Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, ARF cats and dogs were celebrating “Adopt a Senior Pet” month. Bobbie: Everyone, gather around! I have news! Leia: Hold on, Bobbie. Let me get Tinkerbell and Pompeii. I don’t see them here. Bobbie: And I know why. That’s my news. Leia: Are you saying… Bobbie: I…
60 years ago – 1956 Some Banning youngsters took a one-day outdoor education course at the Arts Foundation. One of them later wrote the instructor (Emax), “I enjoyed hiking with you. Your job was to make us hungry and you sure did it.” 55 years ago – 1961 Residents were grumbling as they received…
I don’t rightly know what this has to do with anything. But for me it has to do with everything. He dragged his grip up the stairs, we called them grips in the ’40s, and I, his daughter, followed close behind. He was returning home after several weeks in Havana, and I was so happy…
Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, ARF cats discussed Koda the Simoyed and her propensity to chase cats. Leia: Wowie! My head is spinning! Three dog adoptions in one week! Bobbie: Holy moly! Who got adopted? Leia: Koda, the Samoyed, is now with a forever family right here in Idyllwild, and her name…
Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, ARF dogs were letting the cats know that they were just a adoptable as any feline. Leia: There’s a winner for last month’s Most Adoptable Feline award! Binky! Binky has a forever family! Bobbie: No surprise. Even I have to admit she’s a great cat. Olivia: …
65 years ago – 1951 Building started on the new Idyllwild Motel, a 10-unit structure on Pine Crest behind La Cantina. 60 years ago – 1956 An Arabian horse show climaxed Palm Springs’ Western Week. Mary Nelson of Idyllwild was chair of the show, with Claire Woodmouse assisting. 55 years ago – 1961 The Alandale…
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By Janice Murasko Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, the cats were competing for the title of Most Adoptable Feline. Bobbie: It’s evident that we’re all very adoptable, but who won? Leia: Based upon adoptions this past week, nobody. We’re all still here. Heavenly Whiskers: Difficult to believe, isn’t it? I really cannot…
70 years ago – 1946 Ernie and Betty Maxwell founded the Town Crier in the attic of their home using a mimeograph and handwritten headlines. 60 years ago – 1956 Max and Bee Krone were featured in “The Instructor,” a teacher’s magazine. A section of their song arrangements appeared in several issues. 55 years ago…
60 years ago – 1956 The Town Crier threw a 10th-anniversary potluck celebration at Town Hall. Everyone was invited to come and “talk over old times and swap yarns about our beginnings on the Hill.” 55 years ago – 1961 The Town Crier reported it had been, “the driest year on record” and as a…
