10 Years Ago
• The Mineral County Board of County Commissioners met for their first meeting as the two newly elected commissioners Cliff Cichowlaz and Paul MacBeth tested the waters of their office. The first meeting was relative to the annual organization of the board, including assignments of members and/or representatives to other boards, commission and committee.
• Almost two years to the date of the beginning of the Hawthorne earthquake swarm, another series of quakes have popped up in Mineral County, only this time they were centered just east of the town of Mina.
• Gov. Brain Sandoval proposed expanding all-day kindergarten to nearly half of Nevada’s elementary schools, boosting programs for English language learners, and investing more in the Millennium Scholarship during his State of the State address last week.
20 Years Ago
• The Schweer Drive Housing Area construction in 1969 located on the west side of the depot, continues with demolition operations. The area was first used as temporary housing for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) working during the 1930’s. During World War II, the area was used to house depot workers and was known as (Camp Jumbo) . The housing area consisted of 25 double units.mTalks continued this week with the addition of the mediator, Barbara Consent, to resolve water issues facing the Walker Basin. The River is shared by recreational, agricultural and other consumptive uses as well as wildlife habitat uses in both California and Nevada. The River terminates at Walker Lake, located in Hawthorne.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored by the members of Bethel Baptist Church.
• Local Dial-up Internet was offered n through Sonnet Networking for $16.95/ month to Hawthorne residents.
30 Years Ago
• Al and Mary (Maggie) Silveira held the Grand Opening for their new Bakery local on the corner of 8th and Sierra Way in Hawthorne, known as Maggie’s Bakery.
• The Hawthorne Elks Lodge held their 21st Annual Hoop Shoot at the high school gym.
• Several inches of snow fell and stayed on the ground long enough for many local residents to build an “Old Fashioned Snowman “ that lasted several days.
40 Years Ago
• Nevada’s new governor, Richard Bryan was pictured in the Independent-News with Tony Hughes as he received the Medal of Merit Award for outstanding achievement during his 32 years in the Nevada Army National Guard.
• Following a fire which destroyed the building that housed the Mineral County Co-Op Preschool, the school reopened at the Presbyterian Church in Hawthorne.
• Nevada’s first oral historian and founder of the University of Nevada’s oral history program, Mary Ellen Glass, announced her retirement.
50 Years Ago
• Linda Nagy of Hawthorne was one of 50 University of Nevada students chosen to serve as a legislative assistant during the current session of the Legislature and was assigned to work with Assemblyman Tim Hafen of the Mineral County- Nye-Esmeralda District. She was a senior at the Reno campus majoring in journalism and her first report was published in the Independent-News.
• The courthouse and schools were closed because of the funeral of former President London Johnson. The day had been declared a national holiday.
• The Serpents defeated Elko 76-65, but lost to White Pine, 78-57.
60 Years Ago
• A Cops and Robbers highway pursuit that covered a distance of more than 45 miles from Hawthorne into California with two California teenagers in the custody of the law, one in the Bridgeport Hospital with a bullet wound in his right side.
• Work started on the recreation area at Walker Lake but the Bureau of Land Management.
• The Serpents defeated Lovelock 61-40 and Winnemucca 50-46.
• Uncle Vane Day said: “The bank of friendship cannot exist without deposits. A man’s friend ps are his greatest assets.”
70 Years Ago
• A meeting was held here with Veterans Administration officials in an effort to have restrictions lifted on granting of director of loans for home building.
• The Mineral County jail was keeping pace with the rest of Hawthorne and announced it would soon be on the “critical housing shortage“ list . The sheriff announced that he would hang a “No Vacancy” sign on the jail if more people decide to take their jail sentence instead of paying assessed fines.
80 Years Ago
• The recently purchased resuscitator was again put to good use by the Hawthorne Fire Department when a well known resident suffered a heart attack in a local store and collapsed. After ten minutes spent under the resuscitator he was revived and taken to the county hospital for attention.
• The Serpents lost to Douglas 29-19 after two overtime periods, but bounced back to take Sparks 26-23.
• The Mina Civil Club elected new officers and planned a program of activities.
90 Years Ago
• Various plans for the reorganization and reopening of the Wingfield banks were being offered. In the meantime creditors, including depositors, were advised to file their claims with EJ Seaborn, state bank examiner.
• State Engineer George W. “Molly” Malone led did you cut state operation expenses by submitting to Governor Belzer a budget for his office that showed a 10% reduction.
• Music issues before the 1933 legislative session were changes in banking laws, a special sales tax on “non necessities”, a tax on insurance premiums, creation of a state welfare board, some form of old age pension, a state relief committee to administer state and federal relief projects.
• Earthquakes were still being felt in Mina and other parts of eastern and southern Mineral County.
