100 years ago – October 3, 1918
Salvage shop talk
Many have inquired as to whether the Red Cross Shop would have home cooked food for sale on Saturday afternoons. Several ladies have mentioned that they would be glad to assist the Red Cross in that way, as they had no other way in which to help, while others think it out of place, when the public are asked to conserve food. We are not asked to conserve to the detriment of our boys “over there,” and we feel that a matter of this kind should be entirely optional with the people. So we have decided to leave the matter in the hands of the public, asking them to do as their good judgment and conscience dictates. There is always a greater demand for cooked food than we can possibly fill, so if cooked food is brought to our shop it can easily be disposed of. Every one has to have food.
50 years ago – October 3, 1968
Sonoma Wood 100 percent behind Healdsburg Boys’ Club
Sonoma Wood Products of Healdsburg has become one of the first, if not the first, local firm to participate 100 percent in the annual Labor Management Day benefit for the Healdsburg Boys’ Club. Workers, on a strictly voluntary basis, donate a half-day of work, usually on a Saturday, donating that day’s wages to the Boys’ Club. Sonoma Wood, reported Phil Nell, manager, had 29 employees working this past Saturday and the final four employees will put in their four hours this Saturday. Other local firms participating in the program are Standard Structures, ldaco, and Manufactured Homes. That represents just under 200 workers … and that means somewhere between $1,600 and $2,000 for the Boys’ Club.
25 years ago – October 6, 1993
Museum proposal finds city amenable
A plan to allow the Healdsburg Historical Society to take over operation of the city museum remained on track this week, after city officials met with the private group and gave the go-ahead for a formal agreement to be worked out. The city-owned facility on Matheson Street faced closure earlier this year when the council slashed the budget, eliminating the curator’s position and leaving only enough money for building maintenance and insurance. But the historical society launched a successful fund drive to pay for a part-time curator, bringing in $25,000. A member of the historical society committee told the city council Monday night that the museum was second only to the Plaza in attracting visitors to the town.
