ONE YEAR AGO
2024—Services held for HHS graduate Randy Haynes… Howe Trustees appointed Leslie Pierce to the Board of Trustees in the regularly scheduled meeting Thursday in Howe’s City Hall. Trustees also approved the hiring of Michael Huber as a reserve officer for Howe and approved improvements for the fire department station… Talihina advances to the Clas A-II state championship game with a 20-14 win over fourth-ranked Thomas-Fay-Custer in Harrah Friday night. The No. 6 Golden Tigers will play Woodland in the finals 7 p.m. Friday at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Read more: Down memory lane 12-12-202510 YEARS AGO
2015—Heavener School Board rehired Superintendent Ed Wilson…Ralph Perdue Jr. and Dylan Roberts file for school board seats…Heavener FCCLA attends star event…Seth Anderson, Jessica Drury named to honor choir…Heavener hog show is Saturday…Toys from Cops program planned…Lions Club donated coats to local schools…FNB donates to Angel Tree program…Susan Manlove named teacher of the year at Pansy Kidd Middle School in Poteau…Hodgen boys finish third in tournament…Heavener girls, Talihina boys win conference matchup.
20 YEARS AGO
2005—County towns eligible for REAP grants…Heavener School gets good audit report…Panel recommends sales tax for jail…EMS board buys new ambulance…HHS drama class to perform Improv…Danny Blair of Heavener honored by Masons…Heavener softball team recognized for academics.
30 YEARS AGO
1995—Suggestions made for new park in Heavener…Congressman Bill Brewster retires…Heavener’s own television station goes on the air…Gene and Linda Hill celebrate 30th anniversary…Talks ongoing about county-wide 911 system…Tre Evans scores 26 points, but Wolves lose to Hartshorne…Michael Vickers, Joe Queen file for school board.
40 YEARS AGO
1985—James Shupert, Michael Vickers file for school board…Heavener’s Green Country Cloggers to appear on national television…Local industry 3-D Motor Repair plans expansion…Howe gets $200.000 for sewer expansion…Wortz Biscuit Company considers move to Poteau…Shady Point Elementary School burns.
50 YEARS AGO
1975—Burglars attempt to enter T&M Pharmacy. A First National Bank employee heard footsteps upstairs and notified police. No arrests were made…Burglars also strike Hodgen Post Office and Champlin Service Station in Howe…Disney’s “One of our dinosaurs is missing” is playing at the Liberty Theater”.
60 YEARS AGO
1965—Heavener City Manager John Owen announces the city will provide free parking downtown on Christmas Eve…Two men discover a burning saddle in the woods while searching for a Christmas tree. It was one of three saddles recently stolen in Poteau…Hembree Chevrolet in Heavener has a used 1954 Ford for sale for $395.
70 YEARS AGO
1955—This year shaping up to be an extremely dry one. Normal rainfall is 45 inches per year while only 34 inches have been recorded…W.I. Beavers announces new barber shop will be built in front of his home…Five men of the alcohol commission arrested two men of Lodi and charged them with making illegal whiskey…Westmoreland Motor has a 1951 Kaiser car for sale.
90 YEARS AGO
1935—Heavener High School gymnasium burns. A plan of construction for a new gymnasium built by the WPA is being delivered…Liberty Theater replaces old talking machines which were only five years old…Recent water shortages have been blamed on clearing the city well…The new 1936 Pontiac automobiles can be seen at Swinney Motor Company.
100 YEARS AGO
1925—Howard Priddy of Heavener is accepting money to purchase gifts for the poor…Annual initiation of Heavener freshman class is held.
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