Flashbacks
Madeleine Guajardo
Pleasanton Intern
10 years ago
Pleasanton libero Melissa Thompson (right) concentrates on a volley in a recent game against McCollum. Setter Ashtian Guerra (left) and defense specialist Andrea Butter (background) back her up. The Lady Eagles defeated Medina Valley on Friday to get into the thick of the District 29-4A race for the top.
National Weather Service honored Henry Netardus recently for his 30 years of service as a Cooperative Observer and collecting daily rainfall information.
20 years ago
Tri-City Community Hospital honored their employees and Airlife recently with an early morning breakfast. Airlife gave rides to several of the hospital staff members. Marie Smith (left) Nutritionist and organizer of the event, Sandra Haley, (center) Director of Medical Records and Dr. Pat Villarreal, (right) Emergency Room Director enjoy the fun.
Pleasanton High School’s 1998 Fall Production will be Steel Magnolias. The cast includes (left to right) Jennifer Ruiz as Claire, Sara Cain as Truvy, Crystal Bosquez as M’Lynn and Amber Beck as Ouiser. The cast also includes Bridgette Lopez as Annelle (kneeling) and Courtney Boykin as Shelby (seated). Not pictures are Assistant Director Jonathan Boykin and Director Rick Dorn.
30 years ago
The 4-H Citizenship team is gearing up for the “Save the Battleship Texas” can collection campaign. They will be asking their neighbors to save aluminum cans to help fund the restoration project of saving the only remaining battleship that served in two world wars. Can campaign workers include, left to right, sitting, Jeremy Barnett, Tara Barnett, Jessica Andrews and Lance Ferguson. Kneeling, Nacona Turner, secretary; Nicole Stewart, treasurer; Margie Stewart. Standing, Aubrey Olle, Vice President; Caressa Inman, President; J.J. Nichols and Lee Nichols.
Poteet Junior Girl Scouts Troop #497 had fun at the morning performance of the Shriner’s Circus on Saturday, Oct. 22. Lunch was served picnic style at Pletz Park in San Antonio where they ate and played games. Included in the group are, left to right, front row, Angela O’Conner, JoMarie Aguilar and Angel Vasquez. Second row, Jocelyn Magirl, Veronica Bautista and Janelle Briones. Third row, Melissa Brown, Libby Rivera and Missy Valdez. Fourth row, Rachel Rivera, Kristie Garcia and Jessica Huizar. At the top are Adrienne Magirl and Jessica Belt.
40 years ago
These three PHS students, Becky Katschmorak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Katschmorak; Oscar Korus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Korus and Wanda Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Meyer Jr., gave highlights of their “Citizenship Seminar” they attended last summer in Waco. They spoke last week at the annual meeting of the Atascosa County Farm Bureau.
Pleasanton Assistant Postmaster Robert A. Benitez and Postmaster Bill Ruark present D.L. (Mac) McDonald with a fine rod and reel, a gift from fellow employees. Mac is retiring from the postal service after 30 years. Mac stated he’s going to just fish, play golf and take it easy.
50 years ago
House-to-house mail delivery was initiated here Saturday. Here Pleasanton’s two city carriers, Donald McDonald, left and Joe Elliott look over part of the first mail that has been stacked in McDonald’s car for delivery.
60 years ago
Samuel (Sammy) Shearrer of Shearrer’s Shopping Center displays nearly 8 pounds of sweet potatoes. That’s a small part of potatoes being harvested from the truck farm of his father, Raymond Shearrer. The sweet potatoes being harvested from a 40-acre field are averaging 375 bushels to the acre with 175 bushels of this figure being No. 1’s.
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