Down memory lane for 11-20-2025

Down memory lane for this week.

ONE YEAR AGO

2024—Services held for F.L. Wilson and Mickey Renick… Heavener High School academic team won the 3A-4 regional champion Saturday. The win advances the Heavener team to the area tournament later in the year… The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Armondo Joseph Palma, 22, and Brooklyn Elaine Wilson, 27, of Howe entered guilty pleas related to the sexual abuse of a minor… LeFlore County football teams went 2-2 Friday night in the opening round of the high school playoffs. Pocola and Talihina stayed alive with wins while Panama and Poteau were eliminated.

10 YEARS AGO

2015—Sam Hembree resigns as Heavener football coach…Heavener Wolf Pups win first league championship by beating Ozark….City Council extends contract with Don Martin to serve as city manager…Health Department plans drive-thru flu shot clinic…

20 YEARS AGO

2005—Hearing planned on new proposed underpass…Talimena Scenic Drive slated as new national byway..Glin Green of Heavener dies in auto accident…Fire danger remains high…Friends of Peter Conser awarded $1,000 gant…James Martin wins new four-wheeler at the 4-H/FFA booster club event…17-yar-old Zachary Kincaid dies in ATV accident…Ray and Sue Barker celebrate 30^th anniversary.

30 YEARS AGO

1995—Gov. Frank Keating promises four-lane highway to LeFlore County…Heavener School budget is $4.1 million…Local memorial dedicated to George “Doc” Roberts…KP’s Quick Mart opens in Heavener…Ruth Cagle celebrates 90^th birthday…D.V. and Louise Cockburn of Wister celebrate 50^th anniversary…Lions Club honors veterans…Cedar Lake Store and Café open under new management…Heavener loses in first round of state playoffs in the sleet at top-ranked Vinita.

40 YEARS AGO

1985—Work starts on new track at Harvey Stadium…Heavener School to have open house…Stacy Fortner of Hodgen chosen as outstanding junior youth award winner at 4-H achievement banquet….Heavener defeats Pocola, 19-14, to advance to playoff game at Wewoka.

50 YEARS AGO

1975—Gov. David Boren has named Pat Dowden “Ambassador of Good Will…Regional editor Tom Blake of the Southwest-Times Record made the recommendation…Kenneth Capps said an inch of snow fell…A carless hunter fired a shot through the front and rear windshields of Steve Hembree’s truck as he drove near Cedar Creek…Dance planned for Friday for Jerry Lee Lewis plus Jerry Jay and the Jaywalkers at Green County Dance Land…New 1976 car tags set to go on sale…Joe Harbuck has a 1974 Chevrolet for sale…Toyland in the Otasco Store is now open for your Christmas shopping. Pacific International’s “Vanishing Wildll ierness” is playing at the Liberty Theater this week.

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60 YEARS AGO

1965—First hardword has been cut at the Kerr Forest. A kiln for drying the cut wood will be in operation in a few days…A Swedish researcher with the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh is in Heavener to study the Runestone…The Patio Drive-in will serve a Thanksgiving Day dinner…Fred Addison asks in “Available’s Ad” how the city charges 38 cents per 1,000 gallons to sell it, but it costs 42 cents per 1,000 gallons to produce it…Wright’s Dairy, serving Heavener since 1932, will bring to your home for 18 cents per quart…Thanksgiving Day dinner is $1.25 at the Hub Café.

70 YEARS AGO

1955—Utah man has been jailed after passing a bad check at Ward’s Boat Dock in Wister. Further investigation showed the man was also wanted in Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and Utah…Santa will visit Heavener on Dec. 7 this year…Report cards were issued by Heavener Schools Wednesday afternoon…Heavener Schools will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3 for Christmas break…See the 1956 Ford station wagon line at Westmoreland Motor Co. in Heavener…Remember home town bread and cakes from Heavener Bakery.

90 YEARS AGO

1935—Three auto accidents occurred within three hours and three miles on the Waldron Highway Sunday morning. One Waldron man died in one of the accidents…The Heavener High School band will present Power Puff Minstral at the Liberty Theater…Heavener Lions Club was feted to a sample of the program during their regular meeting Monday…Heavener is expected to receive $40,000 for improvements at the airport.

100 YEARS AGO

1925—New road between Heavener and Fort Smith, Arkansas is proving to be very dangerous. On Saturday night, there were reports of five cars overturned…Hundreds of accidents have occurred, causing much injury and death…A huge banquet was held in the Burns Hall in Heavener prior to Heavener’s football game with Poteau…Heavener Auto Sales Company has a used Ford touring car for sale for $75.

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