March 29, 2024

Throwback Thursday

Today is June 22, the 173rd day of the year. So, there are 192 days left in 2017. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (June 19-25) in history:

10 years ago

During a Creston City Council meeting, when discussion turned to the city making up any shortfall for the skatepark planned in McKinley Park, tempers flared and after 30 minutes into the exchange, Councilwoman Marsha Wilson walked out and stated her resignation on the way. Wilson felt the issue had been “beat to death” for over a year and the kids had worked and worked for the skatepark. She said the commitment had been made and it was something that needed to be done. In the end, the contract was signed and plans would proceed as designed.

Maurices clothing store discontinued their men’s line and began offering a plus-size line for women from size 16 to 24.

20 years ago

Brady Steenhoek had a stellar night in baseball, hitting his eighth and ninth home runs to break the school record. His ninth home run was a grand slam in the nightcap game against Martensdale-St. Marys. In the two games, he collected five RBIs and four hits.

Tim Rummer of Corning dreamed of owning the American Theater in Corning and realized it May 30, 1997, when the 18-year-old bought the theater after working there in high school. “When I was in elementary, I wanted to be a baseball player because of the movie ‘The Naturalist,’ Rummer said. “In junior high, I wanted to be an archaeologist because of ‘Indiana Jones,’ and in high school, I realized it was actually the movies that I wanted to be a part of.”

The Rev. Robert Pickerell, pastor of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Creston, planned to perform wedding ceremonies for RAGBRAI riders during the Creston overnight stop July 21, 1997.

50 years ago

A pilot from Arkansas was piloting a Snow agricultural plane to plant 60 acres of soybeans on the Herman Reimer farm, eight miles southeast of Creston. The bean field was being replanted because the first planting had not done well as a result of the continued wet weather. The plane’s spray hopper was filled with beans, which were dropped through a special planter bar below the aircraft as the plane made repeated low passes across the field. It was the first time aerial planting of soybeans had been tried in this area but had been successful in Arkansas and other southern states. After the planting was finished, the plane was used for aerial spraying for weed control.

Pope Paul VI renewed the Roman Catholic Church’s ancient rule of celibacy for its priests despite growing pressure for relaxation of the ban on marriage. In an encyclical letter of more than 13,000 words, the Pope said, “Priestly celibacy had been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel and retains its value undiminished even in our time when mentality and structures have undergone such profound changes.” The Pope rejected various arguments against celibacy and cited reasons for maintaining the rule.

Micah Bertin,18, of Edison, New Jersey, fought the local school board for his right to retain droopy sideburns and participate in his official class graduation. Recent 1967 reports suggested conformist societies tend to stress short haircuts, while the right to wear hair like youth like is the glory of free society. “Youth Beat” magazine noted that hip hair fashions for guys called for combing hair forward, while dads usually combed hair back.

Latest census showed the favorite pets still far out number horses with more than 24 million dogs and 22 million cats in 1967 America.