Down memory lane
ONE YEAR AGO
2024—Cameron archery team wins county championship…County commissioner Cody Covey resigns…Former Heavener grad Andy Perdue takes helm at Choctaw Country Club…OSSAA releases district assignments for smaller schools…Funeral services held for Coach Cordell Hull.
10 YEARS AGO
2015—Noah Davis, Jodie Hill named to the LeFlore County all-tournament teams…Heavener Chamber banquet is Feb. 9…Municipal filing starts…First National Bank does a lease-purchase with LeFlore County to get a new dump truck…Heavener drama club to present comedy…Reichert Fire Department plans to hold annual chili dinner…Heavener drops games at Pocola.
50 YEARS AGO
1975—Work on new telephone cable between Heavener Poteau is progressing nicely. Expected to be through in April…Heavener Lions Club will move fence at deer pen to make way for highway widening…Herman Sharp celebrates 50 years of doing business in Heavener…Appliance Center has used appliances for sale…Robert Blake stars in “Electraglide in Blue” at the Liberty Theater this week.
60 YEARS AGO
1965—Ben Franklin Store in Heavener has been completely remodeled…Lions Club votes to donate $100 to the proposed little league ball park in Heavener. Kiwanis Club is donating $350…J.L. (Bill) Underwood to retire after 41 years of service with KCS…Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn star in “The Hired Gun”, playing at the Liberty Theater this week.
80 YEARS AGO
1945—Mrs. Early Terry’s four sons have served in the U.S. Army. Three of the boys Glen, Bill and Alex are presently serving. Jack Terry was killed in action during June 1944…Rainbow Bar in Rainbow Recreation Center has been sold…Ollar Brothers Grocery has been sold to Elba Ollar…See E.J. Freeman and Ray Hall at State National Bank for all kinds of insurance…Cary Grant, John Garfield star in “Destination Tokyo” showing in the Liberty Theater this week.
90 YEARS AGO
1935—C.S. Gear of Heavener and his son were bitten by the family dog that tests show is rabid. Both are taking preventive shots…Local fur buyers say trapping is down some 32 percent from last year…Over 100 people meet in Whitesboro to discuss cleaning the Kiamichi River. Timber harvesting has caused flooding…Sunday chicken dinners are only 40 cents at Waddle’s Café.
100 YEARS AGO
1925—OG&E has announced work will commence soon o rebuilt the electric distribution in Heavener…Fire destroys Roy Barnes; house …Firemen received the call early enough to save M.O. Maxwell’s home…Because of the increasing number of bank robberies, the Oklahoma Bankers Association has hired some 50 armed men to try and decrease the robberies…J.R. Foster will rebuild your work shoes.
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