Remember When for the week of 5/16/18
100 YEARS AGO … 1918
Advertisement: To the patrons of the Quincy Dairy: After June 1 the prices of milk will be as follows: $2.50 per quart delivered, $1.50 per pint delivered.
50 YEARS AGO … 1968
The new 5,000 square foot $268,000 Bank of America building is progressing. The Bank of America opened the first Plumas County branch in 1936 when it bought out the old Plumas County Bank and occupied its building located at Main and Harbison Streets in Quincy. Since then, branches have opened in Chester and Portola.
25 YEARS AGO … 1992
Advertisement: Anthony’s at Plumas Pines in Blairsden offers a new light meal daily 4 p.m.-6 p.m. including a choice of shrimp salad, chicken salad or lemon chicken.
The residence at 56 Harbison Street in Quincy will house the office of the Family Support division of the Plumas County District Attorneys Office. The office will move from the 4th floor of the courthouse to the new location, which will require some $23,000 in remodeling costs.
10 YEARS AGO … 2008
Murder suspect Reyes Carillo-Garcia, a Chester High School student, has been arrested in the Sunday May 11 slayings of Jenny Carrigan of Chester and Steven Furtado of Willows. The tragedy multiplied when Billy Carrigan, 20, Jenny’s brother, was killed in a single vehicle accident on his way from the Bay Area to Chester after receiving the news of the slayings.
Note: items included in the weekly Remember When column are taken from our bound newspaper archives and represent writing styles of that particular period. The spelling and grammar are not edited, so the copy is presented as it actually appeared in the original newspaper.