Past Pages Jan. 28

130 YEARS AGO

Jottings: Tomorrow is pay day at the Mint.

There is some talk of getting up a full dress legislative ball.

120 YEARS AGO

All sorts: This time last year all the railroads were bound up by snowdrifts ... now all the trees are budding!

70 YEARS AGO

Carson school high scholastic grades - 9th grade, John Laxalt, Larry Jeppson; 10th grade Bob Shannon, Vernon Shipley; 11th grade Theresa Bullentini; 12th grade, Dane Bullentini, Dimmitt Felesina, Robert Laxalt, Betty Branson.

50 YEARS AGO

Births at Carson Tahoe Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Danny Forbush are parents of a son.

20 YEARS AGO

As the legislature opens, 140 people, some in uniform, waved flags and sang the national anthem, all to show support for the troops in the Persian Gulf.

10 YEARS AGO

Winners of an essay contest will receive free tickets to listen to Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin is coming to Carson City as a fundraiser for the observatory being planned by Western Nevada Community College.

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