Past Tense: October 22, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Hunter McConnell, co-chairman of the local Disaster Committee, announced that he was accepting volunteers for lookout or fire-watching duty. About...
Past Tense: October 15, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
A Town Crier story, “We’re News in New York,” informed readers that a recent New York Herald editorial urged Secretary...
Past Tense: October 8, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
The Fern Valley Lodge was selling “fine dinners” for only $1 per meal.
60 years ago - 1955
Hemet Unified School District...
Past Tense: October 1, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Plans for state riding and hiking trails received a boost when portions of the local trail system were inspected and...
Past Tense: September 24, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Upon completion of the architectural drawings for the workshops and studios of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts,...
Past Tense: September 17, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Because of the increasing mountain population and the heavier downstream needs, it was estimated that the community would soon need...
Past Tense: September 10, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
A new attraction at the Labor Day carnival was Zeke’s hayride. A team of six horses pulled the wagon and...
Past Tense: September 3, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Angling in the area had never been so good. More than 9,000 catchable-sized trout had been planted in lakes Hemet...
Past Tense: August 27, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Lora Steere, nationally known sculptress, conducted the first class at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.
60 years ago...
Past Tense: August 20, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.”
60...