(June 16, 1965) Mrs. Russell Brown, Children’s librarian at the McMinnville Public Library, meets with a group of local youngsters taking part in the summer reading program. The purpose of the program is to encourage summer reading and will continue until Aug. 31.

##(June 15, 1950) Bystanders gave this swarm of bees (on awning) a wide berth Thursday as they spent nearly an hour deciding to swarm at that particular spot. Motorists gave the parking spot below the swarm ample room. The bees were finally collected by an amateur apiarist.

(June 16, 1965) Workmen are currently busy building the new home of the McMinnville Water and Light Department. Located on Baker Street, the new offices were necessary to take care of an expanded and growing department.

##(June 13, 1965) Four mid-week anglers, comfortably settled by the tules, are plumbing Carlton Lake for a nice perch, a fat chub, a scrappy cutthroat or a bass. To their right out of the picture is Carlton’s old dam now being surveyed for costs of replacement. Pilings were used to lash log booms. On a weekend, upward of 200 fish fanciers spread out around the 500-acre manmade lake, now threatened with drainage if a new dam is not built.

##(June 13, 1970) Selling a ticket to Frank Wortman of First National Bank of McMinnville is Rhella Spiering, a drama major at Linfield who is handling the Gallery Players of Oregon box office at the bank. The Gallery Players will present their first summer production, “Cactus Flower,” June 19, 20, 26 and 27 at the college.

##(June 10, 1970) Columbus School students planned an unusual flag-lowering ceremony Friday to signal the end of school this year, as part of regular closing day exercises. Girls from the sixth grade who organized the ceremony were Kathy Fritz, Kristi Roberts, Patty Olson and Phyllis Reyne.

(June 10, 1970) Dick Barker and Sid Johnston, local distributor and dealer for the Phillips Petroleum Co., present Doug Dix with his award for winning the divisional competition in the pitch, hit and throw competition as father Merle looks on. All four will now get a free ride to Oakland, where Doug will be throwing in regional competition. lf he wins there, he’ll go on to the national competition in Cincinnati during the All-Star game.