Past Tense: Feb. 26, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 Eleanor Johnson’s long-cherished project of beautifying Village Circle got underway. 60 years ago - 1955 Ted Belden filed a patent on the...

Past Tense: May 14, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 Mildred Thorn, Theda and Bob Simpson and Emsy Dunn were  selected as leaders of the Chamber of Commerce’s July 4th...

Past Tense: 11.28.2013

65 years ago - 1948 Hollywood came to Idyllwild when the Rustic Theatre presented the first showing of “One Sunday Afternoon,” starring Dennis Morgan. Morgan...

Past Tense: March 3, 2022

65 years ago - 1957During what used to be conservation week, Izaak Walton League hosted the Junior Rangers and Girl Scouts at...

Past Tense: March 25, 2021

Teachers Jennifer Lyman (left) and Sharon Kehoe posed with their equipment for a photo on the school campus, The Elliott-Pope Preparatory...

Past Tense: December 10, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 Plans were set for a reforestation project along the highway near the dump. Idyllwild School children were going to assist...

Past Tense: November 17, 2016

  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...

Past Tense: May 25, 2017

70 years ago - 1947 Idyllwild’s first switch-board was installed at the home of Jess Brown. When prodded for comment, Jess said, “Just don't have...

Past Tense: August 13, 2020

Royce Price doing calisthenics with the help of the Dixie Machine at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. The photo ran Aug....

Past Tense: June 7, 2012

65 years ago - 1947 A wave of ladybugs buzzed through the village, coming out of hibernation. Somebody proposed an annual village lottery on...
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