Looking Back

100 years ago

• Commercial clubs and community organizations in Lincoln County discussed plans for getting out special advertising material to draw settlers from other states to the County.

• Former Sheriff’s Office deputy and current Treasurer’s Office employee Henry Hopp of Odessa suffered a broken shoulder blade while engaged in a friendly scuffle with Clay Chapman that knocked Hopp out of work for six weeks.

• Senator Charles E. Myers gave a talk on state geography to a local assembly of high school students.

75 years ago

• Martha Kerne found the first buttercup of the season 16 miles north of Davenport.

• Former Odessa Record publisher and state legislator L.C. Weik was honored at a memorial service in the state House of Representatives after his death two years prior.

• Albert Zellmer emphatically squashed rumors he was running for re-election to the Davenport School Board, despite many believing he was running after all.

50 years ago

• Davenport city clerk Florence Paeper announced her resignation after 12 years in the position.

• The Harrington School District proposed a 1-year levy valued at approximately $3.28 per $1,000 assessed value to account for inflation.

• Reardan was abuzz after the local library purchased a new rolling book cart.

25 years ago

• Difficulty shutting down a main while working on the city’s water main replacement project left about 50 Davenport homes and businesses without water.

• Longtime English and social studies teacher Dorothy Balum announced her resignation from the Reardan-Edwall School District.

• Harrington’s Third Street enhancement project became closer to reality with the receipt of a $100,000 grant.

10 years ago

• Former Edwall resident and Christian Heritage student Nathan Taylor completed a cross-country road trip following Route 66 to raise money for the school his 3-year-old nephew attended in Spokane.

• Cities worked to earn a share of marijuana tax revenues after it became legal in Washington.

• Reardan Elementary School principal Dwight Cooper traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for public education with federal officials.