Remember When for the week of 3/17/20
130 years ago
Henry Bereman bought a handsome Studebaker buggy to match his handsome horse. Now, according to the paper, if he could only find a handsome girl to ride with him, the turnout would be complete.
100 years ago
The cafeteria being erected by the Red River Lumber Company at Westwood for the accommodation of its employees and the traveling public was nearing completion and would be one of the most up-to-date cafeterias in California. It would have a seating capacity of 600.
80 years ago
Faye Roberts, assistant to the county agricultural commission in weed control in Big Valley, was the winner in a Ford driving contest making a run of 32 miles on a gallon of gasoline with an 8-cylinder Mercury automobile. There were 907 entrants in the contest. Mrs. B. Wieckers was second, with a run of 30 miles and George Elder was third, driving 29 miles.
55 years ago
The Lassen Union High School District Board of Trustees approved a plan to furnish bus transportation to the district and other districts then served by an existing contractor. It was the opinion of the State Department of Education that if the transportation were owned by the district, it would save money in some areas.
40 years ago
Pollution from four smoke stacks at Sierra Pacific Industries Susanville was expected to be cleaned up in the next 60 days. Within the 60-day period, no more fly ash would be discharged by the company. New equipment was to be installed at an estimated cost of $200,000.
30 years ago
Lassen County school officials and teacher/coach Edward F. Murin were at the eye of a storm that raged in Sacramento before the California Assembly Committee on Education.
It was not Murin himself or the officials who angered state officials, but a system of buck-passing which has spun parents in Susanville and throughout California from one agency to another, ultimately leaving children in public schools unprotected from child abuse.
20 years ago
The Lassen High School Board voted last week to apply for $14.5 million in state financial hardship money to build new classrooms and modernize four buildings.
15 years ago
Disagreement about how to provide more apartments in Susanville didn’t prevent adoption of a new housing element.
The Susanville City Council approved the 2004 update of the Housing Element of the city General Plan. The vote was 3-2, with councilmembers Doug Sayers and Lino Callegari voting no.
Both questioned the 65-page document’s requirement that the city amend its zoning code to provide at least 30 acres of land zoned R-4, multi-family for apartment construction.
It also calls for the city to amend its R-3 duplex, triplex zones to allow construction of four-plexes and apartments.
Last year
The staff of the Lassen County Animal Shelter received a pleasant surprise from the Richmond School’s fifth grade class earlier in the month. Animals at the shelter now have a huge box of toys and several beds.
Staff showcased several cards written by the class to the shelter.