70 years ago – 1948 The Town Crier noted evidence that the dog population was getting out of hand: “Many pets are apparently dissatisfied with their homes and prefer just to hang around the post office.” 65 years ago – 1953 County Civil Defense Coordinator Col. O.S. Dresher told a Town Hall audience that the…
70 years ago – 1948 Chess and bridge were favorite features of evenings at Idyllwild Inn. 65 years ago – 1953 Nearly 30 members had signed up for the newly organized Rifle and Pistol Club sponsored by the American Legion Post 800. 60 years ago – 1958 The Sikkings were about to open their new…
70 years ago – 1948 As the Lions entertained in honor of their daughters, Ernie Maxwell contributed a chalk talk on “Feminine Fashion.” 65 years ago – 1953 Two bald eagles were frequenting the Foster Lake area. 60 years ago – 1958 The Chamber of Commerce listed public rest-rooms among its study projects for the…
70 years ago – 1948 Fern Valley residents were about to vote on a $250,000 bond issue to purchase the Fern Valley Mutual Water System. 65 years ago – 1953 A team of forestry insect experts from the U.S. Bureau of Entomology toured the district and reported that the local national forest area was in…
70 years ago – 1948 Fire quickly burned more than an acre on the mountainside below Suicide Rock. The snow was too deep to allow pumpers to get close to the fire. 65 years ago – 1953 ISOMATA was growing fast. Enrollment was expected to reach 500 students and the 40 faculty members would equal…
70 years ago – 1948 The proprietor of Thorn’s General Store, Pine Cove, advertised, “I’ll sell you stuff if you’ll hunt me up. It’s too cold to be at the store every day.” 65 years ago – 1953 Ernie Maxwell was a member of the snow crew team that trekked Tahquitz Valley to complete the…
Editor: To the gentleman who requested chiropractors cover veterans in Idyllwild: When I read your letter in the Town Crier asking chiropractors to join the Veterans Choice Program, I called Idyllwild Health Center since they were covered. Neither of us had any knowledge of such an organization as Choice. I didn’t know where else to…
70 years ago – 1948 With the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs about to visit the Hill, local folk were urged to look as “mountainy and picturesque” as possible. 65 years ago – 1953 Dan Slanker, founder of the local American Legion Post 800 in 1948, was honored at Hillbilly Lodge by fellow…
70 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. 65 years ago – 1953 Mike Michelson fell from an oak tree. An ominous hum from the…
70 years ago – 1948 Saturday was designated Idyllwild Day at the County Fair and Date Festival. Idyllwild had a booth containing a chukker partridge and a ring-necked pheasant, plus samples of Pinecraft furniture. 60 years ago – 1958 More than a million visitors had flocked to the San Jacinto Mountains in 1957, according to…
