LOOKING BACK

5 YEARS AGO

• Kaidence Brown, a Pittsburg Kindergartener, won “Best Fashion” in the 4-6 age division and “Mini Grand Supreme” in the 4-9 age division.

• Pittsburg’s Camp County Public Library begins their summer program with the Zooniversity, “the Zoo that comes to you.”

10 YEARS AGO

• School board works without input on state funding.

• AEP SWEPCO eyes area plant output reductions.

• Kendal Burns is elected mayor pro tem.

• Skip Hughes was elected president of the Northeast Texas Writer’s Organization.

20 YEARS AGO

• Pittsburg celebrated its 15th year as a Main Street City.

• A 13-year-old was arrested for brandishing a toy handgun in a local business and demanding all their hamburgers and money.

• Dewitt C. Greer was inducted into the Transportation Hall of Fame.

30 YEARS AGO

• Sonny Smith, owner of Smith Furniture, opens fire on a man who smashes the business’s plate glass window. The man was so frightened he ran straight to the sheriff ’s office.

• Doris Richardson is promoted to officer supervisor of Pittsburg’s Southwestern Electric Power Company office.

60 YEARS AGO

• Yank Howell elected president of Princedale Country Club.

• Motorists were warned on blocking traffic lanes to fires.

• Johnny Morris wins golf title.

80 YEARS AGO

• A national defense council is organized for Camp County.

• Needed labor for farms was provided by the WPA.

95 YEARS AGO

• A mass meeting was held to discuss law enforcement.

• A car of cabbage was shipped from Pittsburg. The cabbage brought $20 a ton to the growers.

110 YEARS AGO

• A young boy was arrested for stealing a bridle from a local store.

• Judge C.G Engledow resigns as cashier of First State Bank.

• Hood Barnwell loses a barn to a fire.

130 YEARS AGO

• Crops are in good condition and are said to be most promising.

• The largest funeral procession of the season was seen last Monday on the occasion of the burial of Gad Ellen, a preacher.

• Tuesday morning it had been reported on the streets that a cougar had been seen about a mile and a half south of town.

FYI by CHUCK JOHNS

20 YEARS AGO: Dewitt C. Greer was a Pittsburg native who later led the Texas Highway Commission. Greer Blvd was named for him.

30 YEARS AGO: Doris Acker Richardson was a member of the PHS Class of ‘65 and now resides in Quitman.

60 YEARS AGO: Johnny Morris was co-valedictorian of the PHS Class of ‘63. He served as a judge in Gainsville in recent years.