LOOKING BACK

5 YEARS AGO

• City approves bid for destruction of old city hospital.

• Hugh Springs Police Chief informs area of counterfeit bills circulating.

10 YEARS AGO:

• Thieves crash into a Mount Pleasant gas station.

• Seven suspects were arrested on outstanding felony warrants.

• Chicken growers take Pilgrim’s Pride to federal court.

• Pittsburg City Council authorizes the creation of a private family cemetery south of U.S. Highway 271.

20 YEARS AGO:

• For the fifth consecutive year, Pittsburg won the mythic district 13-3A sports championship by accumulating more combined points from boys and girls sports than any other school in the 2000-2001 school year.

• PISD School Board looks for a new high school principal.

• Chris Currey awared EMS provider of the year.

30 YEARS AGO:

• Law enforcement officers take only 40 minutes to find a man who robbed the E-Z Mart on Greer Boulevard.

• Pittsburg National Bank acquires banks in Paris and Deport.

40 YEARS AGO:

• Southwestern Bell seeks a large rate increase.

50 YEARS AGO:

• Ranger shoots two as officers are held at gunpoint.

• Library Committee adds several projects, movies and play to summer plans. City water supply runs low, but no rationing yet.

70 YEARS AGO:

• Al Hall resigns as chamber of commerce manager.

• Cotton Belt Railroad makes an application to take off two passenger trains running through Pittsburg.

• 80 Years Ago:

• Lightning strikes the tower of the Methodist Church.

• A Korean missionary visits Pittsburg.

85 YEARS AGO:

• Roosevelt and Garner were running for president and vice president.

• Camp County had a “million dollar rain”.

• 110 Years Ago:

• The Rev. Leo Hopkins, recently granted a license to preach, delivers first Sermon in Pittsburg.

130 YEARS AGO:

• The black community celebrates emancipation day at Lilly’s Lake. A grand picnic and speeches were features of the occasion.

• W.R. Davis has brought forward the first cotton bloom of the season.