15 Year Ago

April 22, 2005

• Eads School Band received one I and two II ratings at the competition in Breckenridge over the weekend.
• East End Events –Lana Weber: Ralph Hallock gave dance lessons to Vicki and Becca Specht, Miranda, Lana, Lauren, Natalya and Peg Weber. It was fun, brutal, and well-deserved lesson. Yep, black eyes and bloody noses were involved. Everyone, BEWARE! Dancing can be a very dangerous hobby.

25 Years Ago

April 21, 1995

• Area News – Amy Weirich: One thing about the overcast weather, at least you won’t get sunburn.
• Nursing Home News –Nellie Nickert: Tina, with her gentle persuasion, leads us with stretch and movement exercises per video tape twice weekly.

40 Years Ago

April 18, 1980

• Craig Scott, a junior high student from Plainview, won top honors at the Kiowa County Spelling Bee. Marsha Koch, eighth grade student from Eads Junior High, won runner-up.
• The Plains Theatre will reopen its doors this Friday. The theatre closes during the winter season, the school sport season and reopens early spring.

50 Years Ago

April 17, 1970

• The first annual Eads-Haswell Elementary Science Fair was a huge success with family and friends of students grade 1-6 viewing the projects.
• Ruth N. Burbaker, formerly of Haswell, 5^th floor surgical head nurse of Penrose Hospital, received the Colorado Nurses Association Pike Peak District, Nurse of the Year award.

75 Years Ago

April 13, 1945

• One of the largest and most destructive prairie fires burned north and east of Brandon. High winds swept the flames, crossing roads, dry creeks, and burning everything in its path.
• Missouri Pacific pump house, located east of Haswell, burned down about 7:00 a.m. It’s believed the fire was started by sparks on the roof.

100 Years Ago

April 16, 1920

• R.E. Jackson and E.C. Bell are setting a good example by setting out a lot of fruit and shade trees in Jackson’s sub-division.
• The linemen have begun setting electric light poles and probably by next week will be ready for the wires.