In this March 13, 1966, photo: “Members District 33 (Southwestern Colorado) State Farm insurance agents met in Durango last week. Agents in attendance included, left to right, F.W. Daugherty of Gunnison; Don DaLee of Montrose; Bill Kelly of Buena Vista; Ron Johnson, banker from Salida; Bryce Kelly of Salida; Duane Berkey of Montrose; Ken Parks of Delta; Bill Fry of Alamosa (recipient of a 20-year pin); Frank Connor of Durango; Roger Cutting of Monte Vista; Jim Core (partially hidden), agency manager from Montrose; and Don Bugg and John Sparks, both of Cortez.”
In this March 13, 1966, photo: “Members District 33 (Southwestern Colorado) State Farm insurance agents met in Durango last week. Agents in attendance included, left to right, F.W. Daugherty of Gunnison; Don DaLee of Montrose; Bill Kelly of Buena Vista; Ron Johnson, banker from Salida; Bryce Kelly of Salida; Duane Berkey of Montrose; Ken Parks of Delta; Bill Fry of Alamosa (recipient of a 20-year pin); Frank Connor of Durango; Roger Cutting of Monte Vista; Jim Core (partially hidden), agency manager from Montrose; and Don Bugg and John Sparks, both of Cortez.”Durango Herald file

75 years ago: “Mrs. J.D. Roquemore of Farmington is in Durango with her 5-year-old son, Billy Roger, who underwent a minor operation at the Ochsner hospital.”

50 years ago: “Durango DeMolays will name their sweetheart at the annual DeMolay Sweetheart Ball Saturday, the final event in a weeklong series marking DeMolay which begins today.”

25 years ago: “Three Durango teenagers face the juvenile equivalent of second-degree assault and charges of menacing with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment in connection with a Feb. 23 drive-by shooting on Borrego Drive that injured a 10-year-old girl.”

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.