10 Years Ago

  • A Hawthorne building contractor donated several man-hours to landscape and remove weeds from the area in front of the Hawthorne Fire Department.
  • Seven Marines killed in a training accident in Hawthorne were memorialized in Camp Lejeune, N. C., on April 23.

20 Years Ago

  • Construction of the Plasma Ordinance Uitiliarization System nearing completion at the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot. The system came on line in early 2004 to be used to treat reclaimed, and other ordinance in the western area Demilitarized Facilities.
  • A proclamation by Governor Kenny Guinn of the Elks Lodges of the State of Nevada will observe the week beginning May 4 Elks National Week in tribute to junior Sports.

30 Years Ago

  • Mineral County High School cheerleaders for the 1993-94 school were chosen, Those selected for the varsity teams were Candee Black, Angela Byrd, Sunny Cardenas, Tara Grulli, and Rachael King. Those named to the junior varsity were Jamie Cardenas, Darcie Inman, Courtney Isom, Mika Legg and Brandy Thompson.
  • The popular “golden arches” that are seen in many communities throughout the world were being erected on the new McDonalds in Hawthorne.

40 Years Ago

  • More than 250 community residents participated in the Health Fair held at the National Guard Armory.
  • The names of almost 700 voters had been purged from the Mineral County registration list since the general election held last November.
  • Members of the Hawthorne DOES Drive were shown planting shrubs at the Hawthorne Cemetery which were purchased in memory of George and Leona Packard. Members shown in the newspaper were Virginia Baker, Gladys Kollodge, Edith Hall, Mary Scrapino and Lois Kunzi.
  • Ryan Conly and A. J. Kintz were pictured in the newspaper as winners of the Pinenut District Pinewood Derby.

50 Years Ago

  • Hawthorne Taxi’s advertisement for the week read: “Under Nevada skies so blue, Hawthorne casts a spell, we’ve got a great job to do, pray we do it well.”
  • Cooperation of all the citizens was requested for a community cleanup.
  • The Naval Depot installed a new ten million dollar x-ray machine. The machine was to be used in x-raying ammunition, weapons and other ordnance items.
  • Hawthorne downed the Lowry Buckaroos 4-2, Herlong, Ca. 8-5 In baseball play.

60 Years Ago

  • Aerojet-General Corporation purchased 1130 acres of land from the state for establishing a permanent test site at Garfield Flat, 25 miles southwest of Hawthorne.
  • Dick and Garland Rowlett purchased Joseph’s Cash Market at 10th & DST in Hawthorne, and changed the name to Big T Market.
  • LaMar LeFevre was elected president of the Nevada State Parents-Teacher Association.
  • The MCHS Serpents earned wins over the Yerington Lions 9-0, and the Lovelock Mustangs 14-0.
  • Uncle Vane Day said: “ This would be a fine world, if man would show as much patience as the time as they do when they are waiting for a fish to bite.”

70 Years Ago

  • Mineral County High School Student Body officers elected for the 1955-54 school year were: Wayne Cable, Keith Kellison, Nancy Radar and Delma Heaney.
  • Three similar fires were started within one hour in Hawthorne Firemen later detected youth found to be starting the fires.
  • Candidates for the City election discussed election issues at a public meeting.

80 Years Ago

  • John Andrews was appointed Justice of the Peace in Hawthorne to succeed L.W. Berrum, who resigned to move to Reno.
  • Mina resident ps were in dispute over the title to the community church.
  • Sierra Pacific Power Company made applications to construct an atomic power reactor at Schurz.
  • Limited baking facilities for the Naval Ammunition Ammunition Depot was announced by Security National Bank of Reno with the opening of a new bank at the Navy housing area, known as Babbitt.

90 Years Ago

  • The longest train in months from Tonopah and Goldfield, pulled into Mina with nine carloads of ore destined for the Garfield, Utah smelter and five car loads of wool destined for Boston.
  • Two Richfield Oil Co. airplanes, on flight from Death Valley to Reno, ran low on gasoline and made an emergency landing at the local airfield ( now the location of the high school football field, and the Hawthorne swimming pool). As there was no Richfield service station in Hawthorne, the pilots selected Associated Flying A as the “next best”.
  • A rock slide in the area at Walker Lake resulted in a one way traffic lane until the highway could be cleared.
  • J. S. Cain reported that leases were being worked at the Furtuna shaft at Bodie, and also at the Standard Mine and others where Treadwell-Yukon had been operating in recent years.
  • The Hawthorne town team defeated Mina 11-9 in a tight baseball game behind the pitching of Al Thompson who clinched the victory in the seventh inning with a home run that scored Coach Holman ahead of him. The Mina kids won a four inning “preliminary “ game 12-6 behind the pitching and batting of Dan Kalember.