The Meeker Herald
125 years ago
• A heavy frost covered the ground in this section on Sunday and Monday nights.
• The bike fever has broke out anew in town. The latest convert to the popular craze is Charlie Carney.
• This is the season of the year when a good, cool glass of beer is both nourishing and refreshing. But where can a good, cool glass of beer be had? Why at John. W. Welch’s Rio Blanco Sample Rooms — and you get a “schooner,” too.
The Meeker Herald
100 years ago
• C.D. Ely of upper Strawberry visited the county seat Monday. Mr. Elk reports that the crickets have done much damage in his section.
• Reports came in that poison weed is causing considerable loss among up river cattle herds. The Nimerick Bros. found seven head dead in one place, one day last week. This is a serious loss in a small herd. There seems to be only one remedy against this larkspur poisoning, and that is to herd the cattle away from the larkspur until the flowering season is over.
• The people may not know what they want, but it is evident that they want something besides what they’ve got.
The Meeker Herald
50 years ago
• The Meeker History Book Committee has announced the forthcoming publication of their local pioneer history called “This is What I Remember: By and About the People of White River Country.”
• Mr. and Mrs. Mike Grady are the parents of a boy born Sunday, July 16, at 2:48 a.m. at Pioneers Hospital.
• May Mobley of Meeker has just received a certificate qualifying her as a Certified Graphoanalyst after she completed an 18-month extension course in personality assessment through the scientific analysis of handwriting.
The Meeker Herald
25 years ago
• Public spirited citizens turned out in force the night of July 22 to search for a 13-year-old Nebraska boy who got separated from his parents while hiking in the LO7 and Red Canyon areas near Meeker.
• Meeker’s Kathleen Sullivan Kelley has been named vice chair of the newly formed National Commission on Small Farms.
Rangely Times
50 years ago
• Construction starts on new BJ building. Byron Jackson Pump Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, has finalized plans to construct and operate a pump repair and service facility located on Main Street, at the west end of Rangely.
• Supt. of Schools Walt Stahlecker presented a trophy awarded by the Rangely Masonic Lodge for the Outstanding Junior Boy at Rangey High School during 1971-72 to Markel Massey, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.G. Massey.
Rangely Times
25 years ago
• Dave Schons and Marv Boleng, along with 17 other bikers, gathered to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. This year’s poker run, held on July 19 and sponsored by Independent Riders Society and Conoco Inc. raised $1,134 for the cause.
• Mormon volunteers hauled rocks from a pit 20 miles south on Dragon Road to shore up the new retaining wall at Rangely’s east entrance. The project took 500 man hours. Saturday, July 19, was Worldwide Service Day, an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Mormon’s arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.
• The annual junior golf tournament at Cedar Ridges hosted 61 young players on July 21.