Past Pages for Jan. 25

130 YEARS AGO

A bid to move the State Prison to Reno was taken up seriously and after a long debate, its passage was recommended. The bill provides $80,000 be appropriated.

120 YEARS AGO

Fifty guests sat down to the wedding dinner given by Hon. Herman Springmeyer in honor of the marriage of his eldest daughter Maggie. The couple were united in marriage by Rev. G. R. Davis. The bride wore a dress of violet silk, with orange blossoms.

70 YEARS AGO

Ormsby draft board sends questionnaires to 20 registrants holding numbers 41 to 60 (lottery) - A. Pagni, JohnD Winters, George Gottschalk, Henry Morgan, Leo Wright.

50 YEARS AGO

The honor roll for St. Teresa's Catholic School was announced (in part): Second grade, Alice Kangas; Third grade, Kevin Hanna, Darlene Oxoby; Fourth grade, Thomas Hanna, Carol Millard; Fifth grade, Jeanne Fendrich, Diane Randell.

20 YEARS AGO

Dawn Gibbons, wife of former Assemblyman Jim Gibbons, was sworn in after the Washoe County Commission unanimously approved her as his replacement. Jim Gibbons resigned his legislative post to serve with the Nevada Air National Guard in the Middle East.

10 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Michael Williams works with "Spice" a wild horse in the Warm Springs Correctional Horse Training Program. Eleven inmates work with eight horses to gentle them before adoption.

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