150 years ago
1874
House humor: The other day, a (state legislature) member objected to the reception of a bill providing for a Dog Census. A Benton county Republican rose and consoled the objecting member with the soothing assurance that no personal allusion to him (the objecting member) was intended. And on another occasion, a member of the judiciary Committee having called in question the correctness of a report from that committee, the offended author suggested that if the objecting member could not remember in the morning what happened in the committee room the night before he would better resign in favor of someone who was qualified for the position. These in addition to Mr. Bradshaw’s polecat report. (Published Oct. 8, 1874, in the Oregonian, Portland).
125 years ago
1899
Philomath College: Philomath College opened this week with good enrollment and several new additions to the faculty. The students are taking up the work eagerly and the prospects are for a good year. A number of students will be in the next two weeks to begin their studies. The new building will shortly begun, and this will add much to the college equipment. Much interest is being taken in music under the new teacher and this promises to be quite a feature of college life at Philomath. (Published Oct. 10, 1899, in the Oregon Statesman, Salem).
100 years ago
1924
Blodgett School: There are 41 scholars enrolled at the Blodgett school, district 12. Mrs. Alfred Bails teaches the first four lower grades and Mrs. Moore the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades. (Published Oct. 9, 1924, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times).
G.T. Club: The G.T. Club met at their club rooms last Wednesday afternoon. Features of the afternoon’s entertainment were a vocal solo by Dorothy Kilpatrick, Mrs. J.O. Ervin was hostess for the afternoon and served her guests pumpkin pie and coffee for refreshments. (Published Oct. 13, 1924, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times)
75 years ago
1949
Highway 20 crash: An Oregon Motors bus that went out of control on the slippery road on a curve about two miles east of Blodgett Sunday morning about 10:30 on the Corvallis-Newport highway No. 20 and skidded into the front end of an eastbound milk truck injured several persons. Two passengers riding in the bus, Mrs. Julia Campbell and Joe Kubeler, both of Toledo, were hospitalized. … The impact of the collision was so great, according to Aaron Dearing, deputy sheriff, who investigated the accident, that the rear of the bus ripped open and let the engine loose. The front end of the truck was also badly damaged. Milk on the truck at the time of the accident was spilled over the pavement. (Published Oct. 13, 1949, in the Benton County Herald).
40 years ago
1984
Football victory: Philomath’s Andy Tasker ran 37 yards for a touchdowno on a fake punt two minutes into the fourth quarter Thursday night to ice a 26-6 ValCo League victory over Toledo. The Warriors, 3-3 overall, improved their league mark to 2-2. The Boomers fell to 1-5 and 0-4. “That was the key play and he made a great individual effort,” said Warrior coach Gene Dales. “He ran over one kid, then picked up good blocking and sprinted into the end zone.” Tasker is a 165-pound guard, who Dales joked about giving a chance to run the ball more often. … Both coaches said the game was sloppily played. Toledo lost the ball seven times on fumbles and Philomath coughed it up six times. (Published Oct. 12, 1984, in the Benton Bulletin).