Times Past

85 Years Ago July 8, 1936

 

(Herald file photo from Thursday, July 10, 1986)

MEMBERS of Haxtun's t-ball baseball team are back row (l-r), Coach Doreen Randall, John Hinde, Marc Bornhoft, Casey Goddard, Casey McConnell, Russell Wernsman, Monte Waite and Steven Kusman; front row (l-r), Justin Morris, Dusty Ricker, Kelli McConnell, Doug Hadeen, Bryan Hofmeister, Gia Gillotte and Dustin Seger.

85 Years Ago

July 8, 1936

Opening of a modem meat department at the Birrell Food store has been announced for Friday of this week by J.D. Birrell, proprietor of the firm. The meat depart­ment has been equipped with a new refrigeration system in con­nection with a modern display counter. Several hundred pounds of fresh meat may be stored in the refrigerator and the store will be able to keep an adequate stock on hand at all times.

Five new stars at one swoop were added to the Hollywood fir­mament when Darryl F. Zanuck secured the adorable Dionne Quintuplets to head the cast of his "The Country Doctor." Every­thing that has ever been said and written about these marvelous babies pales into insignificance beside the actual sight of them playing and cooing, acting real roles in a real story and sur­rounded by such Hollywood stars as Jean Hersholt, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Slim Summer­ville, and Dorothy Peterson.

The wedding of Miss Virginia Kyger, former Haxtun girl, and James Boggess of' Cheyenne, Wyo., occurred Sunday evening at the Evangelical Church parsonage in Denver. The ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Donnenworth.

70 Years Ago

July 11, 1951

Drilling on the J.M. Crowland 11 miles east of Haxtun was stopped this past week by the oil drilling crew. The hole was ce­mented after reaching a depth of about 4,000 feet without encoun­tering any oil or gas. This well was the only drilling in Phillips County at the time and any future oil or gas exploration here in the near future is not known.

Dr. and Mrs. A.W. Lundberg Jr. of Compton, Calif., are the par­ents of a daughter born Friday, July 6. She has been named Nancy Jane. Dr. and Mrs. Lundberg have two other children, Mike and Peggy.

House Bill No. 265 passed by 1951 Legislature requires that all poultry and rabbits to be graded and identified. After Aug. 1, 1951, it will be illegal to sell poultry and rabbits in the State of Colorado unless they have an identification as to grade and where processed.

Funeral services were held Sun­day from the Radford Funeral home for Mrs. Lenora Bell Snyder, resident of Fleming, who passed away Thursday morning (July 5, 1951) following a three­ month illness.

Station KOA will broadcast all University of Colorado football games this fall, it was announced this week by Charles C. Bevis Jr., general manager. The live broad­ casts of the 10 games on the CU schedule will be sponsored by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, marking the fifth consecutive sea­son that Standard and KOA have made available to Rocky Moun­tain football fans the gridiron ac­tivities of the Buffaloes.

45 Years Ago

July 8, 1976

The first load of wheat from the 1976 crop arrived at the Farmers' coop Elevator at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 30. The wheat, a Scout 66 variety, was cut by Louis and Mickey Anich from a field belonging to Kenneth and Merton Gordon. It weighed 57 pounds per bushel with a moisture test of 14.4.

The Haxtun Rescue' Unit was called at midmorning Thursday to take Ernie Stryker to the Logan County Hospital at Sterling after he had been run over by a tractor at his farm west of town. The ambulance had no more than returned to Haxtun when it was summoned to take Ollie Burton, Stryker's sister, to the Sterling hospital when she suffered a broken hip after being attacked by a dog.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garretson of Wheatridge are the parents of a baby boy born at 1:51 p.m. on July 6 in Fort Collins. He was named Christopher Mark.

30 Years Ago

July 11, 1991

Haxtun head football coach John Starkebaum rested at home this week following a farm accident last week that caused serious injury to his lower facial area. According to his wife Julia, Coach Starkebaum was using an air bubble to fill tires when something blew. Coach Starkebaum has been a familiar and popular part of Haxtun High School's football program for the past 14 years.

Obituaries: Nelta L. Graham, 79, died Sunday, June 30, 1991, at her home in Fort Collins. Robert W. (Pat) Exstrom, 59, died July 9, 1991 in the Sterling Regional MedCenter.

Births: Mark and Karen Wendling, Bryant, S.D., are the parents of a baby girl, Chantel Nadine, born July 6 1991. Devin Newth and Jodi Canchola, Haxtun, are the parents of a baby girl, Siera Renee, born July 5, 1991. Damon and Lori Lundgren are the parents of a baby boy, Derek Allen, born July 7, 1991.

Reverend Jeanne Redshaw assumed the pulpit at Haxtun United Methodist Church on July 1.

10 Years Ago

July 6, 2011

Great Outdoors Colorado awarded Phillips County a grant for up to $200,000 to help fund a new playground at Homesteaders' Park at the PC Fairgrounds. County commissioners announced news of the grant during a meeting on June 30.

Plumes of black, white and gray smoke could be seen for miles on Wednesday afternoon, June 29, as a fire south of Haxtun at Logan County roads 87 and 12 burned five buildings in addition to several vehicles, pieces of old equipment, trees, shrubs and grass. Fire departments from Haxtun, Fleming, Holyoke, Wages and Sterling battled the blaze most of the afternoon while temperatures reached 100 degrees and into the evening hours as winds began to pick up. Firemen were able to save the home and garage on the property owned by the Freemyer family.

 

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