100 years ago: April 23, 1925
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DAY ON MILL CREEK SCHOOLS
More than 100 children and adults gathered at a get-together meeting Thursday noon at the Mill Creek school house. The following schools were represented: Junction, Felta, Pine Ridge and Mill Creek. A picnic lunch was enjoyed and this was followed by a program in which every school took part.
Several songs were given by the Felta and Pine Ridge schools, the Mill Creek school presented a playlet, a folk and Spanish dance, the Pine Ridge and Felta schools gave some exercises. Group games then followed, the children being divided into their respective classes, and each teacher taking charge of one group.
These community meetings are held once a year under the supervision of Miss Myra Green, director of physical education and Americanization of this rural district.
75 years ago: April 28, 1950
’HOUNDS CAPTURE TENNIS CROWN, SWAMP SONOMA
Topping their season play by defeating the Sonoma Dragons last Friday, the Healdsburg High School Greyhound Tennis team brought home another pennant in North Bay League section II play. Led by first singles star Stan Smith, Coach AI Worden’s tennis players made it a clean sweep at Sonoma, capturing all three official matches plus a practice match which followed the regular play.
The win must be some sort of record for Worden’s teams, as very few pennants are missing in the high school gym since Worden took over the coaching of tennis. The local school has always managed to develop a star for each season and this year was no exception when Smith swept all his matches in league play, playing the best that other schools had to offer. According to Worden, there is plenty of good material being molded into smooth, steady players, and next fall the Greyhounds will still be a tough outfit to beat.
50 years ago: April 24, 1975
CITY HELPS FUND DINING CLUB FOR ELDERLY
“This is socialism in its worst form,” one woman protested. Socialism it may be but the City Council agreed to help the Golden Circle Dining Club, a senior citizen’s daily lunch project at 515 Powell Ave. (Trinity Baptist Church) out of an expected $1,890 deficit between May 1 and Nov. 30.
One citizen, who at an earlier meeting had said the elderly could get along on mush if they had to, claimed the dining club, which is one of the projects run by the Sonoma County People for Economic Opportunity, is a “money maker.” Then she decried the council’s support of “deficit spending” in claiming the daily food service for those 60-years old and older is socialistic.
Councilman Doug Badger said diners should be encouraged to pay their fair share, but added that “it sounds to me like an extremely good program.” City Manager James Stanfield said a visit he made to the dining club showed the food was good and that the biggest benefit may be that the elderly have a place to visit with each other and combat loneliness.
The Flashbackers are docents for the Healdsburg Museum, located at 221 Matheson St. and reopening soon.
