50 YEARS AGO:

This Friday, Oct. 3, will be the homecoming football game with Litchfield. The king and queen will be crowned right after the game at the football field. Prior to the game, there will be a parade on the downtown streets at 2:15 p.m., and on Thursday evening, a bonfire pep rally will be held in the parking lot following a carry-in dinner for the team members and Pep Club members.

Members of the Cloverette 4-H Club will go from door-to-door in Callaway on Oct. 4 to collect money to buy new spring horses for Morgan Park. Part of the money has been obtained from a recent bake sale. It is hoped to be able to raise $200.

20 YEARS AGO:

New Callaway police officer Jed Schmidt, 23, began patrolling the streets as of last Saturday. Aside from noting some lax adherence to traffic laws by some drivers in the village, he said it has been pretty quiet.

Lady Bears volleyball beat Stapleton and gave Arnold a run for its money at the Arnold Triangular on Sept. 27. CHS beat Stapleton 25-12, 27-25 in its first match, and beat Arnold in the first game but lost 27-25, 20-25, 21-25. The Lady Bears finished the Arnold match with 39 kills, led by Kimberly Pierce with 10 and Cassidy Pitkin with nine.

* The photo below appeared in the Oct. 6, 2005, edition of the Callaway Courier.