100 years ago – January 23, 1919
Fire department to take cause for new equipment
The Healdsburg Fire Department, believing that the taxpayers will back up the necessity for adequate equipment to fight fires, voted unanimously to take vigorous steps toward placing the proposition squarely up to the trustees of the municipality at its meeting and banquet Tuesday night. A committee, composed of Messrs. Clarence Curtis, M.M. Rosenberg and A. Smith, was appointed to draw up a petition and take charge of a committee of their own choice to circulate the petitions by a house-to-house method to secure signatures asking the Board of City Trustees to purchase and install adequate equipment in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, whose investigations of the local situation have been presented to the Trustees a year back.
75 years ago – January 28, 1944
Cub Scout Pack formed here
The Healdsburg Cub Scout Pack was organized last Wednesday night at the elementary school with Jesse Manley as cub master. Al Christofosen of Santa Rosa, assistant scout executive, was present and aided in formation of the group. Moving pictures on cub life and the summer camp at Noyo were shown during the evening. Five den mothers were chosen, Mrs. Lloyd Smead, Mrs. William Stine, Mrs. Keifer, Mrs. N.E. Waltenspeil and Mrs. Waldo Iversen. They will hold the first meetings of their groups today. Each den mother will be assisted by a local boy scout. The Parent Teacher Association is sponsoring the new cub pack which has an enrollment of 42 boys to date. Committeemen appointed for the group are Lloyd Smead, chairman; Glenn Smart, secretary; William Stine, treasurer, and S.H. Cooley on the board.
25 years ago – January 26, 1994
HHS expansion plan is ‘pay as you need’ idea
The few people who showed up to the school expansion meeting were pleasantly surprised that they could agree with the “expand and pay by need” proposal of the Healdsburg school district. “The beauty of this plan is that it is totally flexible,” explained the architect on the project, Michael Ross. To start, Superintendent Larry Machi described what must be done to improve the schools. “We’re talking basics,” he said, like plumbing, heating and more. According to the presentation, there are four phases to bringing the schools up to modern standards and preparing for the future. As for the overall plan, the various phases of improvement and expansion will take place over several years and money for this project will only be called for as it is needed instead of getting one bulk sum. The district will ask for a general obligation bond, but the money needed to carry out the projects will only be called upon as it is needed.
