75 years ago: BAYFIELD – “In spite of the rainy night a good crowd attended the penny supper given by the P.T.A. which netted quite a neat sum.”

50 years ago: PORTLAND, Ore. –“Mrs. Guy Day, 80, prominent pioneer of the San Juan Basin, died in Portland, Oregon, at the home of the Day’s daughter and her husband.”

25 years ago: “Bondad residents concerned about methane contamination in their well water could have something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. McKenzie Methane Corp. has announced plans to plug and abandon a shallow water-disposal well that residents of Bondad and Cedar Hill, New Mexico, have targeted as a possible cause of the contamination.”

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