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85 Years Ago Sept. 16, 1936
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September 15, 2021
(Herald file photo from Thursday, Sept. 25, 1986)
A NUMBER of Fleming youngsters turned out with decorated bikes to participate in Fleming's Annual Fall Festival Parade this past Saturday. The Festival was well attended.
85 Years Ago
Sept. 16, 1936
Miss Ardis and Ellen and Willis Marlatt left last Friday morning to enroll at the Colorado State Agriculture college for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Larson of Nebraska have purchased the Wages store from Mrs. S.E. Williams. The Larsons will take possession the first of September.
Lloyd Adamson left Haxtun Tuesday morning for Denver to attend the national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Paoli News - Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Seeman, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vollmer and son of Holyoke, and H.A. Flaker and Minerva were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Flaker.
Crimson and White, Vol. III, No. 1, published once a month by the Fairfield High School and grade students in cooperation with The Haxtun Harvest: Editors of this edition, Glenda Goddard and Byron Bailey. On Tuesday the intermediate room elected Glen Michael as their room representative. Norma Lundberg is very proud to have a new little sister at her home.
Highland Center News - Jesse Schmidt helped U.S. Taylor repair his windmill Wednesday.
Dailey News - Our professor, Fred Bayliss, went to Greeley for the weekend to see his new son.
70 Years Ago
Sept. 19, 1951
This Friday and Saturday the Rialto will show the Robinson-Turpin fight at no increased admission. The more technical points will be in slow motion. There also will be a double-feature and cartoon as usual, with two complete shows each night.
The first football game of the year was played at Haxtun Friday evening against Grant, Neb. The game was a practice tilt and ended with a score of 26 to 0 in favor of the visiting team.
At a pretty nuptial mass on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock at the St. Peter's church, Miss Florence Schlenz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schlenz of St. Peters, and William Lock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lock, exchanged wedding vows. Rev. James Halloran read the double-ring ceremony.
Fleming News - "Women in Unusual Occupations" was the lesson presented by Mrs. Delmar Kennedy at the regular meeting of the Matinee Study Club Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Austin Bledsoe.
Darrell Smith spent last week in Haxtun. He returned to Fort Collins Sunday to continue his studies at the Colorado State Agricultural College.
45 Years Ago
Sept. 16, 1976
Fleming Homecoming royalty; Lisa Unrein and Lynn Dreier were crowned as homecoming royalty at the Fleming vs. Byers football game Saturday. Attendants were Cindy Sweet, Mike Schaefer, Sandy Dreier, and Steve Unrein. Crown bearers were Kim Booher and Cory Felzien.
Funeral services for George Jay Jones Jr., 75, an employee and consultant for the Town of Haxtun since 1918, were held on Sept. 14. He died Sept. 10, 1976.
Paoli News - Bill Clark has sold his property to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith and family and they will be moving in soon. Welcome to this family from the Paoli community. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kain are the proud great-grandparents of a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Snow. The little miss was named Nicole Ann.
Mrs. Leon Atkins entertained recently at a coffee hour at her home in Fleming. Her guests were Mrs. Bill Keil of Crook, Mrs. Wilma Harbough of Denver, Mrs. Earl Atkins, Mrs. Blanche Bledsoe, and Mrs. Wilbur Atkins.
30 Years Ago
Sept. 19, 1991
Area accidents leave three dead and two critical: Dead are Kevin Sean Holloway, 19, Haxtun High School graduate; Linda Withrow, 38, rural Holyoke; Gary Robert Saylor, 55, rural Holyoke. Critical are Edgar "Jack" Withrow, 37, and Anna Withrow, 9.
Other obituaries: Richard C. Spelts, 78, Sept. 9, 1991; Connie Jean Weed, 29, Fort Lupton, July 31, 1991; Valva M. Eckman, 79, Sept. 13, 1991.
Locals model at state fair: Melissa Krueger and Casey Sumpter, daughters of Brian and Joyce Krueger of Holyoke and Rich and Cindi Sumpter of Haxtun, represented Phillips County at the 1991 4-H State Fashion Revue.
A celebration in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Glenn and Jeane Brundige was held on Saturday evening, Sept. 7, at the Park Inn in Sterling.
First birthdays: Phawn Nicole Carper, daughter of Gary and Paula Carper of Haxtun, celebrated her first birthday on Aug. 14, 1991. Tucker Allen Lebsack, son of Kelly and Trish Lebsack of Sterling, celebrated his first birthday on Aug. 7, 1991.
Patti and Mark Dunning of Highlands Ranch are the parents of a son, Chase, born Sept. 6.
10 Years Ago
Sept. 21, 2011
The days of waiting a day for delivery of medication or driving at least 20 miles to fill a prescription may soon be over for patients of the Haxtun Hospital District, Haxtun Family Medicine Center and Fleming Family Health Center. HHD Chief Executive Officer Don Burris announced the implementation of Instymeds, an outpatient pharmaceutical dispenser, during a meeting on Sept. 12.
The Haxtun Bulldogs shut out the Broncos from Wauneta-Palisade at home on Friday night. The win gibes the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage to begin league play this week at Longmont Christian High School.
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs took the Wauneta-Palisade Lady Broncos to four games at home Friday night. Haxtun won game one 25-18 but lost the following sets giving the Broncos the victory.
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