Remember When for Sept. 9

95 years ago

Sept. 11, 1914

Honorable Frank W. Miller, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, has called attention to the fact the "The Star-Spangled Banner," which is now our National Hymn, was written on Sept. 14, 1814, and suggests that a very fitting way of celebrating the centennial anniversary of this event would be to have this hymn sung in all the schools of the United States, public and private, at noon on Sept. 14th of this year.

80 years ago

Sept. 13, 1929

The bureau of public roads is understood to have given its approval to the plan of tunneling through Cave Rock as a part of the highway construction work to be done on the east side of Lake Tahoe in 1930, Chief Highway Engineer Durkee of Nevada has been advised. It is expected that construction of the project between Spooners Station and a point on the hill south of Glenbrook will be finished this fall, gravel-surfaced and opened for use before snow flies.

50 years ago

Sept. 10, 1959

Grover Hot Springs, widely known for the curative quality of the highly mineralized waters, and located at the head of a beautiful meadow in a protected mountain valley, officially became a part of the California State Park recently. The area is the first state park in Alpine County and California's only state park on the eastern slope of the Sierras, except for those in the Lake Tahoe area.

25 years ago

Sept. 6, 1984

Incumbent County Commissioner M.D. "Doc" Meyer will have to make up some votes in the next two months if he's going to hold onto his seat in the face of a strong challenge by Jerry Bing.

Republican voters chose Meyer and Bing out of a field of five Tuesday to move on to the Nov. 6 general election. A sparse 37.8 percent of the county's registered voters turned out for the primary, 3,366 voters.

10 years ago

Sept. 8, 1999

Photo caption. Under construction. Work is progressing rapidly on the improvements at the Carson Valley Swim Center. The indoor shallow pool will be closed for approximately four months. Center director Kirk Chiapella said the $1.7 million improvements have been in the works for about a year. Construction should be complete in time for a New Years Day 2000 grand opening.

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