Pages past - Feb. 22

On this date ...

1983: Elayne Horner, a student at Texico High School, won her school's science fair with a project called, "Which Bleach is Best?"

The school science fair attracted 117 projects, which were on display in the old gymnasium.

Martin Singleterry captured the junior division championship with "How Does Soil pH Affect Plant Emergents?"

Senior division reserve champions were Rusty McCormack with "How Does a Still Work?" and Dale Autrey with "Propagated Plants." Junior reserve champions were Shawn Moore for "Junk Yard Still" and David Kendall for "How Are Rockets Formed?"

1968: Area stores were full of bargains for George Washington's birthday, with ads promising things like, "We cannot tell a lie ... we've chopped prices," and "We put the ax to these items for our George Washington's birthday sale."

Among the bargains to be had (most of which had 22 somewhere in the price in honor of the first president's birth date) were sport coats for $22.22 at Carmack and Sons, Inc., in Clovis; a freezer for $222.22 at Sears; and boys' double knee jeans for $1.22 at Penney's.

Gibson's Discount Center had a full page of items priced at 22 cents apiece, including bamboo window shades, ladies' cotton blouses, seamless nylons, spark plugs, toothpaste, shampoo, infant formula, and even a limited selection of "auto visor pipe caddies."

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