75 years ago – 1947A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet. 70 years ago – 1952Paul and Mary Gormley were manning the lookout post at Ranger Peak. During the rest of the year, the Gormleys worked as cook and butler for a family in the San Francisco area.• • •The…
Comedian Adam Cozens will present an evening of stand-up comedy at “ye olde” Rustic Theater at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. He will be joined by his longtime friend and colleague Nick Cobb.In addition to his grueling (and ego bruising) work as a stand-up comic, Cozens has contributed material to “Saturday Night Live,” “Funny or…
Bless the USA Dear Editor:I am proud to be an American. Before the start of the Fourth of July Parade, the participants were lined up.I had the wonderful opportunity to say “Hello” to the horses and even kissed Jake the horse on the nose. We both enjoyed it. What a nice start of of the…
75 years ago – 1947Town Crier visited the Kretsingers: “In the front room, a rehearsal of the Mounted Music Makers was in process. Jean was strumming his guitar, Evie was at the piano and little George was singing at the top of his voice. Down at Kretsinger Corners, everyone gets a BANG out of living.”…
Harry Albert Wiedenhaupt II died Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at age 76, at LLMC in Murrieta. Death was caused by work-related COPD, acute respiratory arrest and various underlying long-term health issues.He lived in Idyllwild with his wife of 54 years (Sharon) and two sons Harry Albert III and Lance Ryan for 20 years (1979-1999).He was…
George Robert “Bob” Gammage of Hemet went home to be with the Great Spirit Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.He was born Jan. 18, 1951, the son of George Ross Gammage and Dorothy Naomi (Nicholas) Gammage.Bob graduated from Montebello High School in 1969 where he went on to Whittier College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in…
Gordon Austerman passed away at his Fern Valley home Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at the age of 92.He is survived by his loving wife, Inge, sons Jim and Ace, and daughter Darla and their families, as well as stepsons Jeff, Tim, Chris and David.Gordon served in the Army in the 1950s, then attended college where…
Anthony Montgomery Pearson born June 8, 1936, in Pasadena, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at his home in Glendale, after dealing with dementia for several years.Tony and his sister, Carol Scheck, own a small cabin on Montgomery Lane in Idyllwild. This cabin was obtained in the 1930s by their grandparents, Judge Charles and Mona…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats wished Stevie the best in his forever home and welcomed new dog Mouse.Phil: It has happened again.Whiskers: We’ve run out of catnip?Don: No, silly. An ARF dog is gone, probably adopted.Whiskers: Sort of. Mouse is on a trial adoption. Let’s keep our…
65 years ago – 1956Former California Attorney General Robert Kenny was in town paying a visit to his former business associate, Hazel Cress. 60 years ago – 1961Emax saw the painting of yellow lines on the highways as “a trend toward the police state.” 55 years ago – 1966A series of storms soaked the mountain,…
