for the annual May…

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,…