50 Years Ago September 7, 1962
Loomis 4-H members did exceptionally well at the State Fair. Barbara Pilliard beat out 51 other contestants to win the 4-H showmanship trophy with he ...
50 Years Ago August 17, 1962
Earl Quong says he had at least doubled fruit production on his ranches by using sprinkler irrigation systems and putting in tile drains. His ranches w ...
50 Years Ago August 24, 1962
Principal Ralph Goggins, Registrar Marie Hayashida, and Secretary Linda Jones prepared for opening day at Del Oro High School. The Golden Eagle varsi ...
50 Years Ago July 20, 1962
The national civil defense program furnished survival supplies for 50-person fallout shelters to provide 14-day stores. They included a kit of radiation ...
50 Years Ago February 23, 1962
Frank Nute conducted a Court of Honor for Troop 12 Boy Scouts of Loomis. Advancement to First Class include Frank Bailey, Robert Bonner, Carl Uyeda, ...
50 Years Ago February 16, 1962
Services were held for Louis Max Stallman, 79, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a long-time resident of Loomis.
Aster Kondo and Shig Kajimura were ...
50 Years Ago February 9, 1962
Services were held for Loomis pioneer Tanzo Suzuki, 87. He came from Japan in 1900 and lived in Loomis since 1906. Tanzo was a retired farmer and a m ...
50 Years Ago February 2, 1962
Services were held for Vernon Herman "Dutch" Maier, 64, a WWI veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was the former owner and operator of Ships Bell for a year ...
50 Years Ago January 26, 1962
Services were held for William Cook, 59. He was raised in Loomis and operated a grocery store downtown for a number of years.
For the first time in ...
50 Years Ago January 19, 1962
Richard Boundy enlarged his irrigation reservoir on his fruit farm south of the old Rock Springs Ranch. Robert Nakamura continued his efforts to drai ...