100 Years Ago: 1918
(Ad for a local store): There are about a dozen parasols left that formerly sold at $1.08, $2.50, $2.71. and $3 which we shall place on sale Monday morning at just half price.
25 years ago: 1993
The work of Edward Little High School students in preparing, presenting and gaining approval for a plan to revitalize the wooded area adjacent to the school is being hailed as an example of what kids can do with a little encouragement. The ELF Woods project, an impressive plan to renovate a 25-acre tract of wilderness known locally as the Snake Trails, is a testament to students’ “spontaneity” and “citizenship,” the originator of the Kids as Planners Program said last week.
The material in Looking Back is reproduced exactly as it originally appeared, although misspellings and errors may be corrected.
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