1973 — David Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott, Holyoke, is shown cat fishing — only the cat is four-legged and the fishing is dryland. Young David was observed casting from his self-made rubber boat on wheels, and what he was casting for was Dr. R.J. Wiest’s family cat. The young fisherman makes a cast with nothing but a lead slug on his line, which the cat loves to grab. David then proceeds to reel in the playful cat. — Enterprise file photo
Peekin' into the Past
Five Years Ago
Aug. 2, 2018
Starting in 2019, local cancer patients won’t have to travel out of county to receive lifesaving treatment. Melissa Memorial Hospital plans to open its new chemotherapy mixing room by the end of the year.
Holyoke’s first National Night Out will be held Aug. 7 at City Park. National Night Out is a night each year on which communities nationwide are encouraged to host some sort of event to encourage people to deliver information about local law enforcement.
Melissa Memorial Hospital will soon be welcoming a new family medicine physician to its team. Daniela de Vargas Boyer, D.O., moved to Hoyoke at the beginning of July and hopes to start seeing patients by the end of August.
Bryan Kroeger and about 30 others gathered in the new pavilion at the Phillips County Fairgrounds on Sunday morning, July 29, to christen the facility and praise the work of 4-H and FFA.
Ten Years Ago
Aug. 1, 2013
The Holyoke 4-H Saddle Club and Drill Team held a reunion during the Phillips County Fair on Saturday, July 27.
Jake O’Neal, a 2007 Holyoke High School grad, is putting everything he has into his career as a musician and singer-songwriter, namely with his indie-rock band, Summa.
With Holyoke celebrating its 125th anniversary earlier this year, more eyes than ever have been on the history of the city. According to the Phillips County Assessor’s Office, just 10 residential structures remain standing from before 1900. Of those, only one predates 1890. Lenny and Pat Warren have the distinction of owning the oldest house in Phillips County.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Aug. 6, 1998
Oct. 1 is the anticipated date for doctors Saugato Sanyal and Saswati Gupta to begin practicing in Holyoke, according to Melissa Memorial Hospital administrator George Larson.
At their month-end meeting on July 31, Phillips County commissioners reported taking action concerning a new beet receiving station location and a change in location for a wrecking yard.
Herman Leben will celebrate his 95th birthday on Aug. 9. He has seen the invention of the automobile and the computer, two world wars and the Depression.
Fifty Years Ago
Aug. 2, 1973
Due to the shortage of beef, it is almost certain that the barbecue planned for the last night of the Phillips County Fair will have to be canceled.
An intra-team pentathlon was held by the Holyoke swim club members last Monday at the local pool.
The town of Holyoke tennis tournament will be held at the town courts Sunday, Aug. 5.
The Holyoke-Pleasant Valley men’s softball tournament, which is being held at Pleasant Valley Ballpark, started Sunday night and runs through Friday.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
Aug. 5, 1948
At the regular meeting of the Holyoke town council last Monday evening, a health program for the town was discussed and adopted by the town officials. The health program was set up to comply with a health ordinance passed in 1921, providing for a health committee and a sanitary inspector.
Plunkett’s Variety Show, with 10 members of the family giving the Shaw Company its name, will set up in Holyoke Aug. 12-14. A new flameproof tent will house the show on the lot east of Foster Lumber Co.
A larger and better Colorado Seed Show, which is held annually in connection with the National Western Livestock Show in Denver in January, is planned by the Colorado Seed Growers Association.