Remember When for 4-28

95 years ago

April 30, 1915

The fisherman's creed: Envy not him that eats better than I do. Nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do - Izaak Walton. Fishing season opens May 1, 1915.

80 years ago

May 2, 1930

The Gardnerville fire department voted to hold a clean-up campaign. The cooperation of all property holders is desired to make the event an outstanding success. The fire department suggests the following rules: On May 5th, clean all yards and move the rubbish to the street in orderly piles. On May 6th, clean the streets and rake rocks in front of your homes. On May 7th, the fire department will have trucks on hand to haul away all rubbish and trash. Men will be employed to help load the trucks.

50 years ago

April 28, 1960

Most Americans know about the destructive power of nuclear weapons, and that fallout is the radioactive particles produced during explosion. Fallout could settle anywhere, even in the most remote parts of the country. Fallout may be dangerous to cattle, sheep, horse, pigs and other livestock as well as to human beings.

25 years ago

May 2, 1985

Photo caption. Pony express. Lea Williams of Genoa has been delivering her newspapers to her customers on horseback for 8 months. The 10 year-old is a fifth-grader at Jacks Valley Elementary School and has been riding for several years. Ebony, her spirited 13-year-old horse, seems to enjoy the daily workout, and Lea says that she likes her newspaper delivery method "because you don't have to do any work - the horse does it all."

10 years ago

April 26, 2000

Derek Prosser, 18, would rather be riding his motorcycle over the rugged terrain than fielding questions about the 3 million-year-old mastodon bones he and a friend found a month ago in the Pine Nut Mountains of Gardnerville. Under the direction of University of Nevada, Reno, experts, a team of volunteers carefully removed the bones Saturday for further study and to protect the find from vandalism. The bones will be examined and possibly displayed at the W.M. Keck Museum at the Mackay School of Mines at UNR.

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