Remember When for Dec. 16

95 years ago

Dec. 18, 1914

A Christmas dance will be held at Raycraft's hall, Genoa on December 23rd, the proceeds of which will go to the fund of the Genoa Union Church and will be used to complete the building. The new church at Genoa, which is to take the place of the one destroyed by fire a few years ago, has been built by popular subscription. It has been a year since a big dance was held at Genoa and from the fact that the people of that town always turn out to dances held on this side of the Valley, the people hereabouts should indulge in a little resoprocity and should make an extra effort to attend the Christmas dance at Genoa.

80 years ago

Dec. 20, 1929

The absence of coyotes from Eastern Nye county is a subject of comment among trappers who say they never knew so few in the district. They ascribe the depletion to the absence of herds which have been off the ranges for almost three years thus depriving the coyote of his feast of calves and maimed animals left on the outskirts of the big herds. Foxes are numerous and easy to catch. Where one was caught in former years a dozen are trapped now. The sudden reduction in prices since the slump in Wall street brought the price of a grey fox down from $10 to $3.50.

50 years ago

Dec. 17, 1959

Photo caption: The long period of stormless fall weather has allowed uninterrupted progress since October on the new George Whittell high school at Zephyr Cove. This picture, take last week just before the first snow storm of the season, showed the school about 20- percent complete. The structure will be almost an exact duplicate of the new high school in Gardnerville. The sight is one of the most beautiful ever made available for a public school. The 28 acres donated by George Whittell for the school is one half mile directly east of U.S. Highway 50.

25 years ago

Dec. 13, 1984

Douglas County School District Superintendent Gregory Betts was named Nevada's Administrator of the Year at a banquet in Las Vegas recently. The announcement was made during the State School Board Association fall conference. Betts was nominated by the Douglas County School District Board of Trustees for bringing the district to a position of prominence and leadership within the state.

10 years ago

Dec. 15, 1999

Douglas County planning commissioners have recommended rejection of a 182-home subdivision unless concerns about traffic, water and waste are addressed. The planning commission voted 5-1 against recommending Grandview Estates, a development proposed for 861 acres northeast of Minden.

A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.