10 years ago (1993)"Hills-Beaver Creek fifth-graders got a taste of TV land Tuesday when they recorded "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for Saturday’s edition of Hot Country Videos.The program, featuring H-BC and their vocal instructor, Jill Fitzsimmons, will air at noon on Christmas Day on the FOX channel." 25 years ago (1978)"Beaver Creek has the good fortune of having ‘Santa Claus and an elf in its midst. Their names are Plona and Lucy Cupery. A walk into their home a week before Christmas is like stepping into a gift store.Dogs; big dogs, little dogs, light colored dogs and dark colored cats and kittens, elephants and even an oversized mouse make up the array of stuffed animals this year."50 years ago (1953)"Several of the service boys from this vicinity, Roger Nelson, Dries Elbers and possibly Stuffy Elbers expect to leave from the Far East for the USA shortly after New Year’s. Arvin Tilstra has returned home a short time, being discharged."75 years ago (1928)"Another double victory for Hills.Last Friday night the boys and girls showed a decided improvement in their playing, when the girls’ and boys’ teams of Jasper High School came to clash with our teams. …Even though Jasper did not win they were good sports. Their yelling squad and ‘pep band’ helped to make up for their defeat."100 years ago (1903)"Carpenters have the new horse barn at the Synod Church enclosed. The structure is 28x80 feet with a gable roof and is a great improvement over the old ‘shacks’ both in appearance and durability. It will accommodate 20 teams and will be of great benefit to farmers who have children attending school here, thereby doing double service."
