10 Years Ago

  • The Mineral County Senior Center in Hawthorne made an unspecified donation of Box Tops for Education vouchers to the Hawthorne Elementary School.
  • Eight Nevadans have been sickened by an outbreak of the Salmonella bacteria, a news release from the Nevada Department of Agriculture states.

20 Years Ago

  • Joan Hawk, Nancy Black, Stephanie Brown, and Steve Ferguson formed the BRAC Defense Committee, in the event the Hawthorne Army Depot was placed on the Base Realignment And Closures list.
  • Junior Girl Scouts, Troop 684 Adopted a Grandparent from the Lefa Seran Skilled Nursing Facility. These ladies chose this activity to help them earn their bronze medals.
  • Brain Harvey ran for 49 yards on six carries and caught four passes for 59 yards in a game against the Truckee Wolverines. The Serpents would fall to Truckee, where there were 182 total yards run.

30 Years Ago

  • Arnold “Arnie” Bond of Hawthorne received a certificate recognizing him as a “professional freelance press photographer. Bond was very active in Hawthorne taking pictures of interest and many of his pictures were published in the newspaper, all of which were enjoyed and appreciated.
  • Kay (Benny) Benscoter was honored as a surprise party, honoring him for his 20 years of service in the Mineral County Sheriff’s Department Reserves Force.
  • MCHS Homecoming Queen candidates were Niki Berries, Mika Legg, Jaycee Magnuson and Roxanna Walker.
  • Olive E. Bellinis of Coarsegold, Ca. game up with a Keno Ticket at the El Capitan in Hawthorne, where she won $19,880.

40 Years Ago

  • Two Reno men were killed when the airplane they were flying crashed in the desert area about 10 miles east of Schurz.
  • The Northern American foundation for Wild Sheep was a successful bidder in the Nevada Department of Wildlife annual auction of one big horn sheep which commanded a price of $25,002.

50 Years Ago

  • Champion College,the new Residence Education Center, at NAD Hawthorne, began classroom instruction in Spanish, psychology of education, mathematics and economics and introduction to probability and statistics.
  • Mineral County Received $18,788 as quarterly payment in federal revenue sharing funds. These funds have been allocated to help defray the cost of construction of the second part of the new courthouse complex.
  • Ven DeWayne Johnson was chosen for All American High School Band. He was to travel to New York to march with the band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and later on to Pasadena, California for the Tournament of Rose Parade.
  • The Serpents were thumped by the Elko Indians 51-6.

60 Years Ago

  • Little League trophy winners for 1963 were treated to a chicken dinner. Players were : Vergene Johnson, Jimmie Johnson, John Verling, Allen Lynch, Philip Redman, Dennis Sawyer, Seven Moody, Kenneth McConnell, Jerry Rowlett, David Barrett, Eldon Palmer, Russell Bowles, Bruce Dow, Leroy Mackedon, and Ronald Mortensen with coach O. L. Bowles.
  • Mineral County Commissioners amended the traffic ordinance to extend the requirement for parallel parking to A Street between 8th Street and 9th Street.
  • The home of Herman Borland in Mina was completely destroyed by fire while Borland and the couple’s son were out deer hunting. The home, which had been known as the Sol Summerfield house, was a landmark, being among the first and finest residences built in Mina around 1906.
  • The Serpents defeated the Lovelock Mustangs 14-12 in the conference title.

70 Years Ago

  • More than one hundred Hawthorne residents attended a testimony dinner honoring US Senator Pat McCarran at the El Capitan.
  • Mineral County High School Serpents defeated the Winnemucca Buckaroos 20-13
  • Nevada State Auditor Grant Robinson took issue with Mineral County Officials over financial procedures following locally, and in a report submitted the auditor asserted he would recommend that the state take legal action to collect revenue from fines assessed in the county but not remitted to the state which he contested should have been done.
  • Six automobile accidents occurred in Hawthorne over a five day period.

80 Years Ago

  • A final tax rate of $1.93 per $100 valuation for the taxable year of 1943 in Mineral County was set by the Nevada Tax Commission. The rate represented a reduction of $.40 from the $2.33 rate set the prior year. The total valuation for Mineral County had increased from $4,400,000 to $5,305,787 and Mina was to pay a total of $4,60 which included a $1.85 special tax to defray costs of the new water system and 24 cents for the school maintenance system.
  • The first football game ever played in Hawthorne, and the second game for the high school team, was to be held on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. against the Yerington Lions. The announcement concluded that the new football field was unfenced, but the tickets sellers would be on hand to sell tickets. Admission collected were to be used by the student body to pay off debts contracted in outfitting the team.

90 Years Ago

  • An essay written by Donald Conelly, Mineral County High School student, won first place in the state contest sponsored by the Wo’s Christian Temperance Union and awarded him $100 as first place prize.
  • W. G. Matson of San Francisco, president of Rhodes Alkali and Chemical Co. which operated a ‘glibber salt’ plant 10 miles south of Mina, combined a visit to the operation with a deer hunting trip in the company of several friends from the Bay Area.
  • Official announcement was received that Civilian Construction Camp located in the Santa Rosa Mountains in Northern Humboldt County would be headquartered for the winter at Cottonwood Canyon on Mt. Grant. Captain H. S. Babbitt, commanding officer at Hawthorne Naval Depot, had prepared a program of reclamation and development work throughout the naval reservation that could be accomplished by the CCC Boys.