60 years ago – 1951 The Town Crier was making plans to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Ernie Maxwell, the paper’s founder, banged out the first issue of the paper on a manual typewriter on Nov. 1, 1946. 55 years ago – 1956 Local Forest Service firefighters had a harrowing close call as they fought a…
More wineries, more wine stations, more music venues planned …
Geri Peterson plays pool. She plays pool extremely well.
Marsha M. Davis of Carmel and Idyllwild, Calif. died June 7, 2011 in Monterey, Calif., at the age of 79, after battling pancreatic cancer. Marsha was born in New York, N.Y. on July 1, 1931 to Marshall and Edna Monroe. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. She was a loving wife to her…
The crowd was estimated at “almost 1,000,” however locals interviewed simply said that all their neighbors and friends attended …
Last Friday, Jerry Holldber, Pine Cove Water District general manager, and Jerry Johnson, field foreman, delivered and unloaded several cases of Arrowhead bottled water for Idyllwild School. Holldber contacted Arrowhead and received nearly 430 cases of water. Holldber distributed them to Hill organizations such as the Idyllwild and Fern Valley water districts, Idyllwild Fire Department, MDP, RMRU and the Fire Safe Council. Helping Holldber and Johnson, but not shown, was Jeremy Potter.
Several hundred residents and visitors came to the “Rhapsody in Red” Quilt Show …
“Despicable Me” was shown on a giant screen at Town Hall on Friday, Sept. 23 to about 100 residents. Prior to the showing, Town Hall Director GeGe Beagle interviewed actress and Idyllwild native Elsie Fisher, who was the voice of the youngest sister, Little Agnes, in “Despicable Me.”
“Let’s Rock & Roll” Dance was held Saturday and featured tunes from the 1950s and 60s …
Only in Idyllwild can you go from photographing legendary jazz vocalist Herb Jeffries for his 98th birthday in the morning, to photographing jazz legend-to-be Casey Abrams at his welcome home block party in the afternoon. Gina Genis Idyllwild/Laguna Hills “Only in Idyllwild” may be sent one of four ways: e-mail to beth@towncrier.com, call 659-2145, Ext….
