Idyllwild Fourth of July Parade






Past Tense: July 9, 2015
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Idyllwild Fourth of July Parade






70 years ago – 1947 The U.S. Forest Service reported the insect situation had become critical in the Idyllwild area. Warm weather added another hatch of bugs and 750 trees were infected. 65 years ago – 1952 The season’s rainfall totaled 43 inches. • • • Town Crier saluted Denis Evarts Bowman as one of…
65 years ago – 1949 A cold snap brought a high of 30 degrees and a low of 7 degrees one day, freezing pipes and Mrs. Eric Holm’s breath on her coat. Emax reported that even the squirrels were shivering 60 years ago – 1954 The California Public Utilities Commission approved Idyllwild Water Company’s request…
65 years ago – 1948 For the PTA Founders’ Day tea, mothers were asked to bring pennies to match their age. They were permitted, however, to bring them wrapped and to deposit them when no one was looking. 60 years ago – 1953 Mike Michelson fell from an oak tree. An ominous hum from the…
70 years ago – 1950 Eleanor Johnson’s long-cherished project of beautifying Village Circle got underway. 65 years ago – 1955 Ted Belden filed a patent on the special design for the Pinecraft “Idyllwild Chair.” It was a fitted-to-size chair proportioned to small, average or big people. 60 years ago – 1960 The Christian Science Society,…
70 years ago – 1950 Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.” 65 years ago – 1955 At Dutton’s Corner Store in Fern Valley, 3 pounds of tomatoes were being sold for 19 cents. 60 years ago – 1960 Despite a move…
55 years ago – 1957 US Marines from Camp Pendleton moved into the Dark Canyon-Pine Flats area to begin a series of winter maneuver operations in the snow. 50 years ago – 1962 Noble Aller, of Idyllwild, Hemet Unified School Sistrict trustee, accepted appointment as the combined districts’ spokesman on the area school unification committee….