15 Years Ago - December 4, 2009

• About Town- Doris Lessenden: A huge balloon Santa Clause is bobbing outside the Gallery of Shops on north Wansted.

25 Years Ago - December 3, 1999

• Baby Bear Hugs is excited to sponsor the Third Annual Christmas Tour of Homes.
• Wild Horse Roundup- Curtis Schrimp: I must be getting behind as my Thanksgiving dinner wasn’t digested yet when I could hear Christmas songs. Oh well, I always been a day late and dollar short.

40 Years Ago - December 7, 1984

• Dale Adamson has been appointed the new Undersheriff for Kiowa County.
• The Annual Community Christmas Cantata will be held at the Eads United Methodist Church.

50 Years Ago - December 6, 1974

• The RE-1 School Board approves a teacher base salary increase. The increase of $500 is effective September 1975.
• AD: Waitresses Wanted $1.45 per hour apply at the Coachlight Restaurant.

75 Years Ago - December 2, 1949

• Kelly Jackson won the blue ribbon for his country cured ham at a convention of the Colorado Frozen Food Locker Association held in Denver.
• We are pleased to see improvements in the Town of Eads, and believe the proposal to bring in natural gas will mark a definite period of progress.
• Former Kiowa County resident R.V. McFarlane wrote informing of his recent move to Geddes, South Dakota, where he has a “modern house and REA electric service.
• Ted Oswald of Kit Carson was in town and took home a supply of pitchforks and scoop shovel handles, among other things. It looks like somebody may be in for a little work.