A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.
- 100 years ago
On Nov. 22, 1924, the Clarke-Skamania High School League expelled Ridgefield for “unsportsmanlike conduct” in football games. The unanimous decision came after complaints from “almost every member of the league,” including “alleged unsportsmanlike attitude of school officials and the townspeople,” as well as “several fistic encounters” that took place at a Ridgefield-Battle Ground game.
- 75 years ago
On Nov. 17, 1949, the local Jaycees announced the annual holiday lighting contest would start the first of December. The citywide competition had the theme “The Light That Will Not Fail,” and had three divisions: general artistic effect, originality and ingenuity.
- 50 years ago
Clark County Fire District 6 took part in a practical first aid test on Nov. 18, 1974. The firefighters, who didn’t know the drills were planned, encountered wrecked cars, bicycle accidents, and various injuries and medical emergencies. The test looked so real, “some real-life spectators got pretty shook up.”
