Past pages 11-5

130 YEARS AGO

Episcopal Social - The ladies of the Episcopal Church will hold a social at the house of Farmer Treadway. The affair will be a real pleasant one as all the Episcopal socials held in this city have been very pleasant indeed.

120 YEARS AGO

Holloween [sic] - The holiday was celebrated with usual vim. They took Logan's buggy from behind the Methodist Church and got one of Circe's wheel and put it in its place; they took Buckingham's gate and threw it in the creek at Treadways and moved Bliss's to Musgrove's hen house; Ardery's tennis grounds were filled with old gates ... Dan Kelly's boat was taken to Matt Brannan's porch.

70 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: "Carson Theatre - 'Clouds Over Europe' with Laurence Olivier. See the star of hit 'Wuthering Heights' ... in a thrill-packed romantic drama."

50 YEARS AGO

Advertisement: "Last Chance Joe .... We are serving our famous 'Pan Fried Chicken' in the coffee shop and Round House for $1.25 includes potatoes, vegetable, salad, hot rolls ... Carson City Nugget"

20 YEARS AGO

Local children's home buildings to be razed to make room for state offices - According to Jerry Griepentrog, the children's home is destined for destruction and in the next six to 10 years, the buildings will be bulldozed.

10 YEARS AGO

Photo caption: Carol Scott was named regional winner in the Glamour Magazine essay contest "Women at their best" in which her daughter, Tara, entered an essay on her mother.

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