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130 Years Ago

Miss Babcock retains the valuable services of Mrs. Wasson in the opening of the Kindergarten where pupils ages range between 3 and 7 years. The amount of solid and useful knowledge gained by these laddies and lassies is something wonderful.

110 Years Ago

Jim Townsend (Town-sendism) : The man with three wives goes to Congress, but the poor devil with two goes to prison.

70 Years Ago

Judge and Mrs. Clark J. Guild announce the engagement of Judge Guild's daughter, Marjorie Anne, to Charles Hinton Russell of Ely. Miss Guild is a graduate of the Yerington grammar school, Castilleja Girls' School at Palo Alto and Mills College " while at Mills she was prominent in the fields of music and drama and received honors. Mr. Russell is a University of Nevada graduate and presently editor of the Ely Record.

50 Years Ago

Births: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bramell of Carson are parents of a girl born at Carson-Tahoe Hospital

20 Years Ago

Actor Tom Selleck came to town to shoot scenes for the movie "Hard Rain." The scenes will take place at the Nevada State Prison.

10 Years Ago

Photo caption: Corporation for Solar Technology and Renewable Resources Prescient and CEO Rose McKinney-James and Chairman of the Board Senator Richard Bryan accept a check from the Department to Energy's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Dan Reicher.

- Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.